expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are [at] peace, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the district courts shall take cognisance of complaints, by whomsoever instituted, in cases of captures made within the waters of the United States, or within a marine league of the coasts or shores thereof.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in every case in which a vessel shall be fitted out and armed, or attempted to be fitted out and armed, or in which the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, shall be increased or augmented, or in which any military expedition or enterprise shall be begun or set on foot,

in, any naval or military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, or of any foreign colony, district, or people, whose belligerency has been recognized by the United States and with whom they are at peace, or shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, organize or become a member of a corps of combatants formed in the interest of a foreign prince, state, colony, district, people, or body of insurgents, at war, by land or sea, with any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, or with any foreign colony, district, or people, whose belligerency has been recognized by the United States and with whom they are at peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the district courts shall take cognizance of complaints, by whomsoever instituted, in cases of captures made within the waters of the United States, or within a marine league of the coasts or shores thereof, and in cases of captures by vessels which have been built, fitted out, armed, despatched, sold, transferred or delivered in violation of the provisions of this act.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in every case in which a vessel shall be built, fitted out, or armed, or attempted to be built, fitted out, or armed, or is about to be despatched, sold, or transferred, or in which the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, shall be increased or augmented, or in which supplies are

contrary to the provisions and prohibitions of this act; and in every case of the capture of a ship or vessel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States as before defined, and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or of any subjects or citizens of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, in every such case it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes, if any, in order to the execution of the prohibitions and penalties of this act, and to the restoring the prize or prizes in the cases in which restoration shall have been adjudged, and also for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the United States against the territories or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval

furnished to any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, or in which any naval or military expedition or enterprise shall be begun or set on foot, or a corps of combatants formed, contrary to the provisions and prohibitions of this act; and in every case of the capture of a ship or vessel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, as before defined, in every such case, when a warrant shall have been issued by a district court for the arrest of persons accused of violating the provisions of this act, or for the seizure of a vessel alleged to be forfeited under the provisions of this act, and when such warrant shall have been disobeyed or resisted, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes, if any, in order to the execution of the prohibitions and penalties of this act, and to the restoring the prize or prizes in the cases in which restoration shall have been adjudged, and also for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the United States against the territories or dominions of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, or of any foreign colony, district, or people, whose belligerency has been recognized by the United States and with whom the United States are at peace.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval

forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any foreign ship or vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States, they ought not to remain within the United States.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the owners or consignees of every armed ship or vessel sailing out of the ports of the United States, belonging wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall enter into bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, prior to clearing out the same, in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, including her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace.

forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any ship or vessel in the service of, or belonging to, a foreign state to depart the United States, or as shall be necessary to detain within the United States any ship or vessel in the service of, or belonging to, a foreign state, in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties and conventions of the United States, such ship or vessel ought not to remain within, or to depart from, the United States, or as shall be necessary to effect the release of any ship or vessel which having been captured by a belligerent power within the territorial waters of the United States is found within the jurisdiction of the United States.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the owners or consignees of every war-ship, or vessel built primarily for use in war, or other vessel which, being originally commercial, has, by the addition of armament, been adapted within or without the territory or jurisdiction of the United States for use in war, shall, before such ship or vessel clears out the ports of the United States, enter into bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, including her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, or of any foreign colony, district, or people, whose belligerency has been recognized by the United States and with whom they are at peace, and that such owners or consignees shall enter into bond to the United States, as aforesaid, and shall give proof to the satisfaction of the district court of the district in

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the customs be, and they are hereby, respectively, authorized and required to detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about to depart the United States, of which the cargo shall principally consist of arms and munitions of war, when the number of men shipped on board, or other circumstances, shall render it probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, until the decision of the President be had thereon, or until the owner or owners shall give such bond and security as is required of the owners of armed ships by the preceding section of this act.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, entitled, "An act in addition to the act for the punishment of

which the said vessel lies, that the said vessel is not leaving port under a contract or agreement entered into by the said owners or consignees for the sale or delivery of the vessel, whether within the territorial waters of the United States, or on the high seas, or in a foreign port, to any foreign prince, state, colony, district, people, or body of insurgents, at war, by land or sea, with any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, or with any foreign colony, district, or people, whose belligerency has been recognized by the United States, and with whom they are at peace, or to the subjects or citizens of any foreign prince or state whatsoever.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the several collectors of customs shall detain any war-ship, or other vessel built primarily for use in war, or other vessel which, being originally commercial, has, by the addition of armament, been adapted within or without the territory or jurisdiction of the United States for use in war, and is about to depart from the United States, until the owner gives such bond and security, and furnishes such proof as is required of the owners of armed vessels by the preceding section.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, “An act in addition to the act for the punish

certain crimes against the United States," continued in force, for a limited time, by the act of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and perpetuated by the act passed on the twenty-fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred, and the act, passed on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to prevent citizens of the United States from privateering against nations in amity with, or against the citizens of, the United States," and the act, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled, "An act more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, severally, repealed: Provided, nevertheless, That persons having heretofore offended against any of the acts aforesaid, may be prosecuted, convicted, and punished as if the same were not repealed, and no forfeiture heretofore incurred by a violation of any of the acts aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason, or any piracy defined by the laws of the United States.

Note.-Supplemental section embodied in joint resolution of March 14, 1912. See appendix, p. 183.

ment of certain crimes against the United States and to repeal the acts therein mentioned," be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That the repeal of the said act shall not have the effect of reviving any of the former acts thereby repealed, and that persons having, heretofore, offended against the said act may be prosecuted, convicted and punished as if the same were not repealed, and no forfeiture heretofore incurred by a violation of any of the acts aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.

Sec. 13 stands unchanged.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President shall find that in any American country conditions of domestic violence exist which are promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export except under such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.