United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/3rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 43

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This act was printed twice in the Statutes at Large. The duplicate is at United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 43.

732491United States Statutes at Large, Volume 6Private Acts of the Third Congress, 1st Session, Chapter 43United States Congress


June 4, 1794

Chap. XLIII.An Act to extend the term of credit for teas imported in the ship Argonaut; and to permit the export of goods saved out of the wreck of the snow Freelove.

The collector of Pennsylvania to take bond, &c. for teas imported in the ship Argonaut, or receive deposit, &c.Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the district of Pennsylvania be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to take bond, with sufficient surety, for the payment of the duties accruing on teas, imported into the said district in the ship Argonaut, Victor Chabert, commander, from China, payable on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, or to receive, on deposit, such of the said teas as may be tendered for that purpose, as security for the said duties.

The collector to permit the exportation of the teas under like regulations as other teas, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said collector be authorized to permit the said teas, or any part thereof, to be exported, under the like regulations as other teas are permitted to be exported, at any time before the fifteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.

The collector to permit the exportation of sugars, &c. saved out of the snow Freelove, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the collector aforesaid be authorized and directed to permit the exportation of any sugars, coffee, cocoa, or molasses, saved out of the snow Freelove, cast away on Cape Hatteras, as may be required by the owners thereof, under the like regulations and provisions as goods of a like kind are permitted to be exported, and to allow the drawbacks thereon, as if the same had been directly imported into the district of Pennsylvania.

Approved, June 4, 1794.