United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/9th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 7
Chap. VII.—An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Be it enacted, &c., That all persons, who, being indebted to the United States for duties on merchandise, have given bond therefor, with Sufferers by the late fire in Portsmouth allowed a further time for the payment of bonds for duties.one, or more sureties, payable to the collector for the district of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, or to the collector of the district of Boston and Charlestown, and who have suffered a loss of property by the late conflagration at Portsmouth, shall be and hereby are allowed to take up, or have cancelled, all bonds heretofore given for duties as aforesaid, upon giving to the said collector or collectors new bonds, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the said collector or collectors, for the sums of their former bonds respectively, payable in twelve months from and after the day of payment specified in the bonds to be taken up and cancelled, as aforesaid; and the said collectors are hereby authorized to give up or cancel all such bonds, upon the receipt of others, as described in this act; which last mentioned bonds shall be proceeded with, in all respects, like other bonds which are taken by collectors for duties due to the United States:Proviso. Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to bonds which had fallen due prior to the twenty-fourth day of December last.
Apporved, February 10, 1807.