the particular day] day of [naming the month] in the year [specifying the number of the year, in words at length.]" 3. That it shall and may be lawful for the collectors of the several districts, to enrol and license any ship or vessel that may be registered, upon such registry being given up, or to register any ship or vessel that may be enrolled, upon such enrolment and license being given up. And when any ship or vessel shall be in any other district than the one to which she belongs, the collector of such district, on the application of the master or commander thereof, and upon his taking an oath or affirmation, that, according to his best knowledge and belief, the property remains as expressed in the register or enrolment proposed to be given up, and upon his giving the bonds required for granting registers, shall make the exchanges aforesaid; but in every such case, the collector, to whom the register or enrolment and license, may be given up, shall transmit the same to the register of the treasury; and the register, or enrolment and license, granted in lieu thereof, shall within ten days after the arrival of such ship or vessel within the district to which she belongs, be delivered to the collector of the said district, and be by him cancelled. And if the said master or commander shall neglect to deliver the said register, or enrolment and license, within the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars. 4. That, in order to the licensing of any ship or vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries, the husband, or managing owner, together with the master thereof, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector granting the same, shall become bound to pay to the United States, if such ship or vessel be of the burthen of five tons and less than twenty tons, the sum of one hundred dollars; and if twenty tons and not exceeding thirty tons, the sum of two hundred dollars; and if above thirty tons and not exceeding sixty tons, the sum of five hundred dollars; and if above sixty tons, the sum of one thousand dollars, in case it shall appear, within two years from the date of the bond, that such ship or vessel has been employed in any trade, whereby the revenue of the United States has been defrauded during the time the license granted to such ship or vessel remained in force; and the master of such ship or vessel shall also swear or affirm, that he is a citizen of the United States, and that such license shall not be used for any other vessel, or any other employment, than that for which it is specially granted, or in any trade or business whereby the revenue of the United States may be defrauded; and if such ship or vessel be less than twenty tons burthen, the husband or managing owner shall swear or affirm, that she is wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States; whereupon it shall be the duty of the collector of the district, comprehending the port whereto such ship or vessel may belong, (the duty of six cents per ton being first paid,) to grant a license, in the form following: "Licence for carrying on the [here insert, coasting trade, whale fishery, or cod fishery, as the case may be.] "In pursuance of an act of the congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," [inserting here, the name of the husband or managing owner, with his occupation and place of abode, and the name of the master, with the place of his abode] having given bond that the [insert here, the description of the vessel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else she may be] called the [insert here, the vessel's name] whereof the said [naming the master] is master, burthen [insert here the number of tons, in words] tons, as appears by her enrolment, dated at [naming the district, day, month, and year, in words at length] (but, if she be less than twenty tons, insert, instead thereof) proof being had of her admeasurement, shall not be employed in any trade, while this license shall continue in force, whereby the revenue of the United States shall be defrauded, and having also sworn (or affirmed) that this license shall not be used for any other vessel, or for any other employment, than is herein specified, license is hereby granted for the said [inserting here, the description of the vessel] called the [insert here, the vessel's name] to be employed in carrying on the [inserting here, coasting trade, whale fishery, or cod fishery, as the case may be] for one year from the date hereof, and no longer: Given under my hand and seal, at [naming the said district] this [inserting the particular day] day of [naming the month] in the year [specifying the number of the year, in words at length.]" 6. That after the last day of May next, every ship or vessel of twenty tons or upwards, (other than such as are registered,) found trading between district and district, or between different places in the same district, or carrying on the fishery, without being enrolled and licensed, or, if less than twenty tons, and not less than five tons, without a license, in manner as is provided by this act, such ship or vessel, if laden with goods the growth or manufacture of the United States only, (distilled spirits only excepted) or in ballast, shall pay the same fees and tonnage in every port of the United States at which she may arrive, as ships or vessels not belonging to a citizen or citizens of the United States; and if she have on board any articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled spirits, other than sea stores, the ship or vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the lading found on board, shall be forfeited: Provided, however, if such ship or vessel be at sea at the expiration of the time for which the license was given, and the master of such ship or vessel shall swear or affirm that such was the case, and shall, also, within forty-eight hours after his arrival, deliver to the collector of the district in which he shall first arrive the license which shall have expired, the forfeiture aforesaid shall not be incurred, nor shall the ship or vessel be liable to pay the fees and tonnage aforesaid. 7. That the collector of each district shall progressively number the licenses by him granted, beginning anew at the commencement of each year, and shall make a record thereof, in a book to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall, once in three months, transmit to the register of the treasury, copies of the licenses which shall have been so granted by him; and also, of such licenses as shall have been given up or returned to him, respectively, in pursuance of this act. And where any ship or vessel shall be licensed or enrolled anew, or being licensed or enrolled, shall afterwards be registered, or being registered, shall afterwards be enrolled or licensed, she shall, in every such case, be enrolled, licensed, or registered, by her former name. 8. That if any ship or vessel, enrolled or licensed as aforesaid, shall proceed on a foreign voyage, without first giving up her enrolment and license to the collector of the district comprehending the port from which she is about to proceed on such foreign voyage, and being duly registered by such collector, every such ship or vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods, wares, and merchandise, so imported therein, shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture: Provided always, if the port from which such ship or vessel is about to proceed on such foreign voyage, be not within the district where such ship or vessel is enrolled, the collector of such district shall give to the master of such ship or vessel a certificate, specifying that the enrolment and license of such ship or vessel is received by him, and the time when it was so received; which certificate shall afterwards be delivered by the said master to the collector who may have granted such enrolment and licence. Act of the 1st of June, 1796.- 2. That every ship and vessel of the United States, going to any foreign country, shall, before she departs from the United States, at the request of the master, be furnished, by the collector for the district where such ship or vessel may be, with a passport of the form prescribed and established, pursuant to the foregoing section; for which passport the master of such ship or vessel shall pay to the said collector ten dollars, to be accounted for by him; and, in order to be entitled to such passport, the master of every such ship or vessel shall be bound with sufficient sureties, to the treasurer of the United States, in the penalty of two thousand dollars, conditioned, that the said passport shall not be applied to the use or protection of any other ship or vessel than the one described in the same; and that, in case of the loss or sale of any ship or vessel having such passport, the same shall, within three months, be delivered up to the collector from whom it was received, if the loss or sale take place within the United States; or within six months, if the same shall happen at any place nearer than the cape of Good Hope; and within eighteen months, if at a more distant place. Act of the 27th of June, 1797.-1. That no ship or vessel which has been, or shall be registered pursuant to any law of the United States, and which hereafter shall be seized, or captured and condemned, under the authority of any foreign power, or that shall, by sale, become the property of a foreigner or foreigners, shall, after the passing of this act, be entitled to, or capable of receiving a new register, notwithstanding such ship or vessel should afterwards become American property; but that all such ships and vessels shall be taken and considered, to all intents and purposes, as foreign vessels: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to, or be construed to affect, the person or persons owning any ship or vessel, at the time of the seizure, or capture of the same, or shall prevent such owner, in case he regain a property in such ship or vessel, so condemned, by purchase or otherwise, from claiming and receiving a new register for the same, as he might or could have done if this act had not been passed. Act of the 2d of March, 1803.- 1. That if any person shall knowingly make, utter, or publish, any false sealetter, Mediterranean passport, or certificate of registry, or shall knowingly avail himself of any such Mediterranean passport, sealetter, or certificate of registry, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name of the United States, in any court of competent jurisdiction; and, if an officer of the United States, he shall forever thereafter be rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the authority of the United States. 2. That it shall be the duty of the comptroller of the treasury to cause to be provided blank certificates of registry, with such water and other secret marks as he may direct, which marks shall be made known only to the collectors and their deputies, and to the consuls or commercial agents of the United States; and from and after the thirty-first day of December next, no certificate of registry shall be issued, except such as shall have been provided and marked as aforesaid; and the ships or vessels of the United States, which shall have been duly registered as such, shall be entitled to new certificates of registry (gratis) in exchange for their old certificates of registry: And it shall be the duty of the respective collectors, on the departure of any such ship or vessel, after the said thirty-first day of December, from the district to which such ship or vessel shall belong, to issue a new certificate accordingly, and to retain and deface the former certificate. 3. That when any ship or vessel, which has been, or which shall be, registered pursuant to any law of the United States, shall, whilst such ship or vessel is without the limits of the United States, be sold or transferred, in whole or in part, to a citizen or citizens of the United States, such ship or vessel, on her first arrival in the United States thereafter, shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a ship or vessel of the United States: Provided, That all the requisites of law, in order to the registry of ships or vessels, shall be complied with, and a new certificate of registry obtained for such ship or vessel, within three days from the time at which the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, is required to make his final report upon her first arrival afterwards, as aforesaid, agreeably to the thirtieth section of the act, passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage." And it shall be lawful to pay to the collector of the district within which such ship or vessel may arrive, as aforesaid, the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of such ship or vessel at any time within three days from the time at which the master, or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, is required to make his final report, as aforesaid, any thing to the contrary in any former law notwithstanding: Provided, always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal, or in any wise change the provisions, restrictions, or limitations, of any former act or acts, excepting so far as the same shall be repugnant to the provisions of this act. Act of the 26th of March, 1810.-1. That, from and after the thirtieth of June next, no sealetter, or other document, certifying or proving any ship or vessel to be the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, shall be issued, except to ships or vessels duly registered, or enrolled and licensed, as ships or vessels of the United States, or to vessels which, at that time, shall be wholly owned by citizens of the United States, and furnished with, or entitled to, sealetters or other customhouse documents; any law or laws, heretofore passed, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, nevertheless, That no sealetter shall be issued to any vessel which shall not at this time be furnished or entitled to a sealetter, unless such vessel shall return to some port or place in the United States, or territories thereof, on or before the said thirtieth day of June next: Provided, nevertheless, That no sealetter or other document, certifying or proving any ship or vessel to be the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, shall be issued to any vessel now abroad, which shall not, at this time, be furnished or entitled to a sealetter, unless such vessel shall arrive at some port or place in the United States, or territories thereof, on or before the said thirtieth day of June next: And provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to operate against any such vessel or vessels that now are, or may be prior to the said thirtieth of June, detained abroad by the authority of any foreign power. See farther Gordon's Digest of the Laws of the United States, Book 9th, Chapter 2d, and Kent's Commentaries on American Law, Lecture 45th.-Am. Ed.] REPORT, in commercial navigation, a paper delivered by the masters of all ships arriv ing from parts beyond seas to the Custom-house, and attested upon oath, containing an account of the cargo on board, &c.-(See antè p. 4.) REPRISALS. Where the people of one nation have unlawfully seized and detained property belonging to another state, the subjects of the latter are authorised, by the law of nations, to indemnify themselves, by seizing the property of the subjects of the state aggressing. This is termed making reprisals; and commissions to this effect are issued from the Admiralty. (See PRIVATEERS.) RESPONDENTIA. See BOTTOMRY AND RESPONDENTIA. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Though not properly belonging to a work of this sort, we believe we shall do an acceptable service to our readers by laying before them the following comprehensive Table of the revenue and the expenditure of the United Kingdom in 1836, 1837, and 1838. It contains more information in a brief space than most parlia mentary papers. It was originally framed according to the suggestion, and printed upon the motion of Mr. Pusey; and there are not very many members who have left so useful a memorial of their parliamentary career. [Revenue and Expenditure of the United States for 1838 and 1839, as reported by the Secretary of the Treasury. Receipts or means in 1838. Balance on the 1st of January, 1838, Receipts from customs, Due from banks that suspended payment in 1837, and not payable till 1839, $28,101,644-97 1,100,000.00 2,400,000.00 500,000.00 Revenue and Means for 1839, exclusive of Trusts and the Post-office. The balance in the Treasury on the 1st of January, 1839, which could be considered available for general purposes, was $2,466,961.95 The receipts from customs, the first three quarters, as appearing on the Register's books, are 18,328,393.50 This includes about two millions and three-fourths collected last year in Treasury notes, but not carried on his books till 1839. From this cause, the actual receipts in this year will, to that extent, appear larger than they ought. : Receipts from Lands the first three quarters, including also some collected last year in Treasury notes 5,417,286.31 Miscellaneous receipts 125,208-78 Estimated receipts for the fourth quarter from all those sources 5,700,000.00 Receipts on some of the debts against banks not available, on 1st January, 1839, but since paid 1,322,686.00 From the third issue of Treasury notes under the act of March 2d, 1839 Redemption of Treasury notes in the first three quarters, interest as well as principal This includes two millions and three-fourths paid in for duties and lands last year, but not carried on the Register's books till 1839. From this cause, the expenditures on that account will appear larger by that amount than they actually have been within those quarters. Estimated amount of notes redeemed in the fourth quarter, Aggregate payments Leaving an available balance of money in the Treasury, on the 31st of December, 1839, of 1,000,000.00 35,661,428.72 1,556,384-93 $37,217,812-75 Statement of the Annual Expenditures, exclusive of the Public Debt, from the commencement of the Government to the 31st of December, 1837: as reported by the Secretary of the Treasury. |