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every entrance cf any ship or veffe! of one
hundred tons burthen or upwards, two'dollars j
and an half; for every clearance of any lhip
or veflel, of one hundred tons burthen and up
wards, two dollars and an half; for ever** en
trance of any lhip or veflel, under the borthen
of one hundred tons, one dollar and an halt -
for every clearance of a lhip or .veflel, under
one hundred tons burthin, one dollar and an
half j for every permit to land gopds, twen
ty cents j tor every bond taken officially, for
ty cents; and for every permit to load goods
for exportation, which are entitled to a draw
back, thirty cents ; for every official certi
ficate, twenty cents ; fer every bill of health,
twenty cents ; for every other official docu
ment, (regitfers excepted) required by the
owner or mafler of every veil'd, not before
enumerated, twenty cents ; and where a na
val-officer is appointed to the fame port, the'
said fees shall be equally divided between the
colleftor and the said naval-officer, apportion
ing to each his moiety ot the neceflary ex
pences of flationary and the rent of of
fice, to be provided by the colleftor, in the
place of his residence, inoft convenient for
the trade of the diftrift, in which the laid
collector and naval-officer lhall each have at
ieaft one separate room; and the said fees
shall be received by the colleftor, who shall
fettle the accounts monthly, and pay to the
iiavkl-officer the balance which may be due to
him on such monthly settlement. To each
surveyor there fliall be allowed, for all the
fcrvices required by law, to be performed by
such surveyor, on board any (hip or veflel of
one hundred tons and upwards, and having
on board goods, wares and merchandize, fub
jeft to duty, three dollars; for the like ser
vices on board any lhip or veflel of less thin
one hundred tons burthen, having cri board
goods, wares and merchandize, fubjeft to
duty, one and an half dollars; on all veflels,
not having on board goods, wares and mer
chandize fubjeft to duty, two thirds of a dol
lar > ail which fees (hall paid to the col
lector, by the matter or owner of the lhip or
veflel in which the services are performed, and
the said colleftor lhall pay weekly to the sur
veyor the fees so received. To each inspec
tor thete lhall be allowed for every day he
fliall be aftually employed in aid of the cus
toms, a sum not exceeding one dollar and
twenty-five cents, to be paid by the collec
tor out of the revenue, and charged to the
public. To the meafurers, weighers and
gaugers refpeftively, for their ferv»ces, fliall
be allowed and paid by the colleftor out of the
revenue, for the measurement of every one
hundred bulhels of fait or grain, eighteen
cents; for the measurement of every one
hundred bulhels of coals, twenty-five cents ;
for the weighing of every one hundred and
twelve pounds, one cent; for the gmgitig of
every caik, fix cents. There Hull moreover
be allowed to the colleftots, at each of the
following pons, to wit: Boston, Salem and
Beverly, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Norfolk or Portfmoutb, and Charleflon, one
half a per centum 6ft the'amountof all mo
nies, by them refpeftively received and paid
into the treasury of the United States ; and
-to the collectors at each of the other poits by
this ad eltabliflied, one per centum on the
amount of all monies by them refpeftively
received and paid into the treasury of the
United States'. Every collector, naval-officer .
arid surveyor, fliall caufe' to be affixed, and
constantly kept in fume public and conspicu
ous place of his office, a fair table of the rates
of fees, and duties demandable by law, and
iti case of failure herein, fliall forfeit and pay
one hundred dollars, to be recovered wit«.
• coils, in any court having cognizance there
of, to thi use of the informer J and if any
officer of the customs fliall demand or receive
any greater or other fee, conipenfation or re
ward, for executing any duty or service re
quired of him by law, he (hall forfeit and pay
two hundred dollars for each offence, reco- ,
verable in maimer aforefaid, for the use of
party grieved. .
And be it further en«Bed y /That the duties
and fees to be collected by virtue of this aft,
fliall be received in gold or silver coin only,
at the following rates; that is to fay, the gold
* coins of France, England, Spam and Portu
gal, and all other gold coin of equal finenefs,
at eighty-nine cents for every penny-weight.
The Mexican dollar at oue hundred cents j
the crown of France at one dollar and e even
cents > ib® crown vi England at
/ a'i>! c!ei en cents j and all silver corns rif equal,
j finenefs at one dollar and eleven cents per
ounce.
And be it further ena3ed, That all the
drawbacks allowed by law on the exportation
of goods,,.wares and merchandize, import
ed, fliall be paid or allowed by the coil-ftor
at whose office the said goods, wares a:id
merchandise, were originally entered, and
not other wife, retaining one per centum for
the benefit of the United States.
Provided always, and be it further enacted ,
That no goods, wares or merchandize, en
titled ,to drawback, fliall be reladen before
■■'.an entry fbalPbe made with the collector of
the port from whence such goods are intend
ed to be exported ; which entry lhall contain
a particular account of the casks and packages,
their marks, numbers and contents, the cott
thereof, the veflel or veflels in which th£y
were imported, and the pUce or places im
ported from ; and the person or persons intend
ing to expert such goods, lhall give bond, with
one or more fufficient furetles, that the fame
or any part thereof, lhall not be relauded in
any port or place within the limits of the
United States, as fettled b? the late treaty of
peace ; and lhall moreover make oath or af
firmation ai> to the truth of the that
the goods, wares and merchandize, are iu
quantity, quality and value, aq thc.rcin ex
p retted, according to the inward entry there
of, which entry was duly made at ihe time
of importation pursuant to the direftions of
this aft; and that the quality i-> the fame as at
the time of importation ; and the exporter of
such goods fliall not be entitled to drawback
the duties, until at lead fix months after the
, : ,lv . •
exportation thereof, and until he lhall pro
duce to the collector with whom such out
ward entry is made, a certificate in writing
of two reputable merchants, at the foreign
port or place in which the fame were landed,
together with the oath or affirmation of the
mafler and mate of the veil'd iu which they
were exported, certifying the delivery there
of; but iu case any veflel fliall be cafl away,
or meet with such unavoidable accidents as
to prevent the landing such goods, a protest
in due form of law, made by the matter and
' mate, or fume of the Teamen, or in cases no
: such protest can be had, then the oath or af
firmation of the exporter fliall be received in
lieu of the other proofs herein direst fid, unless
theic fliall be good reafonto fufpeft the truth of
such oath or affirmation, in which case it lhall
and may be lawful for the colleftor to require
such further proof as the nature of the case
may demand. Provided aljo , That no goods,
wares or merchandize, imported, fliall be en
titled to a drawback of the duties paid, or
secured to be paid thereon, unless fu h duties
fliall amount to twenty dollars at the least ;
nor unless they fl ail be exported in the fame
calk, package or packages, and flora the port
or diftrift into which they were originally im
ported, and moreover lhall be reladen voder
the infpefton of the colleftor, naval-officer
or surveyor of the port.
And be it further enacted , That the sums
allowed ro be paid by law on the exportation
of dried or pickled fifli, and of failed ;novi
fions, fliall be. paid by the colleftor of the
port or diftrift from whence the fume fliall
be exported : Provided- THpt due entry there
of lhall be firft made aiid bonds given, as in
case of drawbacks, and that no such allowance
(Kail be made, unless it Aral! amount to th;ee
dollars a,t the least upon any one entry.
And be itfurther enacted , That if any goods,
wares or merchandize, entered for exporta
tion, with a view to draw hack the duties,
or to obtain any allowance given by law oti
the exportation thereof, fliall be landed in
any port or place within the limits of the
United States as aforefaid, all inch goods,
wares, and merchandize, fliall be fubjeft to
seizure and forfeiture, together with the ves
sel from which such goods lhall be landed,
and the veflels or boats 11 fed in landing the
fame, and ill persons concerned therein, llr.'U
on indiftment and conviction thereof,.fniTer
imprifunment for a tetm not exceeding nx
months; arid for difeovery of frauds, and
seizure of goods, Wares and merchandize,
relauded contrary to law, the several officers
eflablilhed by this aft fliall have the fame
powers, and in case of seizure the fame pro
ceedings ihall be had, as in the tale of goods,
wares and merchandize, imported contrary
to law; and for measuring, weighing, or
gauging gosdi for exportation, the fame
fees Hull be allowed as In like caf<a upon the
importation thereof.
Ana be it further enacted, That if any of-*
nee. of the cufioni, Hull direitiy or indi
icuiy, take or receive any bribe, reward oc
recompenec for conniving, or Hull connive
at a lade entry of any Uj;p or velVel, or of
any goods, wares or merchandize, and Hull
be thereof convicted, every fuchorficer shall
foilcit and pay a sum not JeTo than two bun
dled, nor more than two thoulatid dollars foe
each offence, and be forever dii'abled from
holding-any office of trull or profit under the
United States ; and any po fun giving or of
fering , * y Uribe, reeompence or reward, for
a’iy fucii deception,, collusion or fraud, shall
forfeit and pay a furii not less than two hun
died, nor more than two tholifaud dollars for
each offence : And in all cases where an oath
or affirmation is by this art required from a
mailer or other pet foil, having command of
a lhip or vefl'el, or from an owner or con
f’gnee cf goods, wares or merchandize, if
the pe:fun so fwcaring or affirming, Hull
swear or affirm falfely, fuchpetfou shall, on
indiriir.ent and ccnvittion thereof, bepunifh
e;i by fine or or boih, in the
diferetion of the court before whom the con
virt'On shall be had, so as the tine fiulL not
exceed one thoufaud dollars, and thctcnnof
imprifonmer.t shall not exceed twelve months.
And be it junbr entitled, That all penal
ties accttiing by any b-each df this Art, Hiall
be sued for and recovered with.coils of suit,
in the name of the United Stares, in any
Court proper ?u try the fame, by the collector,
of the diflrift vvbete tlie fame accrued, and
not otherwise, imlcfs in cases of penalty te
sting to an officer of the cuflume ; and fucii •
, co.lleftur ih..11 he, and hereby is atuhorifed
and directed to sue for and pfofecute the fame
to effect, and, to distribute and pay the sum
recovered, after flrft deducing all necessary
costs and charges, according to law. And
all (hips or veflels, gvods, wares, and mer
chandize, which shall beconie fotfeit by vir
-1 tue of this AO, Hull be feiz.cd, libelled and
pruiecuted as afotefaid, in the proper court
having cognizance thereof; and the cour:
shall cause fourteen days nonce to he given
of fuclh feizute and libel; by cabling tlte fub
fiance of such libel, with the order of the
Court thereon, setting forth the time and
Jtlacc appointed for trial, to be inserted in fume
public newspaper, neareff the place offei/ure,
and aifo by polling up the fame in the most
public manner for the fpacc of fourteen days,
at or near the pLcfe of trial ; and proclama
tion lliali be made in such manner as the.court
shall direct; and if no per ton lhall appear to
claim such (hip or vefiel, goods, wares, or
merchandize, the fame (hall be adjudged to
be forfeited ; but if any person (hall appear
befote fucii judgment of fotfeiture, and daitu
any inch (hip or vcfiel, goods, wates, or
merchandize, and Hiall give bond to defend
. the profecuticn thereof* and to respond the
cofi in case he Hiall net support his claim, the
court (hall proceed to hear and de ermine the
cause according to law : And upon the prayer
of .my claimant to the court,. that any fliip or
veiiei, goods, wates or merchandize so teiz
ed and profecyted, or any part-thefeof, lhould
be delivered to such claimant, it (hail be law
ful for the court to appoint tlnee proper |<er
fons to appraise such lliip or veil'd, goo< s,
wares cr nterclwiidiz;, who Hull be fworti -
in open court for the faithful difeharge of
their duty ; aud such apprailement lliali be •
made at the expence of the patty on whole
prayer it is granted ; and on the return of
such appi aifement, if the claimant Hiall, with
one or mote furetics, to be approved of by
the court, execute a bond in the dual form,
to the United States, for the payment of a
sum equal to the sum at which the fliip or
vcfiel, goods, water or merchandize, so pray
ed to be dylivetcd, be rppraifed, the court
Hiall by tulc order such Hup or vcfiel, goorfti,
wares or merchandize, to ue delivered to the
(aid claimant, and the laid bond.Hiall be Mg
cd with tlie proper officer of the court ; and
jf judgment (hail pass in favor cf the
claimant, the court Hiall cut.le the (aid l oml
to I c « .in(riled; but ts judgment Hiall p: fs
ugainli the c’aituaint, as to ilie whole or any
part of (toh filip ur vcfiel, goods, wares **r
meuhaiidi/e, and the claimant shall not, with
in iwcuty days theieaftcr, pay into the rooit ,
the amount »l the eppui)«d value of (mh il.«ir d
oi vcfitl, wait* ot meidtiiio./e, to
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