ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for each
man so discharged, to be paid and deducted as
above provided.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the master or owner of any vessel de-
scribed in the first section of this act, upon the

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engagement and employment of any person for
service upon such vessel, and before such person
shall be allowed to enter upon such service or
employment, to make and execute with such
person, before a shipping commissioner, a con-
tract as provided and required in the fifth sec-
tion of this act ; and it shall be further the duty
of such master to keep on board of such vessel
the shipping contract or agreement of every
member of his crew, which shall be at all times
open to the inspection of the persons interested
and the officers of the state fishery force, and
the said master shall allow the officers of the
state fishery force to board his vessel at all times
for that purpose. It shall further be the duty of
said master to enter upon said contracts or agree-
ments all amounts of money paid or articles fur-
nished, with the price thereof, to each member
of said crew during the period of his service.
It shall be the duty of the said master or owner
to pay off and discharge his crew or any member
thereof before the shipping commissioner of the
district named as the place of discharge in the
said contract and agreement, and he shall at that
time produce and deliver up the said contract or
agreement to the said shipping commissioner, to
be preserved in his office; and he shall account to
said commissioner for any member of the crew
who may not be produced at such time.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the officers of the various vessels of the

Open to in-
spection.

state fishery force to make from time to time in-
spections of the various vessels described in this
act, and to examine on such occasions the con-
tracts and agreements hereinbefore mentioned;
and if it be found that there have been violations
of the provisions of this act upon the part of the
master or owner of said vessel [or if said master or
owner of said vessel], or if said master or owner
be found guilty of cruelty or brutality to .any
member of the crew of said vessel, to arrest said

Make inspec-
tions.