1043.

Vol. ii. p.910. ceive for his services, in addition to the fees and other emoluments established by law, an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.

The president, when proper, may

port of

5. That it shall be lawful for the president of the United States to establish, when it shall appear to him to be proper, in establish ano- addition to the port of entry and delivery already established on ther onde the Mississippi, south of the state of Tennessee, one other port livery on the of entry and delivery on the said river; and to appoint a collectMississippi, appoint a color of the customs, to reside and keep an office thereat, and to lector, survey- appoint one or more surveyors, to reside at such place or places as he may think proper to designate as ports of delivery only; The survey and the surveyor, or surveyors, thus appointed, shall be subject ors to be sub- to the control and direction of the collector within whose disject to the trict he or they shall reside.

ors, &c.

control, &c.

No duty to be collected on

of the United

States or fo

reign coun

tries trans

ported, &c.

although landed at New Orleans; provided, &c.

no debenture

for drawback shall, &c.

6. That, from and after the passing of this act, no duty shall the produce or be demanded or collected on merchandise, of the growth, promanufactures duce, or manufacture, of the United States, or of any foreign country, transported coastwise between the Atlantic ports of the United States, and the districts of the United States on the river Mississippi, or any of its branches, although landed at the port of New Orleans on its passage: Provided, the same would not be subject to duty, or liable to seizure, if transported from one district of the United States, on the seacoast, to another: And proProviso; that vided, likewise, That no debenture for a drawback shall have been issued upon the export of such merchandise from the Atlantic ports of the United States to any foreign port or place. And to the end, as well that frauds on the revenue may be prevented, as that the coasting vessels of the United States may be permitted to participate in the said trade, the secretary of the treasury, ed to establish with the approbation of the president, is hereby authorized to forms and reg-prescribe and establish such forms and regulations, and the same, ulations, &c. from time to time, with like approbation, to alter and amend, for the government of the officers of the customs in this respect, as he may think proper and necessary; on the observance of which, merchandise thus transported shall be exempted from duty, and it shall be lawful for the coasting vessels of the United States to be employed in the said trade, and not otherwise.

To prevent frauds, &c. the secretary of the treasury,

&c. authoriz

Reference to

in the collec

mission of

7. It is provided by the hundred and fourth section of the provision the collection law, that merchandise belonging to British subtion law rela- jects may be brought (without regard to the character of the vestive to the ad- sel importing the same) into the ports of the United States on merchandise the northern and northwestern frontiers, subject to no higher or belonging to British subother duties than are or shall be payable by the citizens of the jects on the United States, on the importation of the same in American vesnorthern and northwestern sels into the Atlantic ports of the United States; and it being frontiers, &c. just and reasonable that the same privilege should be extended to vessels and merchandise belonging to persons residing at New Orleans, and other ports of Louisiana and Florida, on the MisMerchandise, sissippi, or any of its branches: Be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of June next, all goods and merchandise, the importation of which into the United States shall not be wholly prohibited, shall and may freely, for the purposes of comStates on the merce, be brought into the ports of the United States on the

not wholly prohibited, may be

brought into the United

Mississippi, or any of its branches, in vessels belonging to New Mississippi, Orleans, or any other port of Louisiana or Florida, on the Mis- &c. in vessels belonging to sissippi; and such goods or merchandise shall be subject to no N. Orleans, higher or other duties than are, or shall be, payable by the citi- &c. subject to zens of the United States, on the importation of the same in ties than, &c. American vessels into the Atlantic ports of the United States.

no higher du

demanded on

&c. in the dis

&c.

8. That, from and after the last day of June next, no duty No duty to be on the tonnage of any boat, flat, raft, or other vessel, shall be the tonnage of demanded, or collected, on the arrival or entry of such boat, flat, boats, flats, or raft, or other vessel, in any district which is or may be estab-tricts on the lished on the Mississippi, or any of its branches, and on the Mississippi, northern and northwestern boundaries of the United States: Provided, nevertheless, That this exemption shall not be constru- Proviso; this ed to extend to any vessel above fifty tons burthen, and which exemption not shall not be wholly employed in carrying on inland trade be- any vessel tween the ports of the United States, on the Mississippi, and its and not wholbranches, and the ports of Louisiana and Florida, on the same, ly employed including New Orleans, and between the ports of the northern and northwestern boundaries of the United States, and the British provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.

to extend to

above 50 tons,

in carrying on

land trade,

&c.

ed, relative,

§ 9. That all that part of the act, entitled "An act to regu- Part of the late the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed act mentionon the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and &c. repealed. ninety-nine, that directs that the collector of the district of Vol. i. p. 673. Georgetown shall reside at Georgetown, be, and is hereby, repealed. [Approved, May 1, 1802.]

CHAP. [48.] An act further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for the more secure carriage of the mail of the United States.

Repealed. Vol. ii. p. 1140.

Post roads

1. Be it enacted, &c. That the following post roads be discontinued: From Pelham to Nottingham West, in New Hamp- discontinued. shire. From Hanover to Scituate, in Massachusetts. From Bridgewater to Taunton. From New York to Sagg Harbor, in the state of New York. From Schenectady to Sandy Hill. From Salem to Bridgetown, in New Jersey. From Lumberton, by Elizabethtown, to Andersonville, in North Carolina. From Rockford, by Scull Camp, to Grayson Courthouse., From Amelia Courthouse, by Pridesville, to Painesville, in Virginia. Washington to Cincinnati. From Franklin Courthouse to Jackson Courthouse, in Georgia. From Gholson's, by Geesbridge, St. Tammany's, Mechlenburgh Courthouse, Marshall's Store, Christian's Store, Lunenburgh Courthouse, and Edmund's Store, to Gholson's.

From

tablished.

§ 2. That the following post roads be established: In Maine. Post roads esFrom Dennysville to Eastport. From Machias, by Dennysville, In Maine. to Scodiac. In New Hampshire. From Pelham, by Windham, In New to Londonderry. From Haverhill, by Bath and Littleton, to Hampshire. Lancaster. In Massachusetts. From Boston, by Easton, to In MassachuTaunton. From Hingham, by Cohasset, to Scituate. From setts. Springfield, by South Hadley, to Northampton. From Salem,

by Topsfield, to Haverhill. In Vermont. From Middlebury, by In Vermont. New Haven, Moncton, Hinesburg, Williston, Jericho, Essex, Westford, Fairfax, and Sheldon, to Huntsburg; to return from

cut.

Huntsburg by Berkshire, Enosburgh, Bakersfield, Cambridge, Underhill, Jericho, Richmond, Huntington, Starksboro', and Bristol, to Middlebury. From Danville, by St. Johnsbury, In Connecti- through Barnet, to return to Ryegate. In Connecticut. From Hartford, by Coventry, Windham, and Canterbury, to Plainfield. From Middletown, by Haddam, to Saybrook. From New Haven, by Woodbridge, Waterbury, and Watertown, to Litchfield. From Norwich, by Lisbon, Canterbury, and Brooklyn, to PomIn New York, fret. In New York. From New York, by Brooklyn, Jamaica, Hamstead, Merrick, Oyster Bay South, Huntington South, Islip, Patchauge Fire Place, Moriches, West Hampton, Southampton, and Bridgehampton, to Sagg Harbor. From Hampstead, by Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven, and Riverhead, to Southhold. From Newtown, in the county of Tioga, by Catherinetown, to Geneva. From Schenectady to Ballstown Springs, Milton, Saratoga Springs, Greenfield, Hadley, Galloway, Charleton, and again to Schenectady. From Sandy Hill to Fort George, and through the towns of Thermon and Jay, to Plattsburg, and thence to the northern line of said state. In In New Jer- New Jersey. From Woodbury, by Bridgetown, Milville, Port Elizabeth, and Cape May Courthouse, to Cape Island. From Somerset Courthouse, by Baskenridge, to Morristown. From New Germantown, by David Miller's, in Washington township, In Pennsylva- and Newhampton, to Pittstown. In Pennsylvania. From Lancaster, by Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Stroud's, to Milford. From Lebanon to Jonestown. From Jenkintown, by the Cross Roads and New Hope, to Flemmington, New Jersey. From Chambersburg, by Messersburg, to Bedford. From Downington, by West Chester, Kennet's Square, and New London In Maryland. Cross Roads, to the Brick Meeting House in Maryland.

sey.

nia.

In

Maryland. From Reisterstown, by M'Allisterstown, Abbotstown, and Berlin, to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. From Elkton, by the Brick Meeting House, to the Rising Sun, Black Horse, and Sorrel Horse Taverns, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. From Westminster, in Maryland, by Union Mills, Petersburgh, and Gettysburgh, to Chambersburgh, in Pennsylvania. From Boonesboro', by Sharpsburg, and Hagerstown, to Messersburg, Pennsylvania. The mail from Ellicott's Mills to Montgomery CourtIn Delaware, house, shall pass by Brookville. In Delaware. From Georgetown, by Broadkiln Landing, to Lewistown. From Newport, by Chatham, Cochran's, and Strasburg, to Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. From Whitelysburg to Frederica. From Georgetown, by Bridge Branch, and Northwest Fork Bridge, to Hunting Creek, or New Market, Maryland, as the postmaster may direct. In Virginia. In Virginia. From Leesburgh to Centreville. From New Dublin, by Tazewell Courthouse, Russel Courthouse, and Lee Courthouse, to Robinson's Mills, at the foot of Cumberland Mountain. From Cumberland Courthouse to Ca Ira. From Culpepper Courthouse, by Woodville, and Mundell's Store, to New Market, in Shenandoah county. From Fauquier Courthouse, by Aquia, to King George Courthouse. From Winchester, by Front Royal, to Culpepper Courthouse. From Brooke Courthouse to Steubenville, in the Northwestern Territory. From Brooke Court

house to West Liberty. From Brookington, by Newman's and Randolph's Taverns, and Dennis' Store, to Henderson and Fitzgerald's Store. From Amelia Courthouse, by Perkins' Store, to Painesville. From Wylliesville, in Charlotte county, by Speed and Wilson's Store, Sterling Yancey's and Norman's Store, to Person Courthouse, in North Carolina. From Harrisville, by Field's Mill, Quarlesville, McFarland's Store, Lunenburg Courthouse, Christiansville, Marshallsville, Mecklenburg Courthouse, and St. Tammany's; and to return by Geesbridge, Edmund's Store, Field's Mill, to Harrisville. From Richmond Courthouse to Tappahannock. In North Carolina. From Plymouth, to Robert In North Ca Winn's, on Scuppernong river. From Jonesburg to Pasquotank rolina. River Bridge. From Rutherfordstown, by John Gowen's Store, to Greenville Courthouse, in South Carolina. From Wilkes to Ash Courthouse. The road from Mount Airy to Grayson Courthouse, in Virginia, shall pass by Scull Camp. In Tennessee. From Jones- In Tennessee. borough to Carter Courthouse. From Nashville to Franklin.

From Knoxville to Burville. In South Carolina. The road In South Cafrom Edgefield to Cambridge shall pass by Amos Richardson's, rolina. and return by Northampton. From Monk's Corner, over Biggen Bridge, by Pineville, Murray's Ferry, Santee, to Kingstree. In Georgia. From Oglethorpe Courthouse, by Athens, through In Georgia. Clarksburg, to Jackson Courthouse. From Riceburg, by Fort James, to Tatnall Courthouse. In Kentucky. From Shelbyville In Kentucky. to Louisville. From Danville, by Pulaski Courthouse, to Wayne Courthouse. In the Northwestern Territory. From Marietta, In the Northby Chilicothe, and Williamsburg, to Cincinnati.

western Ter

ritory.

directed to

between Pe

Louisville,

3. That, for the better and more secure carrying of the The postmasmail of the United States, on the main post road between Pe- ter general tersburg, in Virginia, and Louisville, in Georgia, the postmaster contract with general shall be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to en- private comgage and contract with private companies, or adventurers, for rying the mail carrying the mail of the United States, for a term of time not tersburg, Virexceeding five years, in mail coaches or stages, calculated to ginia, and convey passengers therein: Provided, That the expense thereof Georgia, &c. shall not exceed a sum equal to one third more than the whole Proviso; the of the present expense incurred for carrying the mail on such expense not to road on horseback. And the said postmaster general may, here- The postmasafter, at his discretion, require as a stipulation in the contract for ter general carrying the mail from Suffield, in Connecticut, by Windsor, in stipulation, Vermont, to Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, that the &c. provided, same shall be conveyed in a carriage, or line of stages: Provided, The expense thereof shall not exceed more than one third the sum heretofore given for carrying the mail on the last mentioned route, by a post rider.

exceed, &c.

may require a

&c.

no other than

person to be

§ 4. That, from and after the first day of November next, no After the 1st other than a free white person shall be employed in carrying the of Nov. 1802, mail of the United States, on any of the post roads, either as a a free white post rider, or driver of a carriage carrying the mail: and every employed in contractor or person who shall have stipulated, or may hereafter carrying the stipulate, to carry the mail, or whose duty it shall be to cause the same to be conveyed, on any of the post roads, as aforesaid, Contractors and who shall, contrary to this act, employ any other than a free any other

mail, &c.

to forfeit 50 dolls.

white person as a post rider or driver, or in any other way to carry the mail on the same, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other moiety thereof to the person who the person su- shall sue for and prosecute the same, before any court having ing, &c. competent jurisdiction thereof.

A moiety to

Letters, &c.

to and from the attorney

general to be Conveyed free of postage;

provided, &c.

The postmas

allow, &c.

adequate

&c.

5. That all letters, packets, and newspapers, to and from the attorney general of the United States, shall be conveyed by post, free of postage: Provided, That all letters by him sent be franked in the manner required by the seventeenth section of the act to establish the post office.

6. That the postmaster general be authorized to allow the ter general to postmasters at the several distributing offices, such compensation as shall be adequate to their several services in that respect : compensation, Provided, That the same shall not exceed, in the whole, five per cent. on the whole amount of postages on letters and newspapers received for distribution, and that the said allowance be made to commence on the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred Provided, also, That if the number of mails received at, and despatched from, any such office, is not actually increased by the distributing system, then no additional allowance shall be made to the postmaster.

At the rate of 1,000 dolls.

7. That there shall be allowed to the deputy postmaster at additional al- the city of Washington, for his extraordinary expenses incurred lowance to the in the discharge of the duties of his office, an additional compenmaster at the sation, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, to be comcity of Wash- puted from the first day of January last.

deputy post

ington, &c.

'This act not to 8. That this act shall not be so construed as to affect any affect existing existing contracts for carrying the mail. [Approved, May 3,

contracts.

1802.]

Vol. i. p. 554. CHAP, [51.] An act to amend an act, entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," and for other purposes.

685.

The moneys collected in

pursuance of

to constitute a

general fund, &c.

1. Be it enacted, &c. That the monies heretofore collected in pursuance of the several acts "for the relief of sick and disthe acts, &c. abled seamen," and at present unexpended, together with the hereafter to be collected by authority of the beforemenmoneys tioned acts, shall constitute a general fund, which the president of the United States shall use and employ, as circumstances shall require, for the benefit and convenience of sick and disabled American seamen: Provided, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the erection of an hospital in the district of Massachusetts.

Proviso; 15,000 dolls. for an hospital, &c.

The president

commoda

for the relief of

§ 2. That it shall be lawful for the president of the United may cause ac- States to cause such measures to be taken as, in his opinion, tions, &c. to may be expedient for providing convenient accommodations, be provided medical assistance, necessary attendance, and supplies, for the the U. States' relief of sick or disabled seamen of the United States, who may be at or near the port of New Orleans, in case the same can be done with the assent of the government having jurisdiction over the port; and for this purpose, to establish such regulations, and to authorize the employment of such persons, as he may judge proper; and that, for defraying the expense thereof, a sum, not

seamen at

New Orleans,

&c.