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APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Settlement, unless it be for pilots, signalizing the same by the firing of one, two, or 

 three guns, and hoisting her colours as is customary in similar wants. In acting 

 contrary thereto she is subjected to a fine of 100 dollars tor each shot. 



§ 20. On the arrival of a foreign ship in the harbour, or in the roads, a boat will 

 immediately be sent to meet her, and to deliver to the captain a printed copy of these 

 Kegulations, for which he must give receipt in a book destined for the purpose. He 

 is further obliged to state in the book, as per annexed form, all information required 

 of foreign vessels. All ships refusing to comply with these Regulations dare not 

 approach the harbour, roads, or any anchoring-place. 



Destination of 

 the vessel. 



Place where 



the vessel comes 



from. 



Cargo. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 gnus. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 crew. 



Name of 



the 

 captain. 



Name of 



the 

 owner. 



What 

 nation. 



Name 

 and bur- 



theu of 

 the ves- 



^ 21. The captain of a foreign merchant-ship coming to an anchor in the port or 



in the roads is obliged, on his arrival, to give a statement of the health of the ship's 

 crew, and should, after this, a contagious illness be discovered on board of his vessel, 

 he must immediately inform the Commander of the place thereof. The vessel, accord- 

 ing to circumstances, will be either sent off or put under quarantine in a place appro- 

 priated for the purpose, Avhere the crew may be cured without jiuttiug the inhabitants 

 in danger of inl'ection. Should the captain of such a ship conceal the circumstance, 

 the same will be confiscated with her whole cargo. 



^ 22. The master of a vessel, at the request of the Commander of a place, is obliged 

 to produce a list of the whole crew and all the passengers, and should he omit any, 

 he shall pay a fine of 100 dollars for every one left out. 



§ 23. The cai) tains are bound to keep their crew in strict order and proper behaviour 

 on the coast, and in the ports, and likewise prevent their trading or bartering with 

 the Company's people. They are answerable for the conduct of their sailors and 

 other inferiors. Illicit trade carried on by sailors, subject the vessel to the same 

 penalty as if done by the captain himself, because it were easy for the captains to 

 carry on smuggling without punishment, and justify themselves by throwing the 

 fault on the sailors. Therefore, every article found upon sailors which they could 

 not hide in their pockets or under their clothes to screen from their superiors, 

 8 sold or bought on shore, will be considered as contraband from the ship, and 



is subject to the prescribed fine. 



^ 24. Foreign men-of-war shall likewise comply with the above-stated Regulations 

 for the merchant-ships, to maintain the rights and benefit of the Company. In case 

 of opposition, complaints will be made to their Governments. 



$ 25. In case a ship of the Russian Imperial navy, or the one belonging to the 

 Russian American Company, meet a foreign vessel on the above-stated coasts, in 

 harbours or roads, within the before mentioned limits, and the Commander find 

 grounds, by the present Regulation, that the ship be liable to seizure, he is to act as 

 follows : 



§ 26. The Commander of a Russian vessel suspecting a foreign vessel to be liable 

 to confiscation must inquire and search the same, and finding her guilty, take posses- 

 sion of her. Should the foreign vessel resist, ho is to employ first persuasion, then 

 throats, and at last force; endeavouring, however, at all events, to do this with as 

 much reserve as possible. If the foreign vessel employ force against force, then he 

 shall consider the same as an evident enemy, and force her to surrender according to 

 the naval laws. 



^ 27. After getting everything in order and safety on board the foreign vessel, the 

 Commander of the Russian ship, or the officer sent by him, shall demand the journal 

 of the captured vessel, and on the spot shall note down in the same that on such a 

 day, month, and year, at such an hour, and in such a place, he met such and such a for- 

 eign ves.sel, and shall give a brief account of the circumstance, pursuit, and, finally, 

 of the seizure. After signing the same he shall desire the cai)tain of the cajitured 

 vessel to confirm the same in his own handwriting. Should he, however, refuse to 

 sign the same, the Russian officer is to repeat his summons in presence of all the offi- 

 cers, and if on this it be again refused, and nobody will sign in lieu of the captain, 

 he is then to add this circumstance, signed by himself. After this arrangement, the 

 journal, list of the crew, passports, invoices, accounts, and all further papers respect- 

 ing the views and i)ursuit8 of the voyage of the vessel, shall be put up in one parcel. 



