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Sect 2. And be it further enacted, That no permit shall be given for the removal of the wines or spirits deposited under tlie provisions of the foregoing section, uuless the duties upon the wines or spirits for which it shall be required, be first paid or secured, in the manner following, viz. The importer, or his assignee, shall give bond, with one or more surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the duties upon the wines or spirits in each case to be delivered, with condition for the payment of the said duties, at the same credits, to be computed from the date of the permit, as
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would have been allowed on bonds for the same articles, if they had not been deposited under the provisions of this Act. Provided, that the time to be allowed for the payment of the duties upon any wines or spirits so delivered, or for any part of such duties, shall not be such as to extend the credit beyond the term of twelve calendar months, originally allowed upon depositing such wines and spirits.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the duties on any wines or spirits, deposited under the provisions of this act, shall not have been paid, or secured to be paid, in the inanner described in the foregoing section, within the term of twelve calendar months from the time of their importation, it shall be the duty of the collector to cause so much of such wines or spirits as may be necessary, to be sold at public auction, and retaining the sum neces- sary for the payment of the duties which have not been secured er payed, together with the expenses of safe keeping and sale of such wines or spirits; shall return the overplus, if any, to the owner or to his agent, or lawful representative ; and the amount of each bond, taken for the duties on wines or spirits delivered, after being deposited, as directed by this act, shall be en- dorsed immediately on the original boud given by the importer, specifying the articles delivered, and the date of the delivery.
Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, That no drawback shall be allowed of the duties paid on any wines or spirits, which shall be imported into the Uni- ted States after the first day of June, 1819, unless auch wines or spirits shall have been deposited in public or other stores, under the provisions of this act, and there kept from their landing to their shipment.
Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any wines or other spirits; deposited under the provisions of this act, sball be embezzled or frauduleutly hid or removed from any store or place wherein they shall have been deposited, they shall be forfeited; and the person or persons so embezzling, hiding or removing the same, or aiding or assisting therein, shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if such wines or spirits had been fraudulently unshipped or landed without payment of duty.
Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of June, 1319, the bouds for duties on articles imported hy sea, the produce of foreign places or islands, situated on the eastern shores of America, north of the equator, or in its adjacent seas, hays, and gulfs, salt excepted, shall be payable, one half in six, and one balf in nine calendar month;s ; and the bonds for duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, (other than wine, salt and teas,) imported from any other place than Europe and the West Indies, shall be payable, one-third in eight, one-third in ten, and one- third in eightcen calen- dar inontbs.
H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senatc, pro tempore.
Approved-April 20, 1818.
JAMES MONROE,,
Terms of Credit.
SECT. 62. When the dutics on ad valorem articles are less than 50 dollars, it must be paid immediately ; if speride, a deposit must be made to secure the same, which, when ascertained, will be immediately settled.
When the duties on goods imported, where the sain payable by one person or co partnership, shall amount to inoje than 50 dollars, the following credit is allowed by Jaw, except where any bond on which the person or co. partner- ship entering suen goods, wares or merchandise, are either principal or secu- rity, being due, remains undischarged.
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On all articles of the produce of the West-Indies, or from places north of the equator, one-half in six, and the other half in nine months.
Ou Madeira, and all other wines, twelve months.
On all goods, &c. from Europe, (wines and teas excepted,) the one- third in eight, one-third in ten, and one-third in twelve months.
On all goods, &c. (wines and teas excepted,) from any other place than Europe, the West-Indies and north of the equator, the one-third in eight months, one-third in ten inouths, and one-third in eighteen months.
'Teas, from China or Europe, may be deposited at the option of the importer or importers, (to be determined at the time of making entry therefor,) either to secure the duties thereon, on the same torms and stipulations as on other goods, wares, and merchandise iniported, or to give his, or hey, or their bond, to the collector of the district where any such teas shall be landed, in double the amount of the duties thereupon, with condition for the payment of the said duties in two years from the date of such bond: which bond shall be accepted by such collector without surety, upon the teuns following ; that is to say, the teas, for the duties whereof such bond shall be accepted, shall be deposited at the cxpensc and risk of the said importer or iinporters, in one or more store-house or store-houses, as the case may require to be agreed upon, &c. Tne said teas to be deliveredl upon bond being given, with one or more surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, " if the same shall not excecd 100 dollars, in four months, if above 100 dollars, and not excecding 500 dollars, in eight mouths; or if the same shall exceed 500 dollars, in 12 months;" so that the term of credit shall not extend the period beyond two years from the time of depositing the said teas. Any teas remaining after the said term of two years. to be sold by the collector, who shall return the sur- plus (after paying the duties,) to the owner or owncrs thereof.
SECT. 65. When bonds given for duties shall become due, and not dis- charged, the collector to prosecute without delay ; and in case of insolvency or death, the United States to be the first creditor ; and any executor, adminis- trator, assignee, or any other person, paying any debt due by the person or estate, from whom or for which they are acting, previous to the debt or debts due to the United States being first fully satisfied and paid, shall become answerable in their own person and estate for the same, or part thereof remaining unsatisfied.
Sureties on all bonds given for duties, shall, in case of insolvency or death of the principal, " have and enjoy the like advantages, priority, or preference for the recovery and receipt of the said money out of the estate and effects of such insolvent, or deceased principal as are reserved to the United States."
When bonds are prosecuted for the recovery of dutics due to the United States, judgment to be granted at the return term, " unless the defendant shall in open court, the Unite I States Attorney being present, make oath or affirmation, that an erro: Ins been commited in the liquidation of the du- ties demanded upon such und, specifin the errors alleged to have been committed, and that the same have bee i notified, in writing, to the collector of the district prior to the commencement of the return tormn aforesaid."
On all bouds upon which suits shall be commenced, an interest shall be allowed at i'ic rate of six per cent. per annum, from the time when said bonds became due until the payment thereof.
SECT. 33. Duties to be paid where goods are landed, and bonds to be given for securing the duties, if the whole or part of the cargo is destined to different distric (a.
EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
From a statement of the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress, it appears that the value of the exports of the United States, for
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the year ending the 30th of September, 1816, was eighty-one millions, nine hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars, (81, 920,452)-of which, 64,781,896 were of domestic ma- terials, and 17,138,556 of foreign.
Of the domestic products exported, 7,293,000 were the pro- duce of the Forest-of Agriculture, 53,354,000-of Manufactures; 1,755,000-of uncertain origin, 1,049,000.
The total amount exported to the possession of foreign powers : the largest amount (39,184,558) was to those of Great Britain,- the next largest amount (12,138,135) to those of France-the next (8.589,718) to those of Spain-to Holland and its Colonies, 5,609,524-to the Hanse 'l'owns, and ports of Germany, 3,534,500- to Portugal, Brazil, &c. 2,270,389 dollars.
The total exports from the several states and territories, during the year before mentioned, was in the following proportion :
New-Hampshire
140,293
North Carolina
1,328,735
Vermont
892,594
South Carolina
10,849,409
Massachusetts
10,136,439
Georgia
7,511,939
Rhode Island
612,794
Ohio 1,305
Connecticut
593,806
Louisiana
5,602,948
New-York 19,690,031
District of Columbia 1,680,811
New-Jersey
9,746
Territory of the United
Pennsylvania
7,196,246
States
65,522
Delaware
56,217
Maryland
7,338,767
Virginia
8,212,860
Total
$81,920,452
SHERIFFS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Asa Lee Davidson, Allegany ; Phinchas P. Bates, Ontario ; William Chamberlin, Broome ; Moses De Witt Burnett, Orange; Archibald Green, Cayuga; Caleb Peter Pratt, Oswego; Pascal Lather, Clinton ; Alex. Smith, Franchott, Otsego ; Richard jun. Columbia ; Noah R. Smith, Cornell, Queens ; Michael I. Cortland ; Martin Keeler, De- Vandercook, Rennselaer ; John lawcare; Gilbert Ketchum, Dutch- Hillyer, Richmond; John B. Haring, Rockland ; John Dunn- ess ; Boughton Lobdell, Essex ; John Wood, Franklin ; Par-ling, Saratoga; Isaac Riggs, menius Adams, Gencsee ; Peter Schenectady ; Giles H. Hubbard, C. Adams, Greene; Robert Schoharie; Joseph C. Chapman, Shoemaker, Herkimer ; Amasa Seneca ; David C. Judson, St. Trowbridge, Jefferson ; John Lawrence; Henry Schriver, Steu- Wykoff, Kings ; Sylvester Mil-
ben ; Elnathan Sears, Sullivan ; ler, Lewis ; Moses Maynad, Henry Wills, Tioga ; Nicoll Madison ; John Holland, Mont-|Halsey, Tompkins; Abraham gomery, James L. Bell, New- Tantine, Ulster ; James L. York; Jas. Cronk, Niagara ; Curman, Warren ; John Doty, Jno. B. Pease, Oncida; Heze- Washington ; Lyman Cook, kiah I .. Granger, Onondaga ; Westchester.
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An Abstract of the Returna of Common Schools of the several Counties in the State of New York, for the year 1819.
Counties from which, freturus have beep received.
Whole Dumher of
9 5 4 itowns in suid coun-
tics.
No. of do. froni
been received.
Whole number of
school districts
mid town,
No. of do. from
elwhich returns havel
been received.
Amount of public
money received in
the year.
No.
taught in mid dis-
tricks, during said
Number of children
residing therein, be-
tween the ages of 5
and 15 years. .
Broome, .
103
77
1245
3653
3735
Clinton,
43
43
993
1756
@550
Caruga,
10
12
160
160
3326
6359
8496
Chautauque,
8
00
65
699
2677
2608
Chenango,
17
17
205
181
3337
9614
8735
Cortland,
10
10
122
116
1926
5506
4861
Delaware,
13
13
189
175
5191
8378
10637
Essex,
13
13
93
31
1150
3263
3682
Frank! a,
6
6
30
30
797
1048
1163
Greene,
10
118
109
2163
5329
6752
Genesee,
23
20
323
236
27:27
12397
11072
Herk mer,
15
15
165
160
2856
8288
9472
Jedleryon,
15
G
71
72
1916
4994
4954
King»,
6
G
39
42
912
2411
2357
Madison,
12
163
162
3859
10676
9$79
Afontgomery,
15
15
173
162
105
8008
10831
Niagara,
1:
13
100
59
.96
$148
3312
New-York,
11055
3842
38-12
Otsego,
21
21
254
240
4537
12828
13229
Onondaga,
12
12
187
186
3890
11772
12309
Oneida,
21
21
227
213
5289
14630
14383
Oswego,
34
3-1
43-4
384
6590
23439
23435
Orange,
11
11
174
137
3232
6516
9714
Putnam,
6
6
53
49
2020
2388
4755
Richinond,
4
4
18
18
632
73.9
1494
Rensselaer,
14
14
171
170
4274
9718
11735
Rockland,
4
4
35
33
898
1428
2115
Sullivan,
7
61
50
1056
1952
2115
Seneca,
7
115
82
2735
5000
5894
Surfolk,
6
90
84
1706
3899
4854
Schenectady,
5
5
46
42
682
1816
2429
Steuben,
13
9
97
73
1081
3545
3465
St. Lawrence,
16
16
123
$8
1025
3260
3559
Schoharie,
8
8
122
100
2051
4666
6107
Saratoga,
17
13
128
123
2423
7504
7367
Tioga,
9
8
79
68
1197
3435
4020
Tompkins,
5
5
98
98
2114
5567
6099
Ulster,
15
13
127
99
2746
4430
7074
Warren,
9
9
61
41
876
1950
2189
Washington,
16
15
139
177
3193
9863
9998
Westchester,
21
12
70
70
1759
3387
4732
Total
555
515.
5763.
5118.
117151.
271877. 302703
ing
111
2148
4132
5882
Allegany,
66
62
652
1700
2043
156
3655
9902
9999
Columbia,
14
14
141
129
2085
6050
6424
Dutches»,
6
18
17
39]
773
2207
Lewis.
12
60
60
1021
2696
£636
Ontario,
4
. 36
35
832
1440
1871
Queens,
GIDEON HAWLEY, Superintendent of Commen Schock.
said diatricia during
of children
ycar.
Albany,
9 6 6 5 8 899 6g. which returns have
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DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN- MENT.
General Post Office.
Return J. Meigs, Ohio, Postmaster General; salary, 3000 dollars-Assistant, Abraham Bradley, Connecticut ; salary, 1700 dollars-Sethi Pease, Connecti- cut, Assistant; salary, 1600 dollars-Phineas Bradley, Chief Clerk.
United States Mint (at Philadelphia.)
Robert Patterson, Director; salary, 2000 dollars- James Rush, Treasurer; salary, 1200 dollars-Adam Eckfeldt, Coiner; salary 1500 dollars-Joseph Richardson, Assayer; salary, 1500 dollars-Joseph Cloud, Refiner; salary, 1500 dollars-Robert "cot, Engraver; salary, 1200 dollars-John Reich, Assistant Engraver- William Kern, Door-keeper and Watch-William M.Minn, Carpenter and Adjuster-Philip Summers, Melter-John Mann, Annealer- John Schreiner, and Thomas Gray, Pressinen-One Clerk, at 700 dollars; two clerks, each at 500 dollars.
Land Department.
Josiah Meiga, Commissioner of the General Land Office-Edward Tiffin, Surveyor General : salary, 2000 dollars ; office at Chilieothe, Ohio-Thoinas Freeman, Surveyor, south of Tennessee; salary, 2000 dollars; office at Washington, Mississippi Territory- William Rector, Surveyor of Illinois and Missouri-John Coffee, Surveyor.
JUDICIARY.
John Marshall, of Virginia, Chief Justice of the United States; salary. 4000 dollars.
Associate Judges-Bushrod Washington, Virginia - William Johnson, jun. South Carolina-B. Livingston, New - York-Thomas Todd, Kentucky- Gabriel Duval, Maryland-Joseph Story, Massachusetts. Salary, 3500 collars each.
William Wirt, of Virginia, Attorney General of the United States ; salary, 3000 dollars.
District Judges.
District of Maine, Albion K. Parris-New Hampshire, John S. Sherburne- Massachusetts, John Davis-Rhode Island, David Howell-Vermont, Elijah Paine-Connecticut, Pierpont Edwards-New York, M. B. Tallmadge, Chief Judge; Wm. P. Van Ness, additional Judge-New-Jersey, William S. Pennington-Pennsylvania, Richard Peters, Eastern district; Jonathan H. Walker, Western district-Delaware, John Fisher-Maryland, James Houston-Virginia, St. George Tucker-North Carolina, Henry Potter- South Carolina, John Drayton-Georgia, William Stevens-Kentucky, Ko- bert Trimble-Tennessee, John M.Nairy-Ohio, Charles W. Bird-Indiana, Benjamin Park-Louisiana, Dominic A Hall-Mississippi, William Bayard Shields-Columbia, Williamn Cranch, Chief' Judge; Buckner Thruston and James S. Morrell, Assistant Judges-Alabama, Henry G. Webb.
Clerks to the Supreme, Circuit, and District Courts.
Supreme Court, Elias B. Caldwell; District of New-Hamp- shire, Jonathan Steel; Maine, Henry Sewall ; Massachusetts, William S. Shaw ; Rhode-Island, Edmund T. Ellery ; Vermont,
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Cephas Smith ; Connecticut, Henry Edwards ; New-York, G. L. Thompson, Southern district ; R. R. Lansing, Northern dis- triet ; New-Jersey, Robert Boggs; Pennsylvania, David Cald- well; Delaware, A. Johns; Maryland, Philip Moore ; Virginia, Richard Jeffries ; North Carolina, William H. Haywood ; South Carolina, James Jervay ; Georgia, John J. Bullock ; Kentucky, John H. Hanna; Tennessee, Robert M. Gavock; Ohio, Hum- phrey Fullerton ; Louisiana, William Claiborne ; Columbia, Wm. Brent, Washington County ; George Dencale, Alexandria county.
District Attorneys.
New-Hampshire, Daniel Humphries ; Maine, Wm. P. Preble; Massachusetts, George Blake; Rhode-Island, Asher Robbins ; Connecticut, Hezekiah Huntington ; Vermont, Titus Huteliin- son ; New-York, Jonathan Fisk, Southern district ; Roger Skin- ner, Northern district ; New-Jersey, Joseph M'Ilvaine; Penn- sylvania, Charles Jared Ingersoll ; Delaware, George Read, jun. Maryland, Elias Glenn ; Virginia, Robert Stannard ; North Ca- rolina, James M'Kay ; South Carolina, Thomas Parker ; Geur- gia, W'm. Davies ; Kentucky, Robert Wickliffe ; East Tennessee, John M.Campbell; West Tennessec, Henry Crabb ; Ohio, John C. Wright ; Columbia, Walter Jones, jun .; Louisiana, John Dick ; Indiana, Thomas H. Blake ; Mississippi, Bela Metcalf ; Missouri, Robert Wash.
Marshals.
New-Hampshire, Michael M'Clary ; Maine. Thos. G. Thorn- ton ; Massachusetts, James Prince ; Rhode-Island, Ebenezer K. Dexter ; Connecticut, Robert Fairchild ; Vermont, David Ro- binson ; New-York, Thomas Morris, Southern district ; John W. Livingston, Northern district ; New-Jersey, Oliver Waync Ogden ; Pennsylvania, John Smith, Eastern district ; William B. Irish, Western district ; Delaware, James Brobson ; Maryland, Paul Bentalou ; Virginia, Andrew Moore ; North Carolina, Be- verly Daniel ; South Carolina, Morton A. Waring ; Georgia, John H. Morrell ; Kentucky, Robert Crocket ; East Tennessee, Charles I. Porter ; West Tennessee, John Childress, jun. : Ohio, John Hamm; Columbia, Tench Ringold ; Louisiana, Michael Reynolds ; Indiana, John Vawter; Mississippi, HI. G. Johnson.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.
LOCAL. The Governors of Territories have a local super- intendency of Indian affairs, ex officio, within the limits of their respective territorial jurisdictions.
Ports of Entry and Delivery for Foreign Vessels. No vessel, not wholly belonging to a citizen or citizens of 7
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the United States, shall be admitted to unload at any port or place except the following :
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Portsmouth. MASSACHUSETTS, Portland, and Falmouth, New- Bedford, Dighton, Salem, and Beverly, Glou- cester, Newburyport, Marblehead, Nantucket, Boston, and Charles- town, Plymonth, Bath, Frenchman's Bay, Wiscasset, Machias, Penobscot, Biddeford, and Pepperellorough, Saco, and Kenne- bunk. RHODE-ISLAND, Newport, Providence, Bristol. CON- NECTICUT, New-London, and New-Haven. NEW-YORK, New- York. NEW-JERSEY, Perth-Amboy, Jersey, Burlington. PENN- SYLVANIA, Philadelphia. DELAWARE, Wilmington, New-Castle, Port Penn. MARYLAND, Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, Georgetown, (on the Potomac,) Chestertown Creek, Nottingham- Nanjemoy, St. Mary's, Digge's Landing, Snowhill, Carrolsburgh. VIRGINIA, Alexandria, Kinsale, Newport, Tappahannock, Port- Royal, Fredericksburgh, Urbanna, Yorktown, West-Point, Hampton, Bermuda-Hundred, City Point, Petersburgh, Rich- mond, East River, Rocket's Landing, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. NORTH CAROLINA, Wilmington, Newbern, Braufort, Washington, Edenton, Plankbridge, and Plymouth. SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort. GEORGIA, Savannah, Sun- bury, Brunswick, Erederica, St. Mary. LOUISIANA, N. Orleans.
Nor shall any vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, or beyond the same, be admitted to enter, except at the ports in the above. Jist, which are distinguished by italics.
Restrictions on Importations.
Sec. 92. No goods, wares, or merchandise, of foreign growthi or ma- nufacture, subject to the payment of duties, shall be brought into the United States, from any foreign port or place, in any other manner than by sea ; nor in any ship or vessel of less than thirty tons burden, agreeable to the mode of ascertaining American tonnage, except in certain districts on the northern, north western, and western bounda- ries of the United States, adjoining to the dominions of Great Britain in Upper and Lower Canada, and the districts on the rivers Olio and Mississippi.
Sec. 103. No beer, ale, or porter, to be imported in casks of less capacity than forty gallons, beer measure ; or if in bottles, in packages less than six dozen, under penalty of forfeiture, with the ship or vessel.
No refined lump, or loaf sugar, shall be imported into the United States, from any port or place, except in ships or vessels of the burden of one hundred and twenty tons and upwards, and in casks or packa- ges containing ench, not less than six hundred pounds, on pain of for- feiting the said ship or vessel, and the loaf or lump sugar imported therein, except in such casks or packages as aforesaid.
No distilled spirits, (arrack and sweet cordials excepted,) to be int. ported in casks or vessels of less capacity than ninety gallons wine measure, on pain of forfeiture with the ship or vessel ; nor in casks or vessels which have been marked pursuant to any law of the United States, on pain of forfeiture of the said refined loaf or lump sugar, and distilled spirits, together with the ship or vessel. Provided, that the
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forfeiture shall not be incurred on "any ships imported or brought into the United States, in other casks o: vessels aforesaid, or the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought, if such spirits shall be in the use of the seamen on board of such ship or vessel, and shall not exceed the quantity of four gallons for each seaman," and which shall, at the time of the entry of the said vessel, be inserted in the manifest as the sea stores of such ship or vessel.
Duty of Masters of Vessels.
Sec. 23. No merchandise to be imported in any vessel belonging in whole or in part to a citizen or inhabitant of the United States, unless the master of such vessel shall have on board a manifest in writing, signed by such master or other person having the command, contain- ing the name of the port or place where such merchandise were re- ceived, and the port where consigned or destined to, within the United States, particularly noting the merchandise destined for each port re- spectively, and every package on board such vessel to be particularly described-to whom consigued, or if to order, with the names of all passengers, distinguishing whether cabin or steerage passengers, or both, with their baggage, and an account of all remaining sea stores, if any.
Vessel and Cabin Stores.
If merchandise imported are destined to be delivered in different districts or ports, the said merchandise to be inserted in successive or- der in the above manifest, and all spirits, wines, and teas, being the whole or any part of the cargo, shall be inserted in like order, distin- guishing the port where destined, and the kind, qualities, and quantity thereof.
Sec. 45. Excessive quantity of sea stores to pay duty.
Sec. 19. Vessels bound to Connecticut, by way of Sandy-Hook, or to Hudson, before they pass the port of New- York, and immediately after arrival, the master to deposit with the collector a true manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel. The penalty for neglect or omission, or refusing to receive an inspector of the customs on board the samc, to accompany such vessel, is five hundred dollars.
Sec. 24. For all goods not included in the manifest, the master for- feits a sum of money equal to their value, and all merchandise not in- cluded in such manifest, belonging or consigned to the master, mate, officers, or crew of such vessel, shall be forfeited, unless it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector, naval officer and surveyor, or the major part of them, or to a court on trial, that no part was un- shipped except what is mentioned in the report, or that the manifest has been lost or mislaid, without fraud, or defaced by accident, or in - correct by mistake.
Sec. 25. The master of any vessel, or other person having charge thereof, belonging in whole or in part to a citizen or citizens, inhabit- ant or inhabitants of the United States, on arrival within four leagues of the coast, or within any bays, harbours, ports, rivers, crecks, or in- lets thereof, to have a manifest on board, and on demand made by any officer of the customs, first coming on board, to produce snch manifest, and deliver him a copy thereof, signed by the master or other persons having charge of such vessel, and the officer shall certify on the off-
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ginal the day and year the same was produced, the said copy to be provided and subscribed by the master, or such other person having command ; the copy of which to hc compared with the original, and certified by such officer on the back thereof ; the day and ycar such copy or copies was or were delivercd to him,-the original manifest to be delivered afterwards by the master to the collector. Provided, that not more than one copy of each manifest shall be required by any offi - cer or officers who shall first come on board, within four leagues of the coast of the United States, and one other copy to any officer or officers who shall first come on board within the limits of any district for which the cargo, or any part thereof, shall bc destined.
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