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Iains of tbe untte0 States, PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION THE TWENTY

 FIRST CONGRESS.

1PUBLIc-No. 69.
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fUBLIC-NO. o9.

 AN ACT to regulate the foreign and eoastine trade on b

 norhen, northeastern and northwestern frontiers United states and for other purposes.

 Be H enacted by the Senate and House oj Rehre8entatipes ofthe United States of .Ame- rica in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of April next, no custom house fees shall be levied or collected on any raft, fiat, boat, or vessel of the United States on the rivers and lakes on our northen, north eastern, and northwestern frontiers.

 Sec. 3. .dnd 6e it further enacted, That from and after the first day of April next, the same and no higher tonnage duties and custom house charges of any kind shall be levied and collected any British colonial raft, flat, boat, or vessel, entering otherwise than by sea, at any port of the United States on the rivers and lakes on our northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers, than may be levied and collected on any raft, flat, boat, or vessel, en- tering otherwise than by sea at any of the ports of the British possessions on our north ern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers: and that, from and after the first day of April next, no higher discriminating duty shall be levied or collected on merchandise imported into the United States in the ports aforesaid, and otherwise than by sea, than may be le- vied and collected on merchandise when i'm ported in like manner otherwise than by sea, 1ntO the DrltlSn possessions on our northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers from the United States.

 Sec. 3. lind De n further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, any boat, sloop, or other vessel, of the the United States, navigating the waters on our northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers, oth- erwise than by sea, shall be enrolled and li- censed in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; which enrol ment and license shall authorize any such boat, sloop, or other vessel to be employed either in the coasting or foreign trade; and no certificate of registry shall be required for vessels so employed on said frontiers: Pro- Uided, That such boat, sloop, or vessel, shall be, Tn every other respect liable to the rules, regulations, and penalties, now in force, re- lating to registered vessels on our northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers.

 Sec. 4. .And De H .further enacted, That in lieu of the fees, emoluments, salaries, and commissions, now allowed by law to any col lector or surveyor of any district on our nor thern, northeastern, and northwestern lakes and rivers, each collector or surveyor as aforesaid, shall receive, annually, in full com pensatlon for these services, an amount equal to the entire compensation received by such officer during the past year.

 APPROVED, March 2, 1881,