United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 49
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XLIX.—An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe.[1]
French vessels coming directly from the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth, &c., of either of said islands, admitted into the ports of the United States, on certain conditions.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all French vessels coming directly from the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth or manufacture of either of said islands, and which are permitted to be exported therefrom in American vessels, may be admitted into the ports of the United States on payment of no higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than are imposed on American vessels, and on like cargoes imported in American vessels: Provided, That if the President of the United States shall, at any time, receive satisfactory information that the privileges allowed to American vessels and their cargoes at said islands, by the French ordinance of February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby authorized, by proclamation, to suspend the operation of this act, and withhold all privileges allowed under it.
Approved, May 9, 1828.
- ↑ See notes to act of Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4.