Chapter XIV. *to annex certain shores and waters to the district of Mississippi; and to authorize the building a custom-house at New Orleans.* Feb. 13, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, sec. 17
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Chap. XIV.— An Act *to annex certain shores and waters to the district of Mississippi; and to authorize the building a custom-house at New Orleans.* Feb. 13, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, sec. 17. Act of March 2, 1811, ch. 33, sec. 7. All the shores and waters of the Ohio and its branches, and of the Mississippi and its branches added to the district of Mississippi.
Surveyors to be appointed for Pittsburg, fee. That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, 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. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That a surveyor shall be appointed for each of the following towns or places, that is to say;
Pittsburg, Charlestown, Marietta, Cincinnati, Limestone, Louisville, Massac, and Natchez, who shall be authorized to grant temporary registers to vessels of the United States, in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as may be done by the collectors of the several districts of 419NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15. 1807.the United Slates; and each of the said surveyors, besides the fees paid Their powers and emoluments.in relation to the admeasurement, and registering of vessels, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the collector of the district Permanent registers to be issued by the collector of Mississippi. Proviso.of Mississippi shall, on the surrender of any temporary register, granted to a vessel of the United Slates as aforesaid, issue a permanent register for such vessel: *Provided,* that the master of such vessel shall lake the usual oath, and perform all the other conditions required by the registering act, except that he shall not be obliged to give any new bond to the said collector.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That so much of any act or acts Repeal of any act making separate districts of the shores and waters referred to. Secretary of the Treasury to cause a customhouse to he built at N. Orleans.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 repealed. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be built upon some convenient site, belonging to the United States, in the city of New Orleans, a good and sufficient house, to serve as an office and place of deposit for the collector of the customs at that place.
And the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of erecting the same, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 13, 1807. Chapter XV: authorizing the President of the United Slates to accept the service of a number of volunteer companies, not exceeding thirty thousand men. 2 Stat. 419 1807-02-24 Chapter XV Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter XIV
*to annex certain shores and waters to the district of Mississippi; and to authorize the building a custom-house at New Orleans.* Feb. 13, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, sec. 17
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