Military to aid the civil officers.authorized for that purpose, and having a lawful warrant, to aid and assist such magistrate, officer, or other person authorized, as aforesaid, in arresting such offender, and him committing to safe custody, for trial according to law.
Amount of fines and duration of imprisonment discretionary, &c.Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the amount of fines, and duration of imprisonment, directed by this act as a punishment, for the violation of any of the provisions thereof, shall be ascertained and fixed, not exceeding the limits prescribed, in the discretion of the court, before whom the trial shall be had; To whose use the forfeitures shall be.and that all fines and forfeitures, which shall accrue under this act, shall be, one half to the use of the informant, and the other half to the use of the United States: Except where the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States; in which case, the whole shall be to their use.
Certain trade and intercourse excepted.Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any trade or intercourse with Indians living on lands surrounded by settlements of the citizens of the United States, and being within the ordinary jurisdiction of any of the individual states; Certain roads excepted.or the unmolested use of a road from Washington district, to Mero district; and of the navigation of the Tennessee river, as reserved and secured by treaty.
The President may cause to be ascertained other boundary lines.Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, to cause to be clearly ascertained, and distinctly marked, in all such places as he shall deem necessary, and in such manner as he shall direct, any other boundary lines between the United States and any Indian tribe, which now are, or hereafter may be established by treaty.
Other acts repealed.
Proviso.Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That all and every other act and acts, coming within the purview of this act, shall be, and they are hereby repealed: Provided, nevertheless, that all disabilities, that have taken place, shall continue and remain; all penalties and forfeitures, that have been incurred, may be recovered; and all prosecutions and suits, that may have been commenced, may be prosecuted to final judgment, under the said act or acts, in the same manner, as if the said act or acts were continued, and in full force and virtue.
Limitation of this act.Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force, for the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the session of Congress next thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, May 19, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅠ.—An Act relative to Quarantine.[1]
Repealed by the 8th sec. of the Act of March Feb. 12, 1799, ch. 12.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, to direct the revenue officers and the officers commanding forts and revenue cutters, to aid in the execution of quarantine, and also in the execution of the health laws of the states, respectively, in such manner as may to him appear necessary.
Approved, May 27, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅡ.—An Act altering the Compensation of the Accountant of the War Department.
- ↑ See an act respecting quarantine and health laws, passed February 25, 1799, chap. 12.
