United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/9th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 17
[Expired.]
Chap. XVII.—An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of South Carolina, passed on the twenty-first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, so far as the same relates to authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and collect a duty on the tonnage of vessels from foreign ports.
Act of the legislature of South Carolina, laying a duty on tonnage, assented to by Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and it is hereby granted and declared to the operation of an act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, passed the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, intituled “An act to authorize the city council of Charleston, with the consent of Congress, to impose and levy a duty on the tonnage of ships and vessels, for the purposes therein mentioned,” so far as the same extends to authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and levy a duty not exceeding six cents, per ton, on all ships and vessels of the United States, which shall arrive and be entered in the port of Charleston from any foreign port or place whatever.
The collector of Charleston to collect the duty and pay it over.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the collector of Charleston is hereby authorized to collect the duty imposed by this act, and to pay the same to such persons as shall be authorized to receive the same by the city council of Charleston.
Limitation of the law.
Continued 1809, ch. 5.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for three years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, March 28, 1806.