Chapter XXIII. *to establish the Value of certain foreign Coins and Moneys of Account, and to amend existing Laws.* May 22, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Value of certain foreign coins in computations at custom-house
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act *to establish the Value of certain foreign Coins and Moneys of Account, and to amend existing Laws.* May 22, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Value of certain foreign coins in computations at custom-house. That in all computations at the custom-house, the foreign coins and money of account herein specified shall be estimated as follows, to wit: The specie dollar of Sweden and Norway, at one hundred and six cents; the specie dollar of Denmark, at one hundred and five cents; the thaler of Prussia and of the northern states of Germany, at sixty-nine cents; the florin of the southern states of Germany, at forty cents; the florin of the Austrian Empire, and of the city of Augsburg, at forty-eight and one half cents; the lira of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, and the lira of Tuscany, at sixteen cents; the franc of France and of Belgium, and the lira of Sardinia, at eighteen cents six mills; the ducat of Naples, at eighty cents; the ounce of Sicily, at two dollars and forty cents; the pound of the British provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Canada, at four dollars.
Repeal of inconsistent acts.And all laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, May 22, 1846.