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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Feb. 28, 1811 · Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXVIII. *in addition in the act entituled “An act supplementary in the act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls,” and for the further protection of American seamen.*Feb. 28, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Act of April 14,

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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *in addition in the act entituled “An act supplementary in the act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls,” and for the further protection of American seamen.*Feb. 28, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Act of April 14, 1792, ch. 24.Act of Feb. 28, 1803, ch. 9.Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 40. That in all cases where distressed mariners and seamen of the United States have been transported from foreign ports where there was no consul, vice consul, commercial agent, or vice commercial agent of the United States, to ports of the United States; and in all cases where they shall hereafter be so transported, there shall be allowed to the master or owner of each vessel, in which they shall or may have been transported, such reasonable compensation, in addition to the allowance now fixed by law, as shall be deemed equitable by the comptroller of the treasury.
Approved, February 28, 1811. Chapter XXIX: supplementary in the act, entituled “An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes.” 2 Stat. 651 1811-03-02 Chapter XXIX 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 11 3 public
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