Volume 73
Public Law 86–263
To amend section 12 of the Act of March 5, 1915, to clarify types of arrestment prohibited with respect to wages of United States seamen.
Approved September 14, 1959
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 12 of the Act of March 5, 1915, to clarify types of arrestment prohibited with respect to wages of United States seamen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the second sentence of section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1169; 46 U.S.C. 601), is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon in lieu thereof and the following: “And provided further, That no part of the wages due or accruing to a master, officer, or any other seaman who is a member of the crew on a vessel engaged in the foreign, coastwise, intercoastal, interstate, or noncontiguous trade shall be withheld pursuant to the provisions of the tax laws of any State, Territory, possession, or Commonwealth, or a subdivision of any of them.”
Approved September 14, 1959.