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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
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A decree extends allowable imports to include rice, drugs, cottons from US states, and colonial coffee/sugar. Appoints brokers to verify origins in royal stores. Requires report in one month on continuation. Exempts recent American vessels from blockade if not to England. Conformable cargoes released to owners.
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2. Besides certificates of origin, required by our former act, the Director of the Board of Trade shall appoint seven brokers to examine the goods, to ascertain if they are really the produce of our colonies, or of the United States; and for the better means of examination, all goods be unloaded in the royal stores.
3. A month from the date hereof, our director of the board of trade shall report to us, if it is advisable to permit the continuation of these measures.
4. American vessels arriving within three months from the date hereof and those already in port, shall not be subject to the blockade decree, provided the same have not been to England, nor been visited by the enemy. All captains shall make declaration conformable to this article, and in case of prevarication, ship and cargo to be confiscated.
5. For as much as the cargoes appear to be conformable to our afore mentioned articles, the same shall be placed at the disposal of the proprietors or consignees: the sequestered goods that remain in the royal stores to be disposed of according to law.
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United States
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extension of import list; appointment of brokers; required report in one month; exemption of american vessels from blockade; release of conforming cargoes.
Event Details
The decree amends prior act by adding rice, sarsaparilla, bark, drugs, cottons from Georgia, Louisiana, Carolina, Java coffee, and sugar from colonies to allowable imports. Requires certificates and broker examinations in royal stores to verify colonial or US origin. Director to report advisability in one month. American vessels arriving within three months or in port exempt from blockade if not to England or visited by enemy, with declarations required and penalties for false statements. Conformable cargoes released; sequestered goods disposed per law.