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Business of mercantile marine office.
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247.—(1) It shall be the general business of superintendents of mercantile marine offices (in this Act referred to as superintendents)—
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to afford facilities for engaging seamen by keeping registries of their names and characters:
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to superintend and facilitate the engagement and discharge of seamen in manner in this Act provided:
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to provide means for securing the presence on board at the proper times of the seamen who are so engaged:
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to facilitate the making of apprenticeships to the sea service: and
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to perform such other duties relating to seamen, apprentices, and merchant ships as are by or in pursuance of this Act, or any Act relating to merchant shipping, committed to them.
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(2) Any act done by to or before a deputy duly appointed shall have the same effect as if done by to or before a superintendent.
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