(ACT of March 27th, 1804.)

43. SEC. XI. The president of the United States, 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 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 bond, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, in the sum of five thousand dollars. [Infra, 78.]

ACT of March 27th, 1804. 3 Bioren, 623.

44. SEC. 1. From and after the last day of June, in the present year, the salaries heretofore allowed by law, to the several collectors of the customs for the districts of Bath, Portsmouth, Newport, Middletown, New Haven, Delaware, Richmond, Wilmington, in 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:

To each of the surveyors at New London, Middletown, New Haven, and Alexandria, in addition to the allowances already established by law, the sum of fifty dollars.

SEC. II. 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 Petersburgh and Richmond, two per cent. To the collectors for Kennebunk and New London, one and three-quarters per cent.

To the collector for Bath, one and a 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 onequarter per cent.

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 ac

(ACT of March 3d, 1805.)

count of the duties arising on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels.

SEC. III. There shall be appointed a surveyor for the district of Marblehead, to reside at Marblehead; who shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the other emoluments allowed by law, a salary of one hundred dollars, annually. [Infra, 51.]

ACT of January 11th, 1805. 3 Bioren, 633.

45. SEC. I. 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.

ACT of March 3d, 1805. 3 Bioren, 661.

46. SEC. I. 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 Genessee river, and known by the name of Oak Orchard creek, shall be a district to be called the district of Genessee, of which the river Genessee shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector for said district shall be appointed to reside on the river Genessee,

47. SEC. II. 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.

[Infra, 65, 71, 72.]

48. SEC. III. 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 exceeding two other places, to be ports of delivery only; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside at the port of entry, and surveyors, to reside at such ports of delivery as may be established as aforesaid.

(ACT of April 21st, 1806.)

49. SEC. IV. The president is hereby authorized to designate such place in the district of Erie, as he shall judge expedient, to be the port of entry of the said district.

50. SEC. V. The several collectors and surveyors who may be appointed by virtue of this act, or by virtue of the third section of an act passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, which authorises the establishment of a new collection district on lake Ontario, in addition to the fees and commissions allowed by law, respectively, receive the same annual salary which, by law, is allowed to the collectors and surveyors of the several districts comprising the northern and western boundaries of the

United States.

ACT of January 22d, 1806. 4 Bioren, 2.

51. SEC. III. The town or landing place of Roxbury, 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 and restrictions, as other ports of delivery in the United States. [Infra, 60, 73.]

ACT of February 28th, 1806. 4 Bioren, 8.

SEC. 1. The consent of congress is hereby granted and declared to the operation of an act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, entitled "An act to empower the board of wardens, for the port of Philadelphia, to collect a certain duty on tonnage for the purposes therein mentioned," so far, as to enable the state of Pennsylvania to collect a duty of four cents per ton, on all vessels which shall clear out from the port of Philadelphia for any foreign port or place whatever, to be expended in building piers in, and otherwise improving the navigation of the river Delaware, agreeably to the intentions of the said act.

ACT of March 8th, 1806. 4 Bioren, 10.

52. SEC. I. The town or landing place of Jersey, in the state of New Jersey shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Perth Amboy, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States. And there shall be appointed a surveyor to reside at the said port of delivery, who shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the other emoluments allowed by law, a salary of one hundred dollars annually. [Infra, 53, 69.]

ACT of April 21st, 1806. 4 Bioren, 60.

53. SEC. I. So much of the "Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," as requires the collector for the

(ACT of February 13th, 1807.)

district of Great Egg Harbor, in the state of New Jersey, to reside at Sommer's Point, is repealed, and the said collector shall reside at such place, within said district, as may be directed by the secretary of the treasury.

54. SEC. II. The town or landing place of Darien, on the Alatamahal river in the state of Georgia, shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Brunswick, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States, and a surveyor shall be appointed, to reside at the said port of delivery, who shall be entitled to receive one hundred dollars annual salary, together with the other emoluments of office, as fixed by existing laws.

55. SEC. 111. Ocracocke inlet, in North Carolina, together with Shell Castle and Beacon Islands, and all the other shores, islands, shoals, bays, and waters, within two miles of the shores of said inlet, on each side thereof, shall be a district, to be called the district of Ocracocke; the president of the United States shall be authorised to designate such place in the said district, as he shall think proper, to be the port of entry; and a collector for said district shall be appointed, to reside at such port of entry, who, in addition to his other emoluments, shall be entitled to receive the salary now allowed to the surveyor of Beacon island, and no other; and shall also perform the duties heretofore enjoined by law on the said surveyor: but no duties shall be paid, or secured to be paid, in the said district of Ocracocke, on any articles intended for any other port connected with the waters of the said inlet of Ocracocke, such only excepted as may be cast away within the said district. The office of surveyor of Beacon island shall be henceforth abolished, and the masters or commanders of every ship or vessel coming in at Ocracocke inlet, and intending to unlade her cargo, or any part thereof, at any port, other than the district of Ocracocke, connected with the waters of the said inlet, as well as the masters or commanders of all lighters or coasting vessels, who shall receive goods, wares or merchandise, to be transported to any such port, shall be bound to exhibit their reports and manifests to the said collector, and to perform all the other duties, which by the eighteenth section of the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," they are now bound to perform, under similar circumstances, in the inlet aforesaid. [Infra, 61, 79.]

ACT of February 13th, 1807. 4 Bioren, 86.

56. SEC. 1. From and after the thirtieth day of June next, all the shores and waters of the river Ohio, and of the several rivers and creeks emptying into the same; and also all the shores and waters of the rivers which empty into the river Mississippi, or any of its branches are hereby annexed to, and shall make part of the district of Mississippi. [Infra, 57, 58, 59, 75.]

(ACT of April 25th, 1808.)

57. SEC. II. A surveyor shall be appointed for each of the following towns or places, that is to say: Pittsburgh, Charlestown, Marietta, Cincinnati, Limestone, Louisville, Massac and Natchez; who shall be authorised to grant temporary registers to vessels of the United States in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as may be done by the collectors of the several districts of the United States, and each of the said surveyors, besides the fees paid in relation to the admeasurement and registering of vessels, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.

58. SEC. III. The collector of the district of Mississippi shall, on the surrender of any temporary register, granted to a vessel of the United States as aforesaid, issue a permanent register for such vessel: Provided, That the master of such vessel shall take the usual oath, and perform all the other conditions, required by the registering act, except that he shall not be obliged to give any new bond to the said collector.

59. SEC. IV. So much of any act or acts as erects any of the shores or waters, annexed by this act to the Mississippi district, into separate districts, is hereby repealed.

ACT of December 15th, 1807. 4 Bioren, 129.

60. SEC. I. The district, at present called the district of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, in Massachusetts, shall in future be called the district of Saco; and the collector of the said district shall be permitted to reside in Saco or Biddeford; and all the provisions of the several acts of congress, that relate to the district of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, shall be, and the same are hereby, continued in full force, with respect to the district of Saco. [Infra, 73.]

ACT of April 25th, 1808. 4 Bioren, 177.

61. SEC. I. A district shall be formed out of the district of Edenton, in North Carolina, to be called the district of Plymouth, which shall include and comprehend the rivers Roanoke and Cashie, and all the waters, creeks, and harbors, belonging thereto. The town of Plymouth shall be the port of entry and delivery; and Windsor and Skewarky ports of delivery. A collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside and keep his office at the town of Plymouth, who shall be entitled to receive three per cent. commissions on all moneys by him received on account of the duties arising on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the said district, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and the other emoluments and fees of office established by law.

62. SEC. II. The district of Nanjemoy, in the state of Maryland, shall be called the district of St. Mary's, and the collector shall reside at St. Mary's river, which shall be the port of entry and

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