Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-12

| prince or state, or OF any colony, district,
| or people; in every such case 1t shall be law
| full for the President of the United States,
or such other person as he shall have en-
| powered for that purpose, to employ such
| part of the land or naval forces of the Uni
ted States, or Of the militia thereof, for the
| purpose of taking possession of, and detain-
ing, any such ship or vessel, with her prize
or prizes, If any, in order to the execution
of the prohibitions and penalties OF this act,
and to the restoring the prize or prizes in
the cases In which restoration shall have
been adjudged, and also for the purpose of
preventing the carrying on of any such ex-
pedition or enterprise from the territories
or jurisdiction of the United States against
the territories or domains of any foreign
prince or state, or of any colony, district,
or people, with whom the United States are
at peace.
SEC. o. That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per-
son as he shall empower for that purpose,
to employ such part of the land or naval
forces of the United States, or of the militia
thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any
| foreign ship or vessel to depart the United
States, in all cases in which, by the laws of
nations or the treaties of the United States,
they ought not to remain within the United
States.
SEC. 10. That the owners or consignees
of every armed ship or vessel sailing out of
the ports of the United States, belonging
wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall
enter into bond to the United States, with
sufficient sureties, prior 10 clearing out the
/ same, in double the amount of the value OF
| the vessel and cargo on board, including
her armament, that the said ship or vessel
shall not be employed by such owners to
| cruise or commit hostiities against the sub
| jects, citizens, or property, of any foreign
| prince or state, or of any colony, district, or
peopie, with whom the United States are at
peace.
SEC. II. That the collectors of the Gus
toms be, and they are hereby, respectively,
authorized and required to detain any YES
sci manifestly built for warlike purposes,
and about to depart the United States, of
which the cargo shall principally consist OF
arms and munitions of war, when the num-
Der of men Shipped on board, or other cir
cumstances. shall render it probable that
such vessel is intended to be employed by
the owner or owners to cruise or commit
| hostilities upon the subjects, citizens or
| property, of any foreign prince or state, or
of any colony, districtOr people. with whom
| the United States are at peace until the de-
cision of the President be had thereon, or
until the owner or owners shall give such
bond and security as is required OF the own
ers of armed ships by the preceding section
of this act.
SEC. u. That the act passed on the fifth
day of June, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-fOur, entitled " An act in addi-
ton to the act for the punishment OF GER
tain crimes against the United States con-
tinued in force, for limited time, by the
act of the second of March, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety -seven, and per-
| petuated by the act passed on the twenty
fourth of April, one thousand eigh hun
| dred, and the act passed OH the fourteenth
| day of June, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-seven, entitled An act to pre- =
vent citizens of the United States from
| privateeriug against nations in amity with,
or against the cJiZens of the United States,
and the act passed the third day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen,
entitled, An act more effectUally to pre-
serve the neutral relations of the United
States,'" be- and the same are hereby, sew
orally repealed: Provided, nevertheless, That
persons having heretofore offended against
any of the acts aforesaid, may be prosecuted,
convicted and punished, sif the same were
not repealed; and no forfeiture heretofore
incurred by a violation of any of the acts
aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.
SEC. 13. That nothing in the foregoing
act shall be construed to prevent the prose-
cutiOn or punishment of treason, or any
piracy defined by the laws OF the United
| States. Approved April 20, 1878.