AN ACT PROVIDING A METHOD OF ENABLING MASTERS OF SHIPS IN CERTAIN CASES TO SECURE THE RETURN TO THEIR SHIPS OF SEAMEN WHO HAVE DESERTED THEREFROM IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARREST AND RETURN TO SHIP OF SEAMEN DESERTING FROM CERTAIN MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR THE ADJUDICATION BY CONSULS OF CERTAIN DISPUTES AND FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONSULAR DECISIONS IN SUCH CASES, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE