766 APPENDIX. PROCLAMATIONS. NOS. 18, 19. viously recognized and confirmed by the United States; which possession or 1807, ch. 46. settlement is, by the act of Congress passed on the third day of March, one __ thousand eight hundred and seven, expremly prohibited : And whereas the VOL “‘ P' 445* due execution of the said act of Congress, as well as the general interest, require that such illegal ractices should be promptly represse . Ordering per- Now therefore?I, JAMES MADISON, President of the United States, have ¤°¤S V0 F61H0V? thought proper to issue my roclamation, commanding and strictly enjoinf;Q]*gs*’*° p“bh° ing all persons who have unlawfully taken possession of, or made any settlement ' on the public lands as aforesaid, forthwith to remove therefrom: And I do hereby further command and enjoin the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in any State or Territory where such possession shall have been taken, or settlement made, to remove, from and after the tenth day of March, one thousand eight; hundred and sixteen, all or any of the said unlawful occupants; and to egect the said service, I do hereby authorize the employment of such military force as may become necessary, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of Congress aforesaid, warning the offenders, moreover, that they will be prosecuted in al such other ways as the law directs. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be aflixed to these presents, and signed the same with [L. S.] my hand. Done at the city of Washington, the twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the said United States of America the fortieth. JAMES MADISON. BY THE PRESIDENT: JAS. MONROE, Secretary of State. No. 19. Respecting Naval Forces on the Lakes. April 28, 1818. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. WHEREAS an arrangement was entered into at the city of Wasliirigton, in the month of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, between Richard Rush, Esquire, at that time acting as Secretary for the Department of State of the United States, for and in behalf of the government of the United States, and the Right Honorable Charles Bagot, his Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, for and in behalf of his Britannic Majesty, whic arrangement is in the words following, to wit :—- Arrangement “The naval force to be maintained upon the American Lakes by his majesty ?’* *° “*“’*;ll and the government of the United States shall henceforth be confined to the fol-
- ? °“ ° lowing vessels on each side, that is--
30n Lake Ontario, to one vessel not exceeding one hundred tons burden, an armed wit two eiehteen pound cannon "O1n th; Upper Lakes, to two vessels not exceeding like burden each, and arme wit i e force. 3 On the wage;; ot} Lake Champlain, to one vessel not exceeding like burden, an arme wit i e orce. I? All othpr armed plessels on these lakes shall be forthwith dismantled, and no ot er vesse s o war s a be there built or armed. “ If either party should hereafter be desirous of annulling this stipulation, and should give notice to that etfect to the other party, it shall cease to be binding after the expiration of six months from the date of such notice. “ The naval force so to be limited shall be restricted to such services as will, in no respect, interfere with the proper duties of the armed vessels of the other party." Assent of And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said S*¤a*°· arrangement, and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same havpxg also reccgved the sanction of his royal highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name an on the behalf of his Britannic majesty. Now, therefore, I, JAMES MONROE. President of the United States, do, by this my proclamation, make known and declare that the arrangement afore-
