Section 783.520 – Harboring and secretion of seamen.
No person shall knowingly and with manifest intention to deprive the owner or master of any ship or vessel of the services of any seaman, harbor or secrete, or by any means aid in harboring or secreting with the intention aforesaid, any seaman mentioned in ORS 783.510.
Section 783.530 – Receipt of compensation from seaman for furnishing employment.
No person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or apprentice, or from any person seeking employment as a seaman or apprentice, or from any person on behalf of the seaman or apprentice, any remuneration whatever for providing the seaman or apprentice with employment on board any seagoing vessel.
Section 783.550 – Unauthorized boarding of nonpassenger vessel.
No person not acting in an official capacity shall board or attempt to board any ship or other vessel on the Willamette or Columbia River, not engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire, without the consent first obtained of the captain, master or other officer in command thereof at the time.
Section 783.560 – Arrest of officers and seamen for debt prohibited.
No officer or seaman of a seagoing vessel or ship shall be arrested or imprisoned for debt. No officer shall execute a process of arrest for debt upon such officer or seaman.
Section 783.570 – Enforcement officer in Portland and Astoria.
The mayor and common council of the cities of Portland and Astoria, severally shall appoint or designate a person or officer to see that ORS 783.510 to 783.560 are not violated and that the provisions thereof are enforced. Such person or officer shall have all the authority and powers of a peace officer, and may […]
Section 783.580 – Tugboat operator refusing to tow; discrimination in charges.
Any tugboat towing for hire in any of the waters of this state is a common carrier for the business of towing vessels. No master or owner of any such tug shall refuse to tow any vessel of the class usually towed by such a tug, or shall discriminate either in the charges for towing […]
Section 783.590 – Lowering of smokestacks of vessels navigating upper Willamette.
Any person or corporation operating any steamboat or other watercraft upon the Willamette River above the City of Portland, shall so construct the smokestacks upon such steamboat or other watercraft with hinges so arranged that the smokestacks thereon can be lowered to a level with the pilot house upon such steamboat or other watercraft when […]
Section 783.600
[Amended by 2001 c.722 §8; renumbered 783.620 in 2001]
Section 783.610 – Offenses relating to buoys and beacons.
No person shall moor any vessel of any kind or any name, or any boat, skiff, barge, scow, raft, or part of a raft, to any buoy or beacon placed in the navigable waters of this state, or in any bay, river or arm of the sea bordering upon this state, by the authority of […]
Section 783.510 – Enticement of seamen to desert or leave ship.
No person shall entice, persuade or by any means attempt to persuade, any seaman to desert from, or without permission of the officer then in command thereof to leave or depart therefrom, either temporarily or otherwise, any ship or steamer or other vessel while such ship, steamer or other vessel is within the waters under […]