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clearance fhall be required, is actually destined, and fhall proceed to fome port or place without the limits or jurisdiction of the French Republic, or any of the dependencies thereof, and during the intended voyage fhall not be voluntarily carried, or permitted to proceed or fold, entrusted or transferred, with the purpose that she may proceed whether directly, or from any intermediate port or place, to any port or place within the territories of that Republic, or any of the dependencies thereof; and fhall not, at any fuch port or place, voluntarily deliver or unlade any part of fuch cargo; and if compelled by distress of weather, or taken by force into any fuch port or place, will not there receive on board of such ship or vessel, any goods, produce, or merchandize, other than neceffary fea-stores; and generally, that fuch fhip or vef fel fhall not be employed in any traffic or commerce, with or for any perfon refident within the territory of the French Republic, or any of the dependencies thereof.

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Sec. 3. Provided, and be it further enacted, That when any ship or veffel which fhall obtain Master of a clearance for a foreign voyage, after a bond a veffel fhall be given as aforefaid, fhall be compelled going to by diftrefs of weather, or other cafualty endangering the fafety of fuch fhip or veffel, or of the unlading, mariners on board the fame, or fhall be taken by comby any armed veffel, or other fuperior force, pulfion, into any port or place within the territories of the French Republic, or any of the dependen- ment in cies thereof, and fhall there neceffarily unlade money on and deliver, or shall be deprived of any cargo bullion, then on board, then, and in fuch cafe, the mafter or other perfon having charge of fuch fhip or veffel, may receive compensation or payment in bills of exchange, or in money or bullion, VOL. V. C

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for fuch cargo, but not otherwife, and fhall not be understood thereby to contravene this law, or to incur a forfeiture of the faid bond.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no Forfei- fhip or veffel coming from any port or place within the territories of the French Republic, or any of the dependencies thereof, whether with or without a cargo, or from any other port or place, with a cargo on board obtained for, or laden on board of fuch veffel at any port or place within the said territories or depeninterme- dencies, which fhall arrive within the limits of diate port, the United States after the faid fecond day of March next, fhall be admitted to an entry with the Collector of any district; and each and every fuch fhip or veffel which fhall arrive as aforefaid, having on board any goods, wares or merchandize, deftined to be delivered within the United States, contrary to the intent of this act, or which fhall have otherwife contravened the fame, together with the cargo which fhall be found on board, fhall be forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States having competent jurisdiction : Provided, That nothing herein contained fhall be construed to prohibit the entry of any vessel having a paffport granted under the authority of the French Republic, and folely employed for purposes of political or national intercourse with the government of the United States, and not in any commercial intercourse, and which fhall be received, and permitted by the Prefident of the United States to remain within the fame: And provided also, that until the first day of Auguft next, and no longer, any ship or vessel, wholly owned or employed by a foreigner, other than any person refident in France, or in any of the dependencies of the French Republic, and

which coming therefrom shall be deftined to the United States, and fhall arrive within the fame, not having otherwise contravened this act, shall be required and permitted to depart therefrom, and in case she shall accordingly depart, without any unreasonable delay, and without delivery, or attempting to deliver, any cargo or lading within the United States fuch fhip or veffel, or any cargo, which may be on board the fame, fhall not be liable to the forfeiture aforefaid.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any fhip or veffel, coming from any port or place within the territories of the French Republic, veffels or any of the dependencies thereof, or with any coming cargo there obtained on board, but not deftined from a to any port or place within the United States, fhall be compelled by diftrefs of weather, or with a other neceffity, to put into any port or place cargo within the limits of the United States, fuch ship therein or vessel shall be there hofpitably received in the manner prescribed by the act, intituled, › ting in "An act to regulate the collection of duties on through imports and tonnage ;" and fhall be permitted trefs of to make fuch repairs, and to obtain fuch fup- weather, plies as shall be neceffary to enable her to proceed according to her deftination; and fuch repairs and fupplies being obtained, shall be thereafter required and permitted to depart. But if fuch ship or veffel fhall not conform to the regulations prescribed by the act laft mentioned, or fhall unlade any part of her cargo, or shall take on board any cargo or fupplies whatever, without the permit of the Collector of the diftrict previously obtained therefor, or fhall refufe, or unreasonably delay to depart from and out of the United States, after having received a written notice to depart, which fuch Collector may, and shall give, as foon as such ship or

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veffel fhall be fit for fea; or having departed fhall return to the United States, not being compelled thereto by further diftrefs or neceffity, in each and every fuch cafe, fuch fhip, or veffel and her cargo fhall be forfeited and may be feized, and condemned in any court of the United States having competent jurifdiction.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That at any time after the paffing of this act, it fhall be lawThe Pre- ful for the President of the United States, by fident his order to remit and difcontinue for the time may rebeing, whenever he fhall deem it expedient, and mit the for the intereft of the United States, all or any prohibition of in- of the restraints and prohibitions impofed by tercourse this act, in refpect to the territories of the French and renew Republic, or to any ifland, port, or place beit again. longing to the faid Republic, with which in his

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opinion a commercial intercourfe may be fafely renewed; and also it shall be lawful for the Prefident of the United States, whenever he fhall afterwards deem it expedient, to revoke such order, and hereby to re-establish such restraints and prohibitions: And the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and he is hereby authorized, to make proclamation thereof accordingly.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the How Hif. whole of the island of Hifpaniola fhall for the paniola purposes of this act be confidered as a depenfhall be dency of the French Republic: Provided, that ed under nothing herein contained fhall be deemed to this act. repeal or annul in any part, the order or proclamation of the Prefident of the United States, heretofore iffued for permitting commercial intercourse with certain ports of that ifland.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Prefident of the United States, to give inftructions to the public armed veffels of the United States, to ftop and examine any

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fhip or veffel of the United States on the high Prefident fea, which there may be reafon to fufpect to be may inengaged in any traffic or commerce contrary to this act, and if upon examination, it fhall appear armed that fuch fhip or veffel is bound or failing to, or fhips to from any port or place, contrary to the true ftop vesintent and meaning of this act, it fhall be the fels contravening duty of the commander of fuch public armed this act. vessel, to seize every ship or veffel engaged in fuch illicit commerce, and fend the fame, to the nearest convenient port of the United States, to be there profecuted in due courfe of law, and held liable to the penalties and forfeitures provided by this act.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act, fhall, and may be examined, mitigated may be and remitted in like manner, and under the like mitigaconditions, regulations and restrictions, as are ted, &c. prescribed, authorized and directed by the act, entitled" An act to provide for mitigating, or remitting, the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cafes therein mentioned;" and all penalties and forfeitures, which Diftribution of pemay be recovered in purfuance of this act in confequence of any feizure made by the commander of any public armed veffel of the United States, fhall be diftributed according to the rules prescribed by the act, intituled "An act for the government of the navy of the United States ;" and all other penalties arifing under this act, and which may be recovered, fhall be diftributed and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act, intituled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.

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