The Tairoa

(after stating the facts as above). We think it unnecessary in this case to pass upon the question as to whether Revised Statutes Ul S. § 4529, applies to foreign vessels when in an American port. The testimony clearly shows that, when the libelants left the vessel without leave, they had not made a demand for half wages, but had demanded that they be paid off and discharged. They were not entitled to be discharged, nor to receive full pay, and the master properly refused to discharge them. Revised Statutes U. S. § 4530, reads as follows:

“Every seaman on a vessel of tbe United States shall be…