The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-02-28

ticles, or shall be imported landed, without per.
ini, ln pen-lues, hnes ana icii,tuieS shall be
incurred and may be recoyeied As IN tine Case OF SIM
iar issions, iaIdina, importation, oi stehpi 10
lard poIt, rGi.loD Ia aIcics liable Ia
on TN il inipor, atioi .to the Unn1d States.
SEC. B. md be Jtfier e'sGeted, Iha, every col.
lector, Cficel, Oiber ohiISIs Vt
the CUSTOMS shall have the ke power, ana authority
10 seize soods, waies md mel elandize, imported
contrary TO the intent ard meaning of tDls act, 10
keep the same custody unii II shall have been
certailiea whether the same have bceh forfeited or
not, and 10 enter ANY slip Oh vessel, dwelling house,
Store, buliomg on oth,I place Tor the purpose Of
searching tor and seilinB aily such goods, wales
merchandise which lac Oh tley have ~ L.w III iela-
to goods, wares sna merchandise subject To du
ty; and It ANY person or persons shall conceal OF
buy any goods, wares Oh merchal"ize, know ins item
to be habe 10 seizure by tins act, such p,rson or
persons shall conviction theieot, forfeit and pay
sum double the amount Of the goods, wares and
n.erchandize con, called puichased.
SEC. g. ind be further enacted, That the Presi-
dent of the Unned States be anu he is hereby a,i-
tlorised sither France Great Britain shall
revoke or n,ody her edicts, that they shall
cease To violate the neutral commerce of the United
States, 20 declare the same BY frocla nation after
which the prohibiuon ishu by ,hls act on the COM
Rerce and nav gston Of the nation so doing shall
to operate Pro, ded that all penalties and for.
feituues winch shall have been previously incurred
by of THIS sh.Ai be recovered and dis ribu
ted ia like manner as # the same act had continued
in full force aI.a virtue.
SEC 10. md be a further enacted, That all penal
ties and Iorfetures aIislng uner incurred by vir-
OF tins act, shall, during the continuance and at
the expiration thereof, be recovered and disribu
ted, may be renitied or mitigated in the same
manner which prescribed BY the act 10 inter-
diet the con.nelcia intercourse between the United
States and Great Britain and France and their de-
perdences, and for other p,uposes,"-and BY the
act therein iefelre.l To.
SEC. III. Ind be at further enacted, That an act
entitled " An act 10, ameld and continue in force
certain parts of he act, emitted an act to ineidct
the commercial teic0urse between the. u. States
and Great Britain and France and her dependencies,
and for Other purposes" be- and the is hereby
repealed provided, that all penalties and forcituros
which may have been incurred might have been
recovered by virtue of the said act, Of any pro.
visions thereof, shall be recovered and distributed in
like manner, If the said act had continued in full
force ard virtue
Sec. 12 ind be a further enacted, That this sct
shall continue in force until thc end of the
sion of Congress and no longer.
MIR Montgomery moved an amendment, authori-
sing the seizure and bringing into port for adjudica-
ton BY tue armed vessels Of the United States, any
vessels found evadng violating this law in the U.
States or within four leagues of the same.
The question on the amendment was, after short
debate. taken by yeas and nays and carred-Yeas IS
Nays 53.