Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-11-19

t-- &ii 81 tise ~ fE-ftf1ilsi - tAE Navy Ia u
prlr r-vfsrfy AMI af hzss; oE tle ofbers
sarzii s.e a m -rnlsr of ils lar of the csart a<
30 b~S than three war :; s;ar-liug and .rFuaiut-
el uiih ,lr liking Il @1s-isissss-
Sec 6. isfL< o. fwr1Aes sas,foi, That the
prlzc eoaimis.i.asrs. or r iiafa. slaal
oriye from tho irr1. master ille d'cuass,is anil
IaIsr- and Inventory TIA rc',l. air sail take the
aaisYii of the i,ripe master hs-r,-n,rfsrc r-luir
al and shall fr;hwith take the ,,~iinicuy II the
wiinr--s~ S-,i in separate lro,a c.,ch oilrr. oD
ini.rro-a ori,s pr-srii.vl by the eourt. in the
manner usual IA pr'z, c'uri> AMI the wiiB,-Sscs
shall no, la permiiol Ia SO the ncrr,.gai"rss,
documents. "r faPrs. "T iDs"D,i.; with counsel!
or with any persons interested. without special
authority IRON the court and the witnesses who
have the rights nf neulr.ls shall bc discharged
rs soon as practicable. The prize commissioners
shall also take dcposi,ii,s tic ',nc c-sc Of the
prize crew and Others at the request Of the dis
trict attorney. on intcrro"aturcs prescribed by
the court. They shall also. aS suon as any prize
property comes within the district for adju,lica-
tion. examine the same, and make an inventory
thereof founded on an actual examination and
report TO the court whether any part of it is in
q condition requiring immediate sale for the in
tcrcSs of all parties, and notify the district at
torncy thereof; and il il bc necessary TO the cX-
amina ion or making of the inventory that the
cargo he unadcn, they shall apply to the court
for an order to the marshal TO unlalc the same,
and shall. from time to time, report TO the court
anything relating 10 the condition Of the pro-
pcrty. or its custody or disposal, which may re-
quirc any action by the court but the custody
Of the property shall be only in the marshal.
They shall also scasonahly return into court,
sealed and secured from inspection, the dOcu-
mcns and papers which shall come TO their
hands, duly scheduled and numbered, and the
other preparatory evidence and the evidence
taken lc bcnc csSc, and their own inventory of
the prize property; and if the captured vessel,
or any Ot its cargo or stores are such that, in
their Judgment. may be useful TO the govern
mcnt in war, they shall report the same to the
Secretary of the Navy.
Sec. I. Ind be IL further enacted, That the
marsl'alemll safely keep all prize property under
warrant from the court, and shall report to the
court any cargo or other property that he thinks
requires to be unadcn and stored, or to be sold.
lie shall insure prize property II, in his judge
mcnt. il is for the interest of all concerned. lie
shall keep in his custody all persons found on
board prize and sent in rs witnesses, until they
are released by the prize commissioners or the
court. IL Il sale of property is ordered he shall
sell the same in the manner required by the court,
and collect the purchase-mOncy, and forthwith
deposit the gross proceeds of the sales with the
uSSStiliil utstSuIcI VI tuC
the place of sale, subject to the order Of the
court in the particular cause and each marshal
shall forward to the Secretary of the Novy,
whenever and rs often as he may require it, q
full statement of the condition of each prize and
of the disposition made thereof
Sec. 8. And DO it further enacted, That,
whenever any prize property shall bc condemned,
or shall at any stage of the proceedings be found
by the court to bcpcrishng. pcrishabie, Or liable
to tlctcrOratc or deprcciate, or whencvtr the
costs of keeping the same shall be disproportion-
ate to its value it shall be the duty of the court
to order Il sale thereof; and whenever, after the
who have appeared in the cause shall agree
thereto, the court is authorized to make such
order, and no appeal shall operate to prevent
the making or execution of such order. Tho
Secretary Of the Navy shall employ an auction
Ger or auctioneers Of known skill in the branch
of business to which any sale pertains, to make
the sale, but the sale shall be conducted under
the supervision of the marshal, and the collect
ing and dcpositing Of the gross proceeds shall
be by his auctionccr or his agent. Before any
sale the marshal shall cause full catalogues and
schedules to be prepared and circulated, and q
copy of each shall be returned by the marshal
to the court in each cause. The marshal shall
cause all sales to be advertised fully and con-
spicuously in newspapers ordered by the court,
and by posters, and no shall, at least five days
before the sale, serve notice thereof upon the
naval prize commissioner, and the goods shall be
open to inspection ut least three days before the
sale.
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That in
case a decree Of condemnation shall bc rendered,
the court shall consider the claims Of all vessels
to participate in the proceeds, and for TINT pur.
| pose shall, at as early stage Of the cause rs
possible, order testimony to be taken tending to
show what part should bc awarded to the cap
tors, and what vessels are entitled to share, and
such testimony may be sworn to before any
judge or commissioner OF the courts OF the
United Stats consul. or commercial agent Of the
United States or nosary-public. or any officer Of
the navy highest in rank. reasonably accessible
10 the Opponent. The court shall make jccrce
Of distribution determining what vessels are en-
titled 10 share in the prize. enI whether the
prize was cf superior. e'Iual. or inferior force 10
the vessel cr vessels making the capture And
said oecrcs shall rrciie tbc amount Of the grss~
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