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work of bills, including paper, folding, and stitching-for fifty copies, twenty-five cents per page; for four hundred copies, one dollar and twenty-five cents per page; for the press work of tables, other than those in the regular octavo form, for six hundred copies, including as above, five dollars and fifty cents per form; for the press work of the journals, of nine hundred copies, including as above, one dollar per page; for all other printing, in the octavo form, of six hundred copies, including as above, eighty-seven and a half cents per page; and for a larger or smaller number, in proportion. That, as soon as this resolution shall Each house to have been approved by the president of the United States, each ballot for a house shall proceed to ballot for a printer, to execute its work during the next congress; and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be considered duly elected; and shall give bond with bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the secretary of the se- sureties. nate and clerk of the house of representatives, respectively, for the prompt, accurate, and neat, execution of the work; and in In case of case any inconvenient delay should be, at any time, experienced delay, &c. by either house, in the delivery of its work, the secretary and clerk, respectively, may be authorized to employ another printer to execute any portion of the work of the senate or house, and charge the excess, in the account of such printer, for execating such work, above what is herein allowed, to the printer guilty of such negligence and delay: Provided, That nothing Proviso; the herein contained shall preclude the choice of the same printer same printer by the senate and by the house of representatives. [Approved, by the senate March 3, 1819.]

may be chosen

and house.

[No. 7.] Resolution declaring the manner in which the vessels composing the navy of the

United States shall be named.

navy to be

states.

Resolved, &c. That all the ships of the navy of the United States, Ships of the now building, or hereafter to be built, shall be named by the se- named by the cretary of the navy, under the direction of the president of the secretary, &c. United States, according to the following rule, to wit: Those of 1st class, after the first class, shall be called after the states of this Union; those 2d after rivers. of the second class, after the rivers; and those of the third class, pal cities and 3d after princiafter the principal cities and towns; taking care that no two towns. vessels in the navy shall bear the same name. [Approved, March No two of the 3, 1819.]

same name."

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ACTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

OF

THE UNITED STATES:

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the 6th of December, 1819, and ended on the 15th of of May, 1820.

JAMES MONROE, President. DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President, and President of the Senate. JAMES BARBOUR, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the 14th of December, 1819. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 28th of January to the 15th of May, 1820. HENRY CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Obsolete. Vol. iii. p. 1691.

Secretary, &c.

additional

clerks in the

office of the

third auditor,

and three ad

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CHAP. 5. An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate and fix the compen sation of the clerks in the different offices," passed the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the authority given in the eighth may continue section of the above recited act, to the secretary of the treasury, to employ nine to employ nine additional clerks in the office of the third auditor, and three additional clerks in the office of the second comptroller of the treasury, be, and the same is hereby, continued until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred in the office of and twenty, and no longer; and that the sum necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, be, and the same is herecomptroller, &c. by, appropriated, and shall be paid, out of any money in the Appropriation. treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, January 14, 1820.]

ditional clerks

the second

Vol. iii. p. 1718. 1841.

The sessions

be held

CHAP. 9. An act to alter the terms of the court of the western district of Virginia.

1. Be it enacted, &c. That the sessions of the court for the of the court to judicial district of Virginia west of the Allegany mountain, in stead of the times heretofore appointed, shall hereafter be holdAt Wythe. en, annually, as follows: At Wythe Courthouse, on the first Lewisburg. Mondays of May and October; at Lewisburg, on the second Clarksburg. Mondays of May and October; and at Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays of May and October; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Process to be returnable accordingly.

2. That all process which may have issued, or may hereafter issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms, as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned, to those

terms to which they are severally changed by this act. [Approved, February 10, 1820.]

CHAP. 11. An act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign commerce of

the United States.

ry, to prepare

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the register of the treasury shall, The registerunder the direction of the secretary of the treasury, annually of the treasuprepare statistical accounts of the commerce of the United States statistical acwith foreign countries, for each preceding year; which accounts counts of the shall be laid before congress, by the secretary of the treasury, on the U. States. the first Monday in December in every year, or as soon after as To be laid bepossible.

commerce of

fore congress.

§ 2. That such accounts shall comprehend and state all goods, of goods, &c. wares, and merchandise, exported from the United States to exported. other countries; all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported of goods, &c. into the United States from other countries; and all navigation imported. Of all naviga employed in the foreign trade of the United States; which facts tion employed shall be stated according to the principles, and in the manner, in foreign hereby directed.

trade.

stating the ex

3. That the kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles ex- Principles and ported, and the kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles im- manner of ported, shall be distinctly stated in such accounts; except in ports and imcases in which it may appear to the secretary of the treasury ports. that separate statements of the species, quantities, or values, of any particular articles, would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together, or in such classes as the secretary of the treasury may think fit.

each country,

$4. That the exports shall be so stated as to show the ex- Exports, &c. ports to each foreign country, and their values; and that the im- to and from ports shall be so stated as to show the imports from each foreign and values, to country, and their values.

be stated.

duct or manu

5. That the exports shall be so stated as to show, separate- Country of the ly, the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of exported prothe United States, and their values; and the exports of articles facture, and of the production or manufacture of foreign countries, and their values, to be values.

stated.

6. That the navigation, employed in the foreign trade of Manner of the United States, shall be stated in such manner, as to show stating the the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing from the navigation. United States for foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and also the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing for every particular foreign country with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and, in such manner, as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving in the United States from foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the

Manner of as

kinds and

amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and, also, the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and, in such manner, as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving from every particular foreign country with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels.

7. That the kinds and quantities of all imported articles free certaining the from duty shall be ascertained by entry, made upon oath or quantities of affirmation, by the owner, or by the consignee or agent of the imported articles free from importer; or by actual examination, where the collector shall duty: think such examination necessary; and that the values of all such articles shall be ascertained in the same manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

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8. That the values of all imported articles subject to specivalues of arti- fic duties, shall be ascertained in the manner in which the values cles subject to specific duties. of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

Collectors to

accounts as

9. That the collectors shall keep separate accounts of the keep separate kinds, quantities, and values, of such parts of the imports subject the secretary to duties ad valorem, as may be directed by the secretary of the of the treasu- treasury. ry may direct.

Articles ex

ported to be

10. That all articles exported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear, at the time valued at ac- of exportation, in the ports of the United States from which they are exported; and that all articles imported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear, in the foreign ports from which they are exported for importation into the United States, at the time of such exportation.

tual cost. Articles imported to be valued at actual cost.

Manifests to be delivered and verified

on oath or af firmation.

Manifests to

quantities, and value.

oath or 'affir

mation.

11. That before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign place, the owners, shippers, or consignors, of the cargo on board of such vessel, shall deliver to the collector manifests of the cargo, or the parts thereof shipped by them reSpecify kinds, spectively, and shall verify the same by oath or affirmation; and such manifests shall specify the kinds and quantities of the articles shipped by them respectively, and the value of the total Tenor of the quantity of each kind of articles; and such oath or affirmation shall state that such manifest contains a full, just, and true, account of all articles laden on board of such vessels by the owners, shippers, or consignors, respectively, and that the values of such articles are truly stated, according to their actual cost, or the values which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation ; and, before a clearance shall be granted for any such vessel, the master of every such vessel, and the owner, shippers, and consignstated on oath Ors, of the cargo, shall state, upon oath or affirmation, to the color affirmation. lector, the foreign place or country in which such cargo is truly inOaths, &c. in tended to be landed; and the said oaths or affirmation shall be writing. taken and subscribed in writing. Collectors to keep accurate accounts of

Country

where the cargo is to be

landed to be

12. That every collector shall keep an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which depart national char- from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries for which such vessels depart; and, also, an accurate

acters and tonpage of ves

and arriving.

account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels sels departing which enter his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign. places or countries from which such vessels arrive.

make quarter

13. That the several collectors shall make quarter yearly Collectors to returns to the register of the treasury, of all the facts and mat- ly returns to ters which they are hereby required to ascertain. the register.

the treasury to

14. That the secretary of the treasury shall give such di- Secretary of rections to the collectors, and prescribe such rules and forms to give directions be observed by them, as may appear to him proper for attaining rules and and prescribe the objects of this act: Provided, That such directions or rules forms. shall not be contrary to the provisions of any law of the United States.

Proviso; if not

contrary to

law.

the treasury

the state

15. That the forms of the annual statements hereby required Secretary of shall be determined by the secretary of the treasury, who shall to determine prescribe such forms as may be proper to exhibit the facts, here- the forms of by required to be stated, in the clearest manner, and to show the ments. actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries in each year.

16. That this act shall be in force from the thirtieth day of September next. [Approved, February 10, 1820.]

CHAP. 17. An act for the adinission of the state of Maine into the Union.

Act in force from 30th Sept. 1820.

formed them

Whereas, by an act of the state of Massachusetts, passed on Maine, with the nineteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hun- the consent of dred and nineteen, entitled "An act relating to the separation the legislature of Massachuof the District of Maine from Massachusetts Proper, and forming setts, have the same into a separate and independent state," the people of selves into an that part of Massachusetts heretofore known as the District of independent Maine, did, with the consent of the legislature of said state of state, &c, Massachusetts, form themselves into an independent state, and did establish a constitution for the government of the same, agreeably to the provisions of said act-Therefore,

into the

Maine admitted into the

Union from

1820.

1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the fifteenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, the state of Maine is hereby declared to be one of the United 15th March, States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal Vol. iii. p. footing with the original states, in all respects whatever. [Approved, March 3, 1820.]

CHAP. 18. An act to continue in force for a further time the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes."

1772.

Vol. ii. p.

1188.

vol. iii. p.1819. The act estab

the Indian

1. Be it enacted, &c. That the act, entitled "An act for es- lishing trading tablishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," passed on the houses with second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, tribes continuand which was, by subsequent acts, continued in force until the ed until Sd March, 1821. first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, shall Further conbe, and the same is hereby, further continued in force until the tinued until 3d June, 1822. third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and no longer. [Approved, March 4, 1820.]

CHAP. 19. An act altering the place of holding the circuit and district court in the district

Circuit

of Ohio.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the circuit court in and for the court to be

held at Co

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