Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-01
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AN ACT to amend "An act to carry into
effect treaty between the United States
and Great Britain signed on the fifth
OF June, eighteen hundred and ffty-four
and approved August fifth, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
from and after the date when the reciproc-
ity treaty of the fifth of June, eighteen
hundred and ffty-four, entered into be-
tween Great Britain and the United States,
shall go into effect, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall be. and he is hereby, au-
thorized and required to refund out of any
money in the treasury, to the several per-
sons entitled thereto, such sums OF money
as shall have been collected as duties on
fish of all kinds, the products of fish,
imported into the United States from and
after the eleventh day of September, eight
cen hundred and fifty-four, the date of the
PRONUNCIATION by the President of the Uni
ted States OF the reciprocity treaty afore-
said, on proof satisfactory to the said Sec
retary, that the articles aforesaid were the
products of some one of the British prov
inces of New Brunswick, Canada, Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland, or Prince Edwards
Island, and imported therefrom into the
United States and duties duly paid there
on, which have not been expended on ex-
port; and he is further authorized and re-
quired, from and after the day the treaty
aforesaid shall go into effect, to cancel on
like satisfactory proof, any warehouse
bonds to secure the duties that may have
been given for any of said articles import
ed as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That from and after the date Of the reci-
procity treaty of the fifth of June, eight
cen hundred and ffty-four, entered into
between Great Britain and the United
States, shall GO into effect in the manner
therein prescribed, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized to refundout of any money. IN the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the
persons entitled thereto, such sums Of
money as shall have been collected as du-
ties on any of the articles enumerated In
the schedule annexed to the third article
of the reciprocity treaty aforesaid, import
ed into the United States from the British
provinces of Canada, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia, respectively, since the
date Of the acts of their respective govern
ments admitting like articles into said
provinces from the United States free of
duty, on proof, satisfactory to the said Sec
retary, that the articles so imported were
the products of Canada, New Brunswick,
OF Nova Scotia, as the case may be, and
imported therefrom into the United States,
and that the duties were duly paid thoreon)
and he is further authorized and required
to cancel, from and after the date of the
treaty aforesaid shall go into effect, on like
satisfactory proof, any warehouse bonds to
secure duties which may have been given
for any of the said articles imported as
aforesaid. And the Secretary of the
Treasury is also hereby invested with the
same authority and power to refund tne
duti es or cancel the warehouse bonds on
any of the articles enumerated in said
treaty, the produce of Prince Edwards
Island or Newfoundland, respectively, on
said treaty going into operation, should it
he proved, to the satisfaction of the said
Secretary, that Prince Edwards Island, or
newfoundland, have admitted all Of the
articles enumerated in said treaty from the
United States free of duty, prior to said
treaty going into operation.
Annroved March 9 1855