Private Law 11–XLIX

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 some

Penalty 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.