TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE TO THE SURVEYOR. For the admeasurement, and certifying the same, of every ship or vessel, (other than those to be registered, enrolled, or licensed) of 100 tons and under, per ton, Above 100 tons, and not exceeding 200 tons, Above 200 tons, For all other services to be performed on board of any ship or duty, Dolls. Cts 1 1 50 2.00 3.00 1 50 67 AN ACT "To establish the compensations of the Officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes. officers, and sur bond. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every collector, naval officer Collectors, naval and surveyor, employed in the collection of the du- veyors, to give ties on imports and tonnage, shall, within three months after he enters upon the execution of his office, give bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the comptroller of the treasury of the United States, and payable to the said United States, with condition for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law, that is to say: the collector of Philadelphia and New-York, in the sum of sixty thousand dollars, each; the collector of Boston and Charlestown, forty thousand dollars; the collectors of Baltimore and Charleston, thirty thousand dollars, each; the collector of Norfolk and Portsmouth, fifteen thousand dollars; the collectors of Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire, of Salem and Beverly, Wilmington (in the state of Delaware,) Annapolis, Georgetown (in Maryland,) Bermuda Hundred, and City-Point, Alexandria, Wilmington, Newbern and Edenton, in the state of North-Carolina, Newport and Providence in the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, ten thousand dollars, each; the collectors of Newburyport, Gloucester, Marblehead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Portland and Falmouth, NewLondon, New-Haven, Fairfield, Perth-Amboy, YorkTown, Dumfries, Washington, Cambden, Georgetown (South-Carolina) Beaufort and Savannah, five thousand dollars, each; the collectors of Hudson, Middletown and Waldoborough, four thousand dollars Form of the band. each; and all the other collectors in the sum of twe thousand dollars, each; the naval officers of the ports of Boston and Charlestown, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, ten thousand dollars, each; and all other naval officers, in the sum of two thousand dollars, each; the surveyors of the ports of Boston and Charlestown, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston, five thousand dollars, each; and all the other surveyors, in the sum of one thousand dollars each: which bonds shall be filed in the office of the said comptroller, and be, by him, severally, put in suit for the benefit of the United States, upon any breach of the condition thereof. And all bonds to be hereafter given, shall be of the form following: to wit: Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly bound unto the U. States of America, the United States; to which payment, well and truly sand one thouThe condition of the fore going obligation is such, that, whereas the President of the United States hath, pursuant to law, appointed the said state of to the office of now therefore if the said in the has truly and faithfully executed and discharged, and shall continue truly and faithfully to execute and discharge all the duties of the said office, according to law; then the above obligation to be void and of none effect, otherwise it shall abide and remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of in} Provided, That in cases where bonds have been already given, according to the directions aforesaid, new bonds shall not be required. lectors, naval offi. cers, and survey ог Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and af- Fees of the col ter the last day of March next, and in lieu of the fees and emoluments heretofore established, there shall be allowed and paid for the use of the collectors, naval officers, and surveyors, appointed and to be appointed in pursuance of law, the fees following; that is to say, to each collector for every entrance of any ship or vessel of one hundred tons burthen and upwards, two dollars and an half; for every clearance of any ship or vessel of one hundred tons burthen and upwards, two dollars and an half; for every entrance of any ship or vessel under the burthen of one hundred tons, one dollar and an half; for every clearance of any ship or vessel under one hundred tons burthen, one dollar and an half; for every post entry, two dollars; for every permit to land goods, twenty cents; for every bond taken officially, forty cents; for every permit to load goods for exportation, which are entitled to drawback, thirty cents; for every debenture or other official certificate, twenty cents; for every bill of health, twenty cents; for every official document, (registers excepted) required by any merchant, owner or master of any ship or vessel not before enumerated, twenty cents; and where a naval officer is appointed to the same port, the said fees shall be equally divided between the collector and the said naval officer, the latter paying one third of the expense, of the necessary stationery and of the rent of an office to be provided by the collector, at the place assigned for his residence, and as conveniently as may be for the trade of the district, -except the expense of fuel, office rent, and necessary stationery for the collectors of the districts of Salem and Beverly, Boston and Charlestown, the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, the towns of Baltimore, Norfolk and Portsmouth, which shall be paid three fourths by the said collectors, and the other fourth by the respective naval officers in those districts; and all fees shall, at the option of the collector, be |