Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXI.—An Act to make Plymouth, in North Carolina, a port or entry; to change the name of the District of Nanjemoy to the of St. Mary’s, and to make Augusta, in the District of Maine, a port of delivery.
Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22.
District of Plymouth formed out of that of Edenton.
Plymouth made the port of entry, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, a district shall be formed out of the district of Edenton, in North Carolina, to be called the district of Plymouth, which shall include and comprehend the rivers Roanoak and Cashie, and all the waters, creeks, and harbors belonging thereto. The town of Plymouth shall be the port of entry and delivery; and Windsor and Skewarky, ports of delivery. A collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside and keep his office at the town of Plymouth, who shall be entitled to receive three per cent. commissions on all monies by him received on account of the duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the said district, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels and the other emoluments and fees of office established by law.
Name of district of Nanjemoy changed to that of St. Mary’s.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next the district of Nanjemoy, in the state of Maryland, shall be called the district of St. Mary’s, and the collector shall reside at St. Mary’s river, which shall be the port of entry and delivery for said district, and Nanjemoy a port of delivery only, to which a surveyor shall be appointed, who shall be entitled, in addition to the fees and emoluments already allowed by law, to receive a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Augusta made a port of delivery, to be annexed to district of Bath, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the town of Augusta, in the district of Maine, shall be, and the same is hereby constituted a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Bath, and subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States; and there shall be appointed a surveyor, to reside at the said port of delivery, who shall be entitled to receive a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars, annually, in addition to the other emoluments allowed by law.
Approved, April 25, 1808.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the necessary expense to the first day of January next, of the troops to be raised by virtue of an act, intituled1808, ch. 43. “An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force,” passed on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
Specific appropriations.For pay, two hundred and eighty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
For forage, eighteen thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars.
For subsistence, two hundred and thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars.
For clothing, one hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars.
For bounties and premiums, eighty-five thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments, fifteen thousand dollars.
For camp equipage, tents, barracks, fuel, and transportation one hundred and eleven thousand dollars.
For contingencies, ten thousand dollars.
For ordnance, sixty thousand dollars.
