ROCHE, District Judge.
Rylander, United States Shipping Commissioner for San Francisco, refuses to acknowledge and certify shipping articles (see 46 U.S.C.A. § 565) unless the seamen desiring to sign them first produce their "continuous discharge books" authorized by 46 U.S.C.A. § 643. This action is justified by him under a regulation of the Secretary of Commerce to that effect. (See Rules & Regulations for Issuance of the Certificates of Service and...
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