of the island of Nantucket, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and they are hereby per mitted to cause to return to the United States the said ship Manilla, and her cargo, without being liable to any forfeiture or penalty, incurred in consequence of the said ship's having gone to the island of St. Domingo, under a clearance obtained on the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, before the act of the twenty-fourth of February, one thousand, eight hundred and seven, continuing the suspension of trade with certain parts of the said island of St. Domingo, was known in the said island of Nantucket. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 25, 1808. from all pe nalty for having gone to St. Domingo. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXV. AN ACT to make good a deficit in the appropriation of eighteen hundred and seven, for completing the public buildings; and for other purposes. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the appropriations already made, the following sums of money be, and the Specific ap same are hereby appropriated, to be applied. For making good the deficit of eighteen propriations. hundred and seven, including the debt due from the public offices, fifty one thousand five hundred dollars: For completing the wall of the President's square, planting the ground so as to close this part of the expenditure, building a solid flight of steps to the principal door, and minor expenses, fourteen thousand dollars: For carrying up in solid work, the interior of the north wing, comprising the Senate Chamber, twenty-five thousand dollars : For executing the work deficient in the interior of the south wing and for painting, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 25, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXVI. AN ACT in addition to the act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," and the several acts supplementary thereto, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House for coasting of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That during the continuance of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports Additional and harbors of the United States, no vessel regulations of any description whatever, and wherever vessels bound, whose employment is confined to the navigation of bays, sounds, rivers and lakes, within the jurisdiction of the United States, (packets, ferry boats, and vessels exempted from the obligation of giving any bond whatever, only excepted) shall be allowed to depart from any district of the United States, without having previously obtained a clearance, nor until the master or commander shall have delivered to the collector or surveyor of the port of departure, a manifest of the whole cargo on board, including articles of domestic growth or manufacture, as well as foreign merchandise. And it shall also be the duty of the owners, agents or master of every such vessel, to produce within two months thereafter, to the collector of the district from which the vessel departed, a certificate of the landing of the whole of such cargo, in a port of the United States, within the bay, sound, rivers or lakes, to which the navigation of such vessel is confined, Clearances to be given to no vessels but on the regu lations pre scribed being complied with. Proviso. Forfeitures and penalties. Proviso. signed by the collector or surveyor of the port where the cargo shall have been landed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, no ship or vessel of any description whatever, other than those described in the next preceding section, and wherever bound, shall receive a clearance, unless the lading shall be made hereafter under the inspection of the proper revenue officers, subject to the same restrictions, regulations, penalties, and forfeitures, as are provided by law for the inspection of goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, upon which duties are imposed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect vessels laden in whole or in part on the receipt of this act by the respective collectors. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That if any vessel described in the first section, shall depart from any district of the United States, without a clearance, or before the manifest of the cargo shall have been delivered to the collector or surveyor, in the manner therein prohibited, or if a certificate of the landing of the cargo shall not be produced within the time and in the manner therein provided, such vessel and cargo shall be for. feited, and the owner or owners, consignee, agent, factors, freighters, master, or skipper of such vessel, shall respectively forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, nor less than one thousand dollars: provided always, that nothing herein con tained shall be construed to bar or prevent the recovery of the penalty on the bond given for such vessel. Vessels going down the Mississippi Adams, and those going up, at Iberville, to report &c. &c. their cargoes, Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, it shall be the duty of the master or person having charge or command of any vessel, flat, or to stop a fort boat intended to enter that part of the river Mississippi, which lies between the southern boundary of the Mississippi territory and the river Iberville, if going down the said river, to stop at fort Adams, and if going up the river to stop at Iberville, and at each place, as the case may be, to deliver to an inspector of the revenue, to be stationed there for that purpose, a manifest of the whole cargo. on board, and also to produce to the same officer, within two months thereafter, if going down the river, and within six months thereafter if going up the river, a certificate of the landing of the same in some part of the district of Mississippi, and within the jurisdiction of the United States, which certificate shall be signed by the collector or one of the surveyors of the district of Mis. sissippi; or if the cargo shall be landed more than thirty miles from the place of residence of any such officer, by a state or territorial judge, having jurisdiction at the place of such landing. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Penalty. if any vessel, flat, or boat, shall enter that part of the river Mississippi as prescribed in the next preceding section, without stopping and delivering a manifest in the manner there T 1 |