and above her provisions, tackle, apparel and furniture, (the cabin to be excluded in manner aforesaid,) and for which goods the said C. D. shall sign bills of lading; and as soon as the said ship shall be thus reloaded at the port of- aforesaid, the said A. B. shall and will set sail and depart in and with the said ship and cargo from thence, wind and weather permitting, and directly proceed on her voyage and put into the port of and immediately on his arrival shall give notice thereof to the said C. D. his executors, administrators or assigns, and shall remain and continue at the said place, and shall from thence proceed to, and there deliver unto the said C. D. his factors, agents or assigns, the. full and entire cargo loaden and taken on board his said ship at

- in

aforesaid; and upon the entire and true delivery thereof, the said intended voyage shall end and be determined, (the dangers of the seas, restraint of princes and rulers, and all other unavoidable casualties always excepted.) AND the said A. B. doth covenant, promise and agree to and with the said C. D. in manner and form following, that is to say, That for the loading the aforesaid ship at this port of the unloading the same at

and reloading again at the same place, the putting into and unloading at aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the said C. D. his factors, agents, or assigns to detain and keep the said ship the term of- running days, so that it shall be at the option of the said C: D. his factors, agents or assigns, to keep the said ship in any of the aforesaid ports any number of days he or they shall think proper. PROVIDED ALWAYS, That in the whole they do not exceed the running days above mentioned. In consideration thereof the said C. D. doth covenant, promise and agree to and with the said A. B. his executors, administrators and assigns, that he the said C. D. his factors, agents and assigns, shall and will within the space or term of running days, to commence and be computed from the day of the date of these presents, cause the said ship to be loaded at reloaded at - in the island of

and

to touch and put aforesaid, in

into the port of and unload at manner above expressed, and shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said A. B. his executors, administrators, or assigns, for the hire and freight of the said ship the clear sum of of lawful money of Great Britain, in manner and form following, (that is to say,) the sum of part thereof upon the arrival of the said ship at aforesaid, and the remainder thereof, together with parts of pilotage, and port charges, occasioned during the aforesaid voyage, after the end and completing of the same in the manner aforesaid, and upon his arrival

at

and having also on his port and behalf duly fulfilled the several matters by him covenanted by this charter party. AND lastly, it is agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said C. D. his agents, factors or assigns, after the expiration of the said running days, to retain and keep the said ship upon demurrage, provided he or they pay or cause to be paid unto the said A. B. his executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of: of lawful money of Great Britain per day, for every day the said ship shall be so kept and detained upon demurrage. And for the true performance of, &c. IN WITNESS, &c.

CONTRACTS.

of

Shipping articles generally used in the United States.* In pursuance of an act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An Act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchant's Service," IT IS AGREED, between the master and seamen of the whereof is at present master, now lying in the port of, and bound for —, THAT, in consideration of the monthly or other wages against each respective seaman's name hereunder set, and the pay advanced, they and each of them shall and will render themselves on board the said at the day and hour in the memorandum in this agreement mentioned to begin the said voyage: And from thenceforth they the said seamen shall in all things well and faithfully perform all and singular the duties of seamen, and obey the lawful commands of the officers of the said

on board and in the boats belonging thereto, and in all ports, harbours and places where she may proceed to, or touch at, as good and faithful seamen ought to do, according to law, and the said act of the Congress of the United States, during the said voyage, and until the same be completely ended: And it is agreed, that no seaman shall be entitled to receive more wages than are now advanced on account of the said voyage, until the arrival of the said at the aforesaid port of And it is mu

tually contracted and agreed by and between the said master and seamen respectively, that they shall and will in all things conform to the rules and regulations in the said act of Congress contained, under all and every the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned, as fully as if they were repeated in this agreement. AND WE, whose names are subscribed to these presents in the column entitled sureties, DO hereby acknowledge, that we are sureties for the seaman or seamen against whose name or names ours are written, that he or they shall render themselves on board, and proceed to sea on the voyage aforesaid. IN WITNESS whereof the said master, seamen and sureties, have hereunto set their hands the day and year mentioned in the margin.

* On the back of these articles is generally printed the Act of Congress for the "Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants' Service," of July 20th, 1790.

Contract between a master and mariners in the Greenland

fisheries.

IT IS AGREED BETWEEN the master of the good ship or vessel called the whereof is master, now bound on a voyage to the Greenland Seas, Davis's Streights, or seas adjacent, of the one part, and the officers, seamen and others, whose hands and seals are hereunto severally subscribed and set, of the other part, as follows:

THAT in consideration of the monthly or other wages and privileges against each respective officer, seaman and mariner's name, hereunto set, they severally shall and will perform the abovementioned voyage; and the said master doth hereby agree with, and hire the said officers, seamen and mariners, for, the said voyage, at such monthly wages and privileges. And they the said officers, seamen and mariners do hereby promise and oblige themselves to do their duty and obey the lawful commands of their superiors on board the said ship and the boats belonging thereunto, as becomes good and faithful officers, seamen and mariners, and at all places where the said ship shall put in, or anchor at, during the said voyage, to do their best endeavours for the preservation of the said ship and cargo, and not neglect or refuse doing their duty by day or by night, nor shall go out of the said ship on board any other vessel, or to be on shore under any pretence whatsoever, without leave of the captain or commanding officer on board, first obtained. That in default thereof, they shall not only be liable to the penalties mentioned in the act of parliament made in the second year of the reign of King George the Second, entitled "An act for the better regulation and government of seamen in the merchants' service," but shall further, in case they should on any account whatsoever leave or desert the said ship without the master or commanding officer's consent, till the abovesaid voyage be ended (that is, until the said ship shall return from the Greenland Seas, Davis's Streights, or seas adjacent, to the port of, and be there mustered by the proper officers appointed by government for that purpose) be liable also to pay the sum or penalty of TWENTY POUNDS, of lawful money of Great Britain, and forfeit and lose all such privileges for oil, striking, cutting, fishmoney and wages, which, at such time of desertion, may be due unto them, together with all and every their goods, chattles and effects on board, RENOUNCING by these presents, all title, right, demand and pretension thereunto. for ever, for them, their heirs, executors and administratThat each and every lawful command which the said master or commanding officer, for the time being,

ors.