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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Congress cf the United
States.
At the fir ft Seflion, begun and
held at the City ofWafhlng
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7th
of December, 1801.
AN ACT to provide for the ef
tablijhment cf certain dif rifts ,
and therein to annnd an Aft
entitled “ An aft to regulate
the collection cf duties cn im
ports and tonnage f and for
ether purpofes. ,
BE it enafted hy the Senate
and Hcufe cf Reprefentatives
of the United States of America ,
in Congrefs ajfemhled , That from
and after the lafi: day of June
next, a diftricl fhall be formed
from the diftruft of Yorktown,
in Virginia, to be called the
diftri£l of Eaft River, which
fhall comprehend the waters-,
fhores, harbours and inlets of
North and Eaft Rivers and
Mobjack bay, and all other na
vigable waters, fhores, harbours
and inlets within the county of
Mathews, in faid (late ; and it
(hall be lawful for the Prefident
of the United States to defig
nate a proper place to be the
port of entry and delivery with
in the faid diftrift i and to ap
point a collector and furveyor
of the cuftoms, to reftde and
keep their offices thereat, who
fhall be entitled to receive, in
addition to the fees, and other
emoluments eftablifhed by raw,
the annual falary ot two hundred
dollars each.
Sec. 2. And he it further
enafted, That from and after
the laid laft day of* June next,
Bennet’s creek, within the dil
tridl of Edenton, and ftate of
North-Carolina, ihall ccafc to
be a port of delivery, as here
tofore eftablifhed, and the of
fice, authority and emoluments
of the furveyor of laid port, fhall
alio, from thenceforth, terminate
and be difeontinued ; and a part
of delivery in lieu thereof, fhail
be eftablifhed on Salmon creek,
withm the diftricl afore faid, at
a place called the Tombftone ;
and a furveyor of the cuftoms
fhall be appointed, to refide and
keep an office thereat, who
fhall be entitled to receive for
his ferviccs, in addition to the
fees eftablifhed by law, the an
nual falary heretofore allowed to
the furveyor of Bennet’s creek.
Sec. 3. And he it further
enafted. That from and after the
laid laft day of June next, a
port of delivery fhall be eftab
liflied at the mouth of Slade’s
Creek, on the north fide thereof,
within the diftrid of Wafhing
ton, and ftate of North-Caro
lina, on a certain trad of land,
intended and di ft gn a ted for a
town, whereon William Parm
ley reTides 3 and a furveyor of
the cuftoms fhall be appointed
to reftde and keep an office
thereat, who fhall be entiiled
to receive for his fervices, in
addition to the fees eftablifhed
by law r , an annual 1 alary of one
hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. And he it further
enafted , That in the territory
of the United States north weft
of the river Ohio, there fhall,
from and after the palling of
this ad, be eftablifhed a diftrid,
to be called the diftrid of Ma
rietta, which fhall include all
the waters, fhores and inlets of
the river Ohio, on the northern
fide, and the rivers, waters and
fhores conneded therewith,
above, or to the eaftward of,
and including the river Sciota,
from the mouth thereof, upwards
as far as the lame may be navi
gable—And a coiledor of the
cuftoms fhall be appointed to
reftde and keep an office at the
town of Marietta, which fhall
be the foie port of entry and
delivery for the laid diftrid 3
and the faid coiledor fhall be
entitled to receive for his fer
vices, in addition to the fees
and other emoluments eftablifh
ed by law, an annual falary of
one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. And he it further
enafted , That it fhall be lawful
for the Frefident of the United
States to eftablifh, when it fhall
appear to him to be proper, in
addition to the port of entry and
delivery already eitabhfhcd on
the Miffiftippi, fouth of the flare
of Tenntflee, one other pott
of entry anci delivery on tne
faid river ; and to appoint a
coiledor of the cuftoms, to re
ficie and keep an office thereat,
and to appoint one or more
furveyors-to reude at fuch place
or places as he may think pro
per to cefignate as ports ot c.c
livery only 3 and the furveyor
or furveyors thus appointed
fhall be iubjedt to the control
and direflion of the collector
within whole diftricl he or they
fhall rcfule.
Sf,c. 6. And he it further
enafted, That from and after rhe
pairing of this a£r, no duty fhall
be demanded or colleded on
merchandize of the growth,
produce or manufacture of the
United States, or of any foreign
country tranfported' coaftwife
between the Atlantic ports of
the United States, and the dif
ti 16bs of the United States on
the river MifTiftippi, or any of
its branches, although landed
at the pore of New-Orleans on
its paflage; provided the lame
would not be fubjelt to duty,
or liable to leizure, if tranfport
ed from one diftricl of the Uni
ted States on tire lea coaft, to
another : And provided likewife,
That no debenture for a draw
back fhall have been ilfued upon
the export of Inch merchandize
from the Atlantic ports of the
United States to any foreign
port or place ; and to the end,
as weii that frauds on the reve
nue may be prevented, as that
the ccaftingveflels of the United
States may be permitted to par
ticipate in the faid trade, the
Secretary of the T reafury, with
the approbation of the TrcTi
dent, is hereby authorifed to
preferibe and cflablifh luch
forms and regulations, and the
fame from time to time, with
like approbation, to alter and
amend, for the government of
the officers of the cuftoms in
this refpedl, as he may think
proper and necefiary 3 on the
cbfcrvance of which, merchan
dize thus tranfported, fhall be
exempt from duty ; and it fhall
be lawful for the coafting vef
fcls of the United States to be
employed in the laid trade, and
not othenvife.
Sec. 7. And whereas It is
provided by the hundred and
fourth Jcftion of the colk‘6tion
law, that merchandize belonging
to Britilh fubje&s may be
brought (without regard to the
character of the vdlci importing
the fame) into the ports of tne
United States on the northern
and north weftern frontiers, lub
je£l to no higher or other duties
than are or fhall be payable by
the citizens of the Uaired States,
cn the importation of the lame
in American vefftls into the At
lantic ports of the United States
and it being juft and reafonable
that the fame privilege fnoulJ
be extended to veftcls and mer
chandize belonging to perfons
reftding at Ncw-Oi leans, and
other ports of Louifiana. and
i Florida, on the Miffiffippi, or
■ arm of i;s branches— 3c it fur
m 4
tier That from and af
ter the latl clay of June next, all
goods and merchandize, the
importation of which into the
United States, fhall not be wild
ly prohibited, fhall and may
freely for the purpofes of coin
mt rcc, be brought into die ports
of the United States on the Mif
fiffippi, or any.of its branches,
in vcflds belonging to Ncw-
Orleuns, or any other port of
1 ouifiana or Florida, on the
MiHillippi ; and fuch goods or
merchandize fhall be lubjcft to
no higher or other duties than
are or lhall he payable by the
citizens of the United States on
the importation of the fame in
American veflels into ihe At
lantic ports of the United States,
Sec. 8. And be it further,
enabled) That from and after the
hit day of lune next, no duty
on the tonnage of any boat, flat,
rate or other veil'd, fhall be de
manded or collected on the ar
rival or entry of fuch boar, Hat
or raft, or other veil'd in any
chftrift which is or may be ef
tablifhed on the MifTifTippj, or
any of its branches, and on the
n -rrhern and north vveftern
boundaries of the United Sratcj
Provided never thdefs , 1 hat
this extniption lliall not be con
flrued to extend ro any vtffi
above fifty tons burthen, and
which fhall not be wholly em
ployed in carrying on inland
trader between the ports of the
United States on the MiffUTlppi
and its brandies, and the porta
of Louisiana and Florida, on the
fame, including New-Orleans,
and between the ports of the
northern and north weftern
boundaries of the United Stateo.
and the Britifh provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada, v
Six. (j. And be it further
enacted) That all that part of the
ad, entitled “ an aft to regulate
the coiicftion of duties on im
ports and tonnage,” palled on
the fecund day of March, one
thoufand feven hundred and
ninety-nine, that direfts thac
the collector of the diftrift of
George-Town lhall re fide ac
Gecrge-Town, be, and is here-*
by repealed.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Hcufe cf Repre*
fentatives.
Abraham Baldwin,
Pref dent of the Senate, pro tern*
Approved, May i, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefdent of the United States,
AN ACT additional to , and a
msndatory cf an act) intit ei ,
“ an aci concerning the dijlrict
cf Columbia
p E it enabled by the Senate and
Hgu/c cf Refrfentatives of
