Acts of Congress. granting of such register, that such is the case, and that no foreign subject or citizen hath, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any share, by the way of trust, confidence, or otherwise, in such ship or vessel. And if the owner, or any part-owner, shall not reside at the port or place at which such ship or vessel shall enter, then the master or commander shall make oath or affirmation to the like effect. And if the owner, or part-owner, where there is one, or the master or commander, where there is no owner, shall refuse to swear or affirm as aforesaid, such ship or vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a ship or vessel of the United States. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the master, commander, or owner of a ship or vessel, shall deliver up the register of such ship or vessel, agreeably to the provisions of this act, if to the collector of the district where the same shall have been granted, the said collector shall, thereupon, cancel the bond which shall have been given at the time of granting such register; or, if to the collector of any other district, such collector shall grant to the said master, commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment, that such register has been delivered up to him, and the time when; and upon such receipt being produced to the collector by whom the register was granted, he shall cancel the bond of the party, as if the register had been returned to him. der my direction, at [naming the place, county, and State] in the United States, in the year [inserting here the number of the year."] Which oath or affirmation shall be subscribed by the person making the same, and shall be recorded in a book to be kept by the said collector for that purpose. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That the said collector shall cause the said ship or vessel to be surveyed or admeasured, according to the rule prescribed by the forty-third section of the act, entitled "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels;" and the person by whom such admeasurement shall be made, shall grant a certificate thereof, as in the case of a ship or vessel to be registered; which certificate shall be countersigned by the said builder, and by an owner, or the master, or person having the command or charge thereof, or by some other person, being an agent for the owner or owners thereof, in testimony of the truth of the particulars therein contained. SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the said record, attested under the hand and seal of the said collector, shall be granted to the master of every such ship or vessel, as nearly as may be, of the form following: "In pursuance of an act, entitled 'An act concerning the recording of ships or vessels,' I, [inserting here the name SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That the of the collector of the district,] of, [inserting here collector of each district shall progressively num- the name of the district,] in the United States, do ber the certificates of the registry by him granted, certify, that [inserting here the name of the buildbeginning anew at the commencement of each er] of, [inserting here the place of his residence, year, and shall enter an exact copy of each certi-county, and State,] having sworn (or affirmed) ficate in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall, once in three months, transmit to the Register of the Treasury copies of all the certificates which shall have been granted by him, including the number of each. that the [describing the ship or vessel, as in the certificate of record,] named [inserting here her name] whereof [inserting here the name of the master] is at present master, was built at [inserting here the name of the place, county, and State, SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That every where built] by him, or under his direction, in the ship or vessel built in the United States after the year, [inserting here the number of the year,] and fifteenth day of August, one thousand seven hun- [inserting here the name of the surveyor or other dred and eighty-nine, and belonging wholly or in person by whom the same admeasurement shall part to the subjects of foreign Powers, in order to have been made,] having certified that the said be entitled to the benefits of a ship built and re- ship or vessel has [inserting here her number of corded in the United States, shall be recorded in decks] is in length, [inserting here the number of the office of the collector of the district in which feet,] in breadth, (inserting here the number of such ship or vessel was built, in manner follow-feet,] in depth, [inserting here the number of ing, that is to say: The builder of every such ship feet,] and measures [inserting here the number of or vessel shall make oath or affirmation before the tons;] and the said "builder and [naming and decollector of such district, who is hereby authorized scribing the owner or master, or agent for the to administer the same, in manner following: "I, owner or owners, as the case may be, by whom [inserting here the name of such builder,] of [in- the said certificate shall have been countersigned] serting here the place of his residence] shipwright, having agreed to the said description and admeado swear (or affirm) that [describing here the kind surement, the said ship or vessel has been reof vessel, as, whether ship, brig, snow, schooner, corded, in the district of [inserting here the name sloop, or whatever else,] named [inserting here the of the district where recorded,] in the United name of the ship or vessel] having [inserting here States. Witness my hand and seal this [inserting the number of decks] and being in length [insert- here the day of the month,] day of [inserting here ing here the number of feet,] in breadth, insert- the name of the month,] in the year [inserting ing here the number of feet,] in depth, [inserting here the number of the year."] Which certifihere the number of feet,] and measuring [insert-cate shall be recorded in the office of the said coling here the number of tons,] having [specifying lector, and a duplicate thereof transmitted to the whether any or no] gallery, and [also specifying Register of the Treasury of the United States, to whether any or no] head, was built by me, or un- be recorded in his office. Acts of Congress. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That if the be ascertained, by any person appointed for that master, or the name, of any ship or vessel so re-purpose, such person shall be paid a reasonable corded shall be changed, the owner, part-owner, compensation therefor, out of the fees aforesaid, or consignee of such ship or vessel, shall cause a before any distribution thereof, as aforesaid. And memorandum thereof to be endorsed on the certi- every collector and naval officer, and every surficate of the record, by the collector of the district, veyor, who shall reside at a port where there is no where such ship or vessel may be, or at which collector, shall cause to be affixed, and constantly she shall first arrive, if such change took place in kept, in some conspicuous part of his office, a fair a foreign country; and a copy thereof shall be table of the rates of fees, demandable by this act. entered in the Book of Records, a transcript whereof shall be transmitted, by the said collector, to the collector of the district, where such certificate was granted, (if not the same person,) who shall enter the same in his Book of Records, and forward a duplicate of such entry, to the Register of the Treasury of the United States; and in such case, until the said owner, part-owner, or consignee, shall cause the said memorandum to be made by the collector, in manner aforesaid, such ship or vessel shall not be deemed, or considered, as a vessel recorded, in pursuance of this act. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That the master, or other person having the command or charge of any ship or vessel, recorded in pursuance of this act, shall, on entry of such ship or vessel, produce the certificate of such record, to the collector of the district, where she shall be so entered; in failure of which, the said ship or vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a vessel, recorded as aforesaid: Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to make it necessary to record, a second time, any ship or vessel, which shall have been recorded, pursuant to the act, hereby in part repealed; but such recording shall be of the like force and effect, as if made in pursuant to this act. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That every collector, or officer, who shall knowingly make, or be concerned in making, any false register or record, or shall knowingly grant, or be concerned in granting, any false certificate of registry or record of, or for any ship or vessel, or other false document whatsoever, touching the same, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or who shall designedly take any other, or greater fees, than are by this act allowed, or who shall receive any voluntary reward or gratuity for any of the services performed pursuant thereto; and every surveyor, or other person, appointed to measure any ship or vessel, who shall wilfully deliver to any collector or naval officer, a false description of such ship or vessel, to be registered or recorded, shall, upon conviction of any such neglect or of fence, forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, and be rendered incapable of serving in any office of trust or profit, under the United States; and if any person or persons, authorized and required by this act, in respect to his or their office or offices, to perform any act or thing, required to be done or performed, pursuant to any of the provisions of this act, shall wilfully neglect to do or perform the same, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, such person or persons shall, on being duly convicted thereof, if not subject to the penalty and disqualification aforesaid, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars for the first offence, and a like sum for the second offence, and shall, thenceforth, be rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That, if any certificate of registry or record, shall be fraudulently or knowingly used for any ship or vessel, not then actually entitled to the benefit thereof, according to the true intent of this act, such ship or vessel shall be forfeited to the United States, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the fees and allowances for the several services to be performed pursuant to this act, and the distribution of the same, shall be as follows, to wit: For the admeasurement of every ship or vessel, of one hundred tons and under, one cent per ton; for the admeasurement of every ship or vessel above one hundred, and not exceeding two hundred tons, one hundred and fifty cents; for the admeasurement of every ship or vessel, above two hundred tons, two hundred cents; for every certificate of registry or record, two hundred cents; for every endorsement upon a certificate of registry or record, SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That, if any one hundred cents; and for taking every bond re- person or persons shall falsely make oath or affirmquired by this act, twenty-five cents. The whole ation to any of the matters herein required to be amount of which fees shall be received, and ac- verified, such person or persons shall suffer the counted for by the collector, or, at his option, by like pains and penalties as shall be incurred by the naval officer, where there is one; and where persons committing wilful and corrupt perjury; there is a collector, naval officer, and surveyor, and that, if any person or persons shall forge, shall be equally divided, monthly, between the said counterfeit, erase, alter, or falsify any certificate, officers; and where there is no naval officer, two-register, record, or other document, mentioned, thirds to the collector, and the other third to the surveyor; and where there is only a collector, he shall receive the whole amount thereof; and where there is more than one surveyor in any district, each of them shall receive his proportionable part of such fees, as shall arise in the port, for which he is appointed: Provided, always, That, in all cases, where the tonnage of any ship or vessel shall described, or authorized, in and by this act, such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That all the penalties and forfeitures, which may be incurred, for offences against this act, shall and may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered, in such Courts, and be disposed of in such manner, as any penal Acts of Congress. ties and forfeitures which may be incurred for offences against the act, entitled "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law, on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," may legally be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of: Provided, always, That, if any officer entitled to a part or share of any such penalty or forfeiture, shall be necessary, as a witness, on the trial for such penalty or forfeiture, such officer may be a witness upon the said trial, but in such case, he shall not receive, nor be entitled to any part or share of the said penalty or forfeiture; and the part or share, to which he would otherwise have been entitled, shall accrue to the United States. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of March next, this act shall be in full force and effect; and so much of the act, entitled "An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes," as comes within the purview of this act, shall, after the said last day of March, be repealed. Approved, December 31, 1792. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act establishing Approved, January 14, 1793. with this act, continued in force for the space of one year, from the passing of this act; and from thence, until the end of the session of Congress then, or next thereafter holden, and no longer. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases, where any sum or sums of money have issued, or shall hereafter issue, from the Treasury, for the purposes of intercourse or treaty, with foreign nations, in pursuance of any law, the President shall be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause the same to be duly settled annually with the accounting officers of the Treasury, in manner following, that is to say: by causing the same to be accounted for, specifically, in all instances, wherein the expenditure thereof may, in his judgment, be made public; and by making a certificate or certificates, or causing the Secretary of State to make a certificate or certificates of the amount of such expenditures, as he may think it advisable not to specify; and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum or sums therein expressed to have been expended. Approved, February 9, 1793. An Act regulating Foreign Coins, and for otber pur poses. Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the first day of July next, foreign gold and silver coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands, at the several and respective rates following, and not otherwise, viz: The gold coins of Great Britain and Portugal, of their present standard, at the rate of one hundred cents for every twenty-seven grains of the actual weight thereof; the gold coins of France, Spain, and the dominions of Spain, of their present standard, at the rate of one hundred cents for every twentyseven grains and two-fifths of a grain of the actual weight thereof. Spanish milled dollars, at the rate of one hundred cents for each dollar, the actual weight whereof shall not be less than seventeen penny weights and seven grains; and in proBe it enacted, &c., That lawful interest, from portion for the parts of a dollar. Crowns of the sixteenth day of May, in the year one thou-France, at the rate of one hundred and ten cents, sand seven hundred and seventy-six, shall be al- for each crown, the actual weight whereof shall lowed on the sum of two hundred dollars, ordered not be less than eighteen pennyweights and seto be paid to Return Jonathan Meigs, and the legal venteen grains, and in proportion for the parts of representative of Christopher Greene, deceased, a crown. But no foreign coin that may have by a resolve of the United States in Congress as- been, or shall be issued subsequent to the first day sembled, of the twenty-eighth day of September, of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninein the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-ty-two, shall be a tender, as aforesaid, until samfive. An Act to provide for the allowance of interest on the sum ordered to be paid by the resolve of Congress, of the twenty-eighth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as an indemnity to the persons therein named. Approved, January 14, 1793. An Act to continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend the act, entitled "An act providing the Means of Intercourse between the United States and Foreign Nations." ples thereof shall have been found, by assay, at the Mint of the United States, to be conformable to the respective standards required, and procla mation thereof shall have been made by the President of the United States. SEC. 2. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That at the expiration of three years next ensuing the time when the coinage of gold and Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled "An silver, agreeably to the act, entitled, "An act esact providing the means of intercourse between tablishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the the United States and foreign nations," which United States," shall commence at the Mint of would expire at the end of the present session of the United States, (which time shall be announcCongress, be, and the same hereby is, togethered by the proclamation of the President of the Acts of Congress. United States) all foreign gold coins, and all foreign silver coins, except Spanish milled dollars and parts of such dollars, shall cease to be a legal tender, as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of the Treasury to receive all such claims aforesaid, as have not been heretofore barred by any act of limitation, as shall SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all fo- be presented before the time aforesaid, with the reign gold and silver coins, (except Spanish mill-certificates or other documents in support thereof, ed dollars, and parts of such dollars) which shall and to cause a record to be made of the names of be received in payment for moneys due to the the persons, and of the time when the said claims United States, after the said time, when the coin-are presented; which record shall be made in the ing of gold and silver coins shall begin at the presence of the person or persons presenting the Mint of the United States, shall, previously to same, and shall be the only evidence that the said their being issued in circulation, be coined anew, claims were presented, during the time limited by in conformity to the act, entitled "An act esta- this act. blishing a Mint and regulating the coins of the United States." SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of July next, the fifty-fifth section of the act, entitled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States," which ascertains the rates at which foreign gold and silver coins shall be received for the duties and fees to be collected in virtue of the said act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the assay provided to be made by the act, entitled "An act establishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States," shall commence in the manner as by the said act is prescribed, on the second Monday of February annually, anything in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 9, 1793. An Act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the accounting officers of the Treasury, to make report to Congress upon all such of the said claims as shall not be allowed to be valid, according to the usual forms of the Treasury. Approved, February 12, 1793. An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters. Be it enacted, &c., That, whenever the Executive authority of any State in the Union, or of either of the Territories Northwest or South of the river Ohio, shall demand any person as a fugitive from justice, of the Executive authority of any such State or Territory to which such person shall have fled, and shall moreover produce the copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory as aforesaid, charging the person so demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged fled, it shall be the duty of Be it enacted, &c., That all claims upon the the executive authority of the State or Territory United States for services or supplies, or for other to which such person shall have fled, to cause him cause, matter, or thing, furnished or done previous or her to be arrested and secured, and notice of to the fourth day of March, one thousand seven the arrest to be given to the Executive authority hundred and eighty-nine, whether founded upon making such demand, or to the agent of such aucertificates or other written documents from pub-thority, appointed to receive the fugitive, and to lic officers, or otherwise, which have not already cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent been barred by any act of limitation, and which when he shall appear; but, if no such agent shall shall not be presented at the Treasury before the appear within six months from the time of the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and arrest, the prisoner may be discharged: and all ninety-four, shall forever after be barred and pre- costs or expenses incurred in the apprehending, cluded from settlement or allowance: Provided, securing, and transmitting such fugitive to the That nothing herein contained shall be construed State or Territory making such demand, shall be to affect Loan Office certificates, certificates of paid by such State or Territory. final settlement, indents of interest, balances entered in the books of the Register of the Treasury, certificates issued by the Register of the Treasury, commonly called registered certificates, Loans of money obtained in foreign countries, or certificates issued pursuant to the act entitled "An act making provision for the Debt of the United States: And provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the proper officers of the Treasury from demanding an account or accounts to be rendered for any moneys heretofore advanced, and not accounted for, or from admitting, under the usual forms and restrictions, credits for expenditures, equal to the sums which have been so advanced. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any agent appointed as aforesaid, who shall receive the fugitive into his custody, shall be empowered to transport him or her to the State or Territory from which he or she shall have fled. And if any person or persons shall, by force, set at liberty, or rescue the fugitive from such agent while transporting, as aforesaid, the person or persons so of fending shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year. SEC. 3. And be it also enacted, That when a person held to labor in any of the United States, or in either of the Territories on the Northwest or South of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, Acts of Congress. a C shall escape into any other of the said States or be had, in similar cases, touching such enrolments; Territory, the person to whom such labor or ser- and the ships or vessels so enrolled, with the masvice may be due, his agent or attorney, is hereby ter, or owner, or owners thereof, shall be subject to empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from the same requisites, as are in those respects prolabor, and to take him or her before any Judge of vided for vessels registered by virtue of the aforethe Circuit or District Courts of the United States, said act; the record of which enrolment shall be residing or being within the State, or before any made, and an abstract or copy thereof granted, as magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, nearly as may be, in the form following: "Enrolwherein such seizure or arrest shall be made, and ment in conformity to an act of the Congress of upon proof to the satisfaction of such Judge or the United States of America," entitled An act magistrate, either by oral testimony or affidavit for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels, to be taken before and certified by a magistrate of any employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, such State or Territory, that the person so seized and for regulating the same,' [inserting here the or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or name of the person, with his occupation and place Territory from which he or she fled, owe service of abode, by whom the oath or affirmation is to be or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall made] having taken and subscribed the oath, (or be the duty of such Judge or magistrate to give a affirmation) required by this act, and having sworn certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent, or (or affirmed) that he, or (she, and if more than one attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for re-owner, adding the words "together with," and the moving the said fugitive from labor to the State name or names, occupation or occupations, place or Territory from which he or she fled. or places of abode, of the owner owners) is, (or are) citizen (or citizens) of the United States, and sole owner (or owners) of the ship or vessel, called the [inserting here her name] of [inserting here the name of the port, to which she may belong] whereof [inserting here the name of the master] is at present master, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was [inserting here when and where built] and [inserting here, the name and office, if any, of the person, by whom she shall have been surveyed or admeasured] having certified, that the said ship or vessel has [inserting here, the number of decks] and [inserting here, the number of masts] and that her length is [inserting here, the number of feet] her breadth [inserting here, the number of feet] her depth [inserting here, the number of feet] and that she measures [inserting here, her number of tons] that she is [describing here, the particular kind of sloop, or whatever else, together with her build, vesssel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, and specifying, whether she has any or no gallery or head] and the said [naming the owner, or the master, or other person acting in behalf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of admeasurement shall have been countersigned] having agreed to the description and admeasurement above specified, and sufficient security having been given, according to the said act, the said ship or vessel has been duly enrolled, at the port of [naming the port where enrolled.] Given under my hand and seal, at [naming the said port] this [inserting the particular day] day of [naming the month] in the year, [specifying the number of the year, in words at length."] SEC. 4. And be further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor, as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars. Which penalty may be recovered by and for the benefit of such claimant, by action of debt, in any Court proper to try the same, saving moreover to the person claiming such labor or service his right of action for or on account of the said injuries, or either of them. Approved, February 12, 1793. An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries, and for regulating the same. Be it enacted, &c., That ships or vessels, enrolled by virtue of " An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes," and those of twenty tons and upwards, which shall be enrolled after the last day of May next, in pursuance of this act, and having a license in force, or if less than twenty tons, not being enrolled, shall have a license in force, as is hereinafter required, and no others, shall be deemed ships or vessels of the United States, entitled to the privileges of ships or vessels employed in the coasting trade or fisheries. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of May next, in order for the enrolment of any ship or vessel, she shall possess the same qualifications, and the same requisites, in all respects, shall be complied with, as are made necessary for registering ships or vessels, by the act, entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels," and the same duties and authorities are hereby given and imposed on all officers, respectively, in relation to such enrolments, and the same proceedings shall SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, 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 accord |