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(ACT of May 15th, 1820.)

this act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for; and may be mitigated or remitted, in the manner, and according to the provisions of the revenue laws of the United States.

ACT of May 15, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 107.

An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act concerning navigation." [Supra, 7.]

10. SEC. I. From and after the thirtieth day of September next, the ports of the United States shall be and remain closed against every vessel owned wholly, or in part, by a subject or subjects of his Britannic majesty, coming, or arriving by sea, from any port or place in the province of Lower Canada, or coming or arriving from any port or place in the province of New Brunswick, not included within the act to which this act is supplementary. And every such vessel, so excluded from the ports of the United States, that shall enter, or attempt to enter, the same, in violation of this act, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States.

11. SEC. 11. From and after the thirtieth day of September next, the owner, consignee, or agent, of every vessel owned wholly or in part by a subject or subjects of his Britannic majesty, which shall have been duly entered in any port of the United States, and on board of which shall have been there laden, for exportation, any article or articles of the growth, produce or manufacture, of the United States, other than provisions and sea stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before such vessel shall have been cleared outward at the custom house, give bond, in a sum double the value of such article or articles, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, that the article or articles so laden on board such vessel, for exportation, shall be landed in some port or place other than a port or place in any province, island, colony, territory, or possession, belonging to his Britannic majesty, that is mentioned or described in this act, or in the act to which this act is supplementary. And every such vessel that shall sail, or attempt to sail, from any port of the United States, without having complied with the provisions aforesaid, by giving bond as aforesaid, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on board the same as aforesaid, be forfeited to the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed so as to violate any provision of the convention to regulate commerce between the territories of the United States and of his Britannic majesty, signed the third day of July one thousand eight hundred and fif

teen.

12. SEC. III. From and after the thirtieth day of September next, no goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be imported into the United States of America from the province of Nova Scotia, the

(ACT of April 30th, 1798.)

province of New Brunswick, the islands of Cape Breton, St. Johns, Newfoundland, or their respective dependencies, from the Bermuda islands, the Bahama islands, the islands called Caicos, or either or any of the aforesaid possessions, islands, or places, or from any other province, possession, plantation, island, or place, under the dominion of Great Britain in the West Indies, or on the continent of America, south of the southern boundaries of the United States, except only such goods, wares, and merchandise, as are truly and wholly of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the province, colony, plantation, island, possession, or place, aforesaid, where the same shall be laden; and from whence such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be directly imported into the United States; and all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported, or attempted to be imported into the United States of America, contrary to the provisions of this act, together with the vessel on board of which the same shall be laden, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States.

13. SEC. IV. The form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed, and the same shall be discharged, and all penalties and forfeitures, incurred under this act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, and the same may be mitigated, or remitted, in the manner, and according to the provisions, of the act to which this act is supplementary.

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ACT of April 30, 1798. 3 Bioren, 44.

An act to establish an executive department, to be denominated the department of the navy.

1. SEC. 1. There shall be an executive department, under the denomination of the department of the navy, the chief officer of which shall be called the secretary of the navy, whose duty it shall be to execute such orders as he shall receive from the president of the United States, relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment,

(ACT of February 25th, 1799.)

and employment, of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with the naval establishment of the United States.

SEC. II. A principal clerk, and such other clerks as he shall think necessary, shall be appointed by the secretary of the navy; who shall be employed in such manner as he shall deem most expedient. In case of vacancy in the office of the secretary, by removal or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the principal clerk to take the charge and custody of all the books, records, and documents, of the said office.

SEC. v. So much of an act, entitled "An act to establish an executive department, to be denominated the department of war," as vests any of the powers contemplated by the provisions of this act in the secretary for the department of war, shall be repealed, from and after the period when the secretary of the navy shall enter on the duties of his office.

ACT of February 25, 1799. 3 Bioren, 125.

2. Sɛc. 1. All the vessels of war in the service of the United States, mounting twenty guns and upwards, shall be commanded by captains; those not exceeding eighteen guns, by masters or lieutenants, according to the size of the vessel, to be regulated by the president of the United States.

3. SEC. 11. The pay of captains commanding ships of thirtytwo guns and upwards, shall be one hundred dollars per month, and eight rations per day; of captains commanding ships of twenty and under thirty-two guns, seventy-five dollars per month, and six rations per day; of a master commandant, sixty dollars per month, and five rations per day; and of lieutenants, who may command the smaller vessels fifty dollars per month, and four rations per day.

4. SEC. 111. Whenever any officer as aforesaid shall be employed in the command of a squadron on separate service, the allowánce of rations to such commanding officer shall be doubled during the continuance of such command, and no longer, except in the case of the commanding officer of the navy, whose allowance while in service shall always be at the rate of sixteen rations per day.

ACT of February 25, 1799. 3 Bioren, 130.

5. SEC. 1. Two docks for the convenience of repairing the public ships and vessels shall be erected in suitable places under the direction of the president of the United States, and the sum of fifty thousand dollars are appropriated towards effecting this object, to be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of February 25, 1799. 3 Bioren, 130.

An act authorizing the purchase of timber for naval purposes.

6. SEC. 1. The president of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to direct a sum, not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be laid out in the purchase of growing or other timber, or of lands on which timber is growing, suitable for the navy, and to cause the proper measures to be taken to have the same preserved for the future uses of the navy.

7. ACT of March 2, 1799. SEC. XCVIII, article DUTIES, general regulations, 65, ante page, 244; directs the revenue cutters to cooperate with the navy, &c.]

ACT of March 2, 1799. 3 Bioren, 266.

An act in addition to an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen.

[Passed 16, of July 1798, see title SEAMEN.]

8. SEC. 11. The secretary of the navy shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to deduct, after the first day of September next, from the pay thereafter to become due, of the officers, seamen, and marines, of the navy of the United States, at the rate of twenty cents per month, for every such officer, seaman, and marine, and to pay the same, quarter annually, to the secretary of the treasury, to be applied to the same purposes as the money collected by virtue of the abovementioned act is appropriated.

SEC. II. The officers, seamen, and marines, of the navy of the United States, shall be entitled to receive the same benefits and advantages, as, by the act abovementioned, are provided for the relief of the sick and disabled seamen of the merchant vessels of the United States.

ACT of March 3, 1800. 3 Bioren, 318.

An act providing for salvage in cases of recapture.

9. SEC. 1. When any vessel, other than a vessel of war or privateer, or when any goods which shall hereafter be taken as prize by any vessel, acting under authority from the government of the United States, shall appear to have before belonged to any person or persons, resident within, or under the protection of, the United States, and to have been taken by an enemy of the United States, or under authority, or pretence of authority, from any prince, government, or state, against which the United States have authorized, or shall authorize, defence or reprisals, such vessel or goods not having been condemned as prize by competent authority before the recapture thereof, the same shall be restored to the former owner or owners thereof, he or they paying for, and in lieu of, salvage, if retaken, by a public vessel of the United States, oneeighth part, and if retaken by a private vessel of the United States, one-sixth part, of the true value of the vessel or goods so to be restored, allowing and excepting all imposts and public duties to

(ACT of March 3d, 1800.)

which the same may be liable. And if the vessel so retaken shall appear to have been set forth and armed as a vessel of war, before such capture, or afterwards, and before the retaking thereof, as aforesaid, the former owner or owners, on the restoration thereof, shall be adjudged to pay, for, and in lieu of salvage, one moiety of the true value of such vessel of war, or privateer.

SEC. II. When any vessel or goods, which shall hereafter be taken as prize, by any vessel acting under authority from the gov. ernment of the United States, shall appear to have before belonged to the United States, and to have been taken by an enemy of the United States, or under authority, or pretence of authority, from any prince, government, or state, against which the United States have authorized, or shall authorize, defence or reprisals, such public vessel not having been condemned as prize by competent authority before the recapture thereof, the same shall be restored to the United States. And for and in lieu of salvage, there shall be paid from the treasury of the United States, pursuant to the final decree which shall be made in such case, by any court of the United States having competent jurisdiction thereof, to the parties who shall be thereby entitled to receive the same, for the recapture as aforesaid, of an unarmed vessel, or any goods therein, one-sixth part of the true value thereof, when made by a private vessel of the United States, and one-twelfth part of such value when the recapture shall be made by a public armed vessel of the United States; and for the recapture, as aforesaid, of a public armed vessel, or any goods therein, one moiety of the true value thereof, when made by a private vessel of the United States, and one-fourth part of such value when such recapture shall be made by a public armed vessel of the United States.

SEC. III. When any vessel or goods which shall be taken as prize, as aforesaid, shall appear to have before belonged to any person or persons permanently resident within the territory, and under the protection, of any foreign prince, government, or state, in amity with the United States, and to have been taken by an enemy of the United States, or by authority, or pretence of authority, from any prince, government, or state, against which the United States have authorized, or shall authorize, defence or reprisals, then such vessel or goods shall be adjudged to be restored to the former owner, or owners thereof, he or they paying, for and in lieu of salvage, such proportion of the true value of the vessel or goods so to be restored, as, by the law or usage of such prince, government, or state, within whose territory such former owner or owners shall be so resident, shall be required on the restoration of any vessel or goods of a citizen of the United States, under like circumstances of recapture, made by the authority of such foreign prince, government, or state; and where no such law or usage shall be known, the same salvage shall be allowed as is provided by the first section of this act: Provided, That no such vessel or goods shall be adjudged to be restored to such former owner or own

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