Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-05-10
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surveyors OF the district of MISSISSIPPI
pi; or ifthe cargo shall be landed more
than thirty miles from the place of re-
sidence of any such officer, by state
or territorial judge, having iurisdicti-
on at the place of such landing.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted,
fhatif any vessel, liar, or boat, shall
enter that part of the river Mississippi
as prescribed in the next preceding
section, without stopping and deliver
ing manifest in the manner therein
provided, or if a certificate of the lam
ding of the cargo shall no; be produced
within the time, and in the manner
therein provided, such vessel, fiat, OF
boat, and cargo shall be forfeit d, and
the owner or owners, consignee, agent,
factors, treighters, master or skipper
OF such vessel, fat or boat, Shall res.
pectively forfeit and pay a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, nor less
than one thousand dollars.
Sec. s. .dnd Be IL f,;rthe,. enacted, That,
no ship or vessel having any cargo
whatever on board, shall, during the
continuance Of the act LAYING an enl-
barge on all ships and vessels, in the
ports and harbors of the United States,
be allowed to depart from any port of
the United States, for any other port
or district of the United States, ai;a-
cent to the territories. colonies or pro-
vinces OF foreign nation; nor shall
any clearance be furnished TO any ship
or vessel bound rs aforesaid without
special permission of the Presidcnr of
the United States. And If any ship
Or vessel shall, contrary TO the provi-
sions OF this act, proceed 10 any port
or district adjacent to the territories,
colonies or provinces OF q foreign ma
ton, such ship or vessel with her car
so shall be wholly forfeited aud if the
same shall not be seized, the owner.
owners, agents, factors, and freightere
OF such ship or vessel shall, for eve-v
such offence, forfeit and pay double the
value Of such ship and cargo and the
master and commander al such shin or
vessel, as well as AL other persons, who
shall knowingly be concerned in such
prohibited voyage shall each respect
lvely forfeit and pay, not exceeding
three thousand dollars, nor less than five
hundred dollars for every such offence.
whether the vessel be seized or not.
Sec. Z. And be il further enacted.
hat the commanders OF the public
armed vessels and gun-boats of the
United States, shall, as wei as the
commanders or masters of the revenue
cutters, and revenue boats, be autho-
riZed, and they are hereby authorized
TO stop and examine any vessel, fat.
or boat, belonging to any citizen ofthe
United States, either on the high seas
or within the Jurisdiction OF the United
States, or any foreign vessel within the
jurisdiction ofthe United States. which
there may be reason 10 suspect TO be
engaged IN any traffic or commerce, or
IN the transportation of mer .handize
OF either domestic or foreign growth
or manufacture, contrsryto the provi-
slons OF tins act, or of the act iaVinp
an embargo on al ships and vessels.
IN the ports and harbors Of the United
States, or of any of the acts suDnle-
mentary thereto, and if upon examina-
ton 1t shall appear that such vessel,
dat, or boat is thus engaged, it shall
be the duty of the commander to seize
every such vessel, FIAT, or boat, and to
send the same to the nearest port of
the United States for trial.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted
That The comptroller of the treasury
be, and he hereby is authorized to re.
NIT the duties accruing on the impor-
tation OF goods Of domestic produce,
or which, being of fsreica produce,
had been exported without receiving
a drawback which may have been, or
may be reimPorted in vessels owned
by citizens of the United States. and
which having sailed subsequent to the
first day of October last, and prior to
the twenty day of December
last, may be or have been stopt on the
high SECS by foreign armed vessels,
and by reason thereof have returned.
or may hereafter return into the Uni
ted States. And the said comptroller
is likewise authorized to direct the ex-
portatlon bonds given for foreign mer-