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Certain veffels may

unlade at Edgecomb and Newcaftle.

Lyme annexed to New-Lon

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of the dif

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Bermuda - Hundred

and City Point.

ly, and a collector for the district fhall be appointed to refide at Kennebunk.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That fhips and veffels owned in whole or in part in the towns of Edgecomb and Newcastle, in the diftrict of Maine, having entered in due form of law at the port of Wifcaffet, and taken on board an officer, shall be permitted to unlade in the parts of the faid towns which adjoin Sheepfcut river.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the town of Lyme, in the state of Connecticut, and the fhores and waters thereof, fhall be annexed as a port of delivery only to the diftrict of NewLondon, and all veffels bound to or from the faid port of Lyme, fhall firft come to, enter, and clear at the faid port of New-London: Provided however, That the furveyor appointed to refide at Saybrook fhall be authorized to vifit and infpect fhips or veffels arriving at said port. of Lyme, and generally to perform the duties of a furveyor, as may be requifite within faid port.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from Alteration and after the thirtieth day of June next, the diftrict of Bermuda Hundred and City Point, as at present constituted in the state of Virginia, fhall be called the diftrict of Petersburg, to comprehend Petersburg, City Point, and all the waters, fhores, bays, harbors, and inlets of James River, from Hood's and the junction of Chicahoming to the junction of the James and Appamattox rivers, and from thence to the highest tide-water of Appamattox, and also the Chicahoming to its highest tide-water mark; and the port for the faid district shall extend from Petersburg to City Point. And another district

formed.

hall be formed to be called the diftrict of Rich- New diftrict mond, to comprehend Richmond, and Manchefter, and Bermuda Hundred, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, and inlets of James river from Bermuda Hundred, including the harbor thereof, to the higheft tide-water of James river; and the port fhall extend from Richmond and Manchefter to Bermuda Hundred. The office of collector for the diftrict of Petersburg fhall be kept in the town of Peterf burg; and a collector fhall be appointed for the Richmond district, whofe office fhall be kept in the city of Richmond; and the furveyors within those two diftricts fhall continue to refide at the places at prefent established by law.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Manifefts to master of any ship or veffel, bound to any diftrict be delivered of James River above Sewal's Point, fhall, be- lector of fore he pass by the faid Point, and immediately Norfolk, by after his arrival either at the fame or at Hamp-up James ton Road, depofit with the collector of the port river, &c. of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or of Hampton, a true manifest of the cargo on board fuch fhip or veffel; and the faid collector fhall, after regiftering the manifeft, tranfmit the fame duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made: And the faid collector may, whenever he fhall judge it to be neceffary for the fecurity of the revenue, put an infpector of the customs on board any such fhip or veffel, to accompany the fame until her arrival at the firft port of entry or delivery, in the district, to which fuch fhip or veffel may be destined: And if the mafter or commander of any fuch fhip or veffel fhall neglect or omit to depofit a manifeft in manner as aforefaid, or fhall refufe to receive an infpector of the customs on board, as the cafe fhall require,

Repeal of part of the

former act.

Organiza

tion of a general

affembly in

the Mififlippi terri

tory.

he fhall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered with cofts of fuit, one half for the ufe of the officer with whom fuch manifeft ought to have been depofited, and the other half to the ufe of the collector of the district to which the faid fhip or veffel may be bound.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That fuch part and fo much of the act, intituled, " An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," as comes within the purview of this act, being contrary hereto, fhall be and hereby is repealed.

THEODORE SEDGWICK,

Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives.
TH: JEFFERSON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED-May 10th, A. D. 1800.

JOHN ADAMS,

Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER L.

« An.

An ACT fupplemental to the act, intituled,
act for an amicable fettlement of limits with the
State of Georgia; and authorizing the establish-
ment of a government in the Miffiffippi terri-
tory."

Sec. I.

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E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That fo much. of the ordinance of Congress of the thirteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-feven, and of the act of Congrefs of the feventh of August, one thousand feven hundred and eighty-nine, providing for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, as relates to the organiza

zation of a General Affembly therein, and pre fcribes the powers thereof, fhall forthwith ope rate, and be in force in the Miffiffippi territory: Provided, That until the number of free male inhabitants of full age, in the faid territory fhall amount to five thoufand, there fhall not be returned to the General Affembly more than nine representatives.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That until the number of free male inhabitants of full age in the Miffiffippi territory fhall amount to five thoufand, the county of Adams fhall be entitled to chufe four reprefentatives to the General Af fembly, the county of Pickering four, and the Tenfaw and Tombigbee fettlements, one.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the firft election, for reprefentatives to the General Afsembly, fhall be on the fourth Monday in July next, and that all fubfequent elections fhall be regulated by the legiflature.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it fhall be the duty of the Governor of the Mififlippi territory, to caufe the faid election to be holden on the day aforefaid, at the moft convenient place in the counties and fettlements aforefaid, and to nominate a proper officer or officers to prefide at and conduct the fame, and to return to him the names of the perfons who may have been duly elected.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the representatives fhall be convened by the governor at the town of Natchez, on the fourth Monday in September next.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That so foon as the number of free male inhabitants of full age fhall amount to, or exceed five thousand, the number of reprefentatives to the General

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Affembly fhall be determined, and the appor tionment made in the way prescribed in the ordinance.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act fhall in any refpect impair the right of the ftate of Georgia to the jurifdiction, or of the faid ftate, or of any perfon or perfons to the foil of the faid territory, but the rights and claims of the faid ftate, and all perfons interested, are hereby declared to be as firm and available as if this act had never been made.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the General Affembly fhall meet at least once in every year, and fuch meeting fhall be on the firft Monday of December, unless they fhall by law appoint a different day: Provided, That the governor fhall have power on extraordinary occafions to convene the General Affembly.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That neither Houfe during the feffion of the General Affembly fhall, without the confent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houfes fhall be fitting.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the commiffioners appointed, miffioners of or who may hereafter be appointed on the part may finally of the United States, in pursuance of the act, in-fettle with tituled, "An act for an amicable fettlement of Georgia by compromife. limits with the ftate of Georgia; and authoriz

ing the establishment of a government in the Miffiffippi territory," or any two of them, finally to fettle by compromise with the Commiffi oners, which have been or may be appointed by the state of Georgia, any claims mentioned in faid act, and to receive in behalf of the United States a ceffion of any lands therein mentioned,

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