SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that from and after the aforesaid thirtieth 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 articles, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, that the articles so laden on board such vesssel for exportation, shall be landed in some port or place other than a port or place in a colony or territory of His Britannic Majesty, which by the ordinary laws of navigation and trade, is closed against vessels owned by citizens of the United States; and any such vessel that shall sail, or attempt to sail, from any port of the United States, without having complied with the provision 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 always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be so 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 fifteen.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, that the form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury; and the same shall and may be discharged, and not otherwise, by producing, within one year after the date thereof, a like certificate to that required by and under the regulations contained in the eighty-first section of the Act "to regulate the collection of duties on imports," passed the second day of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, that the articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture, of the United States, laden as aforesaid, were unladen and landed conformably to the provisions of this Act, or, in cases of loss by sea, by capture, or other unavoidable accident, by the production of such other proofs as the nature of the case will admit, according to the provisions of the said eighty-first section of the Act aforesaid.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, that all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of 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.

Approved, April 18, 1818.

No. 172.-1820, May 15: United States Statute, Cap. 122. CHAP. CXXII.-An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act concerning navigation."

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

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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. Johns 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, 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that 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 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 fifteen.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, that 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 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.

SEC. 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, 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.

Approved, May 15, 1820.

No. 173.-1826, December 27, Statute of New Jersey: General Statutes of New Jersey, 1896.

FISH AND GAME.

I.-Fisheries.

2. RESPECTING NONRESIDENTS.

An Act concerning fisheries.

[Passed December 27, 1826.]

15. SEC. 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, not resident citizens of this state, to draw or use any net or seine for the purpose of taking or catching fish in any of the bays, flats, rivers or waters within the jurisdiction of this state; and every person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of thirty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, with costs, by any person who shall prosecute for the same, in any court of record having cognizance thereof, the one moiety thereof to the use of the prosecutor, and the other moiety to be paid to the county collector, for the use of the county in which the offense was committed: provided always, nevertheless, that nothing in this act shall be 786 so construed as to affect the right or privilege of any owner or owners, tenant or tenants, not resident in this state, from fishing upon or opposite to his, her, or their own shore in this state, or to prevent any resident owner or tenant from employing what hands he may think necessary to carry on the business of his or their fisheries; provided, also, that nothing in this act contained shall relate to, or in any wise affect the fisheries on the waters of the river Delaware.

16. SEC. 2. That in any action for the recovery of the above penalty, the same may be commenced by warrant in the court for the trial of small causes, and proceeded in as in other cases when the same is commenced by warrant, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

No. 174.-1830, May 29: United States Statute, Cap. 207.

CHAP. CCVII.-An Act to amend the acts regulating the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain colonies of Great Britain.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that whenever the President of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Government of Great Britain will open the ports in its colonial possessions in the West Indies, on the continent of South America, the Bahama Islands, the Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer Islands, to the vessels of the United States, for an indefinite or for a limited term; that the vessels of the United States and their cargoes, on entering the colonial ports aforesaid, shall not be subject to other or higher duties of tonnage or impost, or charges of any other description, than would be imposed on British vessels or their cargoes, arriving in said colonial possessions from the United States; that the vessels of the United States may import into the said colonial possessions from the United States any article or articles which could be imported in a British vessel into the said possessions from the United States; and that the vessels of the United States may export from the British colonies afore mentioned, to any country whatever, other than the dominions or possessions of Great Britain, any article or articles that can be exported therefrom in a British vessel, to any country other than the British dominions or possessions as aforesaid; leaving the commercial intercourse of the United States with all other parts of the British dominions or possessions, on a footing not less favourable to the United States than it now is, and that then, and in such case, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorised at any time before the next session of Congress, to issue his proclamation, declaring that he has received such evidence; and, thereupon, from the date of such proclamation, the ports of the United States shall be opened, indefinitely or for a term fixed, as the case may be, to British vessels coming from the said British colonial possessions, and their cargoes, subject to no other or higher duty of tonnage or impost, or charge of any description whatever, than would be levied on the vessels of the United States, or their cargoes, arriving from the said British possessions; and it shall be lawful for the said British vessels to import into the United States, and to export therefrom, any article or articles which may be imported or exported in vessels of the United States; and the Act entitled "An Act concerning Navigation," passed on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; an Act supplementary thereto, passed the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and an Act, entitled "An Act to Regulate the Commercial Intercourse between the United States, and certain British Ports;" passed on the first day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, are, in such case, hereby declared to be suspended, or absolutely repealed, as the case may require.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that, whenever the ports of the United States shall have been opened, under the authority given in the first section of this Act, British vessels and their cargoes shall be admitted to an entry in the ports of the United States, from the 92909°-S. Doc. 870, 61-3, vol 5- -32

islands, provinces, or colonies, of Great Britain, on or near the North American continent, and north or east of the United States. Approved, May 29, 1830.

No. 175.-1830, October 5: Proclamation of the President of the United States, opening to British Vessels the Trade between the British Colonial Possessions and the American Ports.

By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, by an Act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the 29th day of May, 1830, it is provided, that whenever the 787 President of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Government of Great Britain will open the ports in its colonial possessions in the West Indies, on the continent of South America, the Bahama Islands, the Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer Islands, to the vessels of the United States, for an indefinite or for a limited term; that the vessels of the United States, and their cargoes, on entering the colonial ports aforesaid, shall not be subject to other or higher duties of tonnage or impost, or charges of any other description, than would be imposed on British vessels, or their cargoes, arriving in the said colonial possessions from the United States; that the vessels of the United States may import into the said colonial possessions, from the United States, any article or articles which could be imported in a British vessel into the said possessions, from the United States; and that the vessels of the United States may export from the British colonies aforementioned, to any country whatever, other than the dominions or possessions of Great Britain, any article or articles that can be exported therefrom in a British vessel, to any country other than the British dominions or possessions as aforesaid leaving the commercial intercourse of the United States, with all other parts of the British dominions or possessions, on a footing not less favourable to the United States than it now is; that then, and in such case, the President of the United States shall be authorized, at any time before the next session of Congress, to issue his proclamation, declaring that he has received such evidence; and that, thereupon, and from the date of such proclamation, the ports of the United States shall be opened indefinitely, or for a term fixed, as the case may be, to British vessels coming from the said British colonial possessions, and their cargoes, subject to no other or higher duty of tonnage or impost, or charge of any description whatever, than would be levied on the vessels of the United States, or their cargoes, arriving from the said British possessions; and that it shall be lawful for the said British vessels to import into the United States, and to export therefrom, any article or articles which may be imported or exported in vessels of the United States; and that the Act, entitled "An Act concerning Navigation," passed on the 18th day of April, 1818, and Act supplementary thereto, passed the 15th day of May, 1820, and an Act, entitled "An Act to regulate the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and certain Brit