United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 76
Chap. LXXVI.—An Act to establish ports of delivery at port Pontchartrain and Delaware city, and for other purposes.
Port Pontchartrain.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is established at port Pontchartrain, on lake Pontchartrain, a port of delivery; that a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port: that all ships and vessels bound to said port shall, after proceeding thereto, and making report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said port under the rules and regulations prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels about to depart from the said port for foreign ports and places shall be permitted to clear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans, and depart under the same rules, regulations and restrictions, and in every respect in the same manner, as vessels clearing out and departing for foreign ports and places from the said city of New Orleans by the way of the Mississippi river; and goods imported into the United States and exported from said port, shall be entitled to the benefit of a 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 by way of the Mississippi river.
Delaware city.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Delaware city, in the district of Delaware, shall be a port of delivery; and a surveyor shall be appointed, who shall reside at said city.
St. John’s.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a collection district be, and is hereby established in the territory of Florida, which shall include all the ports, harbours, shores and waters of the main land in Florida, and of the islands opposite and nearest thereto, from Saint Mary’s to the south side of Saint John’s, to be called the Saint John’s district, and a port of entry shall be established at such point on the Saint John’s river, as the President may direct, and a collector shall be appointed, who shall give the same bond, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation and fees, as the collectors, in other districts, in Florida.
Prospect.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Prospect, in the district of Belfast, in the state of Maine, shall be a port of delivery: and that a surveyor shall be appointed, who shall reside at that place.
Kennebunk and Middletown.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the ports of Kennebunk, in the state of Maine, and Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, be, and they are hereby made ports of entry for vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same.
Approved, March 2, 1831.