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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 his ship or vessel, and there make report and entry, in writing, and pay, 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 Under penalty of 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.

500 dollars.

French and Span

ish ships privi

leged in ports

12 years.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That during of Louisiana for the term of twelve years, to commence three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the above mentioned treaty shall have been notified, at Paris, to the French government, French ships, or vessels, coming directly from France, or any of her colonies, laden only with the produce or manufactures of France, or any of her said colonies; and Spanish ships or vessels, coming directly from Spain, or any of her colonies, laden

To pay only like

only with the produce or manufactures of Spain, or any of her said colonies, shall be admitted into the port of New Orleans, and into all other ports of entry which may hereafter be established by law, within the territories ceded to the United States by the above mentioned treaty, in the same manner as ships or vessels of the United States, coming directly from France or Spain, or any of their colonies, and without being subject to any other, or higher duty on the said produce or manufacture, than by law now is, or shall, at the time, be pay-duties with ships able, by citizens of the United States on similar articles, imported from France or Spain or any of their colonies, in vessels of the United States, into the said port of New-Orleans, or other ports of entry in the territories above mentioned; or to any other, or higher tonnage duty, than by law now is, or shall at the time be, laid on the tonnage of vessels of the United States coming from France, or Spain, or from any of their colonies, to the said port of New-Orleans, or other ports of entry within the territories above mentioned.

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bond.

Emoluments.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Collector to give 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 monies by him received, on account of the duties arising from goods, wares and merchandize imported into the said district, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels; and the naval officers and surveyors Naval officer and of the said district shall respectively, receive an pensation.

surveyor's com

Additional reve nne cutters to be built.

Mobile may be made a separate district.

annual compensation of two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to their other fees and emolu

ments.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, 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 authoriz ed by law.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, 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 desigTwo ports of de- nate such other places, within the same district, livery in Mobile. 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.

Officers may be appointed.

See antea page 36.

And the said collector shall give bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office in the sum of five thousand dollars.

March, 1804.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That Act in force 24th this act shall commence thirty days after the passing thereof.

24th February, 1804. 1 Ses. 8 Con.

AN ACT

To allow drawbacks of duties, on goods, wares and merchandize transported by land, in the cases therein mentioned.

all Goods imported

into

into certain ports and transported

by inland convey

ance to others,
and thence export-

entitled to

drawback.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That goods, wares and merchandize duly imported either the districts of Boston and Charlestown, ed Salem and Beverly, Newburyport, Ipswich or Marblehead, in the state of Massachusetts, which shall be transported by inland conveyance along the turnpike or other main road into another of said districts, and be therefrom exported to any foreign port or place, shall be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties upon such exportation, under the same provisions, regulations, re-. strictions and limitations, as if the goods, wares and merchandize were transported coastwise from one to another of the said districts, and also upon the conditions specified in the 79th section* of the

See antea page 159.

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Goods imported into the district of

to drawbacks as in

tion, from Phila

phia, &c.

act, entitled "an act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and tonnage."

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Delaware entitled goods, wares and merchandize duly imported into cases of exporta- the District of Delaware, may be transported to the same places, in the same manner, and on the same conditions with goods, wares and merchandize duly imported into the districts of Philadelphia, New-York or Baltimore, and shall in like manner be entitled to the benefit of a drawback of the duties thereon, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, agreeably to the provisions contained in the seventy-ninth section of an act, entitled "an act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage:" and that all goods, wares and merchandize, 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 merchandize, which being duly imported into Baltimore or New-York, shall be exported from Philadelphia. Approved 3d March, 1804. 1 Ses. 8 Con.

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