 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1112 pages
...the view I formerly took, as follows: Compiled Statutes, § 8392 defines "a seaman" as any "person who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board" of any vessel. These men live on board a boat and work on other boats. The statutes also say that this... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1938 - 826 pages
...157, 158. 4 17 Stat. 262, 276. ' 17 Stat. 277. 91 Opinion of the Court. citizen of the United States shall, within the meaning and for the purposes of...excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve hi any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a 'seaman' within the meaning and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries - 1941 - 68 pages
...with other classes of seamen. The Navigation laws of the United States define the term "seaman" as "every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be...employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the [vessel]."— (RS 4612.) The Public Health Service laws define the term "seaman" as "any person employed... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Fishers - 1941 - 68 pages
...with other classes of seamen. The Navigation laws of the United States define the term "seaman" as "every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be...employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the [vessel]." — (RS 4612.) The Public Health Service laws define the term "seaman" as "any person employed... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Employment Security - Unemployment insurance - 1943 - 1110 pages
...United States shall be deemed to be the "master'1 thereof ; and every person (apprentices accepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board lie same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman"; and the term "vessel" ihall be understood to comprehend... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1841 - 662 pages
...which shall be let fora less period than Twelve for a less Months, the proprietors thereof shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed and taken to be the tenants, and shall be assessed accord- Months. ingly ; and the said Council shall have power, and they... | |
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HM shall, within the meaning and for the purposes of this act, be deemed and taken to be the master of such ship ; and that every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board... 
