Chapter LXX. *authorizing the departure of ships and vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, in certain cases.* April 27, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Vessels chartered by government, permitted to depart
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Chap. LXX.— An Act *authorizing the departure of ships and vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, in certain cases.* April 27, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Vessels chartered by government, permitted to depart. That any ship or vessel which heretofore has been, or which hereafter may be chartered and laden on account of the government of the United States, shall be permitted to depart from the ports and harbors of the United States, and the territories thereof, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, April 27, 1812.