United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 16
Chap. XVI.—An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States.”
Act of June 1, 1796, ch. 45.
Unregistered vessels sailing with sea letters to be furnished with passports on paying ten dollars.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every unregistered ship or vessel owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, and sailing with a sea-letter, going to any foreign country, shall, before she departs from the United States, at the request of the master, be furnished by the collector of the district where such vessel may be, with a passport of the form prescribed and established by the act to which this is a supplement, for which the master shall pay to the collector ten dollars, and be subject to the rules and conditions prescribed in the said act, for ships and vessels of the United States.
Unregistered vessels sailing to foreign countries to pay the same on clearing as vessels of the U. States.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid on every such unregistered ship or vessel, sailing or trading to any foreign country, other than some port or place in America, for each and every voyage, the sum at the time of clearing outwards, to be received and accounted for in the same manner as is by said act required in cases of ships and vessels of the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1803.