rate, except as to the collection of the duties which shall have accrued prior to the said repeal, for which purpose the said act shall continue in force. Act 20th July, 1790. 2 Ses. 1 Con. AN ACT To establish the District of Kennebunk, and to annex Lyme to New-London; and to alter the District of Bermuda Hundred and City Point; and therein to amend the act, entitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage." Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after District of Kenne the thirtieth day of June next, the towns of Wells and Arundel, in the state of Massachusetts, and all the shores and waters thereof, shall be a district, to be called the district of Kennebunk, of which the port of Kennebunk shall be the sole port of entry; and the ports of Wells and Cape Porpoise shall be ports of delivery only, and a collector of the district shall be appointed to reside at Kennebunk. may unlade at New-Castle. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That ships Certain vessels and vessels owned in whole or in part in the Edgecomb and towns of Edgecomb and Newcastle, in the district of Maine, having entered in due form of law at the port of Wiscasset, and taken on board an officer, shall be permitted to unlade in the parts of the said towns which adjoin Sheepscut river. See antea page 8 and 9. Lyme annexed to Alteration of the district of Ber and City Point. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the town of Lyme, in the state of Connecticut, and the shores and waters thereof, shall be annexed as a port of delivery only to the district of New-London, and all vessels bound to or from the said port of Lyme,* shall first come to, enter, and clear at the said port of New-London: Provided, however, That the surveyor appointed to reside at Saybrook shall be authorized to visit and inspect ships or vessels arriving at said port of Lyme, and generally to perform the duties of a surveyor, as may be requisite within said port. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from muda Hundred and after the thirtieth day of June next, the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point, as at present constituted in the state of Virginia, shall be called the district of Petersburg,† to comprehend Petersburg, City Point, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, and inlets of James River, from Hood's and the junction of Chicahoming to the junction of the James and Appomattox Rivers, and from thence to the highest tide water of Appamattox, and also the Chicahoming to its highest tide water mark; and the port for the said district shall extend from Petersburg to City Point. And another district shall be formed, to be called the district of Richmond,‡ to comprehend Richmond, and Manchester, and Bermuda Hundred, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, and inlets of James River from Bermuda Hundred, including the harbor thereof, to the highest tide water of New district formed. * See antea page 14. † See antea page 27. James River; and the port shall extend from Richmond and Manchester to Bermuda Hundred. The office of collector for the district of Petersburg shall be kept in the town of Petersburg; and a collector shall be appointed for the Richmond district, whose office shall be kept in the city of Richmond; and the surveyors within those two districts shall continue to reside at the places at present established by law. delivered to the collector of Nor folk, by vessels bound up James River, &c. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Manifest to be master of any ship or vessel bound to any district of James River above Sewal's Point, shall, before he pass by the said Point, and immediately after his arrival either at the same or at Hampton Road, deposit with the collector of the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or of Hampton, a true manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel; and the said collector shall, after registering the manifest, transmit the same duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made: and the said collector may, whenever he shall judge it to be necessary for the security of the revenue, put an inspector of the customs on board any such ship or vessel, to accompany the same until her arrival at the first port of entry or delivery, in the district, to which such ship or vessel may be destined: and if the master or commander of any such ship or vessel shall neglect or omit to deposit a manifest in manner as aforesaid, or shall refuse to receive an inspector of the customs on board, as the case shall require, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, one half for the use of the officer with whom such mani Repeal of part of former act. fest ought to have been deposited, and the other half to the use of the collector of the district, to which the said ship or vessel may be bound.* Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That such part and so much of the act, entitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," as comes within the purview of this act, being contrary hereto, shall be and hereby is repealed. 10th May, 1800. 1 Ses. 6 Con. AN ACT To retain a further sum on drawbacks for the expenses incident to the allowance and payment thereof, and in lieu of stamp duties on debentures. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth of June next, two and one half per centum on the amount of all drawbacks, allowed or to be allowed by law, upon and for the re-exportation from the United States of goods, wares, or merchandizes imported thereinto, shall be retained for the use of the United States, by the collectors paying such drawbacks respectively; and in addition to the sum of one and one quarter per centum heretofore directed by law to be so retained. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the re-exportation from the United States of goods, wares, and merchandizes, imported * See postea act 3d March, 1801. thereinto in foreign ships or vessels, no part of the additional duty imposed by law on such goods, wares, and merchandizes, on account of their importation in such ships or vessels, shall be allowed to be drawback; but that the whole of the said additional duty shall be retained in manner aforesaid, in addition to the rate per centum by this and former acts directed to be retained. 13th May, 1800. 1 Ses. 6 Con. AN ACT Making the port of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, and the port of New-Bedford in Massachusetts, ports of entry for ships or vessels, arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the port of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, and the port of New-Bedford, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be, and they are hereby made, ports of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same. 18th February, 1801. 2 Ses. 6 Con. AN ACT To establish the district of Bristol, and to annex the towns of Kittery and Berwick to the district of Portsmouth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after District of Bristol See antea page 43. established. |