ACTS OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the second day of December, 1816, and ended on the third day of March, 1817.
James Madison, President of the United States; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.[1]
STATUTE II.
Chap. III.—An Act supplementary to an act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage.[2]
Tonnage duties to be the same as by the act of 20th July, 1790, ch. 30, except, &c.
Act of April 27, 1816, ch. 107.
Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 109.
Proviso: as to treaty rights, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tonnage duties to be paid by ships or vessels which shall be entered in the United States, excepting only such foreign ships or vessels as shall be entered from any foreign port or place to or with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, shall be the same as are provided by the act, entitled “An act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels,” passed on the twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed in any wise to impair any rights and privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels.
Two dollars per ton on vessels from ports where, &c.
The duties to be collected as prescribed by law.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on all foreign ships or vessels, which shall be entered into the United States before the thirtieth day of June next, from any foreign port or place, to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dollars per ton. And the duties provided by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed by law in relation to the duties upon tonnage now in force.
Approved, January 14, 1817.
Statute I.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. IV.—An Act to authorize a new edition of the collection of laws respecting the public lands.
Act of April 27, 1810, ch. 33.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the collection of laws, resolutions, and treaties, printed under authority of an act, entitled
- ↑ The decease of the Honourable Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States, took place before the meeting of Congress in December, 1815.
- ↑ See note of the acts relating to duties on tonnage, vol. i. 27.
