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, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace.

. 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.

. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, entitled “,” continued in force, for a limited time, by the, and perpetuated by the , and the act, passed on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “,” and the act, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled, “,” be, and the same are hereby, severally, repealed: Provided, nevertheless, That persons having heretofore offended against any of the acts aforesaid, may be prosecuted, convicted, and punished as if the same were not repealed; and no forfeiture heretofore incurred by a violation of any of the acts aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.

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

, April 20, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act, entitled “,” passed the twenty-fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for one year from and after the third day of March last.

, April 20, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful to import or bring, in any manner whatsoever, into the United States, or territories thereof, from any foreign