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 APPENDIX. 757 N0. 35. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: May 10, 1865. A PROCLAMATION. Wmsnnas the President of the United States, by his Proclamation of the Preamble. nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, did declare V ·· , . . . . . . . ol. X11. p. 12.:8. certain States therein mentioned in insurrection against the government of the United States; And whereas armed resistance to the authority of this government in the said insurrectionary states may be regarded as virtually at an end, and the persons by whom that resistance, as well as the operations of insurgent cruisers, was directed, are fugitives or captives; _ And whereas it is understood that some of those cruisers are still infestin the high seas, and others are preparing to capture, burn, and destroy vessels of the United States: ' Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Arzmzaw Jonas0N, President of the Insurgent United States, hereby enjoin all naval, military, and civil officers of the United ¢T¤iS€*S *0 be M`- States, diligently to endeavor, by all lawful means, to arrest the said cruisers, r“t°d· &°‘ and to bring them into a port of the United States, in order that they may be prevented ii-omcommitting further depredations on commerce, and that the persons on board of them may no longer enjoy impunity for their crimes. And I do further proclaim and declare, that if, after a reasonable time shall Hospitalities have elapsed for this Proclamation to become known in the ports of nations tg bs *§;“s°d *°, claiming to have been neutrals, the said insurgent cruisers and the persons on gfiggaijcngixiss board of them shall continue to receive hospitality in the said ports, this gov- Showing MSP;- ' ernment will deem itself justified in refusing hospitality to the public vessels of talities to insursuch nations in ports of the United States, and in adopting such other measures g**¤_*°'mS°*'S mc? as may be deemed advisable towards vindicating the national sovereignty. n°u°°' In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this tenth day of May, in the year of [ L. s. ] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: IV. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State. No. 36. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: May 22, 1866. A PROCLAMATION. Wmcnnxs, by the Proclamation of the President of the eleventh day of pmambie, April last, certain ports of the United States therein specified, which had pre- Ame, p. 753. viously been subject to blockade, were, for objects of public safety, declared, in conformity with previous special legislation of congress, to be closed against foreign commerce during the nationa will, to be thereafter expressed and made known by the President; and whereas events and circumstances have sinceqoccurred which, in my judgment, render it expedient to remove that restriction, except as to the ports of Galveston, La Salle, Brazos de Santiago, (Point Isabel,) and Brownsville, in the State of Texas: Now, therefbre, be it known, that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the Ports formerly United States, do hereby declare that the ports aforesaid, not excepted as above, closed *’<><>D€¤¤d. shall be open to foreign commerce from and after the first day of July next; °"°°P°> &°* that commercial intercourse with the said ports may, from that time, be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States and in pursuance of such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. If} however, any vessel from a foreign port shall enter any of the before-named excepted ports in the State of Texas, she will continue to be held liable to the penalties prevon. xm. Pun.- 64