zens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace.
Collectors required to detain vessels built for warlike purposes, and about to depart, when circumstances render it probable that they are intended to commit hostilities against a friendly power.Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the customs be, and they are hereby, respectively, authorized and required to detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about to depart the United States, of which the cargo shall principally consist of arms and munitions of war, when the number of men shipped on board, or other circumstances, shall render it probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, until the decision of the President be had thereon, or until the owner or owners shall give such bond and security as is required of the owners of armed ships by the preceding section of this act.
The acts of 5th June, 1794, ch. 50, of 14th June, 1797, ch. 1, of April 24, 1800, ch. 35, and of 3d March, 1817, ch. 58, repealed.Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” continued in force, for a limited time, by the act of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and perpetuated by the act passed on the twenty-fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred, and the act, passed on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An act to prevent the citizens of the United States from privateering against nations in amity with, or against the citizens of, the United States,” and the act, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled, “An act more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States,” be,Proviso.
Offenders against repealed acts punished. and the same are hereby, severally, repealed: Provided, nevertheless, That persons having heretofore offended against any of the acts aforesaid, may be prosecuted, convicted, and punished as if the same were not repealed; and no forfeiture heretofore incurred by a violation of any of the acts aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.
Nothing in the foregoing act to prevent the punishment of treason, &c.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed to prevent the prosecution of punishment of treason, or any piracy defined by the laws of the United States.
Approved, April 20, 1818.
Statute I.
Chap. XC.—An Act to continue in force an act entitled “An act relating to settlers on lands of the United States.”
Act of March 25, 1816, ch. 35.
The act continued until 3d March, 1819.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act, entitled “An act relating to settlers on the lands of the United States,” passed the twenty-fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for one year from and after the third day of March last.
Approved, April 20, 1818.
Statute I.
Chap. XCI.—An Act in addition to “An act to prohibit the introduction (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,” and to repeal certain parts of the same.
Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77.
Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 113.
Negroes not to be imported, with intent to hold them as slaves.
Vessels in which they are imported forfeited.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful to import or bring, in any manner whatsoever, into the United States, or territories thereof, from any foreign
