United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/11th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 35
Chap. XXXV.—An Act for the relief of John Macnamara.
Schooner Sally released.
Act of March 2, 1807, ch. 22.Be it enacted, &c., That the schooner Sally, owned by John Macnamara, which vessel, at Nassau, New Providence, took on board some French emigrants from the Island of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, and landed them at Charleston, which said vessel was seized, together with her cargo, and libelled for a violation of an act entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight,” be, and the same is hereby released, together with her cargo from the seizure aforesaid.
Penalties.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all penalties or forfeitures which may have been incurred by the captain or owner of said vessel in consequence of any provisions of the act referred to in the first section, which have inured, or might otherwise inure to the United States, be, and the same are hereby permitted: Provided, that the said vessel and [cargo] shall not be released, or the said penalties and forfeitures remitted, but on condition that the said slaves be previously, actually and bona fide removed (if not already removed) from and without the limits of the United States and territories thereof.
Approved, February 13, 1811.