{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s11103","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f11103.","heading":"Slop chests","text":"\u00a7\u202f11103.\nSlop chests\n(a) A vessel to which\n(1) boots or shoes;\n(2) hats or caps;\n(3) underclothing;\n(4) outer clothing;\n(5) foul weather clothing;\n(6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and\n(7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets.\n(b) Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began.\n(c) This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s11103.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f11103."},{"t":"heading","text":"Slop chests"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A vessel to which ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 11102 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s11102","tail":" applies shall be provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman, including\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" boots or shoes;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" hats or caps;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" underclothing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" outer clothing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" foul weather clothing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" a complete supply of tobacco and blankets.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11103/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}