Chapter XXV. *to amend the act altering the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point.* March 3, 1801. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Alterations in the districts.1800, ch. 49
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Chap. XXV.— An Act *to amend the act altering the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point.* March 3, 1801. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Alterations in the districts.1800, ch. 49. That from and after the passing of this act, the master or commander of any ship or vessel arriving within the districts of Petersburg or Richmond, laden with goods, wares and merchandise, belonging or consigned to persons resident within both 117 SIXTH CONGRESS, Sess.
II. Ch. 26, 27. 1801. the said districts, shall make entry of such ship or vessel, in manner already prescribed by law, with the collector of that district wherein the owner or consignee, or the husband or acting manager of such ship or vessel, shall actually reside: and the said master or commander shall, at the lime of making the entry aforesaid, deliver a duplicate manifest of the cargo as now required by law, to the said collector, whose duty it shall then be, to certify the same as a true copy, and to transmit it to the collector of the other district, and the delivery of such goods, wares or merchandise, shall be authorized by permits from the collector of each district respectively, in which the same shall have been duly entered according to law: *Provided,* that no bona fide importer, owner or consignee of goods, wares or merchandise, residing in either district, shall be admitted to make an entry of such goods, wares or merchandise with the collector of the district, in which such importer, owner or consignee shall not reside: *And provided also,* that all entries for goods, wares or merchandise, made by agents, for persons residing in other districts, shall be made with the collector of the district in which such ship or vessel may discharge.
Approved, March 3, 1801.