in case of involuntary hostility; and that the guns, arms and ammunition of such vessel shall be returned within the United States, or otherwise accounted for, and shall not be sold or disposed of in any port or place in the West Indies;Bonds may be sued for and recovered, &c. &c. which bond may be sued for, and recovered with costs of suit, in the name and for the use of the United States, in any court competent to try the same.
Armed merchant vessels, &c. &c. not to proceed to any other ports than those described in the first section of this act, &c. &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no armed merchant vessel or vessel prepared for armament, owned as aforesaid, shall receive a clearance, or be permitted to depart from any port in the United States, for any port or place, other than those described in the first section of this act, unless the owner or owners, agent or agents, and the commander of such vessel shall make oath that such vessel is not bound, or intended to proceed to any island in the West Indies, or any port or place on the continent between Cayenne and the southern boundary of Louisiana, nor on the continent of America between Cayenne and the southern boundary of Louisiana, and also unless a bond be given by the owner or owners, agent or agents, and commander, in a sum equal to double the value of such vessel, her arms, tackle, apparel and furniture, to the use of the United States, conditioned that such vessel shall not proceed to any island in the West Indies, or port on the continent as aforesaid, unless compelled thereto by unavoidable accident; and if so compelled, that no part of the cargo of such vessel shall be sold except so much thereof as may be absolutely necessary to defray the expenses necessary to enable such vessel to proceed on her intended voyage.
Vessels going to sea, and armed as above, if they depart from the United States without the clearance prescribed in the last preceding section.
Collectors to cause prosecutions to be instituted, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any armed vessel, as aforesaid, shall proceed to sea without a clearance, contrary to the provision of this act, such vessel, with her arms, ammunition, tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be forfeited to the use of the United States, and be liable to be seized, prosecuted and condemned; or the value thereof may be sued for, and recovered with costs of suit, of the owner or owners of such vessel, in any court of competent jurisdiction: and the collector within whose district such forfeiture shall accrue, is hereby enjoined to cause prosecutions for the same to be commenced without delay, and prosecuted to effect.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.
Approved, March 3, 1805.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XLIII.—An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes.”[1]
- ↑ Public lands in Indiana:—An act for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes, and the Illinois country in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their possessions, March 3, 1791, ch. 27.An act making provision for the disposal of the public land in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes, March 26, 1804, chap. 35.An act to suspend the sale of certain lands in the state of Ohio, and the Indiana territory, April 15, 1806, chap. 28.An act confirming claims to lands in the district of Vincennes, and for other purposes, March 3, 1807, chap. 47.An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes, April 30, 1810, chap. 35.An act confirming the titles of certain purchasers of lands who purchased from the board of trustees of the Vincennes University, April 27, 1816, chap. 118.An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the district of Marietta, and for the location of claims and sale of certain lands in the district of Vincennes, March 18, 1818, chap. 17.An act to designate the boundaries of the districts, and establish land-offices for the disposal of public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the states of Ohio and Indiana, March 3, 1819, chap. 90.An act to designate the boundaries of a land district, and for the establishment of a land office in the state of Indiana, May 8, 1822, chap. 126.
