Volume 82 · 108
Public Law 90–293
To grant the masters of certain United States vessels a lien on those vessels for their wages.
Approved April 25, 1968
Statutory text
AN ACT
To grant the masters of certain United States vessels a lien on those vessels for their wages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
the master
Vessels.
Masters’ liens for wages.
of a vessel documented, registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States shall have the same lien for his wages against such vessel and the same priority as any other seaman serving on such vessel.
Sections 4546 and 4547 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 603 and 604) shall not apply in any proceed mg brought by a master for the enforcement of the lien granted by this section.
Section 4535 of the be vised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 600) is amended by striking out “seaman” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place “master or seaman”.
Section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (38 Stat. 1164; 46 U.S.C. 601), is amended (1) by striking out “seaman or apprentice” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place “master, seaman, or apprentice”, and (2) by striking out in the first proviso thereof “any seaman” and inserting in lieu thereof “any master or seaman”.
Sec. 2.
For the purposes of this Act, section 4535 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (38 Stat. 1164; 46 U.S.C. 601), the term “master’ shall include every person having command of any vessel documented, registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States, except a person who has a financial interest valued at 5 per centum or more either of the corporation, partnership, or association which owns the vessel against which the lien is claimed, or of the market value of the vessel against which the lien is claimed.
Approved April 25, 1968.