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United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 34

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July 29, 1813.

Chap. XXXIV.An Act for the relief of the owners of the ships called the Good Friends, the Amazon, and the United States, and their cargoes; and also of Henry Bryce.

Owners of certain ships entitled to the benefits of the acts of remission.Be it enacted, &c., That the owners of the ships called the Good Friends, the Amazon, and the United States, and of the cargoes on board said vessels, which vessels arrived in the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, in the District of Delaware from Amelia Island, with cargoes that were shipped on board said vessels in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be entitled to, and may avail themselves of all the benefits, privileges, and provisions of the act, entitledAct of Jan. 2, 1813, ch. 7.An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit fines, forfeitures, and penalties, in certain cases,” passed on the second day of January last past, in like manner and on the same conditions as though said vessels had departed from the kingdom aforesaid between the twenty-third day of June and the fifteenth day of September mentioned in said act, and had arrived within the United States after the first day of July last.

Henry Bryce entitled to the same benefit.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Henry Bryce of Charleston, South Carolina, who imported certain goods, wares, and merchandise, in the ship Fernandina, into the district of South Carolina from Amelia Island, in the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall be entitled to, and may avail himself of all the benefits, privileges, and provisions of the act, entitled “An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit fines, forfeitures, and penalties, in certain cases,” passed on the second day of January last past, in like manner and on the same conditions as though the said vessel had departed from the kingdom of Great Britain between the twenty-third day of June and the fifteenth day of September, mentioned in said act, and had arrived within the United States after the first day of July last.

Apporved, July 29, 1813.