Chapter XLIX. for the relief of William W
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Chap. XLIX.— An Act for the relief of William W. Weymouth and Joseph P. Weeks. May 1, 1810. *Be it. enacted, &c., * That the penalty incurred some time in the month of March last, by William W. Weymouth, master of the schooner Weymouth,Penalty remitted in case of William W. Weymouth.Act of March 2, 1807, ch. 22. for not complying with the injunctions of the ninth section of the act, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,” previous to his leaving the port of New York with a fugitive slave on board, named Oliver, belonging to the estate of James Redford, deceased, late of Richmond in the State of Virginia, be and the same is hereby remitted; any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the penalty incurred somePenalty remitted in case of Joseph P. Weeks. time in the month of July last, by Joseph P. Weeks, master of the schooner Ceres, and also the forfeiture of said schooner, incurred for not complying with the injunctions of the said ninth section of said act, previous to his leaving the port of New York, with a fugitive slave on board, named Lige, belonging to Isaac Entwisle, of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, be and the same are also hereby remitted.
Approved, May 1, 1810. 11 3 1810 1811 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE ELEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the third session, which was began and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December,* 1810, *and ended the third day of March,* 1811. James Madison, President; George Clinton, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Pope, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 26th day of February;
J. B. Varnum, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE III.