TJ was responding to Madison’s draft, not found, of instructions directed to federal marshals regarding the enforcement of a law “for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction,” passed 3 Mch. TJ’s changes reflected his belief that, in the event armed force became necessary during the execution of warrants on crew members of foreign vessels and timely consultation with the federal executive was impractical, local civil authorities should play a regulatory role. TJ subsequently received copies of Madison’s “Circular to the Marshals,” which was enclosed in a “Circular to the Governors of the Several States,” both dated 29 May (printed copies in DLC, with governors’ circular endorsed by TJ as received from the State Department on 7 June and “act preservn. peace in harbors” and so recorded in SJL; U.S. Statutes at Large description begins Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States … 1789 to March 3, 1845, Boston, 1855-56, 8 vols. description ends , 2:339-42; Madison, Papers, Sec. of State Ser. description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, J. C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, Chicago and Charlottesville, 1962- , 43 vols.; Sec. of State Ser., 1986- , 12 vols.; Pres. Ser., 1984-2020, 11 vols.; Ret. Ser., 2009- , 3 vols. description ends , 9:413-15).