 | United States. Supreme Court - 1953 - 874 sidor
...statute before us begins with the 1915 enactment of -the comprehensive LaFollette Act, entitled, "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... | |
 | 1919 - 2038 sidor
...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 merchant marine of the United States, to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1914 - 1764 sidor
...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 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... | |
 | 1922 - 1052 sidor
...(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 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... | |
 | 1919 - 936 sidor
...consideration certain features of the so-called "Seaman's Act." (38 Stat. 1164.) The Act is entitled: "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... | |
 | 1919 - 918 sidor
...consideration certain features of the so-called "Seaman's Act." (38 Stat. 1164.) The Act is entitled: "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... | |
 | 1921 - 656 sidor
...the courts of the United States, because of the title of the Act in which its purpose is expressed "to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States. ' ' But the title is more than this, and not only declares the purposes to promote the welfare of American... | |
 | 1916 - 724 sidor
...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 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... | |
 | 1916 - 888 sidor
...condition attached to the ratification of the Convention virtually nullifies the agreement The Seamen's 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - 1914 - 1160 sidor
...HELD BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON S. 136 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... | |
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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... 
