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Act of March3, 1819, ch. 99.
Right of anyperson to re-ceive a pension,in virtue of anylaw of theUnited States ,shall be con-strued, &c.
Agents forthe payment ofpensions re-quired to givebonds.
Statute I.May 24, 1828.
Act of Jan.
7, 1824, ch. 4.
Where nodiscriminatingduties of ton-nage or impostare levied inthe ports ofsaid nation,upon vessels,&c. of the U. S. ,the Presidentto issue his pro-clamation, de-claring, &c.
Duties col-lected onvessels of Prus-sia, &c.
contained in the act hereby revived and continued in force, shall not beconstrued to repeal or make void the fourth section of an act, entitled“ An act concerning invalid pensions,” passed the third of March, onethousand eight hundred and nineteen ; and the said fourth section of thesaid last-mentioned act shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be,and to continue to be in full force and effect, any thing in the said acthereby revived and continued in force to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thattheright anypersonnow has,or hereafter may acquire, to receive a pension in virtue of any law ofthe United States , shall be construed to commence at the time of com-pleting his testimony, pursuant to the act hereby revived and continuedin force.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the agents for the paymentof pensions to invalid pensioners of the United States , shall in futurebe required to give bonds, with two or more sureties, to be approvedby the Secretary of the Department of W r ar, in such penalty as he shalldirect for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them respec-tively.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CX. — Jin Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the state of
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress be, and hereby is, granted to the operation of an act of the general as-sembly of the state of Alabama , passed on the tenth day of January, onethousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, entitled “ An act to incorpo-rate the Cahawba Navigation Company.”
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CXI .—An Act in addition to an act, entitled “ An act concerningdiscriminating duties of tonnage and impost ,” and to equalize the duties onPrussian vessels and their cargoes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, upon satisfactory evidencebeing given to the President of the United States , by the government of anyforeign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost areimposed or levied in the ports of the said nation, upon vessels whollybelonging to citizens of the United States , or upon the produce, manu-factures, or merchandise, imported in the same from the United States ,or from any foreign country, the President is hereby authorized to issuehis proclamation, declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of ton-nage and impost, within the United States , are, and shall be, suspendedand discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of the said foreign nation,and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the UnitedStates in the same, from the said foreign nation, or from any otherforeign country: the said suspension to take effect from the time of suchnotification being given to the President of the United States , and tocontinue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels, belonging tocitizens of the United States , and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be con-tinued, and no longer, lb)
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no other or higher rate ofduties shall be imposed or collected on vessels of Prussia, or of her domi-nions, from whencesoever coming, nor on their cargoes, howsoever corn-
ea) See notes to act of Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4.
ip) Appendix, No. III.