(ACT of March 2d, 1799.) therewith, to the westward of the river Miami aforesaid, unto the island of Michilimackinac; and a collector shall be appointed, to reside at Detroit, which shall be the sole port of entry for the district; and the president of the United States is authorised, if he shall judge it expedient, to establish, not exceeding two ports of delivery within the said district, and to appoint surveyors to reside thereat. 16. The district of Michilimackinac shall include the island of that name, the adjoining lands ceded to the United States by the Indian nations at the treaty of Greenville, and all the waters, shores, and inlets, to the westward and northward of the lakes Michigan and Superior, and the rivers, waters, shores, and lakes connected therewith, lying within the jurisdiction of the United States, unto the northern and northwestern boundaries thereof. And the president of the United States is authorised to establish such place, at or near Michilimackinac, to be the port of entry for the district, as he shall deem expedient, and also to establish not exceeding three other places within the said district to be ports of delivery only; and a collector shall be appointed, to reside at the port of entry, and surveyors, to reside at the ports of delivery, which may be established as aforesaid. 17. SEC. XVIII. It shall and may be lawful to make of entry any ship or vessel, which shall arrive from any foreign port or place within the United States, or of the cargo on board such ship or vessel, elsewhere than at one of the ports of entry hereinbefore established, nor to unlade the said cargo, or any part thereof, elsewhere than at one of the ports of delivery herein established. Provided always, That every port of entry shall be also a port of delivery: And provided further, That none but ships or vessels of the United States shall be admitted to unlade at any other than the ports following, to wit: Portsmouth in New 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, Newcastle, and Port Penn, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, Georgetown, on Potowmac, 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, * So in the original. (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) 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, Frederica, and St. Mary's in the state of Georgia; or to make entry in any other district than in the one in which they shall be so admitted to unlade. 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; [Act of March 2d, 1811: see Infra, 5.] 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: 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: 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 when arriving 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 (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) 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 endorse 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. 18. SEC. XIX. The master or commander of every ship or vessel, bound to a port of delivery only, in any of the following districts, to wit: Portland and Falmouth, except the ports of North Yarmouth, Freeport, and Harpswell: Bath, except the ports of Georgetown and Brunswick; Newburyport, New London, except the port of Stonington; Middletown, except the ports of Lyme, Saybrook, Killingsworth, Haddam, and East Haddam: Norfolk and Portsmouth; Bermuda Hundred, or City Point, Yorktown, Tappahannock, except the port of Urbanna; or Edenton; shall first come to, at the port of entry of such district, 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 this act, before such ship or vessel shall proceed to her port of delivery; and that any ship or vessel, bound to a port of delivery in any district other than those abovementioned, or to either of the ports of delivery abovementioned, may first proceed to her port of delivery, and afterwards make report and entry within the time by this act limited; and the master of every vessel, arriving from a foreign port, or having goods on board, of which the duties have not been paid or secured, and bound to any port on Connecticut river, shall take an inspector on board at Saybrook, before proceeding to such port; and if any master of a ship or vessel shall proceed to a port of delivery, contrary to the direc (Act of May 10th, 1800.) tions aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit; that the master or commander of any ship or vessel, bound to any district in Connecticut, through or by the way of Sandy Hook, shall before he pass by the port of New York, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector for the district of New York, a true manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel; if bound to the district of Hudson, shall, before he pass by the port of New York, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector thereof a like manifest; if bound to the district of Burlington, shall, before he pass by the port of Philadelphia, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector thereof a like manifest; if bound to the district of Nottingham, shall, before he pass by the port of Town Creek, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the surveyor of the said port a like manifest; if bound to the district of Tappahannock, shall, before he pass by the port of Urbanna, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the surveyor of that port a like manifest; if bound to the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point, shall, on his arrival in Hampton Road, or at Sewall's Point, and immediately after such arrival, deposit with the collector of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or with the collector of the port of Hampton, a like manifest; and if bound to the district of South Quay, shall, before he pass by the port of Edenton, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector of the port of Edenton a like manifest; and the said collectors and surveyors, respectively, shall after registering the manifests, transmit the same, duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made; and the said collectors and surveyors, respectively, may, whenever they judge it to be necessary for the security of the revenue, put an inspector of the customs on board any ship or vessel as aforesaid, 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 ship or vessel shall neglect or omit to deposit a manifest in manner aforesaid, or shall refuse to receive an inspector of the customs or 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 manifests 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: Provided, That if the manifest shall, in either of the above cases, have been previously delivered to any officer of the customs, pursuant to the provisions hereinafter to be made in that behalf, the depositing of a manifest as aforesaid shall not be necessary. Act of May 10th, 1800. 3 Bioren, 380. 19. SEC. 1. The towns of Wells and Arundel, in the state of Massachusetts, and all the shores and waters thereof, shall be a (Act of May 10th, 1800.) 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 for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Kennebunk. [Infra, 45.] 20. SEC. II. Ships and vessels owned in whole or in part in the 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. [Infra, 63.] 21. SEC. I. 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 authorised 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. 22. SEC. IV. 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 Appamattox rivers, and from thence to the highest tidewater of Appamattox, and also the Chicahoming, to its highest tidewater 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 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. 23. SEC. v. The 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 |