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Statute I.Jan. 7, 1824.
The severalacts imposingdiscriminatingduties of ton-nage on foreignvessels, to besuspended asrespects thekingdom of theNetherlands,&c.
Discriminat-ing duties of im-post on foreignvessels to besuspended, asrespects theproduce, &c.,ofthe territoriesin Europe , ofany of thementioned na-tions.
This suspen-sion to continueso long as thevessels of theUnited States and their car-goes shall beexempt fromlike discrimina-ting duties intheir 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 UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the firstday of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, during thecontinuance of this act, and under the limitations hereinafter men-tioned, so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnageof vessels in the ports of the United States , as imposes a discriminatingduty between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States , ishereby suspended, so far as respects vessels truly and wholly belongingto subjects or citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; of Prussia;of the Imperial Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Lubeck , and Bremen; ofthe Dukedom of Oldenburg; of the Kingdom of Norway; of the King-dom of Sardinia, and of the Empire of Russia .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the severalacts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported intothe United States , as imposes a discriminating duty between goods import-ed into the United States in foreign vessels, and in vessels of the UnitedStates , be, and the same is hereby, suspended, so far as the same respects theproduce or manufactures of the territories in Europe , of any of theabove-mentioned nations, or such produce and manufactures as can onlybe, or most usually are, first shipped from a port or place in the saidterritories in Europe , of either of them, respectively, the same beingimported in vessels truly and wholly belonging to the subjects or citizensof each of the said nations, respectively, the vessels of each nationimporting its own produce and manufactures as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Andbe it further enacted, That the suspension of the discrim-inating duties of tonnage and impost, in the two preceding sections ofthis act prescribed, shall continue, in behalf of each of the above-men-tioned nations, on condition that, and so long as, the vessels of theUnited States , and truly wholly belonging to the citizens thereof, and allgoods and merchandise, of the produce or manufacture of the UnitedStates , laden therein, and imported into any of the ports of the saidnations in Europe , respectively, shall be exempted from all and everydiscriminating 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.
Act of July 1, 1812, ch. 112, sec. 3.
An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage, April 27, 1816, ch. 107, sec. 3.
Act of Jan. 14, 1817, ch. 3. Act'of March 3, 1817, ch.50.
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, 181S,ch. 110.
An act in addition to <e 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 thepayment 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 car-goes, 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 on 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 reducethe duties on wines, July 4, 1836, ch. 359.
An act giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic ofColombia , 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 onimports, 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 postAppendix HI.