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ing to his best knowledge and belief, the property remains, as expressed in the register or enrolment proposed to be given up, and upon his giving the bonds required for granting registers, shall make the exchanges aforesaid; but in every such case, the collector, to whom the register, or enrolment and license, may be given up, shall transmit the same to the Register of the Treasury; and the register, or enrolment and license, granted in lieu thereof, shall, within ten days after the arrival of such ship or vessel within the district, to which she belongs, be delivered to the collector of the said district, and be by him cancelled. And if the said master or commander shall neglect to deliver the said register or enrolment and license, within the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars.

here, the number of tons, in words] tons, as appears
by her enrolment, dated at [naming the district,
day, month, and year, in words at length, but if
she be less than twenty tons, insert instead thereof]
[proof being had of her admeasurement] shall not
be employed in any trade, while this license shall
continue in force, whereby the revenue of the
United States shall be defrauded, and having also
sworn (or affirmed) that this license shall not be
used for any other vessel, or for any other em-
ployment, than is herein specified, license is here-
by granted for the said inserting here, the de-
scription of the vessel] called the [inserting here,
the vessel's name] to be employed in carrying on
the [inserting here, coasting trade, whale fishery,
or cod fishery, as the case may be] for one year
from the date hereof, and no longer. Given under
my hand and seal, at [naming the said district]
this [inserting the particular day] day of [naming
the month] in the year, [specifying the number of
the year, in words at length."]

cargo found on board her, shall be forfeited.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in order to the licensing of any ship or vessel, for carrying on the Coasting Trade or Fisheries, the husband, or managing owner, together with the master thereof, with one more sureties to the satisfaction of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That no the collector granting the same, shall become bound license, granted to any ship or vessel, shall be conto pay to the United States, if such ship or vessel sidered in force, any longer than such ship or vesbe of the burden of five tons, and less than twenty sel is owned, and of the description set forth in tons, the sum of one hundred dollars; and if twen- such license, or for carrying on any other business ty tons, and not exceeding thirty tons, the sum of or employment, than that for which she is specially two hundred dollars; and if above thirty tons, and licensed, and if any ship or vessel be found with a not exceeding sixty tons, the sum of five hun- forged or altered license, or making use of a dred dollars; and if above sixty tons, the sum of license granted for any other ship or vessel, such one thousand dollars, in case it shall appear, with-ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and the in two years from the date of the bond, that such ship or vessel has been employed in any trade, SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, after whereby the revenue of the United States has been the last day of May next, every ship or vessel of defrauded during the time the license granted to twenty tons or upwards (other than such as are such ship or vessel remained in force; and the mas-registered) found trading between district and dister of such ship or vessel shall also swear, or affirm, trict, or between different places in the same disthat he is a citizen of the United States, and that trict, or carrying on the fishery, without being ensuch license shall not be used for any other vessel, rolled and licensed, or if less than twenty tons, and or any other employment, than that for which it not less than five tons, without a license, in manis specially granted, or in any trade or business, ner as is provided by this act, such ship or vessel, whereby the revenue of the United States may be if laden with goods, the growth or manufacture of defrauded; and if such ship or vessel be less than the United States only (distilled spirits excepted) twenty tons burden, the husband or managing or in ballast, shall pay the same fees and tonnage owner, shall swear or affirm, that she is wholly in every port of the United States, at which she the property of a citizen or citizens of the United may arrive, as ships or vessels not belonging to a States; whereupon it shall be the duty of the col- citizen or citizens of the United States, and if she lector of the district comprehending the port, have on board any articles of foreign growth or whereto such ship or vessel may belong, (the duty manufacture, or distilled spirits, other than seaof six cents per ton being first paid,) to grant a stores, the ship or vessel, together with her tackle, license, in the form following: "License for carry-apparel and furniture, and the lading found on ing on the [here insert, coasting trade, whale fishery, or.cod fishery, as the case may be.]

In pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same,' [inserting here the name of the husband or managing owner, with his occupation and place of abode, and the name of the master, with the place of his abode,] having given bond, that the [insert here, the description of the vessel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else she may be,] called the [insert here, the vessel's name] whereof the said [naming the master] is master, burden [insert 2d CON.-46

board, shall be forfeited: Provided, however, If such ship or vessel be at sea, at the expiration of the time, for which the license was given, and the master of such ship or vessel shall swear or affirm that such was the case, and shall also within forty-eight hours after his arrival deliver to the collector of the district in which he shall first arrive the license which shall have expired, the forfeiture aforesaid shall not be incurred, nor shall the ship or vessel be liable to pay the fees and tonnage aforesaid.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the collector of each district shall progressively number the licenses by him granted, beginning anew at the commencement of each year, and shall make a re

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cord thereof in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall, once in three months, transmit to the Register of the Treasury, copies of the licenses, which shall have been so granted by him; and also of such licenses, as shall have been given up or returned to him, respectively, in pursuance of this act. And where any ship or vessel shall be licensed, or enrolled anew, or being licensed or enrolled, shall afterwards be registered, or being registered, shall afterwards be enrolled, or licensed, she shall, in every such case, be enrolled, licensed or registered by her former name.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That, if any ship or vessel, enrolled or licensed, as aforesaid, shall proceed on a foreign voyage, without first giving up her enrolment and license, to the collector of the district comprehending the port, from which she is about to proceed on such foreign voyage, and being duly registered by such collector, every such ship or vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods, wares, and merchandise, so imported therein, shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture: Provided, always, If the port, from which such ship or vessel is about to proceed on such foreign voyage, be not within the district, where such ship or vessel is enrolled, the collector of such district shall give to the master of such ship or vessel a certificate, specifying that the enrolment and license of such ship or vessel is received by him, and the time when it was so received; which certificate shall afterwards be delivered by the said master to the collector, who may have granted such enrolment and license.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the owner or owners of any licensed ship or vessel, to return such license to the collector who granted the same, at any time within the year, for which it was granted, who shall thereupon, cancel the same, and shall license such vessel anew, upon the application of the owner or owners, and upon the conditions herein before required, being complied with; and in case the term, for which the former license was granted, shall not be expired, an abatement of the tonnage of six cents per ton shall be made, in the proportion of the time so unexpired.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That every licensed ship or vessel shall have her name, and the port to which she belongs, painted on her stern, in the manner as is provided for registered ships or vessels, and if any licensed ship or vessel be found, without such painting, the owner or owners thereof shall pay twenty dollars.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, when the master of any licensed ship or vessel, ferry boats excepted, shall be changed, the new master, or, in case of his absence, the owner or one of the owners thereof, shall report such change to the collector residing at the port where the same may happen, if there be one, otherwise, to the collector residing at any port, where such ship or vessel may next arrive, who, upon the oath or affirmation of such new master, or in case of his absence, of the owner or one of the owners, that he is a citizen of the United States, and that such ship or vessel shall not, while such license continues in force, be employed in any manner, whereby the revenue of the United States may be defrauded, shall endorse such change on the license, with the name of the new master; and when any change shall happen, as aforesaid, and such change shall not be reported, and the endorsement made of such change, as is herein required, such ship or vessel, found carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries, shall be subject to pay the same fees and tonnage, as a vessel of the United States, having a register, and the said new master shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the license, granted to any ship or vessel, shall be given up to the collector of the district, who may have granted the same, within three days after the expiration of the time, for which it was granted, in case such ship or vessel be then within the district, or if she be absent, at that time, within three days from her first arrival within the district afterwards, or if she be sold out of the district, within three days after the arrival of the master within any district, to the collector of such district taking his certificate therefor; and if the master thereof shall neglect, or refuse to deliver up the license, as afore- SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall said, he shall forfeit fifty dollars; but if such license be lawful, at all times, for any officer concerned in shall have been previously given up to the collec- the collection of the revenue, to inspect the enroltor of any other district, as authorized by this act,ment or license of any ship or vessel; and if the and a certificate thereof under the hand of such collector, be produced by such master, or if such license be lost, or destroyed, or unintentionally mislaid, so that it cannot be found, and the master of such ship or vessel shall make and subscribe an oath or affirmation, that such license is lost, destroyed, or unintentionally mislaid, as he verily believes, and that the same, if found, shall be delivered up, as is herein required, then the aforesaid penalty shall not be incurred. And if such license shall be lost, destroyed, or unintentionally mislaid, as aforesaid, before the expiration of the time, for which it was granted, upon the like oath or affirmation being made and subscribed by the master of such ship or vessel, the said collector is hereby authorized and required, upon application being made therefor, to license such ship or vessel anew.

master of any such ship or vessel shall not exhibit the same, when thereunto required by such officer, he shall pay one hundred dollars.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the master or commander of every ship or vessel licensed for carrying on the coasting trade, destined from a district in one State, to a district in the same, or an adjoining State on the sea coast, or on a navigable river, having on board, either distilled spirits in casks exceeding five hundred gallons, wine in casks exceeding two hundred and fifty gallons, or in bottles exceeding one hundred dozens, sugar in casks or boxes exceeding three thousand pounds, tea in chests or boxes exceeding five hundred pounds, coffee in casks or bags exceeding one thousand pounds, or foreign merchandise in packages, as imported, exceeding in value

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ship or vessel, any other or more goods, than are contained in such manifest or manifests, since her departure from the port, from whence she first sailed, or if any goods have been since landed, the said master or commander shall make known and particularize the same to the said collector or surveyor landed, he shall so declare, to the truth of which he shall swear or affirm: Whereupon, the said collector or surveyor shall grant a permit for unlading a part, or the whole of such cargo, as the said master or commander may request. And if there be no collector or surveyor, residing at, or within five miles of the said port of her arrival, the master or commander of such ship or vessel, may proceed to discharge the lading from on board such ship or vessel, but shall deliver to the collector or surveyor, residing at the first port, where he may next afterwards arrive, and within twentyfour hours of his arrival, the manifest or manifests aforesaid, noting thereon the times when, and places where, the goods, therein mentioned, have been unladen, to the truth of which, before the said last mentioned collector or surveyor, he shall swear or affirm; and if the master or commander of any such ship or vessel, being laden as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifest or manifests, at the times, and in the manner, herein directed, he shall pay one hundred dollars.

four hundred dollars, or goods, wares or merchan- such manifest,) otherwise the duplicate manifests dise, consisting of such enumerated or other arti-thereof, as is herein before directed, to the truth cles of foreign growth or manufacture, or of both, of which, before such officer, he shall swear or whose aggregate value exceeds eight hundred dol-affirm. And if there have been taken on board such lars, shall, previous to the departure of such ship or vessel, from the port where she may then be, make out and subscribe duplicate manifests of the whole of such cargo on board such ship or vessel, specifying in such manifests, the marks and numbers of every cask, bag; box, chest or package containing the same, with the name and place of resi-or, or if no such goods have been so taken on board dence of every shipper and consignee, and the quantity shipped by and to each, and if there be a collector or surveyor, residing at such port, or within five miles thereof, he shall deliver such manifests to the collector, if there be one, otherwise to the surveyor, before whom he shall swear or affirm, to the best of his knowledge and belief, that the goods therein contained were legally imported, and the duties thereupon paid or secured, or if spirits distilled within the United States, that the duties thereupon have been paid or secured, whereupon the said collector or surveyor shall certify the same on the said manifests, one of which he shall return to the said master, with a permit, specifying thereon, generally, the lading on board such ship or vessel, and authorizing him to proceed to the port of his destination. And if any ship or vessel, being laden and destined, as aforesaid, shall depart from the port where she may then be, without the master or commander having first made out and subscribed duplicate manifests of the lading on board such ship or vessel, and in case there be a collector or surveyor residing at such port, or SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the within five miles thereof, without having previous- master or commander of every ship or vessel lily delivered the same to the said collector or sur-censed for carrying on the coasting trade, and veyor, and obtaining a permit, in manner as is herein required, such master or commander shall pay one hundred dollars.

being destined from any district of the United States to a district other than a district in the same, or an adjoining State, on the seacoast, or on SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the a navigable river, shall, previous to her departure, master or commander of every ship or vessel deliver to the collector residing at the port where licensed for carrying on the coasting trade, having such ship or vessel may be, if there is one, otheron board, either distilled spirits in casks exceeding wise to the collector of the district comprehending five hundred gallons, wine in casks exceeding two such port, or to a surveyor within the district, as hundred and fifty gallons, or in bottles exceeding the one or the other may reside nearest to the one hundred dozens, sugar in casks or boxes exceed-port at which such ship or vessel may be, dupliing three thousand pounds, tea in chests or boxes exceeding five hundred pounds, coffee in casks or bags exceeding one thousand pounds, or foreign merchandise in packages, as imported, exceeding in value four hundred dollars, or goods, wares or merchandise, consisting of such enumerated or other articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or of both, whose aggregate value exceeds eight hundred dollars, and arriving from a district in one State, at a district in the same or an adjoining State on the sea coast, or on a navigable river, shall, previous to the unlading of any part of the cargo of such ship or vessel, deliver to the collector, if there be one, or if not, to the surveyor residing at the port of her arrival, or if there be no collector or surveyor residing at such port, then to a collector or surveyor, if there be any such officer, residing within five miles thereof, the manifest of the cargo, certified by the collector or surveyor of the district from whence she sailed, (if there be

cate manifests of the whole cargo on board such ship or vessel; or, if there be no cargo on board, he shall so certify; and, if there be any distilled spirits, or goods, wares, and merchandise, of foreign growth or manufacture on board, other than what may, by the collector, be deemed sufficient for sea stores, he shall specify, in such manifests, the marks and numbers of every cask, bag, box, chest, or package, containing the same, with the name and place of residence of every shipper and consignee of such distilled spirits or goods of foreign growth or manufacture, and the quantity shipped by, and to each, to be by him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear or affirm, and shall also swear or affirm, before the said collector or surveyor, that such goods, wares or merchandise, of foreign growth or manufacture, were, to the best of his knowledge and belief, legally imported, and the duties thereupon paid or secured; or, if spirits distilled within the United

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found on board such ship or vessel, and which shall not be included in the manifest exhibited by such master, shall be forfeited.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That, when any ship or vessel, licensed for carrying on the fishery, shall be intended to touch and trade at any foreign port or place, it shall be the duty of the master, commander, or owner, to obtain permission for that purpose from the collector of the district where such ship or vessel may be, previous to her departure, and the master or commander of every such ship or vessel shall deliver like manifests and make like entries, both of the ship or vessel and of the goods, wares, or merchandise on board, within the same time, and under the same penalty as, by the laws of the United States, are provided for ships or vessels of the United States arriving from a foreign port. And if any ship or vessel licensed for carrying on the fisheries shall be found within three leagues of the coast with goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture exceeding the value of five hundred dollars, without having such permission as is herein directed, such ship or vessel, together with the goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture imported therein, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture.

herein contained shall be construed to extend to registered ships or vessels of the United States, having on board goods, wares, and merchandise of SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That it shall foreign growth or manufacture, brought into the and may be lawful for the collector of the district United States in such ship or vessel from a foof Pennsylvania to grant permits for the trans-reign port, and on which the duties have not been portation of goods, wares, or merchandise, of fo- paid or secured, according to law. reign growth or manufacture, across the State of New Jersey to the district of New York, or across the State of Delaware to any district in the State of Maryland or Virginia; and for the collector of the district of New York to grant like permits for the transportation across the State of New Jersey; and for the collector of any district of Maryland or Virginia to grant like permits for the transportation across the State of Delaware to the district of Pennsylvania: Provided, That every such permit shall express the name of the owner or person sending such goods, and of the person or persons to whom such goods shall be consigned, with the marks, numbers, and description of the packages, whether bale, box, chest, or otherwise, and the kind of goods contained therein, and the date when granted; and the owner or person sending such goods shall swear or affirm that they were legally imported, and the duties thereupon paid or secured: And provided, also, That the owner or consignee of all such goods, wares, and merchandise, shall, within twenty-four hours after the arrival thereof at the place to which they were permitted to be transported, report the same to the collector of the district where they shall so SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That the masarrive, and shall deliver up the permit accom- ter or commander of every ship or vessel employpanying the same; and, if the owner or consignee ed in the transportation of goods from district to aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to make due entry district that shall put into a port other than the of such goods within the time and in the manner one to which she was bound, shall, within twentyherein directed, all such goods, wares, and mer- four hours of his arrival, if there be an officer rechandise, shall be subject to forfeiture; and, if the siding at such port, and she continue there so long, permit granted shall not be given up within the make report of his arrival to such officer, with the time limited for making the said report, the per- name of the place he came from, and to which he son or persons to whom it was granted, neglecting is bound, with an account of his lading; and if the or refusing to deliver it up, shall forfeit fifty dol- master of such ship or vessel shall neglect or relars for every twenty-four hours it shall be with- fuse to do the same, he shall forfeit twenty dollars. held afterwards: Provided, That where the goods, SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That if the wares, and merchandise, to be transported in man-master or commander of any ship or vessel, emner aforesaid, shall be of less value than eight ployed in the transportation of goods from district hundred dollars, the said oath and permit shall not to district, having on board goods, wares, or merbe deemed necessary, nor shall the owner or con-chandise of foreign growth or manufacture, or dissignee be obliged to make report to the collector of the district where the said goods, wares, and merchandise, shall arrive.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That, when any ship or vessel of the United States, registered according to law, shall be employed in going from any one district in the United States to any other district, such ship or vessel, and the master or commander thereof, with the goods she may have on board, previous to her departure from the district where she may be, and also upon her arrival in any other district, shall be subject (except as to the payment of fees) to the same regulations, provisions, penalties, and forfeitures; and the like duties are imposed on like officers as is provided by the sixteenth and seventeenth sections of this act for ships or vessels licensed for carrying on the coasting trade: Provided, however, That nothing

tilled spirits, shall, on his arrival at the port to which he was destined, have lost or mislaid the certified manifest of the same, or the permit which was given therefor, by the collector or surveyor of the district from whence he sailed, the collector of the district where he shall so arrive shall take bond for the payment of the duties on such goods, wares, and merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled spirits, within six months, in the same manner as though they were imported from a foreign country: Provided, however, Such bond shall be cancelled, if the said mas ter shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the collector taking such bond, and within the term therein limited for payment, a certificate from the collector or surveyor of the district from whence he sailed that such goods were legally exported in such ship or vessel from such district.