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that the desertion was caused by unusual or cruel treatment, the marinershall be discharged, and receive, in addition to his wages to the time ofthe discharge, three months’ pay; and the officer discharging him shallenter upon the crew-list and shipping articles the cause of discharge,and the particulars in which the cruelty or unusual treatment consisted,and subscribe his name thereto officially.

Eighteenth. If any consul or commercial agent shall neglect oromit to perform, seasonably, the duties hereby imposed upon him, orshall be guilty of any malversation or abuse of power, he shall be liableto any injured person for all damage occasioned thereby; and for allmalversation and corrupt conduct in office, he shall be liable to indict-ment, and, on conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, shallbe fined not less than one nor more than ten thousand dollars, and beimprisoned not less than one nor more than five years.

Nineteenth. If any master of a vessel shall proceed on a foreignvoyage without the documents herein required, or refuse to producethem when required, or to perform the duties imposed by this act, orshall violate the provisions thereof, he shall be liable to each and everyindividual injured thereby, in damages, and shall, in addition thereto,be liable to pay a fine of one hundred dollars for each and everyoffence, to be recovered by any person suing therefor in any court ofthe United States in the district where such delinquent may reside or befound.

Twentieth. It shall be the duty of the boarding officer to report allviolations of this act to the collector of the port where any vessel mayarrive, and the collector shall report the same to the Secretary of theTreasury and to the attorney of the United States in his district.

Twenty-first. This act shall be in force from and after the first dayof October next; and shall not apply to vessels which shall have sailedfrom ports of the United States before that time.

Approved, July 20, 1840.

Chap. XLIX. — Jin Act to annex a certain tract of land to the Coosa land dis-trict, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That such part oftownship twenty-two, of range two, east, northern survey, State ofAlabama, as lies east of the Coosa river, and was ceded to the UnitedStates by the Creek nation of Indians, by a treaty concluded on theninth day of August, eighteen hundred and fourteen, be, and the sameis hereby annexed to the Coosa land district; and all surveys, sales, andother proceedings heretofore had in reference to said tract hereby an-nexed as aforesaid, shall be as valid as they would have been had thesame, at the time such proceedings were had, formed a part of said dis-trict, and no farther.

Approved, July 20, 1840.

Chap. L. —• An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy forthe year eighteen hundred and forty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the MilitaryAcademy for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, viz. :

For pay of officers, cadets, and musicians, fifty-nine thousand twohundred and twenty-eight dollars;

Consuls, &lc.for neglect ofthe duties here-by imposed,&c.

Masters of ves-sels, for viola-lions of this act,&c.

Violations ofthis act to bereported.

Limitation.

Statute I.July 20, 1840.

Certain landannexed to theCoosa land dis-trict.

Surveys, sales,&c. valid, howfar.

Statute I.July 20, 1840.[Obsolete.]

Pay.