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bond with sufficient security for tho payment of two hundred dollars 

 to the United States, with condition that such vessel shall not be 

 employed in any illicit trade or commerce; and before any new 

 license shall be given for a succeeding year to the master of such 

 vessel, he shall on oath or affirmation, declare that no illicit trade has 

 been carried on in such vessel to his knowledge or belief during the 

 time for which she was licensed. 



SEC. 23. And be it further enacted. That the master, commander 

 or owner of every ship or vessel of the burthen of twenty tons or 

 upwards, to be employed in trade between different districts in the 

 United States, and oi every vessel to be employed in the bank or 

 whale fisheries, having a certificate of registry or enrolment, as 

 is herein directed, shall, upon application to the collector of 

 the district where such vessel may lie, be entitled to receive a 

 license to trade between the different districts in the United States, 

 or to carry on the bank or whale fishery for one year, and it shall 

 be the duty of the collector to grant the same ; but no licence shall 

 be granted for any vessel until the owner or owners applying there- 

 for, shall have paid the tonnage duty thereon, and shall enter into 

 bond, with sufficient security, for the payment of one thousand dol- 

 lars to the United States, with condition, that such vessel shall not 

 within the time for which such license was granted, be employed in 

 any illicit trade or commerce; and if any vessel of the burthen of 

 twenty tons or upwards, not having a certificate of registry or enrol- 

 ment, and a license, shall be found trading between different dis- 

 tricts, or be employed in the bank or whale fisheries, every such ship 

 or vessel shall be subject to the same tonnage, and fees, as foreign 

 ships or vessels. 



SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That the master or commander 

 of every ship or vessel bound to any foreign port, shall deliver to 

 the collector of the district where such ship or vessel may be, a mani- 

 fest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel, t.nd on making o?>th or 

 affirmation to the truth thereof, it shall be the duty of the said col- 

 lector, to grant a clearance for such ship or vessel, and her loading; 

 and if any ship or vessel bound to any foreign port, shall depart from 

 the place of her loading without such clearance, the master, com- 

 mander, consignee, or owner thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum 

 of two hundred dollars for every such offence. 



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Approved, September 1, 1789. 



779 No. 165. 1790, July W: United States Statute, Cap. SO. 

 CHAP. XXX. An Act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 

 upon all ships or vessels which after the first day of September next, 

 snail be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place, 

 there shall be paid the several and respective duties following, that is 

 to say: On ships or vessels of the United States at the rate of six 

 cents per ton: on ships or vessels built within the United States after 



