2 March 1799. transmit the same, verified as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the use of the United States. Ibid. § 4. Distribution of fees on death or resignation of collector. 10 May 1800 1. 2 Stat. 72. 36. Whenever a collector shall die or resign, the commissions to which he would have been entitled, (a) on the receipt of all duties bonded by him, shall be equally divided between the collector resigning, or the legal representative of such deceased collector, and his successor in office, whose duty it shall be to collect the same; and for this purpose all the public or official books, papers and accounts of the collector resigning or deceased, shall be delivered over to such successor. (b) 37. There shall be allowed and paid annually, to and for the use of the several colleetors and surveyors appointed, and to be appointed pursuant to law, and employed in the Compensation of collection of the duties of imports and tonnage, in the districts hereinafter mentioned, certain officers increased. Ibid. § 2. Percentage of increased. in addition to their fees and emoluments otherwise allowed by law, the sums following respectively, that is to say: to the collectors of Passamaquoddy, Waldoborough and St. Mary's, two hundred and fifty dollars each; to the collectors of Machias, Great Egg Harbor, Little Egg Harbor, Perth Amboy, Bridgetown, Sunbury and Georgetown in Maryland, one hundred dollars each; and to the collectors of Sag Harbor, Brunswick in Georgia, and Dumfries, fifty dollars each; to the surveyor of Bermuda Hundred, one hundred and fifty dollars; and to the surveyors of Newport, Providence, Port Royal, Alexandria and Saybrook, one hundred dollars each. 38. In lieu of the commissions heretofore allowed by law, there shall, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, be allowed to the collectors for the districts of Alexancertain collectors dria, Petersburg and Richmond, respectively, two and a half per centum on all moneys which shall be collected and received by them; to the collector for the district of Boston and Charlestown, and to the collectors of Baltimore and Philadelphia, three-eighths of one per centum; to the collectors of Charleston, South Carolina, Salem and Norfolk and Portsmouth, three-quarters of one per centum; to the collector of the district of Portland, one per centum, for and on account of the duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels. 27 March 1804 31. 2 Stat. 300. to cease. 39. The salaries heretofore allowed by law, to the several collectors of the customs for the districts of Bath, Portsmouth, Newport, Middletown, New Haven, Delaware, Certain salaries 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 Additional allow customs hereafter named, the following sums respectively, viz.: to the collector for the district of Natchez, in addition to the fees and other emoluments of office, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; and 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. ance to certain officers. Ibid. 2. Commissions of certain officers changed. 40. 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 Petersburg and Richmond, two per cent. To the collectors for Kennebunk and New London, one and three-quarters 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 one-quarter 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 account of the duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels. 26 April 1816 2 1. 41. That an addition of fifty per cent. upon the sums allowed as compensation to inspectors, or persons acting as occasional inspectors, employed in aid of the customs, Compensation of and to the measurers, weighers or gaugers, by the act, entitled "An act to establish the 3 Stat. 306. inspectors, &c., increased. 7 May 1822 26. 3 Stat. 694. Ibid. 7. compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imposts and tonnage, and for other purposes," passed on the 2d of March 1799, be and the same is hereby allowed, to the said inspectors, measurers, weighers or gaugers; to be ascertained, certified and paid under the regulations prescribed in the above-mentioned act. 42. The salaries heretofore allowed by law to the several collectors of the customs for the districts of White Mountains, Memphrymagog, Barnstable, Nantucket, Marblehead and New Bedford, shall cease and be discontinued. 43. In lieu of the commissions allowed by law to the several officers hereafter mentioned, there shall be allowed the following, to wit: to each of the collectors for the dis (a) Commissions were intended as a compensation for a faithful performance of duty, and are not due to an officer who has not collected nor received the revenue in which they are claimed, but who, in violation of his duty, devolved its collection on his suc cessor. 5 Opin. 278. (b) This section is not repealed by the act 7 May 1822, infra, 43, 45. 3 Opin. 449. changed. tricts of Saco, Cape Vincent, Georgetown (in the District of Columbia) Newberr. and St. 7 May 1822. Mary's (in Georgia) three per cent.; to each collector for the districts of Kennebunk, Commissions of Newport and New London, two and a half per cent.; to each collector for the districts certain officers of Bath, Bristol, New Haven and Alexandria, two per cent.; to the collector for the district of Portsmouth, one and three-fourths per cent; to each collector for the districts of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Petersburg and Richmond, one and three-fourths per cent.; and to the collector for the district of Mississippi, one per cent.; to the collector for the district of Boston, one-fifth of one per cent.; and to the collector for the district of New York, one-sixth of one per cent., on all moneys by them respectively received on account of the duties arising from goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of vessels. in addition to ments. 44. In addition to the emoluments of the several officers hereinafter mentioned, and Ibid. 38. in lieu of the salaries now established by law, there shall be allowed and paid the fol- Certain officers ta lowing salaries, to wit: to the collector of the district of Wilmington (in Delaware) five be paid salaries hundred dollars; (a) to the collector of the district of Sag Harbor, four hundred dol- other emolulars; to each of the collectors for the districts of Saco, Edgartown, Fairfield, Cape Vincent, Sackett's Harbor, Champlain, Oswegatchie, (b) Oswego, Vermont, Oxford, Tappahannock, Beaufort (in North Carolina) Edenton, Georgetown (in South Carolina) and Beaufort (in South Carolina) two hundred and fifty dollars; to each of the collectors for the districts of Wiscasset, Oswego, Plymouth (in North Carolina) two hundred dollars; to the surveyor at Eastport, for the district of Passamaquoddy, five hundred dollars; to the surveyors at North Kingston, for the district of Newport, and to each of the surveyors at New London, and at Hartford and Middletown, for the district of Middletown and Hampton, two hundred and fifty dollars; to each of the surveyors of the ports for the districts of St. Mary's (in Maryland) East River, South Quay, Petersburg, Edenton, Pawtuxet and Camden, two hundred dollars; and to each of the surveyors of the ports of Chester, Havre-de-Grace, Nottingham, Dumfries and Yeocomico, one hundred and fifty dollars; to the naval officers for the districts of Providence and Newport, two hundred and fifty dollars each. limited. into the treasury. 45. Whenever the emoluments(c) of any collector of the customs of either of the ports Ibid. § 9. of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah or New Orleans, Emoluments of shall exceed four thousand dollars; or the emoluments of any naval officer of either of certain officers said ports shall exceed three thousand dollars; or the emoluments of any surveyor of either of said ports shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, in any one year, after Excess to be paid deducting the necessary expenses incident to his office in the same year, (d) the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into the treasury, for the use of the United States. (e) 46. Whenever the emoluments of any other collector of the customs shall exceed three thousand dollars; or the emoluments of any other naval officer shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; or the emoluments of any other surveyor shall exceed two thousand emoluments of dollars, in any one year, after deducting therefrom the necessary expenses incident to his office in the same year, the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into the treasury, for the use of the United States. 47. The preceding provisions shall not extend to fines, penalties or forfeitures, or the distribution thereof.(g) Ibid. § 10. Limitation of other officers. Ibid. 11. Ibid. § 12. Accounts of rendered on oath. 48. Every collector, naval officer and surveyor, shall account to the treasury for all his emoluments, and also for all the expenses incident to his office; such accounts, as well of expenses as of emoluments, shall be rendered on oath or affirmation, at such emoluments to be times (h) and in such forms, and shall be supported by such proofs as shall be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury; and all such accounts shall be settled at the treasury like How settled. other public accounts. 49. Every collector, naval officer and surveyor, shall, together with his accounts of the Ibid. 13. expenses incident to his office, render a list of the clerks employed by him, stating the List of clerks, &c., rate of compensation allowed to each, and the duties which they severally perform; and and statement of also an account of the sums paid for stationery, official or contingent expenses, fuel and penses to be office rent, stating the purposes for which the premises rented are applied, contingent ex furnished. Ibid. § 16. 50. No account for the compensation for services of any clerk or other person employed in any duties in relation to the collection of the revenue, shall be allowed, until Clerks to certify, such clerk or other person shall have certified, on oath or affirmation, that the same ser- on oath, to revices have been performed, that he has received the full sum therein charged, to his own charged, &c (a) And $500 to the collector at Pensacola, by act 26 May 1824. 4 Stat. 43. (b) By act 2 March 1811 35, the surveyor of Oswegatchie is to receive $150 per annum, in addition to his fees. 2 Stat. 656. (c) This includes both fees and commissions; and but for the 11th section, would also have embraced his share of the fines, penalties and forfeitures. Hoyt v. United States, 10 How. 135. (d) By this act, the necessary expenses of the office are a pri ceipt of the sums 7 May 1822. Ibid. 18. No officer to re use and benefit, and that he has not paid, deposited or assigned, nor contracted to pay, deposit or assign, any part of such compensation to the use of any other person, nor in any way, directly or indirectly, paid or given, nor contracted to pay or give, any reward or compensation for his office or employment, or the emoluments thereof. 51. No collector, surveyor or naval officer shall ever receive more than four hundred dollars annually, exclusive of his compensation as collector, surveyor or naval officer, ceive more than and the fines and forfeitures allowed by law, for any services he may perform for the $400 for other services. United States in any other office or capacity. (a) 2 March 1831 4. 4 Stat. 487. 52. In lieu of the fees, emoluments, salary and commissions now allowed by law to any collector or surveyor of any district on our northern, north-eastern and north-western Compensation of lakes and rivers, each collector or surveyor, as aforesaid, shall receive, annually, in full compensation for these services, an amount equal to the entire compensation received by such officer during the past year. officers on the northern troutier. 8 March 1841 2 5. 5 Stat. 432. Additional account to be rendered. To include amounts received for fines, &c. Excess above 53. In addition to the account now required to be rendered by every collector of customs, naval officer and surveyor of ports, every such collector, naval officer and surveyor shall, each and every year hereafter, render a quarter-yearly account, under oath, to the secretary of the treasury, in such form as said secretary shall prescribe, of all sums of money by each of them respectively received or collected, for fines, penalties or forfeitures; or for seizure of goods, wares or merchandise; or upon compromises made upon said seizure; or on account of suits instituted for frauds against the revenue laws; or for rent and storage of goods, wares or merchandise, which may be stored in the public storehouses, and for which a rent is paid, beyond the rents paid by the collector or other such officer; and if from such accounting it shall appear that the money received in any one year by any collector, naval officer or surveyor, on account and for $2000 to be paid into the treasury. rents and storage as aforesaid, and for fees and emoluments, shall in the aggregate exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, such excess shall be paid by the said collector, naval officer or surveyor, as the case may be, into the treasury of the United States, as Total compensa part and parcel of the public money. And no such collector (b) shall, on any pretence whatsoever, hereafter receive, hold or retain for himself, in the aggregate, more than six thousand dollars per year, (c) including all commissions for duties, and all fees for storage, or fees or emoluments, or any other commissions or salaries which are now allowed and limited by law: nor shall such naval officer on any pretence whatever, in the aggregate, receive, hold or retain for himself, hereafter, more than five thousand dollars per year, including all commissions on duties, and all fees for storage, or fees or emoluments, or any other commissions or salaries which are now allowed and limited by law nor shall such surveyor, in the aggregate, receive, hold or retain for himself, hereafter, more than four thousand five hundred dollars per year, including all commissions, or fees or emoluments, or any other commissions or salaries which are now allowed and limited by law: Provided, The aggregate sums allowed per year to the several officers aforesaid shall be exclusive of the necessary expenses incident to their respective offices, in the same year, subject to the regulation of the secretary of the treasury. tion limited. Ibid. 26. Stores to be 54. All stores hereafter rented by the collector, naval officer or surveyor, shall be on public account, and paid for by the collector as such, and shall be appropriated exclurented on public sively to the use of receiving foreign merchandise, subject as to the rates of storage, to regulation by the secretary of the treasury. account. Ibid. 27. 55. Every collector, naval officer and surveyor of the several ports of the United False swearing to States, who shall be guilty of false swearing in taking the oath, at the rendition of his accounts to be accounts, as required by the fifth section of this act, to be prescribed by the secretary of deemed perjury. the treasury, with the intention to deceive and defraud the government of the United States, shall be deemed to be guilty of perjury, and liable to the same prosecution and penalty inflicted for like offences, to be tried and adjudged in any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, whenever in his opinion the said offence has been perpetrated as aforesaid, to direct the district attorney of the United States, for the district within which the same has occurred, to prosecute the offender. (a) When collectors. &c., are required by the secretary of the treasury to perform services which are unconnected with their official duties, the necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of those duties may be allowed them. 3 Opin. 563. When acting as superintendents of lighthouses, they are entitled to commissions upon disbursements made by them in that capacity. 4 lbid. 249, 272. But see infra, 59. This section was in tended to provide compensation for extraordinary services incident to their offices, and does not authorize a collector to act as an inspector of customs, and claim compensation therefor. Stewart v. United States, 17 How. 129. The act 3 March 1839 provides that no officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person, whose salaries, or whose pay or emoluments is or are fixed by law and regulations, shall receive any extra allowance or compensa tion in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, (c) This does not affect the limitation, contained in the art of 1822, of the amount to be retained from fees and commissions; its sole object is to limit the amount to be retained from sources not embraced in that act. 4 Opin. 261. It was intended to restrain the annual emoluments of the several officers as such, from all sources whatever connected with the performance of the duties of their offices, to the sums therein mentioned. 3 Ibid. 668 5 Stat. 696. spectors, &c., not 56. The number of inspectors, gaugers, weighers, measurers or markers in any cus- 17 June 1844 2 7. tom house shall not be increased beyond the number now in service; and no allowance shall be made to any inspector, for any services, subsistence, travelling or any other Number of inamount beyond the amount fixed by law of three dollars per day; and not to exceed ten to be increased. cents per mile for travelling expenses when actually engaged in the performance of his No extra allowduties, at any other place than the port or custom house, from the collector of which he ance, except has received his appointment. mileage. 57. Collectors and all other officers of the customs, serving for a less period than a 11 Feb. 1846 § 1. year, shall not be paid for the entire year, but shall be allowed in no case a greater than 9 Stat. 3. ance for a less a pro rata of the maximum compensation of said officers respectively for the time only Pro rata allow which they actually serve as such collectors or officers, whether the same be under one period than a or more appointments, or before or after confirmation. And no collector or other officer year. shall, in any case, receive for his services, either as fees, salary, fines, penalties, forfeitures or otherwise, for the time he may be in service, beyond the maximum pro rata rate provided by law.(a) 58. All accounts of salary, compensation and emoluments shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. Ibid. 22. 59. Collectors, whose compensation exceeds twenty-five hundred dollars, shall receive 30 Sept. 1850 ? L no compensation as superintendents of lights, or disbursing agents. 9 Stat. 533. 9 Stat. 618. assistant and 60. In lieu of the compensation now allowed by law for his services, there shall be 3 March 1851 3 5. paid hereafter to each of the assistant and deputy collectors, and principal appraisers, at the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, two thousand Compensation of five hundred dollars per annum ; (b) and to the assistant appraisers at the ports of Boston, deputy collectors, and principal New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans, shall each hereafter receive for his services, appraisers at two thousand dollars per annum: Provided, That the entire expense of collecting the certain ports. revenue shall not be increased; the secretary of the treasury being hereby directed and Expense of colrequired to cause such a pro rata reduction to be made in the number of persons, and in lecting the reve the fees now allowed by law to officers employed in the collection of the revenue, as in increased. his discretion may be just and expedient, to an extent which will provide the additional compensation hereby secured to the said appraisers and assistant appraisers. And the Compensation of compensation of the collector and inspector of the revenue at the port of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, shall hereafter be the same as that of the collector and inspector of the customs at Chicago, Illinois; and the same shall be paid out of the sum appropriated for the collection of the revenue. B. ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF VESSELS. I. PORTS AT WHICH ENTRY MAY BE MADde and goods landed. nue not to be officers at Milwaukee. 1 Stat. 639. 61. It shall and may (c) be lawful to make entry of any ship or vessel, which shall 2 March 1799 & 18 arrive from any foreign port or place (d) within the United States, or of the cargo on board such ship or vessel, elsewhere than at one of the ports of entry herein before Vessels to enter established, nor to unlade the said cargo, or any part thereof, elsewhere than at one of and unlade at the ports of delivery herein established: (e) Provided always, That every port of entry and delivery. shall be also a port of delivery. ports of entry certain ports. 62. And provided further, That none but ships or vessels of the United States shall be Foreign vessels admitted to unlade at any other than the ports following, to wit: Portsmouth, in New not to unlade at Hampshire; Portland and Falmouth, New Bedford, Dighton, Salem and Beverly, Gloucester, Newburyport, Marblehead, Nantucket, Boston and Charlestown, Plymouth, Bath, Frenchman's Bay, Wiscasset, Machias and Penobscot, in the state of Massachusetts; Newport and Providence, in the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: New London and New Haven, in the state of Connecticut; New York, in the state of New York; Perth Amboy and Burlington, in the state of New Jersey.; Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania; Wilmington, New Castle and Port Penn, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, Georgetown on Potomac, Chestertown, Town Creek, Nottingham, Nanjemoy, Digges's Landing, Snowhill and Carrolsburgh, in the state of Maryland; Alexandria, Kinsale, Newport, Tappahannock, Port Royal, Fredericksburg, Urbanna, Yorktown, West Point, Hampton, Bermuda Hundred, City Point, Rockett's Landing, Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia; Wilmington, Newbern, Beaufort, Washington, Edenton and Plankbridge, in the state of North Carolina; Charleston, Georgetown and Beaufort, in the state of South Carolina; and in either of the ports of Savannah, Sunbury, Brunswick, (a) What is received by the officers for forfeitures, constitutes no part of the emoluments to which the limitation of the maximum is applied. Hooper v. Fifty-one Casks of Brandy, Daveis, 870. (b) By act 31 August 1852 15, the deputy naval officers at these ports are to receive $2000 per annum; to be paid out of the fund for the expenses of collecting the revenue. 10 Stat. 99. (c) The word "not" is left out by mistake; the defect is in the roll. 1 Stat. 639, note. (d) A foreign port or place, is a port or place within the sovereignty of a foreign nation. The Eliza, 2 Gall. 4. United States v. Hayward, Ibid. 485. (e) For the ports of entry and delivery established by this act, see the titles of the several states. 2 March 1799. Frederica and St. Mary's, in the state of Georgia;(a) or to make entry in any other district than in the one in which they shall be so admitted to unlade. At what ports vessels from the Cape of Good Hope, and places beyond, may be admitted to entry Vessels may enter at their home ports. Duties of officers at Beacon Island. be there dis charged. 63. And provided lastly, That no ship or vessel arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at any other than the ports following, to wit: Portsmouth, in the state of New Hampshire; Boston and Charlestown, Newburyport, Salem and Beverly, Marblehead, Gloucester, Portland and Falmouth, in the state of Massachusetts; Newport and Providence, in the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; New London and New Haven, in the state of Connecticut; New York, in the state of New York; Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey; Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania; Wilmington, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, Annapolis and Georgetown, in the state of Maryland; Alexandria, Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia; Wilmington, Newbern, Washington and Edenton, in the state of North Carolina; Charleston, Georgetown and Beaufort, in the state of South Carolina; and Sunbury and Savannah, in the state of Georgia.(b) 64. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the master or commander of any ship or vessel from making entry with the collector of any district in which such ship or vessel may be owned, or from which she may have sailed on the voyage from which she shall then have returned. 65. Provided also, That if the president of the United States shall see fit to establish a port of delivery at Shell Castle, or Beacon Island, near Ocracoke Inlet, and to appoint a surveyor to reside thereat, it shall be the duty of the master or commander of every ship or vessel coming in at Ocracoke Inlet, and intending to unlade her cargo, or any part thereof, at any port connected with the waters of the said inlet, to come to at the port of delivery which may be established as aforesaid, and there exhibit like reports and manifests, and perform all other duties required by this act of masters of vessels How goods may when arrriving at a port of entry in the United States; but no duties shall be paid or secured at the said port of delivery. And the surveyor who may be appointed to reside at the said port of delivery shall, in addition to other powers and duties granted and prescribed to surveyors by this act, superintend the unlading and discharge of all goods, wares and merchandise from the vessels in which the same may be imported, into the lighters or coasting vessels, which may be employed in the transportation of said goods, wares and merchandise to any port of entry or delivery connected with the said Ocracoke Inlet; and all goods, wares or merchandise which shall be so unladen into lighters or coasting vessels, shall and may be secured with the necessary locks or fastenings, or under the seal of the said surveyor, and shall be accompanied with permits, describing the said goods, wares and merchandise, the vessel in which imported, the persons to whom belonging, and the port of entry or delivery to which destined. And the masters or commanders of all lighters or coasting vessels who shall receive goods, wares or merchandise to be transported as aforesaid, shall give triplicate receipts describing the casks or packages containing the same; and in case any goods, wares or merchandise, transported under permits and for which receipts shall have been given as aforesaid, shall not be transported and delivered to the collector or surveyor of the port of entry or delivery, to which the same shall be consigned by the permits aforesaid, (the dangers of the seas and unavoidable accidents only excepted), or if any lock, fastening or seal placed on the said goods, wares or merchandise, shall be broken or destroyed; the lighter or vessel employed in transporting the same shall be forfeited, and the master thereof shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, with costs of suit. And it shall be the duty of the surveyor, who may be appointed to reside at the port of Shell Castle, or Beacon Island, to indorse on the original manifests of vessels arriving at said port, all deliveries which may be made as aforesaid to the masters of lighters or coasting vessels as aforesaid; which manifests shall be exhibited to the collector of the interior port of entry, to which such vessels may be destined, where like entries shall be made and like proceedings had, as are required by the general regulations and provisions of this act. (a) And at New Orleans, by act 24 February 1804 6. 2 Stat. 253. At Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, and at Plymouth, in North Carolina, by act 24 April 1816. 3 Stat. 299. At Fairfield, in Connecticut, by act 22 February 1827. 4 Stat. 206. And the following ports and districts are, by construction at the treasury, placed upon the same footing as the foregoing, viz.: Alburg, in the district of Vermont; Cumberland Head, in the district of Champlain; Oswego, in the district of Oswego; Ogdensburg, in the district of Oswegatchie; Lewistown, in the district of Niagara; Buffalo Creek, in the district of Buffalo Creek; Rochester, in the district of Genesee; Sackett's Harbor, in the district of Sackett's Harbor; Cape Vincent, in the district of Cape Vincent; Presque Isle, in the district of Presque Isle; Cleveland, in Cuyahoga district; Maumee, in Miami district: Portland. in Sandusky district; Detroit, in Detroit district; Michilimackinac, in Michilimackinac district; Franklin, Techie district; Blakely, Blakely district; Pearlington, Pearl River district, Magnolia, St. (b) Also Biddeford and Pepperrelborough (now Saco) and New Bedford, in Massachusetts, by act 18 February 1801. 2 Stat. 101. Bristol, in Rhode Island, by act 25 February 1801. 2 Stat. 102. Plymouth and Nantucket, in Massachusetts, by act 2 March 1811. 2 Stat. 658. Pensacola, in Florida, by act 7 May 1822. 3 Stat. 685. Castine, in Maine, by act 3 March 1825. 4 Stat. 133. Kennebunk, in Maine; and Middletown, in Connecticut, by act 2 March 1831. 4 Stat. 476. Key West, in Florida, by act 13 July 1832. 4 Stat. 576. Edgartown, in Massachusetts, by act 13 July 1832. 4 Stat. 577. Fall River, in Massachusetts, by act 13 February 1837. 5 Stat. 146. Passamaquoddy, in Maine. by act 31 May 1844. 5 Stat. 658. Bangor, in Maine, by act 25 July 1848. 9 Stat. 251. |