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as well as all private papers, viz., the journals of the officers, letters, &c., and sealed 

 with the seals of the Russian officer, and those of the captain and first officer of the 

 foreign vessel. This packet shall remain sealed with the Goniniander of the Russian 

 vessel until their arrival at the port of St. Peter and Paul, where it shall be deposited 

 in the Court as mentioned in § 33. Besides this, everything else must be scaled by 

 the Russian officer and the foreign captain that is not requisite for the continuation 

 of the voyage to the port of St. Peter and Paul, excepting the effects for immediate 

 and sole use of the ship's crew, which shall not be withheld from them. 



§ 28. Having thus fixed all meaus of precaution, the officer sent to arrest the for- 

 eign vessel shall make instantly his report to his Chief, and await his orders. 



^ 29. Thus, should, by any cause stated in the 2nd, 11th, 12th, and 21st sections of 

 these Regulations, a foreign vessel be subjected to confiscation in any port near the 

 Settlement of the Russian-American Company, the Commander of that Settlement is 

 obliged either to ask the assistance of the Russian man-of-war, if there be any, and 

 the Commander of which, on receipt of a written request, is obliged to arrest the 

 vessel, and use all the precautions prescribed in the foregoing Article, or, if there 

 be no Russian man-of-war in the harbour or its neighbourhood, and the Commander 

 of the Settlement find that he and his people can arrest the vessel by themselves, he 

 then is to act according to the 26th, 27th, and 28th section, and putting ashore the 

 captain, and every means of getting the vessel away, he must endeavour as soon as 

 possible to give information of this event either to the Governor of the Colonies of 

 the Russian-American Company or the Commander of the Imperial man-of-war, if it 

 bo known where she lie. 



§ 30. When, in consequence of such a report, the Governor of the Colonies shall 

 send the Company's vessel, or a Government vessel arriving, then the Commander of 

 the place shall deliver up the vessel seized, and all belonging to her, and shall report 

 respecting his reasons for confiscating 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 

 re(]uired. 



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

 to be brought to the port of St. I'eter and Paul, where the sentence is to be passed 

 on them by a Court established for adjudging such cases. 



§ 33. This Court, under the presidency of the Commander of Kamtchatka, 

 9 shall consist of the three Senior Officers under him, and of the Commissioner 



of the Russian-American Company. 



§ 34. As soon as a Russian vessel, bringing into the port 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 imniediately to repair to the Commander of Kamtchatka, stat- 

 ing brietly what vessel he had brouglit in, the number of the crew, and the sick, 

 specifying their diseases, 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. 



^ 36. These two officers, together with the officers who brought in the detained 

 ship, when on board, are to summon the master and two of his mates 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 effects belonging to the 

 vessel. 



§ 37. This list is to be signed by all the officers on both sides, who were present 

 in drawing it uj). 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 crt'w of the vessel is then to be sent ashore to such places 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 to, in the course of two 

 days after his arrival at the port of St. Peter and Paul to make a minute representa- 

 tion to the Commander of Kamtchatka of all that shall have happened at the deten- 

 tion of the foreign vessel brought in by him, and to deliver said vessel, together with 

 the sealed paquet containing her papers, expressed in § 27. 



nO- If the Russian vessel that brought into the port of St. Peter and Paul a 

 foreign vessel, caunot for reasons remain there until the close of the investigation, 

 bat 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 points 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. 



