UKASE OF 1821. 



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Sec. 21. The captaiu of a foreign mercliant ship, coming to an anchor 

 in a port or in the roads, is obliged on his arrival to give a statement 

 of the health of the shii)'s crew, and shonld after this a contagions ill- 

 ness be discovered on board of his ves.sel he must immediately inform 

 the commander of the x>lace tliereof. The ^'essel, according to circum- 

 stances, will be either sent off or put under quarantine in a place ap- 

 propriated for the purpose, where the crew may be cured without put- 

 ting the inhabitants in danger of infection. Should the captain of such 

 a ship conceal the circumstances, the same will be confiscated with her 

 whole cargo. 



Sec. 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 pas- 

 sengers, and should he omit any he shall pay a line of one hundred 

 dollars fnr every one left out. 



Sec. 23. The captains are bound to keep their crew in strict order 

 and proper behavior on the coasts and in the ports, and likewise pre- 

 vent 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 punisliment 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 ft-om their superiors, sold or bought on shore, will be con- 

 sidered as contraband from the ship, and is subject to the prescribed 

 fine. 



Sec. 24. Foreign men-of-war shall likewise comply with the above- 

 stated regulations for the merchant ships, to maintain the rights and 

 benefits of the company. In case of opposition, complaints will be 

 made to their governments. 



Sec. 25. In case a ship of the E-nssian Imperial iN'^avy, or one belong- 

 ing to the Eussian 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 l)y the present regulation that 

 the ship be liable to seizure, he is to act as follows: 



Sec. 26. The commander of a Russian vessel suspecting a foreign to 

 be liable to confiscation, must inquire, and search the same, and, finding 

 her guilty, take possession of her. Should the foreign vessel resist 

 he is to employ persuasion, then threats, and at last force, endeavoring, 

 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. 



Sec. 27. After getting everything in order and safety on board the 

 foreign vessel, the commander of the Russian shi}), 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, 



