United States in any vessel having a license as a coasting vessel, the master, agent or owner of which shall have given bond with one or more sufficient sureties to the collector of the district from which such vessel is about to depart, in a sum double the value of such vessel and of such of the said articles as may be laden on board her, that the said articles shall be re-landed and delivered in some port of the United States.
Vessel exporting said articles liable to forfeiture, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any of the articles aforesaid shall, contrary to the prohibitions of this act, be exported to any foreign country, the vessel in which the same shall have been exported together with her tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be liable to forfeiture, and the captain or master of such vessel shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Duty of custom-house officers herein.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the custom-house officers, and of all persons employed in the collection of the revenue, to attend to the execution of this law, and all forfeitures and penalties incurred under it, shall be sued for, prosecuted, adjudged and distributed in like manner as is provided in the act, entitled 1790, ch. 35.“An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels.”
Importation of brass cannon, muskets, &c. for two years free of duty.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all brass cannon, muskets and firelocks with bayonets suited to the same, pistols, swords, cutlasses, musket ball, lead, and gunpowder which shall be imported into the United States from any foreign country within the term of one year, and all sulphur and saltpetre which shall be so imported within the term of two years from and after the passing of this act, shall be free of duty, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 22, 1794.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Expired.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.—An Act to continue in force the act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt.
Act for relief of persons imprisoned for debt, continued for two years.
Act of May 5, 1792, ch. 29.
Repealed 1796, ch. 38.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled “An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt,” be continued, and that the same be in force for the term of two years from the passing of this act, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress and no longer.
Approved, May 30, 1794.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅤ.—An Act to alter the time for the next annual meeting of Congress.
Congress to meet first Monday in Nov. next.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the adjournment of the present session the next annual meeting of Congress shall be on the first Monday in November next.
Approved, May 30, 1794.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅥ.—An Act further extending the time for receiving on loan the Domestic Debt of the United States.
1793, ch. 26.
1795, ch. 13.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the term for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States which shall not have been subscribed in pursuance of the act, entituled “An act for extending the time for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States which may not be subscribed
