On cinnamon and cloves, twenty cents, per pound: On mace, one dollar and twenty five cents, per pound: On nutmegs, fifty cents per pound: On black glass quart bottles, sixty cents per gross: On window glass, as follows:-On all not above eight inches by ten, one dollar and sixty cents per hundred square feet; not above ten inches by twelve, one collar and seventy five cents per hundred square feet; and on all above ten inches by twelve, two dollars and twenty five cents, per hundred square feet: On segars, two dollars, per thousand: On kid and morocco shoes, fifteen cents a pair: On foreign lime, fifty cents per cask containing sixty gallons; and on Sicily wine, thirty cents, per gallon. an Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, addition of ten per centum, shall be made to the ditional ad valoimportations in 10 per cent. ad. rem duty upon foreign vessels of goods. several rates of duties above specified and impos- the specified ed in respect to all such goods, wares and merchandize as aforesaid, as shall, after the said thirtieth day of June, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States. Manner and terin Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the of collection. duties laid by this act, shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations and allowances as to drawbacks, mode of security, and t me of payment respectively as the several duties now in force on the respective articles hereinbefore enumerated: Provided however, That no drawbacks shall be allowed on the Provid Duties and drawbacks to apply to tity of goods in a rateable propor tion. exportation of foreign fish, or fish oil, or of playing cards. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all any specific quan duties and drawbacks which, by virtue of this act, shall be payable and allowable on any specific quantity of goods, wares and merchandize, shall be deemed to apply, in proportion to any quantity greater or less than such specific quantity. Light money" to be levied on fo. reign vessels. Proviso Proviso. The person exer cising the duties ant of Louisiana to have the same jurisdiction in certain cases with the district courts of the U. States, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That a duty of fifty cents per ton, to be denominated “light money," shall be levied and collected on all ships or vessels not of the United States, which after the aforesaid thirtieth day of June next, may enter the ports of the United States: Provided however, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to contravene any provision of the treaty or conventions concluded between the United States of America and the French Republic, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three:* And provided also, That the said light money shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as the tonnage duties now imposed by law. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That the of the late intend person exercising the powers which, under the Spanish government, were vested in the intendant of the province of Louisiana, shall, until a district court of the United States shall be established in the territory of Orleans, in conformity with the provisions of the act, entitled "An act erecting Louisiana into two territories; and pro *Operation of the 6th section restricted by act 3d Mar. 1805. See page 245. forfeitures, br &c. viding for the temporary government thereof," have and exercise, in all cases whatever arising within the said territory under the laws regulating and providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, or under any other revenue laws of the United States, the same jurisdiction and powers which, by law, are given to the district and circuit courts of the United States. And the powers to remit fines, penalties Fines, penalties or or forfeitures, and to remove disabilities, which, whom they nay by law, are vested in the secretary of the treasury, may and shall, in all cases of such fines, penalties, forfeitures or disabilities incurred within the territory of Orleans, and until a governor of the said territory shall be appointed and shail enter into the functions of his office, be exercised by the person exercising the powers which, under the Spanish government, were vested in the governor of the province of Louisiana; and the said powers to remit fines, penalties or forfeitures, and to remove disabilities, may and shall, in like manner, be exercised by the governor of the said territory, from the time when he shall enter into the functions of his office, in conformity with the provisions of the said act, until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. 27th March, 1804. 1 ses. 8 Con. Additional duties AN ACT Repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force, for a further time, the first section of the act, intituled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, againt the Barbary pow ers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the act entitled "An ou salt taken off. act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes," passed the eighth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed, and that from and after the thirty-first day of December next, so much of any act as lays a duty on imported salt, be and the same hereby is repealed; and from and after the day last aforesaid, salt shall be imported into the United States free of duty: Provided, That for the recovery and receipt of such duties as shall have accrued, and on the days aforesaid respectively remain outstanding, and for the recovery and distribution of fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and the remission thereof, which shall have been incurred before and on the said days respectively, the provisions of the aforesaid act shall remain in full force and virtue. Proviso. Bounties on salt provisions and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from pickled fish taken and after the first day of January next, so much of any act as allows a bounty on exported salt pro off visions and pickled fish in lieu of drawback of Mediterranean till 1st Jan. 1808, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That sound continued much of the act passed on the twenty fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers," as is contained in the first section of the said act, be, and the same hereby is continued in force until the first day of January next, and no longer: Provided, however, that the addi- Proviso. tional duty laid by the said section shall be collected on all such goods, wares, and merchandize, liable to pay the same, as shall have been imported previous to that day. 3d March, 1807. 2 ses. 9 Con. AN ACT To allow the importation of old copper, saltpetre, and sulphur, free of duty. be imported free from duty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- Old copper may presentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the |