In the House there was a bill on piracy, and
a slave-trade committee reported recommending that the
slave-trade be piracy. The Senate bill and this bill were
considered in Committee of the Whole, May 11, and a bill was
finally passed declaring, among other things, the traffic
piracy. In the Senate there was "some discussion, rather on
the form than the substance of these amendments," and "they
were agreed to without a division": _Senate Journal_, 16 Cong.
1 sess. pp. 238, 241, 268, 287, 314, 331, 346, 350, 409, 412,
417, 420, 422, 424, 425; _House Journal_, 16 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
113, 280, 453, 454, 494, 518, 520, 522, 537; _Annals of
Cong._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 693-4, 2231, 2236-7, etc. The
debates were not reported.
[123] _Statutes at Large_, III. 600-1. This act was in reality
a continuation of the piracy Act of 1819, and was only
temporary. The provision was, however, continued by several
acts, and finally made perpetual by the Act of Jan. 30, 1823:
_Statutes at Large_, III. 510-4, 721. On March 3, 1823, it was
slightly amended so as to give district courts jurisdiction.
[124] Attorney-General Wirt advised him, October, 1819, that
no part of the appropriation could be used to purchase land in
Africa or tools for the Negroes, or as salary for the agent:
_Opinions of Attorneys-General_, I.
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