United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 107
Chap. CVII.—An Act concerning wrecks on the coast of Florida.
Any ship or vessel, after the passing of this act, to be forfeited, if engaged in carrying any property, whatever, taken from a wreck, on the cost of Florida, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any ship or vessel shall, after the passing of this act, be engaged or employed in carrying or transporting any property whatsoever, taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the keys or shoals within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, to any foreign port or place, every such ship or vessel, so engaged and employed, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States or territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction.
Property taken from a wreck to be brought to some port of entry, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all property, of every description whatsoever, which shall be taken from any wreck from the sea, or from any of the keys and shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to some port of entry within the jurisdiction aforesaid.
Distribution of forfeitures.
Act of March 3, 1797, ch. 13.
Act of Feb. 11, 1800, ch. 6.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all and every forfeiture or forfeitures, which shall be incurred by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall accrue one moiety to the informer or informers, and the other to the United States, and may be mitigated or remitted, in manner prescribed by the act, entitled “An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned,” passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed eleventh February, one thousand eight hundred.
Approved, March 3, 1825.