Chapter III. *imposing Duties on Tonnage.*(*a*)(*a*)General acts relating to tonnage duties: Act of July 20, 1789, chap. 3; act of September 16, 1789, chap. 15; act of July 20, 1790, chap. 30; act of May 1, 1802; act of March 3, 1815, chap. 76; April 27, 1816, chap. 107; April 27, 1816, chap. 110; January 14, 18
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Chap. III.— An Act *imposing Duties on Tonnage.*(*a*)(*a*)General acts relating to tonnage duties: Act of July 20, 1789, chap. 3; act of September 16, 1789, chap. 15; act of July 20, 1790, chap. 30; act of May 1, 1802; act of March 3, 1815, chap. 76; April 27, 1816, chap. 107; April 27, 1816, chap. 110; January 14, 1817, chap. 3; act of March 1, 1817, chip. 31; act of March 3, 1817, chap. 50; act of March 3, 1819, chap. 74; act of January 7, 1824, chap. 4.July 20, 1789. Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That theRepealed by act of July 20, 1790, chap. 30. following duties shall be, and are hereby imposed on all ships or vessels entered in the United States, that is to say:
On all ships or vessels built within the said States, and belongingSix cents per ton on vessels built in U.S., or belonging to citizens. On vessels hereafter built in the U.S., belonging to foreigners, 30 cts. per ton. On all others, 50 cts. per ton. wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof; or not built within the said States, but on the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, belonging, and during the time such ships or vessels shall continue to belong wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof, at the rate of six cents per ton.
On all ships or vessels hereafter built in the United States, belonging wholly, or in part, to subjects of foreign powers, at the rate of thirty cents per ton. On all other ships or vessels, at the rate of fifty cents per ton. Sec. 2. *Provided always, and be it enacted,* That no ship or vesselVessels built in the U.S., in the coasting trade, to pay tonnage but once a year. built within the aforesaid States, and belonging to a citizen or citizens thereof, shall, whilst employed in the coasting trade, or in the fisheries, pay tonnage more than once in any year.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That every ship or vessel50 cts. a ton on foreign vessels engaged in the coasting trade. employed in the transportation of any of the produce or manufactures of the United States, coastwise within the said States, except such ship orFIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1789.28 vessel be built within the said States, and belong to a citizen or citizens thereof, shall, on each entry, pay fifty cents per ton. Sec. 4. Act to commence August 15, 1789.*And be it further enacted,* That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the fifteenth day of August next.
Approved, July 20, 1789.