Chapter 86. Concerning tonnage duties on vessels entering otherwise than by sea
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CHAP. 86.— An Act Concerning tonnage duties on vessels entering otherwise than by sea. March 8, 1910.[[S. 4639](/us/bill/61/s/4639).][[Public, No. 78](/us/pl/61/78).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Tonnage dues.Exemption of vessels not entering by sea. That vessels entering otherwise than by sea from a foreign port at which tonnage or light-house dues or other equivalent tax or taxes are not imposed on vessels of the United States shall be exempt from the tonnage duty of two cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate ten cents per ton in *Ante*, p. 111.any one year, prescribed by section thirty-six of the Act approved August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled “ An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
” Approved, March 8, 1910.