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thirtieth day of June next, may enter the ports of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to contravene any provision of the treaty or conventions concluded between the United States of America and the French Republic on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three: And provided also, That the said light money shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as the tonnage duties now imposed by law.

[Section 7 vests in the intendant or governor of Louisiana, under the Spanish Government, jurisdiction in cases arising under the collection laws, until, &c.]

Approved, March 27, 1804.

Tariff of July 1, 1812.

"An act for imposing additional [double] duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from any foreign port or place, and for other purposes," passed the House of Representatives June 22, 1812, by the following vote: Yeas, 76; nays, 48. (See Journal House of Representatives, vol. 8,5p. 381.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Samuel Dinsmoor, Obed Hall, Jno. A. Harper (3).

Massachusetts: Ebenezer Seaver, Charles Turner, jr. (2).

Vermont: James Fisk, Samuel Shaw, W. Strong (3).

New York: Daniel Avery, Samuel L. Mitchill, Benjamin Pond, Ebenezer Sage, Arunah Metcalf (5).

New Jersey: Adam Boyd, Lewis Condict, George C. Maxwell, James Morgan, Thomas Newbold (5).

Pennsylvania: William Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, William Crawford, William Findley, Abner Lacock, John M. Hyneman, Joseph Lefever, Aaron Lyle, William Piper, Jonathan Roberts, Adam Seybert, Jno. Smilie, George Smith, Robert Whitehill, Roger Davis (16).

Maryland: Joseph Kent, Peter Little, Alexander McKim, Samuel Ringgold, Robert Wright (5).

Virginia: Burwell Bassett, Matthew Clay, Jno. Clopton, Jno. Dawson, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Aylett Hawes, William McCoy, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newton, James Pleasants, jr., Jno. Roane, John Smith, Jno. Taliaferro (14).

North Carolina: William Blackledge, James Cochran, Meshack Franklin, William R. King, Nathaniel Macon, Israel Pickens (6).

South Carolina: William Butler, Jno. C. Calhoun, William Lowndes, Thomas Moore, David R. Williams, Richard Winn (6).

Georgia: William W. Bibb, Bolling Hall, George M. Troup (3). Kentucky: Jos. Desha, Richard M. Johnson, Samuel McKee, Stephen Ormsby (4).

Tennessee: Felix Grundy, Jno. Rhea, Jno. Sevier (3).

Ohio: Jeremiah Morrow (1).

Total yeas, 76.

NAYS.

Massachusetts: Abijah Bigelow, Elijah Brigham, Francis Carr, Richard Cutts, William Ely, Isaiah L. Green, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, William M. Richardson, Samuel Taggart, Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, William Widgery (13).

Rhode Island: Richard Jackson, jr., Elisha R. Potter (2).

Connecticut: Epaphroditus Champion, Jno. Davenport, jr., Lyman Law, Jonathan O. Moseley, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Lewis B. Sturges (6). Vermont: Martin Chittenden (1).

New York: Hermanus Bleecker, Thomas B. Cooke, James Emott, Asa Fitch, Thomas R. Gold, Thomas Sammons, Silas Stow, Uri Tracy, Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr. (9).

Pennsylvania: James Milnor, William Rodman (2).
Delaware: Henry M. Ridgley (1).

Maryland: Charles Goldsborough, Philip B. Key, Philip Stuart (3). Virginia: Jno. Baker, James Breckenridge, Edwin Gray, Joseph Lewis, jr., Jno. Randolph, Daniel Sheffey, Thomas Wilson (7).

North Carlina: Archibald McBryde, Joseph Pearson, Richard Stanford (3).

South Carolina: Langdon Cheves (1).

Total nays, 48.

Passed the Senate June 30, 1812, by the following vote: Yeas, 20; nays, 9. (See Journal of Senate, vol. 5, p. 175.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Charles Cutts (1).
Massachusetts: Joseph B. Varnum (1).
Rhode Island: Jeremiah B. Howell (1).

Vermont: Stephen R. Bradley, Jonathan Robinson (2).

New York: Jno. Smith (1).

New Jersey: Jno. Condit, Jno. Lambert (2).

Pennsylvania: Michael Leib (1).

Virginia: Richard Brent (1).

North Carolina: Jesse Franklin, James Turner (2).

South Carolina: Jno. Gaillard, Jno. Taylor (2).

Georgia: William H. Crawford, Charles Tait (2).

Kentucky: George M. Bibb (1).

Tennessee: Joseph Anderson, George W. Campbell (2).
Ohio: Thomas Worthington (1).

Total yeas, 20.

NAYS.

New Hampshire: Nicholas Gilman (1).

Massachusetts: James Lloyd (1).

Rhode Island: William Hunter (1).

Connecticut: Samuel W. Dana, Chauncey Goodrich (2).
New York: Obadiah German (1).

Delaware: James A. Bayard, Outerbridge Horsey (2).
Virginia: William B. Giles (1).

Total nays, 9.

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Copy of the act of July 1, 1812.

AN ACT For imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from any foreign port or place, 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 an additional duty of one hundred per centum upon the permanent duties now imposed by law, upon goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, shall be levied and collected upon all goods, wares, and merchandise, which shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several duties imposed by this act, in respect to all such goods, wares, and merchandise, as shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That on all ships or vessels belonging wholly or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, which shall be entered in the United States, or the territories thereof, there shall be paid an additional duty, at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per

ton.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the additional 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 are prescribed by law in relation to the duties now in force on the articles on which the said additional duties are laid by this act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force so long as the United States shall be engaged in war with Great Britain, and until the expiration of one year after the conclusion of peace, and no longer: Provided, however, That the additional duties laid by this act shall be collected on all such goods, wares, and merchandise, as shall have been previously imported.

Approved, July 1, 1812.

Tariff on salt, July 29, 1813.

"An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries," passed the House of Representatives by the following vote, July 17, 1813: Yeas, 90; nays, 55. (See Journal House of Representatives, vol. 9, p. 110.)

YEAS.

Massachusetts: Levi Hubbard, John Reed, James Parker (3).
Vermont: James Fisk, Charles Rich (2).

New York: Daniel Avery, Oliver C. Comstock, Abraham Has-
brouck, John Lefferts, Ebenezer Sage, John W. Taylor (6).
New Jersey: Lewis Condict, Thomas Ward (2).

Pennsylvania: William Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, John Conard, William Crawford, Roger Davis, William Findley, Hugh Glasgow, Isaac Griffin, John M. Hyneman, Charles J. Ingersoll,

Samuel D. Ingham, Jared Irwin, Aaron Lyle, William Piper, John Rea, Jonathan Roberts, Adam Seybert, Isaac Smith, Adamson Tannehill, Dauphin J. Whitehill, Thomas Wilson (22).

Maryland: Stevenson Archer, Alexander McKim, Samuel Ringgold (3).

Virginia: John Clopton, John Dawson, John W. Eppes, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Aylett Hawes, John Kerr, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newton, James Pleasants, jr., John Roane (11).

North Carolina: Willis Alston, Peter Forney, William Kennedy, William R. King, William H. Murfree, Israel Pickens, Bartlett Yancey (7).

South Carolina: John C. Calhoun, John J. Chappell, Langdon Cheves, Elias Earle, David R. Evans, Samuel Farrow, Theodore Gourdin, John Kershaw, William Lowndes (9).

Georgia: William Barnett, William W. Bibb, John Forsyth, Bolling Hall, Thomas Telfair (5).

Kentucky: James Clark, Joseph Desha, William P. Duvall, Samuel Hopkins, Samuel McKee, Thomas Montgomery, Stephen Ormsby, Solomon P. Sharp (8).

Tennessee: John H. Bowen, Felix Grundy, Thomas K. Harris, Perry W. Humphreys, John Rhea, John Sevier (6).

Ohio: James Caldwell, William Creighton, jr., Rezin Beall, James Kilbourn, John McLean (5).

Louisiana: Thomas B. Robertson (1).

Total yeas, 90.

NAYS.

New Hampshire: Bradbury Cilley, Roger Vose, Jeduthan Wilcox (3).

Massachusetts: William Baylies, Abijah Bigelow, George Bradbury, Elijah Brigham, William Ely, Cyrus King, Timothy Pickering, Nathaniel Ruggles, Laban Wheaton, John Wilson (10).

Rhode Island: Richard Jackson, jr., Elisha R. Potter (2).

Connecticut Epaphroditus Champion, John Davenport, jr., Jonathan O. Mosely, Timothy Pitkin, Lewis B. Sturges (5). Vermont: Ezra Butler, William Strong (2).

New York: Egbert Benson, Thomas P. Grosvenor, Moss Kent, John Lovett, Morris S. Miller, Thomas J. Oakley, Samuel Sherwood, Zebulon R. Shipherd, William S. Smith, Joel Thompson, Elisha J. Winter (11).

Pennsylvania: John Gloninger (1).

Delaware: Henry M. Ridgeley (1).

Maryland: Charles W. Goldsborough, Alexander C. Hanson, Joseph Kent, Nicholas R. Moore, Philip Stuart, Robert Wright (6).

Virginia: James Breckenridge, William A. Burwell, Hugh Caperton, John P. Hungerford, Joseph Lewis, jr., William McCoy, Daniel Sheffey, John Smith, Francis White (9).

North Carolina: John Culpeper, Meshack Franklin, William Gaston, Nathaniel Macon, Richard Stanford (5).

Total nays, 55.

Passed the Senate July 24, 1813, by the following vote: Yeas, 20; nays, 10. (See Journal of Senate, vol. 5, p. 351.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Jeremiah Mason (1).
Rhode Island: Jeremiah B. Howell (1).

Vermont: Dudley Chace, Jonathan Robinson (2 .
New York: Obadiah German (1).

New Jersey: John Condit (1).

Pennsylvania: Michael Leib, Abner Lacock (2.
Maryland: Samuel Smith (1).

Virginia: William B. Giles (1).

North Carolina: James Turner (1).

South Carolina: John Gaillard, John Taylor (2).

Georgia: Charles Tait (1).

Kentucky: Jesse Bledsoe (1).

Tennessee: Joseph Anderson, George W. Campbell (2).

Ohio: Jeremiah Morrow (1).

Louisiana: James Brown, Elegius Fromentin (2).

Total yeas, 20.

NAYS.

Massachusetts: Christopher Gore, Joseph B. Varnum (2).
Rhode Island: William Hunter (1).

Connecticut: Samuel W. Dana (1).

New York: Rufus King (1).

New Jersey: John Lambert (1).

Delaware: Outerbridge Horsey, William H. Wells' (2).
Maryland: Robert H. Goldsborough (1).

North Carolina: David Stone (1).

Total nays, 10.

Copy of the act of July 29, 1813.

AN ACT Laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries.

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 first day of January next, a duty of twenty cents per bushel shall be laid, imposed and collected upon all salt imported from any foreign port or place into the United States. In calculating the said duty, every fifty-six pounds of salt shall be computed as equal to one bushel. And the said duty shall be collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as other duties laid on the importation of foreign goods, wares, and merchandise into the United States: Provided, That drawback shall in no case be allowed, and the term of credit for the payment of duties shall be nine months.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on all pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States, exported therefrom subsequent to the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, there shall be allowed and paid a bounty of twenty cents per barrel, to be paid by the collector of the district from which the same shall be so exported, without any deduction or abatement: Provided, always, That, in order to entitle the exporter or exporters of such pickled fish to the benefit of such bounty or allowance, the said exporter or exportors shall make entry with the collector and naval officer of the district

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