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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85. 1831.
St. John’s,
Prospect.
Statute II.
March 2 , 1831.
Authority forlateral road.
Powers, rights,&c.
vessels bound to said port shall, after proceeding thereto, and makingreport and entry at the port of New Orleans , within the time limited bylaw, be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said port under therules and regulations prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels about to departfrom the said port for foreign ports and places shall be permitted toclear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of NewOrleans , and depart under the same rules, regulations and restrictions,and in every respect in the same manner, as vessels clearing out and de-parting for foreign ports and places from the said city of New Orleans by the way of the Mississippi river; and goods imported into the UnitedStates and exported from said port, shall be entitled to the benefit of adrawback of the duties upon exportation to any foreign port or place,under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions and limitations, as ifthe said goods, wares, and merchandise had been exported directly fromNew Orleans by way of the Mississippi river.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Delaware city, in the districtof Delaware , shall be a port of delivery; and a surveyor shall be ap-pointed, who shall reside at said city.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a collection district be, and ishereby established in the territory of Florida , which shall include all theports, harbours, shores and waters of the main land in Florida , and ofthe islands opposite and nearest thereto, from Saint Mary’s to the southside of Saint John’s, to be called the Saint John ’s district, and a portof entry shall be established at such point on the Saint John ’s river, asthe President may direct, and a collector shall be appointed, who shallgive the same bond, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the samecompensation and fees, as the collectors, in other districts, in Florida .
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Prospect, in the district ofBelfast, in the state of Maine , shall be a port of delivery : and that asurveyor shall be appointed, who shall reside at that place.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the ports of Kennebunk, inthe state of Maine, and Middletown, in the state of Connecticut , be, andthey are hereby made ports of entry for vessels arriving from the Capeof Good Hope , and from places beyond the same.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. LXXXV.— An Act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of alateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, into and within the Districtof Columbia .
Whereas it is represented to this present Congress that the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad Company , incorporated by an act of the GeneralAssembly of Maryland, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad Company, ” passed the twenty-eighth day of February,eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, are desirous, under the powerswhich they claim to be vested in them by the provisions of the before-recited act, to construct a lateral branch from the said Baltimore andOhio railroad to the District of Columbia . Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Baltimore and OhioRailroad Company , incorporated by the said act of the General Assem-bly of Maryland, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to extend intoand within the District of Columbia a lateral railroad, such as the saidcompany shall construct, or cause to be constructed, in a direction towardsthe said district, in connection with the railroad which they have located,and are constructing, from the city of Baltimore to the Ohio river, inpursuance of their said act of incorporation: And the said Baltimore