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be subject to nohigher duty thanlevied under actof July 14,1832.

Higher dutiespaid to be re-funded, &c.

Excess of du-ties to be re-funded, &c. andarticles to beexamined, &c.

Relief to beextended.

Section seven-teen of act ofJuly 14, 1832,ch. 227, to takeeffect March 4,1833.

Statute II.

March 2, 1833.

[Obsolete.]

Appropriationsto effect Indiantreaties, &c.

Winnebagoes.

main in the same manner, after the fourth day of March, one thousandeight hundred and thirty-four, shall be subject to no higher duty thanwould be levied under the act aforementioned, approved the fourteenthof July last; and if any higher duty shall have been paid, such excessshall be refunded, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-priated, to the person placing the same in the custody of the customs,and any outstanding bond or bonds which may have been given for du-ties on the same shall be cancelled; and if a sum equal to the amountof duties levied by the said act of the fourteenth July, shall not havebeen collected, and the bond or bonds given shall amount to more thanthe duties imposed by said act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall directthat a debenture certificate or certificates, the form of which shall beprescribed by him, for such excess of duty, shall be issued to the personsplacing the same in the custody of the customs, payable out of the bondor bonds given for duties on the same, the collectors to give the debtorscredit on their bonds for the difference between the high and low duties,and to cancel the bonds on payment of the balance.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury shall cause the amount of excess of duties, as aforesaid, to be as-certained and paid, or the credit given as the case may be, as soon aspracticable after the first of April next; and that he shall be authorizedto cause all articles under the control of the proper officers of the cus-toms to be examined; and where the merchandise may have passed outof the possession of the importer or consignee, to require satisfactoryevidence of the transfer or transfers to identify the same; and to make allother rules and regulations which may be necessary and proper to carrythis act into effect.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasuryis hereby authorized and directed to extend relief to all persons, whosecases are provided for in this act, who may have been deprived of thebenefit thereof in consequence of the collector’s not having received hisinstructions in pursuance of it, from the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the seventeenth section ofthe aforesaid act of the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hun-dred and thirty-two, as far as the same relates to the duty on pulverizedor crushed sugar, shall take effect on the fourth day of March, of thepresent year.

Approved, March 2, 1833.

Chap. LIX .—An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian

treaties, and for other purposes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and

thirty-three.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter men-tioned, that is to say: To carry into effect the stipulations of the treatywith the Winnebagoes, of the fifteenth of September, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-two, to wit:

For payment of the annuity provided for by the third article, ten thou-sand dollars.

For the purposes of education provided for by the fourth article, threethousand dollars.

For support of agriculturists, for oxen, and ploughs, and other ag-ricultural implements per fifth article, two thousand five hundred dol-lars.

For expense of removing blacksmiths’ shop, per sixth article, two hun-dred and fifty dollars.