5.  If  any  seaman  having  received  an  advance  on  his  shipping,  sureties  liawe  for

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and  signing  the  agreement,  and  tor  whom  any  person  snail  nave  penses  where  sea-
become     surety,   and  as  such  subscribed    the  agreement,  shall  °ed'on"the°voy-
not  proceed  on  the  voyage,  such  surety  shall  repay  such  advance ;  "^e-
and  if  the  master  or  owner  shall  be  compelled  to  procure  another
seaman,  and  thereby  incur  additional  expense,  the  surety  shall  also
repay  the  same — provided  it  do  not  exceed  half  the  sum  originally
advanced.
6.  The  party  becoming  surety  shall  subscribe  his  name  to  the  Execution  of  arti-
agreement  in  the  proper  column  thereof,  opposite  to  the  name  of  advance,  Cv'fe-
the  seaman  for  whom  he  becomes  surety,  and  such  signature  shall  XentortSted.
render  him  liable  to  the  extent  above  declared ;  and  the  amount

shall  be  sued  for  as  debts  of  the  hke  amount  by  law  are ;  and  on
'  production  of  the  agreement,  and  proof  of  the  execution  thereof
by  the  seaman  and  by  the  surety,  and  of  the  refusal  of  the  seaman
to  proceed  to  sea,  judgment  shall  be  given  against  the  surety  for
the  advance  paid  to  the  seaman,  and  for  the  additional  expense,  to
the  extent  above  named,  together  with  costs,  as  allowed  by  law  in
cases  of  debts  of  the  like  amount.
