Chapter XLII. to extend the time for unlading vessels arriving from foreign ports, in certain cases
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Chap. XLII.— An Act to extend the time for unlading vessels arriving from foreign ports, in certain cases. March 3, 1821. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That when the capacity of any Vessels exceeding 300 tons allowed 20 days for unlading.vessel, arriving with a cargo from a foreign port, shall exceed three hundred tons, the term for unlading such vessel shall hereafter be twenty days from the report of arrival, Sundays excepted. Approved, March 3, 1821.