States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," shall extend to and be in full force for the collection of the additional duty laid by this act, and generally for the execution thereof, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, provision, clause, matter, and thing, therein contained, had been herein inserted and reenacted. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for two years, and from thence unto the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. Approved, July 8, 1797. Tariff of March 26, 1804, called the Mediterranean fund. "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary Powers," passed the House of Representatives unanimously, every member present voting in the affirmative. Yeas, 98. (See Journal House of Representatives, vol. 4, p. 676.) YEAS. New Hampshire: Silas Betton, Clifton Clagett, Samuel Tenney (3). Massachusetts: Jacob Crowninshield, Manasseh Cutler, Richard Cutts, Thomas Dwight, William Eustis, Nahum Mitchell, Ebenezer Seaver, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, Jos. B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, Lemuel Williams (12). Rhode Island: Nehemiah Knight, Jos. Stanton (2). Connecticut: Simeon Baldwin, Jno. Davenport, Jno. Cotton Smith (3). Vermont: William Chamberlain, Martin Chittenden, James Elliot (3). New York: Gaylord Griswold, Josiah Hasbrouck, Henry W. Livingston, Andrew McCord, Samuel L. Mitchill, Beriah Palmer, Thomas Sammons, Killian K. Van Rensselaer (3). New Jersey: Adam Boyd, Ebenezer Elmer, William Helms, James Sloan, Henry Southard (5). Pennsylvania: Isaac Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, Jos, Clay, Frederick Conrad, William Findley, Jno. A. Hanna, Jos. Heister. William Hoge, Michael Leib, Jno. Rea, Jacob Richards, Jno. Smilie, Jno. Stewart, Isaac Van Horne (15). Maryland: Jno. Archer, Walter Bowie, Jno. Campbell, William McCreery, Nicholas R. Moore, Jos. H. Nicholson (6). Virginia: Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, Jno. Clopton, Jno. Dawson, Thomas Griffin, David Holmes, Jno. G. Jackson, Jos. Lewis, jr., Andrew Moore, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., John Randolph, jr., Thomas M. Randolph, Jno. Smith, James Stephenson, Philip R. Thompson, Jno. Trigg (17). North Carolina: Willis Alston, jr., William Blackledge, James Gillespie, James Holland, William Kennedy, Richard Stanford, Samuel D. Purviance, Marmaduke Williams, Jos. Winston (9). South Carolina: William Butler, Levi Casey, Benjamin Huger, Richard Winn, Jno. B. Earle (5). Georgia: Peter Early, David Meriwether (2). 93066°-S. Doc. 21, 62-1-24 Kentucky: George Michael Bedinger, Jno. Fowler, Matthew Lyon, Thomas Sandford, Matthew Walton (5). Tennessee: George W. Campbell, Jno. Rhea (2). Ohio: Jeremiah Morrow (1). Total yeas, 98. Passed the Senate March 26, 1804, by the following vote: Yeas, 20; nays, 5. (See Journal Senate, vol. 3, p. 398.) YEAS. Massachusetts: Timothy Pickering (1). Pennsylvania: George Logan, Samuel Maclay (2). Virginia: Wilson Carey Nicholas, Abraham Venable (2). South Carolina Thomas Sumter (1). Georgia: Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson (2). Tennessee: Jos. Anderson, William Cocke (2). NAYS. New Hampshire, Simeon Olcott, William Plumer (2). Connecticut: James Hillhouse, Uriah Tracy (2). Total nays, 5. Copy of the act of March 26, 1804, establishing the Mediterranean fund. AN ACT Further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of equipping, officering, manning, and employing such of the armed vessels of the United States as may be deemed requisite by the President of the United States for protecting the commerce and seamen thereof, and for carrying on warlike operations against the regency of Tripoli, or any other of the Barbary powers which may commit hostilities against the United States, and for the purpose also of defraying any other expenses incidental to the intercourse with the Barbary powers, or which are authorized by this act, a duty of two and a half per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties now imposed by law, shall be laid, levied, and collected, upon all goods, wares, and merchandise, paying a duty ad valorem, which shall, after the thirtieth day of June next, be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place; and an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the said additional duty in respect to all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in ships or vessels not of the United States; and the duties imposed by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations and allowances, as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment, respectively, as are already prescribed by law in relation to the duties now in force on the articles in which the said additional duty is laid by this act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a distinct account shall be kept of the duties imposed by this act, and the proceeds thereof shall constitute a fund, to be denominated "The Mediterranean fund," and shall be applied solely to the purposes designated by this act; and the said additional duty shall cease and be discontinued at the expiration of three months after the ratification by the President of the United States of a treaty of peace with the regency of Tripoli, unless the United States should then be at war with any other of the Barbary powers, in which case the said additional duty shall cease and be discontinued at the expiration of three months after the ratification by the President of the United States of a treaty of peace with such power: Provided, however, That the said additional duty shall be collected on all such goods, wares, and merchandise, liable to pay the same, as shall have been imported previous to the day on which the said duty is to cease. [Sections 3 and 4, empowering the President to borrow money, &c., to defray the expenses authorized by this act, being irrelevant, are omitted.] Approved, March 26, 1804. NOTE. This act was renewed at various times, and continued in force until the 3d of March, 1815, when it expired. Tariff of March 27, 1804. "An act imposing more specific duties on the importation of certain articles, and also for levying and collecting light money on foreign ships or vessels, and for other purposes," passed the House of Representatives March 21, 1804, by the following vote: Yeas, 65; nays, 41. (See Journal House of Representatives, vol. 4, p. 668.) YEAS. Massachusetts: Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, William Eustis, Seth Hastings, Ebenezer Seaver, Jos. B. Varnum, Lemuel Williams, Thompson J. Skinner (8). Rhode Island: Nehemiah Knight, Jos. Stanton (2). Vermont: Jas. Elliot, Gideon Olin (2). New York: Josiah Hasbrouck, Andrew McCord, Samuel L. Mitchill, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Philip Van Courtlandt (8). New Jersey: Ebenezer Elmer, James Sloan, Henry Southard (3). Pennsylvania: Isaac Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, Jos. Clay, Frederick Conrad, William Findley, John A. Hanna, Jos. Heister, Michael Leib, John Rea, Jacob Richards, John Smilie, John Stewart, Isaac Van Horne (14). Maryland: John Archer, Walter Bowie, Wm. McCreery, Nicholas R. Moore, Jos. H. Nicholson (5). Virginia: Matthew Clay, John Dawson, David Holmes, John G. Jackson, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., John Randolph, jr., Philip R. Thompson, Andrew Moore, Thomas M. Randolph (10). North Carolina: Willis Alston, jr., William Blackledge, James Holland, Joseph Winston, James Gillespie (5). Georgia: Peter Early (1). Kentucky: George M. Bedinger, Matthew Lyon, Thomas Sandford, Matthew Walton (4). Tennessee: William Dickson, John Rhea (2). Total yeas, 65. NAYS. New Hampshire: Silas Betton, Clifton Claggett, Samuel Tenney (3). Massachusetts: Manasseh Cutler, Thomas Dwight, Nahum Mitchell, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Thatcher, Peleg Wadsworth (7). Connecticut: Simeon Baldwin, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Roger Griswold, John Cotton Smith (5). Vermont: William Chamberlain, Martin Chittenden (2). New York: Gaylord Griswold, Henry W. Livingston, Killian K. Van Rensselaer (3). Pennsylvania: William Hoge (1). Maryland: John Campbell, Thomas Plater (2). Virginia: Thomas Claiborne, John Clopton, Thomas Griffin, Jos. Lewis, jr., John Smith, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, James Stephenson (8). North Carolina: William Kennedy, Richard Stanford, Marmaduke Williams (3). South Carolina: Levi Casey, John B. Earle, Benjamin Huger, Thomas Moore, Richard Winn (5). Georgia: David Meriwether (1). Tennessee: George W. Campbell (1). Total nays, 41. Passed the Senate March 27, 1804. (Yeas and nays not taken.) Copy of the act of March 27, 1804. AN ACT For imposing more specific duties on the importation of certain articles, and also for levying and collecting light money on foreign ships or vessels, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the following articles, in addition to those already exempted from duty, shall and may be imported free from any duty, namely, rags of linen, of cotton, of woolen, and of hempen cloth, bristles of swine, regulus of antimony, unwrought clay, unwrought burrstones, and the bark of the cork tree. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the duties now in force upon the articles hereinafter enumerated and described, at their importation into the United States, shall cease, and that, in lieu thereof, there shall be thenceforth laid, levied, and collected, upon the said articles, at their said impor tation, the several and respective rates or duties following; that is to say On foreign caught dried fish, fifty cents per quintal. On foreign caught pickled fish, as follows, to wit, on salmon, one hundred cents per barrel; on mackerel, sixty cents per barrel; on all other pickled fish, forty cents per barrel. On cables, tarred cordage, white lead, red lead, almonds, currants, prunes and plums, figs, raisins imported in jars and boxes, and muscatel raisins, two cents per pound. On all other kinds of raisins, one cent and a half per pound. On tallow, yellow ocher in oil, anchors, and sheet iron, one cent and a half per pound. On Spanish brown, dry yellow ocher, slit and hoop iron, one cent per pound. On starch, three cents per pound. On hair powder, glue, and seines, four cents per pound. On untarred cordage, two cents and a half per pound. On quicksilver, six cents per pound. On Chinese cassia and gunpowder, four cents per pound. On black glass quart bottles, sixty cents per gross. On window glass, as follows: On all not above eight inches by ten, one dollar and sixty cents per hundred square feet; not above ten inches by twelve, one dollar and seventy-five cents per hundred square feet; and on all above ten inches by twelve, two dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred square feet. On cigars, two dollars per thousand. On kid and morocco shoes, fifteen cents a pair. On foreign wine, fifty cents per cask, containing sixty gallons; and on Sicily wine, thirty cents per gallon. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed in respect to all such goods, wares, and merchandise, as aforesaid, as shall, after the said thirtieth day of June, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the duties laid by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations and allowances, as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment, respectively, as the several duties now in force on the respective articles hereinbefore enumerated: Provided, however, That no drawbacks shall be allowed on the exportation of foreign fish, or fish oil, or of playing cards. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all duties and drawbacks which, by virtue of this act, shall be payable and allowable on any specific quantity of goods, wares, and merchandise, shall be deemed to apply, in proportion, to any quantity greater or less than such specific quantity. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a duty of fifty cents per ton, to be denominated "light money," shall be levied and collected on all ships or vessels not of the United States, which, after the aforesaid |