| 1785.
CHAP.
LXXV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
hereafter be made, with the United States; and the said duties shall
continue
and be collected until all such light-houses, buoys and beacons, shall
be built, fixed and erected, as the commissioners appointed by the commonwealth
of Virginia and this state shall agree upon and direct in pursuance
of the compact aforesaid between the two states, and until the said
commissioners shall give notice to the naval-officers of each state to
discontinue
the collection of the said duties. |
A duty to be
paid at entrance
or
clearance, &c. |
III. And,
as a fund to defray the proportion of this state of the expence
of furnishing such light-houses with proper necessaries, and of constantly
keeping lights therein, and of supporting the said light-houses for
ever, and of fixing buoys and erecting beacons, and constantly and perpetually
repairing, and when necessary replacing, the same, and also for
placing buoys and erecting beacons, and constantly keeping the same on
Chesapeake bay above the mouth of Patowmack river, Be
it enacted,
That as soon as the light-house on Cape Henry shall be built and finished,
a duty of two-pence current money per ton shall be paid by every
vessel first described in this act, at every entrance or clearance, and
double
that sum for every vessel under the second description in this act. |
Not to extend
to vessels of
war, &c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall extend,
or be construed to extend, to vessels of war belonging to this state, or
the
United States, or any of them, or to vessels of war belonging to any
kingdom
or state in peace and amity with the United States and this state, or
to any vessel employed as a packet from any foreign kingdom or state. |
Duties to be
paid in foreign
coin, &c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That the said duties shall be paid in foreign coin
at the value ascertained in the act of November session one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-four, to impose duties on certain enumerated articles
imported into and exported out of this state, and on all other goods,
wares and merchandise, imported into this state; and the several naval
officers shall receive and collect the said duties by this act imposed,
in the
same manner as the duties imposed by the said recited act are directed
to be collected and received, and shall account for and pay the same at
the times, and under the penalty, directed and imposed by the said
act,
and shall be entitled to four per cent. for collecting and paying the duties
aforesaid. |
Money to be
kept separate,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That all money receive in virtue of this act
by the treasurer of the eastern shore, shall be paid by him to the treasurer
of the western shore, and the same, together with all money received in
virtue of this act by the treasure of the western shore, shall be kept
by
him separate and apart from all other public money, and shall be subject
to the order of the governor and the council from time to time, and shall
be applied to the purposes herein before by this act directed, agreeably
to
such plans, mode, and estimate of expence, as the commissioners appointed
by the commonwealth of Virginia and this state shall agree upon,
according to the compact aforesaid between the two states, and which
shall be approved of by the legislatures of both governments; and the
surplus of the duties aforesaid (if any) shall be applied towards the erecting
and supporting of a hospital, hereafter to be erected in this state, for
the reception of superannuated or disabled seamen and mariners belonging
to this state in the merchant service. |
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VII. And,
whereas several years must elapse before the duty imposed
by this act will produce a sufficient sum of money to defray the proportion
of this state of the expence of building a light-house on Cape Henry,
and of placing buoys in the waters of Chesapeake bay, and erecting beacons
on the shores and uplands thereof, and it is absolutely necessary that |
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