Public Acts of Congress. 'rom Charlotte, by Harrisburg, Pine Hill, Alex- with the name of the owner, the quantity thereof, ler's, Landford, and Lewisville, to Chester irt-house, in South Carolina. 'n South Carolina. From Chesterfield courtase, by Lawry's mills and Pickett's store, to adesborough, in North Carolina. From Greenville court-house to Spartanburg. From Barfield's, by Marion court-house, or lesborough, and Godfrey's ferry, to Johnson's ry, on Lynch's creek. From Conwayborough, by Gallivant's ferry, to arion court-house. From Conwayborough to Smithfield, in North rolina. to be ascertained by actual gauging, and the proof thereof. And the exporter of such spirits shall, moreover, previous to putting or lading the same on board of any ship or vessel for exportation, give six hours' notice at least to the collector of the customs for the district from which the same are about to be exported of his or her intention to export the same; and shall make entry in writing of the particulars thereof, and of the casks or vessels containing the same, and of their respective marks, numbers, and contents, and of the place or places where deposited, and of the port or place to which, and ship or vessel in which they or either of them shall be so intended to be exported; and the form of the said entry shall be as follows: Entry of domestic spirits, intended to From Chester court-house to Louisville. In Georgia. From Jefferson to Hurricane oals. From Montgomery court-house, by Black-be exported by [here insert the name or names,] ore's and Hardin's to Riceborough. on board of the [insert the denomination and In Tennessee.-From Nashville, by Murfrees-name of the vessel,] whereof [insert the name of rough, Stone Fort, and Winchester, in Tennes- the master] is master, for [insert the port or place e, Lowry's, Van's Old Place, and Blackburn's, to which destined,] for the benefit of drawback. Athens, in Georgia. From Lebanon, by Williamsburg and Hilham, Monroe. From Sparta, by Liberty and Lebanon, to ashville. From Bean's station, by Stiffey's mill, to Iron Vorks of Mossy creek, thence to Danbridge. From Marysville, by Morgantown, to Tellico lock-house. Marks. Numbers. Casks and contents. Gauge. And the said collector shall, in writing. direct the surveyor or other inspecting officer to inspect, or cause to be inspected, the spirits so notified for exportation; and if they shall be found to corre From Port Royal to John Hunt's, in Robert-spond fully with the notice concerning the same, on's county. That the post road from Jonesborough to Greenille pass through Leesburg and Brownsburg. In the Mississippi Territory.-From Franklin ourt-house to Liberty, Amity court-house. Approved, April 30, 1816. An Act to allow drawback of duties on spirits distilled and sugar refined within the United States, and for other purposes. and shall be so certified by the said surveyor, or other inspecting officer, the said collector, together with the naval officer, if any there be, shall grant a permit for lading the same, on board of the ship or vessel named in such notice and entry as aforesaid; which lading shall be performed under the superintendence of the officer by whom the same shall have been so inspected; and the said exporter or exporters shall likewise make oath that the said spirits, so notified for exportation, and laden on board such ship or vessel, previous to the clearance thereof, or within twenty days after such clearance, are truly intended to be exported to the place whereof notice shall have been given, and are not intended to be relanded within the United States or the Territories thereof. Be it enacted, &c., That a drawback of six cents or every gallon of spirits, not below first proof, listilled within the United States, or the Terriories thereof, shall be allowed on all such spirits s shall be exported to any foreign port or place, other than the dominions of any foreign State SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That, for all mmediately adjoining to the United States, add- distilled spirits which shall be exported to any forng to the allowance upon every gallon of such eign port or place, and which shall be entitled to pirits so distilled from molasses, four cents; the benefit of drawback, in virtue of this act, the which allowances shall be made without deduc exporter or exporters shall be entitled to receive ion: Provided, That the quantity so exported from the collector of the customs for such dishall amount to one hundred and fifty gallons at trict a debenture or debentures, assignable by he least, to entitle an exporter thereof to draw-delivery and endorsement, for the amount of the pack, and that no drawback shall be allowed when- drawback to which such spirits are entitled, which ever any of the said spirits shall be exported oth-shall be received in payment of direct taxes and erwise than in vessels not less than thirty tons burden. internal duties in the collection district in which the same shall be granted: Provided, always, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in order That the collector aforesaid may refuse to grant co entitle the exporter or exporters to the benefit such debenture or debentures, in case it shall of drawback allowed by this act on such spirits appear to him that any error has arisen, or any so distilled, the vessels or casks containing the fraud has been committed; and in case of such same shall be branded or otherwise marked, in refusal, if the debenture or debentures claimed durable characters, with progressive numbers, I shall exceed one hundred dollars, it shall be the Public Acts of Congress. in case the collector of the customs shall not be satisfied therewith, shall be supported by the certificate of a reputable refiner of sugar to the same! effect, and that the drawback on refined sugar | heretofore imported, be allowed, subject to the regulations applicable to the drawback of duties | on other imported articles. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any principal or assistant collector of the internal rev enue, or collector of the customs, or other officer, shall neglect to perform the duties enjoined upon him by this act, he shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. duty of the said collector to represent the case to the Comptroller of the Treasury, who shall determine whether such debenture or debentures shall be granted or not. And provided further. That in no case of an exportation of spirits entitled to drawback, in virtue of this act, shall a debenture or debentures issue, unless the exporter or export ers shall, before the clearance of the ship or vessel in which the spirits were laden for exportation, or within twenty days after such clearance, make oath or affirmation that the said spirits notified for exportation as aforesaid, and laden on board such ship or vessel, are truly intended to be exported to the place whereof notice shall have been given, and are not intended to be relanded within SEC.8. And be it further enacted, That the sum the United States; and shall moreover give bond, of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of the collector, in a sum equal to double the amount any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise apof the sum for which such exporter may be enti-propriated, to be applied by the Secretary of the tled to claim a debenture, conditioned that the Treasury, under the direction of the President of said spirits, or any part thereof, shall not be re- the United States, in the hire, purchase, or buildlanded in any port or place within the limits of ing of custom-houses, ware houses, and stores, for the United States, and that the exporter or export- the purposes of collecting and securing the revenue ers shall produce, within the time limited, the at such places, and in such manner as he shall proof and certificates required, of the said spirits deem most expedient.-Approved, April 30, 1816. having been delivered without the limits aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said An Act making further appropriations for the year one bond shall be drawn, as near as may be, in the thousand eight hundred and sixteen. same form, and may be discharged in the same Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thoumanner, as are, or may be prescribed by law in relation to cases where drawback is allowed on sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, approprithe exportation of merchandise imported into the ated for compensation to the commissioner apUnited States, and the like penalties shall be in- pointed under an act, entitled "An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or curred, and proceedings had, whether in regard to officers of the United States or other persons, and destroyed by the enemy, while in the military the same fees be allowed in cases relative to draw-service of the United States, and for other purback on domestic distilled spirits, as in cases relative to drawback on foreign spirits; and the form of the said bond, and of the other documents, oaths, and affirmations, not herein inserted, shall be prescribed by the Treasury Department. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which drawback shall be claimed for spirits made out of molasses, an oath or affirma tion shall be made by two reputable persons one of whom shall not be the exporter, that, according to their belief, the said spirits were distilled from molasses of foreign production; which oath or affirmation, in case the collector of the customs shall not be satisfied therewith, shall be supported by the certificate of a reputable distiller to the same effect. poses" and the further sum of one thousand dollars for compensation to the clerk, authorized by the act aforesaid; for the expense incurred by the board of commissioners appointed under the act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory, seven hundred dollars; and for additional compensation to the commissioners aforesaid, and their secretary, four thousand dollars; and for expenses of engraving, printing, and preparing certificates issued, and to be issued, by the commissioners, three thousand dollars; for the expense for clerks employed by the Board of Navy Commissioners seven hundred and fifty dollars in addition to the former appropriation; for the payment of pensions, an additional sum of one hunSEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in addi-dred and fifty thousand dollars; and for the paytion to the duty at present authorized to be drawnment of a clerk in the secretary's office of the back on sugar refined within the United States, Mississippi Territory, employed by the Governor and exported therefrom, there may hereafter be of that Territory from the first of April to the drawn back on such refined sugar, when made first of August, one thousand eight hundred and out of sugar imported into the United States, the fifteen, two hundred dollars; to be paid out of further sum of four cents per pound without de- any money in the Treasury not otherwise approduction, which shall be allowed under the same priated.-Approved, April 30, 1816. provisions with the duty now permitted to be drawn back; and furthermore, on the express condition that the person exporting the same shall swear, or affirm that the same, according to his belief, was made out of sugar imported from a foreign port or place; which oath or affirmation, Resolutions directing a copy of the documents printed by a resolve of Congress, of the 27th of December, 1813, to be transmitted to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Resolved, fc., That of the two hundred copies Public Acts of Congress. he documents ordered to be printed by a re- and crew, in capturing the British sloop-of-war e of the Senate and House of Representa- Penguin, after a brave and skilful combat. s of the twenty-seventh of December, one Approved, February 22, 1816. usand eight hundred and thirteen, the Secreof State be, and he is hereby, authorized to e one copy for each of the Judges of the Su-Resolution, for printing the laws relative to naturalime Court of the United States, to be transted to said judges, according to the provision he act of Congress of the eighteenth of April, thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Approved, February 6, 1816. olution, to indemnify the sureties of Commodore John Rodgers. zation. Resolved, &c., That the Secretary of State be authorized and directed to cause to be printed four thousand copies of the laws now in force on the subject of naturalization. And, of the copies which may be so provided, two shall be sent to each marshal of a judicial district of the United States, two to the clerk or prothonotary for each naturalized, and two to each collector of the cusState, which may, by law, admit persons to be toms. Approved, April 16, 1816. Resolved, &c., That under the peculiar circum-court of the United States, or of a particular nces of the case, of an appeal taken by Comdore John Rodgers, from a decree of the United ates circuit court for the district of Massachu- such as the President of the United States may The remaining copies, after reserving ts, affirming that of the district court for the deem proper for the use of the Executive depart d district, to the Supreme Court of the United ates, in the case wherein John Donnel of Bal-ments, shall be placed in the Library of Congress. hore was libellant, and the said John Rodgers d John Smith were respondents, the United ates will indemnify and save harmless any rson who may become sureties for the said John odgers, in a bond to respond the final judgment the Supreme Court on the said appeal: Proled, That this interposition on the part of the nited States shall not be considered as involving em in any other engagement or responsibility, an to indemnify and save harmless the said reties from eventual loss, on account of such retyship. Approved, February 15, 1816. Resolution, requiring the Secretaay of State to compile and print, once in every two years, a register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States. ter, containing correct lists of all the officers and Resolved, &c., That, once in two years, a regisagents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States, made up to the last day of September of each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, be compiled and printed under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of State. And to enable him to form such register, esolution, requesting the President to present med-he, for his own department, and the heads of the als to Captain Stewart and the officers of the frigate Constitution. Resolved, &c., That the President of the Unid States be, and he is hereby, requested to preent to Captain Charles Stewart, of the frigate Constitution, a gold medal, with suitable emems and devices, and a silver medal, with suitble emblems and devices, to each commissioned fficer of the said frigate, in testimony of the high ense entertained by Congress of the gallantry, ood conduct, and services of Captain Stewart, is officers and crew, in the capture of the Brith vessels of war, the Cyane and the Levant, fter a brave and skilful combat. Approved, February 22, 1816. Resolution, requesting the President to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop-of-war Hornet. Resolved, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is is hereby, requested to present o Captain Jas. Biddle, of the sloop-of-war Hornet, a gold medal, with suitable emblems and devices, and a silver medal, with suitable emblems and devices, to each commissioned officer of the said sloop of-war, in testimony of the high sense enertained by Congress of the gallantry, good conluct and services of Captain Biddle, his officers other departments, respectively, shall, in due time, cause such lists as aforesaid, of all officers and agents, in their respective departments, including lodged in the office of the Department of State. clerks, cadets, and midshipmen, to be made and And the said lists, shall exhibit the amount of compensation, pay, and emoluments allowed to each officer, agent, clerk, cadet, and midshipman, the State or county in which he was born, and where employed. 2. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy subjoin to the list of the persons employed in his the ships and vessels belonging to the United department, the names, force, and condition of all States, and when and where built. 3. Resolved, That five hundred copies of the said register be printed; and that on the first Monday in January in each year, when a new Congress shall be assembled, there be delivered to the President, the Vice President, each head of a department, each member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, one copy of such register; and to the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, each, ten copies, for the use of the respective houses; that twenty-five copies shall be deposited in the Library of the United States, at the Seat of Government, to be used like other books in that library, and that the residue of the Public Acts of Congress. said copies be disposed of in such manner as Congress shall from time to time direct. 4. Resolved, That, for the information of the present Congress, such register as aforesaid be prepared and distributed as aforesaid, on the first day of its next session. Approved, April 27, 1816. A resolution relative to the more effectual collection of the public revenue. and that from and after the twentieth day of February next, no such duties, taxes, debts, or sums of money accruing or becoming payable to the United States as aforesaid, ought to be collected or received otherwise than in the legal currency of the United States, or Treasury notes, or notes of the Bank of the United States, or in notes of banks which are payable and paid on demand in the said legal currency of the United States. Approved, April 30, 1816. Resolved, fc., That the Secretary of the Trea-Resolution, authorizing the President of the United sury be, and he hereby is, required and directed States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of to adopt such measures as he may deem necessary engineers. to cause, as soon as may be, all duties, taxes, debts, or sums of money, accruing or becoming payable to the United States, to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United States, or Treasury notes, or notes of the Bank of the United States as by law provided and declared, or in notes of banks which are payable and paid on demand in the said legal currency of the United States, Resolved, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ, in addition to the corps of engineers as now established, a skilful assistant, whose compensation shall be such as the President of the United States shall think proper, not exceeding the allowance to the chief officer of that corps. Approved, April 30, 1816. |