The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-19
FLAWS OF TIE UNITED STATFS.7
AN ACT


For hzyiSg and Collecting dptieJ on imports
GHd f9agag@ zU;tbin the territories ce6edzo
Ns United STATES b. Tie fre4.g of tie
dred and three, befzveen THE United States,
n fbe Etaar0 Republic and far ofbe-
Pmpei5
DE it GRATED byths Senate and HERE Of
40 ReprxEnfaiiveJ ofthe United StaisJ 81
A'nerira in CongreG a5;nnbAed, That the
fame duties which by law now are, Or
hereafter may be laid on goods, wares,
and merchandise imported into the United
States, on the Tonnage OF v~effels, and on
the pafportS and c~learances Of vefels,
fhall be laid and collected on goods, wares
and merchandise imported in the terrific
RES coded TO the United States, by the
treaty of the thirtieth CT April, one thou
fand eight hundred and three, between
the United States and the French Repub-
lie and on vetitls arriving in, or depart
ing from the faiu territories: And the fol-
lowing sets, chat sto fay the a9 entitled,
An act to efablih the t~reaiury depart
ment.
An act concerning the regi6ering and re-
| cording the fhips and veiIels.
l. An act for enrolling and licenfng Ghips
O. vefiels to be employed in the coating
trade and fheries.
An act to regulate the collection ofdu-
ties on imports and tonnage.
An a6t to efabliih the compenfations
of officers employed in the collection Of
the duties on imports and tonnage, aad
for other purpofes.
An act for the more effeGtualrecovery Of
debts due fem individuals to the United
States.
An a6t to provide more ~effe6tuaIly for
the iett,ement of accounts between the u
pited States and receivers of public money.
An act to authorize the fale and convey
ance oflands in certain cafes by the mar
ihalls of the United States, and to confirm
former fales.
an act to provide for mitigating or re-
uniting the forfeitures, penalties and diff
abilities accruing in certain cafes therein
mentioned.
An act TO eRablih q mint, and to re-
gulate the COINS of the United States.
An act regulating foreign coins, and for
other purpotes.
And the act supplementary to and A.
-nendatory of the two lat mentioned aGts,
or 70 much of the faid acts as is now in
force and a.fo 70 much of any other act or
acts of the United States as is now in force
Or may be hereafter enacted, for laying a.
ny duties on imports, tonnage, feamen or
hipping, for regulating and occurring the
collection of the fame and for regulating
the coRpenfations of the officers employ.
ed in the collection of the fame for grant
ing and regulating drawbacks, bountie8 and
| allowances IN lieu of drawbacks 4; con-
corning the registering, recording, enrolling
and liceming of fhips and venels to pro-
vide for the settlement Of accounts be-
tween the United States and Individuals
for the recovery of debts due to the Unit
ed States ; and for remitting f~orfeitures,
penalties and difabilities-lhall extend to
and have full force and effect intbe above
mentioned territories: Provided however,
and it is hereby further enacted, that fhips
CT vellels which on the twentieth day Of
December laf were owned by peffons
then refiding in the above mentioned terri
tories, and who,either were citizens OF the
United States, or had relided in the faid
territories during Eve years next preceding,
hall be entitled to the benefits and privi-
leges of ve1cls Of the United States, whila
they ihall continue to be wholly owned by