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PENALTIES. Any inspector of the customs who shall act contrary to the duties assigned
him, shall for the first offence forfeit 50 dollars, and for the second offence
be displaced,

If the locks or other fastenings put upon the hold of a vessel by an inspector,
shall be broken, or if any part of the cargo shall be landed without authority,
the master shall forfeit 500 dollars,

In every case where there shall be found a disagreement between the manifest
and deliveries, the master shall forfeit 500 dollars, unless such disagreement
was occasioned by mistake,

On a variance between delivery and report of the cargo of a vessel in distress,
In suits for pecumiary penalties, may be held to special bail,
Goods entered with a fraudulent invoice, to be forfeited,

If any person shall conceal or buy any goods, knowing them to be liable to
forfeiture, shall forfeit double the value thereof,

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Inspectors who shall certify the shipment of goods for drawback without pre-
vious inspection, subject to same penalties as gaugers, &c.
Goods entered by a false denomination for drawback forfeited,
Officers of the customs not to be engaged in trade under a penalty of 500 dollars, 86
Officers of the customs receiving a bribe, to be fined not less than 200 dollars
and not more than 2000 dollars,

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A vessel proceeding to a foreign port without giving up license to be forfeited
Master omitting to give up expired license to forfeit 50 dollars,

On fraudulently using a certificate of registry, vessel to be forfeited,

A person making false oath subject to pain of perjury,

-forging &c. a register to forfeit 500 dollars,

For forging sea letters, not less than 500 dollars,

Master of a registered, enrolled or licensed vessel not giving up papers on sale
to forfeit 100 dollars,

A vessel trading in foreign merchandize without license inforce forfeited

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Master of a licensed vessel omitting to have his name endorsed on change of
master to forfeit 10 dollars,

Owner of a licensed vessel omitting to paint name of vessel on the stern to for-
feit 20 dollars

The master refusing to exhibit enrolment and license for inspection to forfeit
100 dollars,

The master of a vessel bound to another district in the same or adjoining state
for not producing manifests to forfeit 100 dollars,

And for refusing to deliver manifests on arrival same,

PENALTIES. If bound to a district other than the same or adjoining state with a cargo

for the same offence, the same penalty,

If in ballast 50 dollars,

If arriving at a district in other than the same or adjoining state, penalty 100
dollars,

The goods found on board not certified, to be forfeited,

Master of a vessel not required to obtain permission to proceed from a district
must nevertheless be provided with manifest under penalty, of 20 dollars, and
of fifty dollars if the goods are of foreign growth,

The owner of goods omitting to deliver up Delaware permit to forfeit 50 dollars
for every 24 hours he shall so omit and the goods, provided the value of goods
shall exceed 800 dollars,

A vessel licensed for the fisheries, to be forfeited if found three leagues from
the coast with foreign merchandize on board, exceeding in value 500 dollars,
The master of a vessel arriving at a port different from that to which he may
be bound to report, or forfeit 20 dollars,

How sued for and recovered,

Any person counterfeiting enrolment &c. to forfeit 500 dollars,
Vessels transfered to foreigners &c. forfeited,

Persons swearing falsely to be subject to the penalty of perjury

Every officer and person appointed to measure a vessel contravening this act to
forfeit 500 dollars,

The master of a foreign vessel bound coastwise for not producing manifest to
forfeit 100 dollars,

Any person swearing falsely to be liable to the penalties of perjury,

Any fisherman refusing to do duty to forfeit his share of any allowance
Pickled fish fraudulently entered for bounty to be forfeited

The master of a vessel departing for Europe &c. without a Mediterranean pass
port to forfeit 200 dollars,

dollars.

The commanders of privateers omitting to keep journals, to forfeit 1000

A vessel fitted out for the slave trade forfeited,

All persons aiding therein subject to a penalty of 2000 dollars,

Any citizen serving therein shall forfeit 200 dollars,

A vessel employed in carrying slaves from one foreign country to another, to

be forfeited-and all persons interested therein to forfeit double the value of
the property,

All persons serving in such vessel to forfeit 2000 dollars,

Vessels fitted for the importation of slaves forfeited,

Every person purchasing such slaves, to forfeit 800 dollars for each slave,
Every vessel found within the limits of the United States with slaves, to be
forfeited,

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On the master for not depositing manifest of slaves, 1000 dollars,

On master of every coasting vessel transporting slaves, 800 dollars for each
slave,

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On every person taking a license from the British government to forfeit twice
the value of ship and cargo.

Every person employed in transporting to the enemy to forfeit the goods, &c.
and 500 dollars,

On masters for not producing lists of seamen to consuls, 500 dollars,

- for refusing to bring home distressed seamen,

On every consul for granting false documents, 1000 dollars,

for owning a vessel, 1000 dollars,

Every vessel departing for a foreign port without giving bond, such vessel
forfeited, and the owners, &c. liable to a fine of 1000 dollars,

On the master of a vessel for importing persons of color, contrary to the laws
of certain states, 1000 dollars,

for not surrendering such manifest on arrival, 10,000 dollars,

Mariner failing to duty according to contract, to forfeit the sum equal to that
advanced over and above the sum advanced.

Masters of vessels taking out seamen without previous contract to pay the
highest wages.

On persons for harboring runaway seamen, ten dollars per diem for every day
so harbored,

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On the owner of the vessel,

On every commander who shall employ a seaman contrary to this act,

On every master of a vessel for not reporting impressments of seamen,
On every master of a vessel who shall render a false account of seamen, to
avoid the hospital tax,

On every master for short allowance of provisions, one day's wages to each
seaman for every day's short allowance,

On every master for omitting to have medicine chests, the cost of medicine
and attendance of a physician,

For forging certificates of citizenship,

For receiving or using a British license,

PERJURY. See Oaths.

PORTS. See Duties.

PETERSBURG. District of, formed out of the district of Bermuda and City Point,
PENSIONS. Allowed to officers and seamen of the revenue cutters, while co-operating
with the navy by order of the President,

PRISONERS. See Letters of Marque.

PLYMOUTH. District of, formed from the district of Edenton,

POST OFFICE Letters to be delivered to the post masters, by masters of vessels, pre-
vious to entry,

Masters of vessels to take an oath, penalty of 100 dollars if they shall break
bulk previous to a compliance with thelaw,

Masters of vessels entitled to receive from the post master two cents for each
letter delivered,

PLYMOUTH, in Massachusetts, made a port of entry for vessels beyond the Cape of Good
Hope,
PROSECUTIONS. Whenever the court shall in case of seizure, certify that there was
reasonable ground, the claimant shall not be entitled to costs, nor shall the
person who made the seizure, nore prosecutor be liable to damages,
Provided, That the ship, &c. be, after judgment, forthwith returned to the
claimant or his agent,

QUARANTINE, and other restraints, imposed by the health laws of the states to be ob-

served by certain officers of the United States,

Who shall aid in their execution,

Secretary of the Treasury may vary the regulations relative to the entry and
report of vessels and their cargoes,

Provisoes,

Vessels prohibited from coming to a port of entry and delivery, may in certain
cases discharge their cargoes elsewhere,

Ware house, &c. may be procured for the reception of such goods

In case of contagious disease at the port of entry the office may be removed,
In case of such disease prisoners may be removed,

The public offices may be removed in case of such disease at the seat of gov.

Repeal of the former act,

REGISTRY. Inhabitants of Louisiana, claiming, for vessels (owned by them) the priviledge

of vessels of the United States to take oath of allegiance,

Temporary registers may be issued by the surveyors in the district of Missis-
sippi-to be surrendered at New Orleans,

What ships or vessels shall be deemed of the United States,

To enjoy the priviledges only while owned by citizens of the United States,
What ships or vessels may be registered,

Registry, benefits of confined to actual residents, unless in the capacity of a
consul, or agent for a house of trade,

By whom registered,

Ships or vessel's name, &c. to be painted on the stern, &c.

ibid

Forfeiture on neglect thereof,

ibid

How to be obtained,

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Substance of the oath to be taken before registering officer,

ibid

Forfeiture of vessel, &c. on swearing falsely, how to be recovered-in what

Like oath to be taken by the other owners (if any) than the applicant, &c

Bonds how and by whom given for the faithful use of certificates of registry, &e. 6

Vessels built in the United States after March, 1773, how to obtain registry,
Form of certificate of registry,

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Citizens purchasing vessels out of their proper district how to obtain registry,
To be delivered on arriving at their proper port to the Collector,

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Ships built in the United States, after 15th Aug. 1789, how to obtain record,
Collector to have them surveyed,

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Changes of master, or name of the ship to be endorsed on certificate of record,
Certificate to be produced on entry,

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REGISTRY. Fees how distributed,

Penalty on making false registers or demanding unlawful fees,

On fraudulently using certificate of registry,

On making false oath,

When this act shall take effect,

Secretary of the Treasury authorized to grant certificates, &c. in certain cases,
Vessels of the United States captured and condemned under any foreign pow
er, or sold to a foreigner, shall not receive a new register,
Penalty on forging sea letters, passports, &c. using such,
Officers disqualified thereby,

Comptroller of the Treasury to cause blank certificates of registry to be pro-
vided with secret marks,

Which shall be exchanged (gratis) for old certificates of registry after 31st
December 1803,

A duly registered vessel sold out of the United States to a citizen, to have the
benefit of a vessel of the United States under certain provisions,
Power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remove disabilities extended,
Vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, residing therein, or to per.
sons inhabiting the territory, ceded to the United States by France, entitled
to the benefits of vessels of the United States,
Proviso

Inhabitants of the ceded territory, residents thereof the 30th April 1803,enti-
tled, on certain conditions, to all the priviledges, &c. of the United States,
No ship or vessel to be registered as a vessel of the United States if owned by
persons residing in foreign countries a certain length of time,

Proviso,

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Proviso,

Proviso in a former act extended to the representatives of a deceased owner of
a ship, therein described,

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New certificates of registry to be provided,

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Specific appropriations,

ROXBURY. Made a port of delivery to be annexed to the district of Boston, and Charlestown, 1

REVENUE CUTTERS. To be provided for the better securing certain duties,

New ones to be provided in lieu of those unfit for service, as shall be directed by
the Secretary of the Treasury,

Penalty on other vessels or boats carrying the revenue ensign, &c.

REMISSIONS AND FORFEITURES, How to be applied for and by whom granted,

Not to affect cases of previous information,

Secretary of the Treasury authorised to mitigate,

Courts of the states to have the same power as district courts,

Rights of individuals not to be affected,

Secretary of the Treasury authorised to remit certain fines incurred upon the
importation from Gieat Britain,

Conditions and proviso,

Of certain fines authorised,

Decisions of the Secretary of the Treasury not to affect claims of captors,
Same duties chargeable on prize goods as on regular importations,

SALVAGE, on recaptured property claimed by residents of the United States,
Compensation for recaptured property claimed by the United States,
On property claimed by alien friends,

SEAMEN. Masters and mariners in the merchant's service to execute a shipping agree

ment: upon failing so to do, to be subject to penalty,

Mariner failing to perform the agreement what penalty subject to,

Vessels leaky or unfit to perform her voyage; what proceedings shall be had
for ascertaining the same,

Master, &c. to pay costs,

Penalty for harbouring runaway seamen,

Mariner absenting himselt from duty, penalty on, and how to be proceeded
against,

When and at what port entitled to demand his wages,

ibid

How to recover them if withheld,

ibid

Marineer deserting at any port or place, how to be proceeded against and
punished,

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Every ship or vessel outward bound to be furnished with a medicine chest,
penalty on the master for default,

Ships &c. bound across the Atlantic what supply of provisions and water
shall be laid in,

bir duties,

Two agents, to be oppointed,

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SEAMEN. Additional agents may be appointed during the recess of the Senate,

Appropriation,

Collectors to grant certificates of citizenship,

In case of the impressment or detention of seamen, master of the ship to make
a protest, &c.

Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to transmit this act,
Master of ship to make oath before admission to an entry,

Penalty on masters of ships violating this act.

Collectors to send a list, &c. to the Secretary of State every three months,

Limitation of the act,

Twenty cents per month to be deducted from the wages of seamen coming
from a foreign port,

The same with respect to the coasting trade,

Penalty on the master rendering a false account of the same,

Collectors to make returns of the sums received, which shall be expended in

Manner of expending monies collected,

Secretary of the Navy to deduct a certain sum from the pay of the navy,

Officers, seamen, and marines of the navy entitled to the benefits of the act,
Parts of acts revived,

Duty of Secretary of State,

Sum appropriated for an hospital in Massachusetts,

President may cause accommodations, &c. to be provided for the relief of the
United States' seamen at New Orleans, with the consent of the local govern-
ment,

Masters of boats, &c. going to New Orleans down the Mississippi, to report
number of hands,

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Penalty for rendering a false account,

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Persons navigating such boats to be considered as seamen of the U. States,
President may appoint a director of the marine hospital at New Orleans,

Sick foreign seamen may be admitted, in certain cases, into the hospital, sub.
ject to a charge for every day they shall remain,

Clearance not to be given by the Collector until the money due from the mas
ter shall be paid,

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Director to make returns to the Collector of dues from foreign seamen,
Collectors to pay the money into the treasury of the United States,
Allowed a commission,

Regulations relating to medicine chests extended to smaller vessels,

After the war, citizens of he United States only to be employed in the public
or private service of the United States,

Lists of the crews to be furnished and certified previously to the sailing of ves
sels on foreign voyages,

Supplemental directions may be given by the President with respect to the
seamen employed in the United States,

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Seamen or seafaring persons only admitted as passengers in American vessels
upon certain conditions,

Interference of consuls and commercial agents admissable in certain cases,
Penalty for admitting persons, not qualified according to this act, into the ser,
vice of the United States,

Foreign seamen may be employed in American vessels in foreign ports-condi-
tions,

Provisions of this act not to be extended to citizens of subjects of nations
which have not recognised its principles,

Not to be a bar to any treaty,

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ot subject to port tonnage,

Penalty for forging certificates of citizenship or protections,

SURETY. See duties, bond insolvent debtor,

STEAM BOATS.

SANDUSKY. District of formed,

SURVEYOR. Appointment of, authorised during the recess of the Senate,

Residence of five years in the United States necessary to qualify a person to
become a citizen,

His duties,

May in case of sickness or necessary absence act by deputy to be appointed by
him,

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In case of the death of a Collector and if no deputy or naval officer, the duties
to devolve on the surveyor or if no surveyor of the port, on the surveyor of
the next port in the district,

Office at Bennets Creek abolished-l'ombstone on Salmon Creek substituted
in lieu thereof,

To be appointed to reside on Slades Creek,

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