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ture and cargo. shall be forfeited to the United

ture, and cargo. shall be forfeited to the Unlted
States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when
ever the President, in pursuance OF the provisions
of the second section of the act entitled AN act
to provide for calling forth the militia to execute
the laws of the Union, suppress lnsurectlons, ana
repel invasions and to repel the act now IN 1oTce
for that purpose" approved February twenty.
eight seventeen hundred and nity-fve shall
have called forth the militia to suppress comDl,
nations against the laws of the United States, ana
to cause the laws to be duly executed and the IN
surgents shall have failed to dlsporse by the tne
directed by the President, and when sand lnSur-
gents claim to act under the authority OF any
State States, an such claim Is not dlselaiiheu
repudiated by the persons exercising me lunc-
tions of the government in surn State or states,
or in the part parts thereof In winch sald com,
bination exist, nor such Instruction suppressed
by said State States, then i'll such case 1t may
and shall be lawful for the President, by prociu-
nation, to declare that the inhabitants OF such
State, any section or part thereof, where such
nsurrcction exist, are in q stale OF instruction
against the United States; and thereupon all CO.
mercial intercourse by and between the same and
the citizens thereof and the citizens of the rest of
the Unites States shall and be unlawful SO
long as such condition of hostility shall confinue
and all goods and chattcls, wares and merchan-
disc, coming from said State or section into the
other parts of the United States, and all proceed
ing to such State or section, by land or water,
SHALL together with the veSstl or Yeh1cle convey
ing the same, or conveying person to or from
such State or section be fortaited tn the United
States: Provided, however, That the PrcsH4eat
may, in his discretion, liccncc and permit eks,
mercial intercourse with any such part of said
State or section, the inhabitants of which
declared in state of instruction, in such artl-
cles, and for such time, and by such persons, as
he in his direction, may think must conducive
to the public interest; and such intercourse, SO
far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and
carried on only in pursuance OF rules ana reguil-
lions prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
And the Secretary of the Treasury appoint such
officers at places where officers OF the customs
are not now authorized by law may be needed
to carry into effect such licenses, rules ana reSu-
lations and officers of the custom and other Of
tcers shall receive for services under this section,
md regulations,
and compensation as are now allowed Tor similar
service under other provision OF law;
Sec. q. And being further enacted, That from
and after fifteen days after the issuing OF the SAID
proclamation, provided in the last foregoing
section of this act, any ship or vessel belonging
in whole in part to any citizen or INHABITANTS
of said State part of State whose ini:bit;nts
are so declared in state Of Instruction, found at
sea, in any port of the rest OF the Unit
ed States, shall be forfeited 10 the United
States.
See Z. And be it further enacted, That in the
executions of the provisions of this act, and OF
the other laws of the United States providing for
the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,
it may and shall be lawful for the President, in
addition to the revenue cutters in service, to en-
ploy in aid thereof such other suitable vessels as
may, in his Judgment, be required.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That the for |
FIXTURES and penalties incurred BY virtue of this /
act may be mitigatCd or rCInittcd i'll pursuance OF
the authriry vested in the Secretary of the Trea-
sury by the act entitled IAN act providing for mi
tgating renting the foricitures, penalties, !
and disabilities accrnin in certain cases therein
mentioned" approved March third, seventeen !
hundred and ninty seven, or cases where special !
circumstances may seem to require it, according
to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary
Of the Treasury.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That pro
ceedings on seizures for textures under this act
may be pursued in tina courts orthe United States
in any district into which the property so seized I
may be taken and proceedings instituted; and
such courts shall have and entertain as full juris-
diction over the same as il the seizure was made
i'll that district.