Cap. 12 Art. 425Exemption from surety.

The following persons are exempt from giving surety notwithstanding that such surety be required by the person making the deposit:

(a) the dominus, where the claim is for payment of the ground-rent of the tenement on the proceeds of the sale of which there are competing claims;

(b) any seaman of any ship, where the claim is for payment of wages due for the last voyage, provided the money deposited in court is derived from the sale of such ship, or from the sale of the cargo of the said last voyage, or from the recovery of the ship or cargo, or from the freight earned in the said voyage.