Bills for fees to be made out against the U. S. under the standard of compensation for services not embraced in those acts. 906. The bills for fees of district attorneys for attendlaws above referr'd ing to these suits will therefore be made out against the United States, under the provisions of the acts above referred to. to. Or under the opin ion of the Attorney General of the U. cases where the merated in the said 907. District attorneys, under an opinion of the AttorStates, in certain ney General, are allowed fees for examining titles, and fees are not enu- certifying the abstracts of titles for sites for customhouses, light-houses, &c.; and the Treasury Department allows them for fees for attesting and examining witnesses on petitions for remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. laws. Duty of officers of customs in refer circular tions. instruc 908. The circulars of the Department are intended for ence to Treasury the guide and direction of the collectors and other officers upon the subjects embraced therein, and when new cases arise, collectors are instructed to submit the same to the Department for answer and direction. Exemplification on remissions. Cost, &c., on ap. plication for re cases. 909. District attorneys attending in cases of petition to the United States district courts for relief from forfeitures, penalties or disabilities, under the act of March 3d, 1797, will see that the exemplification of the proceedings transmitted by the court to the Secretary of the Treasury is accompanied by a detailed statement of the legal costs and charges incurred in the case. 910. Collectors, in their reports on applications for remission in certain missions or relief under the provisions of the act of July 14th, 1832, will be careful to attach a detailed statement of the costs, charges, and expenses, of whatever nature, incurred in each case. CHAPTER IX. IN REFERENCE TO COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH SECTION I. OF VESSELS OF NATIONS WITH WHOM THE UNITED STATES First class. ART. 911. Vessels belonging to the following nations are admitted, under the provisions of law, treaties of commerce and navigation, or conventions, into the ports of the United States, on the same terms as vessels of the United States, with the produce or manufactures of their own or any other country: Argentine Confederation, under treaties of July 10 and 27, 1853; proclaimed April 9, 1855. Austria.-Treaty August 27, 1829; proclaimed February 10, 1831; treaty May 8, 1848; proclaimed February 25, 1850. Belgium.—Treaty November 10, 1825; proclaimed March 31, 1846. Brazil.-Under act of Congress of 24th May, 1828; Act May 24, 1828. proclaimed November 4, 1847. Vessels of Brazil, therefore, with their cargoes, from Brazil, or any other foreign country whatever, are to be admitted without the payment of discriminating duties of tonnage or impost, it appearing from an official communication of the government of Brazil that vessels of the United States and their cargoes are admitted to like privileges at the ports of Brazil. Coffee or Tea, the production of Brazil, imported Coffee or tea of direct from that country in Brazilian vessels, is exempt Brazil 1846. Tariff act, July 30, from duty under the tariff act of 1846, schedule I and proclamation of the President, November 4, 1847. Act May 24, 1828. Danish vessels from Danish lands. is Chili. Under act of 24th May ,1828, and proclamation of the President, November 1, 1850. Denmark. By treaty of April 26, 1826; proclaimed October 14, 1826. Danish vessels, arriving from the Danish islands of Act May 31, 1830. Santa Cruz and St. Thomas, are not chargeable with tonnage duties in the ports of the United States; the vessels of Denmark and the United States, being placed on the same footing, in that respect, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 31st May, 1830, and the treaty of April 26, 1826. Act of Parliament, 12, 13 Victoria. 24, 1828. Instructions Treasury Depart 1849. Ecuador. By treaty of June 13, 1839; proclaimed September 23, 1842. 912. Great Britain and her possessions. From and Act Congress May after January 1, 1850, (on which day the act of Parliament of 1849, altering her navigation laws, went into effect,) British vessels are admitted into the ports of the United States on the same terms as vessels of the United States with the produce and manufactures of her own or any other country. By operation of acts of Congress, the convention with Great Britain, of July 3, 1815, continued by conventions of October 20, 1818, and August 6, 1827, of and the general instructions for the information of the ment of October 19, officers of the customs and others interested, issued by the Department under date of October 19, 1849, to the effect that, in consequence of the alterations of the British. navigation laws, British vessels, from British or other foreign ports, will, under existing laws, be allowed to enter in ports of the United states with cargoes of the growth, manufacture, or production of any part of the world; and that such vessels and their cargoes will be admitted on the same terms, as to duties, imposts, and charges, as vessels of the United States and their cargoes. By decision of the circuit court of the United States, it States vs. Ship Re- has been determined that British vessels, bringing from British ports in Europe articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the British possessions in India, were not liable to the penalties provided in the navigation act of March 1, 1817. Navigation act of corder, July 2,1847. Blackford 1, 218. India possessions. Coffee of the growth of the coast of Malabar, or island Coffee from British of Ceylon, being the possession of Great Britain in India, will be entitled to free entry if imported from Calcutta, or other port of the British East Indies, in vessels of the United States, or in vessels put on the footing of national vessels by reciprocal treaties. China via Singa Coffee or tea, the production of China, imported via Coffee or tea from Singapore, a possession of Great Britain, may be admitted pore. to free entry, if it be satisfactorily shown at the time of entry that it was laden on board the American importing vessel, or foreign vessel entitled by reciprocal treaty, from Chinese boats or junks in Chinese waters, intended in good faith to be conveyed therein direct to a specified port in the United States as its ultimate destination. 913. Greece.-Treaty December 10-22, 1837; proclaimed August 30, 1838. New Granada.-Treaty December 12, 1846, and President's proclamation June 12, 1848; consular convention May 4, 1850; proclamation December 5, 1851. Guatemala.-Treaty March 3, 1849; proclaimed July 28, 1852. Hanover.-Treaty June 10, 1846; proclaimed April 24, 1847. Dukedom of Oldenburg, accession to the above treaty, under its 12th article, March 10, 1847. Dukedom of Mechlenburg Schwerin, accession to same, December 9, 1847. Hanseatic Towns-Hambury, Lubec, Bremen.-Treaty December 20, 1827; proclaimed June 2, 1828; additional articles to above treaty June 4, 1828; proclaimed January 14, 1829. Hanseatic vessels. 1846; act Aug 8, Coffee or tea, imported direct from the place of its pro- Coffee or tea in duction, in vessels of the Hanseatic Republics of Ham- Tarif act July 30, burg, Bremen, and Lubec, to be placed on the same foot-1846. ing with that in vessels of the United States or Dutch vessels. Netherlands.-Treaty August 26, 1852; proclaimed February 26, 1853. the Netherlands. Coffee, the product of a possession of the Netherlands, Coffee in vessels of imported into the United States in a vessel of the Nether- Tariff act July 80, lands direct from such possession, or from the Nether 1846. Coffee or tea in vessels of Russia. lands, may be admitted free of duty, under schedule 1 of the tariff law of 1846, and the first article of the treaty between the United States and the Netherlands of August 26, 1852. Norway. Treaty July 4, 1827; proclaimed January 19, 1828. Peru, Republic of.-Treaty July 26, 1851 ; President's proclamation July 19, 1852. Prussia.-Treaty May 1, 1828; proclaimed March 14, 1829. Coffee or tea, imported direct from the place of its proTariff act July 30, duction, in vessels of the kingdom of Prussia, to be placed on the same footing with that in vessels of the United States or Dutch vessels. 1846; Act Aug 8, 1846. Swedish vessels from St. Bartholo mew. Russia. Treaty April 5-17, 1824; proclaimed January 12, 1826. 11, 1833. Treaty December 6-18, 1832; proclaimed May Convention July 22, 1854, (rights of neutrals at sea); proclaimed November 1, 1854. San Salvador.-Treaty at Leon, January 2, 1850; proclamation of President, April 18, 1853. Sardinia and Genoa.-Treaty November 26, 1838; proclaimed March 18, 1839. Two Sicilies.-Treaty October 1, 1855; proclaimed December 10, 1856. Sweden and Norway.-Treaty July 4, 1827; proclaimed January 19, 1828; act of May 31, 1830. Swedish vessels from the island of St. Bartholomew are Act May 81,1880. placed on an equal footing with those of the United States, by the treaty with Sweden and Norway of July 4, 1827; and become equally exempt from tonnage duty under the act of 31st May, 1830. Tuscany.—Act of 24th May, 1828, and I'resident's proclamation September 1, 1836. Venezuela.-Treaty January 20, 1836, proclaimed June 20, 1836. |