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FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives.
HENRY TAZEWELL, Prefident pro tem-
pore of the Senate.

APPROVED, February the 25th, 1795:
GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

others.

CHAPTER XCVI.

An Act fupplementary to the Act, intitled, "An Act to provide more effectually for the Collection of the Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Veffels."

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Sec. 1. E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe Penalty on of Reprefentatives of the United hindering States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That the revenue if the mafter or commander of any ship or veffel, coming into, or arriving at any port or veel. place, within the United States, shall obftruct or hinder, or fhall caufe any obftruction or hindrance, with fuch an intent, to any officer of the revenue, in going on board fuch fhip or veffel, for the purpofe of carrying into ef fect any of the revenue-laws of the United States, he fhall forfeit a fum not exceeding five hundred, nor lefs than fifty dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all actions, fuits or informations to be brought, where any feizure fhall be made, for any

proof in fuit for.

Burden of breach of the revenue-laws of the United States, the burthen of proof fhall lie on the claimant only, where probable caufe is fhewn for fuch profecution, to be judged of by the court, before whom the profecution is had.

breach of laws to lie

revenue

on claim

ant.

Special bail

penalties

on fuch

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in to be given all cafes, in which fuits or profecutions fhall in fuits for be commenced for the recovery of pecuniary penalties prescribed by the laws of the United breaches. States, the perfon or perfons, against whom procefs may be iffued, fhall be held to fpecial bail, fubject to the rules and regulations, which prevail in civil fuits, in which special bail is required.

Certain new diftricts and

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of May next, there fhall ports of de- be established the following new diftricts and livery efta- ports of delivery, to wit: In the ftate of Newblifhed. York, a diftrict, to be called the district of

Hudfon; which fhall include the city of Hudfon, and all the waters and fhores northward of the faid city on Hudfon river, and the town of Catskill below the faid city; and the faid city of Hudson fhall be the fole port of entry for the faiḍ diftrict; to which fhall be annexed the towns or landing-places of Catfkill, Kinderhook and Albany, as ports of delivery only; and the collector for the faid district fhall refide at Hudfon, and a furveyor to refide at Hudfon, and another at Albany, as is now by law eftablished: In the ftate of Connecticut, a diftrict, to be called the dif trict of Middletown; which fhall include the feveral towns and landing-places of Lyme, Saybrook, Killingfworth, Haddam, Eaft-Haddam, Middletown, Chatham, Weathersfield, Glaftenbury, Hartford, Eaft-Hartford, Wind

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livery elta.

for and Eaft-Windfor; of which, Middletown Certain fhall be the fole port of entry, and the other tricts and towns and landing-places before-named fhall ports of de be ports of delivery only: and the collector blished. fhall refide at Middletown, and there fhall be two other furveyors appointed within the faid district, one to refide at Hartford, and the other at Saybrook: In the state of Maffachufetts, a district, to be called the district of Waldoborough; and a collector for the diftrict fhall refide at Waldoborough, which shall be the fole port of entry; and to which diftrict fhall be annexed the towns of Bristol, Nobleborough, Warren, Thomaston, Cushing and Cambden; also a place, called Ducktrap, as ports of delivery only; and there fhall be a furveyor to refide at Thomafton; and all the fhores and waters, from the middle of DamaraScotty river to Ducktrap, fhall be comprehended within the faid district of Waldoborough. And in the district of Portland and Falmouth, Freeport and Harpfwell; and alfo in the diftrict of Bath, the towns of Georgetown and Brunswick fhall be ports of delivery only: And the collectors to be appointed in conformity with this act, fhall each become to give bound in the fum of four thoufand dollars, bond, &c. and each furveyor, in the fum of one thoufand dollars, in manner, as is by law provided in like cafes. And the fame duties, authorities and fees of office, with a fimilar diftribution thereof, fhall appertain to thofe appointments, as are now, in like cafes, authorized by law. And the collectors aforefaid fhall each receive the fame percentage on the amount of all monies by them refpectively received for duties, together with the fame yearly allowance, as is allowed by law to the collector of the diftrict

Collectors

veffels

certain

ports, how

themselves.

Surveyors of Fairfield; and each of the furveyors in the districts aforefaid fhall receive the fame yearly allowance, as `is, or may be allowed, by law, to the furveyor of the district of New-Haven. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mafters of master or commander of any ship or vessel, bound to bound from a foreign port or place, to the district of Hudson, or to the district of Berto conduct muda-Hundred and City-Point, fhall, if bound to the former, first come to, with his ship or veffel, at the city of New-York, and if to the latter, after the laft day of September next, at Hampton-road or Sewell's-point, and there make report to the collector of New-York, or of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or to the collector of the port of Hampton, as the cafe may be, and take on board an inspector of the cuftoms, before he fhall proceed to the district of Hudfon, or to the diftrict of Bermuda-Hundred and City-Point: And if bound to any port on Connecticut river, fhall take an inspector on board, at Saybrook, before proceeding to fuch port. And if any mafter or commander fhall neglect or refufe to comply with the duty hereby enjoined, or which is enjoined in the third fection of the act, intitled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of fhips or veffels," he fhall forfeit a fum not more than five hundred, and not lefs than fifty dollars: Provided however, That from and after the last day of May next, the restrictions contained in the faid third fection fhall not extend to, and be confidered, as affecting, the feveral 3d fection ports or places included within the diftrict of Middletown; alfo the ports of North Yar

Penalty.

of certain

law not to

mouth, Freeport and Harpfwell in the district extend to of Portland and Falmouth, or the ports of certain George-Town and Brunswick in the district of Bath.

ports.

the district

James Ri

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Limits of diftrict of Hampton for James River fhall on- of Hamply extend up to the eaft fide of Chickahomony ton for river and from thence upwards to Richmond ver. on the north fide fhall be annexed to the dif trict of Bermuda-Hundred and City-Point; which district shall extend down James River on the fouth fide to Hood's.

feited be

U. States,

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That The part of whenever a feizure, condemnation and fale of goods for goods, wares and merchandize fhall hereafter longing to take place, in the United States, and the vaapplied to lue thereof fhall be lefs than one hundred dol- pay cofts, if lars, that part of the forfeiture, which accrues certain vato the United States, or fo much thereof as lue. fhall be neceffary, fhall be applied to the payment of the colts of profecution.

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nalty of

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That from When and after the laft day of May next, whenever agent enters an entry fhall be made with the collector of goods, peany diftrict, of any merchandize imported in- bond to be to the United States, fubject to duties, by any encreased. agent, factor or perfon, other than the bona fide owner or confignee of fuch merchandize, it fhall be the duty of the collector to increase the penalty of the bond to be given for the duties, the fum of one thousand dollars, and to make it a part of the condition of the faid bond, that the bona fide owner or confignee of fuch merchandize fhall, on or before the first day of payment ftipulated in faid bond, deliver to faid collector, a full and correct account of the said merchandize imported for

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