STATUTE I. Jan. 7, 1824. The several acts imposing discriminating duties of ton nage on foreign vessels, to be suspended as respects the kingdom of the Netherlands, &c. Discriminat ing duties of im- This suspension to continue so long as the vessels of the United States and their cargoes shall be exempt from like discriminating duties in their ports. CHAP. IV.-An Act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, during the continuance of this act, and under the limitations hereinafter men tioned, so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of vessels in the ports of the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, is hereby suspended, so far as respects vessels truly and wholly belonging to subjects or citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; of Prussia; of the Imperial Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen; of the Dukedom of Oldenburg; of the Kingdom of Norway; of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and of the Empire of Russia. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty between goods imported into the United States in foreign vessels, and in vessels of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, suspended, so far as the same respects the produce or manufactures of the territories in Europe, of any of the above-mentioned nations, or such produce and manufactures as can only be, or most usually are, first shipped from a port or place in the said territories in Europe, of either of them, respectively, the same being imported in vessels truly and wholly belonging to the subjects or citizens of each of the said nations, respectively, the vessels of each nation importing its own produce and manufactures as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the suspension of the discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, in the two preceding sections of this act prescribed, shall continue, in behalf of each of the above-men tioned nations, on condition that, and so long as, the vessels of the United States, and truly wholly belonging to the citizens thereof, and all goods and merchandise, of the produce or manufacture of the United States, laden therein, and imported into any of the ports of the said nations in Europe, respectively, shall be exempted from all and every discriminating duty of impost or tonnage, direct or indirect, whatsoever, (a) The acts relating to discriminating duties have been: An act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels, July 20, 1790, ch. 30, sec. 3. An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage, April 27, 1816, ch. 107, sec. 3. An act concerning discriminating duties on tonnage and impost, Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4. An act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, May 22, 1824, ch. 136, sec. 2. An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases, (obsolete,) April 20, 1818, ch. 110. An act in addition to "An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases," (obsolete,) March 3, 1819, ch. 75. An act to exempt Swedish and Norwegian vessels, and the merchandise imported therein from the payment of discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, for a limited time, and for other purposes, Feb. 22, 1827, ch. 21. An act to equalize the duties on vessels of the Republic of Colombia, and their cargoes, April 20, 1826, ch. 26. An act to refund certain duties paid upon vessels belonging to citizens of Hamburg, and their cargoes, March 2, 1827, ch. 45. An act respecting discriminating duties upon Dutch and Belgian vessels and their cargoes, March 2. 1837, ch. 19. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," and to equalize the duties ou Prussian vessels and their cargoes, May 24, 1828, ch. 111. An act to suspend the discriminating duties upon goods imported in vessels of Portugal, and to reduce the duties on wines, July 4, 1836, ch. 359. An act giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Colombia, May 19, 1832, ch. 79. An act concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. July 13, 1832, ch. 207. An act relating to duties and drawbacks, Sept. 11, 1841, ch. 24, sec. 4. An act to provide revenue from imposts, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes, Aug. 30, 1842, ch. 270, sec. 11. For proclamations as to discriminating duties, issued under various acts, see Vol. 3, Appendix I. and post Appendix III. other or higher than is levied upon the vessels and merchandise therein imported, belonging to the subjects or citizens of each of the said nations, respectively. But if, in any of the territories in Europe, of either of the said nations, any such discriminating duty shall, at any time, be imposed or levied on vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or on the merchandise imported as aforesaid in them, then, and from that time, the said suspension herein prescribed shall cease, and determine, so far as respects the vessels, and merchandise imported into the United States in them, of such nations: and all the provisions of the acts imposing discriminating foreign tonnage and impost duties in the United States, shall revive and be in full force, with regard to the said nation. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, upon satisfactory evidence being given to the President of the United States, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost are imposed or levied within the ports of the said nation, upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon merchandise, the produce or manufacture thereof, imported in the same, the President is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States, are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of the said nation, and the merchandise of its produce or manufacture, imported into the United States in the same: the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and merchandise as aforesaid, thereon laden, shall be continued, and no longer. APPROVED, January 7, 1824. CHAP. IX.-An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand Jan. 19, 1824. eight hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives, and to the officers, clerks, and servants of both Houses of Congress, and for defraying the contingent expenses thereof; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 19, 1824. [Obsolete.] Appropriation for the compensation of the Senate and House of Representa tives. CHAP. XI.-An Act for the relief of certain distillers within the county of Berks, in the state of Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to refund, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the distillers of spirituous liquors within the county of Berks, in the state of Pennsylvania, who at any time since the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, have used stills made according to Henry Whitmer's improvement upon Anderson's condensing tub, and who have paid a duty upon the capacity of the globes of such stills, all such sums of money as they may have paid, respectively, as a duty on the capacity of the globes of their said stills. APPROVED, January 19, 1824. STATUTE I. Jan. 22, 1824. [Expired.] Act of March The term of half pay pensions, to the widows, &c. of officers, &c. who died in the public service, extended. CHAP. XV.-An Act further extending the term of half pay pensions to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 4, 1814, ch. 20. States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where provision has been made by law for five years' half pay to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who were killed in battle, or who died in the naval service of the United States, during the late war; and, also, in all cases where provision has been made for extending the term for five years, in addition to the first term of five years, the said provision shall be further extended for an additional term of five years, to commence at the end of the second term of five years, in each case, respectively, making the provision equal to fifteen years' half pay; which shall be paid out of the fund heretofore provided by law; and the said pensions shall cease, for the causes mentioned in the laws providing the same respectively. Act of March SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing 3, 1817, ch. 60, of this act, the act, entitled "An act to amend and explain an act giving repealed. pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public of private armed vessels of the United States," passed March the third, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to prevent the payment of any pension already granted, until the full expiration of the period thereof: nor to affect or impair the rights of any person or persons which may have accrued during the existence of the act hereby repealed, as aforesaid. Proviso. STATUTE I. Jan. 22, 1824. [Obsolete.] Commissioners of sinking fund to purchase, during the year 1824, seven per cent. stock, to an amount not ex ceeding 8,610, 000 dollars. The commissioners author APPROVED, January 22, 1824. CHAP. XVI.-An Act authorizing the commissioners of the sinking fund to purchase the seven per cent. stock of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, and they are hereby, authorized to purchase, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, any stock of the United States, bearing an interest of seven per centum per annum, not exceeding the sum of eight millions six hundred and ten thousand dollars, upon such terms as they may think proper, not exceeding the following rates above the principal sum purchased, that is to say: For all such stock as they may purchase before the first day of April next, at a rate not exceeding two dollars for every sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to the interest which would have accrued on that day upon the said stock: For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of April and the first day of July next, at a rate not exceeding seventy-five cents on every sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to the interest which would have accrued on the day last mentioned: For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of July and the first day of October next, at a rate not exceeding, on every sum of one hundred dollars, the amount of interest which would have accrued on the day last mentioned: and For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of October next, and the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, at a rate not exceeding the principal and the interest which shall have accrued at the day of purchase. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners are hereby authorized to make such purchases, under the foregoing restric tions, at such times and places as they may deem most expedient, out of any moneys in the treasury, heretofore appropriated for the redemption of the public debt, or out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 22, 1824. CHAP. XVII.—An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas. 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 he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from a point on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite to the town of Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States: who, if he approves of the said survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the treasury of the United States, and the said road shall be considered as established and accepted. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to employ the troops of the United States in the completion, or assisting in the completion, of said road. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall, each, be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed, in the exploring, surveying, and marking, said road: And, for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners and their assistants, and for opening and making said road, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 31, 1824. CHAP. XX.-An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled "An act fixing APPROVED, February 20, 1824. CHAP. XXII.—An Act to authorize the laying out and opening certain public roads Feb. 28, 1824. in the territory of Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the [Obsolete.] A public road to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augustine. The troops of the United States to open the same. 20,000 dollars ated. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, commencing at Deer Point, on the bay of Pensacola, and pursuing the Old Indian Trail to the Cow Ford, on the Choctawhatchy river; thence, direct to the natural bridge on the Ecanfinan river; thence, to the Ochesee Bluff, on the Appalachicola river; thence, in the most direct practicable route, to the site of Fort St. Lewis; thence, as nearly as practicable, on the old Spanish road to St. Augustine, crossing the St. John's river at Picolata; which road shall be plainly and distinctly marked, and shall be of the width of twenty-five feet. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ the troops of the United States, stationed in Florida, in such manner as he may think proper, in the completion, or in assisting in the completion, of said road. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for defraying the expenses to be appropri- of opening the said road, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. The most di rect and practi cable route to be surveyed from Cape Sable to where the Suwaney river will be intersected by the road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, &c. 3000 dollars to be appropri ated. STATUTE I. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be surveyed and marked out, the most direct and practicable route for a public road from Cape Sable, passing by Charlotte Harbour and the bay of Tampa, to the point where the Suwaney river will be intersected by the road to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augustine, and to cause to be surveyed, and marked out, the route for a public road, from Cape Florida to St. Augustine. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for defraying the expenses of the surveys aforesaid, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 28, 1824. Feb. 28, 1824. CHAP. XXIII.—An Act to regulate the surveying of public and private lands in Lands to be attached to the district of the surveyor, and the deputy sur veyor east of the island of New Orleans, &c. the southern part of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the lands in the state of Alabama shall be attached to the district of the surveyor of the public lands in the state of Alabama, and the surveying of all public and private lands, in the said state, shall hereafter be made under his direction; and it shall be the duty of the deputy surveyor of the district east of the island of New Orleans, and east of Pearl river, to return the plats of all private claims within the state of Alabama, to the office of the said surveyor. APPROVED, February 28, 1824. STATUTE I. Feb. 28, 1824. CHAP. XXV.—An Act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida, by an act of the seventeenth Congress, entitled "An act amending, and supplementary to, the act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the territory of Florida, and to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, be, and the same is hereby, extended and enlarged, until the (a) See notes to the act of May 8, 1822, ch. 129. |