THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 269. 1854. 587 the sum of two thousand nine hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty- nine cents already received by him and passed to his credit on the books of the Treasury Department, from his salary as acting purser, provided for by an act making appropriations for the naval service of the country jbr the for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and 1852, eh. 109. fift -three. gmc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the two “General orders " of Two general the Secretary of the Navy, dated August thirty-one, eighteen hundred 1‘f;g;”stf)"§§f,‘;*·E§ and forty-six, and May twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, fgrqé of lgw, upon relative rank, shall have the force and effect of law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the boatswains, Pay of boatgunners, carpenters, and sailmakers of the navy, shall be as follows: 2;'I“‘;f;B§g“§§g“· On leave, or waiting orders, per annum, six hundred dollars; shore sqiliiiaksrsi duty, seven hundred dollars; sea service, nine hundred dollars. An addi- 1855, ori. 198, tion of two per centum upon the foregoing rates for every year’s sea 9 5- service, and an addition upon sea pay of ten per oentum when serving in ships with four hundred men, and twenty per centum, when serving in ships with nine hundred men. Approved, August 5, 1854. CHAP. CCLXIX.——An Act to ea into eject a Treaty between the United States and Aug. 5, 1854. Great Britain, signed ontb.e_);i7M day of June, eighteen hundred undjijly;/bur. , c . , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P°°*» P- 727- States of America in Oongress assembled, That whenever the President After Pm0b__ of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Imperial mation by the Parliament of Great Britain and the Provincial Parliaments of Canada, gtzsggfefae New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward’s Island, have passed growth or piolaws on their part to give full effect to the provisions of the treaty be- N¤°°£*` C¤¤%d¤» tween the United States anal Great Britain, signed on the fifth of June Ng; SQ:,’§Q°",;§j last, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that he P. Ewds. Island, has such evidence, and thereupon, from the date of such proclamation, t° b° (MY f'°°~ the following articles, being the growth and produce of said provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward’s Island; to wit : Grain, flour, and breadstuffs of all kinds; animals of all kinds; fresh, smoked, and salted meats; cotton-wool; seeds and vegetables; uudried fruits; dried fruits; Gsh of all kinds; products of fish and all other creatures living in the water; poultry; eggs; hides, furs, skins or tails undressed; stone or marble in its crude or unwrought state ; slate; butter, cheese, tallow; lard; horns; manures; ores of metals of4.all kinds; coal; pitch, tar, turpentine; ashes ; timber and lumber of all kinds, round, hewed and sawed, unmanufactured in whole or in part; fire-wood, plants, shrubs, and trees; pelts; wool; ish oil; rice; broom-com and bark; gypsum, ground or unground; hewn or wrought or unwrought burr or grindstones; dye—stuH`s; flax, hemp, and tow, unmanufactured; uumanufactured tobacco; rags;-— Shall be introduced into the United States free of duty so long as the said treaty shall remain in force ——subjeot, however, to be suspended in relation to the trade with Canada, ou the condition mentioned in the fourth article of the said treaty; And all the other provisions of the said geaty shall go into eifect, and be observed on the part of the United tates. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the island of New- _ 5;*16 P{°V:“ foundland shall give its consent to the application of the stipulations and §)§wfo;g%g¤d provisions of the said treaty to that Province, and the Legislature thereof on certain conand the Imperial Parliament shall pass the necessary laws for that pur- d‘d°”'· pose, the above enumerated articles shall be admitted free of duty from that Province into the United States, from and after the date of a procla-
