tion," approved on the 15th of May, 1820*, shall be, and the same are hereby, suspended, for and during the continuance of this Act, so far as any of the restrictions or prohibitions therein contained, limit or interdict the intercourse of navigation or commerce between the ports of The United States, and the British colonial ports hereinafter mentioned, to wit:-Kingston, in Jamaica; Savannah Le Mar, do.; Montego Bay, do.; Santa Lucia, do.; Antonio, do.; Saint Ann, do.; Falmouth, do.; Maria, do.; Morant Bay and Annotto Bay, do.; Saint George, in Grenada; Roseau, in Dominica; Saint John's, in Antigua; San Josef, in Trinidad; Scarborough, in Tobago; Road Harbour, in Tortola; Nassau, in New Providence; Pitt's Town, in Crooked Island; Kingston, in Saint Vincent; Port Saint George and Port Hamilton, in Bermuda; any port where there is a custom-house in Bahamas; Bridgetown, in Barbadoes; Saint John's and Saint Andrew's, in New Brunswick; Halifax, in Nova Scotia; Quebec, in Canada; St. John's, in Newfoundland; Georgetown, in Demerara; New Amsterdam, in Berbice; Castries, in St. Lucia; Basseterre, in St. Kitts; Charlestown, in Nevis; Plymouth, in Montserrat.

articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture of The United States, laden as aforesaid, were unladen and landed conformably to the provisions of this Act, or in cases of loss by sea, by capture, or other unavoidable accident, by the production of such other proofs as the nature of the case will admit, according to the provisions of the said 81st section of the Act aforesaid.

IV. And be it further cnacted, that all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this Act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, and may be mitigated or remitted, in the manner and according to the provisions of the revenue laws of The United States.

* ACT of Congress supplementary to an Act, entitled "An Act concerning Navigation." Approved 15th May, 1820+.-Sect I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of The United States of America in Congress assembled, that, from and after the 30th day of September next, the ports of The United States shall be, and remain closed against every vessel owned, wholly, or in part, by a subject or subjects of His Britannick Majesty, coming or arriving by sea, from any port or place in the province of Lower Canada, or coming or arriving from any port or place in the province of New Brunswick, the province of Nova Scotia, the islands of Newfoundland, St. John's, or Cape Breton, or the dependencies of any of them, the islands of Bermuda, the Bahama islands, the islands called Caicos, or the dependencies of any of them, or from any other port or place in any island, colony, territory, or possession under the dominion of Great Britain, in the West Indies, or on the continent of America, south of the southern boundary of The United States, and not included within the Act to which this Act is supplementary. And every such vessel, so excluded from the ports of The United States, that shall enter, or attempt to enter the same, in violation of this Act, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to The United States. II. And be it further enacted, that, from and after the 30th day of Septem

Revived by Proclamation of 17th March, 1827.

II. And be it further enacted, that, from and after the said 3d day of March next, the Ports of The United States shall be opened to any British Vessel, coming directly from any of the British Colonial Ports above enumerated: and it shall be lawful to import in the said Vessels, being navigated by a Master, and three-fourths at least of the Mariners, British Subjects, any articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of any of the said British Colonies, the importation of the like articles, to which, from elsewhere, is not, or shall not be, prohibited by law, and which may be exported from any of the said enumerated British Ports to The United States, on equal terms, in vessels belonging to the said States.

III. And be it further enacted, that, on proof being given to the President of The United States, satisfactory to him, that upon the ves

ber next, the owner, consignee, or agent, of every vessel owned, wholly or in part, by a subject or subjects of His Britannick Majesty, which shall have been duly entered in any port of The United States, and on board of which shall have been there laden, for exportation, any article or articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of The United States, other than provisions and sea stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before such vessel shall have been cleared outward at the custom-house, give bond in a sum double the value of such article or articles, with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the collector, that the article or articles so laden, on board such vessel, for exportation, shall be landed in some port or place other than a port or place in any province, island, colony, territory, or possession, belonging to His Britannick Majesty, that is mentioned or described in this Act, or in the Act to which this Act is supplementary. And every such vessel that shall sail, or attempt to sail, from any port of The United States, without having complied with the provisions aforesaid, by giving bond as aforesaid, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on board the same as aforesaid, be forfeited to The United States: provided, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed so as to violate any provision of the Convention to regulate commerce between the territories of The United States and of His Britannick Majesty, signed the 3d day of July, 1815.

III. And be it further enacted, that from and after the 30th day of September next, no goods, wares, or merchandize, shall be imported into The United States of America from the province of Nova Scotia, the province of New Brunswick, the islands of Cape Breton, St. John's, Newfoundland, or their respective dependencies, from the Bermuda islands, the Bahama islands, the islands called Caicos, or either or any of the aforesaid possessions, islands, or places, or from any other province, possession, plantation, island or place, under the dominion of Great Britain, in the West Indies, or on the continent of America, south of the southern boundaries of The United States, except only such goods, wares, and merchandize, as are truly and wholly of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the province, colony, plantation, island, possession, or place aforesaid, where the same shall be laden, and from whence such goods, wares, or merchandize, shall be directly imported into The United States; and all goods, wares, and merchandize, imported, or attempted to be imported, into The United States of America, contrary to the provisions of this Act, together with the vessel on board of which the same shall be laden, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to The United States.

sels of The United States admitted into the above enumerated British Colonial Ports, and upon any goods, wares, or merchandize, imported therein, in the said Vessels, no other or higher duties of tonnage or impost, and no other charges of any kind, are levied or exacted than upon British Vessels, or upon the like goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into the said Colonial Ports, from elsewhere, it shall and may be lawful for the President of The United States to issue his Proclamation, declaring that no other or higher duty of impost or tonnage, and no other or higher duty or charge of any kind, upon any goods, wares, or merchandize, imported from the above-enumerated British Colonial Ports, in British Vessels, shall be levied or exacted in any of the Ports of The United States, (excepting the Ports in the Territory of Florida) than upon the Vessels of The United States, and upon the like goods, wares, or merchandize, imported into the Ports of The United States, in the same :-Provided, always, that until such proof shall be given, British Vessels coming from the said British Colonial Ports, and the goods, wares, and merchandize, imported in the same into The United States, shall continue to pay the Foreign Tonnage Duty, and the additional duties upon goods, wares, and merchandize, imported in foreign Vessels, prescribed by the "Act to regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage," approved the 27th April, 1816.

IV. And be it further enacted, that no articles whatsoever, specie and bullion excepted, other than articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the British Colonies, to which the said enumerated Ports belong, shall be imported into The United States, in British Vessels, coming from any of the said enumerated Ports; and that no articles whatsoever, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the British Colonies, to which the said enumerated Ports belong, shall be imported into The United States, in any British Vessel, other than a Vessel coming directly from one of the said enumerated Ports, on pain of forfeiting all such articles, together with the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall have been imported, and her guns, tackle, apparel, and furniture.

V. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful to export from The United States, directly to any of the above enumerated British Colonial Ports, in any Vessel of The United States, or in any British Vessel, navigated as by the 2d section of this Act is prescribed, and having come directly from any of the above enumerated British Colonial Ports, any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of The United States, or any other article legally imported therein, the exportation of which, elsewhere, shall not be prohibited by law; provided, that when exported in any such British Vessels, before the shipment of any such articles, security by bond shall be given to The United States, in a penalty equal to half the value of the said Articles; such bond to be taken of the owner, consignee, or agent, by the collector of

the Port at which the said British Vessel shall have entered, for the due landing of the said articles, at the Port or Ports, being of the British Colonial Ports hereinabove enumerated, for which the said Vessel shall clear out; and for producing a certificate thereof, within 12 months from the date of said bond, under the hand and seal of the Consul or Commercial Agent of The United States, resident at the Port where the said articles shall have been landed; or if there shall be no Consul or Commercial Agent of The United States residing there, such certificate to be under the hand and seal of the Chief Officer of the Customs, at such Port, or under the hand and seal of two known and reputable Merchants residing at such Port; but such bond may be discharged, by proof, on oath, by credible persons, that the said articles were taken by enemies, or perished in the seas. And it shall not be lawful to export, from The United States, any article whatsoever, to any of the above-enumerated British Colonial Ports, in any British Vessel, other than such as shall have come directly from one of the said Ports to The United States; nor shall it be lawful to export from The United States any article whatsoever, in any British Vessel, having come from any of the said enumerated Ports, to any other Port or place whatsoever, than directly to one of the said Ports. And in case any such articles shall be shipped or waterborne, for the purpose of being exported contrary to this Act, the same shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized and prosecuted, in like manner as for any other violation of the revenue laws of The United 'States.

VI. And be it further enacted, that this Act, unlesss repealed. altered, or amended by Congress, shall be and continue in force so long as the above enumerated British Colonial Ports shall be open to the admission of Vessels of The United States, conformably to the Provisions of the British Act of Parliament of the 24th of June last, being the 44th Chapter of the Acts of the 3d Year of George the IV.; but if at any time the trade and intercourse between The United States and all or any of the above enumerated British Colonial Ports, authorized by the said Act of Parliament, should be prohibited by a British Order in Council, cr by Act of Parliament, then from the day of such Order in Council, or Act of Parliament, or from the time that the same shall commence to be in force, Proclamation to that effect having been made by the President of The United States, each and every provision of this Act, so far as the same shall apply to the intercourse between The United States and the above enumerated British Colonial Ports, in British Vessels, shall cease to operate in their favour; and each and every provision of the "Act concerning Navigation," approved on the 18th of April, 1818, and of the Act supplementary thereto, approved on the 15th of May, 1820, shall revive and

be in full force.

VII. And be it further enacted, that if any British Colonial Port in the American hemisphere, other than those herein-above enumerated, should, by virtue of a British Order in Council, be opened to Vessels of The United States, conformably to the provisions of the said Act of Parliament of the 24th of June last, each and every provision of this Act shall extend to the same, from the time when it shall be so opened to the Vessels of The United States.

VIII. And be it further enacted, that the form of the Bond aforesaid shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and all penalties and forfeitures incurred under this Act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, and the same may be mitigated or remitted, in the manner, and according to the provisions, of the Revenue Laws of The United States.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, for levying countervailing Duties on Vessels of The United States, and their Cargoes, in the British Possessions in America and the West Indies.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 21st of July, 1823.
PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the 3d Year of His Majesty's Reign, [Cap. 44*.] intituled, "An Act to regulate the Trade between His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies, and other places in America and the West Indies,” certain articles enumerated in the Schedule B, annexed to the said Act, are permitted to be imported into certain Ports in His Majesty's said Dominions: and whereas some of the said articles are subject, on importation into the said Ports, to the payment of certain duties, according to the rates set forth in Schedule C, annexed to the said Act; and whereas, by an Act passed in the 4th Year of His Majesty's Reign, [Cap. 77.] intituled, "An Act to authorise His Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the duties and drawbacks on goods imported or exported in foreign vessels, and to exempt certain foreign vessels from pilotage," His Majesty is authorised, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, or by His Majesty's Order or Orders in Council, to be published from time to time in the London Gazette, whenever it shall be deemed expedient, to levy and charge any additional duty, or duties of customs, or to withhold the payment of any drawbacks, bounties, or allowances upon any goods, wares, or merchandize imported into or exported from the United Kingdom, or imported into or exported from any of His Majesty's Dominions, in Vessels belonging to any Foreign Country, in which higher duties shall have been levied, or smaller

*Repealed by 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 105. Sect. 359.