Our country and its resources; . when permitted hy treaty, law orusage, to take charge of and settlethe personal estates of Americanswho may die abroad, without legalor other representatives, and remitthe proceeds to the Treasury in casethey are not called for by a legalrepresentative within one year; toship, discharge, and. under certainconditions, maintain and send Amer-ican seamen to the United States;to settle disputes between mastersand seamen of American vessels; toinvestigate charges of mutiny or In-subordination on the high seas andsend mutineers to the United Statesfor trial; to rende
Our country and its resources; . when permitted hy treaty, law orusage, to take charge of and settlethe personal estates of Americanswho may die abroad, without legalor other representatives, and remitthe proceeds to the Treasury in casethey are not called for by a legalrepresentative within one year; toship, discharge, and. under certainconditions, maintain and send Amer-ican seamen to the United States;to settle disputes between mastersand seamen of American vessels; toinvestigate charges of mutiny or In-subordination on the high seas andsend mutineers to the United Statesfor trial; to render assistance in thecase of wrecked or stranded Amer-ican vessels, and, in the ahsence ofthe master or other qualified per-son, take charge of the wrecks andcargoes, if permitted to do so hy thelaws of the Country; to receive thepapers of American vessels arrivingat foreign ports and deliver themafter the discharge of the ohliga-tions of the vessels toward the mem-hers of their crews, and upon theproduction of clearances from the. 490 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS UKSOIRCES proper foreign port officials; to cer-tify to the correctness of the valua-tion iif merchandise exported to the United States where the shipmentamounts to more than $100; to aclas otlieial witnesses to marriages ofAmerican citizens abroad; to aid inthe enforcement of the immigrationlaws, and to certify to the correct-ness of the certilicates issued byChinese and other officials to Chi-nese persons coining to the UnitedStates; to protect the health of ourseaports by reporting weekly thesanitary and health conditions ofthe port at which he resides, andby issuing to vessels clearing for theUnited States hills of health describ-ing the condition of the ports, thevessels, crews, passengers and car-goes; and to take depositions andperform other acts which publicnotaries in the United States areauthorized or required to perform. In addition to the foregoing du-ties, consular officers in China. Tur-key. Siani. Muskat, Morocco,
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