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exceeding one thoufand dollars.
Sec. 9. And he it further
enabled, That all powers of at
torney executed after the thir
tieth day of June next, in a
foreign country, for the transfer
of any flock of the United
States, or for the receipt of in
terefl thereon, fhall be verified
by the certificate and leal of a
conful, vice-conful, commer
cial agent, or vice-commercial
ngent, if any there be at the
place where the fame fhall be
executed, for which the perfon
giving the certificate fhall re
ceive fifty cents.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Houfe of
R epref:ntali ves ,
Aaron Burr,
Vice-Prefidcnt of the United States
and Prefidcnt of the Senate .
Approved, Feb. 28, 1803.
Ihomas Jefferson,
Pref 1 dent of the United States.
An ACT' to prevent the impor
tation of certain perfons, into
certain fates, where by the
taws thereof, their admiffion is
prohibited.
Sec. 1. BE it enabled by the
Senate and Hcufe of Reprefen
ialives of the United States of
Am eric ay in Congrefs Affembled,
That from and after the full
day of April next, no mafter or
captain of any fhip or vcfltl, or
any other perfon, fhall import
or bring, or caufeto be import
ed or brought, any negro, mu
latto, or other perfon of colour,
not being being a native, a citi
zen, or regiftered feaman of the
United States, or feamen na
tives of countries beyond the
Cape of Good Hope, into any
port or place of the United
States, which port or place (hall
be fituated in any flats which by
law has prohibited or lhail
prohibit the admiflion or im
portation of fuch negro, mulatto
or other perfon of colour, and
if any captain or mafler aforefaid,
Or any other perfon, fhall im
port or bring, or caufe to be
imported or brought, into anv
of the ports or places aforefaid,
any of the perfons whofe ad
jnifTion or importation is prohi
bited as aforefaid, he fliall for
feit and pay the fum of one
thoufand dollars, for, each and
every negro, mulatto, or other
perfon of color aforefaid, brought
cr imported as aforefaid, to
be fued for and recovered by
aftlon of debt, in any court of
the United State, one half there
of to the ufe of the United
States, the other half to any
perfon cr perfons profecuting
for the penalty ; and in any ac
tion infiituted for the recovery
of the penalty aforefaid, the per
son or perfons fued, may be
held to fpecial bad; Provided
always, That nothing contained
in this aft (hall be conftrued to
prohibit the admiflion of Indians.
Sec. 2. And be it further
enabled. That no fhiporvcflcl
arriving in any of the faid ports
or places of the United States,
and having on board any negro,
mulatto, or other perfon of co
lour, not being a native, a citi
zen, or regiflered feaman of the
United States, or feamen na
tives of countries beyond the
Cape of Good hope, as afore
faid, fhall be admitted to an en-
try, And If any fuch negre,
mulatto, or other perfon or co
lour, fliall be landed from on
board any fhip or vcflel, in any
of the ports or places aforefaid,
t>r on the coafl of any ftate, pro
hibiting the admiflion or im
portation as aforefaid, the faid
(hip nr veffcl, together with her
tackle, apparel, and furniture,
fhall be forfeited to the United
States, and one half of the nett
proceeds of the Tales on fuch
forfeiture fliall inure and be
paid over to fuch perfon or
perfo ns on whofe information
the feizure on fuch forfeiture
fhall he made.
Sec. 3. And he it further
enabled. That it fhall be the du
ty of the collectors, and other
officers of the cuftoms, and all
other officers of the r( venue of
the United States, in the feve
ral ports or places fituated as
aforefaid, to notice and be go
verned by the provifions of the,
law now exifling, of the feve ral
flates prohibiting the admiflion
or importation of any negro,
mulatto, or other perfon of co
lour as aforefaid. And they are
hereby enjoined vigilantly to
carry into efleft the faid laws of
faid flates, conformably to the
provifions of this aft, any law
of the United States to tne con
trary notwirhftanding.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Houfe of
Reprejentdtives .
Aaron Burr,
Vice - Vrefident of the United States
And Prefidcnt of the Senate.
Approved February 28, 1803.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefidcnt of the United States.
An ACT to provide an additional
armament, for the proteblion of
the feamen and commerce of the
United States .
Sec. 1. ‘BE it enabled by the
Senate and Houfe of Reprefenta
iives of the United States of Ame
rica, in Congrefs affembled, 1 hat
the Prefidcnt of the United
States be, and he is hereby au
thorifed and empowered,
caufe to be built, or to be pur
chafed, (if the exigencies of the
fervice lhail require it) four
vdfels of war, to carry not ex
ceeding fixteen guns each, to be
armed, manned and fitted out
for the protection of the fea
men and commerce of the Unit
ed States, in the Mediterranean
and adjacent leas, and for other
purposes as the public fervice
may require.
Sec. 2. And he it further
enabled , That the fum of nine
ty-fix thoufand dollars be, and
hereby is appropriated for the
purpofe aforefaid, out of any
monies in the Treafury of the
United States, not other wife
appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further
enabled, i hat the Prefidcnt of
the United States be, and he is
hereby authorized and empow
ered to caufe to be builr, a num
ber not exceeding fifteen gun
boats, to be armed, manned and
fitted our, and employed for
fuch purpofes as in his opi
nion the public lervice may re
quire; and that a fum not ex»
c ceding fifty thoufand dollars
be, and hereby is appropriated
lor this purpofe, cut of any mo
nies in the Trcafury '"of the
United States not otherwlfe ap
propriated.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the Houfe cf
Reprefent tithes .
Amion Bum,
Vice- P ref dent if the United States
end Pre/ident cf the Senate .
Approved, Feb. 28, 1803.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prejidcnt of the United States.
LOUISVILLE,
IVEDNFSDAT Jfril jo, 1803
In purfuance of the Gover
nor’s proclamation, bearing date
the 17th ultimo, the Legiflature
met at this place, on Monday
laft—And appointed a large
joint committee from the ref
pefrive branches, who we are
told, are about to report a bill
for the difpofition of the late
ccftion of lands obtained from,
the Creek Nation of Indians,
We have not been able
to procure the Communication
of hi s Excellency the Governor
to both branches of the Legif
lature, time enough for this
week’s paper; but it fhall ap
pear in our next.
The following refolutions
have palfed the houfe of afftm
bly of New-York, in committee
of the whole, relative to eledlors
ol Prrddentand Vice-Prefident.
RcTolved, as the fenfeof this
committee, that, by a fair con
ftrudlion of the- conftitution of
the United States, eleftors of
Prefident and Vice-Prefident
may be chofen by the people.
Kef >lved, as die fenfe of this
committee, that a committee be
appointed to bring in a bill for
dividing this dare into nineteen
cjiftnfb, forchufing the electors
of Prefident and Vice-Prefident,
Capt. Gardner, of the Ibip
America, m 30 days from Lif
bon, informs us, that on the
10th of February (the day be
fore he failed) a Britifb packet
had arrived at Lifbon, in 7
days from Falmouth, with in
telligence that the French Sena
tus Confultum had refilled to con
fer on Buonaparte the tide of
<f Emperor of the Gauls.” News
had alf) reached Lifbon, that
American vedels were excluded
from the port of Cadiz in con
fequence of new regulations in
the Spanilh fyftem of quaran
tine. N. T. Paper.
The federalifbs are condantly
afiferting that die people unam
moufiy wifh to enter into war
with Spain ; but nothing can
be more untrue. No nation or
perfon in found mind can prefer
war to peace when it can be
avoided. The Spanifii proverb
fays: tf Non cavi tan mala paz
que no fuefie mejor, que la me
jor guerra—'There cannot be
any peace fo bad, but that it is
better than the bed war.” But
the fedcralifis write on this fub
jc<T as if they had actually tak
en leave of their fends. They
fbould confider that though this
may be the cafe with themfelves,
it is not fo with nine tenths of
the nation, who have no defire
to 111 fii madley into a war for
the gratification of a few difap-
pointed and rr.am ious charge :•.
vho care not though they owe
their greatnefs to their country's
ruin. [Ees. "
Mr. Pickering is chofen a
fenator of the United Stares
for the flace of MSflachufetts,
vice D. Fofrer, refigncd. M r *
P. had 59 votes in the afTembly
Gen. Skinner, the republican,
52, and 5 Icartering. Thus
MafTachufects will be reprefent
ed in the Senate by Mcflrs. j
Adams and T. Pickering'
each of whom obtained tacif
election by a fingle vote.
The fourth of March, wa*
celebrated at Albany by the
heads of departments cf this
flare, and the republican mem
bers of the legislature, now in
feffion. This memorable tri
umph of principle has been
commemorated in various parts
of the United States bv the uiuai
demonflrations of joy.
From the Aurora .
A report was prevalent yef
terday, that New-Orleans had
been evened by order of the In
tendanr, about the middle of
February. The report appears
to have arifen from letters from
New-Orleans having been re
ceived by a fchooner arrived at
this port yefterday from Nat
che'z; we have feen letters to
the 15th from New-Orleans,
which make no mention thereof,
and which contain no other in
formation than the price of &
few articles of produce. The
following order was iffued by
the Intendanc on the sth Febru
ary :
DON JUAN VENTURA
MORALES,
INTEND ANT, &c. of the
PROVINCE of LOUISI
ANA.
Conformably to the refblves
of the council of finance, held
this day, 1 permit the introduc
tion into th’s capital of flour,
faired meat and other provifions,
brought in flat boats and other
vefieis from the American fet
tlements of the Ohio, under
the condition, that on the land
ing of the fame, the duty of
fix per cent, as eftablifhed by
the royal order of the 24th of
April, 1794, relating to laid
articles, will be exaded. —And
that whatever may not be con
fumed in the province, will be
fubjcdl to the cuflomary duties
on exportation, which is to be
effected folely in Spanifn vef- •
fcls, and for the foreign ports
with which by the exifting royal
order, this colony is allowed to
trade.—And that this may be
made public, I have ordered
that copies of the prefent be
affixed to the cuflomary places
of this city. New-Orleans,
February sth, 1803.
PARIS, January 13.
It is fuppofed Bucnaparts will
declare his fucccfibr at the fame
time, when he aflumes to him
ielf the Imperial Title. His
nephew, the fon of his brother
Louis, will be named heir to
the Empire. His brother Jo
feph, with Generals Murat and
Muncy, M. Cambaceres, a a
the Chief Juflice, are to (o\ u
a Council of Regency. •• *