Log Book

A ship's journal. It contains a minute account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 408.

A ship’s journal. It contains a minute account of the ship’s course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 408. The part of the log-book relating to transactions in the harbor is termed the harbor log; that relating to what happens at sea. the sea log. Young, Naut Die. When a log-book is required by law to be be entered In it, but no further; Abbott, Shipp., 13th ed. 984; Cloutman v. Tunison, 1 Sumn. 373, Fed. Cas. No. 2,907; Orne v. Townsend, 4 Mas. 541, Fed. Cas. No. 10,583; 1 Dods. 9; 2 Hagg. Eccl. 159; Douglass v. Eyre, Gilp. 147, Fed. Cas. No. 4,032. All vessels making foreign voyages from the United States, or, of the burden of seventy-five tons or more, from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, must have an official log-book; Rev. Stat. § 4290; in which must be entered: Every offence committed by a member of the crew for which it is Intended to prosecute or to enforce a forfeiture; every offence for which punishment is inflicted on board, and the punishment inflicted; a statement of the character, conduct, and qualifications of each member of the crew, or a statement that the master declines to give such particulars; every case of illness or of Injury to any member of the crew, the nature thereof, and the medical treatment; every death on board and the cause thereof; every birth, with the sex of the infant, and the name of the parents; every marriage, with the names and ages of the' parties; the name of any seaman who ceases to be a member of the crew, and the place, time, manner, and cause thereof; a statement of the wmges due any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage and the gross amount of all deductions to be made; the sale of the effects of the deceased seaman, including a statement of each article sold and the sura received for it Id. §§ 4290-4292. In case of collision an entry must be made in the log; Act of Feb. 14, 1900. In suits for seamen’s wages, the log-book is to be produced if required, or otherwise the plaintiff may state its contents. The neglect of a seaman to render himself on board, and his absence without leave, are also to be entered on the log-book in certain dases, or the sailor’s fault will not forfeit his wages. Acts 20 July, 1790, §§ 2, 5, & 6; 7 June, 1872; 27 Feb. 1877. In collision actions log-books are not evidence for the ^hip in which they are kept, though they are against them; L. R. 1 P. C. 378; though the master and mate were both dead; 10 P. D. 31. “An entry made with full knowledge or opportunity of ascertaining the truth must be accepted as the truth when it tells against the party making it, and can be denied no more than a deed’’; The Newfoundland, 176 U. S. 97, 20 Sup. Ct. 274, 44 L Ed. 386. It is the duty of the mate to keep the logbook. Dana, Seaman’s Friend 145, 200. Every entry shall be signed by the master and mate or some other one of the crew, and shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates. For keeping the log in an improper manner the

A ship's Journal. It contains a minute account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relating to transactions in the harbor is termed the "harbor log;" that relating to what happens at sea, the "sea log." Young, Naut Diet

— Official log-hook. A log-book in a certain form, and containing certain specified entries required by 17 & 18 Viet. c. 104, §§ 280-282, to be kept by all British merchant ships, except those exclusively engaged in the coasting trade.

Aship’s journal. It contains a minute account of the ship’s course, with ashort history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relating to transactions in the harbor is termed the “harbor log;” that relating to what happens at sea, the “sea log.”” Young, Naut. Dict.