24 Feb. 1804. trict, and the town of Bayou St. John shall be a port of delivery. A collector, naval officer New Orleans the and surveyor shall be appointed to reside at New Orleans, and a surveyor shall be sole port of entry. appointed to reside at the port of Bayou St. John; and the president of the United States Bayou St. John, is hereby authorized to appoint, not exceeding three surveyors, to reside at such other a port of delivery. places, within the said district, as he shall deem expedient, and to constitute each or either of such places ports of delivery only. And so much of any law or laws, as establishes a district on the river Mississippi, south of the river Tennessee, is hereby repealed, except as to the recovery and receipt of such duties on goods, wares and mer chandise, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels, as shall have accrued, and as to the recovery and distribution of fines, penalties and forfeitures, which shall have been incurred, before the commencement of the operation of this act.

Ibid. 25. District of Natchez.

Orleans.

16. The shores and waters of the town of Natchez shall be one district, to be called the district of Natchez ;(a) and a collector shall be appointed who shall reside at Natchez, which shall be the only port of entry or delivery within the said district, of any goods, wares and merchandise, not the growth or manufacture of the United States: Provided Vessels to deliver nevertheless, That it shall be the duty of every master or commander of any ship or vesmanifests at New sel destined for the said port of Natchez, to stop at New Orleans, and there deliver to the collector of said port a manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel agreeably to law, on penalty of five thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of said collector to transmit a certified copy of such manifest to the collector of the said port of Natchez, and to direct an inspector to go on board such ship or vessel, and proceed therewith to the port of Natchez, and there report such ship or vessel to the collector of said port of Natchez immediately after his arrival, when the duty of said inspector shall cease.

Duties of collector.

Ibid. &.

New Orleans.

17. Foreign ships or vessels shall be admitted to unlade at the port of New Orleans, Certain vessels to and at no other port within the district of Mississippi; and ships or vessels belonging unlade only at to citizens of the United States, coming directly from France or Spain, or any of their colonies, shall not be admitted to unlade at any port within the district of Mississippi, other than New Orleans. And ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at the port of New Orleans, and at no other port within the district of Mississippi.(b)

Ibid. 27.

Masters of vessels to make entry at New Orleans.

18. The master or commander of every ship or vessel, bound to a port of delivery only, other than the port of Bayou St. John, (c) in the district of Mississippi, shall first come to at the port of New Orleans with his ship or vessel, and there make report and entry, in writing, and pay or secure to be paid, all legal duties, port fees and charges, in manner provided by law, before such ship or vessel shall proceed to her port of delivery; and any ship or vessel, bound to the port of Bayou St. John, may first proceed to the said port, and afterwards make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time by law limited. And the master of every ship or vessel, arriving from a foreign port or place, or having goods on board of which the duties have not been paid or secured, and bound to any port within the district of Mississippi, (other than New Orleans or Bayou St. John) shall take an inspector on board at New Orleans before proceeding to Penalty for neg. such port; and if any master of a ship or vessel shall proceed to such port of delivery, contrary to the directions aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, with the costs of suit.

Inspector to be placed on board.

lect.

13 Feb. 18071. 2 Stat. 418.

Mississippi district enlarged.

Ibid. 2 2.

19. All the shores and waters of the river Ohio, and of the several rivers and creeks emptying into the same, and also, all the shores and waters of the rivers which empty into the river Mississippi, or any of its branches, be and the same are hereby annexed to, and shall make part of the district of Mississippi.

20. A surveyor shall be appointed for each of the following towns or places, that is to Surveyors to be say: Pittsburgh, Charlestown, Marietta, Cincinnati, Limestone, Louisville, Massac and appointed for cer- Natchez, (d) who shall be authorized to grant temporary registers to vessels of the United tain places. States, in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as may be done by the collectors of the several districts of the United States; and each of the said surveyors, porary registers. besides the fees paid in relation to the admeasurement and registering of vessels, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.

To grant tem

Ibid. 3.

21. The collector of the district of Mississippi shall, on the surrender of any tempoPermanent regis. rary register, granted to a vessel of the United States as aforesaid, issue a permanent register for such vessel: Provided, That the master of such vessel shall take the usual (a) See infra, 22. And tit. "Mississippi." 27.

ters.

1805. 2 Stat. 308.

(b)The remainder of this section is repealed, by act 5 January (c) The act 26 April 1816 provides that the town of Bayou St. John. in the state of Louisiana, shall be a port of delivery: that a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port; that all ships and vessels bound to said port shall, after proceeding thereto, and making report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said town of Bayou St. John. or at the basin of the Canal of Carondelet, adjoining the city of New Orleans, under the rules and regulations proscribed by law. 3 Stat. 302. And by act 1 March

1817, it is provided, that all ships or vessels, about to depart for foreign ports or places, from the town of Bayou St. John, or basin of the Canal de Carondelet, shall be permitted to clear out, with their cargoes, at the custom-house, in the city of New Orleans, and depart, under the same rules, regulations and restrictions. and in every respect in the same manner, as vessels clearing out and departing, for foreign ports, from the said city of New Or leans, by the way of the Mississippi river. 3 Stat. 346. And see act 2 March 1831, to establish a port of delivery at Port Pontchar train, on Lake Pontchartrain. 4 Stat. 475.

(4) The office of surveyor in these places was abolished by act 7 May 1822 3 Stat. 091. But see infi 1, 27.

oath, and perform all the other conditions required by the registering act, except that he 13 Feb. 1807. shall not be obliged to give any new bond to the said collector.

Ibid. 4.

22. That so much of any act or acts as erects any of the shores or waters, annexed by this act to the Mississippi district, into separate districts, be and the same is hereby Repeal. repealed.

2 Stat. 658.

23. All that part of the collection district of Mississippi, which includes the waters 2 March 1811 § 7. of the river Teche, and all the shores, bays and rivers, west of the Atchafalaya, be and the same is hereby established as a new district, to be called the district of Teche; [that District of Teche. Nova Iberia be the port of entry for the same;] and that a collector be appointed to reside at the port of entry.

Ibid. 29.

24. The several collectors and surveyors, who may be appointed by virtue of this act, and whose salaries are not fixed by a preceding section, shall, in addition to the fees and Compensation of commissions authorized by law, receive respectively the same annual salary which by officers. law is allowed to the collectors and surveyors of the districts bordering on Lake Erie.

4 Stat. 392.

25. The port of entry in the district of Teche, in the state of Louisiana, shall be at 31 March 183081. Franklin, instead of Nova Iberia, in said district; and the collector thereof shall hereafter reside at said Franklin.

4 Stat. 480.

goods into cer

with surveyor.

at New Orleans.

Ibid. 2.

26. When any goods, wares or merchandise, are to be imported from any foreign 2 March 1831 & 1. country, into Pittsburgh, in the state of Pennsylvania, Wheeling, in the state of Virginia, Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, St. Louis, in the Importers of state of Missouri, Nashville, in the state of Tennessee, or into Natchez, in the state of tain places to de Mississippi, (a) the importer thereof shall deposit in the custody of the surveyor of the posit schedule place, a schedule of the goods so intended to be imported, with an estimate of their cost at the place of exportation; whereupon the said surveyor shall make an estimate of the amount of duties accruing on the same, and the importer or consignee shall give bond, And give bond. with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the surveyor, in double the amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the payment of the duties on such merchandise, Notice to be ascertained as hereinafter directed; and the surveyor shall forthwith notify the collector given to collector at New Orleans of the same, by forwarding to him a copy of said bond and schedule. 27. The importer, or his agent, is hereby authorized to enter any merchandise, imported as aforesaid, by the way of New Orleans, at that port, in the manner now Duties of collector prescribed by law; and the collector shall grant a permit for the landing thereof, and at New Orleans. cause the duties to be ascertained as in other cases, the said goods remaining in the custody of the collector until re-shipped for the place of destination; and the collector shall certify to the surveyor at such place the amount of such duties, which the said And of surveyor. surveyor shall enter on the margin of the bond as aforesaid, given to secure the same; which goods shall be delivered by the collector to the agent of the importer or consignee, duly authorized to receive the same, for shipment to the place of importation. And the Duplicate manimaster or commander of every steamboat, or other vessel, in which such merchandise fests to be de shall be transported, shall, previously to her departure from New Orleans, deliver to the collector duplicate manifests of such merchandise, specifying the marks and numbers of every case, bag, box, chest or package, containing the same, with the name and place of residence of every importer or consignee of such merchandise, and the quantity shipped to each; to be by him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear or affirm, and that the said goods have been received on board his vessel, stating the name of the agent, who shipped the same. And the said collector shall certify the facts, as aforesaid, on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master, with a permit thereto annexed, authorizing him to proceed to the place of his destination.

livered.

Ibid. 23. Penalties for neg

fest.

28. If any steamboat or other vessel, having merchandise on board, imported as aforesaid, shall depart from New Orleans without having complied with the provisions of this act, the master thereof shall forfeit five hundred dollars. And the master of any such boat lect. or vessel, arriving at either of the ports above named, on board of which merchandise, as aforesaid, shall have been shipped at New Orleans, shall, within eighteen hours next Delivery of mani. after the arrival, and previously to unloading any part of said merchandise, deliver to the surveyor of such port the manifest of the same, certified as aforesaid, by the collector of New Orleans, and shall make oath or affirmation before the said surveyor that there was not, when he departed from New Orleans, any more or other goods on board such boat or vessel, imported as aforesaid, than is therein mentioned. Whereupon the surveyor Inspection. shall cause the said casks, bags, boxes, chests or packages, to be inspected and compared with the manifests; and the same being identified, he shall grant a permit for unloading the same, or such part thereof as the master shall request; and, when a part only of such

(a) These provisions are extended to Memphis, in Tennessee, and to Evansville and New Albany, in Indiana, by act 28 September 1850. 9 Stat. 510-11. To Alton and Galena, in Illinois; Burlington, in Iowa; and Knoxville, in Tennessee, by act 31 August 1852. 10 Stat. 143. To Quincy, in Illinois, by act 2 February 185-1. 10 Stat. 266. To Paducah, in Kentucky; Shreveport, in

Louisiana; and Jeffersonville, in Indiana, by act 2 August 1854 10 Stat. 334. To Cairo, in Illinois, by act 3 August 1854. 10 Stat. 345. To Columbus, in Mississippi; Chattanooga, in Tennessee; and Hickman, in Kentucky, by act 3 March 1855. 10 Stat. 686. And to Hannibal, in Missouri; and Peoria, in Illinois, by act 5 April 1856. 11 Stat. 2. And see tit. "Mississippi," 28.

2 March 1831. merchandise is intended to be landed, the surveyor shall make an indorsement on the back of the manifests, designating such part, specifying the articles to be landed; and shall return the manifests to the master, indorsing thereon his permission to such boat or vessel to proceed to the place of its destination. And, if the master of such steamboat or vessel shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifests within the time herein directed, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars.

Ibid. 24.

duties exceed

29. The collector of the port of New Orleans shall permit no entry to be made of Entry not to be goods, wares or merchandise, where the duty on the same shall exceed the amount of the permitted where bond deposited with the surveyor as aforesaid; nor shall the said surveyor receive the amount of bond. bond of any person not entitled to a credit at the custom house, nor for a sum less than fifty dollars; and when the said bond shall have been completed, and the actual amount of duty ascertained and certified on the margin as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Deposit of bonds. surveyor of the port where the bond is taken, to deposit the same for collection in such bank as may be directed by the secretary of the treasury.

Ibid. 25. Appointment of surveyors.

Ibid. 26.

How penalties recoverable.

How remitted.

5 Stat. 662.

of delivery.

30. Where surveyors are not already appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act, a suitable person shall be appointed for such places; and on all such surveyors, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties prescribed by this act, in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in other places. And the surveyor at each of said places shall, before taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for the faithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars; and shall receive in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That no salary arising under this act, shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and merchandise may be imported under its authority.

31. All penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act entitled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed on the 2d day of March 1799;(a) and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed on the 3d day of March 1797.(b)

12 June 1844 2 1. 32. The city of Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery of the Lafayette a port United States, except as is hereinafter provided; [a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port;] all skips and vessels bound to said port shall first make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, and shall be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said city of Lafayette, adjoining the city of New Orleans, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and such further regulations as may be deemed necessary by the secretary of the treasury.

Ibid. 2.

Vessels to clear at New Orleans.

12 June 1844 3 1. 5 Stat. 663.

33. All vessels about to depart from the said port of Lafayette, for foreign ports and places, shall be permitted, under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe, to clear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans, and depart as from the port of New Orleans. And goods or merchandise imported into the United States, and exported from said port of Lafayette, under the regulations aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit of drawback of the duties, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions and limitations, as if the said goods, wares and merchandise had been exported directly from New Orleans.

34. It shall be lawful for the secretary of the treasury, under such rules and regula tions as he shall prescribe, to permit salt imported from foreign places to be unladen on Salt may be dis- the right bank of the river Mississippi opposite the city of New Orleans, at any point on said right bank between the upper and lower corporate limits of the municipalities of said city.

charged opposite New Orleans.

15 June 1844 3 3. 5 Stat. 664.

5 Stat. 730.

35. The name of the district hereinafter mentioned shall be changed, and bear the following name, that is to say: Mississippi to be called the district of New Orleans. 1 March 1845 1. 36. All vessels bound to the city of Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana, may, after proceeding thereto, and making report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the Discharge of ves- time limited by law, be permitted to unlade their cargoes at said Lafayette, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and such further regulations as the secretary of the treasury may deem necessary; and so much of the first section of the act entitled "An act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana," approved June 12, 1844, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.

Bels at Lafayette.

3 March 1845. 5 Stat. 801.

37. It shall be lawful for the collector of the customs for the district of New Orleans, with the approbation of the secretary of the treasury, to employ, from time to time, if

(a) See tit. "Imports and Exports," 393, 398.

(b) See tit. "Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures," 1.

the public service requires it, at the port of New Orleans, persons as occasional inspectors 3 Maith 1845. of the customs, not exceeding ten in number, in addition to the inspectors now authorized Occasional inby law, who shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by Spectors at New law for occasional inspectors.

Orleans.

9 Stat. 219.

38. The city of Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana, shall be added to and included in 14 April 1848 § 1. the port of entry of New Orleans; and that the office of surveyor for the city of Lafayette be and is hereby abolished.

39. The port of New Orleans shall be and is hereby so extended as to embrace the 16 Sept. 1850 g 1. whole parish of New Orleans on both sides of the Mississipi river.

9 Stat. 458.

9 Stat. 512.

ed by act of 1831,

tions.

40. The privileges granted by the act of 2d March 1831, entitled "An act allowing 28 Sept. 1850 3 19. the duties on foreign merchandise, imported into Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places," Privileges grantbe and are hereby extended to any foreign merchandise intended for either of the ports extended to inmentioned in said act, which may be imported into such ports of entry on the seaboard land transportaof the United States, as may be designated by the secretary of the treasury, and be thence transported, to either of the aforesaid ports, by such inland routes as the secretary of the treasury may designate, under such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may prescribe, and subject to the forfeitures and penalties prescribed in and by said act of March 2d 1831.

Ibid. 20,

at New Orleans

41. That the collector of the district of New Orleans be and he is hereby authorized to employ such number of temporary inspectors, not exceeding ten, in addition to the per- Additional temmanent and temporary inspectors now authorized by law, as may be necessary for the porary inspectors prompt and convenient despatch of business in said district; and that each of said temporary inspectors be allowed and paid a compensation of three dollars per day for every day he shall be employed in actual service: Provided however, That the said collector shall not be authorized at any time to employ a larger number of inspectors, including the permanent and temporary inspectors heretofore authorized, than the actual number of vessels from foreign ports, having cargoes to be discharged, then lying in said port or district of New Orleans.

42. That the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of Ibid. 21. the senate, be and he is hereby authorized to appoint two additional assistant appraisers Additional asfor the collection district of New Orleans, with the same salary as that now authorized sistant apprais by law, to the assistant appraisers of said collection district.

ers.

10 Stat. 98.

43. That the collector of the customs at the port of New Orleans be and he hereby is 31 Ang. 1852 ? 6. authorized to appoint, with the approbation of the secretary of the treasury, three head gaugers for the said port, at an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars each, Head gaugers. instead of the force now employed in the gaugers' department at the port aforesaid.

10 Stat. 268.

44. That the port of New Orleans be so extended as to embrace the right bank of 23 Feb. 1854 3 1. the Mississippi river, for the same distance up said bank as it now extends on the left bank.

10 Stat. 333.

of delivery.

45. That there be and hereby is established at the terminus of the Jefferson and Lake 2 Aug. 1854 2 1. Pontchartrain railway, on Lake Pontchartrain, a port of delivery, to embrace also the lake terminus of the new canal, to be called Lake Port; that a surveyor shall be Lake Port, a por appointed to reside thereat; that all ships or vessels bound to said port shall, after proceeding thereto, and making report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said port, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law.

Ibid. 2.

46. All vessels about to depart from said port to foreign ports and places, shall be permitted to clear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans Vessels to clear and depart under the same rules, regulations and restrictions, and in every respect in at New Orleans. the same manner as vessels clearing out and departing for foreign ports and places from the said city of New Orleans by the way of the Mississippi river.

VI. LAND Offices.

2 Stat. 662.

47. For the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying in the eastern land dis- 3 March 1811 & a trict of the territory of Orleans, a land office shall be established at New Orleans; and for the disposal of the lands of the United States lying south of Red river, in the New Orleans. western land district of the territory of Orleans, a land office shall be established at Opelousas; and for the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying north of Opelousas. Red river, in the western land district of the territory of Orleans, a land office shall be North of Red established, which shall be kept at such place as the president of the United States may direct.(a) The register of the western land district of the territory of Orleans shall act as register of the land office of Opelousas, and as one of the commissioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in any part of the said western land district. And for the land office north of the Red river, a register, and for each of the said three

(a) At Ouachita, now Monroe.

river.

3 March 1811. offices a receiver of public moneys, shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensations, emoluments, duties and authority shall in every respect be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be provided by law, in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States, in the territory of Mississippi.

3 March 1819 25. 3 Stat. 530.

house.

48. For the purpose of adjusting the titles and claims to lands in the districts afore said, (a)and for the disposal of the lands which may remain the property of the United St. Helena Court-States therein, a land office shall be established in each of the said districts, to be kept, for the western district, at St. Helena Court-house, (b) and, for the eastern district, at Jackson Court Jackson Court-house. And a register and receiver of public moneys shall be appointed for each of the said land offices, who shall give security in the same manner, and in the same sums, and whose compensation, duties and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall hereafter be disposed of, at their respective offices, as are by law provided in relation to the other registers and receivers of public moneys for the several land offices of the United States.

house.

7 July 1838 31. 5 Stat. 287.

Natchitoches.

16 June 1848 21. 9 Stat. 237.

Red river en

49. For the disposal of that portion of the lands belonging to the United States in the state of Louisiana, within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at the point on the Sabine river, where the base line or thirty-first degree of north latitude strikes the same; thence up said river to the point where the boundary line between the United States of Mexico and the aforesaid state of Louisiana shall leave the same; thence with said boundary, when the same shall be finally fixed, to the northern boundary of the state; thence east with said northern boundary to the dividing line between ranges th.co and four west; thence with said dividing line south to the base line or thirty-first degree of north latitude; thence with said line to the beginning; a land office shall be established and kept in the town of Natchitoches, to be known as the office for the northwestern land district in the state of Louisiana.(c)

50. From and after the first day of October, Anno Domini 1848, townships fourteen north to twenty-three north, inclusive, in ranges four and five west, shall be detached District north of from the north-western land district, Louisiana; and the same shall, from and after the larged. date aforesaid, be attached to, and form a part of, the district north of Red river, Louisiana; and it shall be, and is hereby, made the duty of the commissioner of the general land office to cause the land office in the district north of Red river to be furnished with the plats and other papers, or transcripts thereof, relating to the townships aforesaid, and to have this act carried into full effect.

8 March 1820 1. 1. From and after the 15th day of March, in the year 1820, the state of Maine is 3 Stat. 544. hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union Maine admitted on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.

into the Union.

30 March 182021. 3 Stat. 551 Circuit court established.

Where holden.

II. CIRCUIT COURT.

2. The districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, shall constitute the first circuit; and in addition to the circuit courts now holden in said circuit, there shall be holden annually two circuit courts within and for said district of Maine, by the justice of the supreme court residing in said circuit, and by the district judge of Maine, at the times and places following, viz.: one session of said court shall commence and be holden at Portland, in said district, [on the eighth day of May; and

(a) The act 25 April 1812, provides that the tract of country which lies south of the Mississippi territory, east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans, and west of the river Perdido, and a line drawn with the general course thereof to the southern boundary of the said Mississippi territory, shall be laid off into two

land districts between which Pearl river shall be the boundary. 2 Stat. 713.

(b) Since removed to Greensburg, by virtue of the power con ferred on the president by act 8 May 1822 7. 3 Stat. 708. (c) The following section provides for the appointment of a register and receiver.