Chapter XLI. *to revive and continue in force, certain parts of the “Act for the relief and protection of American seamen,” and to amend, the same.*March 2, 1799
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Chap. XLI.— An Act *to revive and continue in force, certain parts of the “Act for the relief and protection of American seamen,” and to amend, the same.*March 2, 1799. Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Parts of the act revived. That the first, second and third sections of the act, intituled “An act for the relief and1796, ch. 36. protection of American seamen,” shall be and hereby are revived and continued in force for one year.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of State shallDuty of the Secretary of State. be, and hereby is required to lay before Congress, within ten days after FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 42. 1799.732the commencement of each ordinary session, an annual statement, containing an abstract of all the returns made to him, by the collectors of the different ports, pursuant to the said act, and of the communications received by him, from the agents employed by virtue of the same, in foreign countries.
Approved, March 2, 1799.