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laft mentioned collector or furveyor, he fhall fwear or affirm; and if the mafter or commander of any fuch fhip or veffel, being laden as aforefaid, fhall neglect or refufe to deliver the manifeft or manifefts, at the times, and in the manner, herein directed, he shall pay one hundred dollars.

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Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Duty of mafter or commander of every fhip or veffel, veffels deflicenced for carrying on the coafting trade, tined from and being destined from any district of the any district United States, to a diftri&t other than a dif- than à diftrict in the fame, or an adjoining ftate, on the fame or au fea-coaft, or on a navigable river, fhall, previ- adjoining ous to her departure, deliver to the collector refiding at the port where fuch fhip or veffel may be, if there is one, otherwife to the collector of the district comprehending fuch port, or to a furveyor within the district, as the one or the other may refide nearest to the port at which fuch fhip or veffel may be, duplicate manifefts of the whole cargo on board fuch fhip or veffel, or if there be no cargo on board, he fhall fo certify, and if there be any diftilled fpirits, or goods, wares and merchandize, of foreign growth or manufacture on board, other than what may, by the collector, be deemed fufficient for fea-ftores, he fhall specify in fuch manifefts, the marks and numbers of every cafk, bag, box, cheft or package, containing the fame, with the name, and place of refidence, of every fhipper and confignee of fuch diftilled fpirits, or goods-of foreign growth or manufacture, and the quantity (hipped by, and to each, to be by him fubfcribed, and to the truth of which, he fhall fwear or affirm; and fhall alfo fwear or affirm before the faid collector or furveyor, that fuch goods, wares, or

merchandize, of foreign growth or manuface ture, were, to the beft of his knowledge and belief, legally imported, and the duties thereupon, paid or fecured; or if fpirits distilled within the United States, that the duties thereupon, have been duly paid or fecured; upon the performance of which, and not before, the faid collector or furveyor fhall certify the fame on the faid manifefts; one of which he fhall return to the master, with a permit, thereto annexed, authorizing him to proceed to the port of his deftination. And if any fuch fhip or veffel fhall depart from the port where the may then be, having diftilled fpirits, or goods, wares or merchandize, of foreign growth or manufacture on board, without the feveral on neglect things herein required, being complied with,

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the mafter thereof fhall forfeit one hundred dollars; or if the lading be of goods, the growth or manufacture of the United States only, or if fuch fhip or veffel have no cargo, and the depart, without the feveral things here. in required, being complied with, the faid maf ter fhall forfeit and pay fifty dollars.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the mafter or commander of every fhip or veffel, licenced to carry on the coafting trade, arriwhen and ving at any diftrict of the United States, from to whom to any diftrict, other than a district in the fame, or an adjoining ftate on the fea-coaft, or on a navigable river, fhall deliver to the collector refiding at the port where fhe may arrive, if there be one, otherwife to the collector or furveyor in the district comprehending fuch port, as the one, or the other, may refide nearest thereto, if the collector or furveyor refide at a diftance not exceeding five miles, within twenty four hours, or if at a greater distance,

within forty-eight hours next after his arrival ; and previous to the unlading any of the goods brought in fuch fhip or veffel, the manifest of the cargo (if there be any) certified by the collector or furveyor of the district from whence fhe laft failed, and fhall make oath or affirma- under oath tion, before the faid collector or furveyor, that there was not, when he failed from the .diftrict where his manifeft was certified, or has been fince, or then is, any more, or other goods, wares or merchandize of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled spirits (if there be any, other than fea-ftores, on board fuch veffel) than is therein mentioned; and if there be no fuch goods, he fhall fo fwear or affirm; and if there be no cargo on board, he fhall produce the certificate of the collector or furveyor of the diftrict from whence the last failed, as aforefaid, that fuch is the cafe: Whereupon fuch collector or furveyor fhall and obtain grant a permit for unlading the whole, or part permits for of fuch cargo (if there be any) within his dif trict, as the mafter may request; and where a part only of the goods, wares and merchandize, of foreign growth or manufacture, or of diftilled fpirits, brought in fuch hip or veffel, is intended to be landed, the faid collector or furveyor fhall make an endorsement of fuch part, on the back of the manifeft, fpecifying the articles to be landed; and fhall return such manifest to the mafter, endorfing also thereon, his permiffion for fuch thip or veffel, to proceed to the place of her deftination; and if the mafter of fuch fhip or yeffel fhall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifeft, (or if the has no cargo, the certificate) within the time herein directed, he fhall forfeit one hun-. dred dollars, and the goods, wares and mer

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chandize of foreign growth or manufacture, or diftilled fpirits, found on board, or landed from fuch fhip or veffel, not being certified, as is herein required, fhall be forfeited, and if the fame fhall amount to the value of eight hundred dollars, fuch fhip or veffel, with her tackle, apparel and furniture, fhall be alfo forfeited.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That nofes mafters thing in this act contained' fhall be fo conftruof veffels ed, as to oblige the mafter or commander of empt from any fhip or veffel, licenced for carrying on the delivering coafting trade, bound from a diftrict in one

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ftate to a district in the fame, or an adjoining ftate on the fea-coaft, or on a navigable river, having on board goods, wares or merchandize, of the growth, product or manufactures of the United States only (except diftilled fpirits) or diftilled fpirits, not more than five hundred gallons, wine in cafks not more than two hundred and fifty gallons, or in bottles not more than one hundred dozens, fugar in cafks or boxes not more than three thoufand pounds, tea in chefts or boxes not more than five hundred pounds, coffee in casks or bags not more than one thoufand pounds, or foreign merchandize in packages as imported, of not more value than four hundred dollars, or goods, wares or merchandize, confifting of fuch enumerated or other articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or of both, whofe aggregate value fhall be not more than eight hundred dollars, to deliver a manifeft thereof, or obtain a permit, previous to her departure, In others or on her arrival within such district, to make how to be any report thereof; but fuch mafter shall be with them. provided with a manifeft, by him fubscribed,

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on board fuch fhip or veffel, at the time of his departure from the district from which she last failed, and if the fame, or any part of such lading confifts of diftilled fpirits, or goods, wares or merchandize, of foreign growth or manufacture, with the marks and numbers of each cafk, bag, box, cheft or package, containing the fame, with the name of the shipper and confignee of each; which manifeft fhall be by him exhibited, for the inspection of any officer of the revenue, when, by fuch officer, thereunto required; and shall also inform fuch officer, from whence fuch fhip or veffel laft failed, and how long fhe has been in port, when by him fo interrogated. . And if the master of fuch fhip or veffel fhall not be on neglect provided, on his arrival within any fuch dif- thereof. trict, with a manifeft, and exhibit the same, as is herein required, if the lading of fuch ship or vessel confift wholly of goods, the produce or manufacture of the United States (diftilled fpirits excepted) he shall forfeit twenty dollars, or if there be distilled fpirits or goods, wares, or merchandize, of foreign growth or manufacture, on board, excepting what may be fufficient for fea-stores, he fhall forfeit forty dollars ; or if he fhall refuse to answer the interrogatories truly, as is herein required, he shall forfeit the fum of one hundred dollars.

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facture, or of fpirits diftilled within the Uni-
ted States, fo much of the fame, as may be
found on board fuch fhip or veffel, and which
fhall not be included in the manifeft exhibited
by fuch master, fhall be forfeited.

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Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That it Collector fhall and may be lawful for the collector of vania may VOL. II.

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