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BY AUTHORITY.
PRESIDENT OP THR U.
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STATES.
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PROCLAMATION
Whereas by the sixth section of an
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. ' -i- unlit ne it In rA
fween the Un.ted States and certain !
rL.w -f.nrH 1893 it U enactPd.
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f that this act, unless repealed, altered
" or amended, by Congress,
shall be and
t .ntinna in (nrff fin cincr as the above '
d.:-..u i'.i -uti
( be open to the adrtiwlSn of the eSiels
of the United States, conformably to
' the provisions of the British
ritish act of Par-
" liatnent, of the twenty-fourth of June
X be'ing he (o.rlh chapter of
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"ind intercourse betieen the United
C,n..-U D.a a f at onl hmo thf trflflfa
States aud all or any of the above enu
merated British colonial potts, author
"Ized by the said act of Parliament,
" should be prohibited by a British Or
der in Council, or by act of Parliament,
then, from the day of the date of such
? Order in Council, or act df Pai liaraent,
or from the time that the same shall
" commence to be in force, proclamation .
4t to that rffdet having been made by the
" President of the United States, each j
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' asthe same shall apply to ThV nterli
" course between
the United States and -
'' the above enumerated
British colonial
" ports, in British vessels, shall cease to
h anrt
"uperate m iheir lavorijmd eac
i( .urv nrnvisioiroT M y?. vr
iv; '..,;;r.n. "aoDroved-on the
it eighteen of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, and o the act
supplementary tlieieto, approved on
tul af teenth ol Mav , one thousand eight
handled and twenty, shall revive and
te in full force." ,
And whereas, by an act of the British
Parliament, which passed on the filh day
-ol July, wi the year of our Lord 1825,
-..tiM An act "to repeal the several
h hws relati g to the Customs," the said
act of Prliaraent ol the 24in m juuc,
1822, was repealed ; and by another aci
of he British Parliament, passed on the
finh day ol Jalv in the yearol our Lord
1825 in the sixth year of the reign ot
George the Fourth, entitled " An act to
regulate the trade ol the British posses-iious-
abroad," and by an order ot Hi
Britannic Majesty in Council, beaiing
date the '27th of July, 1826, tue' trade
and tntei course authoiizd by the afoie
5atd act ot Parliament, of die 24ih ol
Jun-, 1822. Jbeteen the United States
and the greater part of the said British
SolouUl ports therein enumerated, have
been prohibited upon and trora the first
day of December last pst, and the con
ti.ieency has lhereb ariseo on which the
President of the United ataies was au
: krU.t hv ihe sjxth section alores&id of
the act of Congress of 1st March, 1823,
to issue a proclamation to the effect therein-mentioned
:
Now, therefore, I, John Quincy A
DAMS, President of the United States ol
America, do hereby declare and proclaim
that the trade and Intercourse authorized
by the said act ot Parliarirenl of the 24'h
of June, 1822, between the ifrrfted States
. -nnd the Brimii Colonial ports enUifiVra-
ted in the aforesaid act of Congress of
thP 1st of March, 1823, have been, and
A from the 1st day of De-
member, 1826, by the aforesaid two se
veral acts xof Parliament, of the 5th of
July 1825, and by the aforesaid British
Order in Council of the 27th day of Ju
ly, 1826, prohibited. ,
y. Given under my band, at the City of Wash
ington: thu 17th day of March, in the
year of our Lord 1H2 7, and the fifty-first
of the Independence ot the United otates.
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theTresident :
.H. CLAY,
Secretary of State'.
AN ACT concerning Navigation
Be it enacted bu the Senat, and Hoitse
juf Hepreseiitatives of the United States'
" Pf America, in sliongress t assembled, That
Irooo and after the tnirtietb of Svpteber
next, the ports of the Uuited Statesr sliaif
be and remaiu closed agafirst every ves
sel owned wholly or in part by f su jjec
r suojects i im
tainot aiming
of his Br,taniMajey,ca- :.0r Ce ft-loW, or .he deaden-
WMfFo8npwrtF;
In a Cdldny or Territory of bis Britanri c
Majesty, that is, or shall be, by the ordi-
nary laws of navigation and trade, closed
agaitlst vessels owned, by citizens of the?
United States ; and such vessel; that, In
a i . .a
the course of the voyage, shall have
touched at, or cleared out from, dny port
or ulace in a Colonv or Territory of
Great Britain, which shall, or may be,
by the ordinary laws ;of navigation and
trade aforesaid, open to vessels owned by
citizens of the United States shall,, ne
vertheless be deemed to have Come from
the port or place in the Colony or Terri
tory of Great; Britain, closed as aforesaid,
against vessels owned by citizens of the
United States, from which such vessel
cleared out arid sailed before touching at,
and clearing out from, an intermediate
and open port or place as aforesaid ; and
y,wd. to excluded Iron, the
ports of the United Mates, that shall en-
lation o this act, shall, with her tackle,
apparel and furniture, together with the
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be forfeited
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&ec. 2. And beitjurt&erenactea, l nat
from and after
the aforesaid thirtieth of
September next, theowner consignee, or
eT;.c"BV '
,tl,u sVuJcl u 8rJ , '"V
tannic .Maiesiv. wnicn snau nave oeen
1 i" any port of the United
States,- and on board or which shall have
been ther'e laden for exportation any ar-
.cle or articles, of.he growth produce,
or manufacture of the United States,
other than provisions and sea stores ne
cessary for the voyage, shall, before such
vessel shall have been cleared outward
it the Custom-House, give bond, in a j is supplementary , And every such ves
sum double the value of such articles, ! sel that shall: sail or attempt to sail, from
with one or more sureties, to the satisfac- j any port of the United States, without
lion of the Collector, that the article, or i having complied with' the provisions
articles so laden on board such vessel for ' aforesaid, by giving bond as aforesaid,
exportation, shall be landed in some shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furnf
port or place other than,a port or place jture, together with the article or articles
in a voiony or . a erruory oi ui uiiiduiin;.
which, by the brdinar, laws of
"ai,,6dUlM a,U wwcu. agonal
vessels owned bv citizens of the united
Slates ; and any such vessel that sail, or
attempt to sail, from 'any port of the Uni- :
Hfie foVlfm18eirTay'gTH'c ""J 1 UUJ
as aforesaid shall, with her tackle, ap-
Darel and furniture, together with the ar
tide or articles aforesaid, laden on board
the same as aforesaid, be forfeited to the
United States Provided always, That
nothing in this act contained shall be so
deemed or construed, so as to violate any
provision of the Convention to regulate
commerce between the Territories of the
United States ard of his Britannic Maes
d the third dav of July, one
tv. smne
thousand eii?ht hundred ana niteen.
Sec. S And be it further endcted, That
the form of the bond aforesaid shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of the De
nanment of the Treasury : and the same
shall and may be discharged, and not
otherwise, bv producing, within one year
after the date thereof, a like certificate to
thai required by and under the regula
tions contained in the eighty-first section
Into tho rrtllpr.tion of VI
Hntiea on imoortsi nassed the second
day of March, seventeen hundred and
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ninety-hine, that the articles 01 me
growlb, produce and manufacture, of the
United' States, laden as aforesaid,- were
rti.H.n 9nH lnHert crmforrdtiblv to the
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provisions of this act, or, in cases ol loss
hv cantor or other unavoidable
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proofs as the nature of the case will ad-
said eighty-first section of the act afore-r
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rait, according to tne provisions 01 mc
sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
all penalties and forfeitures incurred by
force otahis act,1 shall be sued tor, recov-
ered distributed, and accounted for, and
may bV mitigated and remittedr in the
raunnef, and according to the provisions?
of the revenue laws of the United States.:
11. CLAY
Speaker of the House of Representativejf.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of tbfe Senate pro (eni. :
Washington, April 18, 1818 Approved :
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT supplementary tcfan act, entitled"
'. An act concerning Savjgation."
Be it-enacted. bu the Senate and House
nf Rum-rant at in of the Unitd States"
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and .rr lire ih.rue.h day onSe
troin
teuiher
ewBruwicthe pr,rviuC; of Nova-
Scmia, the island Tt Newfoundland, Su
Mates.sha.lDe ana remain c.osea againsi n 0ous, anv a
' every vessel owned,- wholly,' or In part, . -1 Pm 'one thousand eigni nunurea ana sixteen ,
b subject or shbVcts of hisfirit
neiity,4mingrof arriving bysa, iW northern boundary of the
any pbrr or pfcc Hi fh province of l'"&S SL State, particularly noting the place where
Lowe. Canada, of Coming arriving intersects or touches
from ariv uort of tfacm the province f '"SP1 ed.;W"-i.ml?. the margin of Lake Michigan, and re-
da, the Bahama islands, the islands called
Caicos or the dependencies' of any. of
them, or from ."any other port or place in
any fcjland, colony, territory, or possess
- a ? J .tt a if : r -
sion, under the dorm'riidn of Great Britain,'
in the 'West I Indies or on the continent of
America, south of the southern boundary
of the United States, and not included
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within the act to which thfai act is supper
mentary. nd every sucjl vessel, so exr
eluded from the ports of ih United States,
that shall enterj or attempt to enter, tiie
same, in violation of this jtct, shall, with
her tackle,' appaiel, and fdrnifure, togeth
er with the cargo on ; board such vessel,
be forfeited to the United States. j
Sec. 2. And heit further macied That
from and ' after the hirtieth5dayof Sep
tember; next, the owner, consignee or
agent, of every vessel owned, wholly ior8
in part, by a subject or subjects of his
Britannic majesty, which shall have been
duly entered in any port of the United
States, and on board of which shall have
been there laden, for exportation, any
article or articles of the growth produce,
or manufacture, of thetlnitedStates, other
than provisions and sea-stores necessary
for the voyage, shall , before such vessel
shall have been cleared outward at the
customhouse, give bond, in a sum double
the value of such article or articles, with
one or more sureties, to ' the satisfaction
of the collector, that the article or articles i
so laden on board such vessel, for expor
tation, shall be landed in some port or
place other than a port or place in any
province, island, colony, territory, r
possession, belonging to his Britannic
majesty, that is mentioned or described
in this act, or in the act td which this act
" o ,,-
foresaid be forfe.ted to the 0ed Sta.esr
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snau ue ueeineu or consirueu so as to v o-
late any provision of the Co'nventiohto
regulate Commerce bet ween the territo-
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uncrii. , . j
Sec. 3. Andbeit further enacted, That
from and after the thirtieth day of Sep-
tember next, no goodsj wares, or mer-
chandise shallbe imported into the Uni-
ted States of America from the province
of Xova-Scotia, the province of New-
brunswick, the islands, of Cape Breton,
Tnhns lManfmihrtlanri: nr tlipir rps.
pective dependencies, from the Beimuda
vinu) , . .-
islands, the Bahama islands, the islands
called Caicos, or either or any of the
aforesaid possessions, islands, or places,
or from any other proving, possession,
plantation, island, or place, under the
dominion of Great Britain, in the West
Indies or on the continent of America,
south of the southern boundaries of the
United States, except onljr such goods,
wares, and merchandisers are' truly and
wholly of the growth, produce, of manu-
future, of the province, colony, planta
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said tvhnm the. camf.ha I n iarfpn : . and
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from whence such goods, wares or nrer-
chand.se, -hall be directly imported into
the United States 5 and al goods, wares,
meitnaiiuiac, ancmpicu
to be imported, into the United States of
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America, contrary to the, provisions or
fh.s act, together with the tessel on board
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tackle, apparl, and furnSure,
forfeited to the United Stages.
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Sec. 4. And be it fur the enacted, That
the form of the bond aforesaid shall be
prescribed, and the same shall be dis-
charged, and all penalties and forfeitures
incurred under this act shall be sued for,
recovered, distributed, and becodnted for,
and the same may be mitigated, or remit
ted, in tne manner, ana according to tne
provisnonspof the act to w
supplementary.
Approved T5th Mr 182a
lich this act is
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AN ACT to authorize the imbortaiion of
Brandy, in casks of a cabacitv not less
than fifteen' gallons, and the exportation
of the same for ihfe benefit of a drawback of
the duties "
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or other warehouses, as shall be designa
ted by the Collector; or surveyor, for- the.
port where the same shall be landed, and
shall be removed therefrom in the man?
ner prescribed by an act entitled " an act
providing for the depisite of wines anc
distilled spirits in public warehouses and
for other purposes."
Ssc. 2. And be it further enacted, That
brandy imported in casks of a capacity
not less than fifteen gallons, may be ex
ported for the benefit of a drawback of the
duties which shall have been paid there
on ; and the exporter or exporters of
brandy so imported shall , be entitled to
receive a debenture pr debentures, for the
amount of such, drawback agreeably to
the, existing laws ; and all acts now in
forCe regulating the exportation of Spirits,
and the allowance and payment of draw
backs and debentures, shall be deemed
applicable to brandy, the importation of
which is permitted by this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That
this act shall continue in force for the pe
riod of three j'ears, and no longer. i
JOHN W. TAYLOR,
i Speaker of the House of Representatives)
NATH'L MACON,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved 2d March, 1827.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
AN ACT to grant a certain quantity of land
to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of
aiding said State in opening a Canal to con
nect the waters of the' Wabash river with
those of Lake Erie;
Br. it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Unit d States
of America in Congress assembled y That
there be, and hereby is, granted (o the
State of Indiana,- for the purpose of ai
ding the said Staten opening a canal to
unite at navigable (points the waters of
the Wabash riverwith' those' of Lake
Erie,1 a quantity. of land equal to one-half
of five sections in width, on each side of
saici canai. ana reserving eacn alternate
seclion lt ,be Unite(1 be. selec
jecj Dy me commissioner oi me uauu ui-
fic unde the direction of the President
of lhe .United States, from one end
thereof to
the other; and the said lands
- gifsirrftrfoTaHrTfty"'
aforesaid, and no otner : rroviaea, i nat
tne saia canai, wneiicmujjieicu., snau uc,
an(j forever remain, a public highway for
the use Gf the Government of the United
States, free from any toll, oi other charge,
whatever, for any property of the United
States, or persons in their service, pas-
sing through the sarak Provided, That
sa;d canal shall be commenced within
n i I n 1 : . r
QVe years. UIIU tOUJUlCcvi in ihciut yemo,
or he Slate shai De bound to pay to the
United States the amount of any lands
previously sold, and that the title to pur
chasers under the State shall be valid.
I Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
so soon as the route of the said canal
shall be located and agreed on by the
said State, it shalr be the duly of the
.Governor thereof, or such, other person
or persons as may have been, or ' shall
hereafter be, authorized 'to superintend
the construction of said canal, to examine
and ascertain ine particular muus iu ;
which the said State will be entitled un
der the provisions of this act, and report ,
the same to the Secretary of the Treasury j
of the United States. " j
Sec. 3'. And be it further enacted; That j
fhe sajd 5tate, under tne autnority or me 5
ipUfatare thereof, after the selection '
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shall have been so made, shall have
power io sell and convey the whole, or
any part ofUhe said land, and to give a
.title, in fee simple, therefor, to whom
! soever shall purchase the whole of any
part thereof.
Approved 2d March, 1827.
AN ACT tcflSkthoriiBe the President of the
United States to ascertain smd designate the
Northern Boundary of the State of Indiana
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Rehresentatives of the United State j
of America, in Congress assembled, That
! 1 e . l-.-.nt nvlAv.ttiii i)irailinn
tne surveyor urcuciui, uuuci mc
of the President of the United States, be,
and he. is hereby, authorized and lequifed
f0 cause to be surveyed, mdrkedand de
signaled, the northern boundary line 01
the State of Indiana, as divides said State
from the Territory of Michigan, agreea
bly to the boundary as established by the
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act entitled ah act to enable the people
i of tht Indiana Territory to form aeon-
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admission ol sucn states into tne u-
rtion on an equal footing with the original
approved April the nineteenth,
, Provided,' That the whole expense, of
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line shall not exceed five dollars for every
mile: that shall be actually surveyed and
marked) which shall be paid out of the
moneys appropriated, for defraving the
I expense of surveying public lands.
f Approved zd March, 1827.
AN ACT establishing a Port of Delivery at
the Town of Marshfield io the District of
Plymouth, and ata, Potti of Delivery at
' Rhinebeck Landing, in the District of New
York. , ' I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of. Representatives of the. United States;
of A inericdt,in Congress assembled, That
the Town of Marshfield, in the District
of Ply mouth,' and (Ih inebeck Landing, in
the District of. New Xork, shall each bo
a port of Slelivery.j
Approved 2d March, 1827. '
AN ACT to authorize the Legislature of tho
State of Alabama to sell the lands hereto-.
fore appropriated for the use of Schools in
that State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress i assembled, That
the Legislature of the State of Alabama
shall b, and is hereby, authorized to sell,
and convey, in fee simple, all or any part
of the lands heretofore received and ap
propriated by Congress for the use of
Schools within said State, and to invest
the money arising from the sale thereof,
in some productive j fund, the proceeds of
which shall be forever applied, under
the direction of said Legislature, for the?
use and support of Schools within the
several Townships find Districts of coun
try for which' they were originally reser
ved and set apirf, knd for iflo, other use
or purpose whatsoever i . Provided, said
land, or any part thereof, shall in nd
case be sold without the consent of the
inhabitants of such Township or District,
to be obtained in such manner .as the
Legislature of said State 4 hall by law di
rect j and Provided also, that, in the
apportionment of -the proceeds of said
fund, each Township an'4 District afore
sid shall be entitled 10 such part thereof,
and no more, as shall have accrued from
the sum or sums o(j money arising from
(he SaJe of the School lands-belonging to'
5HhJLin'AoUtqct,
proceeds accruing toany" I ownship
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or District from said fund shall be suffi
cient for the support of Schools therein,
it shall be lawful for such Legislature to'
invest the same as i herein before direc
ted, until the whoIe proceeds of the fund
belonging to such Township or District
shall be adequate to the permanent main
tenance and support of Schools within
the same.
Approved 2d March, 1627.
AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain tracts
of Land in the State of Ohio, commonly
called Mordvian Land'.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United State
of America in Congress assembled, That
the severaF lots of land lying in the Sa
lem, Gnader.hutten, and Shoenbrun tracts'
of land, which have been valued at more
than one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, may te o fie red at public " sale, at
such time as the President of the United
States may think expedient, and sold as
other public lands of the United States.
Approved 2d March, 1827'.
AN ACT to increase the salary of the Post-
master
General.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Repiesentatives of the United States4
of America fn Congress assembled, That,'
from the first day; of the present year,
there shalr be paid, . annually, to the
Postmaster General, two thousand dol'
lars, in addition to his present pay.
Approved 2d March, 1827.
CIDER, FLOUR, &c.
Just received per sloop First Attempt, and
for sale at the Subscriber's Storc
id Barrels first quality Cider
10 Do. do. do. Flour
1Q00 VVerght Laguira Coffee
5()0 Do. Goshen Cheese
10 Boxes Scotch Herrings.
also, ; . ' .
Pilot Bread, Water CradkVrs, Loaf and
Lump SugaV, Figgs, Raisins, Rum, . Gin
Soap, Tobacco, Snuff, &c. &c.
1 J. AYKROYD,
T Orte. door north of theNewbern Banhi
March 31, 827 67tf , '
" notice ; :
JVN Monday the second of Aprit
next, Vat; -Trenton,; will be ! soldi! ct
iramber of -: . ; ., : V. '
; , li'tUeVj JVfegroes,-
Corrsii ting of Men, Women & Children
belonging to the estate of the late' Thomaf
O'Biryan. :: Six months credit will ' be'
gten, the purcbVseri giving notes witbr
approved security. ' .' ; v ':' -v
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