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FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 54. 1798.
WEE *`°}*;¤¢lU limits of the United States, not being liable] to bsexzureltg anydgthez wit i" * ° · th u havin c arge thereo s a e requr or par Egtiifralgibéshig ghldstarry dw;??}:; same? avoiding all unnecessary delay; and if they
- 6Pm; md ¤¤ shall, notwithstanding, remain, it shall be the duty of the collector of
“°" °°‘“¥’H"“°° the district, wherein, or nearest to which, such shag or vessel shall be, to ileigledskglriit ii:. seize and detain the same, at the expense of the United States: Provided, \¤i¤0d- that ships or vessels which shall be btma fide thé pfop€l’ty Of; or hired .v°”°ls}?°]°"g' or employed by citizens of the United States, shall be excepted from {,",~’**',ht,°§`°§‘Qj‘§, this prohibition until the nr-st day of December ncx_t,_anéi nolonger: °X°€P*€d *`*°m And rovided that in the case of vessels hereby orohxbtte , which shall
- h° ¥”°hibm°" b d P b d` t of weather or thewautof provrsrons into any port or
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place; br thi: United States, they may be suffered to rernam under the
P¤>¤<=¤di¤$¤ custody of the collector there, or nearest thereto, until suitable repairs or '° b° {md ‘§‘ supplies can be obtained, and as soon as may be thereafter shall be S SB S _ ' giitgnitg dis. required and suffered to depart: but no part of the lading of such vessel ¤¤¤¤- shall be taken out or disposed ot] unless by the special oermrt of such collector, or to defray the unavoidable expense of such repairs or supplies. Limitation of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and the ¤¤¤· be in for-ce until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. I the acm Sec. 5. Provided, and be it further enacted, That 1f] before the next rhenvresiaenf session of Congress, the government of France, and all persons acting
- "“Yd'““°]"° **,9 by or under their authority, shall clearly d1S&VOW, alnd shall behfonnld to
P'?’h‘bm°"° ° refrain from the aggressions, depredations and osti ities w ie ave g;1i»gaci$e1ina¤. been, and are by them encouraged and maintained against the ve sels cemmgd °Y E and other property of the citizens of the United States, and against $***0**** ¤¤ · · ‘'If the faith of treaties · their national fl hts and soverergnty in V10 ation o l · ,
nsghfii and the laws of érations, and shall thereby acknowledge the just claims
Um Pm °*` of the United States to be considered as in all respects neutral, and F"“°°' unconnected in the present European war, if the same shall be continued, then and thereupon it shall be lawful forlthe President of the United States, being well ascertained of the premises, to rem1t and discontinue the prohibitions and restraints hereby enacted and declared; and he shall be, and is hereby authorized to make proclamation thereof Actnotto ex. accordingly: Provided, that nothing in this act contained, shall extend md *9 ‘°”°** to any ship or vessel to which the President of the United States shall ge:?;;:', 2:; grant a permission to enter or clear; which permission he is hereby grant specialy authorized to grant to vessels which shall be solely employed in any P°”¤i¤¤*°¤S· purpose of political or national intercourse, or to aid the departure of — any French persons, with their goods and eifects, who shall have been resident within the United States, when he may think it requisite. Approved, June 13, 1798.
Statute I.
June 18, 1798. Ante, p. 414. [Repealed.] Act of April 14, 1802, ch. 28, sec. 5.
He shall declare and prove fourteen years That no alien shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, or of any state, unless in the manner prescribed by the act, intituled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject," he shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, five years, at least, before his admission, and shall, at the time of his application to be admitted, declare and prove, to the satisfaction of the court having jurisdiction in the case, that he has resided within the United States fourteen years, at least, and within the state or territory where, or for which such court is at the time held, five years, at least, besides conforming to the other
