United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 113
Chap. CXIII.—An Act making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same; and for establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry.
Bath, in Massachusetts, made a port of entry for vessels, &c. arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the port of Bath, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and hereby is, made a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same.
A collection district established.
A collector to reside at Belfast, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a collection district be and hereby is, established in the state of Massachusetts, which shall include all the ports and harbours on the western shore of the Penobscot bay and river, from the town of Camden to the town of Bangor, both inclusive; and a collector shall be appointed for the district, to reside at Belfast, which shall be the only port of entry for said district.
Approved, April 20, 1818.