The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-21
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ACT RESPECri ALIEN ENEMIES,
nssea 6th Juiy fI9s

AL ktsoftC TING ALIEN ENEMIES,
Passed 6rh Jniy 1898.
SrcT.1 BE if eaac,ed 81 the .Senateand House
| 81 Representatives IF she u. States Of .Hnericc,
IN Congress- assembled, That whenever there thall
be declared war between the Uuited States aud
any foreign governments or any invasion or pre,.ato-
ry ineursion shall be perpctrated. attempted, or
Threatened against The territory o.! the United State
BY any foreign nation government, and The Pres
,oent OF the United States shalt make public proca-
maton Of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens
or subjects of the hostile nation or governments be-
Ing males OF the age OF fourteen ycais aud upwards
VINO shall be w,i,,n the United states. and not acui-
ally nsturaiyed, shall be liable to be apprchended
restrained, secured and re owed as alien enemies
And the President OF the u States shall be- and he
is hereby authorised, In any event aforesaid, by
his proclamation thereof. or other public act, Ia d-
rect the conduct 10 be observed the part OF the
United states, towards the aliens who become liable
| as aforesaid; the manner and degree of the res
trant TO which they shall be subject, and in what
cases. and upon what security their residence shalt
be permitted, and 70 provide for the removal Of
those, who, not being permitted reside within the
United States, shall refuse or neglect to depart
thereiroia; and to establish any other regulations
(which shall be found necessary in the premises and
Tor the public safety--Eyooided, That aliens resi-
debt within the United States. who shall become IL
able as enemies, in the manner aforesaid and who
shall not be chargea6e with actual hostility or other
crime against the public safety, shall be allowed for
the recovery, disposal, and removal of their goods x
effects, x tor their departure the full time whichis
or shall be stipulated by any treaty, where any shall
have been between the United States, and tie hos
the nation or government, OF which they shall be
natives, citizens, denizens or subjects; and where
no such treaty shall have existed, the President of
the United States may ascertain and declare such
reasonable time may be consistent with the pub
lie safety, X according TO the dictates of humanity
| and national! hospitality.
SEG. g IND be IL further enacted That after any
Proclamation shall be made aforesaid, il shall be
the duty Of the several courts of the U. States
q OF each state having criminal jurisdiction, s. of the
several Judges and justices OF the courts OF the Uni
ted States, and they snail be, and hereby res
\ positively authorised upon complaint, against any
alien or alien enemies aforesaid. who shall be rs
sdent x at large within such jurisdiction or district
to the danger Of the public peace safety, and
contrary 70 the tenor OF intent OF such proclamation
or other regulations which the President of the u
States shall and may establish in the premises, to
cause such alien or aliens to be duly apprehcn-
| ded and convened before such court, Judge or
justice and after . full examination and hearing
on such complaint, and sufficient therefor APP
pearing, shall and may order such alien aliens to
be removed out of the territory sf the United States
or TO give suretes of their good behaviour, to
be otherwise restrained, conormably to the procla-
nation or regulations which shall and may be estab-
lshed rs aforesaid, and may imprison, or otherwise
secure such alien or aliens, until the order which
shall and may he made, as aforesaid, shall be per-
formed,
| SEC. s. o9rd be it turtle, enacted That it shall
the duty of the marshal of the district in hich any
alien enemy shall he apprehended, who by the Pre-
isluCnt oil tne u OCaJes, or Dy order OF court,
Judge or justice, aforesaid, shall be required
depart and to be removed, as aforesaid, to provide
therefor and to execute such order, by himself or
his deputy, 9th or discreet person or persons to
be employed by HIM, by causing removal Of sucl,
alien out of the territory of the United States and
for such removal, the marshall shall have the war
rant of the President the United States or of the
court, Judge, or justice ordering the same, the
case may be.
II JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker oftht
House of Reoresertafiyes
| THEODORE SEDGWICk, President of the
| Senate pro semPore,
.fPProved, July 6, 1898.
JOHN ADAMS.
/ Presiden. Of the U. States.
AN ACT
supplementary to the entitled 9, An act respec
, | ting alien epemies.'
E1E it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
EB sentGt.g t q re Unitsa State IF 3''so,ie .
contained in the entitled An act respecting All
en- enemies, approved on the sixth day of Iulv on
Thousand seven hundred and ninety-eieht shall h,
extended or construed to extend any treaty, or 4
any article OF any treaty. which shalt have expired
Or which shall be in force at the time ,ybe, 49,
. proclamation OF the president shall issue.
HENRY CLAY
Spedker Of the House Of Representatives
r VIM. III. CRAWFORD,
/, H., a1rssident Of the Senate, PRO tea,lpore
.4PProUed, JAMES MADISON.
department Of Stare, July z, 1919.
| ~ OllCE.--All British subjects within the Uni
ted States are required forthwith to repor
tothe Marshals Cor to the persons to be appointed
oy tnem OF the respective states or territories with
IN which they may reside, their Names their ace
tue time they have been in the United States, III,
persons composing their families the places of the
residence, and their occupations or pursuits ant
whethsr, and at what time they have made thcii
application to the courts required by law, as prepa
ratory to their naturaiizaton---and the Iars,,as
respectively are to make the Department of Stat,
returns OF all such British subjects with the abov,
circumstances annexed to their names
In compliance with the above requisiticn If tI,
Secretary OF State, have appointed Mr. William
r. Foster of Norfolk Borough, Mr.. BENJAMIN Per
Rms OF Lynchburg, Mr.. Garrett Minor of Frede
lcksbnrg, MIR. Mcdowell Reid of Lexington. Rock
bridge county, Mr.. Andrew Russell Of Abingdon
Washington county, TO receive the reports of Br;tsI
SUBJECTS and transmit them to me. The Lawsbere
with published, and the order of the Secretary a.
state viii sufficiently impress the necessity IF !
prompt compliance. In case of refusal or neglect n
any British Subject to report himself az required
am instructed to give information to the Seerefar,
oil State 1t is hopedthat citizens TO whom the noo
lect or refusal of any British Subject is known vii
communicate the information to me
The following is the form OF the report reouired
return to the Department Of Stcfe Of Alien Enc
mics Syho have reported themselves to the Mr.
9hal Of Virginia, from
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