Act of Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8.
Act of May 7, 1822, ch. 62, sec. 11.
The seacoast and navigable rivers of the United States divided into two great districts, for the convenience of the coasting trade.
Licensed vessels, of 20 tons and upwards, may carry on trade between the districts within the great districts, and between a state in one, and an adjoining state in another, great district, &c.nient regulation of the coasting trade, the seacoast and navigable rivers of the United States be, and hereby are, divided into two great districts; the first, to include all the districts on the seacoast and navigable rivers, between the eastern limits of the United States and the southern limits of Georgia, and the second, to include all the districts on the seacoast and navigable rivers, between the river Perdido and the western limits of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel, of the burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed to trade between the different districts of the United States, shall be, and is hereby authorized to carry on such trade between the districts included within the aforesaid great districts, respectively, and between a state in one, and an adjoining state in another, great district, in manner, and subject only to the regulations that are, now by law required to be observed by such ships or vessels, in trading from one district to another in the same state, or from a district in one state to a district in the next adjoining state, any thing in any law to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel, of the burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed to trade as aforesaid, shall be, and is hereby, required, in trading from one to another great district, other than between a state in one, and an adjoining state in another, great district, to conform and observeRegulations to be observed. the regulations, that, at the time of passing this act, are required to be observed by such vessels in trading from a district in one state to a district in any other than an adjoining state.
Trade between districts not included, &c. to be carried on as already provided.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trade between the districts not included in either of the two great districts aforesaid, shall continue to be carried on in the manner, and subject to the regulations, already provided for this purpose.
This act to be in force from 30th June, 1819.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force, from and after the thirtieth day of June next after the passing thereof.
Approved, March 2, 1819.
Statute II.
Chap. XLIX.—An Act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri.[1]
- ↑ Acts relating to the territory, afterward the state of Arkansas. An act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri, June 4, 1812, ch. 95. An act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri, March 2, 1819, ch. 49. An act relative to the Arkansas territory, April 21, 1820, ch. 46. An act to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes, May 26, 1824, ch. 155. An act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of Arkansas from the state of Louisiana, May 19, 1828, ch. 58. An act for the admission of the state of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes, June 15, 1836, ch. 100. An act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act for the admission of the state of Arkansas into the
An act supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting trade, March 2, 1819, ch. 48
An act to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage in Florida, and for other purposes, May 7, 1822, ch. 62, sec. 11. An act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fisheries, May 24, 1828, ch. 119. An act to authorize surveyors, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enrol and license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, Feb. 11, 1830, ch. 14. An act concerning vessels employed in the whale fishery, March 3, 1831, ch. 115. An act to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, north-eastern and north-western frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes. Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 98. An act of Dec. 22, 1837, ch. 1.
