Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-13
AN ACT

bors of the United States, and me se0efai
acts SUPPLEMENTARY thereto.
RI ;t enacted bar the Senate and f7onse q
Pebres entat;vss ofthe United 5fafes d
a,erica IN Congress assembled, hat u any
,sr or personsshall put, place, or load
~ hoard any ship, vessel, boat or water
craft or into any cart, Wagon, SLED or
osher carriage or vehicle, with or without
,vbsels. any specie, goods, wares or ner-
cbandise. with intent to export, transport or
ss sa,,,.sv the same without the United
States or the territories thereof 70 any TO-
REIGN place, kingdom or country with int e
- - Convey the same on boardany foreign ship
,,stl,.n 81 without the limits of the Y. States
- he. territories thereof, to any torelgn
nIace KINGDOM or country, or with intent
r. convey the same on board any foreign
~, or Vessel within or without the limits
! OF the United States, or with the insent N
any other manner to evade the acts to Wh'eh
this act is a supplement, all such specie,
goods. wares and merchandise and also the
sb;n. vessel. boat, water craft, cart, Wagon,
{ sled or other carriage or. vehicle, on board,
or IN which the same may be SO put, placed,
~ loaded as aforesaid, shall be forfeited, :
the nerson or persons so putting, placing
or loading the same as aforesaid and also
the aiders and abettors therein, snaii upon
conviction. be adiudged guilty OF high mis-
,,er,eanor. and fined sum, by the court
before which the conviction Is had, equal to
fo,,r fines the value of such specie, goods,
rares and merchandise. Provided ho10eger,
Thai this section shall not be construed to
extend 10 any person or persons, not beng
tie oyner or owners, OF such specie, goodS,
wares or merchandise, who shall first inform
and make complaint to the collector OF the
district of any such offence committed with
he same district; and any intorner or
informers not being the owner or owners
as aforesaid. upon conviction ot the ottenSi-
ere. shall be entitled to one half OF the me
aforesaid, when the same shall be received
sbv the United States, and shall be entitled
10 4 certificate for that purpose from the
court before whom the conviction snail DC
had.
SIC. 2. And be 1t jitrtier enacted, hat
4 shall not be lawful to put on board any
skin. vessel, or boat of any description
whatever, any specie or goods, wares OF
merchandise, either OF domestic or foreign
growth, produce, or manufacture, ana the
same IS hereby prohibited unless permit
narticularlv stating the articles thus to De
laden shall have been previously obtained
from the collector of the district IN Walcn
snch shin. vessel, or boat may then be, or
fror, ! revenue officer specially authorised
by the collector to grant such permits nor
unless the lading shall be made ulder tll l
inspection of the proper revenue oiiieeis'
nor unless the owner or owners, consl9i'ee
o.. factor of such ship, vessel, or boat snail,
with the master, have given bond with one
or more sureties to the q, States III a sum
six times the.value of the vessel and cargo,
that the vessel shallnot leave the port With
out . clearance, nor shall, when leaving the
port, proceed to foreign port or place, nor
shall put any article on board CT any othsr
vessel; and that the whole cargo shall De
relanded either in the port where the vessel
may then be, or in such other port OF the
United States as shall be designated IN the
clearance. And it shall be lawful Tor the
collectors of the customs to refuse Perrnls-
sion to put any cargo on board any SUCH
ship, vessel, or boat, whenever IN sneif OPT
Mon there is an intention to violate the en-
barge, or whenever they shall have recelv--
ed Instructions to that effect by direction OF
the president of the United States: Pro-
pidsd, that nothing contained in this section
shall be construed TO extend to any snip,
vessel, or boat, uniformly employed In
the navigation only of bays, sounds, rivers
and lakes, within the jurisdiction OF the y:
States, which shall have obtained "a general
,.xre.ohlxy m the urovisiOns In