forfeiture shall have been incurred, by bill, plaint, or information, one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other moiety thereof to the use of the person who, if a collector aforesaid, shall first discover, if other than a collector aforesaid, shall first inform of the cause, matter, or thing, whereby any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall have been incurred; and where the cause of action or complaint shall arise or accrue more than fifty miles distant from the nearest place by law established for the holding of a district court within the district in which the same shall arise or accrue, such suit and recovery may be had before any court of the state, holden within the said district, having jurisdiction in like cases.
Duration of this act to 17th February, 1816.Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force until the termination of the war in which the United States are now engaged with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and for one year thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, August 2, 1813.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LIV.—An Act making additional appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the sums appropriated by the act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, the following sums be, and they are hereby respectively appropriated, that is to say:
Specific appropriations.For expenses of intercourse with foreign nations, in addition to the heretofore appropriated, the sum of thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For the relief and protection of American seamen, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, the sum of forty thousand dollars.
For fitting up four rooms in the building purchased by the United States, where the general post office is held, for the use of the superintendent general of military supplies, two thousand thirty-nine dollars and twelve and a half cents.
For books, stationery, furniture, wood, and other contingent expenses, the sum of one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby appropriated shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 2, 1813.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LV.—An Act allowing a bounty to the owners, officers, and crews of the private armed vessels of the United States.
Act of March 19, 1814, ch. 27.
Bounty to officers and crews of private armed vessels for prisoners taken by them, and brought into port.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a bounty of twenty-five dollars be paid to the owners, officers, and crews of the private armed vessels of the United States, commissioned as letter of marque, for each and every prisoner by them captured and brought into port, and delivered to an agent authorized to receive them in any port of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to them, and pay or cause to be paid to such owners, officers, and crews of private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, or their agent, the aforesaid bounty for each prisoner, captured and delivered as aforesaid.
Specific appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated.
Approved, August 2, 1813.
