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iiig', then tlie ConunaiHler of the place sliall deliver up the vessel seized, 

 and all belonging to her, and shall report respecting his reasons for 

 contiscatiug the vessel. 



§ 31. The Commander of the vessel, taking charge of the seizure per 

 inventory, shall examine immediately into all circumstances mentioned, 

 and compare it with the accounts of the Commander of the Settlement, 

 who will give every elucidation required. 



§ 32. All vessels detained by Russian men-of-war are ordered by these 

 Regulations to be brought to the port of St. Peter and Paul, where 

 the sentence is to be j)assed on them by a Court established for adjudg- 

 ing such cases. 



§ 33. This Court, under the presidency of the Commander of Kam- 

 tchatka, shall consist of the three senior oflicers under him, and of the 

 Commissioner of the Russian-American Company. 



§ 34. As soon as a Russian vessel, bringing into the x>ort of St. Peter 

 and Paul a foreign vessel arrested by her, has come to an anchor in the 

 place assigned her, the commander of her is immediately to repair to 

 the Commander of Kamtchatka, stating briefly what vessel he had 

 brought in, the number of the crew, and the sick, specifying their dis- 

 eases, and reporting likewise whether the vessel has sufficient victuals, 

 and what goods, guns, and other arms, powder, &c., are on board. 



§ 35. The Commander of Kamtchatka, on receiving this report, will 

 order two officers and a sufficient number of men on board the captured 

 vessel. 



§ 30. These two officers, together with the officers who brought in the 

 di'tained ship, when on board, are to summon the master and two of 

 his nuites or men in command next to him, inspect all the seals put on 

 the vessel, and then, taking them off, begin immediately to make an 

 accurate list of all the efiects belonging to the vessel. 



§ 37. This list is to be signed by all the oiliceis on both sides who 

 were present in drawing it nj). The Commander of Kamtchatka is to 

 use all possible endeavours to secure from embezzlement or damage all 

 effects belonging to the detained vessel. 



§ 38. The crew of the vessel is then to be sent ashore to sucli place 

 as shall be appointed by the Commander of Kamtchatka, and remain 

 there until the close of the investigation. 



§ 39. The Commander of the Russian vessel is obliged, in the course 

 of two days after his arrival at the port of St. Peter and Paul, to make 

 a minute representation to the Commander of Kamtchatka of all that 

 shall have happened at the detention of the foreign vessel brought in 

 by liim, and to deliver said vessel, together with the sealed paquet con- 

 taining her papers, expressed in § 27. 



§ 40. If the Russian vessel that brought into the port of St. Peter 

 and Paul a foreign vessel cannot for reasons remain there until the 

 close of the investigation, but be obliged to proceed to sea in a very 

 short time, the Commander, in order not to detain her, shall use all 

 possible dispatch by bringing forward the investigation of such ])oints 

 as may require the presence of the Russian vessel. 



§ 41. Having settled everything on board the arrested vessel and 

 landed the crew, the Court immediately shall open the session, and 

 endeavour to ascertain as soon as possible the solution of the inquiry, 

 whether the vessel be lawfully arrested or not. 



§ 42, In order to ascertain this, the following proofs shall be sub- 

 stantiated : 



1. That the vessel was met with within the boundaries prescribed in 

 § 2 of these Regulations, and that her having been within such limits 

 was not occasioned by reasons stated in § 3. 



