The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-11
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ACT PROSPECTING ALIEN ENEMIES.
Passed OH ysivITGS.

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ACT RESPECTING ALIEN ENEMIES.
5,asse! osh July iTsS.
SECT. 4. BEsit enacted blythe Senafe and Vo.se
q representatives u the u. SrGtes OF .fn.eyica,
"a Congress Gssem6is.!, That whenever there t,all
DC a '.t eiaied warbvLwecn the Ctued States and
any ioregn government, ANY insasion or predsto
~ ineuis sion sha. be perpetratcd. attempted, or
threatened against the territory ut the United States
" any hie'sn nation o. government, aud the Pres
deni VI the United SO,tes shalt make Public procis-
nMi"n OF he event, ali natives, cit,zcus dcuizens
or SUBJECTS OF the hostile nation or government, be-
ng mates oi the age oil fourteen years a,. upwards
Who Shsii be nism The United States, aud not avtu-
ANY naturai!.e, shall be liable be appr H.
este ainet, scared and =. n,u,eti rs alien enemies
And the frss,ent o. .hc U. States shall be- and lie
Is erepy au,ho.iseo, la any event rs aforesaid iy
ms pinc'sna'.on thereof, or other pulic act to di
rect the conduct TO be observed, on the pyrt OF The
United States towards tie allie ms who become liable
rs a;orcsaid the manner and degree of the res
traint 10 which they sLa, be subject, and il, what
cases, ana upon what security t,.rir residence shall
De per,nlttc, and 10 provide for the re,noy, of
those, who, not being permitted TO reside within The
united States, shall refuse or neglect to ,e.sr,
'her.irom ant 10 establish, any other regulations
winch 'h'n oe ioard necessary IN the premises and
ioi tie pVIlic satet, - ror.asd, That aliens resi-
dent within the United States, who shalt become IL
fau'e us e;einies, IA tue manner aforesaid aud who
shs" actbe ehaieab!e ws;h actual hostility, otl:cr
ore against the pab'n safety, shall be asw ed for
tne recovery disposal, and removal of their goods s
ehects Tor their departure the iu.l time which, is
or s.,i be stipulated BY any treaty, where any Shall
have been between se United States, aud the hos
.ic hat'on or government, of which they shall be
natives, citizens, Gss'zeps or subjects; aud where
no such treaty shalt has existed, the President OF
tbs United States n,aa.cscertain and declare such
reasonable time as lay be consistent with the pub.
and national hospitality.
DEC. g .8nd he az further enacted That after any
proclamation shall be raade as aforesaid, il shall be
Tue duty OF the sereral courts OF the u. States
n hos. - -
several Judges and justices of the courts of the Uni
ted States, and they shall be, and are hereby res
pccuveiy authorised upon complaint, against any
aneh or Amen enemies, as aforesaid, who shall be re-
seas y at large within snch jurisdiction or district
TO the danger of the public peace or safety, and
contrary to the tenor intent of such proclamation
or other regulations which the President of the IT,
states shall and may establish in the premises to
cause such alien aliens to he duly apprehen-
ded and convened before such court Judge or
justice; and after a full examination and hearing
on such complaint, and sufficient cause therefor an
pearins, shall and may order such alien aliens to
ne removed out OF the territory cf the United States
or TO give sureties of their guod behaviour or TO
De Otherwise restrained coniormably to the prccla-
nation or regulations which shall and may be estab-
iShed as aforesaid, and may mprison, otherwise
secure such alien aliens, until the order which
shall and may be made, as aforesaid shall be ner-
formed.
SEC. 3. .4na be it further enacted That It shall
tne duty oil the marshal of the dstrct in h;ch any
I
snent OF the U. States, or by order of any court
Judge or justice, aforesaid Shall be required to
depart, and To be removed, aforesaid, to provide
ihereior and to execute such order, by himself or
las deputy, or 9th Ter discreet person or persons to
be employed By him, by causing removal of such
alien out OF the territory of the United States aud
Tor such removal, the marshall shall have the war
rant OF the President ofthe United States or of ,be
court, Judge, or justice ordering the same as the
case may he.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Seeaker ofthe
Muse ef Rep,esentauves
ihGoDonE SEDG iCk, President Of the
lafroVed, July 6, 1898.
JOHN ADAMS,
President q the u. States.
Supplementary to the act entitled An act resns,.
ting alien enemies.''
e III enacted BY the Senate and Uouse IF Reb,s
q Se"ta'tveS Gt the United States If .ln.crica IN
Congress assembled, That nothing i'm the prov;so
contained IN the act entitled" An act resnectine ali
en- enemies, approved The sixth day of july one
taousand seven hundred and ninety-eg!t shall be
extended or construed to extend any treaty or to
any article oil any treaty, which shall have exnired
OF Which shall not be in force, at the time when the
proclamation OF the president shall issue
HENRY CLAY,
SheAteT Of the House Of Representatives
VIM. III. CRAWFORD
July G, 1919.
.41ProVe@, JAMES MADISON.
impairment ~ !State, July Z, 1912.
VI OTICE.-An British subjects within the Uni.
= ' ted States are required forthwith to report
to the Niarstals Tor to the persons to be sppointed
by the o, the respective states or territories with
IN which they may reside, their Names their age
tile time they have been in the United States, the
persons composing their families, the places of their
residence, and their occupations or pursuits =; and
whether and at what time, they have made their
application TO the courts required By law rs nrepa.
ratory to their naturalization--and the MarsI,als
respectively, are 70 make TO the Department of State
returns Of all such British subjects, with the above
circumstances annexed to theI- names
In compliance with the above requisi.ion of the
Secretary OF State, have appointed Mr. William
r. Foster Of Norfolk Borongb, Mr.. BENJAMIN PER-
kns OF Lynchburg,. Mr. Garret Minor of Frede
ieksburg, Mr.. Mcdowell Reid of Lexington. Rock
bridge county, Mr.. Andrew Russell oil Abingdon,
Washington county, to receive the reports of British
Subjects and transmit them TO me. The Laws here
With published. and the order of the Secretary Of
State will sufficiently impress the necessity 5f a
prompt compliance. In of refusal or neglect of
any British Subject to- report himself as required /
am instructed to give information TO the Secretary
OF State IL hoped that citizens to whom the neg
icct or refusal Of any British Subject is known will
communicate the information to me.
The following isthe form oil the report reouired-
Return to the Department Of Stare Of .Rlien Enc
mfrs Vgho have reported themselves to the .lay-
shat Of Virginia, from