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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873
 

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Page 523 - enlisted or entered into the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman on board of any vessel of •war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person so offending shall he deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding
Page 701 - of the inhabitants of Cuba and of the government of Spain, and " no person is permitted within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States to begin or to set on foot or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory of any foreign prince or state, or
Page 704 - United States to begin or to set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with which the United States are at peace." You are therefore directed by the President to repair
Page 48 - enlist or enter himself in the service of either of the said belligerents as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer. "4. Hiring another person to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with
Page 85 - and the United States Special Law of March 10, 1838.) 4. That a neutral is bound to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace. (See 1st
Page 472 - ship or vessel, with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed iu the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities, or to aid or co-operate in any warlike measure whatever, against the subjects, citizens, or property of any prince or state, or of any
Page 205 - by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case, and by such principles of international law not inconsistent therewith as the Arbitrators shall determine to have been applicable to the case : A neutral Government is bound—
Page 523 - further enacted, That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire, or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent
Page 85 - 7. That a neutral may not permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against the other. (See 2d Rule of the Treaty, the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870, and the
Page 672 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Franklin »Pierce, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare that the powers and privileges conferred as aforesaid on the said Anthony Barclay are revoked and annulled. In testimony whereof, I have caused the letters to be made patent, and the seal of the United States to

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