Sec. CHAPTER TEN The Slave Trade and Peonage 10419. Confining or detaining slaves on board vessel; punishment for. 10420. Seizing slaves on foreign shores; punishment for. 10421. Bringing slaves into United 10426. Receiving or carrying away per- 10428. Penalty on persons building, 10429. Forfeiture of vessels transporting slaves; moiety to inform Sec. 10431. Vessels found hovering on coasts 10432. Forfeiture of interest in slave 10436. Apprehension of officers and crew. 10437. Removal of persons delivered sent. 10439. When owners of foreign ves- 10441. Kidnapping; punishment for. § 10419. (Crim. Code, § 246.) Confining or detaining slaves on board vessel; punishment for. Whoever, being of the crew or ship's company of any foreign vessel engaged in the slave trade, or being of the crew or ship's company of any vessel owned wholly or in part, or navigated for or in behalf of any citizen of the United States, forcibly confines or detains on board such vessel any person as a slave, or, on board such vessel, offers or attempts to sell as a slave any such person, or on the high seas, or anywhere on tide water, transfers or delivers to any other vessel any such person with intent to make such person a slave, or lands or delivers on shore from on board such vessel any person with intent to make sale of, or having previously sold such person as a slave, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. R. S. § 5375. Act Jan. 15, 1897, c. 29, § 2, 29 Stat. 487. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 246, 35 Stat. 1138. 10420. (Crim. Code, § 247.) Seizing slaves on foreign shores; punishment for. Whoever, being of the crew or ship's company of any foreign vessel engaged in the slave trade, or being of the crew or ship's company of any vessel owned in whole or in part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any citizen of the United States, lands from such vessel, and, on any foreign shore, seizes any person with intent to make such person a slave, or decoys, or forcibly brings, or carries or receives such person on board such vessel, with like intent, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. R. S. § 5376. Act Jan. 15, 1897, c. 29, § 2, 29 Stat. 487. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 247, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10421. (Crim. Code, § 248.) punishment for. Bringing slaves into United States; Whoever brings within the jurisdiction of the United States, in any manner whatsoever, any person from any foreign kingdom or country, or from sea, or holds, sells, or otherwise disposes of, any person so brought in, as a slave, or to be held to service or labor, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, one half to the use of the United States and the other half to the use of the party who prosecutes the indictment to effect; and, moreover, shall be imprisoned not more than seven years. R. S. § 5377. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 248, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10422. (Crim. Code, § 249.) Equipping vessels for slave trade; punishment for. Whoever builds, fits out, equips, loads, or otherwise prepares, or sends away, either as master, factor, or owner, any vessel, in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, or causes such vessel to sail from any port or place whatsoever, within such jurisdiction, for the purpose of procuring any person from any foreign kingdom or country to be transported to any port or place whatsoever, to be held, sold, or otherwise disposed of as a slave, or held to service or labor, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, one half to the use of the United States and the other half to the use of the person prosecuting the indictment to effect; and shall, moreover, be imprisoned not more than seven years. R. S. § 5378. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 249, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10423. (Crim. Code, § 250.) Transporting persons to be held as slaves; punishment for. Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, takes on board, receives, or transports from any foreign kingdom or country, or from sea, any person in any vessel, for the purpose of holding, selling, or otherwise disposing of such person as a slave, or to be held to service or labor, shall be punished as prescribed in the section last preceding. R. S. § 5379. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 250, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10424. (Crim. Code, § 251.) Hovering on coast with slaves on board; punishment for. Whoever, being the captain, master, or commander of any vessel found in any river, port, bay, harbor, or on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the United States, or hovering on the coast thereof, having on board any person, for the purpose of selling such person as a slave, or with intent to land such person for any such purpose, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than four years. R. S. § 5380. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 251, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10425. (Crim. Code, § 252.) Serving on vessels in slave trade; punishment for. Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, or other person residing therein, voluntarily serves on board of any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation of slaves from any foreign country or place to another, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than two years. R. S. §§ 5381, 5382. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 252, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10426. (Crim. Code, § 253.) Receiving or carrying away person to be sold or held as slave; punishment for. Whoever, being the master or owner or person having charge of any vessel, receives on board any other person, with the knowledge or intent that such person is to be carried from any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to any other place, to be held or sold as a slave, or carries away from any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States any such person, with the intent that he may be so held or sold as a slave, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. R. S. § 5524. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 253, 35 Stat. 1139. § 10427. (Crim. Code, § 254.) Equipping, etc., vessel for slave trade; forfeiture; moiety to informer. No person shall, for himself or for another, as master, factor, or owner, build, fit, equip, load, or otherwise prepare any vessel in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, or cause any vessel to sail from any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of procuring any person from any foreign kingdom, place, or country to be transported to any port or place whatsoever, to be held, sold, or otherwise disposed of, as a slave, or to be held to service or labor; and every vessel so built, fitted out, equipped, laden, or otherwise prepared, with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and lading, shall be forfeited; one moiety to the use of the United States and the other to the use of the person who sues for the forfeiture and prosecutes the same to effect. R. S. § 5551. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 254, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10428. (Crim. Code, § 255.) Penalty on persons building, equipping, etc.; moiety to informer. Whoever so builds, fits out, equips, loads, or otherwise prepares or sends away any vessel, knowing or intending that the same shall be employed in such trade or business, contrary to the provisions of the section last preceding, or in any way aids or abets therein, shall, besides the forfeiture of the vessel, pay the sum of two thousand dollars; one moiety thereof to the use of the United States and the other moiety thereof to the use of the person who sues for and prosecutes the same to effect. R. S. § 5552. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 255, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10429. (Crim. Code, § 256.) Forfeiture of vessels transporting slaves; moiety to informer. Every vessel employed in carrying on the slave trade or on which is received or transported any person from any foreign kingdom or country, or from sea, for the purpose of holding, selling, or otherwise disposing of such person as a slave, or of holding such person to service or labor, shall, together with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and the goods and effects which may be found on board, or which may have been imported thereon in the same voyage, be forfeited; one moiety to the use of the United States and the other to the use of the person who sues for and prosecutes the forfeiture to effect. R. S. § 5553. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 256, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10430. (Crim. Code, § 257.) Receiving persons on board to be sold as slaves; penalty; moiety to informer. Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, takes on board, receives, or transports any person for the purpose of selling such person as a slave shall, in addition to the forfeiture of the vessel. pay for each person so received on board or transported the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of the United States; the one moiety thereof to the use of the United States and the other moiety to the use of the person who sues for and prosecutes the same to effect. R. S. § 5554. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 257, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10431. (Crim. Code, § 258.) Vessels found hovering on coasts. to be forfeited. Every vessel which is found in any river, port, bay, or harbor, or on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the United States, or hovering on the coasts thereof, and having on board any person, with intent to sell such person as a slave, or with intent to land the same for that purpose, either in the United States or elsewhere, shall, together with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and the goods or effects on board of her, be forfeited to the United States. R. S. § 5555. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 258, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10432. (Crim. Code, § 259.) Forfeiture of interest in slave vessels; additional penalty. It shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States, or other person residing therein, or under the jurisdiction thereof, directly or indirectly to hold or have any right or property in any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation or carrying of slaves from one foreign country or place to another, and any such right or property shall be forfeited, and may be libeled and condemned for the use of the person suing for the same. Whoever shall violate the prohibition of this section shall also forfeit and pay a sum of money equal to double the value of his right or property in such vessel; and shall also forfeit a sum of money equal to double the value of the interest he had in the slaves which at any time may be transported or carried in such vessels. R. S. § 5556. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 259, 35 Stat. 1140. (4769) § 10433. (Crim. Code, § 260.) Seizure of vessels in slave trade. The President is authorized, when he deems it expedient, to man and employ any of the armed vessels of the United States to cruise wherever he may judge attempts are making to carry on the slave trade, by citizens or residents of the United States, in contravention of laws prohibitory of the same; and, in such case, he shall instruct the commanders of such armed vessels to seize, take, and bring into any port of the United States, to be proceeded against according to law, all American vessels, wheresoever found, which may have on board, or which may be intended for the purpose of taking on board, or of transporting, or may have transported any person, in violation of the provisions of any Act of Congress prohibiting the traffic in slaves. R. S. § 5557. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 260, 35 Stat. 1140. § 10434. (Crim. Code, § 261.) Proceeds of condemned vessels paid into the Treasury. The proceeds of all vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods and effects on board of them, which are so seized, prosecuted, and condemned, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. R. S. § 5558. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 261, 35 Stat. 1141. § 10435. (Crim. Code, § 262.) Disposal of persons found on seized vessel. The officers of the vessel making such seizure shall safely keep every person found on board of any vessel so seized, taken, or brought into port for condemnation, and shall deliver every such person to the marshal of the district into which he may be brought, if into a port of the United States, or if elsewhere, to such person as may be lawfully appointed by the President, in the manner directed by law, transmitting to the President, as soon as may be after such delivery, a descriptive list of such persons, in order that he may give directions for the disposal of them. R. S. § 5559. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321. § 262, 35 Stat. 1141. § 10436. (Crim. Code, § 263.) Apprehension of officers and crew. The commanders of such commissioned vessels shall cause to be apprehended and taken into custody every person found on board of such offending vessel so seized and taken, being of the officers or crew thereof, and him convey, as soon as conveniently may be, to the civil authority of the United States, to be proceeded against in due course of law. R. S. § 5560. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 263, 35 Stat. 1141. §. 10437. (Crim. Code, § 264.) Removal of persons delivered from seized vessel. The President is authorized to make such regulations and arrangements as he may deem expedient for the safe-keeping, support, and removal beyond the limits of the United States of all such persons as may be so delivered and brought within its jurisdiction. R. S. § 5561. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 264, 35 Stat. 1141. |