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other or higher than is levied upon the vessels and merchandise thereinimported, 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 thesaid nations, any such discriminating duty shall, at any time, be imposedor levied on vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States , oron the merchandise imported as aforesaid in them, then, and from thattime, the said suspension herein prescribed shall cease, and determine,so far as respects the vessels, and merchandise imported into the UnitedStates in them, of such nations: and all the provisions of the acts impo-sing discriminating foreign tonnage and impost duties in the United States ,shall revive and be in full force, with regard to the said nation.

Seg. 4. And be it further enacted, That, upon satisfactory evidencebeing given to the President of the United States , by the government ofany foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impostare imposed or levied within the ports of the said nation, upon vesselswholly belonging to citizens of the United States , or upon merchandise,the produce or manufacture thereof, imported in the same, the Presidentis hereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreigndiscriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States ,are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued, so far as respects thevessels of the said nation, and the merchandise of its produce or manu-facture, imported into the United States in the same: the said suspen-sion to take effect from the time of such notification being given tothe President of the United States , and to continue so long as the recip-rocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States ,and merchandise as aforesaid, thereon laden, shall be continued, and nolonger.

Approved, January 7, 1824.

Chap. IX .—An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousandeight hundred and twenty-four.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundredand sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars be, and the sameis hereby, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to theSenate and House of Representatives , and to the officers, clerks, andservants of both Houses of Congress , and for defraying the contingentexpenses thereof; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in thetreasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, January 19, 1824.

The Presi-dent to issue aproclamation ofreciprocal ex-emption,on evi-dence of anyforeign nationabolishing dis-criminating du-ties on vesselsand goods ofthe UnitedStates .

Statute I.

Jan. 19, 1824.

[Obsolete.]

Appropria-tion for thecompensationof the Senate and House ofRepresenta-tives .

Statute I.

Ohap. 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 UnitedStates of America , in Congress assembled , That the Secretary of theTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to refund, out ofany money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the distillersof spirituous liquors within the county of Berks, in the state of Penn-sylvania , who at any time since the first day of January, one thousandeight hundred and fourteen, have used stills made according to HenryWhitmer’s improvement upon Anderson’s condensing tub, and whohave paid a duty upon the capacity of the globes of such stills, all suchsums of money as they may have paid, respectively, as a duty on thecapacity of the globes of their said stills.

Approved, January 19, 1824.

Jan. 19, 1824.

[Obsolete.]Secretary ofthe Treasury torefund to cer-tain distillers,such duties asmay have beenpaid by them,respectively, oncertain stills.