Wilmington, and a surveyor to reside at Swansborough. That in the district of Newbern, the town of Newbern shall be a port of entry and delivery, and the town of Beaufort a port of delivery only; and there shall be a collector to reside at Newbern, and a surveyor to reside at Beaufort. That in the district of Washington, the town of Washington shall be the sole port of entry and delivery, and there shall be a collector to reside at the same. That in the district of Edenton, the town of Edenton shall be a port of entry and delivery; and Hartford, Murpheysborough, Plymouth, Winsor, Skewarkey, Winton, and Bennet’s Creek, ports of delivery; and there shall be a collector at the town of Edenton, and a surveyor at Hartford, another surveyor at Murpheysborough, one surveyor at each of the ports of Plymouth, Winsor, Skewarkey, Winton, and Bennet’s Creek. That all ships or vessels intending to proceed to Hartford, Plymouth, Winsor, Skewarkey, Winton, Bennet’s Creek, or Murpheysborough, shall first come to and enter at the port of Edenton. That in the district of Cambden, Plankbridge on Sawyer’s Creek, shall be the port of entry and delivery, and there shall be a collector at Plankbridge on Sawyer's Creek, and a surveyor at each of the ports of Nixonton, Indiantown, Currituck Inlet, and Pasquotank River bridge, ports of delivery; and there shall be a collector at Plankbridge on Sawyer’s Creek, and a surveyor at each of the ports of Nixonton, Indiantown, Curritock Inlet Pasquotank River bridge, and Newbiggin Creek: Extent of the authority of the officers of each district.and that the authority of the officers of each district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbours, creeks and inlets comprehended within each district.
Sole ports of entry for ships or vessels not registered or licensed, or ships &c. beyond the Cape of Good Hope.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the ports of Wilmington, Newbern, Washington, and Edenton, shall be the sole ports of entry within the said state of North Carolina, for ships or vessels not registered or licensed within the United States, according to law, and for all ships or vessels whatsoever, which shall arrive from the Cape of Good Hope, or any place beyond the same.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the regulations, provisions, exceptions, allowances, compensations, directions, authorities, penalties, forfeitures, and other matters whatsoever, contained or expressed in the act, intituledRegulations, provisions, &c. for due collection.
Act of July 31, 1789, ch. 5. “An act to regulate the collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States,” and not locally inapplicable, shall have the like force and effect within the said state of North Carolina, for the collection of the said duties, as elsewhere within the United States, and as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in this present act.
Operation of parts of former laws declared to cease.
Act of Sept. 16, 1789, ch. 15.Sec. 5. Provided always, and be it declared, That the thirty-ninth section of the said act, and the third section of an act intituled, “An act to suspend part of an act, intituled An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States, and for other purposes,” did, by virtue of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, by the said state of North Carolina, cease to operate in respect to the same.
Act for regulating the coasting trade, declared in force as to N. Carolina after thirty days from the passing this act.
Act of Sept. 16, 1789, ch. 11.
Part of another act revived as to R. Island and N. Carolina until the 1st of April.
Act of Sept. 16, 1789, ch. 15.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted and declared, That the act intituled “An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes,” shall, after the expiration of thirty days from the passing of this act, have the like force and operation within the said state of North Carolina, as elsewhere within the United States, and as if the several clauses thereof were repeated and re-enacted in this present act.
