the Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the Nation to which such Foreign Ship or Vessel might belong, such repeal to take effect in favor of any Foreign Nation, whenever the President of The United States should be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such Foreign Nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of The United States, have been abolished:

And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, from the Burgomasters and Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, that from and after the 30th day of October, 1819, all discriminating or countervailing duties of the said City, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of The United States, have been and are abolished:

Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several Acts imposing duties on the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into The United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between Vessels of the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck and Vessels of The United States, and between Goods imported into The United States in Vessels of Lubeck and Vessels of The United States, are repealed, so far as the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck.

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 4th day of May, in the Year of our Lord 1820, and 44th Year of the Independence of The United States. JAMES MONROE.

ACT of Congress of The United States, designating the Ports within which only Foreign Armed Vessels shall be permitted to enter.—15th May, 1820.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That, after the 1st day of July, 1820, it shall not to be lawful for any Foreign Armed Vessels to enter any Harbor belonging to The United States, excepting only those of Portland, Boston, New London, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Smithville, in North Carolina, Charleston, and Mobile; unless when such Vessels shall be forced in by distress, by the dangers of the sea, or by being pursued by an Enemy, and be unable to make any of the Ports above-mentioned; in which cases,

the Commanding Officer shall immediately report his Vessel to the Collector of the District, stating the object or causes of his entering such Harbor; shall take such position therein as shall be assigned him by such Collector, and shall conform himself to such regulations as shall be signified to him by the said Collector, under the authority and direction of the President of The United States.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of The United States, to employ such part of the Land and Naval Forces of The United States or the Militia thereof, as he may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of the first Section of this Act; and the President shall also be authorized to employ such Forces to prevent any Foreign Armed Vessel from entering or remaining within any Waters within the jurisdiction of The United States, except such as shall lie in her direct course in entering from sea, or leaving, to proceed to sea, either of the Harbors abovementioned.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue in force until the 1st day of July, 1822, and no longer.

[Approved, 15th May, 1820.]

ACT of Congress of The United States, to continue in force "An Act to protect the Commerce of The United States and punish the Crime of Piracy," and also to make Provisions for punishing the Crime of Slave Trading, as Piracy.-15th May, 1820.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled; That the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Sections of an Act, entitled "An Act to protect the Commerce of The United States and punish the Crime of Piracy," passed on the 3d day of March, 1819, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force, from the passing of this Act for the term of 2 years, and from thence to the end of the next Session of Congress, and no longer.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the 5th Section of the said Act* be, and the same is hereby, continued in force, as to all crimes

Section 5, Act, approved 3d March, 1819.-And be it further enacted, that if any Person or Persons whatsoever, shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of Piracy, as defined by the Law of Nations, and such Offender or Offenders shall afterwards be brought into, or found in, The United States, every such Offender or Offenders shall, upon conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court of The United States or the District into which he or they may be brought, or in which he or they shall be found, be punished wit

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made punishable by the same, and beretofore committed, in all respects, as fully as if the duration of the said Section had been without limitation.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That, if any Person shall, upon the High Seas, or in any open Roadstead, or in any Haven, Basin, or Bay, or in any River where the Sea ebbs and flows, commit the crime of robbery, in or upon any Ship or Vessel, or upon any of the Ship's Company of any Ship or Vessel, or the lading thereof, such Person shall be adjudged to be a Pirate; and, being thereof convicted, before the Circuit Court of The United States for the District into which he shall be brought, or in which he shall be found, shall suffer death. And if any Person engaged in any piratical Cruize or Enterprise, or being of the Crew or Ship's Company of any Piratical Ship or Vessel, shall land from such Ship or Vessel, and, on shore, shall commit robbery, such Person shall be adjudged a Pirate; and on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court of The United States for the District into which he shall be brought, or in which he shall be found, shall suffer death: Provided, that nothing in this Section contained shall be construed to deprive any particular State of its jurisdiction over such offences, when committed within the body of a County, or authorize the Courts of The United States to try any such Offenders, after conviction or acquittance, for the same offence, in a State Court.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That if any Citizen of The United States, being of the Crew or Ship's Company of any Foreign Ship or Vessel engaged in the Slave Trade, or any Person whatever, being of the Crew or Ship's Company of any Ship or Vessel, owned in the whole or part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any Citizen or Citizens of The United States, shall land, from any such Ship or Vessel, and on any Foreign shore, seize any Negro or Mulatto, not held to service or labor by the Laws of either of the States or Territories of The United States, with intent to make such Negro or Mulatto a Slave, or shall decoy, or forcibly bring or carry, or shall receive, such Negro or Mulatto on board any such Ship or Vessel, with intent as aforesaid, such Citizen or Person shall be adjudged a Pirate; and, on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court of The United States for the District wherein he may be brought or fouud, shall suffer death.

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That if any Citizen of The United States, being of the Crew or Ship's Company of any Foreign Ship or Vessel engaged in the Slave Trade, or any Person whatever, being of the Crew or Ship's Company of any Ship or Vessel, owned wholly or in part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any Citizen or Citizens of The United States, shall forcibly confine or detain, or aid and abet in forcibly confining or detaining, on board such Ship or Vessel, any Negro or Mulatto not held to service by the Laws of either of the States or Territories of The United States, with intent to

make such Negro or Mulatto a Slave, or shall, on board any such Ship or Vessel, offer or attempt to sell, as a Slave, any Negro or Mulatto not held to service as aforesaid, or shall, on the High Seas, or any where on tide water, transfer, or deliver over, to any other Ship or Vessel, any Negro or Mulatto, not held to service as aforesaid, with intent to make such Negro or Mulatto a Slave, or shall land, or deliver on shore, from on board any such Ship or Vessel, any such Negro or Mulatto, with intent to make sale of, or having previously sold, such Negro or Mulatto, as a Slave, such Citizen or Person shall be adjudged a Pirate; and, on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court of The United States for the District wherein he shall be brought or found, shall suffer death.

[Approved, 15th May, 1820.]

ACT of Congress, closing the Ports of The United States, against British Vessels from North America and the West Indies, supplementary to an Act, entitled "An Act concerning Navigation."*-15th May, 1820.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the 30th 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, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, St. John's, or Cape Breton, or the Dependencies of any of them, the Islands of Bermuda, the Bahama Islands, the Islands called Caicos, or the Dependencies of any of them, or from any other Port or Place in any Island, Colony,Territory, or Possession, under the dominion of Great Britain in the West Indies, or on the Continent of America, south of the southern Boundary of The United States, and 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, iu 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.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the 30th 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

* Act of Congress, 18th April, 1818.

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 3rd day of July, 1815.*

§3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the 30th 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 Province of New Brunswick, the Islands of Cape Breton, St. John's 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.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That 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, re

* Sce Commercial Treaties. Vol. 2. Page 386.