United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 11
Chap. XI.—An Act for the accommodation of persons concerned in certain Fisheries therein mentioned.
Collector of the customs at Edenton to permit the landing of salt at fisheries and other places in his district.
In other respects the usual regulations to be observed.
Act of 1799, ch. 22, sec. 53, 56.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be lawful for the collector of the customs for the district of Edenton to permit any vessel having on board salt only, after due report and entry, and security given for the duties, to proceed under the inspection of an officer of the customs to any fishery, or other landing place within the district, (to be designated in the permit) and there discharge the same; subject, however, in all other respects, to the regulations, restrictions, penalties and provisions established by an act passed the second day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.”
Inspectors or other officers of the customs entitled to accommodations from the vessels.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every inspector or other officer of the customs, while performing duty on board any such vessel, elsewhere than in the port to which such officer may properly belong, shall be entitled to receive from the master, or commander thereof, such provisions and other accommodations (free from expense) as are usually supplied to passengers, or as the state and condition of the vessel will admit.
And to pecuniary compensations if more than fifteen days be spent therein.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if by reason of the delivery of any cargo of salt, in manner aforesaid, more than fifteen working days (computing from the date of entry) shall, in the whole, be spent therein, the wages or compensation of such inspector, or other officer of the customs who may be employed on board any vessel, in respect to which such term may be so exceeded, shall, for every day of such excess, be paid by the master or owner; and until paid, it shall not be lawful for the collector to grant a clearance, or to permit such vessel to depart from the district.
Approved, March 16, 1802.