Chapter LVI. in addition to the act concerning navigation, and also to authorize the appointment of deputy collectors
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Chap. LVI.— An Act in addition to the act concerning navigation, and also to authorize the appointment of deputy collectors. May 6, 1822. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, The President being satisfied that the ports of the British West India Islands or colonies have been opened, &c., he may declare the ports of the United States open, &c.Act of April 18, 1818, ch. 70.Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 122.
That, on satisfactory evidence being given to the President of the United States that the ports in the islands or colonies in the West Indies, under the dominion of Great Britain, have been opened to the vessels of the United States, the President shall be, and hereby is, authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that the ports of the United States shall thereafter be open to the vessels of Great Britain employed in the trade and intercourse between the United States and such islands or colonies, subject to such reciprocal rules and restrictions as the President of the United States may, by such proclamation, make and publish, any thing in the laws, entitled “An act concerning navigation,” or an act, entitled “An act supplementary to an act concerning navigation,” to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That, in the event of the signatureIn the event of a signature of a treaty, &c., concerning the navigation or commerce between the United States and France, the President may, &c.Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 126.1st and 2d sections of this act in force, until, &c.The 3d, 4th, of any treaty or convention concerning the navigation or commerce between the United States and France, the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized, should he deem the same expedient, by proclamation, to suspend, until the end of the next session of Congress, the operation of the act, entitled “An act to impose a new tonnage duty on French ships and vessels,” and for other purposes; and also to suspend, as aforesaid, all other duties on French vessels, or the goods imported in the same, which may exceed the duties on American vessels, and on similar goods imported in the same.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the aforesaid first and second sections of this act shall continue in force to the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the third, fourth, and seventh sections of the act passed the third day of March, one thousand eight682SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 57, 58. 1822. and 7th sections of the act of March 3, 1817, ch. 109, continuing in force an act, &c. revived and made perpetual.hundred and seventeen, entitled “An act to continue in force an act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, revived and made perpetual.
Approved, May 6, 1822.