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SESs . TI.
Cu . 3 1.
351
1817.
STATVTE 11.
CHAP . XXXL .--.Bn Set eoncerning the navigation of
March 1, 1817.
Restriction of
importations to
vessels of a
particular character .
proviso : the
regulation not
to extend to foreign vessels of
a certain description .
Merchandise
imported contrary to this act,
vessel, &c ., forfeited .
Bounties on
vessels employed in the fisheries restricted
to such whose
officers and
3-4ths of the
crews are citizens, &c.
Regulations
with respect to
importation of
goods from one
port of the
United States to
another, &c . .
Regulations
in relation to
tonnage duty on
vessels entering
from a district
in one to a district in another
state.
Proviso :
as
to licensed vessels.
Proviso : as to
of
duty where 34ths of the crew
are citizens, &c .
diminution
Act of May
1, 1802, ch . 45 .
352
50 cents . per
ton on vessels,
whose officers
and 2-3ds of the
crews are not
citizens .
Proviso ; exception in favour of vessels
on foreign voyages, &c .
The . proportion of citizen
seamen to exist
during the
whole voyage,
unless, &c .
STATUTE 11 .
March 3, 1817.
CRAP . XXXIII . -.In Set making appropriations for the support of government
for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen .