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have removed from said state or territory, shall be entitled to the right of pre-emption in the purchase thereof, under the same restrictions, conditions, provisions and regulations, in every respect as is directed by the act, entitledAct of Feb. 5, 1813, ch. 20.An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois territory,” passed February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.

Approved, April 12, 1814.


Statute II.


April 14, 1814.

Chap. LVI.An Act to repeal an act, entitled “An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States,” and so much of any act or acts as prohibit the importation of goods, wares and merchandise of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or of any of the colonies or dependencies thereof, or of any place or country in the actual possession of Great Britain.

Repealing clause.
Act of Dec. 17, 1813, ch. 1.
Proviso.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled “An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States,” passed on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That all penalties and forfeitures which have been incurred under the said act, shall be recovered and distributed, and may be mitigated or remitted, in like manner as if the said act had continued in full force and virtue.

Repeal of non-importation acts.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act or acts as prohibits the importation of goods, wares or merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or of any of the colonies or dependencies thereof, or of any place or country in the actual possession of Great Britain, and so much of any act or acts as prohibits importation into the United States or the territories thereof, in neutral ships or vessels, from any port or place situated in Great Britain or Ireland, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided,Proviso. That all fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred by virtue of the said act or acts shall be recovered and distributed, and may be mitigated or remitted, in like manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue: And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the importation of goods, wares or merchandise, or of any article, the property of, or belonging at the time of such importation, to the enemy of the United States.

Approved, April 14, 1814.


Statute II.


April 14, 1814.

Chap. LVII.An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, therein mentioned.

Assent of Congress given.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to an act of the general assembly of the state of Tennessee, entitled “An act to provide for the more equal and equitable apportionment of the direct tax, laid upon the state of Tennessee by an act of the Congress of the United States at the last session, among the counties in this state:” Provided,Proviso. That if all the principal assessors shall not have been appointed prior to the first day of February last past, that then, and in that case, the principal assessors, in the respective assessment districts, shall suspend the delivery of the tax lists to the respective collectors for one month after the time allowed for the last appointed assessor to complete the assessments and make out his tax lists, to be delivered to the collector, during which time of one month, it shall be the duty of the several principal assessors to comply with the provisions of the above described act of the general assembly of the state of Tennessee.