United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 46
Chap. XLVI.—An Act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana.
1845, ch. 36.
Lafayette a port of delivery.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery of the United States, except as is hereinafter provided; that a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port;Surveyor to be appointed.
Ships and vessels to make report and entry at New Orleans before unlading at Lafayette. that all ships and vessels bound to said port shall first make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, and shall be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said city of Lafayette, adjoining the city of New Orleans, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and such further regulations as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Vessels departing from Lafayette to clear at the custom-house at New Orleans.
Goods, &c. entitled to drawback.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels about to depart from the said port of Lafayette, for foreign ports and places, shall be permitted, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to clear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans, and depart as from the port of New Orleans; and goods or merchandise imported into the United States, and exported from said port of Lafayette, under the regulations aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit of drawback of the duties, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions, and limitations, as if the said goods, wares, and merchandise had been exported directly from New Orleans.
Approved, June 12, 1844.