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more sureties, to the gatisfac- 

 tion of the collector, that the 

 article or articles so laden on 

 board such vessel for exportation 

 shall be landed in some port or 

 place other than a port or place 

 in a colony or tenitory of his 

 Britannic Majesty, which, by the 

 ordinary laws or navigation and 

 trade, is closed against vessels 

 owned by citizens of the United 

 States ; and any such vessel that 

 shall sail, or attempt to sail from 

 any port of the United States, 

 without having been comphed 

 with the provision aforesaid, by 

 giving bond as aforesaid, shall, 

 with her tackle, apparel, and 

 furniture, together with the article 

 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, as to vio- 

 late any provision of the con- 

 vention, to regulate commerce 

 between the territories of the 

 United States and his Britannic 

 Majesty, signed the 3rd day of 

 June, 1815. 



Sec. 3. And be it further 

 enacted, That the form of the 

 bond aforesaid shall be prescribed 

 by the Secretary of the Depart- 

 ment of the Treasury, and the 

 same shall and maybe discharged, 

 and not otherwise, by producing, 

 within one 5^ear after the date 

 thereof, a like certificate to that 

 required by and under the regu- 

 lations contained in the 81st sec- 



tion of the Act " to regulate the 

 collection of duties on imports," 

 passed the 2nd day of March, 

 1799, that the articles of the 

 growth, produce, and manufac- 

 ture of the United States, laden 

 as aforesaid, were unladen and 

 landed conformable to the provi- 

 sions of this act, or, in cases of 

 loss by sea, by capture, or other 

 unavoidable accidents, by the 

 production of such other proofs 

 as the nature of the case will 

 admit, according to the provi- 

 sions of the said eighty-first sec- 

 tion of the act aforesaid. 



Sec. 4. And be it further 

 enacted. That all penalties and 

 forfeitures incurred by force of 

 this act, shall be sued for, reco- 

 vered, distributed, and accounted 

 for : and may be mitigated or 

 remitted, in the manner, and 

 according to the provisions of the 

 revenue-laws of the United States. 



H. Clay, Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives. 



John Gaillard, President of 

 the Senate, pro tempore. 



Approved, James Monroe; 

 April 18, 1818. 



The Queen held a Court on 

 the 20th for the purpose of re- 

 ceiving the Princess of Schom- 

 berg, the Reigning Prince of the 

 same place, and the Sicilian 

 Minister. Her Majesty after- 

 wards dined at Carlton-house, 

 with the Prince and Princess of 

 Hesse-Homberg, the Duke and 

 Duchess of York, and the Duke, 

 and Duchess of Gloucester. 



A RETURN OF ALL INCOME 



Received by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence, Kent, 

 Cumberland, Sussex, and Cambridge, arising from military, naval, 



or 



