Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-27

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Washington, May Is, 1920 Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled
An act concerning navigation"
Be il enacted BY tie Senate and House
| Of Representatives oftAe United States
Of america in Congress assembled,
That, from and after the thirtieth day oil
September next, the ports OF the United
States shall be and remain closed against
every vessel owned wholly or in part by
subject or subjects of his Britannia
Majesty, coming, or arriving by sea,
from any port OF place in the province OF
. Lower Canada, or coming or arriving
from any port or place in the province OF
New-Brunswick, the province of Nova
Scotia. the islands of Newfoundland,
St. Johns, or Cape Breton, or the de-
tendencies OF any OF them, the islands of
Bermuda, the Bahama islands, the
islands called Caicos, or the dependen-
cics of any of them, or from any other
port or place in any island, colony, terri
tory, or possession, under the dominion
OF Great Britain in the West Indies, or
on the continent Of America, south of
the southern boundary of the United
States, and not included within the act to
which this act is supplementary. And
every such vessel, SO excluded from the
ports of the United States, that shall
enter, or attempt to enter, the same, in
violation of this act, shall, with her
tackle, apparel, and furniture, together
with the cargo on board such vessel, be
forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 2. Ind be it further enacted,
That, from and after the thirtieth day of
September next the owner, consignee,
or agent, of every vessel owned wholly
or in part by subject or subjects of his
Britannia Maj which shall have been
duly entered in any port of the United
States, and on board of which shall have
been there laden, for expectation, any
article or articles of the growth, pro-
duce, or manufacture, of the Uulted
States, other than provisions and sea-
stores necessary for the voyage, shall,
before such vessel shall have been
cleared outward at the custom house,
give bond. in sum double the value of
such article or articles, with one or more
sureties, to the satisfaction of the col
lector, that the article or articles SO laden
on board such vessel, for expectation,
shall be landed in some port or place
other than port or place in any pro-
vince, island, colony, territory, orpos-
session, belonging to his Britannia Ma
jesty, that is mentioned or described in
this act, or in the act to which this actis
supplementary. And every such vessel
that shall sail, or attempt to sail, from
any port of the United States, without
having complied with the provisions
aforesaid, by giving bond as aforesaid,
shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furni-
ture, together with the article or articles
aforesaid, laden on board the same as
aforesaid, be forfeited to the United
States Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall be deemed or construed
SO as to violate any provision Of the Con-
vention to regulate Commerce between
the territories of the United States and
ofhis Britannia Majesty, signed the third
day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen.
Sec. 3. .fnd be it further enacted,
That, from and after the thirtieth day OF
September next, no goods, wares, or
merchandise, shall be imported into the
United States of America from the pro-
vince of Nova Scotia, the province of
New-Brunswick, the islands of Cape
Breton, St. Johns, Newfoundland, or
their respective dependencies, from the
Bermuda islands, the Bahama islands,
the islands called Caicos, or either Or
any of the aforesaid possessions, islands,
or places, or from any other province,
possession, plantation, island, or place,
under the dominion of Great Britain in
the West Indies, or on the continent of
America. south of the southern hounda-
ries of the United States, except only
such goods, wares, and ns~rhandise, as
are truly and wholly Of ..t ,rowth, pro-
duce, or manufacture, 81 LAS province,
colony, plantatioo, SLAM. possession, or