Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-16

be deemed passenger
You are requested TO take n smres g..
publicity ~ the Act within your Uisre, sNt
to make kno VII the true obstruction in the p,r,,cn
ferrrd to; as tic 2enshieS Of III" law will h.rs,s
enforced in ali cases where suii leu, time h.. p
fordcd for ;hc Misrepresentation to be correct
lam, respectfully,
Your pbcdirM sc.,sn',
LOUIS WI,yr
Secretary cf,hc rre,,,,
sEcrio~ I. Be Il enariid dy he SEM . o,5u
Repre- eatires IF the U":ed States Of .fo.sr;ra I,e
gross assembled Iht, II til. m ,stcr on suy OH,
on board oI ANY ship or vessel, owuel m N.
in part hy citizen or ct'acEs "t the ur,cd g..
the trrri,nrics thereof, OF - subject or sub
tizen or citizens, OF 80, tDrriSn country, shall ~
first day 0l January next, take on board Of ca
or vessel, 81 any 1.c gn port or place, or sl,g ~,
,nrey into ule Uaitcd States, or The lerfi,s,..g'
Of, from any foreign port or pi,cc; or shall Ear,
vey, or transport iion The Umi,cG S,s,e.l q ~,
tories .iicrIot T. any fnr"'gn par or place on,
number of passengers thSU two to, ever, s,.s
such ship OF vessel. accnT ',Tg 10 cusioH.hc,..
surement. every such master o,l,,r rcr.on "a g
ding, and the owner r cwhrTS ri such sim q, ,,.
shall several, forfeit ard f.y 70 :hc United s,,.s
s n of one huni.ed and ftjy dollar. f.r each ,rIa
r =. ~,
over an. .b.vc the Aforesaid m;;mhe, If two IA
i've tons nfevery sucn slip vessel, to he rscor
bv suit in any Circuit ~ ni,trct Court Of II, Ia.
states, whers the said We Sc. ma, arrive, Or wb,,. .
owner or owners aforesaid may reside Prrdd
ueikeless, That nothing IN It's act shall BE- tktro,
ply to'the complement Of men usus and u,rt,
employ ed in navigating 'uch hip ar vessel
SECT. 2. find be Il fWiher emcied, Tia, t ,h.r l..
Der of passengers taken DO ,rl Of any shin CT
sci as aforesaid, or conveyed or brought into he II
ted States, transported thercfrbm, as sloresa o
exceed the said proportion Of t"o TO ever G,s,ri,
such ship or vessel, by the member Cf twenty p,.,
gers in the whole, every such ,hip q vessel 10.
deemed and taken To be forfeited % The unr,e,. s-
and shall be prosecuted and distributed il lie g,
manner in which the forfeiture, AL peGaItie, ss ,
covered and distributed under he lro,.sion.pii..
entitled An sct TO r. guatc the co.lecl.ol q In.
on imports aud Tonnage
SEcT. 3 find be Il Ju.ksr ena'tea, rha, even Z
or vessel bound "n voyage HON the United 3L,1
Nh, port on the conihent al FurLpr st the tine Il a
ing he last port whence such ship or vtsse! shall q
shall have On boa, well secuted under deck at sss
gals. of water; one hundre pounds Of salted pfoysg
one gallon Of vinegar AMI d.. hundred pounds ofys
some ship bread, for each aud every passenger onba
of such ship or vessel, over and above such other r
visions store, and live stock, may be put o" boar,
such master OF .sseBger for their u,e or that oil
crew of such snip or vessel; and in like propOuiOu
shurter or 10 .gor voyage; and If tie passengers Z!
board of such ship or vessei IN which the propora
provisions her IN directed shall not have been prov
ed shall at any time be put Oh short allowance, N W
ter. fesh, yaesa or bread, sInr,hs sny S"!sge L9'
said. the master add owner OF such ship orye'els
seyesall pay to each snd every passenger Who IA
have been put On short allowance aforesaid, The vi
I,,!I. n
been on such short allowances 10 be recovered IN
same mlnIcr as amen's wages are, or ma! he ns'j
vcrcd.
seer. 4 lind BE- IL further enacted, 1hst the ePbi
or master Of any ship vessel arriving in The saiH
aid of the territories thereof, from any toregnp
whste, er, at the same time that he delivers nints
Of the cargo, and, if there be cargo, then sbetH
of making report or entry OF the ship or vessel IGs
ant To tn. existing laws nf the United States afihs
deliver AID report TO the collector OF The f'fa
which sucii ship or vessel shall STRIVE, "a %.
fest of all the passengers taken on board ne ,'sh
or vessel a, an foreign port Of places ~ vh'a NV
manifest it shall be the duty OF The SAID ma''l@|
signate, particularly, the age, sex, and oteop'I'r
the said passengers, respectively ne congp %'.
they severasiy belong, and iha, OF winch u % w..
tenti0n to become inhsLitant'; and shan 'u''e
forth whether any, and what number, have de' %
voyage; which RI port and manifest shall be sworn '.
the said master, in the same msnner as Is d"eeuS
the existing laws Of the United States nIel'"onw
manifest oi the cargo, and that the refusal Or
the mas er aforesaid 10 comply with the p'rS s.,
this section. shall incur the sa penaln',' H-T..
and iorf.itures, Us are al present PROVIDE" "s
or neglect To report aud deliver n'aniies'' u Wv
60 aforesaid h,,i,r
slcr 5 find be it further enacted, That e'r' a,I,
ry Collector oi the Customs, to whom sc" "'I Ja
IL Of passengers rs aforesaid shall be d"' req,
quarter yearly return copies thereof to tue .,s
Of State Of the United States, BY whom s''" - a.
the same shall be laid b,foIe Congress a'e-'" '"'
ry session.
faPPaovED March 2, 1919
sept 1876 -------~