304 SEAMEN. [ART. 38.

TITLE XXII.
Maritime Regulations.

ARTICLE 38. SEAMEN.
ARTICLE 39. PILOTS.

ARTICLE XXXVIII.

SEAMEN.

1 Penalty for harboring, secreting, or per- suading to desert 2 Warrant for search, seamen to be delivered to master of vessel 3 Keeper of a boarding-house, etc, going on board vessel without permission guilty of a misdemeanor 4. Penalty.

5. Master of vessel may arrest 6 Party charged to prove permission to board 7 When pay of seamen to be reduced 8 Copy of articles evidence of seamen having signed 9 Testimony of master or other transient per- son, bow taken, proviso.

Art 85, s 1 1856, c 198, s 1. Penalty for harboring, secreting or persuading to desert.	1, Any person, either on shipboard or on shore, who shall harbor or secrete, or who shall in any way assist in harboring or secreting, a seaman who shall have signed shipping articles to proceed on a voy- age, or who shall persuade, or in any manner cause such seaman to desert or disregard the articles which he has signed, shall on con- viction be punished by a fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the judge who tries the case; the fine to be not less than fifty dol- lars, nor more than three hundred dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less than one month, nor more than six months.
Id s 2 1856, c 198, s 2. Warrant for search.	2. Any justice of the peace may, on complaint on oath being made by the master of a vessel, or some person in his behalf, that a seaman or boy apprenticed has deserted from his vessel, and that he is harbored, secreted, or detained, issue a warrant under his hand and seal to cause search to be made in any place wherein the said
Seaman to be delivered to master of vessel.	seaman or apprentice is supposed to be harbored or secreted, and shall cause such seaman or apprentice when found to be delivered to the master of the vessel to which he belonged, or the person act- ing in his behalf.
Id s. 4. 1856, c 198, s. 4 Keeper of boarding-house, etc, going on board vessel without permis-	3. Any master or keeper of a boarding or lodging-house for sea- men, any servant, agent, or other person in their employment, broker, shipping-master, or other person engaged in the business of procuring and furnishing seamen for vessels, who shall go on board