An Act supplementary to the "Act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," 20 July 1840

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An Act supplementary to the "Act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," 20 July 1840
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other
date
20 July 1840
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5 Stat. 394-397, ch. 48
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https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-5/pdf/STATUTE-5-Pg394-2.pdf
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The law that governed an American crew's appeal to its consul abroad in 1850, for ships sailing after 1 Oct 1840. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Statutes at Large.

  • Sixteenth section: "The crew of any vessel shall have the fullest liberty to lay their complaints before the consul or commercial agent in any foreign port, and shall in no respect be restrained or hindered therein by the master or any officer, unless some sufficient and valid objection exist."
  • Twelfth section: where an officer and a majority of the crew complained in writing that a vessel was unfit to go to sea, among other things because "the crew is insufficient to man her," the consul was to appoint "two disinterested, competent practical men" to examine her.

Flogging on American merchant vessels was abolished by the naval appropriation act of 28 Sept 1850 (9 Stat. 515), five weeks after the Globe came home.

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  2. title: "An Act supplementary to the \"Act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen,\" 20 July 1840"
  3. type: other
  4. date: 20 July 1840
  5. reference: "5 Stat. 394-397, ch. 48"
  6. url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-5/pdf/STATUTE-5-Pg394-2.pdf"
  7. seen: image
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  11. The law that governed an American crew's appeal to its consul abroad in 1850, for ships sailing after
  12. 1 Oct 1840. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Statutes at Large.
  14. - **Sixteenth section:** "The crew of any vessel shall have the fullest liberty to lay their complaints
  15. before the consul or commercial agent in any foreign port, and shall in no respect be restrained or
  16. hindered therein by the master or any officer, unless some sufficient and valid objection exist."
  17. - **Twelfth section:** where an officer and a majority of the crew complained in writing that a vessel
  18. was unfit to go to sea, among other things because "the crew is insufficient to man her," the consul
  19. was to appoint "two disinterested, competent practical men" to examine her.
  21. Flogging on American merchant vessels was abolished by the naval appropriation act of 28 Sept 1850
  22. (9 Stat. 515), five weeks after the Globe came home.
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