to exercise And whereas the said Treaty was ratified by and between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas, and such Ratifications were exchanged at London on the Eighteenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two: And whereas it is expedient and necessary that effectual Provision should be made for carrying into execution the Provisions of the Treaty aforesaid, and the Articles additional thereto;' be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for any Officer commanding Commanders of any Ship of War of Her Majesty or of the Republic of Texas, Ships of War who shall be duly instructed and authorized according to the Right of searchseveral Provisions of the said Treaty, and within the Waters ing Merchant therein described, to visit and search any Merchant Vessel of Vessels liable either of the said Two Nations liable to Suspicion, and sus- and suspected of pected of having engaged in or of having been employed in the being engaged Slave Trade, or of having been fitted out for the Purposes of in the Slave such Traffic, according to the several Provisions and Instructions of the said Treaty, and upon sufficient Grounds to detain, and send or carry away, and deliver over without Delay any such Vessel, together with its Master, Crew, Passengers, Slaves, and Cargo, to the Authorities appointed for the Purposes of the said Treaty by the respective Governments of the said Two Nations, and to one of the Jurisdictions in the said Instructions mentioned, in order that Proceedings may be instituted conformably to the respective Laws of the said Two Countries; and all such Commanders of Her said Majesty's Ships, in the Exercise of such Rights of visiting, searching, detaining, sending, carrying in, and delivering as aforesaid, shall comply with the several Provisions and Instructions of the said Treaty and Articles which apply thereto respectively. to Suspicion, Trade. be conducted in the Name of II. And be it enacted, That where any such Officer of the In case of Republic of Texas shall send, carry, or deliver over as afore- Officers of the said any such Merchant Vessel wholly or in part owned by any Texas detaining Republic of Subject or Subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of the United British Vessels, Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, every Proceeding insti- Proceedings to tuted in the Tribunals herein-after mentioned in regard to such Merchant Vessel and its Crew, Cargo, and Slaves, and in Her Majesty. respect to the Cause, shall be conducted in the Name of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by some Person duly thereunto authorized; (that is to say,) all Ships, Cargoes, and Slaves which shall be detained by the Cruizers of the Republic of Texas and delivered up to the Jurisdiction of Her Majesty at Bathurst on the River Gambia shall be proceeded against and adjudicated in the Vice Admiralty Court at Sierra Leone, and that all other Ships, Cargoes, and Slaves which may in like Manner be detained by the Cruisers of the Republic of Texas and delivered up to the Jurisdiction of Her Majesty either at Jamaica, Cape of Good Hope, Vessels detained in pursuance of held as engaged the Treaty to be in the Slave Trade. 5 G. 4. c. 113. Where a British 6 VICT Hope, or Demerara shall be proceeded against and adjudicated in the Vice Admiralty Court established in the said Colonies respectively; and the Judges and other Officers of the said Vice Admiralty Courts respectively shall be authorized to take cognizance thereof accordingly. III. And be it enacted and declared, That any such Merchant Vessel wholly or in part owned as last aforesaid, visited and detained in pursuance of the said Treaty, shall, unless Proof be given to the contrary, be held and taken to have engaged in the Slave Trade, or to have been fitted out for the Purposes of such Traffic, and equipped and employed in the Objects declared unlawful by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, if any of the Particulars specified in the Ninth Article of the said Treaty of the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty shall be found in her Outfit or Equipment or on board of her. IV. And be it enacted, That in case any such Merchant Vessel is seized Vessel wholly or in part owned as last aforesaid shall be seized by an Officer of the Republic of by any Officer of the Republic of Texas duly authorized, and Texas, Proceeds shall, with the Goods, Wares, and Merchandize laden therein, may be appor- be confiscated according to the Laws of this Country and the Provisions of the said Treaty, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to direct the Proceeds arising from the Sale thereof to be paid into the Hands of the Government of the Republic of Texas, according to the Provisions of the Tenth Article of the said Treaty of the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty; and the Proceeds arising from the Sale of any Ship and Cargo agreed to be paid into the Hands of the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, according to the Provisions of the said Tenth Article as aforesaid, shall be paid to such Person or Persons as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may appoint to receive the same, to and for the Use of the Captors, according to the Provisions of the said Tenth Article; and the same, after deducting all necessary Expences, shall be distributed amongst the Officers and Crew of the capturing Ship in the Manner hereafter directed for the Distribution of Bounties on Slaves taken on board the said Vessel. tioned according to Tenth Article of Treaty. A Bounty of 51. for every Slave found on V. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain board of Vessels and Ireland, to the Commanders, Officers, and Crews of Her seized and con- Majesty's Ships authorized to make Seizures under the aforesaid Treaty of the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty, a Bounty of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain for every Slave, whether Man, Woman, or Child, who shall be seized and found on board a demned. British or Texian Ship or Vessel taken, delivered over, and condemned in pursuance of the Provisions of the said Treaty and of this Act; such Bounty to be issued and paid by Order from the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and to be distributed amongst the Captors aforesaid, in such Manner and Proportions as Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall think fit to order, by any Order or Orders in Council, or by any Proclamation or Proclamations to be made for that Purpose. ment of Fees. VI. And be it enacted, That the said Bounty, as also all Bounties not Bounties payable under any of the Acts for the Abolition or liable to PaySuppression of the Slave Trade, on the Seizure of Slaves found on board any Ship or Vessel condemned in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act, shall not hereafter be charged with Treasury Fees or Exchequer Fees of any Description. VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in order to Mode of obtainentitle the Captors to receive the said Bounty Money the Num- ing such Bounty. bers of Men, Women, and Children so taken, delivered over, and condemned shall be proved to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by producing a Copy, duly certified, of the Sentence or Decree of Condemnation, and also a Certificate under the Hand of the proper Officer or Officers, Military or Civil, who may be appointed to receive such Slaves. have been con VIII. And be it enacted, That where any Slave, or Person Where Slaves treated, dealt with, carried, kept, or detained as a Slave, shall taken shall not be taken or seized on board any British or Texian Ship or demned or shall Vessel in pursuance of the Provisions of the said Treaty and of not have been this Act, but shall not have been condemned, or shall not have delivered over, the Treasury been delivered over in consequence of Death, Sickness, or other may allow One, inevitable Circumstance, it shall be lawful for the said Commis- Moiety of the sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their Discretion it shall seem meet, by Warrant, signed by any Three or more of them, to direct the Payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of a Sum not exceeding One Moiety of the Bounty which would have been due in each Case respectively if such Slave had been delivered over and condemned. Bounty. under this Act IX. Provided also, and be it enacted, That any Party or Parties claimParties claiming any Benefit by way of Bounty under the Pro- ing Benefit visions of this Act, or of any Share of the Proceeds of any may resort to Texian Vessel confiscated in pursuance of the Provisions of the the Court of aforesaid Treaty, may resort to the High Court of Admiralty for Admiralty. the Purpose of obtaining the Judgment of the said Court in that Behalf; and it shall be lawful for the Judge of the said High Court of Admiralty to determine thereon, and also to hear and determine any Question of joint Capture which may arise upon any Seizure made in pursuance of this Act, and enforce any Decrees or Sentences of the said Vice Admiralty Courts relating to any such Seizure. Regulations to which Prize Agents are liable extended to Bounties, &c. under this Act. Where illegal may award Compensation. X. And be it enacted, That all the Provisions, Rules, Regu lations, Forfeitures, and Penalties respecting the Delivery by Prize Agents of Accounts for Examination, and the Distribution of Prize Money, and the accounting for and paying over the Proceeds of Prize and the Per-centage due thereon to Greenwich Hospital, shall be extended to all Bounties and Proceeds to be distributed under the Provisions of this Act to the Officers and Crews of any of Her Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War. XI. And be it enacted, That where any illegal Visit and made, the Lords Detention, or any Visit and Detention without sufficient Cause of the Treasury of Suspicion, or any Abuse or Vexation, shall have taken place and have been made by any Officer of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, mentioned in the Thirteenth Article of the said Treaty of the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by Warrant signed by any Three or more of them, to direct Payment to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of any Costs and Damages which may be awarded: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall exempt such Officer from his Liability to make good the Payments so made when lawfully called upon by Order of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. Where Judg. ment shall be given against the Seizor, or the Seizure shall be relinquished, the Treasury may direct Pay ment of the Seizor's Costs. XII. And be it enacted, That when any Seizure shall be made by any of the Commanders, Officers, and Crews of Her Majesty's Ships authorized to make Seizures under the aforesaid Treaty of the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty, and Judgment shall be given against the Seizor, or such Seizure shall be relinquished by him, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their Discretion it shall seem meet, by Warrant signed by any Three or more of them, to direct Payment to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of such Costs and Expences as the said Seizor may have incurred in respect of such Seizure, or any proportionate Part thereof. CAP. XVI. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. [11th April 1843.] WHEREAS on the Thirteenth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirtynine a Treaty was concluded and signed at Monte Video between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great • Great Britain and Ireland and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, whereby it was agreed as follows: ARTICLE I.-The Slave Trade of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay is hereby formally declared to be henceforward totally and finally abolished in all Parts of the World. ARTICLE II.—The President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay hereby engages that immediately after the Exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, and from Time to Time afterwards, as it may become needful, he will take the most effectual Measures for preventing the Citizens of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay from being concerned, and the Flag of that Republic from being used, in carrying on in any Way the Trade in Slaves, and especially that within Two Months after the said Exchange he will promulgate throughout the Territories of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay a penal Law inflicting a Punishment the 'most severe on all those Citizens of that Republic who shall, under whatsoever Pretext, take any Part whatever in the Traffic in Slaves. 6 ARTICLE III.---His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay also engages, that in further pursuance of the Stipulation contained in the First Article of this Treaty he will take the necessary 'Means for assimilating as soon as possible the Laws of 'the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay to those of Great 'Britain in as far as regards the Crime of Slave Trading; and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of 'Great Britain and Ireland and his Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay hereby mutually engage, that by an additional Convention hereafter to be concluded between the Two High Contracting Parties to the present Treaty they will concert and settle the Details of the Measures by which the Law of Piracy ' which will then become applicable to that Traffic, by the • Legislation of each of the Two Countries, shall be immediately and reciprocally carried into execution with respect to the Vessels and Subjects or Citizens of each. ARTICLE IV.-In order more completely to prevent 'all Infringement of the Spirit of the present Treaty, the Two High Contracting Parties mutually consent that those Ships of their Navies respectively which shall be provided with special Instructions for that Purpose as ' herein-after mentioned may visit such Merchant Vessels of the Two Nations as may be suspected upon reason • able |