United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/11th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 49
Chap. XLIX.—An Act for the relief of William W. Weymouth and Joseph P. Weeks.
Penalty remitted in case of William W. Weymouth.
Act of March 2, 1807, ch. 22.Be it enacted, &c., That the penalty incurred some time in the month of March last, by William W. Weymouth, master of the schooner Weymouth, for not complying with the injunctions of the ninth section of the act, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,” previous to his leaving the port of New York with a fugitive slave on board, named Oliver, belonging to the estate of James Redford, deceased, late of Richmond in the State of Virginia, be and the same is hereby remitted; any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Penalty remitted in case of Joseph P. Weeks.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the penalty incurred some time in the month of July last, by Joseph P. Weeks, master of the schooner Ceres, and also the forfeiture of said schooner, incurred for not complying with the injunctions of the said ninth section of said act, previous to his leaving the port of New York, with a fugitive slave on board, named Lige, belonging to Isaac Entwisle, of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, be and the same are also hereby remitted.
Approved, May 1, 1810.