Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-03
AN ACT

parts OF the act, entitled" An act TO +
fcrdict the commercial in tercourseEt-
tween the United States and Great b.
tain and France, and their dependencies
and for other purposes.
sBEit1enacted by the senate and housfgt
representatives. Of the United States Of Aye
RIGA, IN Congress assembled, That the third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, unth,
tenth, eleventh, seventeenth and eighteenth
Issections of the act, entitled " An aTto IN
terdict the commercial intercourse |etween
the United States and Great Britin and
France and their dependencies, aHi Tor O.
Their purposes" shall continue in foice until
the end of the next session Of Congress -
Provided, That nothing therein contained
shall be construed to prohibit any trade or
commercial intercourse which has been Or
may be permitted in conformity with the
provisions of the eleventh. section OF the said
act. 80
Sec. 2. did belt further enacted, That all
acts repealed, or mentioned or intepded to
be repealed by the said act to interdrt COM
mercial intercourse between the United
States and Great Britain and Frame, and
their dependencies, shallbe and rem,n r.
pealed Notwithstanding any part OF the same
act which has been ormay herealterbe re-
voked or annulled, or which may expire by
its limitation: Provided, That all the pens7
alties and forfeitures which may have been
incurred on account of any lntractlon OF the
act laying an embargo on all ships and YES
sells in the ports and harbors OF the United
States, or of any of the acts supplementary
thereto, or ofthe act to enforce and make
more efectual an act, entitled 6 An act lay
ing an embargo on all ships and vessels IN
the ports and harbors of the United States,
or of any OF the provisions OF the act to IN
terdict the commercial intercourse between
the United States and Great Britain and
France and their dependencies, and Tor o.
Their purposes, shall, after the expiration OF
any of the said acts or Of anv provisions
thereof, be recovered and distributed in like
manner as if the said acts and every provi-
sion thereof had continued in full force and
virtue.
Sec. 8. Aad be 1t further enacted, That
during the continuance of this act, no shaP
or vessel, except such as may be chartered
or employed for the public service by the
President Of the United States, shall be
permitted to depart for any foreign port or
place with which commercial intercourse
has not been,or NAV not be permitted by viz
tue of this act, or of the act to nterdlct the
States and Gpessr between th en ahi'
their dependencies. and for other purposes.
And no ship or vessel bound to foreign
port or place with which commercial inter
course has been or may be thus permitted,
except such as maybe chartered or employ
ed as aforesaid, shall be allowed to depart,
unless the owner or owners, conslenee or
factor ofsuch ship orvessel shall, with the
master, have given bond with one or more
sureties to the United States, in sum dou-
bic the value of the vessel and cargo, that
the vessel shall not proceed to any port or
place with which commercial intercourse is
not thus permitted, nor be directly or midi
rectly engaged, during the voyage, in any
trade with such port or place. And if any
ship or vessel shall, contrary to the provi-
sions Of this section, depar: from any port
of the United States, without clearance, or
without having given bond in the manner
above mentioned, such ship or vessel, toge-
ther with her cargo, shall be wholly forfeit
ed, and the owner or owners, agent, freight
er or factors, master or commander of such
ship or vessel, shall moreover severally for
felt and pay sum equal to the value of the
ship or vessel,l and of the cargo put on
board the same (: Pr0vided afaucys, That
the provisions of the eleventh section of the
act to interdict commercial intercourse be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
and France and their dependencies, and for
other purposes, shall extend to the prohibit