Chapter LV. *concerning Spanish Steam-vessels.* May 31, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all laws now in Spanish and American steam vessels placed on a footing of perfect reciprocity.force exacting higher duties on Spani
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Chap. LV.— An Act *concerning Spanish Steam-vessels.* May 31, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all laws now in Spanish and American steam vessels placed on a footing of perfect reciprocity.force exacting higher duties on Spanish steam-vessels arriving in the United States than are exacted on steam-vessels of the United States arriving at Havana, or any other port in the Island of Cuba, be suspended, so as to place the said steam-vessels on a footing of perfect reciprocity, the suspension to continue so long as such reciprocity shall be thereby secured, or until otherwise provided for by law.
Higher duties than those referred to, which may have been paid by Spanish vessels, to be refunded. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That if any higher duties than those before mentioned shall have been, or shall be, paid by any Spanish steamer arriving in the United States on or after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to refund the same. Approved, May 31, 1848.