Volume 6
Private Law 3–XLIII
to extend, the term of credit for teas imported in the ship Argonaut; and to permit the export of goods saved out of the wreck of the snow Freelove.
Approved June 4, 1794
Statutory text
An Act
to extend, the term of credit for teas imported in the ship Argonaut; and to permit the export of goods saved out of the wreck of the snow Freelove.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the collector of the district of Pennsylvania be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to take bond, with sufficient surety, for the payment of the duties accruing on teas, imported into the said district in the ship Argonaut, Victor Chabert, commander, from China, payable on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, or to receive, on deposit, such of the said teas as may be tendered, for that purpose, as security for the said duties.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That the said collector be authorized to permit the said teas, or any part thereof, to be exported, under the like regulations as other teas are permitted to be exported, at any time before the fifteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.
Sec. 3.
And be it further enacted, That the collector aforesaid be authorized and directed to permit the exportation of any sugars, coffee, cocoa, or molasses, saved out of the snow Freelove, cast away on Cape Hatteras, as may be required by the owners thereof, under the like regulations and provisions as goods of a like kind are permitted to be exported, and to allow the drawbacks thereon, as if the same had been directly imported into the district of Pennsylvania.
Approved, .