The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-19

lIipS OT NSuSIS, itdiI III every Otncr relpSCt
comply with the proviiions of the acts for
regitering, recording, enrolling and licen-
iing of hips or v%eflels, and who, if not CT
tizens of .he United States, ihall have pre-
viouny taken an oath of allegiance TO the
United States /; which oath the collector
Of the port is hereby authorized to admit
hitter.
Sec. g. And be it further encaeI, That
10 much of any act or acts of the United
States now in force, or which may be here
after enacted, concerning the bank of the
United States, and for the puniihment of
frauds committed on the fame /; for the
relief of the iick and diEabled feamen /; for
the protection OF American feamen-for
the government and regulation of feamen
in the merchant fervice +; and for prevent
ing the expectation of goods not duly in
ipe6ted /; ihall extend to and have full force
and effect in the above mentioned territo-
ries.
Sec. 3. ind be it .frtber ennfed, That
70 much OF any law, or laws, laying any
duties on the importation into the United
States of goods, wares, and merchandise
from the faid territories, Tor allowing draw
backs on the importation of the fame from
the United States to the iaid territories,)
or relpeSting the commercial intercourse
between the United States and the iaid ter
~ritorieS, or between the ieveral parts OF the
United States through the iaid territories,
which is inconfftent with the proyiiions OF
the preceding fiction, De, and the famc
hereby is repealed : and all duties on the
expectation of goods, wares, and mercban-
dife from the faid territories, as well as all
duties or the importation of goods, wares,
and merchandise into the faid territories,
on the transfer OF ihips or v~cfels, and Oh
the tonnage of ~veffels, other than thofe
laid by virtue OF the laws of the United
States, ihall, from the time when this act
haii M to be in force, ccafe and
determine ProDi.led bozveVey, That no.
| thing herein contained ihall be confirmed to
affect the fees and other charges ufually
| paid in the faid territories Or account Of
pilotage, wharfage, or the right of anchor
ing by the levy of the city of New Orleans,
which ~feveral fees and charges ihaIl until
otherwife directed, continue 10 be paid
and applied to the lame purpoles as here
tofOre.
Sec. i. Hadb Be- it further e7nRed, That,
to the end that the laws providing for the
collection of the duties impofed, by law, on
goods, wares, and merchandise, imported
into tie United States, and on the tonnage
Of ihips and v~eiiels, and the laws refpccting
the revenue and navigation of the United
States may be carried into effect, within the
laid territories, the territories cededto the
United States, by the treaty above menti-
oned, and alto all the navigable waters of
the rivers, creeks, bays, and inlets, lying
within the United States, which empty into
! the gulph of Mexico, eait of the river
! MTiiiippi, fhall be annexed to the Milf
hopi diftriGt, and Gkall, together with the
fame, conitiuute one diftrict, to5e called
the " DihriGt of M~ifiGippi." The city
Of Newt Orleans ihall be the iole port OF
entry in the faid diitriGt, and the town Of
Bayou St. John ihall be Il port of delivery
"A collector, naval officer, and ~furveyoi'
fhall be appointed to reidc at New Or
leans, and a furveyor fhall be appointed TO
relide at the port of Bayou St. John and
the PRECEDENT of the United States is here
by authorized to appoint, not exceeding
three furveyors, to refed at fueh other
places, within the faid diitri&, as he fhall
deem eXpedient, and to conftitute each, Oy
either of fuch places ports ofdelivery only.
And 20 much of any law or laws, as eltab-
hiiiesa diftri6t on The river MiGinippi,
fouth OF the river TenncfIee, is hereby re-
Pealed, except as TO the recovery and re-
Ceipt OF fuch duties on goods, wares, and
merchandise, and or the tonnage of ilips
or ve1elS, as ihall nave accrued and as to
the recovery and di1ribntion OF fines, pc
~natties, and forfeitures, which ihall have
been incurred before the commencement
of the operation OF this act.
Sec. s. 1ad be it .fyfber enaEed, That
the flores and waters of the town OF Nat
chez, fhall be one ditri6t, tobe called the
diftTi6t of Eatchez and a collector fhall
be appointed, who hall reide at NatcheZ,
which ihall be the only port of entry or
delivery within the {aid diltiid Of any
goods, wares, and merchandise, not the
growth OF manufacture OF the United
States Pyovidcd neUeytbeieG. That it
ihall be the duty OF every mater or COM
mandeg OF any ihip or velel defined for
the faid port of Natche2, to flop at New
Orleans and there deliver to the collector
of the faid port "A manifef OF the cargo OF
board fdch flip OF ve1el, agreeably to law,
on penalty of five thoufand dollars. And
it ihall be the duty on faid collector 70
Rmmit a certified copy OF fuch manifea
10 the collector OF the faid port Of Natcie1
and to direGt an infpeGtor to 80 on boar
iuNh bAIPOi NCISI anu piO'SO' tHNiNNllH
to the port of Natchez, and there report
iuch ihip rVenel to the collector of faid
port Of Eatchez, Immediately after his ar
rival, when the duty of faid infpettor naiI
ceaf,.
Sec. 6. Had be it further e1a7ed, That
foreign Hips or veGelS ihall be admitted to
unlade at the port of New-Orleans, and at
no other port within the diari6t of Mihif.
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