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Chap. XLV.—An Act to continue in force an act therein mentioned, relating to the port of Baltimore.
1850, ch. 17.
Act of 17th March, 1800, ch. 15, so far as relates to Maryland, revived and continued to 1st June, 1850.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred entitled “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia,” and which by subsequent acts has been revived and continued in force until the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be, and the same, so far as it relates to the act of the State of Maryland, is hereby revived and continued in force until the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam employed in the transportation of passengers.
Approved, February 24, 1843.
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Chap. XLVI.—An Act amendatory of an act establishing the branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, and defining the duties of assayer and coiner.
Act of Feb. 13, 1837, ch. 14.
Duties of melter and refiner transferred from the assayer to the coiner in the branch mints at Dahlonega and Charlotte.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act passed the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, to amend an act entitled “An act to establish the branches of the mint of the United States,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, be, and it is hereby, altered and amended so as to transfer the duties of melter and refiner from the assayer to the coiner at the branches of Dahlonega in Georgia and of Charlotte in North Carolina, respectively, and that all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and they are hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 27, 1843.
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Chap. XLVII.—An Act to amend an act entitled “An act making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke, North Carolina.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The appropriation for Ocracoke hospital not to revert to the surplus fund.
1842, ch. 265. That the sum of ten thousand dollars, appropriated by an act entitled “An act making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke, North Carolina,” shall not revert to the surplus fund at the expiration of two years from and after the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and forty-four, anything in the act of March third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, February 27, 1843.
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Chap. XLIX.—An Act amendatory of “An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen.”
Act of 16th July, 1798, ch. 77, extended to the coasting trade.
Act of July 20, 1840, ch. 48.
Act of Feb. 12, 1842, ch. 3.
Measures to be taken to collect hospital money.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions and penalties of the act of the sixteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen,” be, and the same hereby are, extended to the masters, owners and seamen of registered vessels employed in carrying on the coasting trade; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to issue such instructions to the collectors of the various ports as shall secure the collection of hospital money from said seamen, masters and owners.
