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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Feb. 24, 1807 · Chapter XVII

Chapter XVII. *to continue in force for a further time, an act intituled “An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain parts of the island of St

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Chap. XVII.— An Act *to continue in force for a further time, an act intituled “An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo.”* Feb. 24, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the act, intituled “An Former act continued in force.act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States 422NINTH CONGRESS. Sess.
II. Ch. 18, 19. 1807. Act of Feb. 28, 1806, ch. 9.and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo,” passed on the twenty- eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and six, be, and the same hereby is continued in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. Prohibitions of former act extended further. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the prohibitions and provisions of the aforesaid act shall be construed, and are hereby declared to extend to Gonoave and Tortuga, and to any other dependency of the said island of St.
Domingo, not in possession of, or under the acknowledged government of France. Approved, February 24, 1807. Chapter XVIII: further supplementary to the act, intituled “An act concerning the District of Columbia.” 2 Stat. 422 1807-02-24 Chapter XVIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 9 2 public
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