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 Trrnn ¤.m.-msuaasctriou. 1029 T I T L E L X I X. INSURRECTION. Sec. Sec. 5297. Insurrection against a State govern- I 5309. Proceedings, where had. ment. _ _ I 5310. Property taken on inland waters. 5298. Insurrection against the Govern- I 5311. How roceedings shall beinstituted. ment of the United States. i 5312. Prohibition upon transportation of 5299. Power  suppress insurrection in l goods to aid insurrection. violation o civil rights. 5313. Prohibition upon trade in captured 5300. Proclamation to insurgents to dis- or abandoned property. perse._ _ _ 5314. Change of port of entry in case of 5301. Suspension of commercial inter- insurrection. course. 5315. Removal of cu tom-house. 5302. In loval States. 5316. Enforcement of receding sections. 5303. To whom prohibition shall extend. 5317. Entire district clbsed to entry. 5304. Commercial intercourse; to what 5318. Vessels, in addition to revenueextent permitted. cutters, may be employed. 5305. Appointment and compensation of 5319. Forfeiture of vessels belonging to officers. citizens of insurrectionary States. 5306. Trading without license, dzc. 5320. Refusal of clearance to vessels laden 5307. Investigations to detect frauds. with suspected merchandise. 5308. Confiscation of property employed 5321. Bond upon clearance. in aid of insurrection. 5322. Liens upon condemned vessels. Sec. 5:297. In case of an insurrection in any State against the govern- In su rrection ment thereof, it shall be lawful for the President, on application of the agaiust R Stats legislature of such State, or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State 3628 1;°b·a1795é°· or States, which may be applied for, as he deems sufficient to suppress gsm,;' {,5]; g' such insurrection; or, on i ce application, to employ, for- the same pm-- 39, v_ 2_ ,;_ 443., ' poses, such part of the land or naval forces of the Lnited States as he deems necessarv. den, 7 How., 1. Sec. 5298. lvhenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combina- Insurrection tions, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of *8***8* **1** G°V· the Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in  th° the judgment of the President, to enforce, by the ordinary course of —+— jludicial proceedings, the laws of the United States within any State or 2529-u15h1g6g8g- erritor ·, it shall be lawful for the President to call forth the militia of ’B` ’V‘ ’p‘ ' any or all the States, and to em loy such- parts of the land and naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the Lnited States, or to sup ress such rebellion, in whatever State or Territory thereof the laws of &e United States (may be forcibly opposed, or the execution thereof forcibly obstructe . Sec. 5299. Whenever insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful com- Power to supbinations, or conspiracies in any State so obstructs or hinders the exe- P"*!“,;“F“"'°°*}°P Gllbion of the laws thereof, and of the United States, gg to deprive any Qs?; tum °f cm] ortion or class of the people of such State of any of the rights, privi- -4%; leges or immunities or protection named in the Constitution and 2°AP"l»1871»°· v ’ . ’ . . . _. 22s.3v.17,p.14. secured by the laws for the protection of such riglhts, privileges, Ol 1m- ’ ’ munities, and the constituted authorities of suc State are unable to protect, or, from any cause, fail in or refuse protection of the people in such rights, such facts shall be deemed a denial by such State of the equal protection of the laws to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the United States; and in all such cases, or whenever any such insurrection, violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, opposes or obstructs the laws of the United States, or the due execution thereof, or impedes or obstructs the due course of {ustice under the same, it shall be lawful for the President, and it shal be his duty, to take such measures, by the employment of the militia or the land and naval forces of the United States, or of either, or by other means, as he may deem necessary, for the suppression of such insurrection, domestic Violence, or combinations.