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And to make returns accordingly.
Which of these are to be opened and inspected.
provisions of the act to which this is a supplement; and they shall likewise vote for one person as President, and for one person as Vice President, in conformity with the above-mentioned amendment of the constitution; and in other respects act in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act. But those certificates only, of votes given for President and Vice President of the United States, shall be opened by the president of the Senate, for the purpose of being counted, which shall contain the list or lists of votes given in conformity with the constitution, as in force on the day fixed by law for the meeting of the electors, by whom the said votes shall have been given.

In case of a vote under the constitution of the U. States, as it now stands, and one according to the amendment proposed, lists of the electors to be given to the electors, and one of these lists forwarded.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever, by the provisions of the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the electors for any state, to vote in conformity, both with the constitution, and of the proposed amendment thereto, the executive authority of such state shall cause six lists of the names of the electors for the state, to be made and certified, and to be delivered to the said electors, on or before the day fixed by law for them to meet and vote for President and Vice President; and the said electors shall enclose one of the said lists in each of the certificates by them made and sealed, in conformity with the provisions of this act, and of the act to which this is a supplement.

Approved, March 26, 1804.

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March 27, 1804.

Chap. LI.An Act to repeal a part of the act intituled “An act supplementary to the act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen.”

Act of April 14, 1792, ch. 24.
Act of Feb. 28, 1803, ch. 9.
Repeal of part of a former act.
Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 40.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ninth section of the act, intituled “An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen,” passed the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Powers of attorney for the transfer of stock and receipt of interest, in other respects formal, not to be affected by the want of consular certificates.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all powers of attorney for the transfer of any stock of the United States, or for the receipt of interest thereon, executed in a foreign country, since the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and three, according to the forms in use at the treasury of the United States prior to the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and three, shall be valid to all intents and purposes: any provision in the aforesaid section hereby repealed to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 27, 1804.

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March 27, 1804.

Chap. LII.An Act to amend the act intituled “An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels.”

Act of Dec. 31, 1792, ch. 1.
No ship or vessel to be registered as a vessel of the U. States, if owned by persons residing in foreign countries a certain length of time.
Any ship or vessel before registered, &c.
Satisfactory proof of the citizenship of the purchaser to be first exhibited to the collector.
Proviso in a former act extended to the representatives of a deceased owner of a ship. Act of June 27, 1797, ch. 5.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no ship or vessel shall be entitled to be registered as a ship or vessel of the United States, or if registered, to the benefits thereof, if owned in whole or in part by any person naturalized in the United States, and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated, or for more than two years in any foreign country, unless such person be in the capacity of a consul or other public agent of the United States:[1]

  1. A naturalized citizen, who in time of peace, returns to his native country for the purposes of trade, but with the intention of returning again to his adopted country, continuing in the former country a year after the commencement of hostilities, for the purpose of winding up his business, engaging in no new commercial transactions with the enemy, and then returning to his adopted country, has gained a domicil in his native country, and his goods are subject to capture and condemnation. The Frances, 8 Cranch, 335; 3 Cond. Rep. 154. See also the Dos Hermanos, 2 Wheat. 76; 4 Cond. Rep. 39.