the senate and CHAP. 64. An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the senate and clerk of the Vol. iii. p. house of representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian. 1934, 2015. Vol. iv. p. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the secretary of the senate and 2213. clerk of the house of representatives shall severally receive the Secretary of sum of three thousand dollars annually, payable quarterly, as clerk of the heretofore; and that their principal clerks shall receive one ceive 3,000 thousand eight hundred dollars each, and their engrossing clerks dolls, cach, one thousand five hundred dollars each. 2. That the librarian of the library of congress shall nually receive, as a compensation for his services, the sum of thousand five hundred dollars, payable quarter yearly at treasury. house to re annually, &c. Their clerks, an- &c. one 1500 dolls. to annually, pay the the librarian, able quarterly. Vol. in. p. first 1560, 1823. take effect 1st 3. That this act shall be held to take effect from the day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and This act to shall continue in force for three years therefrom, and no longer; January, 1818, and that so much of any act heretofore passed, as provides com- and in force pensation, salary, or perquisites, of any kind, for the officers and Former acts clerks herein mentioned, shall be held to be repealed from the repealed. same day. [Approved, April 18, 1818.] CHAP. 65. An act concerning navigation. 3 years. Vol. iit. p. 1800, 1847. Vol. iv. p. States closed, 1818, against subjects arri the ordinary te vessels does not vary tion. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the thirtieth of 2212. September next, the ports of the United States shall be and re- The ports of main closed against every vessel owned wholly or in part by a the United subject or subjects of his Britannic majesty, coming or arriving after 30th from any port or place in a colony or territory of his Britannic September, majesty, that is or shall be, by the ordinary laws of navigation vessels owned and trade, closed against vessels owned by citizens of the United by British States; and such vessel, that, in the course of the voyage, shall ving from, &c. have touched at, or cleared out from, any port or place in a Touching at a colony or territory of Great Britain, which shall or may be, by port which, by the ordinary laws of navigation and trade aforesaid, open to ves- laws, is open sels owned by citizens of the United States, shall, nevertheless, teed by citi be deemed to have come from the port or place in the colony or zens of the territory of Great Britain, closed as aforesaid, against vessels United States, owned by citizens of the United States, from which such vessel the restriccleared out and sailed before touching at, and clearing out from, an intermediate and open port or place as aforesaid; and every Vessels and such vessel, so excluded from the ports of the United States, cargoes enterthat shall enter, or attempt to enter, the same, in violation of this ing in violaact, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with forfeited to the the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States. United States. 2. That, from and after the aforesaid thirtieth of September After the 30th September, next, the owner, consignee, or agent, of every vessel, owned 1818, the own wholly or in part by a subject or subjects of his Britannic ma- &c. of British jesty, which shall have been duly entered in any port of the United States, and on board of which shall have been there laden for exportation any article or articles, of the growth, produce, or manafacture, of the United States, other than provisions and sea stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before such vessel sea stores, shall have been cleared outward at the customhouse, give bond, bond not to in a sum double the value of such articles, with one or more land them VOL. III. 191 tion of this act er, consignee, vessels taking. ductions of the United States, thereof, except on board pro in the ports &c. to give in a Bri tish colony or are excluded. bond, &c. and sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, that the article or territory from articles so laden on board such vessel for exportation, shall be which, by the landed in some port or place other than a port or place in a ordinary laws, vessels of the colony or territory of his Britannic majesty, which, by the ordiUnited States nary laws of navigation and trade, is closed against vessels ownVessels sail- ed by citizens of the United States; and any such vessel that ing without shall sail, or attempt to sail, from any port of the United States, the articles on Without having complied with the provision aforesaid, by giving board, forfeit- bond as aforesaid, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on board the same as aforesaid, be forfeited to the United States: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be so deemed or construed, so as to violate any provision of the convention to retion of 3d July gulate commerce between the territories of the United States and of his Britannic majesty, signed the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. ed to the Unit ed States. Proviso; nothing in this act to violate the commer cial conven 1815. Form of the bond to be &c. within a year, like that re § 3. That the form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed prescribed, by the secretary of the department of the treasury; and the same shall and may be discharged, and not otherwise, by producing, The bond may be discharged within one year after the date thereof, a like certificate to that by producing, required by and under the regulations contained in the eightya certificate first section of the act "to regulate the collection of duties on quired by the imports," passed the second day of March, seventeen hundred 81st section of and ninety-nine, that the articles of the growth, produce, and the act to reg- manufacture, of the United States, laden as aforesaid, were unlection of du- laden and landed comformably to the provisions of this act, or, in Vol. i. p. 646. Cases of loss by sea; by capture, or other unavoidable accident, by the production of such other proofs as the nature of the case will admit, according to the provisions of the said eighty-first section of the act aforesaid. ulate the col ties, &c. Penalties, &c. distributed, remitted, &c. 4. That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this to be sued for, act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, and may be mitigated or remitted, in the manner and according to the provisions of the revenue laws of the United States. [Approved, April 18, 1818.] according to the revenue laws. Obsolete. Congress to meet on the CHAP. 66. An act fixing the time for the next meeting of congress. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, after the adjournment of the third Monday present session, the next meeting of congress shall be on the of November, third Monday in November next. [Approved, April 18, 1818.] 1818. Vol. i. p. 783. CHAP. 70. An act to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in Vol. iii. p. completing the payment thereon. 1737. The operation of the 6th con &c. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the operation of the sixth condidition of the tion of the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act to amend the 5th sec. of the act, entitled 'An act providing for the sale of the lands of the act mentioned, United States northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of suspended, Kentucky river," be, and the same is hereby, suspended until the thirty-first day of March next, in favor of the purchasers of pubProviso; ben- lic lands at any of the land offices of the United States: Providtend to one ed, That the benefit of this act shall not be extended to any one more than 640 purchaser for a greater quantity than six hundred and forty acres of land. [Approved, April 18, 1818.] efit not to ex purchaser for acres. CHAP. 71. An act to establish a port of entry and delivery at Cape Vincent, at the fork of may establish on lake Onta 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful for the presi- The president dent of the United States to establish, when it shall appear to another port him to be proper, in addition to the ports of entry and delivery of entry, &c. already established on lake Ontario, one other port of entry and rio, at Capo delivery at the village of Cape Vincent, at the fork of lake Onta- Vincentrio, and the head of the river St. Lawrence, and to appoint a collector. collector of the customs to reside and keep an office thereat. [Approved, April 18, 1818.] and appoint & CHAP. 74. An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of Expired. duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March, one thousand seven Vol. i. p. 578. hundred and ninety-nine. Vol. iii. p. 1772. 1881. Imported goods, &c. not entry, un less, &c. to be admitted to un remain in the 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the passing of this act, no goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into the United States, and subject to an ad valorem duty, shall be admitted to entry with the collector of the district into which the same are brought, unless the owner, consignee, or other importer, of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall produce to such collector the original invoice thereof; but the same shall be deposited, and The goods to remain, in the public warehouse, at the expense and risk of the public wareowner of such goods, wares, or merchandise, until such invoice house, &c. be produced: Provided, however, That in all cases where such Proviso; the goods, wares, or merchandise, shall have been imported from a appraised, and port or place on this side the Cape of Good Hope, if such invoice duties estímaor invoices be not produced in six months, and from the Cape of voice is not Good Hope, or any port or place beyond the same, within nine within the pemonths, from the time of such importation, then the said goods, riods mentionwares, or merchandise, shall be appraised, and the duties esti- od. mated thereon, in the manner hereinafter directed: And provided Proviso; proalways, That this prohibition shall not extend to such goods, extend, &c. wares, or merchandise, as shall have been taken from a wreck. goods may be ted, if the in hibition not to of the treasu give bond to § 2. That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby, The secretary authorized and empowered, if, in his judgment, the circumstances ry, if he deems under which such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall have been it expedient, may direct the imported, or any other circumstances connected therewith, ren- collector to der it expedient, to direct the collector in whose district such admit the goods to entry goods, wares, or merchandise, may be, to admit the same to enon appraisetry, on an appraisement duly made thereof in the manner herein- ment, &c. after prescribed: Provided, The owner, agent, consignee, or im- Proviso; the porter, of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall first give owner, &c. to bond, with sufficient sureties, to the United States, to produce to produce the such collector the invoice of such goods, wares, or merchandise, the times spewithin eight months, if the same were imported from any port or cified, and to place on this side the Cape of Good Hope; and within fifteen pay duties,&c. months, if from the Cape of Good Hope, or port or place beyond the same; and to pay any amount of duty to which it shall appear, by such invoice, the said goods, wares, or merchandise, were subject, over and above the amount of duties estimated on the said appraisement. invoice within 3. That, when an entry shall be made with any collector, of The person any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into the United making entry lorem duty to of goods sub- States, and subject to an ad valorem duty, the person making ject to ad vasuch entry shall, if he be owner of such goods, wares, or merdeclare the chandise, declare the same on oath, and if he be not the owner, shall declare on oath the name and residence of the owner of such goods, wares, or merchandise. owner. The ad valo duty to be es ding 20 per 4 That the ad valorem rates of duty upon goods, wares, and rem rates of merchandise, shall be estimated by adding twenty per cent. to timated by ad- the actual cost thereof, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any island, port, or place, beyond the same, and ten per cent. on the actual cost thereof, if imported from any other place or country, including all charges, except commissions, outside packages, and insurance. cent. to actu al cost, &c. The owner, &c. of goods subject to an ad valorem duty, to de 5. That, in addition to the oath now required by law to be taken by any owner, consignee, agent, or importer, on the entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into the United clare on cath States, such owner, consignee, agent, or importer, shall, on the that the in- entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise, so imported, and subthe true val- ject to an ad valorem duty, declare, on oath, that the invoice produced by him exhibits the true value of such goods, wares, or merchandise, in their actual state of manufacture, at the place from which the same were imported. voice exhibits ue, &c. ad valorem duty are consigned to a main in the public ware house at the risk of the When goods 6. That, when goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into subject to an the United States, subject to an ad valorem duty, shall be consigned to any person, to be entered by him, and to be delivered to order, or to any other person, such goods, wares, or merchanentered, &c. dise, shall be deposited and remain in the public warehouse, at they shall re- the expense and risk of the owner, until the person authorized to receive them shall appear and make the additional oath required by the fifth section of this act, or (if such person shall not reside at the place of such importation) until the invoice of such goods, wares, and merchandise, accompanied by a notarial act of his having taken the said oath, shall be produced to the collector in whose district such goods, wares, or merchandise, may be: Provided, That, if the provisions of this section shall not be complied with in four months from the time of the importation of such goods, wares, or merchandise, the same shall be subject to the appraisement required by this act. owner, until, &c. Proviso; if the oath is not made or produced within four months, &c. Imported to ad valorem the 5th sec 7. That when goods, wares, or merchandise, imported, and goods subject subject to duty as aforesaid, shall be reshipped and transported duty, reship coastwise, from one district to another, in the packages in which ped and trans- the same were imported, an invoice, or a copy of such invoice, ported coastwise, in the verified by the additional oath required by the fifth section of original pack- this act, and certified under the official seal of the collector with ages, the invoice and oath whom the entry on the importation of such goods, wares, or merrequired by chandise, was made, shall be produced at the port to which the tion of this act same shall be transported, and the same inspection of such to be produc- goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be made, as if they had been If the invoice brought direct from a foreign port or place; and if the invoice, and oath are verified as aforesaid, shall not be so produced, such goods, wares, not produced, or merchandise, shall be deposited and remain in the public warehouse, at the expense and risk of the owner thereof, until Goods subject the invoice, verified and certified in the manner above required, to the ad valo- shall be produced; and goods, wares, or merchandise, imported, rem duty may ed, &c. &c. and subject to duty as aforesaid, may be transported coastwise, be transported to one or more districts within the United States. coastwise. goods subject ing to non-res ed by an in sul, &c. oath whether $8. That any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported and Imported subject to duty as aforesaid, and belonging to a person or per- to ad valorem sons residing, and, at the time of such importation, being, out of duty, belongthe United States, shall not be admitted to entry, after six months idents, must from the passage of this act, if imported from a port or place on be accompani this side the Cape of Good Hope, or, after fifteen months from voice, verified the passage thereof, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope or before a conany port beyond the same, unless the invoice of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be verified in the manner required by the fifth section of this act, before the consul, of the United States at the port at which the said goods, wares, or merchandise, were shipped, or before a consul of the United States in the country in which the said port may be; and such owner or The owner to owners shall further declare, on oath, whether he or they are the declare on manufacturers, in whole or in part, of such goods, wares, or mer- he is the manchandise, or are concerned, directly or indirectly, in the profits ufacturer, &c. of any art or trade by which they have been brought to their present state of manufacture; and, if so, he or they shall further Further oath swear, that the prices charged in the aforesaid invoice are the as to the invoice prices current value of the same at the place of manufacture, and such being the curas he or they would have received if the same had been there rent value, &c. sold in the usual course of trade: Provided, That if there be no Proviso; if consul of the United States in the country from whence the ship- there is no ment of such goods, wares, or merchandise, is made, the oath U. S. the oath hereby required shall be made before a notary public, or other shall be taken officer duly authorized to administer oaths, whose official cha- ry, to be certiracter shall be certified by a consul of a nation at the time in fied, &c. amity with the United States, if there be one in such country. consul of the before a nota sent of the sons the for the ap $9. That, for the appraisement of goods, wares, or merchan- The president, dise, required by this act, or by any other act concerning im- with the conports and tonnage, the president of the United States, by and senate, to apwith the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint, in point two pereach of the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, ports named, Charleston, and New Orleans, two persons well qualified to per- praisement of form that duty, on the part of the United States, who, before goods, who are to make oath, they enter thereon, shall severally make oath diligently and faith- &c. fully to inspect and examine such goods, wares, or merchandise, as the collector may direct, and truly to report, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the true value thereof when purchased, at the place or places from whence the same were imported; and, to be made by Appraisement when any appraisement is to be made in the said principal ports, the appraisers the two appraisers so appointed therein, together with a respecta- merchant choble resident merchant, chosen by the party in interest, and sworn sen by the par in like manner, to examine and report, shall make such appraise- and sworn, ty in interest, ment, the said merchant having also made oath that he has no &c. direct or indirect interest in the case; but when any appraise- Appraisement is to be made in ports other than those above named, two ports to be respectable resident merchants, selected by the collector, to- made by three gether with a respectable resident merchant, chosen by the chants. party in interest, who shall have severally taken the oaths re- Proviso; if the quired by this section, shall be the appraisers: Provided, That party interest, and a resident ments in other resident mer |