Chap. 0018 AN ACT FOR REPEALING CERTAIN PARTS OF AN ACT, INTITLED, "AN ACT TO RAISE A PUBLIC REVENUE BY IMPOST."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the said Act to raise a public revenue by Impost shall be repealed, at the time the Act or law, that is, or shall be made by the Congress of the United States of America for the purpose of raising a publick Revenue by Impost shall begin to operate in this State :

Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all parts of said recited Act, shall continue and be in force so far as to impower the Naval Officers and Collectors of Impost and Excise, and their Deputies respectively, to prosecute to final judgment and execution all breaches of said Act, to recover all fines and forfeitures, and to settle the Accounts and obligations with, and receive the dues from, all delinquents agreeably to said Act, any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

June 25, 17S9.