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CONCLUSION OF
An ACT for <-nrollitig and licenfmg
(hips or veHels to be employed in
the coasting trade and {iflieries,
and for regulating the fame.
AND be it furthereafted, That when any
fliip or veilel, licenced for carrying on the
fifhery, shall be intended to touch and trade at
any foreign port or place, it shall be the duty
of the matter, commander, or owner, to ob
tain permiflion for that purpose, from the col
lector of the distriCt where such ship or vessel
may be, previous to her departure, and the
inafter or commander of every fnch Ihip or
vessel, shall deliver like manifefts, and make
like entries, both of the ship or vessel, and ot
the goods, wares, or merchandize on board,
within the fame time, and under the fame
penalty, as by the laws of the United States,
are provided for ships or vefleJs of the United
States arriving from a foreign po»t. And if
any ship or vessel, licenced for carrying on the
fiflieries, (hall be found within three leagues
of the coast, with good ;, wares, or merchan
dize of foreign growth or manufacture ex
ceeding the value of five hundred dollars,
without having such permiflion, as is herein
directed, such fhipor vefiel, together with the
goods, wares, or merchandize of foreign
growth or manufacture imported therein,
lhall be subjeCt to seizure and forfeiture.
And be it further enabled, That the master
or commander of every ship or vessel, employ
ed in the transportation of goods, from dis
triCt to distriCt, that shall put into a port,
other than the one to which fae was bound,
shall, within twenty-four hours of his arrival,
if there be an officer residing at such port, and
she continue there so long, make report of
his arrival, to such officer, with the name of
the place he came from, and to which he is
bound, With an account of his lading ; and if
the master of such ship or vcfTel shall negleCt
or refufe to do the fame, he shall forfeit
twenty dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if the
matter or commander of any ship or vessel,
employed in the transportation of goods, from
distriCt to distriCt, having on board goods,
wares, or merchandize of foreign growth or
manufacture, or distilled spirits, (hall, on his
arrival at the port to which he was destined,
have Zoll PC-jnifl&id thfL certified manifeft ot
the fame, or the permit which was given
therefor, by the ccflleCtor or surveyor of the
distriCt from whence he failed, the collector of
the distriCt where he shall so arrive, shall take
bond for the payment of the duties on such
goods, ware* and merchandize of foreign
growth or manqfaCture, or distilled spirits,
within fix months, in the fame manner, as
though they were imported from a foreign
country : Provided however, such bond shall
be cancelled, if the said master shall deliver,
or cause to be delivered to the collector tak
ing such bond, and within the term therein
limited for payment, a certificate from the
collector or surveyor of the distriCt, from
whence he failed, that such goods were legal
ly exported in such ship or vefiel, from such
diftri<st.
And be it further enaCtcd, That the master
or commander of every foreign ship or vefiel,
bound from a distriCt in the United States, to
any other distriCt within the fame, shall, in all
cases, previous to her departure from such
diftti&, deliver to the collector of such dis
triCt, duplicate manifefts of the lading on
board such ship or vefTe 1, if there be any* or
if there be none, he shall declare that such is
the cafe, and to the truth of such manifefts or
declaration, he flwll swear or afHim, and also
obtain a permit, from the said collector, au
thorizing him to proceed to the place of bis
destination. And the master or commander
of every such ship or vessel, on his arrival
within any dtftrlCt, from any other distriCt,
shall, in all cases, within forty-eight hours af
ter his arrival, and previous to the unlading
any goods from on board such ship or vef&l,
deliver to the collector of the distriCt where
he may have arrived, a manifeft of the goods
laden on board such ship or vessel, if any there
be, or if in baJlaft only, he shall so declare,
and to the truth of which manifeft or declara
tion, he shall swear or affirm; and also, that
such manifeft contains an account of all the
goods, wares, and merchandize, which were
on board such ship or vessel, at the time, or
have been, since her departure from the place,,
from whence ihe shall be reported last to have
failed; and he shall also deliver to such col
lector the permit which was given him from
the collector of the distriCt from whence he"
(ailed. And if the master or commander of
any such ship or vessel, shall negleCt or refufe
complying with any of the requirements here
in made, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars •*
Provided always, That nothing herein con
tained shall be construed as affecting the pay
ment of tonnage, or any other requirements
which such ships or vefleJs are now subjeCt to
by the present existing laws of the United
States.
, And be it further enacted, That in every
cafe where the collector is, by this a&, direct
ed to grant any enrolment, licence, certify
eptm
361
Saturday, April 15, 1793.
cate, permit, or other document, the naval
f ificer. refitting at the port (it' there be one,
itiall sign the lame; and every surveyor who
Ilia!! certify a manilfcft, or grant a. permit, or
who lhall receive anv certified manifefl, or
a permit, as is provided for in this afl,
make monthly returns thereof, or (ooner, if
it can conveniently be made, to the collector
of the diftrtft where fucli surveyor may reside.
And be it further ena&ed, That before any
{hip or veflel, of the burthen of five tons, and
less than twenty tons, fliall be licenced, the
fame admeasurement fliall be made of such
ship or veSel, and the fame provisions observ
ed relative thereto, as are to be oblerved in
cafe of adnseaftiring ships or velfels to be re
gistered or enrolled ; but in al! cases, where
such ship or veflel, or any other licenced ship
or veflel, foall have been once admeasured, it
lhall not be neceflary to measure such ship or
velTel anew, for the purpose of obtaining ano
ther enrolment or licence, except such ship or
veflel lhall have undergone fojne alteration as
to her bnrthen, subsequent to the time of her
former licence.
And be It further enacted, That it lhall be
lawful for any officer of thv; revenue, to go on
board of any ship or vessel, whether she fliall
be within or without his diflrift, and tlwTame
to infpeft, search, and examine; and rf it
shall appear that any breach of the laws of the
United States has been committed, whereby
such ship or vefTet, or the goods, wares and
merchandize on board, or any part thereof,
is, or are liable to forfeiture, to make seizure
of the fame.
And be it further enacted, That in every
cafe, where a forfeiture of any ship or vessel,
or of any goods, wares or merchandize, lhall
accrue, it shall be the duty of the collector,
or other proper officer, who shall give notice
of the seizure of ftich ship or veflel, or of such
goods, wares or merchandize, to insert in the
fame advertisement, the name or names, and
the place or places of residence, of the person
or persons to whom any such ship or veflel,
goods, wares and merchandize belonged, or
were consigned at the time of such seizure, if
the fame shall be known to him.
And be it further enacted, That every
collector, who shall knowingly make any re
cord of enrolment or licence of any ship or
vefTel, and every other officer or person, ap
pointed by, er under them, who lhall make
any record, or grant any certificate, <sr other
document whatever, contrary to the true in
tent and meaning of this ast, or shall take
any other, or greater fees, than are, by this
ast allowed, or shall receive for any service
performed, pursuant to this ast, any reward
or gratuity, and every surveyor, or other per
son appointed to measure ships or vefiels, who
shall wilfully deliver to any collector, or naval
officer a falfe description of any fiiip or veflel,
to be enrolled or licenced, in pursuance of
this ast, shall upon conviction of any such ne
glect or offence, forfeit to the United States
five hundred dollars, and be rendered inca
pable of serving in any office of trust or profit,
under the United States. And if any person,
authorized or required by this ast, in refpeft
to his office, to perform any ast or thing re
quired by this ast, shall wilfully neglect or re
fufe to do and perform the fame, according
to the true intent and meaning of this ast,
such person, on being duly convicted thereof,
if not hereby l'ubjeft to the penalty and dif- ]
qualifications aforefaid, shall forfeit and pay
the sum of five hundred dollars for the firft
offence, and a like futn for the second offence,
and (hall from thenceforward be rendered ill
capable of holding any office of trust or pro
fit under the United States.
And be it farther enacted, That if any per
son or persons, (hall swear, or affirm to any
of the matters, herein required to be verified,
knowing the fame to lie falfe, such person or
persons fliall fuffer the like pains and penalties,
as shall be incurred, by persons committing
wilful and corrupt peijury. Arid if any per
son or persons shall forge, counterfeit, erase,
alter or falfify any enrolment, licence, certi
ficate, permjt, or other document, mention
ed or required in this ast, to be granted by
any officer of the revenue, such person or per
sons, so offending, shall forfeit five hundred
dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any
person or persons shall aflault, resist, obftruft,
or hinder any officer in the execution of this
ast, or of any other ast or law of the United
States, herein mentioned, or of any of the
powers or authorities veiled in him by this
ast, or any other ast or law, as aforefaid, all
and every person so offl-nding, shall, f'6r eve
ry such offence, for which no other penalty is
particularly provided, forfeit five hundred
dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any li
cenced ship or veflel, (hall be transferred in
whole, or in part, to any person, whojs not,
at the time of such transfer, a citizen of, and
reQdent within the United States, or if any
such (hip or veflel, shall be employed in any
other trade, than t'jat for which she Is Ucea
• ced, or fliall be found with a surged or alter
ed licence, or one granted far any other ship
or veflel, every such ship or vifTel, with her
fso
[Whole No. 415.]
tackle, apparel and furniture, ami the caj-go
fount) on board liej;, (hall be forfeited.
frovidtd nevertheless, i)nd, "be it further
That in all where the whole
or any part of the lading, or cprgo on board,
any (hip or veffeJ, (hall belong bona fid* to any
perftm or perfont e'her than the jlrafter, own
er, or mariners, of fuel) fhjp or vellil; ai d pp
on which the duties (hall have heen p.reviQiil-
ly paid or secured, according to law, shall be
exempted from any forfeiture under thin
any thing therein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And he it further cna&dd, That the fees
and allowances for the several duties and ier-
vices, to be performed, in virtue of this ast,
Dial) be as follow ; that is to fay :
For admeasuring every Clip or veflel, in
order to the enrolment, or licencing and re-
cording the fame, if of the burthen of five
tons, and less than twenty tons, fifty cents ;
if of twenty tons, and not exceeding seventy
tons, feventy-five cents ; if above seventy
tons, and not exceeding one hundred tons,
one hundred cents ; if above orie hundred
tons, one hundred and fifty cents :
For every certificate of enrolment, fifty
cents :
For every endorsement on a certificate of
enrolment, twenty cents :
For eve'ry licence and granting the fame,
including the bond, if not exceeding twenty
tons, twenty-five cents ; if abpve twenty,
and not more than one hendred tons, fifty
cents ; and if more than one hundred tons,
one hundred cents :
For every endorsement on a licence, twen-
ty cents :
For certifying raantfefts, and granting a
permit for a licenced veflel to proceed from
diftrift to diftrift, twenty-five cents.,, if Jqf#
than fifty tons, and if above fifty tons, fifty
cents :
For receiving a certified tnarrifeft, and
granting a permit, on the arrival of such ves
sel, twenty five cents, if less than fifty tons,
and if above fifty tons, fifty cents :
For certifying manifefts, and granting a
permit for a velTel to proceed from
diitrict to diftrift,one hundred and fifty cent? :
For receiving a certified manifeft, and
granting a permit, on the arrival of such re
gistered veflel, one huntbed and fifty cents :
For granting a permit for a vefTel, not be
longing to a citizen or citizens of the United
States, to proceed from diftridt to diftri(sV,
and receiving the manifeft, two hundred
cents i
For receiving a manifeft, and granting a
permit, to unload, for such lad mentioned
veflel, on her arrival in one diftrift,from ano
ther diftrift, two hundred cents:
For granting a permit for a veflj:l carrying
on the filhery, to trade at a Foreign port,
twenty-five cents, and for the report and en
try of any foreign goods imported in such ves
sel, twenty-five cents.
And where a fuvveyor (hall certify a ni an -
ifeft, or grant a permit, or receive a certifi
ed manifeft and grant a permit, the fees ari
(Tng therefrom, (hall be received by him foe
ly for his use. And a!l other fees anting, by
virtue of this ast, (Uall be received, and ac
counted for, by the col It or, or, at his op
tion, by the naval officer, where there is one,
and where there is a colleSor, naval officer,
and surveyor, fliall j e equally divided, month
ly, between the said officers ; and where there
is no naval crffici r, two thirds to the co'.leftnr,
and the other third to the ftjrveyor ; and
where there is only a collector, he (hall re
ceive the whole amount thereof; aiid,where
there is more than one lurveyor in any disc
trift, each of them (hall receive his propor
tionable part, of such fees, as (hall arise in
the port, for which he is appointed : Provided
always, That in all cases, where the tonnage
of any (hip or veflel, (hall be ascertained, by
any perl'on appointed for that purpose, fucli
person (hall be paid a reasonable compensa
tion therefor, out of the fees aforefaid, be
fore any distribution thereof, as aforefaid ;
and every collector and naval officer, and
every surveyor, who (hall reside at a port,
where there is no collector, (hall cause to be
affixed, and constantly kept, in some eon
fpicuous place of his office, a fair table of the
rates of fees, demandable by this act.
And be it further enacted, That all penal
ties and forfeitures, which (hall be incurred
by virtue and force of this ast, (hall and may
be fticd for, prosecuted and recovered, in
like manner, as penalties and forfeitures, in
curred by virtue of the ast, intituled, "An
ast to regulate the collection of the duties im
posed by law on goods, wares and merchan
dize imported into the United States, and on'
the tonnage of (hips or vessels," may lie sued
for, prosecuted and recovered, and shall be
appropriated in like manner : Provided al
ways, That if any officer, entitled to a part
or (hare of any such penalty or forfeiture,
(hall be neceflary as a witness on the trial for
such penalty or forfeiture, such ofgrer may be
a witness upon the laid ti ial; but in such cafe,
I* lhall not receive, or be entitled to any
part or (hare of rhe fa'd penalty cr foir/evfprtf,
and the part or (hare to whichJje w»uW othr*-