May 31, 1848.
Chap. LV. — An Act concerning Spanish Steam-vessels.
Spanish and American steam vessels placed on a footing of perfect reciprocity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That all laws now in 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.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 236