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States, after the last day of December, 1807, knowing at the time of such purchase or sale, such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, was so brought within the jurisdiction of The United States, as aforesaid, such Purchaser and Seller shall severally forfeit and pay for every Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, so purchased or sold as aforesaid, 800 dollars; one moiety thereof to The United States, and the other moiety to the use of any Person or Persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect: provided that the aforesaid forfeiture shall not extend to the Seller or Purchaser of any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, who may be sold or disposed of in virtue of any regulation which may hereafter be made by any of the Legislatures of the several States in that respect, in pursuance of this Act, and the Constitution of The United States.

VII. And be it further enacted, that if any Ship or Vessel shall be found, from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, in any River, Port, Bay, or Harbour, or on the high Seas, within the jurisdictional limits of The United States, or hovering on the Coast thereof, having on board any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, for the purpose of selling them as Slaves, or with intent to land the same, in any Port or Place within the jurisdiction of The United States, contrary to the prohibition of this Act, every such Ship or Vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods or effects which shall be found on board the same, shall be forfeited to the use of The United States, and may be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in any Court of The United States, having jurisdiction thereof. And it shall be lawful for the President of The United States, and he is hereby authorized, should he deem it expedient, to cause any of the armed Vessels of The United States to be manned and employed to cruize on any part of the Coast of The United States, or Territories thereof, where he may judge attempts will be made to violate the provisions of this Act, and to instruct and direct the Commanders of armed Vessels of The United States, to seize, take, and bring into any Port of The United States, all such Ships or Vessels, and moreover to seize, take, and bring into any Port of The United States, all Ships or Vessels of The United States, wheresoever found on the high Seas, contravening the provisions of this Act, to be proceeded against according to Law; and the Captain, Master, or Commander of every such Ship or Vessel so found and seized as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be prosecuted before any Court of The United States having jurisdiction thereof; and being thereof convicted, shall be fined not exceeding 10,000 dollars, and be imprisoned not less than 2 years, and not exceeding 4 years. And the proceeds of all Ships and Vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods and effects on board of them, which shall be so seized, prosecuted, and condemned, shall be divided equally between The

United States, and the Officers and Men who shall make such seizure, take or bring the same into Port for condemnation, whether such seizure be made by an armed Vessel of The United States, or Revenue Cutters thereof, and the same shall be distributed in like manner as is provided by Law for the distribution of Prizes taken from an Enemy: provided, that the Officers and Men, to be entitled to one half of the proceeds aforesaid, shall safe keep every Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, found on board of any Ship or Vessel so by them seized, taken, or brought into Port for condemnation, and shall deliver every such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, to such Person or Persons as shall be appointed by the respective States to receive the same; and if no such Person or Persons shall be appointed by the respective States, they shall deliver every such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, to the Overseers of the Poor of the Port or Place where such Ship or Vessel may be brought or found, and shall immediately transmit to the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State, an account of their proceedings, together with the number of such Negroes, Mulattoes, or Persons of colour, and a descriptive List of the same, that he may give directions respecting such Negroes, Mulattoes, or Persons of colour.

VIII. And be it further enacted, that no Captain, Master, or Commander of any Ship or Vessel of less burthen than 40 tons, shall, from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, take on board and transport any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, to any Port or Place whatsoever, for the purpose of selling or disposing of the same as a Slave, or with intent that the same may be sold or disposed of, to be held to service or labour, on penalty of forfeiting for every such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, so taken on board and transported as aforesaid, the sum of 800 dollars; one moiety thereof to the use of The United States, and the other moiety to any Person or Persons, who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect: provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall extend to prohibit the taking on board or transporting on any River, or Inland Bay of the Sea, within the jurisdiction of The United States, any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, (not imported contrary to the provisions of this Act,) in any Vessel or species of craft whatever.

IX. And be it further enacted, that the Captain, Master, or Commander of any Ship or Vessel of the burthen of 40 tons or more, from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, sailing coastwise from any Port in The United States, to any Port or Place within the jurisdiction of the same, having on board any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, for the purpose of transporting them to be sold or disposed of as Slaves, or to be held to service or labour, shall previous to the departure of such Ship or Vessel, make out and subscribe duplicate Manifests of every such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of

colour on board such Ship or Vessel, therein specifying the name and sex of each Person, their age and stature, as near as may be, and the class to which they respectively belong, whether Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, with the name and place of residence of every Owner, or Shipper of the same, and shall deliver such Manifests to the Collector of the Port, if there be one, otherwise to the Surveyor, before whom the Captain, Master, or Commander, together with the Owner or Shipper, shall severally swear or affirm, to the best of their knowledge and belief, that the Persons therein specified were not imported or brought into The United States from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, and that, under the Laws of the State, they are held to service or labour; whereupon the said Collector or Surveyor shall certify the saine on the said Manifests, one of which he shall return to the said Captain, Master, or Commander, with a Permit, specifying thereon the number, names, and general description of such Persons, and authorizing him to proceed to the Port of his destination. And if any Ship or Vessel, being laden and destined as aforesaid, shall depart from the Port where she may then be, without the Captain, Master, or Commander having first made out and subscribed duplicate Manifests, of every Negro, Mulatto, and Person of colour, on board such Ship or Vessel, as aforesaid, and without having previously delivered the same to the said Collector or Surveyor, and obtained a Permit, in manner as herein required, or shall, previous to her arrival at the Port of her destination, take on board any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, other than those specified in the Manifests, as aforesaid, every such Ship or Vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the use of The United States, and may be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in any Court of The United States having jurisdiction thereof; and the Captain, Master, or Commander of every such Ship or Vessel, shall moreover forfeit, for every such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour so transported or taken on board, contrary to the provisions of this Act, the sum of 1000 dollars; one moiety thereof to The United States, and the other moiety to the use of any Person or Persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.

X. And be it further enacted, that the Captain, Master, or Commander, of every Ship or Vessel, of the burthen of 40 tons or more, from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, sailing coastwise, and having on board any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, to sell or dispose of as Slaves, or to be held to service or labour, and arriving in any Port within the jurisdiction of The United States, from any other Port within the same, shall, previous to the unlading or putting on shore any of the Persons aforesaid, or suffering them to go on shore, deliver to the Collector, if there be one, or, if not, to the Surveyor residing at the Port of her arrival, the Manifest certified by

the Collector or Surveyor of the Port from whence she sailed, as is hereinbefore directed; to the truth of which, before such Officer, he shall swear or affirm; and if the Collector or Surveyor shall be satisfied therewith, he shall thereupon grant a Permit for unlading, or suffering such Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour to be put on shore; and if the Captain, Master, or Commander of any such Ship or Vessel being laden as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the Manifest at the time and in the manner herein directed, or shall land or put on shore any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, for the purpose aforesaid, before he shall have delivered his Manifest as aforesaid, and obtained a Permit for that purpose, every such Captain, Master, or Commander shall forfeit and pay 10,000 dollars; one moiety thereof to The United States, the other moiety to the use of any Person or Persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.

ACTS of the British Parliament, relating to the Privileges of Foreign Ambassadors, &c., in England;-the Trade of Foreign Nations with the British Possessions in India;— and the Commercial Relations between Great Britain and Portugal;-which Acts were in force in 1814.

(1.)-ACT of the British Parliament, "for preserving the Privileges of Ambassadors, and other Public Ministers of Foreign Princes and States."

(7 Ann. Cap. 12.]

[1708.]

WHEREAS several turbulent and disorderly Persons having in a most outrageous manuer insulted the person of His Excellency Andrew Artemonowitz Mattueof, Ambassador Extraordinary of His Czarish Majesty, Emperor of Great Russia, Her Majesty's good Friend and Ally, by arresting him, and taking him by violence out of his coach in the public street, and detaining him in custody for several hours, in contempt of the protection granted by Her Majesty, contrary to the Law of Nations, and in prejudice of the rights and privileges which Ambassadors and other public Ministers, authorized and received as such, have at all times been thereby possessed of, and ought to be kept sacred and inviolable; be it therefore declared by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all Actions and Suits, Writs and Processes commenced, sued, or prosecuted against the said Ambassador, by any Person or Persons whatsoever, and all bail bonds given by the said Ambassador, or any other Person or Persons on his behalf, and all recognizances of bail given or acknowledged in any such Action [1812-14.]

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or Suit, and all proceedings upon or by pretext or colour of any such Action or Suit, Writ, or Process, and all judgments had thereupon, are utterly null and void, and shall be deemed and adjudged to be utterly null and void, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.

II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that all entries, proceedings, and records against the said Ambassador or his Bail shall be vacated and cancelled.

III. And to prevent the like insolences for the future, be it further declared by the Authority aforesaid, that all Writs and Processes that shall at any time hereafter be sued forth or prosecuted, whereby the person of any Ambassador, or other public Minister of any Foreign Prince or State, authorized and received as such by Her Majesty, her Heirs or Successors, or the Domestic, or domestic Servant of any such Ambassador, or other public Minister, may be arrested or imprisoned, or his or their goods or chattels may be distrained, seized, or attached, shall be deemed and adjudged to be utterly null and void, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.

IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that in case any Person or Persons shall presume to sue forth or prosecute any such Writ or Process, such Person and Persons, and all Attornies and Solicitors prosecuting and soliciting in such case, and all Officers executing any such Writ or Process, being thereof convicted, by the confession of the Party, or by the oath of one or more credible Witness or Witnesses, before the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain, the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the time being, or any 2 of them, shall be deemed Violators of the Laws of Nations, and Disturbers of the public repose, and shall suffer such pains, penalties, and corporal punishment as the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, and the said Chief Justices, or any 2 of them, shall judge fit to be imposed and inflicted.

V. Provided and be it declared, that no Merchant or other Trader whatsoever within the description of any of the Statutes against Bankrupts, who hath or shall put himself into the service of any such Ambassador or public Minister, shall have or take any manner of benefit by this Act; and that no Person shall be proceeded against as having arrested the Servant of an Ambassador or public Minister, by virtue of this Act, unless the name of such Servant be first registered in the office of one of the Principal Secretaries of State, and by such Secretary transmitted to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the time being, or their Under-Sheriffs or Deputies, who shall, upon the receipt thereof, hang up the same in some public place in their offices, whereto all Persons may resort, and take copies thereof, without fee or reward.

VI. And be it further enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act shall be taken and allowed in all Courts within this Kingdom

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