Chapter XVIII. to further secure American Citizens certain Privileges under the Treaty of Washington
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CHAP. XVIII.— An Act to further secure American Citizens certain Privileges under the Treaty of Washington.March 16, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the produce of the forestsCertain produce of the forests of Maine, sawed in New Brunswick, to be admitted free of duty. of the State of Maine upon the Saint John river and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by American citizens, (the same being unmanufactured in whole or in part,) which is now admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall take effect fromWhen act takes effect. and after the seventeenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Approved, March 16, 1866.