Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 11103: Slop chests
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boots or shoes; hats or caps; underclothing; outer clothing; foul weather clothing; everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and a complete supply of tobacco and blankets. 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. 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.
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