The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-10

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>ss IN tie ports AMI i;iuces ~ the limits "a, u;ts-
etioa Of t'.e rnicd states, clcare, no: eerrs /,
"j,lud TO torygi V,.,t place h.,i that ,,,,
elcarSncc Be iurn sc,. 70 any sn or vessel lou,l 10
such sotc:su port place. except vessels in ballast
viii, the eoas.nt OF tie President Of the U.S.stes
and tlat the President &c Authorised To give s,c IN
struvtos to TIE officers OF the rcyeaCc, and of the
navy aud rcsc,.ue cutters Of the United States as
shall appear best adapted 0r carrvus the same int
fun efect-cRovIpEp, That noti.g Herein ,~a-
ainei shall IL construed To prevent the Departure CT
any foreign slap or vessel, either III ballast, with
the goods, wares apil merehandizc board of s1c.
foreign shin vessel, vhcn not;i.si Of this act.
Sec. .. Anabe II further enacted, That during the
continuance a. this act, no registered scaette,.
vessel siall be allowed To depart from any port
OF The Unitcd States 10 any o,iier within the same,
unless the master, owner, cosgnee factor, such
vessel, shall first give bon9, with enc or more saretes
TO the collector Of the district, from which she is
bound tn depart, in sum OF double the value of the
vessel and cargo, conditioned that the goods, wares
aud merchandise Wit, which she shall lc laden
shall he rc-laDde in some port of the United States.
See. 5. And be it further enacted, Thut if any
slip or vessel shall, during the continuance of this
act, depart from any port Of the United States with
out clearance permit, or II any ship or vessel
Shall conraryto the provisions CT this act, proceed
to foreign port place. trade with or put on
board of any other slip or vessel any goods, wares
or merchandizc, ot foreign or domestic growth or
manufacture, such ships vessels, goods wares an
mcrchandZc, shall be wholly forfeited and If the
II,
freighter, factors of any suc ship OF, vessel, shall
for such offence forfeit and pay sum equal to
double the value OF the ship vessel and cargo and
shall never thereafter be allowed a credit for duties
on any gocds. wares merchandise imported by
him Or them into any OF the ports oftlie States, &
the master commander of such ship or vessel as
well as all Otc persons who shall knowingly be
cer'cd in such prohibited foreign voyage, shall each
re spcctively forfeit and pay n not exceeding
twenty thousand, nor less than thousand dollars
for every such offence, whether the vessel be seized
ami condemned or not, and the oath affirmation
OF any master or commander, knowingly offending
against the provisions of this section, shall ever there
after be inadmissbe before any collector OF the Gus
toms OF the IT, s.
Sec. 4. And ,, it further enacted, That all penal
ties and foreitures arising under, or incurred by vir
tue of this act may be sued for prosecuted and re-
covered, with of silt, by action of debt in the
name OF the United States of America, or ly in
dictnent or information in any court having coms,c
tent jurisdiction try the and shall be tlistr-
butcd and accounted for in the manner prescribed
by the act, entitled Z" An Act to regulate the col
lection of duties ON imports and tonnage" passed
the second day OF March, one thousand seven hun
drc and nne'y-uine and such penalties NAV he ex-
amined. nlitigated or RENTED, in like manner and
under like conditions regulations and restrictions as
are prescribed, authorised and directed by the act
entitled " An Act to provide for mitigating or re-
mtug the torieitures, penalties and disabilities ac-
crung in certain cases therein mentioned" passed
the third day of NJ irch, thousand seven hum
drcd and ninety seven, and made perpetual by an
act passed the eleventh day of February, thou
sand eight hundred-PRovIDED, That all pcnal-
ties and ioreitures which shall have been incurred
by virtue of this act previous to the expiration there
Of may and shall thereafter be recovered and distri.
huted III like manner as If this act had continued in
full force and virtue.
III. CLAY,
Speaker Of the House ecf Representatives..
WIN. III. CRAWFORD,
President Of the Senate pro tentore.
April :, 1912.
.gi3aroVed,