from whence the said pickled fish are intended to be exported, and shall specify in such entry the names of the master and vessel in which, and the place where, such fish are intended to be exported, together with the particular quantity; and proof shall be made, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district from which such pickled fish are intended to be exported, and of the naval officer thereof, if any, that the same are of the fisheries of the United States; and no entry shall be received, as aforesaid, of any pickled fish which have not been inspected and marked pursuant to the inspection laws of the respective States where inspection laws are in force, in regard to any pickled fish; and the casks containing such fish shall be branded with the words "for bounty," with the name of the inspector or packer, the species and quality of the fish contained therein, and the name of the port of exportation; and the collector of such district shall, together with the naval officer, where there is one, grant an order or permit for an inspector to examine the pickled fish as expressed in such entry; and if they correspond therewith, and the said officer is fully satisfied that they are of the fisheries of the United States, to lade the same, agreeably to such entry, on board the ship or vessel therein expressed; which lading shall be performed under the superintendence of the officer examining the same, who shall make returns of the quantity and quality of pickled fish so laden on board, in virtue of such order or permit, to the officer or officers granting the same. And the said exporter or exporters, when the lading is completed, and after returns thereof have been made as above directed, shall make oath or affirmation that the pickled fish expressed in such entry, and then actually laden on board the ship or vessel, as therein expressed, are truly and bona fide of the fisheries of the United States; that they are truly intended to be exported as therein specified, and are not intended to be relanded within the limits of the United States; and shall also give bond, in double the amount of the bounty or allowance to be received, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the port or place from which the said pickled fish are intended to be exported, conditioned that the same shall be landed and left at some foreign port or place without the limits aforesaid; which bonds shall be cancelled at the same periods and in like manner as is provided in respect to bonds given on the exportation of goods, wares, and merchandise entitled to drawback of duties; Provided always, That the said bounty or allowance shall not be paid until at least six months after the exportation of such pickled fish, to be computed from the date of the bond, and until the exporter or exporters thereof shall produce to the collector, with whom such outward entry is made, such certificates, or other satisfactory proof, of the landing of the same as aforesaid, as is made necessary for cancelling the bonds given on the exportation of goods entitled to drawback: And provided also, That the bounty or allowance, as aforesaid, shall not be paid unless the same shall amount to ten dollars, at least, upon each entry.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no bounty, drawback, or allowance shall be made under the authority of this act, unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the collector that the pickled fish for which the bounty, drawback, or allowance shall be claimed was wholly cured with foreign salt, and on which a duty shall have been secured or paid.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any pickled fish shall be falsely or fraudulently entered, with intent to obtain the bounty or allowance on their exportation, as here provided, when the said fish are not entitled to the same, the said fish, or the value thereof, to be recovered of the person making such false entry, shall be forfeited.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, there shall be paid, on the last day of December, annually, to the owner of every vessel, or his agent, by the collector of the district where such vessel may belong, that shall be qualified, agreeably to law, for carrying on the bank and other cod fisheries, and that shall actually have been employed therein at sea for the term of four months at the least of the fishing season next preceding, which season is accounted to be from the last day of February to the last day of November in every year, for each and every ton of such vessel's burden, according to her admeasurement as licensed or enrolled, if of twenty tons, and not exceeding thirty tons, two dollars and forty cents, and if above thirty tons, four dollars; of which allowance aforesaid three-eighth parts shall accrue and belong to the owner of such fishing vessel, and the other fiveeighths thereof shall be divided by him, his agent, or lawful representative, to and among the several fishermen, who shall have been employed in such vessel during the season aforesaid, or a part thereof, as the case may be, in such proportions as the fish they shall respectively have taken may bear to the whole quantity of fish taken on board such vessel during such season: Provided, That the allowance aforesaid on any one vessel, for one season, shall not exceed two hundred and seventy-two dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, there shall also be paid, on the last day of December, annually, to the owner of every fishing boat or vessel of more than five tons and less than twenty tons, or to his agent or lawful representative, by the collector of the district where such boat or vessel may belong, the sum of one dollar and sixty cents upon every ton admeasurement of such boat or vessel, which allowance shall be accounted for as part of the proceeds of the fares of said boat or vessel, and shall accordingly be so divided among all persons interested therein: Provided, however, That this allowance shall be made only to such boats or vessels as shall have been actually employed at sea in the cod fishery for the term of four months at the least of the preceding season: And provided also, That such boat or vessel shall have landed, in the course of said preceding season, a quantity of fish not less than twelve quintals for every ton of her admeasurement; the said quantity of fish to be ascertained when dried and cured fit for exportation, and according to the weight thereof as the same shall weigh at the time of delivery when actually sold; which account of the weight, with the original adjustment and settlement of the fare or fares among the owners and fishermen, together with a written account of the length, breadth, and depth of said boat or vessel, and the time she has actually been employed in the fishery in the preceding season, shall, in all cases, be produced and sworn or affirmed to before the said collector of the district, in order to entitle the owner, his agent or lawful representative, to receive the allowances aforesaid. "And if, at any time within one year after payment

of such allowance, it shall appear that any fraud or deceit has been practiced in obtaining the same, the boat or vessel upon which such allowance shall have been paid, if found within the district aforesaid, shall be forfeited; otherwise, the owner or owners, having practiced such fraud or deceit, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, to be sued for, recovered, and distributed, in the same manner as forfeitures and penalties are to be sued for, recovered, and distributed, for any breach of the act entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage."

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of every fishing vessel of twenty tons and upwards, his or their agent or lawful representative, shall, previous to receiving the allowance made by this act, produce to the collector who is authorized to pay the same the original agreement or agreements which may have been made with the fishermen employed on board such vessel, as is herein before required, and also a certificate, to be by him or them subscribed, therein mentioning the particular days on which such vessel sailed and returned on the several voyages or fares she may have made in the preceding fishing season, to the truth of which he or they shall swear or affirm before the collector aforesaid.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no ship or vessel of twenty tons or upwards, employed as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the allowance granted by this act, unless the skipper or master thereof shall, before he proceeds on any fishing voyage, make an agreement, in writing or in print, with every fisherman employed therein, according to the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the government of persons in certain fisheries."

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall make any false declaration, in any oath or affirmation required by this act, being duly convicted thereof in any court of the United States having jurisdiction of such offence, shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall be punished accordingly.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force until the termination of the war in which the United States are now engaged with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies thereof, and for one year thereafter, and no longer.

Approved, July 29, 1813.

Tariff of February 5, 1816.

An act to continue in force the act entitled "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 January 23, 1816. (Yeas and nays not taken.)

Passed the Senate on January 31, 1816, by the following vote: Yeas, 25; nays, 5. (See Journal Senate, 1st sess., 14th Cong., pp. 135 and 136.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Jeremiah Mason (1).
Massachusetts: Jos. B. Varnum (1).

Rhode Island: Jeremiah B. Howell, William Hunter (2).
Vermont: Dudley Chace (1).

New York: Nathan Sandford (1).

New Jersey: Jno. Condit, James J. Wilson (2).
Pennsylvania: Abner Lacock, Jonathan Roberts (2).
Delaware: William H. Wells (1).

Virginia: James Barbour, Armistead T. Mason (2).
North Carolina: James Turner (1).

South Carolina: John Gaillard, Jno. Taylor (2).
Georgia: William W. Bibb, Charles Tait (2).
Kentucky: William T. Barry, Isham Talbot (2).
Tennessee: Jno. Williams (1).

Ohio: Jeremiah Morrow, Benjamin Ruggles (2).
Louisiana: James Brown, Elegius Fromentin (2).
Total yeas, 25.

NAYS.

New Hampshire: Thomas W. Thompson (1).
Connecticut: Samuel W. Dana (1).
Vermont: Isaac Tichenor (1).

Delaware: Outerbridge Horsey (1).

Maryland: Robert H. Goldsborough (1).
Total nays, 5.

Copy of the act of February 5, 1816.

AN ACT To continue in force the act entitled "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 the additional duties upon goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, and upon the tonnage of vessels, imposed by the act entitled "An act for imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from any foreign port or place, and for other purposes," passed on the first day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall continue to be laid, levied, and collected, in the mode therein prescribed, subject, in all respects, to the same regulations and provisions, and with the like fines, penalties, forfeitures, and remedies, for breaches of the law, as are now provided by law, until the thirtieth day of June next, anything in the said act to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirtieth day of June next, there shall be laid, levied, and collected, in the manner and under the regulations and allowances now prescribed by law, for the collection and drawback of duties on foreign goods, wares, and merchandise, an additional duty of forty-two per cent on the duties which shall then exist on foreign goods, wares, and merchandise, until a new tariff of duties shall be established by law.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to contravene any provision of any commercial treaty or convention, concluded between the United States and any foreign power or State; nor so as to impair, or in anywise affect, the provisions of the act entitled "An act to repeal so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in foreign vessels and in vessels of the United States," passed on the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

Approved, February 5, 1816.

Tariff of April 27, 1816.

APRIL 8, 1816.

Passed the House of Representatives: Yeas, 88; nays, 54. (See Journal 14th Cong., 1st sess., p. 610.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Charles H. Atherton (1).

Massachusetts: William Baylies, Benjamin Brown, Albion K. Parris, Nathaniel Ruggles, Solomon Strong, Samuel Taggart, Laban Wheaton (7).

Rhode Island: John L. Boss, James B. Mason (2).

Connecticut: John Davenport, jr., Timothy Pitkin (2).

Vermont: Daniel Chipman, Luther Jewett, Chauncey Langdon, Charles Marsh, John Noyes (5).

New York: Asa Adgate, Samuel R. Betts, James Birdsall, Micah Brooks, Daniel Cady, Oliver C. Comstock, Henry Crocheron, Thomas R. Gold, Thos. P. Grosvenor, Jabez D. Hammond, Moss Kent, John Savage, Abraham H. Schenck, Enos D. Throop, George Townsend, Jonathan Ward, James W. Wilkin, Westel Willoughby, jr., Peter H. Wendover, John B. Yates (20).

New Jersey: Ezra Baker, Ephraim Bateman, Benjamin Bennett, Henry Southard, Thomas Ward (5).

Pennsylvania: William Crawford, William Darlington, Hugh Glasgow, Jared Irwin, John Hahn, Joseph Hopkinson, Samuel D. Ingham, Aaron Lyle, William Maclay, William Milnor, William Piper, John Sergeant, Thomas Smith, James Wallace, John Whiteside, Thomas Wilson, William Wilson (17).

Maryland: Stevenson Archer, Samuel Smith (2).

Virginia: P. P. Barbour, Burwell Bassett, Aylett Hawes, William McCoy, Thomas Newton, James Pleasants, jr., Henry St. George Tucker (7).

South Carolina: John C. Calhoun, William Lowndes, William Mayrant, William Wodward (4).

Georgia: Alfred Cuthbert, Bolling Hall, Wilson Lumpkin (3). Kentucky: Joseph Desha, Richard M. Johnson, Alney McLean, Stephen Ormsby, Solomon P. Sharpe, Micah Saul (6).