50 cents per ton on vessels, whose officers and 2-3ds of the crews are not citizens.
Proviso; exception in favour of vessels on foreign voyages, &c.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the thirtieth day of September next, there shall be paid upon every ship or vessel of the United States, which shall be entered in the United States, from any foreign port or place, unless the officers, and at least two-thirds of the crew, thereof shall be proved citizens of the United States, or persons not the subjects of any foreign prince or state, to the satisfaction of the collector, fifty cents per ton; And provided also, That this section shall not extend to ships or vessels of the United States which are not on foreign voyages, or which may depart from the United States prior to the first day of May next, until after their return to some port of the United States.
The proportion of citizen seamen to exist during the whole voyage, unless, &c.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several bounties and remissions, or abatements of duty, allowed by this act, in the case of vessels having a certain proportion of seamen who are American citizens, or persons not the subjects of any foreign power, shall be allowed only in the case of vessels having such proportion of American seamen during their whole voyage, unless in case of sickness, death, or desertion, or where the whole or part of the crew shall have been taken prisoners in the voyage.
Approved, March 1, 1817.
Statute II.
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Chap. XXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Sums appropriated for the expenditure of the civil list, &c. for the year 1817.
For Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers, and attendants, four hundred and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For the expenses of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, forty-two thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the library of congress, including the librarian’s allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For President and Vice President.For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five thousand dollars.
For the Department of State.For compensation to the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks employed in the Department of State, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the messenger in said department, and for the patent office, six hundred and sixty dollars.
For the incidental and contingent expenses of the said department, including the expense of printing and distributing copies of the laws of the second session of the fourteenth Congress, and printing the laws in newspapers, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and two dollars.
For the Treasury Department.For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand four hundred and thirty-three dollars.
For compensation to the messenger and assistant messenger in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, seven hundred and ten dollars.