directions to the officers of the customs of the United States for shall be levied the collection of such duties, so as to conform the said duties to any variation that may take place in the duties levied on Ameri- Span. colonial can vessels in such Spanish ports.

on Amer. ves

sels in the

port from

vessel last

§3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President whence such shall be satisfied, that the discriminating or countervailing duties sailed. of tonnage levied by any foreign nation on the ships or vessels The Presid'nt of the United States, shall have been abolished, he may direct when duties of tonnage levi'd that the tonnage duty on the vessels of such nation shall cease to by any foreign be levied in the ports of the United States; and cause any duties nation on Am. of tonnage that may have been levied on the vessels of such vessels, have foreign nation, subsequent to the abolition of its discriminating duties of tonnage to be refunded.

been abolished, may direct that the ton

nage duty on

nation shall

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That the second and third sections of this act shall be in force and take effect from vessels of such and after the first day of January next. [Approved, July 1832.]

13, cease to be

levied in the U.S. ports, &c. § 2d and 3d to

CHAP. 218. An act to increase and improve the Law Department of take effect

the Library of Congress.

from 1st Jan. 1833.

§1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be the duty of the libra- Librarian to rian to prepare an apartment near to, and connected by an easy prepare apart. communication with that in which the library of Congress is now ment, &c. kept, for the purpose of a law library; to remove the law books

now in the library, into such apartment; and to take charge of the and take law library, in the same manner as he is now required to do of the charge of law library of Congress. library.

Court U. S. to

have free access to law

library, and to

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the Supreme Justices of Court of the United states, shall have free access to the said law Supreme library, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to make such rules and regulations for the use of the same, by themselves and the attorneys and counsellors, during the sittings of the said court, as they shall deem proper: Provided, Such rules and lations shall not restrict the President of the United States, the Vice President, or any member of the Senate or House of Repre- of same. sentatives from having access to the said library, or using the Proviso. books therein, in the same manner that he now has, or may have, to use the books of the library of Congress.

regu

make rules and regulations for use

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the law library shall be a Law library part of the library of Congress, subject to the same regulations, to be a part of the library of except such alterations as are herein provided for, as now are, or Congress, &c. hereafter shall be established for the library of Congress; and the Incidental exincidental expenses of the law library shall be paid out of the penses to be appropriations for the library of Congress. paid out of,

&c.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and hereby $5000 approis, appropriated for the present year, a sum not exceeding five priated for the thousand dollars, and a further annual sum of one thousand dol- purchase of lars, for the period of five years, to be expended in the purchase law books, and a further of law books, and that the librarian shall make the purchases of sum of $1000, the books for the law library, under such directions, and pursuant annually for to such catalogue, as shall be furnished him by the chief justice of five years. the United States. [Approved, July 14, 1832.]

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CHAP. 220, An act concerning certain officers of the Marine Corps. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and hehere by is authorised to cause to be allowed and paid to such officers of the marine corps, as have heretofore received the brevet rank of majors in said corps, the amount of pay and emoluments to which they would have been entitled as commandants of separate stations, if said brevet rank had been recognised by the navy department. Provided, That no officer shall receive under this act, more than the difference between the pay and emoluments actually received by them, and those to which their said brevet rank would have entitled them as aforesaid. [Approved, July 14, 1832.]

CHAP. 222. An act providing for the purchase by the United States of the rights of the Washington Bridge Company in the District of Columbia, and for the erection of a public bridge on the site thereof. WHEREAS it is represented to this present Congress, that the Washington Bridge Company are willing and desirous to sell, and transfer to the United States, the bridge by them owned, in its present condition, with all their rights, property, and privileges, as a company, under the existing laws, including their lands, piers, abutments, roads, and ways, as well as all materials by them owned at the site of the said bridge, whether worked up in the construction or re-construction of the same or not, for the sum of twenty thousand dollars.

§1. Be it enacted, &c. That provided the said Washington Bridge Company shall, at a lawful meeting of the stockholders thereof agree to convey, and shall actually convey to the United States, the said bridge as it now is, with all the estate, right, title, and interest, either in law or equity, by them owned, as a company under existing laws, in said bridge, with its piers, abutments, roads and ways, together with all the materials by them now owned as a company, at the said bridge and ways, either worked up or not, in the construction or re-construction of the said bridge, and all other their rights, privileges, and immunities as such company, within two calendar months from the passing of this act; which conveyance the said company is hereby authorised and empowered to make, by deed, under their corporate seal, to be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United [States;] then the said secretary shall be, and he hereby is, authorised and required to pay to the said company the sum of twenty thousand dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the execution of such conveyance by the said company, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised to cause to be erected upon the site of the present bridge, a good and sufficient bridge across the river Potomac, of such materials, and upon such plan of construction as he shall approve and direct: Provided, That the said bridge be so constructed as to have a draw therein suitable for the safe passage of vessels of the largest dimensions, capable of navigating the Potomac river above the said bridge, not less than

sixty-six feet at the least; and also on each side of the said draw, and a suitable distance therefrom, an arch of sufficient elevation to admit the passage under the same of an ordinary steamboat, which said draw and arch shall be at the Virginia channel in the said river: And provided further, That there shall be a similar Proviso. draw at the Maryland channel, of not less than thirty-five feet, with a similar arch: And provided also, That in the selection of Proviso. materials and in the construction of said bridge, draws and arches, all practicable attention shall be had to the preservation of the navigation of the said river.

construction

§3. And be it further enacted, That towards the construction $60,000 apof the said bridge and works hereby authorised and directed, the propriated for sum of sixty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appro- of Bridge, &c. priated, payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

and distribu

4. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall Application apply and distribute the said sum of twenty thousand dollars in tion of sum to the following manner, that is to say; first to reimburse the ex- be paid to the penses incurred by the said company since the last adjournment Washington of Congress, to the stockholders advancing the same, and the Bridge Combalance among the stockholders, pro rata, on the cost of each share, to the present holder thereof, to be ascertained by the company if necessary, by the oath or affirmation of the present holder.

pany.

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act This act to be shall have no effect, unless three valuers, to be appointed by the void, unless valuers, under President of the United States, having no interest in the said oath, appraise bridge, or in any property in the District of Columbia, and not the property being inhabitants of the said District, or a majority of them, shall, of said com. pany at $20, on oath, decide that the property of the said bridge company, so 000-or unto be conveyed to the United States, exclusive of any supposed less, in case value of the privileges by them held under their charter as a company, is of the value of twenty thousand dollars; or unless es appraise in case the said valuers, or a majority of them, shall value the property at a said property at a sum less than twenty thousand dollars, the said less sum, the Bridge Co'y bridge company will agree to accept the amount of such valua- agree to ac tion. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. [Ap- cept the aproved, July 14, 1832.]

CHAP. 224. An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing

duties on imports.

the said valu.

mount of this valuation.

of the act of

same

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the third day of Certain parts March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, so much of 19th May, the act entitled "An act in alteration of the several acts imposing 1828, repealduties on imports,"* approved the nineteenth May, one thousand ed; except so eight hundred and twenty-eight, as is herein otherwise provided far as the for, shall be repealed, except so far as the same may be neces- may be nccessary for the recovery and collection of all duties which shall have sary, &c. accrued under the said act; and for the recovery, collection, Act of 1828, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, c. 55, ante, p. 2113. which may have been incurred under the same. §2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the third After 3rd day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in

*

March, 1833, there shall be

levied, &c. on lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on the importation of the the importa- articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, ticles herein and paid, the following duties, that is to say:

tion of the ar

Coarse un

after mention- First. Wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the place ed the follow- of exportation, shall not exceed eight cents per pound, shall be ing duties. imported free of duty; and if any wool so imported shall be fine manufactured Wool mixed with dirt or other material, and thus reduced in value wool, free. to eight cents per pound, or under, the appraisers shall appraise On unmanu- said wool at such price as in their opinion it would have cost had factured wool, it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon shall be charged in conformity with such appraisal; on wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the place of exportation, shall exceed eight cents, shall be levied four cents per pound, and forty per centum ad valorem Provided, That wool imported on the skin shall be estimated, as to weight and value, as other wool.

value more

than 8 cts per

pound.

Proviso.

On manufac

or of which

wool is a component part.

Second. On all milled and fulled cloth, known by the name of tures of wool, plains, kerseys, or kendal cottons, of which wool shall be the only material, the value whereof shall not exceed thirty-five cents a square yard, five per centum ad valorem; on worsted stuff goods, shawls, and other manufactures of silk and worsted, ten per centum ad valorem; on worsted yarn, twenty per centum ad valorem; on woolen yarn, four cents per pound, and fifty per centum ad valorem; on mits, gloves, bindings, blankets, hosiery, and carpets and carpetings, twenty-five per centum, except Brussels, Wilton and treble ingrained carpeting, which shall be at sixty-three cents the square yard, all other ingrained and Venetian carpeting, at thirty-five cents the square yard; and except blankets, the value whereof, at the place whence exported, shall not exceed seventy-five cents each, the duty to be levied upon which, shall be five per centum ad valorem; on flannels, bockings and baizes, sixteen cents the square yard; on coach laces, thirty-five per centum; and upon merino shawls made of wool, all other manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, and on ready made clothing, fifty per centum ad valorem.

On manufactures of cotton, or of

shall be a component part. Proviso.

Third. On all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, twenty-five per centum ad valorem, exwhich cotton cepting cotton twist, yarn, and thread, which shall remain at the rate of duty fixed by the act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, of twenty-second May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four: And provided, That all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, not dyed, coloured, printed, or stained, not exceeding in value thirty cents the square yard, shall be valued at thirty cents per square yard, and if dyed, coloured, printed, or stained, in whole or in part, not exceeding in value thirty-five cents the square yard, shall be valued at thirty-five cents per square yard; and on nankeens, imported direct from China, twenty per centum ad valorem.

On floor cloths, oil cloths, floor

matting, &c.

Fourth. On all stamped, printed, or painted floor cloths, fortythree cents a square yard; on oil cloths of all kinds, other than that usually denominated patent floor cloth, twelve and a half cents the square yard; and on floor matting, usually made of flags or other materials, five per centum ad valorem,

Fifth. On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole On iron, in or in part by rolling, ninety cents per one hundred and twelve bars or bolts, pounds.

not manufac

tured.

Sixth. On bar and bolt iron, made wholly or in part by rolling, On bar or bolt thirty dollars per ton: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, iron made or other form less finished than iron in bars or bolts, and more wholly or in advanced than pig iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in part by rollbars or bolts, and pay duty accordingly.

ing.

Proviso.

Seventh. On iron in pigs, fifty cents per one hundred and On iron in twelve pounds; on vessels of cast iron, not otherwise specified, pigs. one and a half cents per pound; on all other castings of iron, not otherwise specified, one cent per pound.

&c.

Eighth. On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number fourteen, On iron or five cents per pound; exceeding number fourteen, nine cents per steel wire, pound; on silvered or plated wire, five per centum ad valorem ; on cap or bonnet wire covered with silk, cotton, flaxen, yarn, or thread, manufactured abroad, twelve cents per pound.

rods, &c.

Ninth. On round iron or brazier's rods, of three-sixteenths to On round iron eight-sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive, and on iron in nail or brazier's or spike rods, or nail plates, slit, rolled, or hammered, and on iron in sheets, and hoop iron, and on iron, slit, rolled, or hammered for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three cents

per pound; on iron spikes, four cents per pound; on iron nails, On iron

&c.

anchors, iron

cut or wrought, five cents per pound; on tacks, brads, and spikes, nails, sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand,.five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, five cents per pound; on square wire used for the manufacture of stretchers for umbrellas, and cut in pieces not exceeding the length used therefor, twelve per centum ad valorem ; on anvils and anchors, On anvils, and all parts thereof, manufactured in whole or in part, two cables, &c. cents per pound; on iron cables or chains, or parts thereof, manufactured in whole or in part, three cents per pound, and no drawback shall be allowed on the exportation of iron cables or allowed on parts thereof; on mill cranks and mill irons of wrought iron, cables. four cents per pound; on mill saws, one dollar each; on blacksmith's hammers and sledges, two and a half cents per pound;

No drawback

on muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per stand; on rifles, two On fire arms. dollars and fifty cents each; on all other fire arms, thirty per centum ad valorem.

es, hatchets,

Tenth. On axes, adzes, hatchets, drawing knives cutting On axes, adzknives, sickles or reaping hooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares &c. of iron or steel, plated, brass and polished steel saddlery, coach and harness furniture, of all descriptions, steelyards and scalebeams, socket chisels, vices and screws of iron, called woodscrews, thirty per centum ad valorem; on common tinned and japanned saddlery of all descriptions, ten per centum ad valorem: Provided, That said articles shall not be imported at a less rate of duty than would have been chargeable on the material constituting their chief value, if imported in an unmanufactured state. Eleventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

On steel.

Twelfth. On japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of On japanned all kinds, and on all manufactures, not otherwise specified, made wares, &c. and plated of brass, iron, steel, pewter, or tin, or of which either of these