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\ OLU i Mz V.] , 16 OVR M r*/o| —-VA .) fkt In uUh GUID&, ( h llU ‘ < . GL v ) ~ l>U . b ! ,l:eJ c - : ‘: d;!a n by AMBROSE Day & JAMES HELY. Steu Prmt&f, JKr » per u L ,U/i, Articles. or i:i:cll; t [t-na-, Adnrtifom im, Ac. &c. ,i;c tlunkfljUj reccivtJ, a *v.i> m ali Hi variety, il executed with neatnefs and difpacch* *** » + f Iffli i ' «fe'' fes> m\\ film * U' A i|a« [BY AUTHORITY.*] Sevlkth Congress cf tK 2 United States. Ml the Second Sejft n y Begun and hud at the C ity of V/affiirgron, in the i eni tor»’ (/i Colombo, on Monday the 6th or December IBc 2. An ACT Junlen lent ary to the j “ Ad concerning Consuls and i Vice- Ccnfids, and for the jur - | then potctlkn of American 1 Searn end* Sec. i. BE it enabled by the Senate end Houfe cf Rtprefcnta - j fives of the United States of Am e- I rica t in Congrefs a Jen: bled, That | before a clearance be granted 1 to any vtffd bound rn a foreign voyage, the mailer thereof H.oil deliver to the collector of die cuitoms, a lift, containing the | names, places cf birth and reft- ] eencc, and a delcripdon of the j perfons who compote his Ihlp’s ! company, to which lift the oath j or affirmation of die captain j ftiali be annexed, that the laid lift contains the names cf his crew, together w .th the places of their birth and r< iidence, as far as he can a 1 certain them, and the faki colleftor, lliall deliver him a certified copy thereof, for which the collector lliall be en- Vfttd to receive the fum of twenty-five cents; and the faid mafter fhall moreover enter into bond with fuffic enr tecuricy, in the fum of foiir hundred dollars, that he fhall exhibit the aforefaitl cmified copy of die lift to the full boarding officer, at the firic port in the United Stares, at which he fhall arrive on his re turn thereto, and then ard there alfo produce the perl ms named therein, to the laid boarding officer, whole duty itffiall.be to examine the men with Inch i.ft, end to report the fame to ihe coilt clor, and it fhall be the , duty of the collector at the laid port of arrival, (where the lan.t is diffeient from the port from which the veffiel originally fad ed) to tranftr.it a copy of the Ift fo reported to tern, to the colic£l or of the port horn which THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE; A f D republican trumpet. April ?o, tSoj. f : d viffil originally failed : / vovided, Il a' the laid b r.d i ik l be for tent don account < f the fan’ mafter n t pr< ducing to Cr e fnft board:ing officer, as aroreiaid, any cf die perlons coni a; lit d in the find 1 ft, who 1 may be dilvharged in a foreign j c< unrrv with the conient of the ! con fill, vicc-contel, commercial ! agent, or vice-commtrcial agent there refidmg, fignified in w rit ing, under his hand and ofHeial teal, c<> be produced to the col lector with the other perfons compofing the crew a* affirTfaid; nor on account of anv fuvh per- ) hm dy iug or abfconding, or be** ing f orcibly irnpnTted into o tl'.cr tervice, of which fafisfac toiy proof fhall be then alfo exhibited to the colleftor. Sec. 2. And be it enabled. That it fhall be the duty of every maficr or commander of a fnij) or veffil, belonging to citizens of the United States who Dull fail from any port of the United crates, afrt r the tuft day of May next, on his arrival ar a foreign pt rt, to depolk his regiftcr, a lea letter, and a Me dinranean paffpnrr, with the conful, vice-conful, commet oal agent, or vice commercial agent, (if any there be at fuch peit;) that in cate of rcfnfalor in gleet c f the fa d n.after or commander, to depefic the laid p ip( ib as afon la di, he ffiall icifeit and pay five hundred i dollars, to be recovered by the faid could, vice-conful, com mercial agent, or vice-com mercial agen , in his own name, for the benefit of the United 1 Maces, in any court of compe- | tent jurildidiion j and it fhall be j the duty of Inch conful, vice- ! conful, commercial agent, or ! vice-commercial agent, on fuch mafter or comma .dcr produc ing to Ivin a clearance from the proper officer of the port, where his fhip or vtffi i may be, to deliver to the laid mafter or commander all of his la d pa pers : Provided , fuch maftt r < r commander lhaii havecomphed with the provifions contained in this act, and mote of the aft to winch this is a fupplement.. Sec. 3. And be i t further en - aSfedy ft hat whenevt r a Hup oi vtffel belonging to a citizen of the United” Seams, lliall be ft Id in a foreign country, and her company difchaiged, or when a i am an or mariner, a citizen of the United States, fha'di, with H.s own content, be dilcharged in a fore gn country, it lhaii be the duty of ti e mai ler or commander to produce to the conful, vice-conful, cem mcn* al agent, or vice-com mercial agent, the lift ot his ffiip’s company, certified as afore laid ; and to p.ty to Inch conlul, vice-conlul, commerci al agent, or v»te-C(#mmercial agent, f<rever\ teaman or ma riner fo dilcharged, being dc fignated on inch lift as a citizen of die United States, three months pay, over and above the wages which n ay then be due to Inch manner «>r teaman, two thirds thereof to be pa d bv fuch conlul or commercial agent, to each teaman or man ner lo dilcharged, upon his en gagement on board of anv vtT tei to return to the United Siates, and the other remaining third to be retained for the pur pole of creating a fund for the payment of the pafffiges of tea men or mariners, citizens of the United States, who mat be de firous of returning to the Unit eJ Siares, and for the ma nten ance ( f American teamen who may be deftitute, and may be in Inch foreign port, and the 11- ver-d furns retained for luch fund fliall be accounted tor with the trealury every fix months by the perfons receiving the fame. Sec. 4. And be it further enacl ed, That it lhaii be the duty of the confute, vice-confuls, com mercial agents, vice-commerci al agents of the United States, from time to time to provide for the mariners and teamen of theU. States, who may be found defiiLucc within their dilinfts re- Ipeftively, Efficient lubfiftence and paffiiges t<» furric port in the United Mate.-, in d.e mod tea fonabic manner, at the expenfe of the United States, fubj ft to fuch inftruftionsas die iccrc ta r y <>f (late lhal) gve and that al! math rsand commanders of veffels belonging to citizens of the United States, and b <und to fomc port of die fame, aic hereby required and enjoined to take inch mariners or Teamen on board ot their fhips or veft is, at the rt quell of t he faid confute, vice-confute, commercial agents or vice-commercial agents ic fpeftivcly, and to trarfport them to the port in the United Stares to which fuch fhips or veffels may be bound, on Inch terms not exceeding ten duila.s for each pci Ton, may be agreed between the fa d mafter and conful,or commercial agent. And the laid mariners or tea men fhall, if able, be band to do duty en board fuch ft ; s or veffels according to their levc lal abilities; Provided, That no mafter or captain of any ffi p cr veffil fhah be obliged to take a greater number than two men to every one hundred tons burthen eft the laid thip or v ti- H, on any one voyage; and if any fuch captain or mailer Hull refute the fame on die rcqia ft or order of the conlul, vicc conlul, commercial age nr, or vice-commercial agent, fuch captain or mailer Ihall forfeit and thefumof one hundred dollar* for each mariner or tea man lo refuted, to he recovered for the benefit of the United States, in any court of compe tent jnrifdidhon. And thecer iifu'xuc of any Inch conlul or commercial agent, given under his hand and official leal, Ihall be priir.afade evidence of fuch rc*filial, in any court of law having jnrifdidion for the reco very of the penalty aforclaid. Stc. c. And be it further entitled) I hat the Icvcmh and eighth fcdion of the act enti tied, “ An Act concerning cot luls and vice -confuis,” be and the fame arc hereby repeal ed j and that the tecretary of d ate be author ited to reimburfc t'ne conluls, vite-ct-niuls, com mercial agents or vice-com mercial agents, Inch reafonablc fums as they may heretofore have advanced for the relief of teamen, though the fame Hi mid exceed the rate of twelve cents a man per diem. Sec. 6. And he it further enabled, 1 hat it Ihall and rruy be lawful for every conlul, vicc conlul, commercial agent, and vice-commercial agent, of the United States, to take and re ceive for every certificate of di{charge of any teaman or ma nner in a foreign port fifty cents j and for comm ffion on paying and receiving die amount of wage, payable on *the dif charge of teamen in foreign p jrta, two and a half per cent. Sec, 7. And be it further ena led , 1 hat if any conful, vice-conful, commercial «»genr, or vice-commercial agent, Ihall falfely and know ngly. certify, tliat property belonging to fo reigners, is property belonging to the citizen? of the U mred States, lie (hall, on convidion thereof, in any court of compe tent jurifdidhon, forfeit and pay a fl ic not exceeding ten thou llnd dollar , at the difcretion of the court, a id he impnfoned f >r any term not exceeding three years. Sec. 8. And he it further enatfedy 'That if an/ conlul, v.cc-conful, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agmt, ihall grant a paliport or other paper, certifying that any alien, know ing him or her to be fuch, is a citizen of the Unlod States, fie (hall, on convi.tioi thereof, in any court of competent J;ir*fUic— lion, forfeit and pay a A w aot [N T o, 197.