Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-15

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lived to the age of III, and one Of his
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By the Presidentofthe U. States of .4merica
A PROCLA NATION.
WV HEREAS, by an act of the Congress-
w of the United States, passed on the
twenty ninth day Of May, one thousand cigh.
hundred and thirty, it is provided, that,
Whenever the President of the United States
shall receive satisfactory evidence that the
Government of Great Britain will open the
ports in its Colonial possessions in the West
Indies, ON the Continent of South America.
the Bahama Islands, the Caicos aud the Der.
muda or Somer Islands, to the vessels of the
United States, for an indefinite or for limi.
ted term that the vessels of the IT, States
and their corgoes, on entering the Colonial
ports aforesaid, shall not be subject TO other
or higher duties of tonnage or impost, or
charges of any other description, than would
be Imposed on British vessels, or their car
goes, arriving in the said Colonial possess
sions from the United States; that the ves
sells OF the United States may import into
the said Colonial possessions, from the Uni.
ted States, any article or articles which couId
be imported in British vessel into the said
possessions from the United States and that
the vessels of the United States NAV export
from the British colonies aforementioned, to
any country whatever, other than the DOM.
mons or possessions of Great Britain, any ar.
sicie or articles that can be exported thore-
from in British vessel, to any country other
St
aforesaid leaving the commercial inter,
course of the United States with all other
parts OF the British dominions or possessions
on footing not less favorable to the United
States than 1t now is (; that then and in such
case, the President OF the United States shall
De authorized, at any time before the next
session OF Congress, to issue his Proclaim.
lion, declaring that he has received such evi.
dence and that thereupon, and from the
date OF such Proclamation, the ports of the
U. States shall be opened indefinitely, or for
term fixed, and as the case may be, to Bri
'ish vessels coming the said British Colonial
possessions and their cargoes, subject to no
other or higher duty of tonnage of impost, or
charge OF any description whatever. than
would be levied on the vessels of the United
states, OF their cargoes, arriving from the
sara BRUSH possessions; and that it shall be
lawful Tor the said British vessels to import
into the United States, and to export there
from, any article or articles which may be
imported or exported in vessels of the United
States and that the act, entitled " An act
concerning Navigation" passed on the eieh-
teenth day OF April, one thousand eight hun.
oted and eighteen, an act supplementary
thereto, passed the fifteenth day of MAY, one
Thousand eight hundred and twenty, and an
act, entitled - An act to regulate the CONNER
Intercnursa hatu h.
aud certain British PORTS" passed on the first
day OF March, one thousand eight hundred
ana twenty. three, shall in such case. be sus
pended, or bsolutely repealed, as the ca
may require
AM WHEREAS, by the said act, it is further
provided, that. whenever the ports of tho
United States shall have been opened under
the authority thereby given, British vessels
and their cargoes shall be admitted to an en-
Try IN the ports of the United States, from
the Islands, Provinces, or Colonies of Great
britain, on or near the North American con.
tInent, and North or East of the United
States.
And WHEREAS satisfactory evidence has
Been received by the President of the United
states, that, whenever he sha!l give effect
70 the provisions of the act aforesaid the
government of Great Britain will open, for
an indefinite period, the ports in its Colonial
possessions IN the West Indies on the CONT.
nent OF South America, the Bahama Islands.
the Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer Isl
aDds, to the vessels of of United States. and
their cargoes, upon the terms, aud ACCORDING
10 tho acquisitions, of the aforesaid act of Con,
gross:
Now, THEREroRE, |, AsDREw JACKSON.
PRESIDENT OF the United States of America,
DO hereby declare and proclaim, that such
evidence mas been received by mo and that,
oy the operation OF the act Of Congress passed
eight hundred md thirty, the Ports of The
United States are, from the date of this proc.
iamation, open TO British vessels coming from
'he SAD British possessions, and their cargoes
upon the terms set forth in the said act the
ACT, entitled An act concerning Navigation,
passed on The eighteenth day of Anil one
thousand elght hundred and eighteen, the act
supplementary thereto, passed the fifteenth
day OF May, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty, and the act, entitled " An act to req
guiate the commercial intercourse between
the United States and certain British Ports.r
passed the first day Of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three, arc absolute.
ly repealed; and British vessels and their
csIgoes are admitted to an entry In the ports
OF the United States, from the Islands, Pro.
vinces, and Colonies of Great Britain, on or
near the North American continent. and
North or East Of the United States.
GIVEN under my hand, at the CITY of
Washington, the fifth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and the ffty-
ilfth ofthe Independence of the United
States.
ANDREW JACKSON.
By the President: