Chapter CXIII. making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same; and for establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry
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Chap. CXIII.— An Act making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same; and for establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry. April 20, 1818. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That the port of Bath, in the Bath, in Massachusetts, made a port of entry for vessels, &c. arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, &c. state of Massachusetts, be, and hereby is, made a port of entry for ships FIFTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 114, 115. 1818.465or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That a collection district be and A collection district established.hereby is, established in the state of Massachusetts, which shall include all the ports and harbours on the western shore of the Penobscot bay and river, from the town of Camden to the town of Bangor, both inclusive; and a collector shall be appointed for the district, to reside at Belfast, A collector to reside at Belfast, &c.which shall be the only port of entry for said district.
Approved, April 20, 1818.