Chapter LXXV. *to exempt Coffee imported from the Netherlands from Duty in certain Cases, and for other Purposes.* Aug. 9, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *That, from and after the passage of this act, coffee, the production or
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Chap. LXXV.— An Act *to exempt Coffee imported from the Netherlands from Duty in certain Cases, and for other Purposes.* Aug. 9, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *That, from and after the passage of this act, coffee, the production or growth of theCoffee imported from the Netherlands, in Dutch or American vessels, to be free of duty.Repeal of so much of act 1842, ch. 270, as is inconsistent herewith.50TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 76, 77. 1846.colonies or dependencies of the Netherlands, imported into the United States from the Netherlands, either in Dutch or American vessels, shall be admitted free of duty; and so much of the act approved the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled, “An Act to provide Revenue from Imports, and to change and modify existing Laws imposing Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes,” as is inconsistent herewith, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. Duties collected on coffee in American vessels from the Netherlands, between Aug. 30, 1842, and Sept. 11, 1845, to be refunded. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to refund and pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons or parties entitled to the same, the amount of duties levied and collected upon the importations of coffee in American vessels from the Netherlands, the production or growth of the colonies or dependencies of the Netherlands, between the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the eleventh day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-five.
Sec. 3. Discriminating tonnage duties collected on Spanish vessels, in certain cases, to be refunded. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to refund and pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the persons or parties severally entitled to receive the same, the amount of discriminating tonnage duties heretofore levied and collected on Spanish vessels coming from foreign countries (except from Cuba and Porto Rico) under the act approved the thirteenth day of 1832 ch. 207.July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An Act concerning No discriminating tonnage duties on Spanish vessels, except from Cuba or Porto Rico.Tonnage Duties on Spanish Vessels; ” and from and after the passage of this act, no discriminating tonnage duties shall be levied on Spanish vessels coming from foreign countries, except those coming from Cuba or Porto Rico.
Approved, August 9, 1846.