Chapter VII. *in addition to “An act to continue in force “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy and, also, to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy.”*(*a*)(*a*) See notes to the act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77
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Chap. VII.— An Act *in addition to “An act to continue in force “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy and, also, to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy.”*(*a*)(*a*) See notes to the act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77. Jan. 30, 1823. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 113.The 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th sections of act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77, made perpetual.
That the first, second, third, and fourth sections of an act, entitled “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,” passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force, in all respects, as fully as if the said sections had been enacted without limitation, in the said act, or in the act to which this is an addition, and which was passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Approved, January 30, 1823.