Sec. 4.  A part may be hired out to support those employed in public work.

Sec. 5. “And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which a decree of any court having competent authority, shall be in favor of any or claimant or claimants, the said slaves shall be truly and faithfully, by said agent, delivered to such claimant or claimants:  but in case of their condemnation, they shall be sold by such agent for cash to the highest bidder, by giving sixty days notice,” etc. Acts of the Assembly of Alabama, 1822 (Cahawba, 1823), p. 62.

1823, Jan. 30.  United States Statute:  Piracy Act made Perpetual.

“An Act in addition to ’An act to continue in force “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,"’” etc. Statutes at Large, III. 510-14, 721, 789.  For proceedings in Congress, see Senate Journal, 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 61, 64, 70, 83, 98, 101, 106, 110, 111, 122, 137; House Journal, 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 73, 76, 156, 183, 189.

1823, Feb. 10.  Congress (House):  Resolution on Slave-Trade.

Mr. Mercer offered the following resolution:—­

“Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to enter upon, and to prosecute, from time to time, such negotiations with the several maritime powers of Europe and America, as he may deem expedient, for the effectual abolition of the African slave trade, and its ultimate denunciation as piracy, under the law of nations, by the consent of the civilized world.”  Agreed to Feb. 28; passed Senate. House Journal, 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 212, 280-82; Annals of Cong., 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 928, 1147-55.

1823, March 3.  United States Statute:  Appropriation.

“An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy,” etc.

“To enable the President of the United States to carry into effect the act” of 1819, $50,000. Statutes at Large, III. 763, 764

1823.  President:  Proposed Treaties.

Letters to various governments in accordance with the resolution of 1823:  April 28, to Spain; May 17, to Buenos Ayres; May 27, to United States of Colombia; Aug. 14, to Portugal.  See above, Feb. 10, 1823. House Doc., 18 Cong. 1 sess.  VI.  No. 119.

1823, June 24.  Great Britain:  Proposed Treaty.

Adams, March 31, proposes that the trade be made piracy.  Canning, April 8, reminds Adams of the treaty of Ghent and asks for the granting of a mutual Right of Search to suppress the slave-trade.  The matter is further discussed until June 24.  Minister Rush is empowered to propose a treaty involving the Right of Search, etc.  This treaty was substantially the one signed (see below, March 13, 1824), differing principally in the first article.