The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-03

thereof, together with their apparel guns, appur-
tenanees "hch shall Ia found on board the same,
being BRITISH property, and which shall be captured
10y any private armed vessel vessel, OF the Uu,ted
States duly commissioned Ms aforesaid, shsil be tor
faited aud shall accrue the owners thereof, and
the officers and crews by whom such capture shall
be made and on due condemnation hid, shall be-
distributed according to any arrangement which
shall be bc@ecu them, or in the failure OF such a.
Rreement, then by the iscrcto of the court before
whom such condemnation shall be.
See. 6. .3nd6e ujUtAer enacted, That all YES
sells goods effects, the property of any citizen of
the United States or person resident therein which
IN u be re.captured, as aforesaid, shall be
,ored to the lawful owners upon payment by
them respectively OF just and reasonable sal
wage, to be determined 10y the mutual agreement os
The parties concerned or by the decree OF any
oil the United States having maritime jurisdiction,
according to the nature OF each case-irovided,
hat such allowance shall not be less than
eighth, or exceeding Onealf of the full value Of
such re-capture, without any deduction and such
salvage shall be distributed to and among the
ers, officers and crews of the private armed ves-
sci or vessels entitled thereto, according any A.
greement which shall he between them, or in case
OF no agreement, then by the decree OF the court
who Shall determine upon such salvage.
Sec. Z. IND be it further enacted, That before
breaking bulk OF any vessel which shall be captured
as aforesaid, other disposal conversion there
oil, or of any articles which shall be found on board
the same, such capture shall be brought into some
port within the United States and shall be libecd
and proceeded against before the district of
the same district and if, after due course OF pro-
ceeing such capture shah be decreed be forfeited
III the district court or in the circuit court of the
said district in the any appeal duly allowed,
the same shall be delivered to the owners and cap
tors concerned therein, or shall be publickly sold
by the marshal of the court as shall be finally
decteed and ordered by the court. And the same
court who shall have final jurisdiction OF any lbe!
or complaint OF any capture aforesaid, shall and
may decree restitution in whole or in part, when
the capture and restraint shall have been made with
out any just cause aforesaid and ifmade without
probable canse, or otherwise unreasonably, may
order anetdecrec damages au costs to the party III
Jureh, and for which the owners officers and crews
OF the private armed vessel vessels by which such
UNJUST capture shnu have been made, and also such
vessel or vessels shall he answerable and liable.
Sec q. .ir6 be 1T further. enacted, That all Bril-
tsh subjects and others, which shall be found acting
on board OF any British veseeI which shall be captu
red or on board of any vessel of the United States
winch shall be captured, as aforesaid, shall, be
reported to the collector of the port in which
they shall first arrive, and shall be delivered to
the custody of the marshall or some civil and
military officer of the United States or of any state
in such port who shall receive and take in
to eustoy the said subjects pcraons for their safe
Ststes."
Amend the title,
After the word act, strike out the rest
OF the title, and insert, authorizing repri-
sails against the crown of the United King
i"h Va VI. DtiIs.iiI anu iCSIdUO, ana TIC SUD
Jects thereof - and the report was read.
Whereupon,
Mar. GaitIQra was requested to take the
chair, and the bill and amendments were
considered as in committee CT thu whole
And
On motion, by Mr.. Pohe,
10 amend the report, by Inserting after
The word thereof in the tenth line of the
hr3t section, the words and also upon the
public & private ships and vessels, goods g
belonging to the crown of
France or to the subjects thereof"
1t was determined in the nsgative-yea.
15-nays II.
The Yeas and Nays having been requi-
red by one-hfth of the Senators present,
those who voted in the affirmative are
Msssrs. Bayard, Condit, Dana, German,
Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Horsey. Hunter,
Lambert, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Smith of Md.
Worthington.
Those who voted in the negative arc
Messrs. Anderson, Bib, Brent. Camp
bell Of Tenn: Crawford, Cuts, Franklin,
Gaillard, ggsHowell, Leib, Robinson,
SMITH Of New York, TAFT, Taylor, Turner,
fe
Onthe question to strife ont, as reported
by the committee, for the purpose of inser-
ting the amendment
ne heaS were 10, ana the nays 10.
On motion, by Mr. Lett, .r>'.
The Yeas and Nays having been required
BY onc-fifth of the Senators present, those
who voted in the affirmative arc"
Messrs Bayard, Condit, Dana, German,
Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg, Horsey, Howell,
Hunter. Lambert, Leib; Lloyd, Reed, Smith
Of N. Y. Worthington.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Anderson, Bib. Brent, Campbell
ot Ten. Crawford, Cults, Franklin, Gail
lard, Giles, Pope, Robinson, Smith Of Md.
L ait, Taylor, Turner, Varnun.
So, the Senate being divided, the questi-
on was lost, and the original bill was re-
sumed.
On motion, 30, ~. ..t 49,,
TO agree to the frat report OF the select
committee, and strike out of the original
bill, line 9, the words and of all persons
inhabiting within It's territories or posscssi
ons.'
1t was determined in the affirmative
Yeas 2l-Nays Il.
On motion, ...
The Yeas and Nays having been requi-
red by one-hfth of the Senators present,
those who voted in the affirmative are
Messrs. Anderson, Bayard, Condit, Dana,
German, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg,
Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Lambert, Leib,
Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Smith Of Md. Smith Of
y. Y. Varnum, Worthington.
Those who voted in the negative arc
Messrs, Bib, Brent, Campbell of Tenn.
Crawford, Cults, Franklin, Gaillard, Ro-
binson. TAFT, Taylor, Turner.
On motion IL was agreed TO insert Tho