Chapter LXIX. to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit Vessels from the British North American Provinces to lade and unlade at such Place in any Collection District of the United States as he may designate
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Chap. LXIX.— An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit Vessels from the British North American Provinces to lade and unlade at such Place in any Collection District of the United States as he may designate.Sept. 26, 1850. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Secretary of the Treasury authorized to permit vessels from British North American provinces to lade or unlade at such places as he may designate, provided the same privileges are extended to vessels of the U.
States by said provinces. of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States, provided the latter shall be satisfied that similar privileges are extended to vessels of the United States in the colonies hereinafter mentioned, is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to protect the revenue from fraud, to permit vessels laden with the products of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward’s Island, or either of them, to lade or unlade any port or place within any collection district of the United States which he may designate; and if any such vessel entering a place so designated, to lade or unlade, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the regulations so prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, each vessel, and the owner or owners, and master thereof, subject to the same penalties as if no authority under this act had been granted to lade or unlade in such port or place.
Approved, September 26, 1850.