BEAUFORT

OFFICE OF DEPUTY COLLECTOR

Customs Bldg., 130 Ann St.

In

Incorporated as early as 1722 as a seaport entitled to a Collector for Carteret Precinct, Beaufort is one of the oldest ports in the state. 1790 it was constituted a port of delivery in the District of New Bern. In 1803 it was established as the port of entry and delivery, with a resident Collector for the newly created District of Beaufort. With other southern ports, it was blockaded by proclamation of the President in 1861, but the blockade was later relaxed in consequence of actual military occupation by federal troops. The port was opened to foreign commerce in July 1865. In 1867 it was constituted the port of entry for the District of Beaufort, subject to change of the port to Morehead City at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. When the customs service was reorganized by the President as of 1914, Beaufort was constituted a port of entry, under the headquarters port at Wilmington.

For an unreported number of years prior to 1910, the agency was located in the North Carolina Railroad Building. It was located in the Potter Building from 1910 to 1925, and in the Gordon Street residence of Mrs. L. P. Hudgins from 1925 to 1930, when it was moved to its present location. N.B. Certain records brought from the customs office in New Bern when that office was discontinued in 1934 are on file in this office, but older records of both Beaufort and New Bern were transferred to Wilmington in 1914.

248. RECORD OF BILLS OF SALE OF LICENSED VESSELS UNDER 20 TONS, 1873 to date. Indexed. (Frequently, official.) 9 x 14 vols. (11), 2 ft., on open wooden shelves. Office. (61)

249. RECORD OF BILLS OF SALE OF ENROLLED VESSELS, 1876 to date. Indexed. (Frequently, official.) 9 x 14 vols., 7 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (59)

250. RECORD OF INDORSEMENTS OF CHANGE OF MASTERS, 1910 to date. Record of master of each vessel documented at Beaufort. Indexed. official.) 9 x 14 and 11 x 15 vols., 4 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (67)

(Daily,

251. RECORD OF LICENSES OF BOATS UNDER 20 TONS, 1917 to date. Record of permanent licenses issued to owners of boats under 20 tons. Alphabetically indexed, vol. index. (Frequently, official.) 12 x 18 vols. (2), 10 x 20 vols. (4), and loose-leaf books, 6 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (72)

252. OATHS FOR LICENSES OF MERCHANT VESSELS AND YACHTS, 1921 to date. Managing owner's oath, master's oath, and description of vessel. Indexed. (Daily, official.) 9 x 14 vols. (50), 1 ft. 2 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (64)

253. RECORD OF MARINE DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED, 1922 to date. List of documents of vessels temporarily laid up. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 11 x 16 vol., 1 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (46)

254. FINES, 1923 to date. Record and schedule of navigation fines, penalties, and forfeitures paid by owners and operators of vessels. (Occasionally, official.) 12 x 16 loose-leaf books, 2 in., in steel filing case. Office. (56)

255. TONNAGE ADMEASUREMENTS, 1925 to date. 19 x 25 vol., 2 in., on open wooden shelves.

(Occasionally, official.) Office. (48)

256. ADMEASUREMENT RECORD, 1935 to date. Memoranda of dimensions taken in admeasurement of boats. (Occasionally, official.) 12 x 14 folders, 2 ft., in steel filing case drawer. Office. (49)

257. RECORD OF MORTGAGES ON LICENSED VESSELS UNDER 20 TONS, 1926 1935. Permanent record of all mortgages in force and cancelled. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 11 x 16 vols., 2 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (57)

258. RECORD OF MORTGAGES OF ENROLLED VESSELS, 1926 to date. Record of mortgage, certificate of enrollment and license, and satisfaction of mortgage. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 12 x 16 vol., 2 in., on open

259. ABSTRACTS OF TITLES, 1926 to date. Abstracts of titles, copies of abstracts of titles, and old motor boat numbers. (Frequently, official.) 12 x 16 loose-leaf books, 2 ft., in steel filing case. Office. (52)

260. CONSOLIDATED CERTIFICATES OF ENROLLMENT AND YACHT LICENSE, 1926 to date. Copies of consolidated certificates of enrollment and license. (Occasionally, official.) 15 x 20 loose-leaf books, in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (73)

261. QUARTERLY REPORT, 1928 to date. Copy of quarterly report on all business. (Quarterly, official.) 12 x 16 folders, 2 ft., in steel filing

case.

Office. (51)

262. FEES, 1930 to date. Account of navigation fees, tonnage tax, and record and schedule of these fees. (Occasionally, official.) 12 x 16 loose-leaf books, 2 ft., in steel filing case. Office. (54)

263. MONTHLY REPORTS, 1930 to date. Monthly report of marine activities, report of transactions, record and schedule of dutiable and free informal entries, record of vessels admeasured for documentation, record of approval of home port of vessels, oaths of masters to loss of document, and oath or affirmation of masters or owners of vessels applying for new document. (Frequently, official.) 12 x 16 folders, 7 ft. 3 in., in steel filing case. Office. (50)

264. RECORD OF BILLS OF SALE OF VESSELS BY UNITED STATES MARSHAL, 1932 to date. Record of sale of vessels by U.S. Marshal under judicial decree or by statutory authority. Indexed. (Rarely, official.) 9 x 14 vols., 2 in., on open wooden shelves.

Office.

(70)

265. CORRESPONDENCE, 1933 to date. Correspondence, trademarks from patent office, circular letters, money order receipts, record of rents,

pay vouchers, casualty reports, affidavits of Clerk of Superior Court, and monthly summary schedule of duty collections, deposits, and balances. (Daily, official.) 9 x 12 folders, 2 ft., in steel filing case. Office. (47)

New Bern Records

266. RECORD OF LICENSES OF VESSELS UNDER 20 TONS, 1874 1898; 1908. 1933. Record of permanent licenses granted to owners of boats under 20 tons. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 13 x 19 and 13 x 20 vols. and loose-leaf books, 2 ft. 9 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (71)

267. RECORD OF REGISTERS, 1875 rary licenses.

1893. Record of permanent and tempoIndex. (Occasionally, official.) 11 x 16 vols., 21 in., on open wooden shelves.

Office.

(76)

268. LICENSES ABOVE 20 TONS, 1875 - 1896. Copies of permanent and temporary licenses granted to owners of boats above 20 tons. Index. casionally, official.) 11 x 16 vols., 3 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (74)

· 1933.

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269. RECORD OF BILLS OF SALE OF ENROLLED VESSELS, 1875 Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 9 x 14 vols., 6 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (60)

270. RECORD OF BILLS OF SALE OF LICENSED VESSELS UNDER 20 TONS, 1886 1933. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 9 x 14 vols. (6), 1 ft., on open wooden shelves. Office. (62)

271. RECORD OF MORTGAGES ON LICENSED VESSELS UNDER 20 TONS, 1888 1900; 1914 1933. Record of all mortgages in force and cancelled. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 12 x 16 vols., 4 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (58)

1900.

272. RECORD OF MONEY RECEIVED AND PAID, 1889 on imports, fines, penalties and forfeitures, fees, etc. vol., 1 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (55)

Accounts, duties (Never.) 9 x 14

273. LICENSES OF ENROLLED VESSELS, COPIES, 1893 - 1907. Copies of temporary and permanent licenses of enrolled vessels. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 10 x 14 vol., 4 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (75)

274. BONDS FOR LICENSES OF ENROLLED VESSELS, 1895 - 1899. Bonds for license of enrolled vessels, masters' oaths, and owners' or masters' oaths concerning repairs to vessels in foreign countries. (Occasionally, official.) 9 x 13 vol., 1 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (63)

275. RECORD OF INDORSEMENTS OF CHANGE OF MASTERS, 1896 - 1906; 1930 1933. Relates to masters of licensed vessels. Indexed. (Occasionally, official.) 11 x 15 and 11 x 16 vols., 3 in., on open wooden shelves. Office. (66)

276. OATHS FOR LICENSES OF MERCHANT VESSELS AND YACHTS, 1919 Managing owner's oath, master's oath, and description of vessel.