PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, NO. 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YORK [No. 4J, cf'Vol. ll.j LAW OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLISHED CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES : *( THS a»cowt> Milieu .'.egun ind held «t the City of New-York, on Mandiy t'nt fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and nicety. AN ACT to provide more effedlually for the Col lection of the Duties imposed by Law on Good*, Wares and Merchandize imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Veflels. (CONTINUED.) IN the Stateoflforth-Carolina (hill be five diftrifls I «ne to b called the 41ftrid of Wilmington, and to comprehend ill th ■waters, (horn, bay*, harbors, creek* and inlets, frtftn Little Ri ver Inlet jnchifive, to New River lulet incluflve : Another to b calleti thedrftri&ot Newbern, and to comprehend all the waters lhorei, bays, harbor*, creeks and inleti, from New River Inlet in dufive, lo Qcracoke inlet inclttfive, together with that fart o Pamptico* found, which lies westward of the Ihoa projecting (rem the mouth of Pampticac river towarda the Roya Shoal, and southward of the said Ro/al Shoal. Another to bi called the diftrift of Wafbington, and to comprehend all tha part at folifid not iackjHed in the diftrHfiof Newbern as far aarth M the tnarfhet. Another to bs eailc4 the diflrifi o Cdeoton, asfl to comprehend all th 4 wateis, bay*, harbor*, crceka and inlets frotai the marlhes incluGVe, northward and weflward except those included in the diftrid of C<mbden. The other t< be called the diftrift ct Cambden, and to comprehend Nortl river, Pafquotank, and Little river?, and alt che waters, fljorea bays, hjrbors, creeks and inlets, from tfae jun&ion of Curritucl and Albemarle founds to the north extremity of Back-Bay. Thai in the aiflria Of Wilmington, the town of Wilminrton (ball b< ■ port of erttry and delivery, and there ill all be acolle&or, naval* omcer, and fwrveyor, to tefide at the laid town of Wilmington. That in the di&ritt of Newbern, the sown of Newbern (ball be i port of entry aftd delivery, and the towns of Beaufort and Swanf rough shall be ports of delivery only, vtd there (hall be ■ col lector to rcfidfe it Newbern, -and a furveybr to reside at Beaiifort and one at Swanfborough. That in thediftria of Wathiflgtofli the town of Wafbitigton (hall be th.- sole port of entry and deli •very, and there fliall be a colKftor to within the fame. That in the dlflrift of Edenton, the toWnof fdeMon stall be » port of-eMry »nd delivery, anil Hertford, Murfree(Horough, PrinCftoa, Winlbn, Bennet's creek> Plymouth Wihdfcr, rot Skewarkey, perls of delivery; and ihcre (hall be a collector tc reside at the town ol Ldtnton, and a surveyor at each of -the porta of Hertford, Winton, Bennet's creek, Plymouth, Windsor, and Skewarkey ; and one at Murfrcc&orough, for said port and for Princeton. That all (hips or veflYls intending to proceed lo Ply mouth, Windsor, Skewarkey, Winton, Bennet's cfeek bridge, Murfret (borough, or Princeton, (boll fii ft come to, and enter at the port ol Edenton. That in the difti ift of Cambden; Plank bridge, on Sawyer's creek, (ball be the port of entry and delivery, and Nixonton. Indian-town, Ncwbiggin-crctk, Currituck inlet, PaFquotank riveT bridge, ports of and there (hall bea eolleftorat Mankbridge, ofl Sawyer's creek, and a fuiveyorat C ach of the ports of JJixonton* lndian'®towto, Currituck inltt) fafqiiotank river btidgej and Newbiggin tscek : and that the au thority of the officers ol each diftria (hall extend over all the wa ters, (hores, bays, harbors, eieeks, and inlets comprehended with in such diltrifl. Provided, That any vessels comitig in at Ocra coke inlet that may be under the neceflity of employing lighters before'they pafcthe Rriyal Shoal, ma* be at liberty to enter at any port of entr> connected, With the waters of (aid inlet, to •which (uch vessels ire boundi And that any VeJTel coming in at the said inlet in ballad, with the purpose or loading Without the Royal Shoal (hall be at liberty to enter at any port of entry con tie£ted with the waters of the laid inlett In the State of South-Carolina, (hall be three diftnaJ, to wit : Charleston, and Beaufort, each of which (hall be • entry. Thediftria ot George-town (hall include the (hores inlei rivers, from the boundary of Norih-Carohna lo the poin? ov c Capeßomain. Thediftria ot Charlton (hall include all the inlets and rivers, from Cape Romara to Combahee river i,iclufive : and the diftrift of Beaufort (hall in clude the (hores, roi£" an<J "vers, from Cotnbahee river to Back river in Georgia) Tomp.-hending also the (hore, inlets and har- Liwfnnnnl hv the diffcrfat bars and fca lflanda lying within ? At the port of Charleston (hall be a collector, naval-officer and surveyor ; and a collefior at tach of th ln't^ r Su of Georgia Ail! be four di(lrias,to wit : Sav»r,nah, Wburv Brunfwick, and Samt Mary's, each of which ftiail be a porto7e'nlry. Thediftria of Savannah (hall include Savannah river, and all the waters, (hores, harbors, r,vers, creeks anA - Vtj from the said rives to the north poyit of OffabaW Hand, i rVeat Oeeeche rivers, incluflve : and a naval-officer, collefior '"I ?L.on» (hall be appointed for thi said diftria, to reside at ui<i furreyP djft of Sunbury (Hall comprehend all the wa- Sav.nnah. Thr ai""« ° cr «lJ;, bays and inlets, south of the lers, (bores, Jn( , Gr „, Ogeeche river, incluflve-, itorth point of O gspelo iftand inclusive, and a col and north of th appointed to reside at Sunbury. lector for the fatd d.ftr^t Ml■ * PP wa<cr v"hu bays and from the fomh point of harbors, rrver S creek.', bay» , Qf ia Jn d, iqclu- Sapelo island, cx s' u '" l "' r <J e |ivcrY only ; and a colleflor five: Frederic* shall be a port of delivery on y . wjck Thf for the diflria (hall be appointed to reUoe Mary's : and in each of the said dtttnets it within eolleftor to grant a permit to unlade at any port P the diftria, and to appoint or put on board any (hip or which a permit is granted, one or more searchers or infpeaor. as maybeneCeiT^vforthefecurityofthertvenuj. And It it further enaStd, That it (hall not be lawfol to make enuy of an/(bi P « vtfTvl which (hsll arrive from any forergn port WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER iy, 179°- or pltct within the UnitedStatet, or of the cargo on hoard such (hiporveffel else whi re than at one of the ports of entry Herein belore eflablilhed, nor to unlade the said cargo, or any part there of, clfewherc than at one of the porta of delivery herein eftablilh ed. Provided *lw*ys, That every port of entry, (hall be also a port of delivery. And provided further, that none but Ihips or v.fiVls of the United States (hall be admitted td unlade at any other than tht porta following, to wit i Potifmouth, in the State of New-Himp(hire, Portland and Falm 'J'h, New Bedford, Diphton, Salem ami Beverly, Gloucester, Newbury-port, Mar blehead, Sherburne, Bolton and Charleftowii, Plymouth, Bath, FrenchmanVßay, WifcafTet, Mich a" JP- nobfcot, in the State oi'J&alfachufctts; Newport »d Providence n the State of Rhode -Ift and and, Providence Plantations; Nov ..ondon and New-Ha ven in the State of Conoe&icut; New-si ,in the State of New- York ; Perth-Amboy, and Burlington, ' 1 the State of New- Jerfcy ; Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania ; Wilmington, Newcaflle and Port Penn, Ih the Ststeof Delaware ; Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, George-tov-f on Potowmack, Ches ter-town, Town-creek, Nouingham, Ced point, Land ing, Snowhill, and Carroltoorough, in th. State of Maryland; Alexandria, Kinfale, Newport! Tappahanttotk, Port-Royal, Fre dericklburg, Urbanns, York-town, Weft-point, Hampton, Ber muda Hundred, City Point, Kncket'i landing, Norfolk, and Poitfmouth, in tht State of Virgimia ; Wilmington, Newbcrn, Washington, Edenton, and Plank-bridge, in the State of North- Carolina ; Charleston, George-tow*, and ficaufort, in the State of South-Carolina; and in either of the diilrifks qf Savannah, Sun bury, Brunfwick, Fred erica and Saint Mary's, in the State of Georgia; or to make entry in any other diftii£t than in one in which they (hall be so admitted to unlade: And provided lajlly, no ihip or vessel arriving from the Cane of or from any place beyond the fame, lhall be admitted to make entry at any other than the ports following, to yit r Portrmouth, in State of New-Hamp(hire; Boston and jpharleftpwn, Newbury port, Salem and Beverly, Gloucester, Portland and Falmouth, in the State of Newport, and >rovidence, in the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations ; New-London, and New-Haven in the State of Conncflicut; New-York, in the State ofNew-York; Pcrth-Amboy in the State of New-jerfcy ; Phi ladelphia in the Slate of Pennfyfvaoia 1 Wilirtrtigton in the Stale of Delaware ; Baltimore, Annapolis, and George-town, in the State of Maryland ; Alexandria Norfolk, and Porlfmouth in the Slate of Virginia; Wilmington, Newbern, Walhington, and Edenton, in the State of North-Carolina ; Charleston, George town, and Beaufort, in the Slate of South-Ca'rolina ; and Sunbury, and Savannah, in the Sttte of Georgia ; Provided, That nothing herein contained (hall prrWbt the tnafter or commander of any (hiporveffel, from making entry with the collefior of any dif tritt in which such (hip or vessel may be owned, or from which (he may have failed on the voyage from which the (hall then have returned. And be it furlit' entSed, "that the matter or commander of ere. ry (hip or vessel hound tr a port as deli*'ry ooty, in any of the following diftriftl, lo wit: Portland ana Falmouth, Bath, New. bury-port, Ncw-Lnhdon, (except the port of Stonington, in the said diftrift) .Norfolk, and Portsmouth, Bermuda Hundred, and City-point, York-town, or Tappahannock (except the port of Urbanna; in the said diftrift) and Edenton, shall firft come to at the port of entry of such dill rid, with bit (hip or vefTei, and there make report or entry, and pay, or ftcure to be paid, all legal du ties, port Feet and charges id mwner by this ast provided, before such (hip or vcflel shall proceed to her port of delivery ; and that any (hip or vcffcl bound to a port of delivery in any diftrift other than those abovementioned, or to either of the ports of Stoning ton, of Uibanna, may firft procerd to het port of delivery, and afi terwardt make report or entry within the timebythii ad limited. And it it further ei\a9M, That the matter or commander of every (hip or veilc), if bowid to the diftrift of Nottingham, shall, be fore he pafshy the port of 1" o wn-Cteek, and immediately after his arrival, depolit with the surveyor of the said port, a true manifeft of the cargo on board such flrp or vefTei; if bound to the diftrift of Tapoahannock, (hall, before he pass by the port of Urbanna, and immediately after hit arrival, deposit with the surveyor for that port, a like manifeft; if bound to the dillrift of Bermuda Hundred 01 City-point; (hall, before he pafa by Elizabeth-river, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector of the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or with the collector of the port of Hampton, a like manifeft ; and if b<*iud to the diftrift of South-Quay, (hall before he oafs by the port of Edenton, and immediately after his aniVal, deposit with the collector of the port of Edenton, a like manifeft; end the said TurveyorS and collectors refpeftively, (hall, after regiftrring the manifefts, transmit the fame, duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entxiej are to be made. And it the maftcr or com mander of any (hip or vcffel (hall neglect or omit to deposit a manifeft ih manner a(orefaid, and as the ciffe (hall require* he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollart, to be recovered with coils of suit, one half to the use of the officer with whom such manifeft ought (o have been deposited, and the other half to the use of the collector of the diftrift to which the said (hip or veflel may be bound. Provided, That if mamfefts (hall have been in either of the said cafct prcvioufiy dclitered to any officer of the cufloms, pursuant to the provision hereinafter to be made in that helialf, the depositing of a manifeft at aforefaid (hall not be ne cessary : And provided atfo, That no miller of any (hip or veflel which was ab(cnt from the United Siatet on the firft day of May last, and which hath not since returned within the fame, or of any (hip or vessel not owned wholly or in part by a citizen or inhabit, ant of the United States, (hall incur the said penalty, if he (hall m ike oath or affirmation that he had no knowledge of or informa tion concerning the regulation herein contained, unless it can be otherwise proved that he had such knowledge or information. Andbe it further endued, That allofficera and persons to be ap pointed pursuant to this ast, before they enter upon the duties of their refpeftive offices, shall federally take an oath diligently and faithfully to execute the duties of their said offices refpeftively, and to use their best endeavors to prevent and deleft frauds in relation to the duties impoled by the laws of the United State s; which oath if taken by a colleftor,'may be taken before any,magi!lrate, aufho rized to sdminifter oaths within the diftrift to which he belongs, but if taken by another, (hall betaken before the collector d! his diftrift, and being ceitilicd under the hand and seal of the person by whom the fame (haJl have been administered, (hall, within three months therca(ter be transmitted to the comptroller of the ireafury ; in default of taking which oath, the party failing shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, in any court of competent jurifdiftion, to the ule of the Urn i ted States. 593 And he it further enafled, That the fevrral officers of the cuftonvr sHall relpetlively perform the dutiea following, to wit : At f'K ft ol the ports to which there shall he appointed a collc&or, nw»I«" officer, and surveyor ; the colieftor shall receive all report!, roam fcltsy and documents, to be made or exhibited on the entry of ship or vessel, according to the regulation! of this ast; shall record, in books to be kept for thatpurpofe, all such manifefts ; shall re ceive the entries of all ships and vessels, and "of the good*, ware* and merchandise impoited in them ; Hi a 11, together with the navel officer where there is one, or alone where there is none, eflimaie the amount of the duties payable thereupon, endorsing the fay* amount upon the refpeftiVe entries; (hall receive all monies pa:d for duties, and take all bonds for securing the payment thereof ; shall grant ail permits/or the unlading and delivery of good*, shall employ proper persons as weighers, guagers, measurer* and in fpeftors it the several port* within hia diHritt; and shall provide at the public expellee, and with the approbation of the principal officer of the treasury department, llore-houfes for the fafe keep ing of goods, and such fcalcs, weights and measures as may be n<~ ceUary. The naval-officers shall receive copies of all manifeft? ; shall, together with the collector, estimate the dutiea on all good*, waies arid merchandise fubjeft to duty, kaeping a separate record thereof j and shall counterUgn all permits, clearances, certificate and debentures to be granted by the colleftoi. The surveyor superintend and direst all infpeftors, weighers, ineafurers and guigers within his diftrift ; shall visit and infoeft the ships or ves sels which arrive within his diftrift, and Hiall hsve power to pur on board each of thetrt one or more infpeftors; shall afcrrtain the proofs of distilled spirits, rating those which shall be of ihe proof of twenty-four degrees as of Jamaica prool; and shall examine whether the goods imported in any ship or vefTel, and the delive ries thereof, are coriformable to the entries of such goods and the permits tor landing the fame ; and the said surveyor shall in all cases be fubjeft to the controul of the colleftoh And at such porta to which a collector and surveyor only are assigned, the said col lector shall solely execute all the dutirs in which the co-operation ofthe naval officer is requisite at the ports where a naval-officer shall be appointed, which he shall also do in cafe of the disability or death of the naval-officer. Arid at the port* to which a coll c tor only is assigned, such collector shall folcly execute all the du ties iri which the co-dperation df the naval-officer is requifue as atorefaid ; and shall also, ai far as itfay be, perform all the duties prescribed to furvcyors at the ports where such officers are cfta blifhed. And at ports to which only are assigned, every such surveyor shall perform all the duties herein before enjoined upon fbrveyors ; and Tnall Alio receive ahd record the cdpic,* ojF all manifeAs which shall be transmitted to him by the collector ; (hall record all permits granted by such collector, diflinguifhing theguage, weight, measure and quality of the goods fpccified there in ; and shall take care that no goods be unladen or delivered front any ship or vefTel without a proper permit For that purpose. And at such ports of delivery only to which no surveyor is assigned, it shall be lawful for the colleuor df the diftrift occasionally ani from time to time to employ a brdper or persons to do the | duties of a surveyor, who shall be entitled to the like cOmpenf.Si on with inTpeccuf* duiiag the tisnc they shall be employed. And the said collectors, naval-officers and lurveyon shall refpeftivciy attend in person at the ports to which they are refpeftively assign ed ; and shall keep fair and true accddnts and records of all their tranfaftions as officer! of the cufloms,in such manner and form a* may be directed by the proper or officer having the fupeHntendance of the colleftidn df the revenue of the Unted States ; and shall at all times submit their books, papers and ac counts to the infpeftion ot such persons at. may be appointed for that purpose : And the laid coHeftors shall at all times pay to the ofder of the officer who fliall be authontcd to direst the payment thereof, the Whole of the monies which they may refpcftively r • ceivc by virtue of this ast (such monies as they «ue otherwise by this ast directed to pay, only excepted); and shall also once in e/ery three months, or oftener if thev shall be required, transmit their accounts for fettlcment to the officer or officers whofc duty it fliall be to rnai;e such fettlcment. And be it further ciiAfl'ed, That every collc&or, naval-officer and surveyor, in cases of occaftonal and neceflary absence, or #f ficka ness, and not otherwise, may refpettively exercifc and perform their fevera! power?, functions and duties, by deputy duly confti* tuted under their hands and seals refpe&ively, for whom in the ex ecution of the trust, they shall refpcftively be tnfwerable. And be it further enafled, That in cafe of the disability or death of a colle&or, the duties and authorities vested in him (hall de volve on hit deputy, if any there be at the time of such disability or death (for whose conduit theeftate of such disabled or deccafed collettor shall be liable) : And in defe& of a deputy, the said au thorities and duties shall devolve upon the naval-officer of the fame diftrift, if any there be ; and if there be tio naval-officer, upon the lurveyor of the port appointed for the residence of such difapled or deccafed collc&or \ if any there be ; and if none} upon the sur veyor of the port nearest thereto, and within the fame diflrift. And in every cafe of the death or disability of a turvcyorj it ftiall be lawful for the colle&or of the dcftnft to nominate some fit per ion to perform his and exercifc his authorities. And the authorities Of the persons hereby empowered to ast in the (lead of those who may be disabled or dead, (hall continue until fucccffors shall be duly appointed, tftd ready 10 enter upon the execution of their refpettive offices. ifarf It it furtitr tH&ti, That from uid after the fifft. thy of October next, no goods, ware* or merchandin Ikall be brought into the United States from any foreign pttrt or place, in arty (hip or Vetfel betOngidg In the Whole or in part to a citizen or citiaena, inhabitant or inhabitants of tht United States unleb the mailer or person having the charge or command of such ftiip ot- vessel (hall have on board a manifeftor mamfefts ih writing) flgotd hy fuclt matter Or other person, containing the name or name* of the pott or porta, place or placet where the goods in such mJnifcft or RM nifefts mentioned, Bull have been re(jiectively taken on board,»o4 the port or ports, place Or placet within the United .State* for which the fame ate respectively consigned orde&ined, tmi the name itid built of such (Kipor acffel, and the true admeaforemenr or tonnage thereof according to tht register of the fame, together with the name of the mafterdt other person having the' Command or charge of such (hip Or Vessel, arid the port or place to I which such (hip or vessel truly belongs, and a just and particethr account of a|l the cargo so laden or taken on kjord, whether in packages or (lowed lOose, together with the marks and numbers in word» at length of the said packages respectively, with a description <>" each, as whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, hogshead, barrc, cafe, bale, pack, trufi, chest, box, bundle, or other calk or packjgc describing the fame by its u<ual name or denomination. 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