Statewide County NcArchives Court.....Ports, Collectors At 1776
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1776

Ordinances of Convention, 1776
North Carolina. Provincial Congress
November 22, 1776 - December 23, 1776

An Ordinance for appointing Collectors at the Ports of Currituck, Roanoke, 
Bath, Beaufort and Brunswick.

Whereas it is absolutely necessary that Collectors should be appointed at the 
ports of Currituck, Roanoke, Bath, Beaufort and Brunswick for the purpose of 
taking bonds and granting clearances and certificates to Masters of Vessels 
about to depart the said ports in order that the rules and regulations 
prescribed by the Continental and this Congress may be fully observed and 
properly carried into execution,

Be it therefore ordained by the representatives of the Freemen of the State of 
North Carolina in Congress assembled and it is ordained by the authority of 
the same, that a collector shall be appointed at each of the ports of 
Currituck, Roanoke, Bath, Beaufort and Brunswick and that 

Samuel Jarvis, Esquire be appointed Collector at Port Currituck; 

Michael Paine, Esquire, Collector at Port Roanoke;
 
William Brown, Esquire, Collector at Port Bath; 

James Corr, Esquire, Collector at Port Beaufort; 

Parker Quince, Esquire, Collector at Port Brunswick, who shall keep his office 
in the town of Wilmington, and that the said Collectors shall have full power 
and authority to administer an oath to the several masters of vessels coming 
into or going out of this State, as to the cargoes imported or about to be 
exported out of the same, and that should any person or persons attempt the 
violation of any resolve of the Continental or this Congress by shipping on 
board any vessel or vessels Goods, Wares or Merchandizes contrary to the true 
intent and meaning of the said resolves, then in that case the Collector of 
the port where the fact happens, due proof being made thereof on oath by some 
creditable person, before any one Justice of the Peace shall cause the same to 
be unladed and relanded from such vessel or vessels at the expence of the 
master, owner or owners thereof, and that the Collector shall not on any 
pretence whatsoever grant a certificate or Clearance to the Master of any 
Vessel having Articles of Merchandize on board contrary to the said Resolves.

And be it further ordained and it is hereby ordained by the authority 
aforesaid that the said Collectors shall each of them keep a Seal of Office 
which shall be affixed to every clearance and certificate and that the said 
Collector shall be entitled to the same Fees, Privileges and Emoluments as 
heretofore directed by Act of Assembly.

And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, that this ordinance 
shall remain and continue in force until the end of the next session of the 
General Assembly and no longer.

Read the third time and ratified in open Congress the twenty-first day of 
December, Anno Dom. 1776.

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