1338 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



No. 179. 1878: Extracts from Revised Statutes of the United States 

 1878, Titles XXXIV, XLVIII, and L. 



TITLE XXXIV. COLLECTION OF DUTIES UPON IMPORTS. 



CHAPTER FOUR. Entry of merchandise. 



SEC. 2793. Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and 

 coasting trade on the northern, northeastern and northwestern fron- 

 tiers oithe United States, departing from or arriving at a port in one 

 district to or from a port in another district, and also touching at 

 intermediate foreign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the 

 payment of entry and clearance fees, or tonnage tax, as if from or to 

 foreign ports; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required to 

 enter and clear. 



TITLE XL VIII. REGULATION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION. 



CHAPTER THREE. Tonnage duties. 



SEC. 4219. [Upon vessels which shall be entered at any custom- 

 house in the United States, from any foreign port or place, there 

 shall be paid the respective duties following: On vessels of the United 

 States, thirty cents a ton; on vessels built within the United States, 

 but belonging wholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, sixty 

 cents per ton; on foreign vessels entered in the United States from 

 any foreign port to and with which vessels of the United States are 

 not ordinarily permitted to enter and trade, two dollars and thirty 

 cents per ton; on other vessels, thirty cents per ton: Provided, That 

 the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the discrimi- 

 nating or countervailing duties of any foreign nation to which such 

 vessels belong, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the 

 United States, have been abolished; otherwise, eighty cents per ton: 

 And provided, That nothing in this section shall impair any rights or 

 privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation, 

 under the laws and treaties of the United States, relative to the duty 

 of tonnage on vessels']. [Upon vessels which shall be entered in the 

 United States from any foreign port or place there shall be paid 

 duties as follows: On vessels built within the United States but 

 belonging wholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, at tie rate 

 of thirty cents per ton; on other vessels not of the United States, at 

 the rate of fifty cents per ton. Upon every vessel not of the United 

 States, which shall be entered in one district from another district, 

 having on board goods, wares, or merchandise taken in one district 

 to be delivered in another district, duties shall be paid at the rate of 

 fifty cents per ton. Nothing in this section shall be deemed in any 

 wise to impair any rights or privileges which have been or may be 

 acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties 01 the 



