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SDpesprivied, to each officer or seaman thus enrolled and employed in
the foreign trade or deep-sea fisheries, as hereinafter provided, an
annual retainer as follows: For each master or chief engineer of a
vessel of the United States of five thousand gross tons or over, one
hundred dollars; for each master or chief engineer of a vessel of the
United States of one thousand gross tons or over but of less than five
thousand gross tons, efghty-five dollars; for each master or chief
engineer of a vessel of the United States under one thousand gross
tons, seventy dollars; for each mate or assistant engineer of a vbssel
of the United States of five thousand gross tons or over, seventy dollars;
for each mate or assistant engineer of a vessel of the United States of
one thousand gross tons or over but of less than five thousand 2108s
tons, fifty-five dollars; for each mate or assistant engineer of a vessel
of the United States under one thousand hs tons, forty dollars; for
2ach seaman, twenty-five dollars; for each boy, fifteen dollars. Such
retainer shall be paid at the end of each year of service on certificate
by an officer, to be designated by the Secretary of the Navy, that the
aval volunteer has satisfactorily complied with the regulations, and
On certificate by the Commissioner of Navigation that such volunteer
hag served satisfactorily for at least six months of the preceding twelve
Months on vessels of the United States in the foreign trade or in the
deep-sea fisheries.
SEC. 2. That in the interest of the national defense and for the performance
 of ‘the public services hereinafter specified, after July first,
tneteen hundred and six, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to pay, subject to the provisions of this act,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the
owner or owners of any vessel hereafter built and registered in the
United States or now duly registered by a citizen or citizens of the
United States (including as such citizens any corporation created under
the laws of the United States or any of the States thereof), subventions
 as hereinafter provided; that is to say, (a) the sum of five dollars
Der gross registered ton for each vessel which has heen engaged in the
foreign trade by sea or the deep-sea fisheries for a period of twelve
Months, including time necessarily consumed in muking annual or
®Xtraordinary repairs; (b) the sum of four dollars per gross registered
ton for each vessel which has been engaged in the foreign trade by sea
or the deep-sea fisheries for a period of nine months or over, but less
than twelve months, including time necessarily consumed in making
extraordinary repairs; (c) the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per
gross registered ton for each vessel which has been engaged in the
foreign trade by sea or the deep-sea fisheries for a period of six months
OT over, but less than nine months, including time necessarily consumed
 in making extraordinary repairs: Provided, That if, for reasons
satisfactory to oe Secretary of Commerce and Labor, a vessel is idle
for more than one month when not undergoing repairs or receiving or
discharging cargo the subvention shall be reduced pro rata.
SEc. 8. That before receiving any subvention under the provisions
of this act the owner or owners of any vessel shall contract, in writing,
 with sufficient sureties, with the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor to fulfill each and all of the following obligations:
First. That said vessel may be taken and used by the United States,
for the national defense or for any public purpose, at any time, upon
Payment to the owner or owners of the fair actual value of the same