Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-08
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tween the Unieed States and G. Britain
and France and their dependencies, and
4osctheF purposes. % ~ ..> r'.. o..
Be i,enaetsdby the Senate and House q
REPRESENTATIVE Of tAs United States q Ams,
sSica, IN Congvsss assemb!ed. That frem ana
-aftevIks passage of this ace, no british or
.Freneh armed vessel' shall Be permitted to
A1entesshe harbors OF waters Under '"s Jo'
-crisdiesiou Of the United States out every
British and French armed vessel 10 neyeoy
Embroidered, except when they snail os
forced in bs distress, BY shs dsnger OF she'
SEA or &issn charged with dispatcher or.
:bus;ns a.froms batir governments, or com.
lag a. q public packet FOR <he eanveyanes Of
,,les,srsa Ia whieir;eases as well asin all O..
y theirs, when they shall be permitted to en-
, ,er, the commanding officer shall irnmsdi.'
: a,ely report his vessel voHths coll:ctor Of
.h. district, stating the object or causes OF
his entering the harboys or waters OF the y.
States and shall take such positions there
In as shall be assigned him BY such collec.
TOR, and shall conform himself, his vessel
and crew, ito such regulations respecting
health, repairs, supplies, stay, intercourse
and departure as shall be signihrd to him
by the said collector, under the authority
and direction Of the president OF the U.
States, and not conforming thereto, shasl
be required to depart from the y. States.
Sec. 2. lind Be itfurther enacted, inat
all pacific intercourse with any interd'cted
foreign armed vessels, the officers or crew
thereof, is hereby forbidden, and 1t any
person shall afford any aid to such armed
vessel, either in repairing her or in fur
nishing her, her officers or crew with sup
plies of any kind or in any manner wha'so-
ever. or it any pilot shall assist in naS'sas-
ing the said armed vessel, contrary 10 as
prohibition, uni, IS for the purpose OF carry
ing her b, yond the limits and jurisdiction
OF the y. States, the person or Persons 50
offending, shall be liable to be bound TO
their good behaviour and shall moreover
forfeit and pay sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars, to be recovered upon IN
dictmsns or information, in any eon's ct
competent jurisdiction one moic'y there
Of to the treasury offhe United States, and
the other uoiety to che person who shal!
give information aud prosecute the san'eto
effect: Presided, that If the prosecution
shall be by public osScer the whole tor
fixture shall accrue to the treasury OF the
". States. ~. .
Sec. ;. had BE- it further enacted, That
all the penalrissand torteIturcs which may
have been incurred under the act entitled
" An act 10 inrsrdics the commercial inter.
course between the United States and @.
British and France and their dependencies,
and for other purposes, last mentioned.
aud also all the penalties aud forfei,ures
which may have been incurred under the
act laying an embargo on afships and YES
sels In the Ports and harboss os'ths;'Unite
States. or any of The several acts supple
men,ary thereto, or to enforce the same, or
under the acts to nterdict the commercial
intercourse between the United States and
France and cthsir dependencies, and for O.
thrr purposes, shali be recovered aid, dis
uibused, and may be RENTED in ths man.
rer provided by the said acts respectively,
and in like manner as it the said acts had
continued in full torce and effect.
See. Z. did be It further enccteG. That
in case either Great Britain az F'ance shall,
before the lhirdu day Of: Marsh 8 IT, so. 'c-.
woke or mod fy her sdices az tGs' obey sha!l
cease 90 violase the nestrai conner Of tive
United States, which fact the president, of
the UNitsd States shall declare by Proela.
NATION, and If the other nation shall not
within three msnths thereafter 90 revoke or
modify her ediets in like manner, then the
Sd. 9Th, STU, Cab, 7th, 9Th, 9th. 10th and
1ssh sections OF the act entieied " An act
soineeyd;ce; the commercial intercourse be-
stweea De United States and Great Britain
md Fr6hce and their idspendeneies, sad
:.Ior oshsr purposes," shall, from and, after
she. expirssion Of three mopshs from the
dane Of The proclamation aforesaid De reviv-
cd aud have full force and effect 80 tar as
ssls.ss 70 the dominioOs, colonies sns Dc.