CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine. An ACT to regulate the collection of the DU TIES imposed by Law on the TONNAGE of SHIPS or VESSELS, and on GOODS, WARES, and MERCHANDIZE, imported into the UNI TED STATES. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate andHoufe of Rcprefentatives oj the United States of America in Congress ajfemblcd, That for the due colle£tion of the duties imposed by law, on the tonnage of ihips and veirels, and on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, there ihall beeftablilhed and appointed,diftri&s, ports, and officers, in manner following, to wit : TheStateofNEW-HAMPSHIRE Ihall be one diftri£,to include the town of Portsmouth as the sole port of entry ; and the towns ot Newcastle, Dover, and Exeter, as ports ot delivery only ; but all ships or \ eiTels bound to or from either of the laid poits of de livery, Ihall fifft come to, enter and clear at Portimouth ; and a na val officer, collector, and surveyor, for the said diftritt ihall be ap pointed, to reside at Portsmouth. In the State of MASSACHUSETTS (hall be twenty diftritts and ports of entry, to wit: Newburyport, Gloucester, Salem, and Be verly, as one port ; Marblehcad, Boston, and Charleftown as one port ; Plymouth, Barnftable, Nantucket, Edgartown, New-Bed tord, Dighton, York, Biddetord, and Peppcrelborough as one port ; Portland and Falmouth as one port; Bath, Wileaflet, Penob i'cot, Frenchman's Bay, Machias, and PaiTainaquody. To the dii tri£l of Newburyport Ihall be annexed the several towns or land ing places of Almfbury, Salisbury, and Haverhill, which ihall be ports of delivery only ; and a collcttor, naval officer, and surveyor, tor the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Newburyport. To the diftri£t of Gloucester ihall be annexed the town of Manchester, ' as a port of delivery only; and a collettor and surveyor ihall be appointed, to reside at Glouccfter. To the diftiitt of Salem and Beverly, ihall be annexed the towns or landing places of Danvers and Ipswich, as ports of delivery only ; and a collector, naval of ficer and surveyor for the district ihall be appointed, to reside at Salem ; and a surveyor to reside at each of the towns of Beverly and Ipswich. Tothe diftfi&of Marblchead ihall be annexed the town of Lynn, as a port of delivery only; and a colle6tor for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Marblehead. To the dif trift of Boston and Charleftown ihall be annexed the towns or landing places of Medford, Cohaffet, and Hingham, as ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or, naval officer, and surveyor, ihall be appointed, to reside at Boston. To the diftrift of Plymouth ihall be annexed the several towns or landing places of Scituate, Duxbury, and Kingfton,as ports of delivery only; and acolle&or for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Plymouth. To the diftrittof Barnftable ihall be annexedthe several towns or landing places of Sandwich, Harwich, Welfleet, Province-Town, and Cha tham, as ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or for the diftri£l ihall be appointed, to reiide at Barnftable. In the diftrift of Nan tucket, the port of Sherburne ihall be the sole port of entry and delivery within the fame ; and a collettor ihall be appointed to reside at Sherbnrne. To the diftritt of Edgartown shall be an nexed the town of Falmouth, as a port of delivery only ; and a colle&or shall be appointed, to reside at Edgartown. To the dif trift of New-Bedford ihall be annexed Weft-Port, Rochester, and Wareham, as ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or for the dif trift ihall be appointed, to reside at New-Bedford. To the dif trittof Dighton ihall be annexed Swanfey and Freetown, as ports of delivery only, and a colle£lor for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Dighton. To the diftrift of York ihall be annexed Xittery and Berwick, as ports of delivery only, and a colleflor for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at York. To the dif tri&of Biddeford and Pepperelborough shall be annexed Scarbo rough, Wells, Kennebunk, and Cape-Porpoise, as ports of deli very only, and a collector for the diftrift shall be appointed, to re side at Biddeford. To the diftrift of Portland and Falmouth ihall be annexed North Yarmouth and Brunfwick, as ports of delivery onlv ; and a collector and surveyor ihall be appointed for the dii triit, to reside at Portland. To the diftrift of Bath ihall be an nexed Halloweil, Pittftown, and Topiham, as ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Bath. To the diflrift of WifcafTet shall be annexed Bristol, Boothbay, and Waldoborough, as ports of delivery only ; and a collector for the diftri£t ihall be appointed, to reside at WifcaiTet. To the diftrift of Penobfcot ihall be annexed Thomafton, Frank fort, Sedgwick-Point, and Deer-Ifiand, as ports of delivery only, and a colle&or for the diftritt ihall be appointed, to reside at Pe nobfcot. To the diftrift of Frenchman's Bay ihall be annexed Union-River, as a port of delivery only; and a colle&or for the diftrift ihall be appointed, to reside at Frenchman's-Bay. For each of the diftritts of Machias and Paffamaquody ihall be appoint ed a collector, to reside at the said ports oi Machias and Paifama quody refpettively. The diftrift of Newburyport ihall include all the waters ana shores from the State of New-Hampfhire,'to the north line of Ipswich. Thediftri&of Gloucester ihall include all the waters and ihores in the towns of Gloucester and Manchester. The diftrift of Salem and Beverly ihall include all the waters and ihores in the towns of Ipswich, Beverly, Salem and Danvers. The diftriil of Marblehead ihall include all the waters and shores with in the towns of Marblehead and Lynn. The diftntt of Boston and Charleftown shall include all the waters and shores within the counties of Middlesex and Suffolk. The diftrift of Plymouth Ihall include all the waters and ihores within the county of Ply mouthy excepting the towns of Wareham and Rochester. The diftrift of Barnftable shall include all the shores and waters within the county of Barnftable, excepting the town of Falmouth. The district of Nantucket ihall include the iiland of Nantucket. The district of Edgartown ihall include all the waters and ihores with in thecounty of Duke's County and the town of Falmouth. The district ot New-Bedford ihall include all the waters and ihores within the towns of New-Bedford, Dartmouth, Weft-Port, Ro chester, and Wareham, together with all the islands within the county of Bristol. The district of Dighton shall include all the waters and ihores on Taunton river, and in the town of Rehoboth ; and the collectors of the several districts within that pan of the State of MaiTachufetts, eastward of New-Hampihire, shall agree as foori as may be upon a diviiional line between their respective dii tri£ls, and transmit the fame tothe comptroller of the treasury, and such diib io agreed upon, ihall- include all the ihores, waters, and islands within the fame. In the State ofCONNECTICUT shall be three districts, to wit: New-London, New-Haven and Fairfield. The diftrift oi New- London shall extend from the east line of the said State of Con ne&icut to the weft line of the town of Killinfworth, and north to the south line of the State of MaiTachufetts, and shall also include the several towns or landing places of Norwich* Stonington, Gro ton, Lyme, Saybrook, Haddam, Eaft-lladdam, Middletown, Chatham, Weathersfield, Glaitenbury, Hartford, Eaft-Hartford, and Ivillingfworth, as ports of delivery only ; New' London to be the sole port of entry ; and a collector, and surveyor for the dis trict shall be appointed, to reside at New-London, and a iurveyor to reside at each of the ports of Stonington and Middletown. The district of New-Haven ihall extend from the weft line ofthe diftxict of New-London, wefttrly to Oufatumnick river ; to which lAall be annexed the several towns or landing places of Guilford, Brand ford, Milford, and Derby, as ports of delivery only ; New-Haven to be the sole port of entry ; and a colle&or and surveyor ior the district shall be appointed, to reside at New-Haven. sThc district of Fairfield ihall include all the ports and places in the Uid State of Connecticut, weft oi the district of to which ihall be/aunexed the several towns or landing places of Ncrwalk, Strat ford, Stamford, and Greenwich, as ports of delivery only; Fair field to be the sole port of entry ; and a collector ior the diltrict shall be appointed, to reside at Fairfield, and New-London, New- Haven, and Fairfield, shall severally be ports of entry. In the State of NEW-YORK shall be two districts, to wit :— Sag-Harbor on NafTau or Long-Island, and thecity of New-York, each of which shall be a port of entry ; the diltrict ot Sag-Harboi shall include all bays, harbors, rivers, and ihorcs, within the two points of land, which are called Oyster-Pond Point, and Montauk Point; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Sag-Harbor, which shall be the only place of delivery in the said district ; the district of the city of New-York shall include such part of the coasts, rivers, bays and harbors of the said State, not included in the district of Sag-Harbor, and the fevcr al towns or landing places of New-Wmdfor, Ncwburg, Pough keepfie, Efopus, city of Hudson, Kinderhook, and Albany, as ports of delivery only ; and a naval officer, collector and surveyor, tor the district, lhall be appointed, to reside at the city of New- York ; also twd surveyors, one to reside at the city ot Albany, and the other at the city of Hudson ; and all ships or vessels bound to, or from any port of delivery within the last named district, shall be obliged to come to, and enter or clcar out at the city ot New- York. In the state of NEW-JERSEY shall be three diftri&s, to wit : Perth-Amboy, Burlington and Bridgetown, which shall severally be ports of entry. The diftrift of Perth-Amboy shall compre hend all that part of the state of New-Jersey known by the name of East New- Jersey (that part excepted which is hereafter includ ed in the diftrift of Burlington) together with all the waters there of, heretofore within the jurifdi£lion of the said state, in which di ftrift thetownsorlandingplaces of New-Brunfwick, Middletown- Point, Elizabeth-Town and Newark shall be portsof delivery onlv; and a colle£V>r for the ditlrift shall beappointed to reside at Pe th- Amboy. The dilfritt of Burlington shall comprehend that part of the said state known by the name of Weft New-Jersey, which lies to the eastward and northward ot the county of Gioucefter, with all the waters thereof, heretofore within the jurifdi&ion o! the said state, including the river and inlet of Little Egg-harbour, with the waters emptying into the fame, and the sea coast, found, inlets and harbours thereof, from Barnegat inlet to Brigantine inlet, in which diftri£t the landingplacesof Lamberton and Little Egg-Harbour (hall be ports of delivery only and a collector shall be appointed for the diftrift, to reside at Burlington, and a iurveyor at Little Egg-harbour. The diftrift of Bridgetown shall compre hend the counties of Gioucefter, 'Salem, Cumberland and Cape May (that part of Gioucefter county excepted, which is included within the diftrift of Barlington) and aP. the waters thereof hereto fore withinthe jurifdi£tion ot the said state ; and the town of Salem, Port Elizabeth on Maurice river and Stillwell's on Gre?t Egg harbour, shall be ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or for the diftrift shall be appointed, to reside at Bridge-Town. The state of PENNSYLVANIA (hall be one diftritf, and Phi ladelphia shall be the sole port both ot entry and delivery for the fame ; and a naval officer, colle&or apd surveyor for the diftritt shall be appointed to reside at the said port of Philadelphia. 1 he State ot DELAWARE shall be one district, and the borough of Wilmington shall be the port of entry, to which shall be an nexed New-Castle and Port Penn as ports of delivery only ; and a collector for the district fhail be appointed to reside at the said port of Wilmington. In the State of MARYLAND shall be nine districts, to wit :—• Baltimore, Chester, Oxford, Vienna, Snow Hill, Annapolis, Not tingham, Nanjemoy, and George-Town. The district of Balti more shall include Patapfco, Sulquehannah and Elk Rivers, and all the waters and shores on the weft fide of Chcfapeake-Bay,from the mouth ot Magetty river to the south fide of Elk river inclusive, in which Havre de Grace and Elkton shall be ports of delivery on ly ; and a naval officer, collector aud surveyor shall be appointed for the faiddiftrict, torefide at the town of Baltimore, which fh;;ll be the sole port of entTy. The district of Chester shall include Chester river, and all the waters and shores on the eastern fide of Chesapeake Bay, from the south fide of Elk river to the north fide of the eastern bay and Wye river exclusive, in which George-Town on Saffafras river, shall be a port of delivery only ; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Chester, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Oxford shall include all the waters and shores on the eastern fide of Chesapeake Bay, from the north fide of Wye river and the eastern bay, to the south fide Choptank river inclusive, and Cambridge shall be a port of delivery only ; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Oxford, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district ot Vienna shall include all the waters and shores on the eastern fide of Chesapeake-Bay, from the south fide of Choptank river to the south fide of Wicomico river inclusive, Salisbury shall be a port of delivery only ; and a collector for the district fha 11 be appointed, to reside at Vienna, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Snow-Hill shall include all the waters and shores on the sea coast, from the north line of Virgin ia to the south line of Delaware, together with ail the waters and shores on the eastern fide of Chesapeake Bay, from the south fide ot Wicomico river to the south fide of Pocomoke river inclusive, so far as the jurisdiction of the said State of Maryland extends, to which Sinnepuxent shall be a port of delivery for Weft-India pro duce only ; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Snow-Hill, which shall be the sole port of entry. The diftrift of Annapolis shall include Magetty river, and all the wa ters and shores from thence to Drum point, on Patuxent river, and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at An napolis, which shall be the sole port of entry and delivery for the fame. The district of Nottingham shall include all the waters and shores on the weft fide of Chesapeake Bay to ©rum point, on the river Patuxent, together with the said river, and all the navigable waters emptying into the fame, to which, Benedict, Lower- Marlboiough, Town Creek, andSilvey's landing,fhall be annexed as ports of delivery only; a colle&or for the dillrift lhall be ap pointed to reside at Nottingham ; and a surveyor at Town Creek ; and Nottingham shall be the sole port of entry. The diftrift of Nanjemoy lhall include all the waters of Potowmack river, with in the jurifdi&ion of the State of Maryland, from Point-look-out to Pomonkey creek inclusive, to which Saint Mary'sfhall bi au ncxea, as a port ot delivery only ; and a colle£lor for the diftri£l shall appointed to reside at Nanjemoy; also a surveyor to reside at Saint Mary's, and Nanjemoy lhall be the sole port of entry. The diftii&of George Town shall include all the waters and ihorcs from Pomonkey creek, on the north fide of Potowmack river, to the head of the navigable waters of the laid river, within the jurifdi&ion of the State of Maryland, to which Digges's landing and CarroHhurg shall be annexed as ports of delivery only ; and a colle&or for the diftntt lhall be appointed to reside at George- Town, which shall be the sole port oi entry. In the State of VIRGINIA lhall be twelve diftri6ts, to wit : Hampton as one port; Norfolk and Portsmouth as one port ; Ber muda-Hundred and City-Point as one port ; York-Town, Tappa hannock, Yeocomico river, including Kinlale,Dumfries, including Newport, Alexandria, Folly-Landing, Cherry-Stone, and Louisville; the authority of the officers at Hampton lhall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbours, and inlets, between the south fide of the mouth of York river, along tjie weft Ihore of Che sapeake-Bay to Hampton, and thence up James river to the weft fide of Chickahoininy river, and a collector shall be appointed to reside at Hampton, which shall be the sole port of entry. To the diftrift of Norfolk and Portftnouth shall be annexed Suffolk and Smithfield. as ports of delivery only ; and the authority of the officers of said diftrift shall extend over allthe waters, Ihores, bays, harbors, and inlets, comprehended within a line drawn from Cape- Henry to the mouth of James river, and thence up James river to Jordon's-Pont, and up Elizabeth liver to the highest tide water thereof, and Norfolk and Portsmouth shall be the sole port of en try; and a colle&or, naval-officer, and surveyor for the diftvidUha'l be appointed, to refi.de at Norfolk ; also a surveyor to reside at each of the ports of Suffolk and Sn.ah-icid. To the d.stria nf K da-Hundred, or City, Point, (hall be annexed Richmond p"" 11 " burg and Manchcfter, as ports of delivery only ; and a colWt"" and surveyor ftiall be appointed, to refideat Berjnuda-Hundr $ City-Point, which fliall be the sole port ot entry ■ a lf, ■, r;, for Petei fburg to reside thereat, and a surveyor for Richmond Manchelier to reside at Richmond, and theauthority of the offiu of the laid diA.ift fliall extend over all the waters (hores b harbour, and mWs, comprehended between Jordan's-Poi'm aid the highest tide water on James and Appomattox i ivcrs 77. ,i d.flnftof York-Town shall be airu-xed, HVII-Pointa"d Culw land, asportsot delivery only ; and a colleflor for the be appointed, to reside at Yoi k-Town, which (hall bethe sole do t of entry ; also a surveyor sol the two ports of delivery to reside . Weft-Point ; and Ihe authority of (he officer, of the bid diftrifl fliall extend overall the water., fliores, bavs, harbors, and inlet, comprehended between ihe point forming the south shore of the inouihYjf Rappahannock nver, and the point form:n>- the/foath " Ihore of the mouth of York river, and thence up the fa id 11V e r t» Well-Point, and thcuce up Pamunkey and Mattapony rivers to the highest navigable waters thereof. To the diftrift ofTapD'hir. nock *'iall be annexed Urbanna, Port-Royal, Fred;rick{bur K ati'j Falmouth, as ports of delivery only ; and a collector for the diftrift shall be appointed, to reside at Tappahannock, which fliall he the iole port of entry ; also a surveyor for each of the ports of Urban na, Port Royal, and Frederickfburg, and the authority of the ofn ceisofthe faiddiflrift (hall extend over all the waters, (hores, bays harbors and inlets, comprehended between Smith's-Poifit/at tlie mouth of Potowmack, and the point forming the south shore ot the mouth of Rappahannock river, and thence up the last mention, ed river to the highest tide water thereof. The diftrift of Yeoco mico river, including Kinfale, shall extend from Smith's-point on the south fide of Potowmac river to Boyd's Hole on the fame river, including all the waters, shores, bays, rivers, creeks, harbors and inlet 5, along the south shore of Potowmac river to Boyd's Hols aforefaid, and Yeocomico, including Kinfale, (hall be the sole port of entry, and a collector (hall be appointed to refid • on Yeocomi co river; the diftrift of Dumfries, including Newport, (hall extend from Boyd's Hole to Cockpit-Point on the south fide of Potowmac river, and a collector shall be appointed to reside at Dumfries, which shall bethe sole port of entry, and the authority of the of fi :ers of this diftrift fliall exteud over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets, comprehendedjietween Boyd's Hole and Cock- Put Point aforefaid. For the diftrift of Alexandria fliall be ap pointed a collector and„furveyor, to reside at Alexandria, which fliall be the sole port of entry ; and the authority of the officers of" the said diftrift fliall extend over all the waters, fliores, bays, har bours and inlets, on the south fide of the river Potowmac, from the last mentioned Cockpit-Point, to the higlitft tide water of the said river. For the diftrift of Folly-landing fliall be appointed a col-, lector, who fliall reside at Accomack Court-Hoijfe, and whose au thority fliall extend over all the waters, fliores, bays,harbours and inlets, of the county of Accomack. For the diftrift of Cherry- Stone, shall be appointed a collector, to refide,at Cherry-Stone, whose authority shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, har bors, and inlets, comprehended within Northampton county. For the diftrift of South Quay, a collector shall be appointed, t» reside thereat, whose authority shall extend overall the waters, fliores, bays,hai bois, and inlets, in that part of Virginia, compre hended within the limits of the said State. For the diftrift of Louisville, a collector fliall be appointed to reside thereat, whose authority fhail extend over all waters, shores and inlets,included between the rapids and the mouth of Ohio river, on the south cast fide thereof. In the State of SOUTH-CAROLINA, fliall be three diftrifls, to wit : George-Town, Charleston and Beaufort, each of which shall be a port of entry. diftrift of George-Town (hall in- ' elude the shores, inlets and rivers from the boundary of North- ; Carolina tothe point of Capeßoman.The diftrift of Charleston shall include all the fliores,inlets&rivers from Cape Roman toCombabee river inclusive ; and the diftrifl of Beaufort shall include the (hores, inlets and rivers from Combahee river to Back river in Georgia, comprehending also the fliores, inlets and harbours, formed by the different bars and sea islands, lying within each diftrift refpeaive ly ; at the port ot Charleston shall be a collector, naval-officer and surveyor, and a collector at each of the other ports. In the State of GEORGIA ihall be four diftri&s, to wit : Savannah, Sunbury, Brunfwick and Saint Mary's, each of which shall be a port of entry. The diftrift of Savannah fhail include Savannah river, Great and Little Ogeechee rivers, with the other harbours, creeks and rivers, formed by trie inlets ofTybee, Little Tybee, Warsaw and Offabaw, north of the iflamj of OfTabaw.and a naval-officer, collector and surveyor, for the faiddiflrift shall be appointed to reside at Savannah. The diftrift oi Sunbury ihall include the Medway, North and South Newport ani Sapelo rivers, with the harbors, creeks and rivers, formed by the inlets ofSaipt Catharine's, fguth of Offabaw and Sapelo ; and a collector for the diftrift fliall be appointed, to reside at Sunbury. The diftrifl of Brunfwick shall include the Alatamaha,Frcderica,and Turtle rivers, with the other harbor*, creeks and rivers, formed by the inlets of Doboy, south of Sapelo, Alatamaha, and Saint Simons, north of the south point of J ekyl island ; Vrederica shall be a port of de livery only ; and a collector for the said diftrift shall be appoint ed to reside at Brunfwick; the diftrift of St. Mary's lhall include Great Setilla, Little Setilla, Crooked river, and St. Mary's river, with the harbors, crcfeks and rivers, formed by the inlets of Saint Andrews and Amelia founds; and a collector for the said dillrift shall be appointed, to reside at Saint Mary's. And in each diftrift it shall be lawful for the collector to grant a permit to unlade at any port or place within the diftrift, and to appoint or put on board any ship or vessel for which a permit is granted, one or more searchers or infpeftors, as may be neceflary for the fccurity »of the revenue. Avd be 71 further enafled, That every port of entry eftablifticd by this ast, lhall be a port of delivery also; Provided always, That no ship or vessel net wholly belonging to a citizen or citizens of the United States, shall be admitted to unload at any poit or place except the follpwing,to.wit: Portfmouth,in the StatebfNew- Hampshire, Portland, Falmouth, Dighton, Salem, Gloucester, Newbury-Port, Marblehcad, Sherburne, Boflon, Plymouth, WifcafTet, Machias, and Penobfcot, in the S.ate of Maifachufetts, New London or New-Haven, in the State of Connecticut ; New- York ; Pcrth-Amboy or Burlington, in the State of New-Jeriey, Philadelphia ; Wilmington, New-Castle and Port-Penn, in the State of Delaware ; Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, George-Town on Potowmac, Chester-Town, Town Creek, Not tingham, Nanjemoy, Digges's-landing, Snow-Hill and Carroll - burgh, in the State of Maryland ; Alexandria, Kinfale, Newport, Tappahannock, Port-Royal, Frederickfburgh, Urbanna, York- Town, Weft-Point, Hampton, Bermuda-Hundred. City-P° ,nl » Rocket's-landing, Norfolk or Port fin ou til in the State ol Vir ginia ; Charleftown, or George-Town, or Beaufort in the State o South-Carolina ; or in either of the diftrifts of Savannah, Sunbur), Brunfwick, or Saint Mary's in the State of Georgia : nor shall an X ship or vessel arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the fame, be admitted to enter at any other thant c following ports to wit : Portsmouth in the State of New-Harap~ shire ; Boston, Newbury-Port, Salem, Gloacefter, Portland, or Falmouth, in the State of Maffaehufetts , New-London, 01 New Haven, in the State of Connecticut ; New-York ; Perth-Am oy» Philadelphia; Wilmington in the State of Delaware; Baltimore town, Annapolis, or George-Town, in the State of Mary an » Alexandria, Norfolk, or Portsmouth, in the State ol Charleston, George-Town, or Beaufort, in the State ot ou. Carolina ; Sunbury, or Savannah, in the Stat-- of Georgia . ROV , ded, Tuat nothing herein contained shall He construed to ' the maftcr or commander of any snip or vessel, from-making en y with the collector of any port or diftrift in which such 'P. vessel may be owned, or from whence she may have faile on. a voyage. (To be continued.)
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