United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 207
Chap. CCVII.—An Act concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels.[1]
No higher duties of tonnage to be levied on Spanish vessels than are paid by Amer. vessels.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no other or greater duty of tonnage be levied in the ports of the United States on vessels owned wholly by subjects of Spain, coming from a port of Spain, than shall, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be ascertained to have been paid on American vessels in the ports of Spain previous to the twentieth October, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Spanish colonial vessels to pay same tonnage duty as American vessels in Spanish colonial ports.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That vessels owned wholly by Spanish subjects, coming from any of the colonies of Spain, either directly or after touching at any other port or place, shall pay, in the ports of the United States, the same rate of duty on tonnage that shall be levied on American vessels in the Spanish colonial port from whence such Spanish vessel shall have last departed; the said amount to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized, from time to time, to give directions to the officers of the customs of the United States for the collection of such duties, so as to conform the said duties to any variation that may take place in the duties levied on American vessels in such Spanish ports.
The President, in case any foreign nation shall abolish discriminating duties on Amer. vessels, may direct duties on vessels of such nation to cease, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of tonnage levied by any foreign nation on the ships or vessels of the United States shall have been abolished, he may direct that the tonnage duty on the vessels of such nation shall cease to be levied in the ports of the United States; and cause any duties of tonnage that may have been levied on the vessels of such foreign nation, subsequent to the abolition of its discriminating duties of tonnage, to be refunded.
2d and 3d sections to take effect Jan. 1, 1833.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the second and third sections of this act shall be in force and take effect from and after the first day of January next.
Approved, July 13, 1832.
- ↑ See notes of acts relating to discriminating duties, vol. iv. p. 2.