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Prefident fhip or veffel to which the Prefident of the maygrant United States fhall grant a permission to enter permifand clear; provided fuch fhip or veffel fhall be ter and folely employed, purfuant to fuch permiffion, for purposes of national intercourfe; and fhall not be permitted to proceed with, or to bring to the United States any cargo or lading whatever other than neceffary fea-ftores.

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Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the act, intituled " An act further to fufpend the tinued in commercial intercourfe between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," shall be, and is hereby continued and shall be taken to be in force in respect to all offences, which fhall have been committed against the fame, before the expiration thereof; and to the intent that all feizures, forfeitures and penalties arifing upon fuch offences, may be had, fued for, profecuted and recovered, any limitation of the said act to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

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Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and remain in force until the third day of March, one thoufand eight hundred and one: Provided, however, the expiration thereof shall not prevent or defeat any seizure, or profecution for a forfeiture incurred under this act, and during the continuance thereof.

THEODORE SEDGWICK,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TH: JEFFERSON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED-February 27th, 1800.

JOHN ADAMS,

Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER XI.

An ACT for the relief of James Yard.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That the term of fix months, from and after the paffing of this act, fhall be, and is hereby allowed, as a further time for the exportation, with the benefit of drawback, of one hundred and fix pipes, eight hogfheads and five quarter cafks of Madeira wine, which were duly fhipped, and with the benefit of drawback, in the months of March and April, of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, by James Yard, on board the ship Ganges, then bound to India, but afterwards re-landed in confequence of the purchase of that fhip by the United States, and any drawback which fhall accrue on any parcel of the faid wine, which being firft duly identified, shall be exported within the term aforefaid, shall be payable in fifteen days after fuch exportation, and a debenture or debentures may iffue for fuch drawback upon the like fecurity, conditions and proofs, as are required in other cafes, and to be paid in a fimilar manner.

THEODORE SEDGWICK,

Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives.
TH: JEFFERSON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED-February 27, 1800.

JOHN ADAMS,

Prefident of the United States.

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CHAPTER XII.

An ACT providing for the fecond cenfus or enu-
meration of the inhabitants of the United States.

Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
B' Reprefentatives of the United States

Marthals of America, in Congress affembled, That the mar-
of the dif. fhals of the feveral diftricts of the United
tricts and States, and the secretaries of the territory of
fecreta- the United States, north-weft of the river
ries of the Ohio, and of the Miflifippi territory, refpec-

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tively, fhall be, and they are hereby authocause an rized and required, under the direction of the enumera- Secretary of State, and according to such intion to be ftructions as he fhall give purfuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective districts and territories to be taken; omitting in fuch enumeration, Indians not taxed, and distinguishing free perfons, including those bound to fervice for a term of years from all others; diftinguishing alfo the fexes and colours of free perfons, and the free males under ten years of age; thofe of ten years and under fixteen, thofe of fixteen and under twenty-fix, those of twenty-fix and under forty-five, those of fortyfive and upwards. And distinguishing free females under ten years of age, thofe of ten years and under fixteen, thofe of fixteen and under twenty-fix, those of twenty-fix and under forty-five, thofe of forty-five and upwards; for effecting which purpose, the marfhals and fecretaries aforefaid, fhall have They may power to appoint as many affiftants within affiftants. their respective districts and territories, as aforefaid, as to them fhall appear neceffary; affigning to each affiftant a certain divifion of his district or territory, which division shall

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confist of one or more counties, cities, towns, townships, hundreds or parishes, or of a territory plainly and diftinctly bounded by water courfes, mountains, or public roads: The marshals, or secretaries, as the cafe may be, and their affiftants, fhall, refpectively, take an oath or affirmation, before fome judge or justice of the peace, refident within their respective districts or territories, previous to their entering on the discharge of the duties by this act required. The oath or affirmation of the marshal or fecretary fhall be, be taken "I, A. B. marfhal of the district of

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the cafe may be) do folemnly fwear or affirm, that I will well and truly caufe to be made, their affifa just and perfect enumeration and defcrip- tants. tion of all perfons refident within my district or territory, and return the fame to the Secretary of State, agreeably to the directions. of an act of Congrefs, intituled an act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants. of the United States,' according to the best of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an affistant shall be "I, A. B. do folemnly fwear (or affirm) that I will make a just and perfect enumeration and defcription of all perfons refident within the divifion affigned to me by the marshal of the district of fecretary of the territory of as the cafe may be) and make due return thereof to the faid marshal, or fecretary, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, intituled

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an act providing for the enumeration of the Cominhabitants of the United States,' according menceto the best of my abilities.". The enumera- ment and tion fhall commence on the first Monday of Auguft next, and fhall close within nine calen- meration. VOL. V.

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Affiftants dar months thereafter. The feveral affiftants to make fhall, within the faid nine months transmit to the marshal or secretaries, by whom they shall be respectively appointed, accurate returns of all perfons, except Indians not taxed, within their refpective divifions; which returns shall be made in a schedule, diftinguishing in each county, parish, township, town or city, the feveral families, by the names of their master, mistress, steward, overfeer or other principal perfon therein, in the manner following, that is to fay: The number of perfons within my divifion, confifting appears in a schedule hereto anfubfcribed by me this

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