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as may be necessary to defray the expenses attending such ship or 

 vessel, and her cargo: provided, that entry shall be made therefor, 



and the duties thereon as in other cases shall be first paid, or 

 783 secured to be paid: And provided, that in case the delivery of 



the cargo do not agree with the report thereof, made by the 

 master or other person having the charge or command of such ship 

 or vessel, and if the difference, or disagreement be not satisfactorily 

 accounted for in manner prescribed by this act, the master, or other 

 person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall be 

 liable to such penalties as in other like cases are by this act pre- 

 scribed. And the said goods, wares and merchandise, or the re- 

 mainder thereof, which shall not be disposed of as aforesaid, may 

 afterwards be reladen on board the said ship or vessel, under the 

 inspection of the officer who superintended the landing thereof, or 

 other proper person; and the said ship or vessel may proceed with 

 the same to the place of her destination, free from any other charge 

 than for the storing and safe-keeping of the said goods, and fees to 

 the officers of the customs as in other cases. 



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SEC. 85. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where a ship 

 or vessel shall be prevented by ice from getting to the port or place, 

 at which her cargo is intended to be delivered, it shall be lawful for 

 the collector of the district, in which such ship or vessel may be ob- 

 structed, to receive the report and entry of such ship or vessel, and 

 with the consent of the naval officer (where there is one) to grant a 

 permit or permits for unlading or landing the goods, wares, and mer- 

 chandise imported in such ship or vessel, at any place within his dis- 

 trict, which shall appear to him most convenient and proper: Pro- 

 rid-ed always, that the report and entry of such ship or vessel, and her 

 cargo, or any part thereof, and all persons concerned therein, shall be 

 under and subject to the same rules, regulations, restrictions, penalties 

 and provisions, as if the said ship or vessel had arrived at the port 

 of her destination, and had there proceeded to the delivery of her 



cargo. 



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Approved, March 2, 1799. 



No. 169. 1804, March 27: Extract from United States Statute, 



Cap. 57. 



CHAP. LVII. An Act for imposing more specific duties on the importation of 

 certain articles; and also, for levying and collecting light money on foreign 

 ships or vessels, and for other purposes. 



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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a duty of fifty cents per 

 ton, to be denominated " light money," shall be levied and collected 

 on all ships or vessels not of the United States, which, after the 

 aforesaid thirtieth day of June next, may enter the ports of the 

 United States: Provided however, that nothing in this act shall be so 

 construed as to contravene any provision of the treaty or conventions 

 concluded between the United States of America and the French Re- 

 public, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and 



