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Sec. 34. As soon as a liussiaii vessel, briiigiiif? into tlie port of St. 

 Peter aud Paul a foieigu vessel arrested by lier, lias come to anchor iu 

 tbe i^lace assi<;iicd lier, the coiiiiuauder of her is immediately to re])air 

 to the commander of Kamtchatka, stating- brielly what vessel he has 

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

 diseases, and reporting likewise whether the vessel has sufficient 

 victuals, and what goods, guns aud other arms, powder, etc., are on 

 board. 



Sec. 35. The commander of Kamtchatka on receiving this report 

 will order two officers and a sufficient number of men on board the de- 

 tained vessel. 



Sec. 36. These two otFicers, 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. 



Sec. 37. This list is to be signed by all the officers on both sides who 

 were present in drawing it up. The commander of Kamtchatka is to 

 use all possible endeavors to secure from embezzlement or damage all 

 effects belonging to the detained vessel. 



Sec. 38. The crew of the vessel is then to be sent ashore, to such 

 places as shall be appointed by the commander of Kamtchatka, and 

 renuiin there until the close of the investigation. 



Sec. 39. The commander of the Eussian 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 

 br(night in by him, and to deliver said \essel, together with the sealed 

 l)acket containing her papers expressed in sec. 27. 



Sec. 40. If the Russian vessel that brought in 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 ])roceed to sea in a very 

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

 l)08sib]e dispatch by bringing forward the investigation of such points 

 as may rerpiire the presence of the I^ussian vessel. 



Sec. 41. Having settled everything on board the arrested vessel, and 

 landed the crew, the court immediately shall open the session and en- 

 deavor to ascertain as soon as possible the solution of the inquiry-, 

 "whether the vessel be lawfully arrested or not." 



Sec:. 42. In order to ascertain this, the following proofs shall be sub- 

 stantiated: 



(1) Tiiat the vessel was met with within the boundaries prescribed 

 in the second section of these regulations, and that her having been 

 within said limits was not occasioned by reasons stated in section 3, 



(2) That the vessel is a lawful prize by virtue of the sections 2, 11, 

 12, 14, and 21 of these regulations, and the — § of the instructions 

 to the commander of the Russian man-of-war. 



Sec. 43. In order to decide either case, the court is to inspect all 

 documents presented, and tracingon one part all proofs of guilt, and on 

 the other all doubts, which might clear the foreign vessel, summon the 

 commanding officer of the Russian vessel to give all additional intorma- 

 tion deemed needful, and completing thus all circumstances condemn- 

 ing the foreign vessel, the court shall draw up a clear statement of the 

 reasons other condemnation. 



Sec. 44. Should the court in making out said statement find that the 

 foreign vessel has been arrested without sufficient cause, said court on 



