FORM No. 31.

Request to local authorities to imprison seamen or mariners. (Paragraphs

197 and 240.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

SIR: crew of the

of

and ་་་ whereof

part of the is master, re

cently arrived in this port from -- -, having conducted themselves in an improper and insubordinate mauner on board, and positively refused to do duty, I have the honor respectfully to request that you will please cause the said named persons to be arrested, brought on shore, and imprisoned until I can find it expedient to give them their liberty.

Το

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

Captain [or other authorities of the port.]

U. S. Consul.

FORM No. 32.

Request to same to release same from prison. (Paragraphs 197 and 40.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

SIR: I have the honor to request that you will please ause to be released from prison

the seamen or mariners belonging to the

and

mas

ter.

I have the honor to be, sir,

U. S. Consul.

To

Captain or other authorities of the port.]

FORM No. 33.

Certificate of oath and declaration of master to desertion of seamen or mariners. (Paragraph 203.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

18-.

I, the undersigned, Consul, &c., do hereby certify that, on the day of the date hereof, before me personally appeared

master of the ship

of, and made oath, in due form of law, that the seamen or mariners hereinafter named, and who are noted on the crew-list of the said vessel as deserters, absconded from the said ship ——, at the ports or places hereinafter named, without his knowledge or consent, at or about the times hereinafter placed opposite their names respectively.

And the said -, master, further declared that the said seamen or mariners, deserters as aforesaid, were duly shipped, at the time and place and for the monthly wages and advance hereinafter stated and as per contract of shipping-articles; that the wages advanced abroad, expenses incurred on account of desertion, goods supplied to said seamen or mariners, as hereinafter stated opposite to their names, respectively, were honestly, justly, and truly advanced, expended, incurred, and supplied, as stated, to and for account of said seamen or mariners; and he doth likewise declare, that the balance of wages due on account of said seamen or mariners deserters as aforesaid, placed hereinafter opposite their respective names, as aforesaid, is the true, correct, and just balance which the said seamen or mariners would have been entitled to had they been duly discharged and paid off, for the period of time mentioned, and for which he has to account to the collector of customs of the port where the crew of said vessel are accounted for, as forfeited wages, to become the property of the United States.

And I, the said Consul, for myself, do hereby certify that master aforesaid, exercised due diligence, with my co-operation and assistance, to recover and secure such of said seamen or mariners as deserted at this port, but without success.

Cents.

Dollars.

Cents.

Dollars.
Cents.

FORM No. 34.

Request to local authorities for the arrest of deserters. (Paragraph 205.) CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

SIR:

seamen belonging to the

master, recently arrived from

-, 18-, between

having absconded at this port from the said, I have the honor respectfully, in pursuance of the provisions of the terms of the treaty of the United States and, to request that you will please canse warrants to be issued for their arrest and imprisonment, and that they be retained subject to the order of this Consulate.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

To

FORM No. 35.

U. S. Consul.

Certificate to be issued to citizens of the United States being purchasers of American or foreign-built vessels in a foreign port. (Paragraph 220.) Consul of the United States for the port of

I, do hereby certify that the within bill of sale, bearing date the day of, of the [here describe the vessel, her tonnage, denomination, name, &c.,] sold and transferred by

to

has been proved satisfactorily to me to have been duly executed by the subscribing part—; and I further certify that therein mentioned as purchaser of said vessel

of the United States.

As witness my hand and seal of the Consulate, this in the year of our Lord 18-.

[L. S.]

citizen

day of

Consul.

FORM No. 36.

Bill of health, (Clean.) (Paragraph 236.)

I, certify that

Consul of the United States at, do hereby called the -——, of - burden per register

tons, commanded by --, navigated by
passengers, leaves this port of

having on board

pratique, [or, in quarantine,] bound for

men, and in free

I certify that good health is enjoyed in this town and the adjacent country, without any suspicion of plague, cholera, or contagious distemper whatsoever.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal of

office, at

this

day of

18-.

U. S. Consul.

FORM No. 37.

Marine note of protest. (Paragraphs 238 and 412.)
CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Port of

day of in the year of our Lord eighteen
before me,
Consul of the United
and the dependencies thereof, person-
master of the ship or vessel called the
tons or thereabouts, and
last past, he sailed in and

On this

hundred and

States of America for

ally appeared of

of the burden of
day of

declared that, on the

with the said ship from the port ofarrived in the said ship at

on

and

laden with
[here insert the day and

hour;] and having experienced boisterous weather on the voyage,

hereby enters this note of protest accordingly, to serve and avail him hereafter, if found necessary.

By this public instrument of declaration and protest, be it known and made manifest unto all to whom these presents shall come or may concern that, on the

hundred and

States of America for

day of

one thousand eight Consul of the United

and the dependencies thereof, personmaster of the ship or vessel

of the burden of port of

laden with

tons or there

cargo,

abouts, then lying in this who duly noted and entered with me, the said Consul, his protest for the uses and purposes hereafter mentioned; and now, on this day, to wit, the day of the date hereof, before nie, the said Consul, again comes the said and requires me to extend this protest; and together with the said also come A B, mate, G H, carpenter, K L and M O, seaman, of and belonging to the said ship, all of whom being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did severally, voluntarily, freely, and solemnly declare, depose, and state as follows, that is to say: That these appearers, on the in their capacities aforesaid, sailed in and with the said from the port of · of; that the said

ship was then tight, staunch, and strong; had her cargo well and sufficiently stowed and secured; had her hatches well calked and covered; was well and sufficiently manned, victualed, and furnished with all things needful and necessary for a vessel in the merchantservice, and particularly for the voyage she was about to undertake; that [here insert narrative of the facts of the voyage as they occurred, with full and minute particulars, with dates, latitude, longitude, &c.]

And these said appearers, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further declare and say: That during the said voyage they, together with the others of the said ship's company, used their utmost endeavors to preserve the said and cargo from all manner of loss, damage, or injury. Wherefore the said -, master, hath protested, as by these presents I, the said Consul, at his special instance and request, do publicly and solemnly protest against all and every person and persons whom it doth or may concern, and against the winds, and waves, and billows of the seas, and against all and every accident, matter and thing, had and met with as aforesaid, whereby, and by reason whereof, the said or cargo already has or hereafter shall appear to have suffered or sustained damage or injury. And do declare that all losses, damages, costs, charges, and expenses that have happened to the said or cargo, or to either, are and ought to be borne by those to whom the same by right may appertain by way of average or otherwise, the same having occurred as before mentioned, and not by or through the insufficiency of the said -, her tackle or apparel, or default or neglect of this appearer, his officers, or any of his mariners. Thus done and protested in the port of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and

--, this

day of

In testimony whereof these appearers have hereunto subscribed their names, and I, the said Consul, have granted to the said master this public instrument, under my hand and the seal of this Consulate, to serve and avail him and all others whom it doth or may concern, as need and occasion may require.

graph 238.)

L. S. Consul.

Protest of the master of a vessel against charterers or freighters. (Para

Whereas the surveyors of the ship

master, of the

day of

of

have recommended the said ship

to proceed to a port of discharge, in the United States, after tempo