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Foreign vesse's to unlade

only at New Orleans.

See 1816, ch. 81, § 2. Also 1817. ch. 81, § 1, and 1831, ch. 76, § 1.

SEC. 6. That foreign ships or vessels shall be admitted to unlade at the port of New Orleans, and at no other port within the district of Mississippi; and ships or vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, coming directly from France or Spain, or any of their colonies, shall not be admitted to unlade at any port within the district of Mississippi, other than New Orleans: and ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at the port of New Orleans, and at no other port within the district of Mississippi: Provided, however, that nothing in this act contained, shall Drawbacks at authorize the allowing of drawbacks on the exportation of any goods, wares and merchandise from the said port of New Orleans, other than on those which shall have been imported directly into the same, from a foreign port or place.

N. Orleans how

regulated.

Ships bound for other ports must stop at New Orleans

SEC. 7. That the master or commander of every ship or vessel, bound to a port of delivery only, other than the port of Bayou St. John, in the district of Mississippi, shall first come to at the port of New Orleans with and make entry. his ship or vessel, and there make report and entry, in writing, and pay,

Under a penalty of five hun

dred dollars.

Collector to

give bond.

Emoluments.

Naval officer and surveyor's compensation.

Additional revenue cutter to be built. 1799, ch. 22,

§ 97.

district.

be

or secure to be paid, all legal duties, port fees, and charges, in manner provided by law, before such ship or vessel shall proceed to her port of delivery; and any ship or vessel, bound to the port of Bayou St. John, may first proceed to the said port, and afterwards make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time by law limited; and the master of every ship or vessel, arriving from a foreign port or place, or having goods on board of which the duties have not been paid or secured, and bound to any port within the district of Mississippi, (other than New Orleans, or Bayou St. John,) shall take an inspector on board at New Orleans, before proceeding to such port; and if any master of a ship or vessel shall proceed to such port of delivery, contrary to the directions aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, with the costs of suit.

SEC. 9. That the collector of the district of Mississippi, shall give bond for the true and faithful discharge of his duties, in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and shall be allowed in addition to the fees and emoluments of his office, in lieu of all other commissions, one and a half per cent. on all moneys by him received, on account of the duties arising from goods, wares and merchandise imported into the said district, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels; and the naval officers and surveyors of the said district shall, respectively, receive an annual compensation of two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to their other fees and emoluments. SEC. 10. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized, to cause to be built and equipped, one revenue cutter in addition to those heretofore authorized by law, which cutter may be officered, manned and employed, in the same manner, and the expense thereof shall be paid out of the same fund, as is provided for defraying the expense of the revenue cutters heretofore authorized by law.

Mobile may SEC. 11. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is made a separate authorized, whenever he shall deem it expedient, to erect the shores, waters and inlets of the bay and river Mobile, and of the other rivers, creeks, inlets and bays emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, east of the said river Mobile, and west thereof to the Pascaguola inclusive, into a separate district, and to establish such place within the same, as he shall deem expedient, to be the port of entry and delivery for such district; and to designate such other places, within the same district, not exceeding two, to be ports of delivery only. Whenever such separate district shall be erected, a collector shall be appointed, to reside at the port of entry; and a surveyor shall likewise be appointed, to reside at each of the ports of delivery which may be established. And such collector and surveyor shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their other fees and emoluments, an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars. And the said collector shall give

Two ports of delivery in Mobile.

Officers may be appointed.

bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, in the sum of five thousand dollars.

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CHAP. XIX. - An Act to allow Drawbacks of Duties, on Goods, Wares and Merchandise transported by Land, in the Cases therein mentioned.*

Stat. at Large, Vol. II. p. 261.

Be it enacted, &c. That all goods, wares and merchandise duly im- Goods importported into either of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Salem and ed into certain Beverly, Newburyport, Ipswich or Marblehead, in the State of Massachu- ports and transported by inland setts, which shall be transported by inland conveyance along the turnpike conveyance to or other main road into another of the said districts, and be therefrom ex- others, and thence exported, ported to any foreign port or place, shall be entitled to the benefit of a entitled to drawdrawback of the duties upon such exportation, under the same provisions, backs. regulations, restrictions and limitations, as if the goods, wares and merchandise were transported coastwise from one to another of the said districts, and also upon the conditions specified in the seventy-ninth section of the act, intituled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage."

Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22. Goods imported into the dis

SEC. 2. That all goods, wares and merchandise duly imported into the district of Delaware, may be transported to the same places, in the same trict of Delaware manner, and on the same conditions with goods, wares and merchandise entitled to draw

backs as in cases

Act of March

duly imported into the districts of Philadelphia, New York or Baltimore; of exportation, and shall, in like manner, be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the from Philadel-' duties thereon, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, agreeably phia, &c. to the provisions contained in the seventy-ninth section of an act, intituled 2, 1799, ch. 22, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage:"79, vol. i. 686. and that all goods, wares and merchandise, which being duly imported into the districts of Philadelphia, New York or Baltimore, shall be exported from the district of Delaware, shall also be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties on the same, in the same manner, and on the same conditions which are prescribed by the said seventy-ninth section of the act aforesaid, for goods, wares and merchandise, which being duly imported into Baltimore or New York, shall be exported from Philadelphia.

CHAP. XXXV. —

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- An Act making Provision for the Disposal of the Public Lands in
the Indiana Territory, and for other Purposes.

Sec. 6. That all the navigable rivers, creeks and waters, within the Indiana territory, shall be deemed to be and remain public highways.†

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Stat. at Large, Vol. II. p. 277.

All the navigable rivers, &c. in Indiana territory public highways.

CHAP. XL. An Act in Addition to the Act intituled "An Act for the Punishment of Stat. at Large, certain Crimes against the United States."

Vol. II. p. 290.

Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9. Punishment

Be it enacted, &c. That any person, not being an owner, who shall, on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy any ship or other vessel unto which he belongeth, being the property of to a person other any citizen or citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer death.

than the owner who shall cast away, &c. a ves

Punishment to

SEC. 2. That if any person shall, on the high seas, wilfully and cor- sel at sea. ruptly cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy any ship or vessel of which the owner for the he is owner, in part or in whole, or in any wise direct or procure the same like offence.

See as to Drawbacks, vol. i. p. 680, 687.

† See act of May 18, 1796, ch. 29, vol. i. p. 464. Act of June 1, 1796, ch. 46, vol. i. p. 490.

See 1863, ch. 76, § 14, for repeal of limitation.

Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 110.

to be done, with intent or design to prejudice any person or persons that hath underwritten, or shall underwrite any policy or policies of insurance thereon, or if any merchant or merchants that shall load goods thereon, or of any other owner or owners of such ship or vessel, the person or persons offending therein being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death.

SEC. 3. That any person or persons guilty of any crime arising under the revenue laws of the United States, or incurring any fine or forfeiture by breaches of the said laws, may be prosecuted, tried and punished, provided the indictment or information be found at any time within five years after committing the offence or incurring the fine or forfeiture, any law or provision to the contrary notwithstanding.

No. 54. - MARCH 27, 1804.

Stat at Large, CHAP. LII. — An Act to amend the Act intituled "An Act concerning the Registering Vol. II. p. 296. and Recording of Ships and Vessels."

Act of Dec.

31, 1792, ch. 1.

sons residing in

a certain length

Be it enacted, &c. That no ship or vessel shall be entitled to be regisNo ship or ves- tered as a ship or vessel of the United States, or if registered, to the ben-` sel to be regisefits thereof, if owned in whole or in part by any person naturalized in tered as a vessel of the U. States, the United States, and residing for more than one year in the country if owned by per- from which he originated, or for more than two years in any foreign counforeign countries try, unless such person be in the capacity of a consul or other public agent of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the registering anew of any ship or vessel before registered, in case of a bona fide sale thereof to any citizen or citizens resident in the United States: And provided also, That satisfactory proof of the citizenship of the person on whose account a vessel may be purchased, shall be first exhibited to the collector, before a new register shall be granted for such vessel.

of time.

Any ship or vessel before registered, &c. Satisfactory

proof of the citizenship of the purchaser to be

first exhibited to the collector.

Proviso in a former act extended to the

representatives

of a deceased

owner of a ship.

Act of June 27, 1797, ch. 5.

SEC. 2. That the proviso in the act, intituled "An act in addition to an act, intituled An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels," passed the twenty-seventh of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, shall be taken and deemed to extend to the executors or administrators of the owner or owners of vessels, in the said proviso described.

Stat. at Large, Vol. II. p. 299.

"Light money " to be levied on foreign vessels.

Act of March 3, 1805, ch. 40. Proviso.

Proviso.

Act of March

3, 1805, ch. 40.

No. 55.- MARCH 27, 1804.

CHAP. LVII. -An Act for imposing more specific Duties on the Importation of certain Articles; and also, for levying and collecting Light Money on foreign Ships or Vessels, and for other Purposes.

SEC. 6. That a duty of fifty cents per ton, to be denominated "light money," shall be levied and collected on all ships or vessels not of the United States, which, after the aforesaid thirtieth day of June next, may enter the ports of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to contravene any provision of the treaty or conventions concluded between the United States of America and the French Republic, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three: And provided also, That the said light money shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as the tonnage duties now imposed by law.

No. 56.- MARCH 27, 1804.

CHAP. LVIII. An Act relative to the Compensations of certain Officers of the Customs, and to provide for appointing a Surveyor in the District therein mentioned.

Stat. at Large, Vol. II. p. 300.

Salaries of certain officers of

Be it enacted, &c. That the salaries heretofore allowed by law, to the several collectors of the customs, for the districts of Bath, Portsmouth, the customs augNewport, Middletown, New Haven, Delaware, Richmond, Wilmington in mented. North Carolina, Newbern, and Edenton, shall cease and be discontinued. And there shall be allowed and paid, annually, to the officers of the customs hereafter named, the following sums respectively, viz:

Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 23.

Allowance to the collector of

To the collector for the district of Natchez, in addition to the fees and other emoluments of office, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; Natchez, and to and to each of the surveyors at New London, Middletown, New Haven the surveyors of and Alexandria, in addition to the allowances already established by law, the sum of fifty dollars.

New London,
Middletown,
New Haven and

Alexandria.

To the collectors of Wilmington and Newbern.

SEC. 2. That in lieu of the commissions heretofore allowed by law, there shall be allowed to the collectors of the customs for Wilmington, in North Carolina, and Newbern, two and a half per cent. [To the collectors for Petersburg and Richmond,* two per cent.] To the collectors for Kennebunk and New London,one and three quarters per Petersburg and cent.]

[To the collector for Bath, one and an half per cent.]

To the collectors for [New Haven] and Middletown,† one and three eighths per cent.

To the collectors for Providence and [Alexandria,] one and one quarter per cent.

Richmond.
Kennebunk and
New London.
Bath.

New Haven
and Middletown.
Providence and
Alexandria.
Newburyport.
Portland.
Salem and

To the collector for Newburyport, one and one eighth per cent. To the collector for Portland, three quarters of one per cent. And to the collectors for Salem and Beverly, five eighths of one per cent. on all moneys by them respectively received on account of the Beverly. duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels.

Marblehead.

SEC. 3. That there shall be appointed a surveyor for the district of Surveyor to be Marblehead, to reside at Marblehead; who shall be entitled to receive, in appointed for addition to the other emoluments allowed by law, a salary of one hundred dollars, annually.

Allowance to

him.

CHAP. VI.

No. 57. JANUARY 11, 1805.

- An Act declaring Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a Port
of Delivery.

Be it enacted, &c. That the town or landing place of Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Boston and Charlestown, and shall be subject to the same regulations as other ports of delivery in the United States.

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CHAP. XV.

An Act for carrying into more complete Effect the tenth Article of the
Treaty of Friendship, Limits and Navigation with Spain.

Stat. at Large, Vol. II. p. 314.

Cargoes of

tress in the U.

Be it enacted, &c. That whenever any Spanish vessel shall arrive in distress, in any port of the United States, having been damaged on the Spanish vessels, coasts, or within the limits of the United States, and her cargo shall have arriving in disbeen unladen, in conformity with the provisions of the sixtieth section of States, may be the act, intituled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports reshipped in and tonnage," the said cargo, or any part thereof, may, if the said ship or

As to ports in brackets see act of 1822, ch. 107, § 7.

other vessels

See act of March 3, 1817, ch. 49, § 2.

without any charges, &c.

Act of March

2, 1799, ch. 22, 60, vol. i.

672.

vessel should be condemned, as not sea worthy, or be deemed incapable of performing her original voyage, afterwards be re-laden on board any other vessel or vessels, under the inspection of the officer who superintended the landing thereof, or other proper person. And no duties, charges, or fees whatever, shall be paid on such part of the cargo, as may be re-laded and carried away, either in the vessel in which it was originally imported, or in any other whatever.

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Stat. at Large, CHAP. XXVIII. An Act to amend the Act, intituled "An Act for the Government Vol. II. p 330. and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants' Service."

Act of June

20, 1790, ch. 29.

the act referred

Be it enacted, &c. That all the provisions, regulations, and penalties Regulations of which are contained in the eighth section of the act, intituled " An act for the 8th section of the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service," so far to, so far as that as relates to a chest of medicines to be provided for vessels of one hundred section relates to and fifty tons burthen and upwards, shall be extended to all merchant vessels of the burthen of seventy-five tons, or upwards, navigated with six 150 tons, extend- persons or more, in the whole, and bound from the United States to any port or ports in the West Indies.

a medicine chest for a vessel of

ed to smaller

vessels, &c.

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Stat. at Large, CHAP. XXXIV. - An Act to establish the Districts of Gennessee, of Buffaloe Creek, and Vol. II. p. 336. of Miami; and to alter the Port of Entry of the District of Erie.

District of Gennessee established.

The river Gen

nessee a port of

entry.

Collector to be appointed, &c.

District of Buffaloe creek established.

5.

1799, ch. 22,

Collector to be appointed, &c. &c.

District of Miami established.

See 1811, ch. 33, § 2. Also 1850, ch. 79, §

12.

Port of entry

Be it enacted, &c. That all the shores and waters of the lake Ontario, and the rivers and waters connected therewith, lying within the jurisdiction of the United States, and within the State of New York, to the westward of the western extremity of Sodus bay, but excluding all the rivers and waters emptying into the said bay, and to the eastward of the eastern extremity of a certain creek or bay, lying between Niagara and the Gennessee river, and known by the name of Oak Orchard creek, shall be a district, to be called the district of Gennessee, of which the river Gennessee shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector for said district shall be appointed, to reside on the river Gennessee.

SEC. 2. That all the shores, rivers and waters heretofore belonging to the district of Niagara, which empty into Lake Erie, or into the river Niagara, above the falls of Niagara, shall be a district, to be called the district of Buffaloe Creek, of which Buffaloe Creek shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside on Buffaloe Creek.

SEC. 3. That all the shores, rivers and waters of Lake Erie, within the jurisdiction of the United States, which lie between the west bank of Vermilion river, and the north cape, or extremity of Miami bay, into which the river Miami of Lake Erie empties itself, and including all the waters of the said river Miami, shall be a district, to be called the district of Miami; and the President of the United States is authorized to establish such place at or near Sandusky, or on the said river Miami, to be the port of entry, as he shall judge expedient, and also to establish, not discretion of the exceeding two other places, to be ports of delivery only; and a collector President, as for the said district shall be appointed, to reside at the port of entry, and ports of delivery collector and surveyors to reside at such ports of delivery as may be established, as surveyors to be aforesaid.

at or near Sandusky, and two others, in the

appointed, &c.

&c.

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