R. S. 4588.

sec. 686.

T. Ds. 37484,

37544, 38675.

In every case submitted to the department the collector of customs should be careful to include the navigation fine number, as shown on commerce Form 1080 or 1080a.

SEAMEN'S PROTECTION CERTIFICATES

Art. 93. Applications.—(a) An application for a seaU.S. C., title 46, man's protection certificate (commerce Form 1437) must be in writing, signed and sworn to and presented to the collector by the applicant in person, together with satisfactory evidence that he is a seaman and legal evidence that he is a citizen of the United States.

(b) The application must bear the left thumb print, photograph, and signature of the applicant and be stamped with the same serial number as the corresponding certificate (commerce Form 1436). The signature must be written partly across the seal space and partly across the photograph.

(c) The evidence submitted should be noted on the application and attached thereto, except when it is in the form of certificates from permanent records, in which case proper notations of the records may be made on the application and the certificates returned to the applicant. Affidavits are not of this class and should be retained by collectors and attached to the application.

American

Art. 94. Evidence that applicant is an seaman.-Licenses of officers, recent discharges from the United States Navy or merchant marine vessels, and certificates from properly authorized persons showing that the applicants have been engaged for service as members of the crews of outgoing American vessels may be accepted as evidences of seamanship. The last-named certificates should be retained and attached to the applications.

Art. 95. Evidence of American citizenship.-(a) Evidence of citizenship should be of the character described in article 34. The applicant should furnish proof that he either was born in the United States, or was duly naturalized as a citizen thereof, or was born of an American father in a foreign country or at sea.

(b) A foreign-born seaman claiming American citizenship through naturalization based upon his own application to a court, or derived through his parent, must furnish a certificate of naturalization issued by the clerk of the court in which the naturalization occurred, or a certificate of citizenship issued by the Commissioner of Naturalization, Washington, D. C.

Art. 96. Seamen's protection certificates.-(a) The certificate (commerce Form 1436) shall contain a full description of the applicant, particular attention being paid to identification marks, and shall issue only to an American seaman who has produced proof in the manner directed by law that he is a native or naturalized citizen of the United States.

(b) Each certificate should bear the left thumb print, photograph, and signature of the person described therein. The signature should be written partly across the seal space and partly across the photograph.

(c) The collector of customs or his authorized deputy should sign each certificate and impress the seal of his office thereon.

(d) The certificate should bear the same serial number and date as the application (commerce Form 1437).

SEAMEN'S CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE AND PRO

TECTION

Act May 9, 1918,

U. S. C., title 8,

T. D. 43456.

Art. 97. Applications.—(a) An application for a sea-sec. 1, subdiv. 8, man's certificate of service and protection (commerce sec. 376. Form 1439) must be in writing, signed and sworn to, and presented to the collector by the applicant in person, together with satisfactory evidence that he has served three years on merchant or fishing vessels of the United States of more than 20 tons burden, and that he has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States.

(b) The application must bear the left thumb print, photograph, and signature of the applicant and be stamped with the same serial number as the corresponding certificate (commerce Form 1438). The signature must be written partly across the seal space and partly across the photograph.

(c) The evidence submitted should be noted on the application and attached thereto, except the certified copy of the declaration of intention, which may be returned, if desired.

Art. 98. Evidence of service on American vessels.Evidence should consist principally of certificates of discharge (commerce Form 719), each signed by the master of the vessel on which the applicant served. If the service was in the foreign trade, the certificate should be countersigned by a United States shipping commissioner or some customs officer acting in that capacity; but if it was in the coasting trade, other satisfactory evidence may be accepted.

Art. 99. Seaman's certificates of service and protection. (a) This certificate (commerce Form 1438) should contain a full description of the applicant, particular attention being paid to identification marks, and should issue only to an American seaman who has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen and has served three years on merchant or fishing vessels of the United States of more than 20 tons burden.

(b) Each certificate should bear the left thumb print, photograph, and signature of the person described therein. The signature should be written partly across the seal space and partly across the photograph.

(c) The collector of customs or his authorized deputy should sign each certificate and impress the seal of his office thereon.

(d) The certificate should bear the same serial number and date as the application (commerce Form 1439).

Art. 100. Duplicate certificates.-Duplicate certificates, either on Form 1436 or 1438, may be issued on presentation of an affidavit as to loss satisfactory to the collector. They shall be issued only by the port which issued the original, and if application is made at any other port the applicant's affidavit accompanied by two photographs of himself should be forwarded to the collector of the port of issue and the duplicate certificate delivered to the applicant when it is received from such port. It should be stamped "duplicate."

Art. 101. Records and files. The applications with attached papers should be kept in vertical files in numerical order, and the records should be in book form or on loose leaves. They should show in regular order the date, number, name, age, rating, and vessel of the applicant. A card index by names, showing the numbers of the applications, will be found of great assistance.

Art. 102. General instructions.-(a) Information concerning seamen, desired by relatives and others, may be given in the discretion of collectors.

(b) No certificate should be issued to an applicant under 17 years of age without the written permission of his parents or guardian, acknowledged before a notary public.

(c) Lost and found certificates received in the mails or otherwise should be forwarded to the port of issue and placed in the files with the applications on which they were issued.

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