Patterson v. Bark Eudora
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. On December 21,1898, 30 Stat. 755, 763, Congress passed an act entitled “ An act to amend tbe laws relating to American seamen, for tbe protection of sucb seamen and to promote commerce.”
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. On December 21,1898, 30 Stat. 755, 763, Congress passed an act entitled “ An act to amend tbe laws relating to American seamen, for tbe protection of sucb seamen and to promote commerce.” Tbe material portion thereof is found in section 24, wbicb amends section 10 of chapter 121 of tbe laws of 1884, so as to read: “ Sec. 10.' (a) That it shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such advance wages to any other person. Any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Applying the ordinary rules of construction, it does not seem to us doubtful that the act of Congress, if within its power, is'applicable, in this case. The act makes it unlawful to pay an)' seaman wages- brad vanee, makes such payment a misdemeanor, and in terms provides that such payment shall not absolve the vessel or its master or owner for full payment of wages after the same shall have been actually earned. And further, it declares that the section making these provisions shall apply as well to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United States, provided that treaties'in force between…
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