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The following :lie the p; ~ecticns of the mrt
law corcerninv. Navigation, .ander car. iie;aCog is
the 1-louse cf Itepres.e.ttative.:
A Bill cencf.rning Navigation, and to r;p,alan..lct ent:tit...l" An

Act cna emit g Navigatio r, p•lfied the 16th April, 181 R."
Be it enacted. by the Screw and House of Representatives of
the Unit a St.oei of America, in (%).18ress a:.arirthled, Tnat front
and after the I=c or 14,2tenii.,_r neat, re: I.y port att,i p. a e. within
the jurisdiction of th,.t United States ',e, -10. the same is
hereby, dosed against the entrance of every vessel not own.d
wholly, orin part, by a citizen or citieers oi the United States,
coming from any port or place in his M.i.est's posses-
sion in the Wm Indies, in any of the rahlr. a 13
Islands, the Islands of Bermuda and Newfou, dland, on the
continent of North America, or in any Maud on the coast
thereof ; and likewise to every such vessel as shall, in the course
of her voyage, have touched at or cleared out from any such
port or place; and also, that from and after the Ist day of Sep-
teMber next, every port or place within the jurisdiction of the
United States shall be, and the same is hereby closed against the
entrance of every vessel, ow.ted wholly, or in part, by a citizen
or citizens of the United States, coming from any port or place
in his Britannic Majesty's possessions in any of the Bohan a
Islands, Turk's Islands, the Islands of Bermuda and Newfound-
land, on the continent of North America, or in and 4!) the islands
on the coast thereof ; and likewise to every such vessel as shall,
in the course of her voyage, have touched at; or cleared out from,
any such port or place : and every such vessel so excluied from
the port or ports within she jurisdiction of the United Stitt,' as
shall enter, or attempt to enter, the raune, in vitiation of tb:s
Act, shall, with her tackle and furniture, together with the cargo
on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after de
aforesaid Ist day of September next, the owner, consignee, cr
agent, of every vessel sot owned wholly or its part by a citiztis
or citizens of the United States, on board of which there shall
be laden, for exportation, any article or articles of the growth,
produce, or manufacture, of the United States, other than.pro-
visions and sea-stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before
such vessel be cleared outward at the Custom House, give bond
in a sum double the value of such articles, with one or more
sureties, to the satisfaction of the Collector, that the article or
articles so laden on board such vessel for exportation shall be
landed in some port or place other than a port or place in his Bri-
tannic Majesty's possessions in the West Indies, or in any of the
Bahama Islands, Turk's Islands, the Islands of Bermuda and New-
&midland, on the Continent of North America, or in any island
on the coast thereof; and also, that from and after the aforesaid
Ist day of September next, the owner, consignee, or agent of
every vessel, owned wholly or in part by a citizen or citizens of
the United States, on board of which there shall be laden for ex-
portation any article or articles of the growth, produce, or manu-
facture of the United States, shall, before such vessel be cleared
outward at the Custom-house, give bond, in a sum double the
value of such articles, with one or more sureties, to the satisfac-
tion of the Collector, the article or articles so laden on board
such vessel for exportation, shall be landed in some port or place,
other than a port or place in his Britannic Majesty's possessions
in any of the Bahama Islands, Turk's Islands, the Islands of
Bermuda and Newfoundland, on the Continent of North Ame-
rica, or any island on the coast thereof. And any such vessel as
shall sail, or attempt to sail, from any pot t or place within the
jurisdiction of the United States, without the provisions afore-
said of this section being first complied with, by giving bond as
aforesaid, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together
with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on board the same as
aforesaid, be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Au
contained shall be taken to prevent the entrance iuto any port or
place, within the jurisdiction of the United States, of packets,
and such vessels as shall hear dispatches from the Governnunt
to which they belong, having neither cargo nor nterchandize on
board; or be so Construed as to violate any provisions of the
Convention to regulate Commerce between the territories of the
United States and of his Britannic Majesty, signed therm of July,
1815, and which is now its full force and operatisj, by virtue of
the 4th Article of the Con v .ntion between the UtiTted States and
his Britannic Majesty, signed the 20th of October, 1818.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the
aforesaid Ist day of September next, the Act entitled " As Act
concerning Navigation," passed the 18th of April, 1818, be, and
the same is hereby, repealed : provided nevertheLss, that all
penalties and forfeitures, which shall have- been previously in-
curred, by virtue of the said Act, the operation of which shall
so cease and determine, shall be recovered and distributed in like
manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue.
A fatal accident happened at the Bridge near Berridale, Cala.
ness-shire, on Sunday morning last, by the breaking down of
the mail-coach on its way to the North, by which one man was
killed on the spot, and several persons seriously hurt.

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