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Q10 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6, 7, 8. 1848. other usual papers to vessels employed in the whale fishery, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary, and who shall give the usual bond, perform the usual duties in the manner prescribed, and be entitled to receive the fees allowed by law to surveyors and collectors for the same duties, and no more. Entry or ear- But all cargoes chargeable with duties shall he entered, and the duties Sgfgéupm New paid, at the port of New York, before permissxon shall be granted to Yonemadsapm discharge the same at Cold Spring ; that Grcenport, on the north-east °fd€U"°'Y- part of Long Island, in the State of New Yotk, be, and the same is hereby, made a port of delivery for the towns of Southhold and River. head, within the collection district of the port of Sag Harbor, and that Surveyor to be a surveyor be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent ‘p*’°"‘°°d °h°‘°· of the Senate, to reside at the said port of Greenpcrt, who shall have His powers. like powers and fees, and be under the like restrictions, as is provided in this act for the surveyor of Cold Spring; but all cargoes chargeable Em'? °*`°¤fg°¢¤· with duties shall be entered, and the duties paid, at the port of Sag Harbor, before permission shall be granted to discharge the same at Greenport. Armovmn, January 26, 1848. Jan- 26: 1848- Crue. VI. — An Act to provide Clothingfvr Volunteers in the Service of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in lieu of the money which, under existing laws, is allowed to volunteers as a com- Clctbinginkind mutation for clothing, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized

 to cause the volunteers to be furnished with clothing in kind, at the
 pgéegmpnm- Same rates, according to grades, as is provided for the troops of the

· re u ar arm . gstrrnovng, January 26, 1848.

 CHAP. VII. —An Act szempting Vessels employed by the American Colonization

1847, ch, 16, Society in transporting Colored Emigrants from the United States to the Coast 1847, ch. 34. of Africa, from the Provisions of the dots of the 22d February and 2d of .’I»!m-ch, gglégnthendzzt and forty-seven, regulating the Carriage of Passengers in n ess . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represematives of the passenger Ws_ United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after sels of the Ameri- the passage of this act, all and every vessel and vessels which shall or §"f‘,'f°‘f;,};’{f;!{1‘g“°‘} may be employed by the American Colonization Society, or by the cieties exempted Maryland State Colonization Society, to transport, and which shall {ml/‘ of Tgwugg actually transport, from any port or ports in the United States to any c}._3€;,',(Qspe{,m,g <>¤l0ny or colonies on the west coast of Africa, colored emigrants to me carriage or reside there, hall be, and the same are hereby, excepted out of and §°;F;°"gm‘“°°" exempted from the operation of the act entitled "An Am; to regulate the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels," passed twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; and of the act entitled "An Act to amend an act entitled ‘ An Act to regulate the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, and to determine the time when said $01: shall take eH`eet,"’ passed second March, eighteen hundred und orty-seven. Approved, January 31, 1848. FSU-?, l848· Can-. VIII.—.An Ae:-makingfurzher Provisions for surviving Widvws of i/16 Soldiers of the Revolution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person who served in the war of the revolution in the manner specified in the