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CONGRESS.
December 19'
Read the firft and second time,
and committed to a commit
tee of the whole Houle, on
Friday next.
A BILL.
Refpefihig the coratnercial /»-
Ur cornft betueen the XJaittd
Stales and Great Hr it am and
Irancc ; and for ether pur
pejes.
BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative* of
j the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That from
, and atur the passage of this act,
the entrance of the harbors and
waters of the United States and of
the territories thereof be, and the
| same is hereby interdicted to all
public ships and vessels belonging
to Great Britain or France ; ex- \
cepting vessels only rditch may !
be forced in by distress, or which j
are charged with dispatches or
business from tiie government 10
whichthey belong, a*»d also pack
ets having no cargo nor merchan
dise on board. And if any public !
ship or vessel as aforesaid, not be
ing included in the exception a
bovementiooed, shall enter any
haibor or waters within the juris
diction of the United States, or
of the territories thereof, it shall
be lawful for the President of the
United States, or such other per
son as he shall have empowered
for that purpose, to employ such
part of the land and naval forces,
or of the militia of the United
States, or the territories thereof,
as he shall deem necessary to com
pel such ship or vessel to depart.
Sec. 2. And be it Jurthcr enact
ed, 1 hat it shall uot be lawful lor i
any citizen or citizens of the U. j
States or the territories thereof,
uor lor any person or persons re
siding or being in the same, to
have any intercourse with or to
afford any aid or supplies to any
public ship or vessel as aforesaid, !
which shall contrary to the provi*
a ion* of this act, have entered any
harbor or waters, within the juris
diction of the United State*, or
ihe territories thereof ; and if any
person shall, contrary to the pro
visions of this ast, have any inter
course with such ship or fetiei, j
or shall atford any aid to such
ship or vessel, either in repairing
the said vessel or in furnishing
her, her officers and crew,
supplies ol any kind, or in Au y
manner w hatever ; or if any pilot
or other person snail asst*’- in na
vigating or piloting such ship or 1
vessel, unless it be lor the purpose ;
* of carrying her beyond the limits
i and jurisdiction of the United j
| States, every person so offending
: shall forfeit and pay a sunt not
less than one hundred dollors, nur
exceeding ten thousand dollars ;
and shall also bo imprisoned tor a
term not less than one month, nor
more than one )tar.
* s ec. j, j, l( j fa ti further enact •
ed, That the entrance of ihe har
bor* and waters of the United
S ates and the territories thereof
be and the same is hereby inter
dicted to all ships or vessels sail
ing under the flag of Great Britain
or France, or owned in whole or
in part by any citizen or subject
of either ; vessel* hired, charter
led, or employed by the govern.
went of either cointry, lor the
! sole pu'pose of carrying letters or
I despatches, and aLo, vessel* for
; ced in by distress, or by the dan.
: gers of the sea, only excepted.—
I And if air ship or vessel sailing
under the* flag of Great Britain or
France, or owned in whole or to
part by anv ciiixen or subjectof ei
ther b not excepted as aforesaid,
1 shall hereafter anive either with
1 or without a cargo, within the li
mits of United States or territoitcs
thereof, such ihip or vessel tege
t; MOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” Shakespeare.
4
ther with the cargo, if any, which
may be found cn board, shall be
j forfeited, and may be seized and
1 condemned io any court of the U.
i niled States, or the territories
l thereof, having competent juris
diction.
£ec. 4-. And be it farther enact
ed, That from and alter the pas'
sing of this let, it shall not be
lawful .0 import into the United
1 States or the territories thereof, in
any vessel or vessels not owned
wholly by citizens of the United
| States, and registeied according
I to law, toy goods, wares or naer*
i chandise whatever, from any port
| or place situated in (’rent Britain
| or Ireland, or in any of the Colo
hie,* or dependencies of Great
Britain, nor from any port or
place iu France, or in
any of her colonies or dependen
cies, uor from any port or place
in the actual possession of either
I Great Britain or France. Nor
j filqji!l it be lawful to import into
i the United St&tes or the territories
1 thereof, from auy foreign port or
place whatever, iu any vessel or
vessels not owned wholly by citi
zens of titc United Stctes, anti"
registered accordiog to law, any
! goods, wares or merchandise
whatever, being of the growth,
produce or manufacture oi Franc-*,
or of any of her colonies or de
pendencies i or being ol the growtii
produce or tnanui*Ciurc ol Great 1
Briitfin or Ireland, or of auy of
the colonies or dependencies oi
Great Britain j or being of the
growth produce or manutucturc of
any place or country to thc aciu. i
possession of cither f ranee or G,
Britain-
Sec. F. And be it further enact
ed, That from and altvr the fif
teenth day f t April next it shall
not be lawful to import, m any
manner whatever, tmo the United
: States or the icrruone# thereof,
I any goods, wares or merchandise
whatever, being of the growtii,
produce or aiauufacture* ot Great
Britain or Ireland, from any port
or place other than a port or place
i situated in C*‘ U. nr Ireland ; nor
auy good*, wares or merchandise
whatever betug of the growth,
produce or uanufac r ure oi any
colony or dependency ot Circa 1
Britain, situated beyond the Cape
of Good Hope, from any port or
place other than a port or place
situated in some oi the said co
lonies or dependent,!#; nor any
goods ware* or rnerchandme
whatever being of the growth,
produce or manufacture ut any
colony or dependency o' Great
Britain, aituat d <n the West Indies
or in at:y other pan oi America
1 south of the Und«d States, Bom
i any port or place olhu than R
| port or place situated m ol
| he said colonies or dcpt’icleiicio ,
nor any goods, wares or mere nan*
, tfiae whatever being oi the growth
! produce or manufacture of auy
province, colony or dependency ot
Great Britain, situated on the
1 coutiueui of North America, from
I any port or place otln r than a port
or place situated in *otne oi the
said provinces, colonies or depen
dence* ; nor any goods, wares
and merchandise wherever, being
oi the growth, produce or mauu
-1 taciure of any other colony or de
pendency ot Great Britain, uot
‘ otherwise herein particulaiiy dcs
-1 cubed, from any p ( > r t or place
otner than a port or place situated
in some oi the said colonics ot
[ dependencies not otherwise here
-111 particularly described j uor
I any goods Wares or merchandise
whatever, b* D f the growth,
produce or manufacture of France,
from any port or place otner than
a pot t or place situated in France ;
nor any uomu wares or merchan
-1 oisc whatever, being of the
growth, produce or manufacture
j of auy cuiony or dependency ol
\ France, situated beyond the Cape
ot Good Hope, trom any port or
place other than a port or place
~ ■■■ I II ■ waauMM-j i c rrz.TR
situated in some of the said co_
lonics or dependencies } nor any
goads, wares or merchandise
whatever, being of the growth,
produce or. manufacture of any
colony or dependency of France,
situated in the West Incites, or in
any other part of America south
of tile United States, from any
port or place other than a port or
place situated in Mime of the said
colonies or dependencies; nor
any goods ware* or merchandise
whatever, being of the growth,
produce or manufacture of any
other colony or dependency of
France, not otherwise herein par
ticularly described, from any port
or place other than a poi t or place
»itm»tcd in some of the said co
lonic* or dependencies not other
wise herein particularly describ
ed.
See. 6. And be it further enac m
ed. I hat whenever any article or
articles, the importation of which
is prohibited by this act, shall be
imported into the United States
or the territories thereof, con
trary to the true intent and mean
ing of this act, or shall be put
<>n board of any ship or vessels
boat, taft or carriage, with inten-
Don ol thus importing the same
iqto the U. State*, or the territo
ries thereof, all auch articles, as
weil as all other articles on board
! the ship or vessel, boat, raft, or
carriage, belonging to the owners
of such prohited articles shall be
iofeited ; and the owner thcreol
vau.l moreover forfeit and pay
treble the value of such articles,
Sec. 7. Andbe it further enac
-ed, i hat if any articles, the im
portation of which is prohibited by
this a ct, & which shall nevcrtlio-
Lss be on board of auy ship or vn
sel, boat raft, or carriage, arriving
after the passing of this act in the
u. s. or the territories thereof,
contrary to the true intent and
meaning of this act, shall be omit*. I
ted iu the manifest, report, or
entry of the master, or the person
having the charge or command oi
such ships or vessel, boat, raft, or
carriage, or shall be omitted in the
entry of the goods owned by the
owner, or consigned to the con
signee of such articles, or shall be
imported or landed, or attempted
to l«e imported or landed with
out a permit, the same penalties, j
fines and forfeiture, sh<dl be incur- j
rod, and may be recovered a« in
the case of similar omission or
omissions, landing importation, or i
attempt to land or import in rela
tion to articles liable to duties on
their importation into th** U. S.
Sec. 8. And be it fur ther enact
ed. That every collector, naval of
ficer, surveyor, or other officer of
the customs, shall have the like
power and suthority to seize
goods, wares and merchandise,
imported contrary to the intent &
meaning of this act, to keep the
same in custody until it shall have
been ascertained whether the same
have been forfeited or not, and to
enter any ship or vessel, dwelling
house, store, building or other
place, for the purpore of searching
for& seizing any such goods, wares
&l merchandise, which he or they
now have by law in relation to
goods, wares, or merchandise sub
ject to duty ; and if any person or
persons shall conceal or buy goods,
wares or merchandise, knowing
them to be liable to seizure by this
act such person or persons shall
on conviction thereof, forfeit anol
pay a stun double the amount or
1 value of the goods, wares anti inm 1 .
chandisc so concealed or purchas*
ed.
Sec. 9. And be it further enact
ed, 'That the President of the Uni_
ted States be, and lie is hereby au
thorised, incase either France or
Great Britain shall so revoke or
modify edicts, as that they
shall cease to violate the ueuiral
commerce of ihe United State*, to
declare the same by proclamation;
after which ihe prohibition* laid
[\o. 66.]
MONDAY, January I.K, 1810.
D V this act on the commerce and
navigation of the nation so doing,.
s>hall cease to operate ; Provided,
That all penalties and forfeiture*
which shall have been previously
incurred by virtue of this act, shall
jhe recovered and distributed in
like manner as it this act had cou*
tinned in full force and virtue.
See. iO. And be it further enac
ted, That all penalties & forfeitures
arising under,or incurred by virtue
of this act shall during the tominu,
■nee St after the expiration thereof,
1 be recovered and distributed, and
; may be remitted or mitigated in
the same manner which was pre- '
scibed by the act entitled “ aii
act to imeidici the. commercial
intercourse between the United
States and G. Britain and France
and their dependencies and for
other purposes and by the acts
therein referred to.
| Sec. 11. and be it further en*
acted, That the act, entitled
“ An act to amend and continue in
focre certain parts of the act en
titled ‘ An act to interdict the
commercial intercourse bctvretn
the United States and Great Bri
tain and trance, and their depen
dencies, and for other purposes,’*
be and the same is hereby repea.
led ; Previdcd, That all penalties
and forfeitures which may have
been incurred or might have been
recovered by virtue of the said
act, or of any provision thereof,
ahull be recovered and distributed
in like manner as it the said act
had continued in full torse and
virtue.
iiec. 12. And be it further eriac
ted. That tins act shall continue m
force until the end of the nex|
session of Congress, and no longer.
G»n. Wii.mnjon.—The ob
ject of this officer's intended
journey to Wafinngton, have
been variously Bated in the pub
lic prims. It has been (aid in
(ome that he was directed to
repair to the feat of govern.,
inent, for the puipolcot under
going another inveftigaiion of
the Burr confpiracy . —ln oth
ers, that he was an cited for dis.
i
I obedience of ordeis iflued from
the War Department; and that
I he has been suspended from
the command of the army,
, &c.—Wc are very credibly
informed, that all these rumors,
so prejudicial .o the reputation
of Gen. Wilkinson, are entire-*
ly w ithout foundation, and that
the objctls which the Govern-*
rneni have in view, in withdraw
ing him from the main body of
thearmy, and requiring his pre
sence forthwith at th« Federal
City, are of a nature wholly
foreign to any thing connected
either with the aliedged official
misconduct of Gen Wilkinson
or with any inveftigat ion of his
character, or his luppofed con
nection with Aaron Burr, The
causes which have led to this
recent change of the pofuion of
the Commander in Chief, we
learn are as follow. It had been
difeovered for feme time palt,
that great inconvenience and
detriment to the public lervice
aiofe from the remote situation
ofihe “ head quarters” of the
army in dilpatching orders from
whence to the different lections
of the Union where military
sored were ftauoned, confi
dtrable delay and attendant
difficulties, unavoidably retail
ed ; 6c the arrangements of the
War Olficc were likewifeem
barrafled, owing to the want
of celerity in us communication
with the General Staff of the