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Act of April 80, 1790, § 14.

Forging of gold or silver coin.

Forgery of copper coin.

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ery or fisheries of the United States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea letter, or clearance, granted for any ship or vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document, granted by any collector or other officer of the customs, by virtue of his or their office; or shall falsely alter any abstract, official copy, or certificate of any recording, registering, or enrolling of any ship or vessel in the office of any collector of the customs of the United States, or any license to any ship or vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United States, or any certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea letter, or clearance granted for any ship or vessel under the authority of the United States, or any permit, debenture, or other official document granted by any collector, or other officer of the customs, by virtue of his or their office; or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited instrument, or any such falsely altered abstract, official copy, certificate, license, pass, passport, sea letter, clearance, permit, debenture, or other official document as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, or falsely altered, with an intent to defraud the United States, or any other body politic or corporate, or person, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding three years.

SEC. 20. That, if any person, or persons, shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or in the resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin which by law now is, or hereafter may be made current in the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States; from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person or persons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

SEC. 21. That, if any person, or persons, shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of any copper coin which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any body politic, or corporate, or any other person, or persons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding three years.

Of a person, SEC. 22. That, if any person or persons, upon the high seas, or in any on the high seas, arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay, within the &c. using a danadmiralty jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any gerous weapon particular State, on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen or citizens thereof, shall, with a dangerous weapon, or with intent to kill, rob, steal, or to commit a mayhem, or rape, or to perpetrate any other felony, commit an assault on another, such

with an intent to kill, &c.

person shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding three thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding three years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Of any person

spiracy, &c.

SEC. 23. That, if any person or persons shall, on the high seas, or within the United States, wilfully and corruptly conspire, combine, and guilty of conconfederate, with any other person or persons, such other person or persons being either within or without the United States, to cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy, any ship or vessel, or to procure the same to be done, with intent to injure any person, or body politic, that hath underwritten, or shall thereafterwards underwrite, any policy of insurance thereon, or on goods on board thereof, or with intent to injure any person, or body politic, that hath lent or advanced, or thereafter shall lend or advance, any money on such vessel, on bottomry or respondentia, or shall, within the United States, build or fit out, or aid in building or fitting out, any ship or vessel, with intent that the same shall be cast away, burnt, or destroyed, for the purpose or with the design aforesaid, every person, so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished by fine, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years.

SEC. 24. That, if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck Of any person or coined at the mint of the United States, shall be debased, or made employed by the mint, who shall worse, as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained, or debase, &c. any shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be, pursuant to gold or silver coin struck by the several acts relative thereto, through the default or with the con- said mint, for nivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be employed at the the purpose of said mint, for the purpose of profit or gain, or otherwise, with a fraudulent gain. intent, and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall, at any time, be committed to their charge for the purpose of being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mint, every such officer, or person who shall commit any, or either, of the said offences, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be sentenced to imprisonment and hard labor for a term not less than one year, nor more than ten years, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.

All acts, &c.

SEC. 25. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis- inconsistent ions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, with this, renevertheless, That all such acts, and parts of acts, shall be, and remain in full force for the punishment of all offences committed before the passing of this act.

SEC. 26. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive the courts of the individual States, of jurisdiction, under the laws of the several States, over offences made punishable by this act.

pealed.

Proviso. Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9.

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CHAP. XCVI. -An Act to establish the City of Hudson and the City of Troy, in the Stat. at Large, State of New York, Bowdoinham, in the State of Maine, and Fairport, in the State of Vol. IV. p. 127. Ohio, Ports of Delivery, and to abolish Topsham as a Port of Delivery.

Be it enacted, &c. That the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the State of New York, Bowdoinham, in the district of Bath, in the State of Maine, and Fairport, in the district of Cuyahoga, in the State of Ohio, be, and the same are hereby, severally, made, a port of delivery. SEC. 2. That the port of delivery established at Topsham, in the State of Maine, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.

The cities of Hudson and Troy, in New York, &c. made ports of delivery.

Port of Topsham abolished.

No. 152.- MARCH 3, 1825.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. XCIX. - An Act to authorize the Register or Enrolment and License to be issued Vol. IV. p. 129. in the Name of the President or Secretary of any incorporated Company owning a Steamboat or Vessel.

1831, ch. 115.

Enrolments

steamboats, &c.

Be it enacted, &c. That enrolments and licenses for steamboats or and licenses for vessels, owned by any incorporated company, may be issued in the name of the president or secretary of such company; and that such enrolments and licenses shall not be vacated or affected by a sale of any share or shares of any stockholder, or stockholders, in such company.

owned by any incorporated company.

Register for steamboats.

Upon the death, &c. of

the president, a new license

shall be taken out.

That previ

ously to granting a register, the oath as to the

SEC. 2. That registers for steamboats or vessels, owned by any incorporated company, may be issued in the name of the president or secretary of such company; and that such register shall not be vacated or affected by a sale of any share or shares of any stockholder or stockholders in such company.

SEC. 3. That, upon the death, removal, or resignation, of the president or secretary of any incorporated company, owning any steamboat or vessel, a new register, or enrolment and license, as the case may be, shall be taken out for such steamboat or vessel.

SEC. 4. That, previously to granting a register, or enrolment and license, for any steamboat or vessel, owned by any company, the president or secretary of such company shall swear, or- affirm, as to the ownership ownership of the of such steamboat or vessel, by such company, without designating the steamboat, to be names of the persons composing such company; which oath, or affirmation, shall be deemed sufficient, without requiring the oath or affirmation any other person interested or concerned in such steamboat or vessel. SEC. 5. Repealed 1858. Ch. 145, 11th Stat. p. 313.

taken.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IV. p 132.

Any ship or

of

CHAP. CVII.

No. 153. MARCH 3, 1825.

An Act concerning Wrecks on the Coast of Florida.

Be it enacted, &c. That, if any ship or vessel shall, after the passing vessel, after the of this act, be engaged or employed in carrying or transporting any proppassing of this act, to be forfeit- erty whatsoever, taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the ed, if engaged in keys or shoals within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast carrying any of Florida, to any foreign port or place, every such ship or vessel, so engaged and employed, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States or Territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction.

property, whatever, taken from a wreck, on the coast of Florida,

&c.

Property taken from a wreck to be brought to some port of entry, &c.

Distribution of forfeitures.

Act of March 8, 1797, ch. 13. Act of Feb. 11, 1800, ch. 6.

SEC. 2. That all property, of every description whatsoever, which shall be taken from any wreck from the sea, or from any of the keys and shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to some port of entry within the jurisdiction aforesaid.

SEC. 3. That all and every forfeiture or forfeitures, which shall be incurred by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall accrue one moiety to the informer or informers, and the other to the United States, and may be mitigated or remitted, in manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed eleventh February, one thousand eight hundred.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. CXII. Vol. IV. p. 133.

Castine, in the

State of Maine, made a port of entry.

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An Act to make Castine a Port of Entry for Ships or Vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope.

Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the first day of April next, Castine, in the State of Maine, shall be, and is hereby, made a port of entry for ships or vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope.

No. 155. - MAY 20, 1826.

CHAP. CXXXIV.

An Act to allow the Transportation of Goods, Wares, and Mer- Stat. at Large, chandise, to and from Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the Way of Lancaster and York, Vol. IV. p. 188. or by the Mail Route.

more.

Transit of Be it enacted, &c. That any goods, wares, and merchandise, which lawgoods to and fully might be transported to or from the city of Philadelphia and Balti- from Philadelmore, by the way of Elkton, Bohemia or Frenchtown, and Port Pen, phia and BaltiAppoquinimink, New Castle, Christiana Bridge, Newport or Wilmington, or to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Appoquinimink and Sassafras river, shall, and may be, lawfully transported to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail route, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages, and shall be subject to all the provisions, regulations, limitations, and restrictions, existing in the case of goods, wares, and merchandise, transported by any of the routes before mentioned.

CHAP. XX.

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No. 156. FEBRUARY 22, 1827.

· An Act concerning the Entry of Vessels at the Port of Fairfield, in Con-
necticut.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IV. p. 206.

Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful to make entry of any foreign Lawful to ship or vessel, and of the cargo which may be on board the same, and to of any foreign make entry, &c. unlade such cargo, or any part thereof, at the port of Fairfield, in the ships at the port State of Connecticut, under the regulations in such cases by law pro- of Fairfield. vided.

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CHAP. XXI.- An Act to exempt Swedish and Norwegian Vessels, and the Merchandise imported therein, from the Payment of discriminating Duties of Tonnage and Impost, for a limited Time, and for other Purposes.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IV. p. 206.

Act of April

110.

until the termi

Be it enacted, &c. [That, from and after the date of this act, until the termination of the next session of Congress, vessels truly and wholly belonging to 20, 1818, chap. the subjects of the king of Sweden and Norway, arriving in the United States, Act of March in ballast or with cargoes, shall be exempted from the payment of any other or 3, 1819, ch. 75. higher duties or charges whatsoever, than vessels of the United States are re- Norwegian quired to pay under like circumstances; that merchandise, the produce and vessels, after the manufacture of the territories of the king of Sweden and Norway, imported in date of this act, Swedish or Norwegian vessels, shall not be subjected to any other or higher nation of the duties than are levied on the same kinds of merchandise when imported in next session of American vessels; and that the exemption or privilege allowed by this act shall Congress, to be extend to vessels arriving, and merchandise imported, from the Swedish colony exempt from the of St. Barthelemy: Provided, That the owners of vessels, arriving from said payment of discolony in the United States, shall be inhabitants of that colony, and there estab- ties of tonnage criminating dulished and naturalized, and shall have caused their vessels to be there natural- and impost. ized.

rected to cause

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to Secretary of cause to be repaid or remitted, all alien or discriminating duties of tonnage or the Treasury diimpost, which since the twenty-fifth of September last may have been paid, or to be repaid all secured to be paid, on vessels of the description mentioned in the first section of alien or discrimithis act, or on merchandise imported in such vessels; for the purpose of which nating duties of repayment, any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby tonnage or imappropriated.]

post, received on such vessels

since the 25th Sept. last.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IV. p. 235.

Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, §108.

1866, ch. 298,

§ 1.

Proviso.
Proviso.

No. 158. MARCH 2, 1827.

CHAP. LV. - An Act to authorize the Importation of Brandy in Casks of a Capacity not less than fifteen Gallons, and the Exportation of the same for the Benefit of a Drawback of the Duties.

Be it enacted, &c. [That, from and after the passage of this act, brandy may be imported into the United States, in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, anything in any law to the contrary notwithstanding :] Provided, however, That all the provisions of existing laws, not inconsistent with this act, relating to the importation of foreign spirits, be complied with: And provided further, That all brandy imported in casks of a capacity less than ninety gallons, shall be deposited, at the expense and risk of the importer, in such public or other warehouses as shall be designated by the collector or surveyor, for the port where the same shall be landed, and shall be removed therefrom in the manner prescribed by an act, entitled "An act providing Act of April 20, for the deposit of wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses, and for other purposes."

1818, ch. 129.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IV. p. 237.

Town of

Marshfield, and

Rhinebeck

Landing, made ports of deliv

ery.

SEC. 3. That this act shall continue in force for the period of three years, and no longer.

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CHAP. LVIII. · An Act establishing a Port of Delivery at the Town of Marshfield, in the District of Plymouth, and a Port of Delivery at Rhinebeck Landing, in the District of New York.

Be it enacted, &c. That the town of Marshfield, in the district of Plymouth, and Rhinebeck Landing, in the district of New York, shall each be a port of delivery.

No. 160.- JANUARY 25, 1828.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. II. — An Act to prevent Defalcations on the Part of the Disbursing Agents of the Vol. IV. p. 246.

No money ap

propriated to be paid to persons in arrears to the United States. Proviso.

See 1836, ch. 77.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IV. p. 269.

person

Government, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted, &c. That no money hereafter appropriated shall be paid to any person, for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes received by such person, to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officers, if demanded by the party, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury Department, the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties.

CHAP. XLIX.

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· An Act regulating Commercial Intercourse with the Islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe.

Be it enacted, &c. That all French vessels coming directly from the 1842, ch. 32, § 1. islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth 1845, ch. 66. or manufacture of either of said islands, and which are permitted to be exported therefrom in American vessels, may be admitted into the ports of the United States on payment of no higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than are imposed on American vessels, and on like cargoes imported in American vessels: Provided, That if the President of the United States shall, at any time, receive satisfactory informa

Proviso.

*Continued in force by act of February 27, 1830. Chap. 25.

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