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Merchant Shipping Act, 1867.
- be altered, and the Deduction aforesaid in respect of Space disallowed, unless and until it shall be certified by such Surveyor, or by some other Surveyor appointed by the Board of Trade, that the Provisions of the Act in respect of such Place are fully complied with :
- (8.) If any such Place in any Ship is not kept free from Goods and Stores as aforesaid, the Master shall be deemed to be in fault, and shall for every such Failure to comply with the Provisions of this Section forfeit and pay to each Seaman lodged in such Place the Sum of One Shilling a Day for each Day after Complaint made to him by any Two or more of such Seamen during which any Goods or Stores, not being the personal Property of the Crew, are stored or kept therein :
- (9.) If in any other respect the Provisions of this Section are not observed with respect to any such Place in any Ship the Owner shall be deemed to be in fault, and shall for every Failure to comply with the Provisions of this Section incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.
Rules for Inspection of seamen.10. The following Rules shall be observed with respect to the Medical Inspection of Seamen, that is to say :
- (1.) At any Port where there is a Local Marine Board the Local Marine Board and at other Ports in the United Kingdom the Board of Trade, may appoint a Medical Inspector of Seamen :
- (2.) Such Medical Inspector of Seamen shall, on Application by the Owner or Master of any Ship, examine any Seaman applying for Employment in such Ship, and shall give to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office a Report under his Hand stating whether such Seaman is in a fit State for Duty at Sea, and a Copy of such Report shall be given to the Master or Owner of the Ship :
- (3.) The Master or Owner applying for such Inspection shall pay to the Superintendent such Fees as the Board of Trade direct, and such Fees shall be paid into and form Part of the Mercantile Marine Fund :
- (4.) The said Medical Inspectors shall be remunerated for their Services as the Board of Trade may direct, and such Remuneration shall be paid out of the Mercantile Marine Fund :
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