The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-04-28


the owner or owners aforesaid may reside
PROVIDED, nevertheless, That nothing .in thi,
ac, shall be taken to apply 10 the complement
Of men usually and ordinarily employed IN
navigating such ship or vessel.
Sec. Q. .fnd &c if further enacted, That il
the number Of passengers so taken on board
OF sny ship or vessel as aforesaid, or convey.
ed or brought into The Uoited States, or trans.
ported therefron as aforesaid, shall exceed
The said proportion of two TO every Ave tons
Of such ship or vessel, by the 0umoer oi
twenty passengers, In the whole, every such
ship or vessel shall be deemed aud taken to
DC o'feiied 10 the United States, and shall Dc
prosecuted and distribu,ed in the same man.
ner in which he forleilures and penalties arr
recovered and Distributed under the provis-
ions of the act, entitled "An act to regulate
the collection OF duties on imports audston-
mage"
Sec. o. And Be if further rnaefed, Tho,
every ship OF vessel bound on o voyage from
the United States 10 any port on the continen,
Of Europe, at the time of icsviog the las
port whence such ship or vessel shall sail,
shall have on board, we'll secured under deck.
at lea., sixty gallons Of water, one hundred
pounds of salted provisions, one gallon Of
vinegar, and one hundred pounds OF whole
some ship bread for each and every passen.
ger on board such ship or vessel, over and
above such other provisions, stores, and live
stock, as may be put on board by such mas
ter OF passenger for their use, or that OF the
crew Of such ship or vessel and in like pro-
portion for shorter or longer voyage ; and
if the passengers, on bostd OF such ship o.
vessel in which the proportion OF provisions
herein directed shall not have been provided,
shall at any time be pui on short allowance,
IN water, fissh, vinegar, or bread, during sny
voyrge AFORESAID, the master snd owner o.
such ship or vessel shall severally pay to each
and evefy passenger who shall have been pm
on short allowance as aforesaid the sun -
three dollars for each and every day they
may have been on such short aiiowHn.r, tG
be recovered in the same manner as seanen's
wages are OF may be recovered.
Sec. 4. Ind be H fuyfh'r enacted, Tha,
The captain o, NJ er If any ship or vesse.
arriving in the United States, o. AIRY Of the
territories thereof. from any FOREIGN place
whatever, at the same time that he uaiivers p
m anifest of the cargo, and, if there be no Ca
20, then a, the time Of making report or entry
of the ship o vessel, put sosnt to the existing
laws OF the United States, shall also dclivet
and report to the collector, Of the district IN
which such ship or vessel shall arrive, . lis'
or manifest Of all the passengers taken On
board OF the said ship o. vessel a, eny fofs'gr
port or place in which lis, or manisS' IL
shall be ,hs du,y of the said master 10 desig-
Date, psrticula ly, the age, sex. and occupa
tion, OF the said pass. ages, respectively; the
country TO which they sevecslly belong, anc
that OF which II is their intention TO bccomS
iuhabitants and shall further set forth wheih
CT any, and what number, have died on the.
voyage; which report and manifest shall be
sworn to by the said master, in the same man.
ncr as il directed by The existing laws OF the
United States, in relation TO the manifest oi
the cargo and that the refusal o. neglec; Of
the master aforesaid to comply with the pro.
visions of this section, shall incur the same
penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures, as are
at present provided for refusal or neglect TO
report end deliver q manifest Of the csrgo
afore said.
Sec. 5. .Hnd be IL further enacted, That
each and every collector Of the customs, 10
whom such manifest or list Of passengers as
aforesaid shall be delivered, shall, quarter
yearly, return copies thereof to the Secretary
Of State of the United States, by whom state
ments Of the same shalt be laid before Con-
gress a, each and every session.
March 2, lsl9-Approved,
JAMES MONROE.