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AN ACT to annex a part of the state of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of Collector of Niagara to Lewiston; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sacket's harbor, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi to make two new districts, to be called the Districts of Sandusky and Teche; and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all part of the that part of the state of New Jersey, which state of New lies north and east of Elizabethtownand Sta- Jersey added ten Island, be, and the same is hereby annex- of New-York. ed to the district of New York; that an assistant collector, to be appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States, shall reside at the town of Jersey, who shall have power to enter and clear vessels in like manner as the collector of New York is authorised by law to do; but such assistant collector shall nevertheless act in conformity to such instructions and regulations as he shall from time to time receive from the collector of New York; and that the said assistant collector shall receive for his annual salary one thousand dollars, in full for all services to be by him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the Miami district, lying east of the western cape of Sandusky bay, shall be a district, to be called the district of Sandusky; and the President is hereby authorised to designate such place in the district of Sandusky, as he shall judge expedient, to be

the port of entry of the said district; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at the port of entry.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Cape Vincent Cape Vincent in the district of Sacket's harmade a port bor shall, from and after the thirty-first day of May next, be a port of delivery only; and a surveyor shall be appointed to resideat the said port.

of delivery only.

Transfer of office from Niagara to Lewistown, &c. &c.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the collector's office shall, after the thirty-first day of May next, be removed from Fort Niagara to Lewistown, which last mentioned place shall in future be the residence of the collector; and also that the office of the collector of the customs, for the district of Buffaloe creek, shall be kept at such place or places in the town of Buffaloe as the President of the United States shall designate.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Vessels from ships or vessels, arriving from and after the or beyond first day of May next from thecape of Good the Cape of Good Hope Hope, or from any place beyond the same, may enter at shall be admitted to make entry at Plymouth Plymouth. and Nantucket ports of entry in the state of Massachusetts.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of May next, Bangor made Bangor, in the district of Penobscot, in the a port of deliverv. state of Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby made a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Penobscot; and that a surveyor be appointed to reside at the said port of delivery.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the collection district of Mississippi, which includes the waters 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 District of called the district of Teche; that Nova Ibe-Teche estab ria be the port of entry for the same ; and lished. that a collector be appointed to reside at the port of entry.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That a surveyor be appointed to reside at or near surveyor to the mouth of the Rappahannock river, at be appointed, such place as the President of the United the mouth of States shall designate. Rappahan

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That nock. the several collectors and surveyors, who Compensamay be appointed by virtue of this act, and tions of the whose salaries are not fixed by a preceding and survey. section, shall, in addition to the fees and ors. commissions authorised by law, receive respectively the same annual salary which by law is allowed to the collectors and surveyors of the districts bordering on lake Erie.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN PORE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 2, 1811.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CI.

AN ACT to extend the time for completing the third census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assistants in the several states and territories, for which returns have not been completed,

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have, until the first Monday of June next, to make their returns to the marshals and secretaries; and that the marshals and secretaries have, until the first Monday of July next, to make and file their returns in the of fice of the Secretary of State, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

J. B.VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN POPE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 2, 1811.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CII.

AN ACT for the relief of John Macnamara. E it enacted by the Senate and House of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the schooner Sally, owned by John Macnamara, which vessel, at Nassau, New Providence, took on board some French emigrants from the Island of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, and landed them at Charleston, which said vessel was seized, together with her cargo, and libelled for a violation of an act, entitled "an act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight," be, and the same is hereby released, together with her cargo, from the seizure, aforesaid.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all penalties or forfeitures which may have been incurred by the captain or owner of said vessel in consequence of any provisions of the act referred to in the first section, which have inured, or might otherwise inure to the United States, be, and the same are hereby remitted: Provided, that the said vessel and (cargo) shall not be released, or the said penalties and forfeitures remitted, but on condition that the said slaves be previously, actually and bona fide removed (if not already removed) from and without the limits of the United States and territories there

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J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN POPE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 2, 1811.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CIII.

AN ACT declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of Georgia, passed the twelfth of December, one thousand eight hundred and four, " establishing the fees of the harbor master and health officer of the ports of Savannah and St. Mary's." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and hereby is granted and declared to the operation of an act of the legislature of Georgia, passed the twelfth of December, one thousand eight hundred

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