Chapter CDLXVI: Section 2: And be it further enacted, That after any

proclamation shall be made as aforesaid, it shall be the duty
of the several courts of the United States, and of each state,
having criminal jurisdiction, and of the several judges and
justices of the courts of the United States, and they shall
be, and are hereby respectively, authorized upon complaint,
against any alien or alien enemies, as aforesaid, who shall be
resident and at large within such jurisdiction or district, to
the danger of the public peace or safety, and contrary to the
tenor or intent of such proclamation, or other regulations
which the President of the United States shall and may
establish in the premises, to cause such alien or aliens to be
duly apprehended and convened before such court, judge or
Justice; and after a full examination and hearing on such
complaint, and sufficient cause therefor appearing, shall and
may order such alien or aliens to be removed out of the
territory of the United States, or to give such sureties for
their good behaviour, or to be otherwise restrained,
conformably to the proclamation or regulations which shall or
may be established as aforesaid, and may imprison, or
otherwise secure such alien or aliens, until the order which
shall and may be made, as aforesaid, shall be performed.

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Section 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the marshal of the district in which any alien enemy
shall be apprehended, who by the President of the United
States, or by the order of any court, judge or justice, as
aforesaid, shall be required to depart, and to be removed, as
aforesaid, to provide therefor, and to execute such order, by
himself or his deputy, or other discreet person or persons to
be employed by him, by causing a removal of such alien out of
the territory of the United States; and for such removal the
marshal shall have the warrant of the President of the United
States, or of the court, judge or justice ordering the same,
as the case may be.

Approved, July 6, 1798."

_Statutes at Large of the United States, edition of 1850,
Volume I, page 577._

The text of the Sedition Act is as follows:

JULY 14, 1798. Chapter lxxiv.

"An Act in addition to the act, entitled 'An Act for the
punishment of certain crimes against the United States.'