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" An Act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at... "
The American Journal of International Law - Page 335
1919
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 345

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1953 - 874 pages
...history of the statute before us begins with the 1915 enactment of -the comprehensive LaFollette Act, entitled, "An Act To promote the welfare of American...relation thereto ; and to promote safety at sea." 38 Stat. 1164. Many sections of this Act were in terms or by obvious implication restricted to American...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 253-254

Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2038 pages
...for whose interests they were legislating. The act of which section 20 is a part is entitled one — "to promote the welfare of American seamen in the...in relation thereto, and to promote safety at sea." Section 1 amends section 4516 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. 1916, § 8306), under the title "Merchant...
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Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Bar Association of Tennessee

Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1914 - 1764 pages
...proceedings so that the jurisdiction of the Court may be shown. On March 4, 1915, Congress passed an Act entitled : "An Act to promote the welfare of American...in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea." This Act gives in detail the relations between the seamen and the vessel upon which he is employed,...
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The New York Supplement, Volume 195

Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1052 pages
...section 33 (page 1007) amended section 20 of the Seaman's Act (38. Stat. 1185), passed March 4, 1915, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of American...in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea" (38 Stat. 1164, c. 153), as follows: "Sec. 33. That section 20 of such Act of March 4, 1915, be, and...
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The American Federationist, Volume 22

Labor unions - 1915 - 726 pages
...the seamen's bill — an act to promote the welfare of American seamen, to promote safety at sea, and to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for...abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto. This is a law of international significance. It makes the soil of America sacred land upon which no...
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The American Journal of International Law, Volume 15

Electronic journals - 1921 - 656 pages
...than this, and not only declares the purposes to promote the welfare of American seamen but further to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for...in relation thereto ; and to promote safety at sea. But the title of an Act cannot limit the plain meaning of its text, although it may be looked to to...
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The American Journal of International Law, Volume 9

International law - 1915 - 1080 pages
...American seamen in merchant marine, to abolish arrest and imprisonment as penalty for desertion, to secure abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto, and to promote safety at sea. 21 p. Commerce Committee. Shipping. Hearing on H. 8753 to make owners of vessels transporting merchandise...
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The American Journal of International Law, Volume 8

Electronic journals - 1914 - 1078 pages
...136, to promote welfare of, to abolish arrest and imprisonment as penalty for desertion and to secure abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto, and to promote safety at sea. June 19, 1914. 31 p. (H. rp. 852, pt. 1.) Paper, 5c. . Hearings, 1914. 2 pts. iii+ 3-553 p. and iii+...
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Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science in the City of New ..., Volume 6

Electronic journals - 1916 - 724 pages
...present the different views of the probable working of the Seamen's Act. The title of this act is : "An act to promote the welfare of American seamen...relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea." It is somewhat significant that the president of the Academy puts safety at sea first, while the author...
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The American Year Book

Albert Bushnell Hart - Almanacs, American - 1914 - 922 pages
...promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrost and Imprisonment as a penalty for desertion, and to...In relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea. Passed Senate Oct. 28. S. 192. To limit the use of campaign funds In presidential and national elections....
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