Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Thompson's Coast Pilot for the Upper Lakes, on Both Shores, from Chicago to Buffalo, Green Bay, Georgian Bay and Lake Superior ... [5th ed.], p. 8

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CUSTOM FEES OF VESSELS. The Treasury Department has recently promulgated the following as the fees to be charged vessels by the Custom House officers, on the opening of navigation : . 1. That when a vessel enters light from the same or another district, so pays a fee of 25 cents for an official certificate to the master's oath on mak- ing report, under 16th paragraph of the act. -. That when a vessel enters with a cargo from a port or place in the. same district, she pays a fee of 25 cents for a permit to land or deliver goods, under the 14th paragraph of the act. | 3. That when a vessel clears, with or without cargo, for a port or place in the same district, she pays a fee of 25 cents: for a clearance and Collec- tor's certificate, under the 16th paragraph of the act. 4. That when a vessel clears light to another district, she pays the same fees that she would if laden, under the 7th paragraph of the act. 5. That vessels trading on Lake Michigan, exclusively, laden exclusively with American products, pay the same fees on entry and clearances as other vessels. : 6. That Collectors are Authored to ohneld a fee of 26 cents for certify- ing triplicate manifests of goods transported in bond from eastern to western ports (or vice versa) through Canada. ° !

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