On all goods, ported from China or India, in ships not built in the United &c. other than States, and not wholly the property of a citizen or citizens teas, imported from China or thereof, nor in vessels built in foreign countries, and on the sixteenth day of May last wholly the property of a citi. zen or citizens of the United States, and so continuing until the time of importation, twelve and a half per centum ad valo India in for eign bottoms, twelve and a half per cent. ad valorem. On other enumerated articles, ten per rem. On all looking glasses, window and other glass (except black quart bottles)-On all China, stone, and earthen, ware-On cent. ad valo- gunpowder-On all paints ground in oil-On shoe and knee buckles-On gold and silver lace, and on gold and silver leaf, ten per centum ad valorem. rem. On other enu On all blank books-On all writing, printing, or wrap. merated arti- ping, paper, paper hangings and pasteboard-On all cabinet and a half per wares-On all buttons-On all saddles-On all gloves of cent. ad valo- leather-On all hats of beaver, fur, wool, or mixture of either cles, seven rem. On all other goods, except certain arti cles, 5 per cent. on the value at the time and • place of importation. Duty on hemp and cotton imported after the 1st of Dec. 1790. Drawback allowed for the duties, on ed within 12 months. -On all millinery ready made--On all castings of iron, and upon slit and rolled iron-On all leather tanned or tawed, and all manufacture of leather, except such as shall be otherwise rated -On canes, walking sticks, and whips-On clothing ready made-On all brushes-On gold, silver, and plated, ware, and on jewellery and paste work-On anchors, and on all wrought tin and pewter ware, seven and a half per centum ad valorem. -On playing cards, per pack, ten cents.-On every coach, chariot, or other four wheeled carriage, and on every chaise, solo, or other two wheel carriage, or parts thereof, fifteen per centum ad valorem. On all other goods, wares, and merchandise, five per centum on the value thereof at the time and place of importation, except as follows: salt petre, tin in pigs, tin plates, lead, old pewter, brass, iron and brass wire, copper in plates, wool, cotton, dying woods and dying drugs, raw hides, beaver and all other furs and deer skins. § 2. That from and after the first day of December, which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, there shall be laid a duty on every one hundred and twelve pounds weight of hemp, imported as aforesaid, of sixty cents; and on cotton, per pound, three cents. § 3. That all the duties paid, or secured to be paid, upon any of the goods, wares, and merchandises, as aforesaid, exgoods export- cept on distilled spirits, other than brandy and geneva, shall be returned or discharged upon such of the said goods, wares, or merchandises, as shall, within twelve months after payment made, or security given, be exported to any country without the limits of the United States, as settled by the late treaty of peace; except one per centum on the amount of the said duties, in consideration of the expense which shall have accrued by the entry and safe keeping thereof. Except one per cent. Allowance in back, on dri § 4. That there shall be allowed and paid on every quinlieu of a draw- tal of dried, and on every barrel of pickled, fish, of the fished and pickled eries of the United States, and on every barrel of salted fish and salted provision of the United States, exported to any country with provision ex- out the limits thereof, in lieu of a drawback of the duties imported. posed on the importation of the salt employed and expended therein, viz. On every quintal of dried fish, five cents.-On every barrel of pickled fish, five cents.-On every barrel of salted provisions, five cents. the duties for § 5. That a discount of ten per cent. on all the duties im- Discount on posed by this act, shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and goods, &c. immerchandises, as shall be imported in vessels built in the United ported in vesStates, and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or sels of citicitizens thereof, or in vessels built in foreign countries, and on zens. the sixteenth day of May last wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, and so continuing until the time of importation. continue until § 6. That this act shall continue and be in force until the This act to first day of June, which shall be in the year of our Lord of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and from thence June, 1796, until the end of the next succeeding session of congress, which &c. shall be held thereafter, and no longer. [Approved, July 4, 1789.] CHAP. 3. An act imposing duties on tonnage. Repealed. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the following duties shall be, Vol. i. p. 106. and are hereby, imposed on all ships or vessels entered in the United States, that is to say: built in the essels here. On all strips or vessels built within the said states, and be- Six cents per longing wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof; or not built ton, on vessels within the said states, but on the twenty-ninth day of May, one U. S., or bethousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, belonging, and during longing to the time such ships or vessels shall continue to belong wholly toitizens. a citizen or citizens thereof, at the rate of six cents per ton. On after built in all ships or vessels hereafter built in the United States, belonging the U. S. and wholly or in part, to subjects of foreign powers, at the rate of belonging to thirty cents per ton. On all other ships or vessels, at the rate of foreigners, to fifty cents per ton. §2. That no ship or vessel built within the aforesaid states, Other vessels and belonging to a citizen or citizens thereof, shall, whilst em- No home built ployed in the coasting trade, or in the fisheries, pay tonnage more vessels, bethan once in any year. pay 30 cents longing to a coasting trade §3. That every ship or vessel employed in the transporta- citizen, in the tion of any of the produce or manufactures of the United States, or fisheries, coast wise, within the said states, except such ship or vessel be to pay tonbuilt within the said states, and belong to a citizen or citizens nage more thereof, shall, on each entry, pay fifty cents per ton. than once in a year. § 4. That this act shall commence and be in force from and Fifty cents after the fifteenth day of August next. [Approved, July 20, 1789.] per ton by foreign vessels in the coasting trade. CHAP. 4. An act for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated This act to the Department of Foreign Affairs. commence on the 15th of Vol. i. p. 48. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That there shall be an executive August, 1789. department, to be denominated the department of foreign af- Department fairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be of foreign af called the secretary for the department of foreign affairs, who fairs. Secretary thereof. His duties. Subject to the president's in structions. The secretary to appoint a chief clerk, who, in case of vacancy, is to have the custody of re and papers. shall perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the president of the United States, agreeable to the constitution, relative to correspondences, commissions, or instructions, to or with public ministers or consuls, from the United States, or to negociations with public ministers from foreign states or princes, or to mernorials or other applications from foreign public ministers, or other foreigners, or to such other matters respecting foreign affairs as the president of the United States shall assign to the said department: And furthermore, that the said principal officer shall conduct the business of the said department in such manner as the president of the United States shall, from time to time, order or instruct. § 2. That there shall be in the said department an inferior officer, to be appointed by the said principal officer, and to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the department of foreign affairs; and who, whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the president of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy, shall, during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records, books, and papers, appertaining to the said department. The secretary 3. That the said principal officer, and every other person' and all others to be appointed or employed, in the said department, shall, before employed in he enters on the execution of his office or employment, take an the department, to take oath or affirmation, well and faithfully to execute the trust committed an oath of fidelity. Secretary take charge to him. § 4. That the secretary for the department of foreign affairs, to e appointed in consequence of this act, shall, forthwith after of papers, &c. his appointment, be entitled to have the custody and charge of of the foreign all records, books, and papers, in the office of secretary for the department heretofore es- department of foreign affairs, heretofore established by the United States in congress assembled. [Approved, July 27, 1789.] tablished. Repealed. Vol. i. p. 157. Due collection CHAP. 5. An act to regulate the collection of Duties, imposed by law on the Tonnage of Ships or vessels, and on Goods, Wares and Merchandises, imported into the United States. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That for the due collection of the duof duties, &c. ties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandises, imported into the United States, there shall be established and appointed, districts, ports, and officers, in manner following, to wit: District of New Hampshire; ports of entry and delivery; collectors, &c. The state of New Hampshire shall be one district, to include the town of Portsmouth as the sole port of entry; and the towns of Newcastle, Dover and Exeter, as ports of delivery only; but all ships or vessels bound to or from either of the said ports of delivery, shall first come to, enter, and clear, at Portsmouth; and a naval officer, collector, and surveyor, for the said district, shall be appointed, to reside at Portsmouth. In the state of Massachusetts shall be twenty districts and ports of entry, to wit: Newburyport, Gloucester, Salem and Massachusetts; ports of Beverly, as one port; Marblehead, Boston, and Charlestown, Districts in as one port; Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket, Edgarton, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, entry and deas one port; Portland and Falmouth, as one port; Bath, Wis- livery; colleccasset, Penobscot, Frenchman's Bay, Machias, and Passama- tors, &c. quoddy. To the district of Newburyport shall be annexed the several towns or landing places of Almsbury, Salisbury, and Haverhill, which shall be ports of delivery only; and a collector, naval officer, and surveyor, for the district, shall be appointed, to reside at Newburyport. To the district of Gloucester shall be annexed the town of Manchester, as a port of delivery only; and a collector, and surveyor, shall be appointed to reside at Gloucester. To the district of Salem and Beverly shall be annexed the towns or landing places of Danvers and Ipswich, as ports of delivery only; and a collector, naval officer, and surveyor, for the district, shall be appointed, to reside at Salem; and a surveyor to reside at each of the towns of Beverly and Ipswich. To the district of Marblehead shall be annexed the town of Lynn, as a port of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Marblehead. To the district of Boston and Charlestown shall be annexed the towns or landing places of Medford, Cohasset, and Hingham, as ports of delivery only; and a collector, naval officer, and surveyor, shall be appointed, to reside at Boston. To the district of Plymouth shall be annexed the several towns or landing places of Scituate, Duxbury, and Kingston, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Plymouth. To the district of Barnstable shall be annexed the several towns or landing places of Sandwich, Harwich, Wellfleet, Provincetown and Chatham, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Barnstable. In the district of Nantucket, the port of Sherbourne shall be the sole port of entry and delivery within the same; and a collector shall be appointed, to reside at Sherbourne. To the district of Edgartown shall be annexed the town of Falmouth, as a port of delivery only; and a collector shall be appointed, to reside at Edgartown. To the district of New Bedford shall be annexed Westport, Rochester, and Wareham, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district. shall be appointed, to reside at New Bedford. To the district of Dighton shall be annexed Swansey and Freetown, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Dighton. To the district of York shall be annexed Kittery and Berwick, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at York. To the district of Biddeford and Pepperelborough shall be annexed Scarborough, Wells, Kennebunk, and Cape Porpoise, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Biddeford. To the district of Portland and Falmouth shall be annexed North Yarmouth and Brunswick, as ports of delivery only; and a collector and surveyor shall be appointed for the district, to reside at Portland. Districts in Massachusetts, &c. Districts in vers. To the district of Bath shall be annexed Hallowell, Pittstown, and Topsham, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Bath. To the district of Wiscasset shall be annexed Bristol, Boothbay, and Waldoborough, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Wiscasset. To the district of Penobscot shall be annexed Thomastown, Frankfort, Sedgwick Point, and Deer Island, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Penobscot. To the district of Frenchman's Bay shall be annexed Union River, as a port of delivery only, and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Frenchman's Bay. For each of the districts of Machias and Passamaquody shall be appointed a collector, to reside at the said ports of Machias and Passamaquody respectively. The district of Newburyport shall include all the waters and shores from the state of New Hampshire to the north line of Ipswich. The district of Gloucester shall include all the waters and shores in the towns of Gloucester and Manchester. The district of Salem and Beverly shall include all the shores and waters within the towns of Ipswich, Beverly, Salem, and DanThe district of Marblehead shall include all the waters and shores within the town of Marblehead and Lynn. The district of Boston and Charlestown shall include all the waters and shores within the counties of Middlesex and Suffolk. The district of Plymouth shall include all the waters and shores within the county of Plymouth, excepting the towns of Wareham and Rochester. The district of Barnstable shall include all the shores and waters within the county of Barnstable, excepting the town of Falmouth. The district of Nantucket shall include the island of Nantucket. The district of Edgartown shall include all the waters and shores within the county of Duke's County and the town of Falmouth. The district of New Bedford shall include all the waters, and shores within the towns of New Bedford, Dartmouth, Westport, Rochester, and Wareham, together with all the islands within the county of Bristol. The district of Dighton shall include all the waters and shores on Taunton river, and in the town of Rehoboth; and the collectors of the several districts within that part of the state of Massachusetts, eastward of New Hampshire, shall agree, as soon as may be, upon a divisional line between their respective districts, and transmit the same. to the comptroller of the treasury; and such districts, so agreed upon, shall include all the shores, waters, and islands, within the same. In the state of Connecticut shall be three districts, to wit: Connecticut; New London, New Haven, and Fairfield. The district of ports of entry New London shall extend from the east line of the said state and delivery; collector, &c. of Connecticut to the west line of the town of Killingsworth, and north to the south line of the state of Massachusetts, and shall also include the several towns or landing places of Norwich, Stonington, Groton, Lyme, Saybrook, Haddam, East Haddam, Middletown, Chatham, Weathersfield, Glastenbury, |