Dingley Act (shipping)

This article is about a merchant marine law. For a tariff law, see Dingley Act.

The act was introduced by Nelson Dingley, Jr.

The Dingley Act of 1884 was a United States law introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley, Jr. of Maine dealing with American mariners serving in the United States Merchant Marine.

Among other things, the act:

prohibited advances on wages,^[1] and
limited the making of seamen's allotments to only close relatives.^[1]

In 1886, a loophole to the Dingley Act was created, allowing boardinghouse keepers to receive seamen's allotments.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Bauer, 1988:285.

References

Bauer, K. Jack (1988). A Maritime History of the United States: The Role of America's Seas and Waterways. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina. ISBN 0-87249-519-1.
"Andrew Furuseth Special Edition" (PDF). West Coast Sailors, March 12, 2004. Retrieved March 21, 2007.

See also

Laws relating to the United States Merchant Marine

1870s	Shipping Commissioners Act of 1872

1880s	Dingley Act

1890s	Maguire Act of 1895 White Act of 1898

1910s	Seamen's Act

1920s	Jones Act Death on the High Seas Act of 1920

1930s	Merchant Marine Act of 1936

Current	Title 33 CFR Title 46 CFR

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