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(ACT of March 3d, 1817.)

ceived in the revolutionary war,' and for other purposes, for and during the term of six years," as in the said act is declared, shall be, and the same is hereby revived, and is continued in force for one year, and no longer, from the passing of this act: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to repeal or make void the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act concerning invalid pensions," passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; but the said fourth section of the said last mentioned act shall be, and hereby is declared to be, in full force and effect; any thing in the said act hereby revived and made perpetual, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Supra, 5 and 33.]

36. SEC. II. The right any person now has, or may hereafter acquire, to receive a pension in virtue of any law of the United States, shall be considered to commence at the time of completing his testimony, pursuant to the act hereby revived and continued

in force.

37. SEC. II. The agents for the payment of invalid pensioners of the United States shall, in future, be required to give bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the secretary for the department of war, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dol lars, for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them, respectively.

[See title NAVY.]

PLASTER OF PARIS.

ACT of March 3, 1817. Pamphlet edit. 226.
An act to regulate the trade in plaster of Paris.

SEC. I. From and after the fourth day of July next, no plaster of Paris, the production of any country, or its dependencies, from which the vessels of the United States are not permitted to bring the same article, shall be imported into the United States in any foreign vessel. And all plaster of Paris imported, or attempted to be imported, into the United States, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, and the vessel in which the same may be imported, or attempted to be imported, together with the cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such plaster of Paris, vessel and cargo, shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in like manner, and under the same regulations, restrictions, and provisions, as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, and distribution, and remission, of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws.

SEC. 11. This act shall continue and be in force five years from the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen: Provided, nevertheless, That if any foreign nation, or its dependencies, which have now in force regulations on the sub

(ACT of February 28th, 1806.)

ject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting the exportation thereof to certain ports of the United States, shall discontinue such regulations, the president of the United States is hereby authorised to declare that fact by his proclamation, and the restrictions imposed by this act shall, from the date of such proclamation, cease and be discontinued in relation to the nation, or its de pendencies, discontinuing such regulations.

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ACT of August 7, 1789. 2 Bioren, 34.

1. SEC. IV. All pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbours and ports of the United States, shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the states respectively, wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the states may respectively hereafter enact for the purpose, until further legislative provision shall be made by congress.

ACT of March 17, 1800. 3 Bioren, 319.

2. SEC. 1. The consent of congress is hereby granted, to the operation of an act of the general assembly of the state of Maryland, passed on the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act empowering the wardens of the port of Baltimore, to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned;" and also, to so much of an act of the state of Georgia, passed February the tenth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act for regulating the trade, laying duties on all goods, wares, liquors, merchandise, and negroes, imported into this state, and also an impost on the tonnage of shipping, and for other purposes therein mentioned," as authorises a duty of three pence per ton, on all shipping entering the port of Savannah, to be set apart as a fund for clearing the river Savannah.

3. SEC. II. This act shall be, and continue in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and no longer. [Infra, 6.]

ACT of February 28, 1806. 4 Bioren, 8.

4. SEC. 1. The consent of congress is hereby granted, and declared to the operation of an act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, entitled "An act to empower the board of war

(ACT of April 29th, 1816.)

dens for the port of Philadelphia to collect a certain duty on tonnage, for the purposes therein mentioned," so far as to enable the state of Pennsylvania to collect a duty of four cents per ton, on all vessels which shall clear out from the port of Philadelphia for any foreign port or place whatever, to be expended in building piers in, and otherwise improving the navigation of, the river Delaware, agreeably to the intentions of the said act.

ACT of July 16, 1813. 4 Bioren, 545.

5. SEC. 1. The president is hereby authorised, whenever the same shall be deemed necessary, for the defence and security of any of the ports and harbours of the United States, to cause to be hired or purchased, hulks or other means of impediments to the entrance of the ships or vessels of the enemy, to be sunk, with the consent of the proper authority of the state in which such port or harbour may be, and the same to be removed, whenever in his opinion it may be done with safety to such ports or harbours.

ACT of April 16, 1814. 4 Bioren, 686.

6. SEC. 1. The act which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia, is hereby revived, and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall authorise the demand of a duty or tonnage, on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers. [Supra, 2.]

ACT of April 24, 1816. Pamphlet edit. 74.

7. It shall be lawful to make entry of foreign ships or vessels, and of cargoes which may be on board the same, and to unlade such cargoes respectively, or any part thereof, at the port of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, and at Plymouth, in the state of North Carolina, under the regulations in such cases by law provided.

ACT of April 29, 1816. Pamphlet edit. 133.

8. SEC. 1. The consent of congress is hereby granted, and declared to the operation of any act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, now in existence, or which may hereafter be passed so far as the same extends, or may extend to authorise the city council of Charleston, to impose and levy a duty, not exceeding ten cents per ton, on all ships and vessels of the United States, which shall arrive and be entered in the port of Charleston, from any foreign port or place, for the purpose of providing a fund for the temporary relief and maintenance of sick or disabled seamen in the marine hospital of said port of Charleston.

SEC. 11. The collector of the port of Charleston, is hereby authorised to collect the duties imposed, or authorised to be imposed by this act, and to pay the same to such persons as shall be authorised to receive the same, by the city council of Charleston.

(ACT of May 15th, 1820.)

9. SEC. III. The consent of congress is hereby granted and declared, to the operation of any act of the general assembly of the state of Georgia, now in existence, or which may hereafter be passed, so far as the same extends, or may extend, to authorise the levying and collecting a tonnage duty, not exceeding two cents per ton upon coasting vessels, and four cents per ton upon vessels from foreign ports, arriving at and entering the ports of Savannah and St. Mary's, for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of the fees of the harbour master, and health officer of those ports respectively: Provided, The said acts shall not contain provisions inconsistent with the operation of any law of the United States, made in execution of existing treaties.

10. SEC. IV. This act shall be in force for five years, and from thence to the end of the next session of congress thereafter, and no longer.

ACT of May 15, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 98.

An act designating the ports within which only foreign armed vessels shall be permitted to enter.

11. SEC. 1. After the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, it shall not be lawful for any foreign armed vessels to enter any harbour belonging to the United States, excepting only those of Portland, Boston, New London, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Smithville, in North Carolina, Charleston, and Mobile; unless when such vessels shall be forced in by distress, by the dangers of the sea, or by being pursued by an enemy, and be unable to make any of the ports above mentioned, in which cases, the commanding officer shall immediately report his vessel to the collector of the district, stating the object or causes of his entering such harbour; shall take such position therein, as shall be assigned him by such collector, and shall conform himself to such regulations, as shall be assigned to him, by the said collector, under the authority and direction of the president of the United States.

12. SEC. 11. It shall be lawful for the president of the United States, to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the United States, or the militia thereof, as he may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of the first section of this act; and the president shall also be authorised to employ such forces, to prevent any foreign armed vessel from entering or remaining within any waters, within the jurisdiction of the United States, except such as shall be in her direct course in entering from sea, or leaving, to proceed to sea, either of the harbours above mentioned.

13. SEC. III. This act shall continue in force until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and no longer.

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ACT of April 30, 1810. 4 Bioren, 290.

Au act regulating the post office establishment.

1. SEC. I. There shall be established at the seat of government of the United States, a general post office, under the direction of a postmaster general. The postmaster general shall appoint two assistants, and such clerks as may be necessary for performing the business of his office. He shall establish post offices and appoint postmasters, at all such places as shall appear to him expedient, on the post roads that are, or may be, established by law. He shall give his assistants, the postmasters, and all other persons whom he shall employ, or who may be employed in any of the departments of the general post office, instructions relative to their duty. He shall provide for the carriage of the mail on all post roads that are, or may be, established by law; and as often as he, having regard to the productiveness thereof, and other circumstances, shall think proper, he may direct the route or road, where there are more than one, between places designated by law for a post road, which route shall be considered the post road. He shall obtain from the postmasters their accounts and vouchers for their receipts and expenditures once in three months, or oftener, with the balances thereon arising in favour of the general post office. He shall pay all expenses which may arise in conducting the post office, and in the conveyance of the mail, and all other necessary expenses arising on the collection of the revenue and management of the general post office. He shall prosecute offences against the post of fice establishment. He shall, once in three months, render to the secretary of the treasury a quarterly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the said department, to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts. He shall also superintend the business of the department, in all the duties that are, or may be, assigned to it: Provided, That in case of the death, resignation, or removal, from office, of the postmaster general, all his duties shall be performed by his senior assistant, until a successor shall

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