The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-03-27

President derives power 10 close our poHs, as ne
has done in the Proclamation published in our
last paper -
| An ACT CONCERNING NAVIGATION.
Sec. l. Be Il enacted by the senate 4 House Of
Representatives. 0jfhe tinted States oJ Amtr'eo IN
Congress d5senbitd, That, from aud after the
| 18th Of September next the ports OF the United
| States shall be and remain closed against every
vessel owned wholly on IN part by subject o
| zubiects fhIs Brtanic Majesty, coming o. a :
irving from any port or place IN colony Or
Territory of his Britannia Maze ~, that Is o.
shall be, by the ordinary laws OF navigation aud
trade, closed against vessels owned by citizens
of the United States; aud such vessels, thar, IN
re course OF the voyage shall have touched at,
OF cleared ont from, any port OF place IN Colo
| ny or Territory of Great Britain, which shall o.
may be, by the ordinary laws oi navigation and
trade aforesaid, open to vessels owned by CIT
zens OF the United States SHALL nevertheless, DE
deemed TO have come from the port or place III
| the Colony or Territory of Great Britain, closed
as aforesaid, against vessels owned Oy citi@ehs
9th united States, from which snch Vessel
| cleared out and sailed before touching M aud
clearing out from an intermediate aud open port
| or place as aforesaid; and every such vessel 50
| excluded from The ports of the unlted oia'es'
that shall enter attempt TO enter the same III
violation Of this act, shall with ber tackle, apPa-
rel and furniture, together with the cargo on
board such vessel, be forfeited to the United
States
sec. .. Ind be IL further enacted That from
and after the afol esald 18Th of September next,
the owner consignce, on agent, of every vessel,
Owned wholly or in part by subject or subjects
of his Britannia Majesty, which shall have been
duly entered in any port OF the United states,
aud on board (which shall have been there Ia
den for Iportaiion aty .dtice OF articles, OF The
growth, produce, OF manufacture, OF the United
States other. than pao, islons aud sea store az.
ccSsnrv for The voyage, slali, before such vessel
shall have been cled5l outward at the custom
house, give bond, ia sum double the Vhi3o oi
such articles, with one OF more sureti"s, TO the
satisfaction of the collector, that the article or
articles so laden on board such Vessel ior - POI
taiIon, shall be landed in some pc - 81 place y
ther than port or place m a Colony OF Lem.
tory OF his Britannia Majesty, which, by tn o.
binary laws ufnayigatIon and trade, Is closed
against vessels owned by citizens OF the United
81 tcs aud any such vessel that shah sal, or
attempt 10 sail, from any porn OF the United
States, without having complied with the provi-
sion aforesaid by giving bond a aforesaid shall
with her tackle, apparel aud furniture, together
with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on
| board the same as aforesaid, bc forfeited q The
United States: Pr0rided Arrays That nothing III
| this act contained shall he 50 deemed or conetrn-
ed, 50 as to violate any provision of the Consen-
| ton 10 regulate Commerce between the Terri
| les of the United States and of his britannia
| Majesty, signed the third day OF July one thon-
saud eight hundred and fifteen.
| Sec. 3. And be II further enacted That thu
form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed
| by the Secretary of the DepaI tment OF the lrea
,my; aud the same shall and may be dlschare
| ed. and not otherwise. by producing, within OF
that required by and under the regulations con
| tanned IN the eighty first section of the act L
! regulate the collection Of duties on imports,
passed the second day Of March, seventeen
hundred and ninety nine, that the articles OF th'
growth, produce and manufacture OF the Dnltea
States laden as aforesaid, were unladen an,
landed ccuformahly 10 the provisions Of this act
or, in cases OF loss by sea, by capture, or othcl
unavoidable accident, by the production of suci
other proofs as the nature oflhe case viii ADM
according TO the provisions Of the said eight,
| fiji st section ofthe act aforesaid.
See. 4. dud be II further enacted, That al
penalties and TO FIXTURES incurred by force OF tha
act shall he sued for. recovered, distributed am,
accounted for, and may be mi1lgated or RENTED
| in the manner and according 10 the provisions
OF the revenue laws OF the United States
| Approved: 18th April, 1918.