Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-10-13

hours after her entrance into such
port, harbor, roadstead or waters,
except IN case of a stress Of weather
or of her requiring provisions or
things necessary for the subsistence
of her crew, or repairs; in either of
which cases the authorities of the
port. or the nearest port, rs the case
may be, shall require her to put to
sea as soon as possible after the ex-
piration of such period of twenty
four hours. without permitting her
to take in supplies beyond what may
be necessary for her immediate
wants. And no such vessel which
may have been permitted to remain
within the waters of the United
States for the purpose of repair
within such port. harbor, roadstead
or waters, for a longer period than
twenty-four hours after her neces-
sary repairs shall have been com
pleted. unless within such twenty
four hours a vessel, whether ship
of war. privateer or merchant ship
of other belligerents shall have de-
parted therefrom, in which case the
time limited for the departure of
such ship of war or privateer shall
be extended so far as may be neces-
sary to secure an interval Of not less
than twenty-fOur hours between
such departure and that of any ship
of war, privateer or merchantship Of
other belligerents which may have
previously quit such port, harbor,
roadstead or other waters: no ship
of war or privateer of either bellig-
erent shall be detained in any port,
harbor, roadstead, or other waters
of the United States more than
twenty -four hours, by reason of sue
cessive departures from such port,
harbor, roadstead, or other waters
of more than one vessel of either
belligerent but if there be several
vessels of each or either of the road
steads, or waters, the order of their
departure shall be so arranged as to
afford the opportunity of leaving al
ternately to the vessels of the re-
spective belligerents, and to cause
the least detention consistent with
the objects of the proclamation. No
ship of war or privateer of either
belligerent shall be permitted while
in any port, harbor, roadstead or
waters within the jurisdiction of the
United States to take in any sup
plies except provisions and such
other things as may be requisite for
the subsistence of her crew, and ex-
cept so much coal only as may be
sufficient to carry such vessel, if
without sail power, to the nearest
European port of her own country,
OF in case the vessel is rugged to go
under sail and may also be propelled
with steam power then with one
half the quantity of coal which she
would be entitled to receive if de-
pendent upon steam alone, and no
coal shall be again supplied to any
such ship of war or privateer in the
same or any other port, harbor, road
stead or waters of the United States.
without special permission, until af-
ter the expiration of three months
from the time when such coal have
been last supplied to her within the
waters of the United States, unless
such ship of war or privateer shall
since last thus supplied have entered
an European port of the government
to which she belongs.
In testimony whereof have here
: unto set my hand, and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed. Done at the City of Wash
ington, this Sth day of October, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, and o.
the Independence of the United
States of America the ninety-ffth.
I tS1gned q. $. GRANT.
BY the President:
| HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State