wares, or merchandises, as shall within twelve months after payment made, or security given, be exported to any country without the limits of the United States, as settled by the late treaty of peace; except one Except one per cent. per centum on the amount of the said duties, in consideration of the expense which shall have accrued by the entry and safe-keeping thereof.
Allowance in lieu of a drawback on dried and pickled fish and salted provisions exported. Sec. 4. And be it [further] enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be allowed and paid on every quintal of dried, and on every barrel of pickled fish, of the fisheries of the United States, and on every barrel of salted provision of the United States, exported to any country without the limits thereof, in lieu of a drawback of the duties imposed on the importation of the salt employed and expended therein, viz:
- On every quintal of dried fish, five cents.
- On every barrel of pickled fish, five cents.
- On every barrel of salted provision, five cents.
Discount on duties for goods imported in vessels of citizens. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a discount of ten per cent. on all the duties imposed by this act, shall be allowed on such goods, wares and merchandises, as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States, and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof, or in vessels built in foreign countries, and on the sixteenth day of May last, wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, and so continuing until the time of importation.
Continuance of the act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall continue and be in force until the first day of June, which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and from thence until the end of the next succeeding session of Congress which shall be held thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, July 4, 1789.
Statute Ⅰ.July 20, 1789.
Chap. III.—An Act imposing Duties on Tonnage.[1]
Repealed by act of July 20, 1790, chap. 30. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following duties shall be, and are hereby imposed on all ships or vessels entered in the United States, that is to say:
On all ships or vessels built within the said States, and belongingSix cents per ton on vessels built in U.S., or belonging to citizens. On vessels hereafter built in the U.S., belonging to foreigners, 30 cts. per ton. On all others, 50 cts. per ton. wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof; or not built within the said States, but on the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, belonging, and during the time such ships or vessels shall continue to belong wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof, at the rate of six cents per ton. On all ships or vessels hereafter built in the United States, belonging wholly, or in part, to subjects of foreign powers, at the rate of thirty cents per ton. On all other ships or vessels, at the rate of fifty cents per ton.
Vessels built in the U.S., in the coasting trade, to pay tonnage but once a year. Sec. 2. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no ship or vessel built within the aforesaid States, and belonging to a citizen or citizens thereof, shall, whilst employed in the coasting trade, or in the fisheries, pay tonnage more than once in any year.
50 cts. a ton on foreign vessels engaged in the coasting trade.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel employed in the transportation of any of the produce or manufactures of the United States, coastwise within the said States, except such ship or- ↑ General acts relating to tonnage duties: Act of July 20, 1789, chap. 3; act of September 16, 1789, chap. 15; act of July 20, 1790, chap. 30; act of May 1, 1802; act of March 3, 1815, chap. 76; April 27, 1816, chap. 107; April 27, 1816, chap. 110; January 14, 1817, chap. 3; act of March 1, 1817, chap. 31; act of March 3, 1817, chap. 50; act of March 3, 1819, chap. 74; act of January 7, 1824, chap. 4.
