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for that purpose to be provided, and the said record shall be open for the inspection of all persons, and a certified copy thereof shall be admitted in evidence in any court in which any question may arise, under any of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Presigiven by the Prer dent of the United States be, and he hereby is author

rections may be

ident with respect

ployed in the Uni ted States.

to the seamen em- ized from time to time to make such further regulations, and to give such directions to the several commanders of public vessels, and to the several collectors, as may be proper and necessary respecting the proofs of citizenship, to be exhibited to the commanders or Collectors aforesaid: Provided, that nothing contained in such regulations or directions shall be repugnant to any of the provisions of this act.

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Seamen or seafar

ing persons only admitted as passengers in Ameri can vessels upon

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the time when this act shall take effect, no seaman or other seafaring man, not being a citizen of the certain conditions. United States, shall be admitted or received as a passenger on board of any public or private vessel of the United States, in a foreign port, without permission in writing from the proper officers of the country of which such seaman or seafaring man may be subject or citizen.

Interference of consuls and com

cases

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the time when this act shall take effect, the consuls mercial agents admissible in certain or commercial agents of any nation at peace with the United States shall be admitted (under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the United States) to state their objections to the proper commander or collector as aforesaid, against the employment of any seaman or seafaring man on board of any public or private vessel of the United States, on account of his being a native subject or citizen of such nation, and not embraced within the description of persons who may be lawfully employed, according to the provisions of this act; and the said consuls or

commercial agents shall also be admitted under the said regulations, to be present at the time when the proofs of citizenship of the persons against whom such objections may have been made, shall be investigated by such commander or Collector.

ting persons not

ing to this act into

the service of the

United States.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any Penalty for admit commander of a public vessel of the United States, qualified accord shall knowingly employ or permit to be employed, or shall admit or receive, or permit to be admitted or received, on board his vessel, any person whose employment or admission is prohibited by the provisions of this act, he shall on conviction thereof forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars for each person thus unlawfully employed or admitted on board such vessel.

citizens.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any person or that of their shall, contrary to the prohibitions of this act, be employed, or be received on board of any private vessel, the master or commander, and the owner or owners of such vessel, knowing thereof, shall respectively forfeit and pay five hundred dollars for each person thus unlawfully employed or received in any one voyage; which sum or sums shall be recovered, although such seaman or person shall have been admitted and entered in the certified list of the crew aforesaid, by the Collector for the district to which the vessel may belong: and all penalties and forfeitures arising under or incurred by virtue of this act, may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered, with costs of suit by action of debt, and shall accrue and be one moiety thereof to the use of the person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to the use of the United States.

in American ves

may be employed

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That nothing in Foreign seamen this act contained shall be construed to prohibit any commander or master of a public or private vessel of ports. the United States, whilst in a foreign port or place,

sels in foreign Conditions.

Provisions of this act not to be exten

ded to the citizens tions which have

of subjects of na

not adopted its principles.

Not to be a bar to any treaty.

Residence of five

years in the United States neces

sary to qualify a

a citizen.

from receiving any American seaman in conformity to law, or supplying any deficiency of seamen on board such vessel, by employing American seamen, or subjects of such foreign country, the employment of whom shall not be prohibited by the laws thereof.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall have no effect or operation with respect to the employment as seamen of the subjects or citizens of any foreign nation which shall not, by treaty or special convention with the government of the United States, have prohibited on board of her public and private vessels the employment of native citizens of the United States, who have not become a citizen or subject of such nation.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent any arrangement between the United States and any foreign nation, which may take place under any treaty or convention, made and ratified in the manner prescribed by the constitution of the United States.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no person who shall arrive in the United States, from and after person to become the time when this act shall take effect, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, who shall not for the continued term of five years next preceding his admission as aforesaid have resided within the United States, without being at any time during the said five years out of the territory of the United States.

Penalty for forg

citizenship or protections.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That if any ing certificates of person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsly made, forged, or counterfeited, any certificate or evidence of citizenship refered to in this act; or shall pass, utter, or use as true, any false, forged or counterfeited certificate of citizenship, or shall make sale or dispose of any certificate of citizenship to any person other than the person

for whom it was originally issued, and to whom it may of right belong, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony; and on being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for a period not less then three, or more than five years, or be fined in a sum not less then five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court taking cognizance thereof.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That no suit shall be brought for any forfeiture or penalty incurred under the provisions of this act, unless the suit be commenced within three years from the time of the forfeiture. Approved 3d March, 1813, 2d ses. 12th Con.

An act to prohibit the use of licenses or passes granted by the authority of the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any citizen or inhabitant of the United Penalty for using or disposing of States, or the territories thereof, who shall obtain or British ucenses. use either directly or indirectly, a license, pass, or other instrument granted by the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or by any officer or agent thereof, for the protection of any ship, vessel, or merchandize on the high seas or elsewhere, or for the admission of any ship, vessel, or merchandize into any port or place whatever; and any citizen or inhabitant as aforesaid, who shall be either directly or indirectly concerned or assisting in obtaining, using, granting, or selling any such license, pass or instrument, shall, upon conviction, for every such offence, forfeit a sum equal to twice the value of any

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Vessels sailing

with such licenses

and treated as British.

such ship, vessel, and merchandize, and shall moreover be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand nor less than one thousand dollars; and any ship, vessel, or merchandize, owned in whole or in part by any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of the territories thereof, which shall, five days after the promulgation of this act in the nearest port, be found in the waters or within the jurisdiction of the United States, having or using a license, pass, or other instrument as aforesaid, shall be forfeited, the one half to the use of the United States, and the other half to any person or persons who shall give information thereof, and produce or procure evidence of the fact; the duties, if any, which may be payable on the importation of such merchandize, being previously paid or deducted from the proceeds of such forfeiture; Provided however, That the claim of any such person or persons, as derived from this act, shall not be admitted to bar, defeat, or affect any forfeiture accrued to the United States, or to any other person, which shall have been incurred by reason of an infraction of any other law of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any ship or to be considered vessel of the United States sailing under, or found on the high seas using a license, pass, or instrument, as described in the preceding section of this act, shall be considered and held as sailing under the flag of the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and it shall be lawful for the commanders of the public and private armed ships and vessels of the United States and the territories thereof, to stop and examine any ship or vessel of the United States or their territories, on the high seas or elsewhere, which there may be reasonable ground to suspect is sailing under the protection of, or using any such license, pass, or other instrument as aforesaid; and if