1837. Contingent exHouse of Repre

For stationary, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, fifty thousand dollars. For the contingent expenses of the navy, as enumerated in penses of the the act of the third of March last, in addition to the amount Contingent exappropriated by that act, one hundred and twenty thousand penses of dollars.

For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, ten thousand dollars.

For defraying the expenses attending the prosecution of the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed by the late James Smithson, of London, five thousand dollars.

sentatives.

the Navy, as enumerated by act 3d March last.

Relief and pro

tection of American seamen.

Expenses at secution of the

tending the pro

U. S. claim to the Smithson le

For contingent expenses in the office of the Treasurer, five cyn hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses in the Treasurer's of

ed by resolutions

For preparing, printing, and binding documents ordered by fice. Expenses of the resolution of the Senate of the second of July, 1836, twenty- documents orderfifth of February, 1837, and second of March, 1837, to be dis- of the Senate of bursed under the direction of the Committee to audit and con- July, 1836. 25th February, trol the contingent expenses of the Senate, twenty-five thousand and 24 March, dollars.

20

1837.

lecting officers

pay debentures,

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the revenue from If the revenue remaining in the duties, or from the sales of public lands remaining in the hands hands of the colof the receiving and collecting officers, be not sufficient at any be not sufficient time to pay debentures and other charges which are by existing at any time to laws made payable out of the accruing revenue before it is &c., the Secre transferred to the credit of the Treasurer, the Secretary of the sury is hereby Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the said debentures and them out of any other charges out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise unappropriated appropriated.

tary of the Trea

authorized to pay

money in the Treasury.

of the Treasury

range and settle

transfer moneys

der act 23d June,

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the The Secretary Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized, to arrange and settle authorized to ar any of the outstanding transfer drafts given to transfer moneys outstanding to the States under the act of twenty-third of June, 1836, and driven to which have not been paid by the depositories upon which they to the States unwere drawn, or otherwise arranged and settled by the United 1836, &c., by reStates, by receiving such drafts at par in payment of any debts par in payment due to the United States, without any allowance of interest for for debts due to the time the drafts have been outstanding and unpaid, or any other allowance for interest or damages of any description. Approved, October 16th, 1837.

ceiving them at

the U. S., without any allow. ance for interest or damages.

RESOLUTION.

[No. 1.] A RESOLUTION directing the postage on letters sent by the Express Mail to be paid in advance.

ters sent by the

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postage on letPostmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to cause the Express Mail to postage on all letters sent by the Express Mail of the United be paid in adStates to be paid in advance at the time of depositing them for transportation by said mail.

Approved, October 12th, 1837.

vance.

APPENDIX.

1837.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, a treaty of amity and commerce between the Government of the United States of America and his Majesty Seyed Syeed Bin, Sultan of Muscat, and his dependencies, was concluded and signed at the city of Muscat, in the kingdom of Aman, on the twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree; which treaty is, word for word, as follows:

A treaty of amity and commerce between the United States Treaty with of America and his Majesty Seyed Syeed Bin, Sultan of the Sultan of Muscat, and his dependencies:

ARTICLE 1. There shall be a perpetual peace between the United States of America and Seyed Syeed Bin, Sultan, and his dependencies.

Muscat.

Perpetual peace.

Citizens of the liberty to enter

United States at

the ports of the

and to depart

please.

ART. 2. The citizens of the United States shall have free liberty to enter all the ports of his Majesty Seyed Syeed Bin, Sultan, with their cargoes, of whatever kind the said cargoes tan with their may consist; and they shall have liberty to sell the same to cargoes to trade, any of the subjects of the Sultan, or others who may wish to when they buy the same, or to barter the same for any produce or manufactures of the kingdom, or other articles that may be found there. No price shall be fixed by the Sultan, or his officers, on the articles to be sold by the merchants of the United States, or the merchandise they may wish to purchase; but the trade shall be free on both sides to sell or buy, or exchange, on the terms and for the prices the owners may think fit: and whenever the said citizens of the United States may think fit to depart, they shall be at liberty so to do; and if any officer of the Sultan shall contravene this article, he shall be severely punished. It is understood and agreed, however, that the articles of muskets, powder, and ball can only be sold to the Government in the island of Zanzibar; but, in all the other ports of the Sultan, the said munitions of war may be freely sold, without any restrictions whatever, to the highest bidder. ART. 3. Vessels of the United States entering any port within the Sultan's dominions shall pay no more than five per cent. duties on the cargo landed; and this shall be in full consideration of all import and export duties, tonnage, license to trade, pilotage, anchorage, or any other charge whatever: nor shall any charge be paid on that part of the cargo which may remain on board unsold and re-exported: nor shall any charge what

Duties payable United States.

by vessels of the

1837.

ever be paid on any vessel of the United States which may enter any of the ports of his Majesty for the purpose of refitting, or for refreshments, or to inquire the state of the market. ART. 4. The American citizen shall pay no other duties on ties than the ns, export or import, tonnage, license to trade, or other charge favoured nation whatsoever, than the nation the most favoured shall pay.

Americans to

pay no other du

shall pay.

Assistance to shipwrecked ves

ART. 5. If any vessel of the United States shall suffer shipsels of the U. S. Wreck on any part of the Sultan's dominions, the persons escaping from the wreck shall be taken care of and hospitably entertained, at the expense of the Sultan, until they shall find an opportunity to be returned to their country, (for the Sultan can never receive any remuneration whatever for rendering succour to the distressed;) and the property saved from such wreck shall be carefully preserved and delivered to the owner, or the consul of the United States, or to any authorized agent. ART. 6. The citizens of the United States resorting to the in ports of the ports of the Sultan for the purpose of trade shall have leave to Sultan not to be 'land and reside in the said ports without paying any tax or imposition whatever for such liberty, other than the general duties on imports which the most favoured nation shall pay. Citizens U. S. ART. 7. If any citizens of the United States, or their vessels, to be set at liber- or other property, shall be taken by pirates and brought within ty, and their pro- the dominions of the Sultan, the persons shall be set at liberty, and the property restored to the owner, if he is present, or to the American consul, or to any authorized agent.

American merchants residing

taxed.

taken by pirates

perty restored.

jects of the Sul

Vessels of sub- ART. 8. Vessels belonging to the subjects of the Sultan, which tan to pay no may resort to any port in the United States, shall pay no other U S. than those or higher rate of duties or other charges than the nation the of the most fa- most favoured shall pay.

higher duties in

voured nation.

The President

appoint consuls

ports of the Sul

powers, and pri vileges.

ART. 9. The President of the United States may appoint of the U.S. may consuls to reside in the ports of the Sultan where the principal at the principal commerce shall be carried on, which consuls shall be the extan-their duties, clusive judges of all disputes or suits wherein American citizens shall be engaged with each other. They shall have power to receive the property of any American citizen dying within the kingdom, and to send the same to his heirs, first paying all his debts due to the subjects of the Sultan. The said consuls shall not be arrested, nor shall their property be seized, nor shall any of their household be arrested, but their persons and property, and their houses, shall be inviolate. Should any consul, however, commit any offence against the laws of the kingdom, complaint shall be made to the President, who will immediately displace him.

Concluded at the Royal Palace, in the city of Muscat, 21st September, 1833.

Concluded, signed, and sealed at the Royal Palace, in the city of Muscat, in the kingdom of Aman, the twenty-first day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three of the Christian era, and the fifty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, corresponding to the sixth day of the moon, called Iamada Alawel, in the year of the Allhajra (Hegira) one thousand two hundred and forty-nine.

WHEREAS, the undersigned, Edmund Roberts, a citizen of 1837. the United States of America, and a resident of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, being duly appointed a special agent by letters patent, under the signature of the President, and seal of the United States of America, bearing date at the City of Washington, the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for negotiating and concluding a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States of America, and His Majesty Seyed Syeed Bin, Sultan of Muscat:

fication reserved

&c.

Now, know ye, that I, Edmund Roberts, special agent as The final ratiaforesaid, do conclude the foregoing treaty of amity and com- to the President, merce, and every article and clause therein contained, reserving the same nevertheless for the final ratification of the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States.

Done at the Royal Palace, in the City of Muscat, in the Kingdom of Aman, on the twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty-seventh, corresponding to the sixth day of the moon, called Iamada Alawel, in the year of Allhajra (Hegira) one thousand two hundred and forty-nine. EDMUND ROBERTS.

(Signed)

And whereas, the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts; and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at the City of Muscat, on the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five:

Now, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, THAT I, MARTIN VAN BUREN, President of the United States, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States, and the citizens thereof.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun[L. s.] dred and thirty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the sixty-first.

By the President:

JOHN FORSYTH,

MARTIN VAN BUREN.

Ratification:

Secretary of State.