Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 74.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 12, 1848.
Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Rhett, on leave, introduced the following bill:
A BILL
Declaring the assent of Congress to any acts which may be
passed by the several States of the Union laying tonnage duties
on vessels entering their ports or harbors.

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3 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Congress as-
sembled, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby,
granted and declared to the operation of any acts which
shall hereafter be passed by the several States of the Union,
laying duties of tonnage on vessels or boats entering any
of the harbors or ports of the said States, for the purpose
of providing a fund for the improvement of the navigation
within the said States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each State,
laying and collecting duties of tonnage as aforesaid, shall
send, or cause to be sent, to the office of the Secretary of

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4 State, a copy of the law or laws imposing the same; and
shall also transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to the office
of the Secretary of the Treasury, an annual statement of
all the moneys collected in pursuance thereof.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in
in this act contained shall be construed to imply the assent
of Congress to any acts of the said States inconsistent with
the treaties existing between the United States and any for-
eign nation, or with the laws of the United States passed
in pursuance thereof.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,, That this act shall
continue for, and during the term of seven years; and, from
thence, to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter,
and no longer.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the United States of America in Congress as- sembled, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby, granted and declared to the operation of any acts which shall hereafter be passed by the several States of the Union, laying duties of tonnage on vessels or boats entering any of the harbors or ports of the said States, for the purpose of providing a fund for the improvement of the navigation within the said States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each State, laying and collecting duties of tonnage as aforesaid, shall send, or cause to be sent, to the office of the Secretary of
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4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4	State, a copy of the law or laws imposing the same; and shall also transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, an annual statement of all the moneys collected in pursuance thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in in this act contained shall be construed to imply the assent of Congress to any acts of the said States inconsistent with the treaties existing between the United States and any for- eign nation, or with the laws of the United States passed in pursuance thereof. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,, That this act shall continue for, and during the term of seven years; and, from thence, to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.