ACTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the first session, which was begun and held in the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixth day of December, 1819, and ended on the fifteenth day of May, 1820. JAMES MONROE, President; DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; JAMES BARBOUR, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the fourteenth of December, 1819; JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the twenty-eighth of January, 1820; HENRY CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE I. CHAP. I.-An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the members of Congress, the delegates from territories, the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to transmit, free of postage, to any post-office within the United States, or the territories thereof, any documents which have been, or may be, printed by order of either House, during the present Congress. APPROVED, December 14, 1819. Dec. 14, 1819. Members, delegates, secretary, and clerk of House may transmit any document. STATUTE I. Jan. 14, 1820. CHAP. II.-An Act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the For subsistence of the army of the United States, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For the national armories, fifty-six thousand dollars. For arrearages, on the settlement of outstanding claims, fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 14, 1820. For subsist ence. For armories. For arreara ges. 539 STATUTE I. Jan. 14, 1820. Act of Feb. CHAP. III.-An Act in addition to the "Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 16, 1819, ch. 25. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums, in addition to those appropriated by the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated: Appropriations. For pay and subsistence of officers, and pay of seamen. For provisions. For medicines, hospital stores, &c. For repairs of vessels. For contin gent expenses. For salaries of agents. For pay and subsistence of the officers and pay of the seamen, two hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred dollars. For provisions, forty-one thousand four hundred dollars. For medicines, hospital stores, and expenses on account of the sick, including those of the marine corps, eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs of vessels, one hundred and one thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, eleven thousand dollars. For the salaries of two agents, and a surveyor, appointed under the authority of the act of Congress of the first March, one thousand eight 1817, ch. 22. hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act making reservation of certain public lands to supply timber for naval purposes," and contingent expenses for carrying the same into effect, seven thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 14, 1820. STATUTE I. Jan. 14, 1820. Act of April Additional clerks in the office of the third auditor, CHAP. V.-An Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices," passed the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 20, 1818, ch. 87. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the authority given in the eighth section of the above-recited act, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to employ nine additional clerks in the office of the third auditor, and three additional clerks in the office of the second compand in the office troller of the Treasury, be, and the same is hereby, continued until the comptroller. thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and no longer; and that the sum necessary to carry into effect the proviAppropriations. sions of this act, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 14, 1820. of the second STATUTE I. Feb. 10, 1820. The sessions be held. CHAP. IX.-An Act to alter the terms of the court of the western district of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United of the court to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sessions of the court for the judicial district of Virginia, west of the Alleghany mountain, instead of the times heretofore appointed, shall hereafter be holden, annually, as follows: At Wythe Courthouse on the first Mondays of May and October; at Lewisburg, on the second Mondays of May and October; and at Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays of May and October; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. At Wythe. Process to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all process which may have (a) Sce notes to act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12. issued, or may hereafter issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms, returnable accordingly. CHAP. X.-An Act making appropriations to supply the deficiency in the appropriations heretofore made for the completion of the repairs of the north and south wings of the Capitol, for finishing the President's house, and the erection of two new executive offices. STATUTE I. Feb. 10, 1820. Appropriations for supply ing deficiencies of former ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of supplying the deficiency in the appropriations heretofore made for completing the repairs of the north and south wings of the Capitol, for fin- propriations. ishing the President's house, and the erection of two new executive offices, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated, that is to say: For completing the repairs of the north and south wings of the Capitol, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. For finishing the President's house, the sum of thirteen thousand one hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-six cents. For erecting two new executive offices, the sum of eleven thousand and fifteen dollars and seventy-one cents. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 10, 1820. North and south wings of Capitol. President's house. Two new executive offi ces. Out of moneys in the treasury. STATUTE I. CHAP. XI.—An Act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign Feb. 10, 1820. commerce of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the register of the treasury shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, annually prepare statistical accounts of the commerce of the United States with foreign countries, for each preceding year; which accounts shall be laid before Congress, by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the first Monday in December in every year, or as soon after as possible. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such accounts shall comprehend and state all goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the United States to other countries; all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States from other countries; and all navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States; which facts shall be stated according to the principles, and in the manner, hereby directed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles exported, and the kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles imported, shall be distinctly stated in such accounts; except in cases in which it may appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that separate statements of the species, quantities, or values, of any particular articles, would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together, or in such classes as the Secretary of the Treasury may think fit. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the exports shall be so stated as to show the exports to each foreign country, and their values; and that the imports shall be so stated, as to show the imports from each foreign country, and their values. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the exports shall be so stated, The register of the treasury to prepare sta tistical accounts of the commerce of the United States. To be laid before Congress. of goods, &c. exported. of goods, &c. imported. Of all navigation employed in foreign trade. Principles and manner of stating the exports and imports. Exports, &c. to and from each country, and values, to be stated. Country of the exported product or manufacture, and values, to be stated. Manner of as to show, separately, the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of the United States, and their values; and the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of foreign countries, and their values. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the navigation, employed in the foreign trade of the United States, shall be stated in such manner, as stating the navi- to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing from the United gation. States for foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and also the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing for every particular foreign country, with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and, in such manner as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving in the United States from foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and, also, the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and, in such manner, as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving from every particular foreign country, with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels. Manner of ascertaining the kinds and quan tities of imported articles free from duty. And their values. Manner of ascertaining the values of articles subject to specific duties. Collectors to keep separate accounts as the SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the kinds and quantities of all imported articles free from duty shall be ascertained by entry, made upon oath or affirmation, by the owner, or by the consignee or agent of the importer; or by actual examination, where the collector shall think such examination necessary: and that the values of all such articles shall be ascertained in the same manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the values of all imported articles subject to specific duties, shall be ascertained in the manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the collectors shall keep separate accounts of the kinds, quantities, and values, of such parts of the Secretary of the imports subject to duties ad valorem, as may be directed by the Secre tary of the Treasury. Treasury may direct. Articles exported to be valued at actual cost. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all articles exported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear at the time of exportation, in the ports of the United States from which they are exported and that all articles imported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear in the foreign ports from valued at actual which they are exported for importation into the United States, at the time of such exportation. Articles imported to be cost. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign place, the owners, shippers, or consignors, of the cargo on board of such vessel, shall deliver to the collector manifests of the cargo, or the parts thereof shipped by them respectively, and shall verify the same by oath or affirmation; and such manifests shall specify the kinds and quantities of the articles shipped by them respectively, and the value of the total quantity of each kind of articles; and such oath or affirmation shall state that such manifest contains a full, just, and true, account of all articles laden on board of such vessel by the owners, shippers, or consignors, respectively, and that the values of such articles are truly stated, according to their actual cost, or the values which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation; and, before a clearance shall be granted for any such vessel, the master of Where the cargo is to be landevery such vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors, of the car-ed to be stated go, shall state, upon oath or affirmation, to the collector, the foreign place or on oath or affircountry in which such cargo is truly intended to be landed; and the mation. said oaths or affirmation shall be taken and subscribed in writing. Accounts of ters and ton nage of vessels SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That every collector shall keep an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels national characwhich depart from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries for which such vessels depart; and, also, an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which enter his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries from which such vessels arrive. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the several collectors shall make quarter yearly returns to the register of the treasury, of all the facts and matters which they are hereby required to ascertain. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall give such directions to the collectors, and prescribe such rules and forms to be observed by them, as may appear to him proper for attaining the objects of this act: Provided, That such directions or rules shall not be contrary to the provisions of any law of the United States. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the forms of the annual statements hereby required shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall prescribe such forms as may be proper to exhibit the facts hereby required to be stated in the clearest manner, and to show the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries in each year. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from the thirtieth day of September next. APPROVED, February 10, 1820. departing and arriving to be kept. Quarterly returns to the register. Secretary of the Treasury to and prescribe give directions rules and forms. Secretary of Treasury to deforms of the statements. termine the Act in force from 30th Sept. 1820. CHAP. XIV.-An Act to remit the duties on a statue of George Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the duties which have accrued, or may accrue to the United States, upon the importation of a statue of George Washington, by order, and for the use, of the State of North Carolina, be, and they are hereby remitted. APPROVED, February 24, 1820. STATUTE I. Feb. 24, 1820. Duties on a statue of George Washington remitted to North Carolina. STATUTE I. Feb. 28, 1820. Act incorpora CHAP. XVII.—An Act further to extend the charter of the city of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An ting the inhabiact to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia," and the act supplementary to the same, passed on the twenty-fourth of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and the act, entitled "An act further to amend the charter of the city of Washington," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, unless sooner repealed. APPROVED, February 28, 1820. tants of Wash- Act of May Act of Feb. 24, 1804, ch. 14 Act of May 4, 1812, ch. 75. |