Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-14
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YORKVILLE &c. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY H. 1861 z=@

duct of the vessels 80 commissioned, their
officers and crews, copies of which shall be
delivered, by the collector of the customs,,
to the commanders, when they shall give
bond, as before provided. ... H.
Sec. 10. That bounty shall be paid by
the Confederate States of $50 for each per-
son on board any armed ship or vessel, be-
longing to the United States, at the COM
mencement of an engagement, which shall
be burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel
commissioned as aforesaid, which shall be-
of equal or inferior force, the same to be-
divided as in other cases Of prize money
and bounty of S25 shall be paid to the
owners, officers and crews of the private
armed vessels, commissioned as aforesaid,
for each and every prisoner by them cap
tured and brought into port, and delivered Z
to an agent authorized to receive them, in
any port of the Confederate States and the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
lied to pay or cause to be paid to the own-S
ners, officers and crews of such private arm
ed vessels, commissioned as aforesaid, or
their agent, theSbounties herein provided 4,
Sec. IL. That the commanding ofioersof
every vessel having commission, or letters /,
of marque and reprisal, during the present
hostilities between the Confederate States
and the United States, shall keep regu.
lar Journal, containing true and exact ac-.
count of his daily proceedings and trans
sactions with such vessel and crew thereof
the ports and places be shall put into, or
cast anchor in; the time Of his stay there,
and the cause thereof; the prizes be shall
take, and the nature and probable value
thereof; the times and places, when, and
where taken, and in what manner be shall
fall iu with; the times and places, when
and where, he shall meet with them, and
his observations and remarks thereon; also,sS
Of whatever else shall occur to him, or any
of bis officers or marines, or be discovered
by examination or conference with anys'
marines or passengers of, or in any Others
ships or vessels, or by any other means,8
touching tho fleets, vessels, and forces of
the United States; their ports and places
Of station aud destination, strength, num-
bcrs, iuteuts and designs: and such cons
manding officer shall, Immediately on his3
arrival in any port of the Confederate States,s
from or during the continuance of any yoyssz.,
age or cruise, produce his commission for
such vessel, and deliver up such journal
so kept as aforesaid, signed with his proper,
name and handwriting, to the collector or
other chief officer of the customs at or nearss
est to such port; the truth of which jour-
nal shall be verified by the oath of the
commanding officer for the time being, and
such collector or other chief officer of the
customs shall, Immediately on the arrivalof$
such vessel, order the proper officer ofthe, :.
customs to 60 on board and take an account,
of the officers and men, the number ands
nature of the guns, and whatever else shall
occur to him on examination material to be-
known and no such vessel shall be per-
mitted to sail out of port again until such
journal shall have been delivered up, and q
certificate obtained under the hand of such; !.
collector, or other chief officer of the cns-
toms, that she is manned according to her.
commission; and upon delivery Of such cer=
tifcate, any former certificate of like na-i
ture which shall have been obtained by the
commander of such vessel shall be delivered
up. us 2z7@s
SEC. II. That the commanders of ves-4
sells having letters of marque and reprisal,
as aforesaid, neglectiug to keep Journal
as aforesaid, or willfully making fraudu.,
lent entries therein, or obliterating the re-
cord of any material transactions therein.
where the interest of the Confederate States
is concerned, or refusing to produce and
deliver such journal, commission, or certi-]
icate, pursuant to the preceding section of
this act, then and in such cases, the COM
missions, or letters of marque and reprisal,a
of such vessels, shall be liable to be revok-s
ed and such commanders, respectively
shall forfeit for every such offence the sum
of 81 900, one moiety thereof to the use Of
the Confederate States, and the other to
the informcr |
SEC. Is. That the owners or comman-,
ders of vessels having letters of marque and
rcprisal as aforesaid, who shall violate any