Chapter XV. *declaring the assent of Congress to certain ads of the States of Maryland and Georgia.* March 17, 1800
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Chap. XV.— An Act *declaring the assent of Congress to certain ads of the States of Maryland and Georgia.* March 17, 1800. Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the consent[Expired.]Act of April 20, 1808, ch. 47. Act of April 16, 1814, ch. 60. Act of April 20, 1822, ch. 29. of Congress be, and hereby is 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 authorizes 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.
Sec. 2. *And be it farther enacted,* That this act shall be, and continue in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and no longer. Approved, March 17, 1800.