Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-10
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IN Act concerning discriminating duties OF
Tonnage ard imposts.

IN ACT concerning discriminating duties Of
Tonnage and imposes.
Re IL enacted By TIE Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the Uqitea STATES
q ygmerica in Congress assembled, That,
from and after the first day OF January,
one thousand eight hundred twenty Eour,
during the continuance of this act, and
under the limitations hereinafter men
tuned, So much of the several acts i'm
posing duties on the tonnage OF vessels
in the ports Of the United States, as i'm
poses discriminating duty between TO-
reign vessels and vessels Of the United
States, is hereby suspended, SO far. as
respects vessess truly and wholly be-
longing to subjects or citizens Of tie
Kingdom of the Netherlands OF Prus-
STA of the Imperial iIanseatic Cities OF
Hamburg, I.naec, and Bremen; Of the
Dukedom OF Oldcnburg; of the King
dom OF Norway; of The Kingdom OF
Sardinia, and Of The Expire Of Russia.
Sec. 9. .4nu be il further eaacfed
That so much Of the several acts i'm
posing duties on goods, wares, and mer-
Chandlse, I'M ported into The United States,
as imposes discriminating duty between
goods imported into the United States
in foreign vessels, AID in vessels OF the
United States, be, and the same is here
by, suspended, SO far as the saHtc re-
saects the produce or manu- ac,ure o!
the territories IN Europe, of any of the
abovemenii lDed nations, or such produce
and manufactures as can only be, or most
usually are, FIRST shipped from porl o:
place il the said Territories in Europe,
OF either Of them, respectively, the same
being imported i'll vessels truly and wh0i-
ly belonging to the subjects or citizens
s OF each OF the said nations, respectively,
the vessels of each nation importing its
own prndhce and manufacturers as aiore.
said.
Sec. 5 mi be ID further enacted, That
the suspension Of the discriminating du.
ties Of tonnage and inpost, in the two
preceding sections of tbs act prescribed,
shall continue, ia beh If Of each OF the
above mentioned nations, On cond ion
that, and So long as, the vessels of The
United States, and truly waolly belong
my to the citizens thereof, and al, goods
and merchandise, OF the produce aud
manufacture of the United States, laden
therein, and imp 5stod into any Of the
ports OF the SAID nations in Europe, re-
speclively, shall be exempted from all
and every discriminating duly of lnpost
or tonnage, direct or indirect, whalsoe-
YER, other or higher thai, is levied upon
the vessels and merchandise therein i'm
ported, belonging to the subjects or
Ciizens ot each o. the said nations, re-
spectively. bu, if, in any of the terri
tories in Europe, of either Of the said
nations, any such discriminating daty
shall, at any time, be imposed or levied
on vessels wholly belonging to citizens
OF the United States, or on he merchan-
disc imported as aforesaid in them, they,
and from that time, the said suspension
herein prescribed shall cease and deter
mine, SO far as respects the vessels, and
merchandise imported into the United
States in them, of sucn nations; and all
the provisions OF the acts nlposin, dis
eliminating f,reign tonnage and impost
duties in the United States, shall revive
and be in full force, with regard to the
SAID nations.
Sec. .fnd6c n.further enacted, That,
upon salts actory evidence being given
to the President of the United States, by
the Government of any foreign nation,
that no discrinina,in duties of tonnage
or impost are imposed or levied within
the ports Of the said nation, upon vessels
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