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For the purchase of five acres of land adjoining the arsenal at Water-town, Massachusetts , five hundred dollars.
For the erection of a military laboratory and workshop at West Point,two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the purchase of a lithographic press, of paper and ink, and for theemployment of a suitable lithographer for the War Department , six hun-dred dollars.
For barracks at Fort Gratiot, five thousand dollars.
For the security of the Pea Patch island; for the construction of anew water-tank; and for gravelling the parade at fort Delaware, forty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and fourteen cents.
Approved, May 31, 1830.
Chap. CCXVIII. —An Act making a re-appropriation of a sum heretoforeappropriated for the suppression of the slam trade.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the unexpended balanceof the sum of thirty thousand dollars, appropriated by the act, entitled“ An act making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade,”approved May twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, be re-appropriated to the same object, pursuant to the act ofCongress of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine-teen.
Approved, May 31, 1830.
Chap. CCXIX. —An Act to repeal the tonnage duties upon ships and vessels of theUnited States , and upon certain foreign vessels, (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 April next, no duties upon the tonnage of the ships and vessels ofthe United States , of which the officers and two thirds of the crew shallbe citizens of the United States , shall be levied or collected; and allacts and parts of acts imposing duties upon the tonnage of ships andvessels of the United States officered and manned as aforesaid, so far asthe same relate to the imposition of such duties, shall, from and after saidfirst day of April next, be repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said firstday of April next, all acts and parts of acts imposing duties upon thetonnage of the ships and vessels of any foreign nation, so far as thesame relate to the imposition of such duties, shall be repealed : Provided,That the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the dis-criminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far as theyoperate to the disadvantage of the United States , have been abolished.
Approved, May 31, 1830.
Chap. CCXX .—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to causethe present site of the national mint to be sold, and muking an appropriation forcompleting the new buildings now erecting.-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be authorized, and he is hereby authorized, to cause
(a) Acts relating to discriminating duties, vol. iv. p. 2.
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Arsenal, &c.West Point.Lithography.
Barracks.Fort Delaware.
Statute I.May 31, 1830.[Obsolete.]Act of May24,1828, ch. 98.
And as to fo-reign vessels oncertain condi-tions.
Statute I.May 31, 1830.
Sales, &c.
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