250 FORTYFOURTH oonennss. sees. II. on. eo. 1877. out, in the iirst line, the word " furnising ", and inserting the word “ fur. ` nisbing". · “ _ §3802,p. 751. Section thirty-eight hundred and two is amended by striking out, in - the first line, the word “ appropriatian ", and inserting the word “ appro. priation ". 63915, p. 765. Section thirty-nine hundred and fifteen is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: “The Postn1aster—General shall cause to be prepared a special stamp or stamped envelope, to be used only for official-mailmatter, for each of the Executive Departments; and said stamps and stamped envelopes shall be supplied by the proper officer of said Departments to all persons under its direction requiring the same for official usc ; and all appropriations for postage made prior to March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall no longer be available for said purpose; and all stamps and stamped envelopes shall he sold or furnished to said several Departments or clerks only at the price for which stamps and stamped envelopes of like value are sold at the several post-offices? §4203, p. 778. Section forty-two hundred and three is amended by striking out, in the first line, after the word “ to ", the word "tl1e". $4219, p. 781. Section fortvtwo hundred and nineteen is amended by substituting . therefor the following: ‘* Upon vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place there shall be paid duties as follows: On vessels built within the United States but belongingwholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, at the rate of thirty cents per ton; on ot.her vessels not of the United States, at the rate of fifty cents per ton. ~ Upon every vessel not of the United States, which shall be entered in one district from another district, ha.ving on board goods, wares, or merchandise taken in one district to be delivered in another district, duties shall be paid at the rate of fifty cents per ton. Nothing in this section shall be deemed in any wise to impair any rights or privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty of tonnage on vessels. On all foreign vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place, to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to enter and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dollars per ton; and none of the duties on tonnage above mentioned shall be levied on the vessels of any foreign nation it' the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nations, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished. In addition to the tonnage-duty above imposed, there shall be paid a tax, at the rate of thirty cents per ton, on vessels which shall be entered at any custoinliouse within the United States from any foreign port or · place; and any rights or privileges acquired by any loreigu nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty of ‘ tonnage on vessels shall not be impaired; and any vessel any officer of which shall not be a citizen of the United States shall pay a tax of fifty cents per ton." s\4264,p.829. Section forty-two hundred. and sixtyfour is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: *‘The provisions, requisitions, » penalties, and liens enumerated in the several sections of this chapter relating to the space in vessels appropriated to the use of passengers ‘ . are hereby extended and made applicable to all spaces appropriated to the use of steerage-passengers in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating from, to, and between the ports and in manner as herein named, and to such vessels and to the masters thereof; and the space appropriated to the use of steerage-passengers in vessels as above propelled and navigated is hereby made subject to the super- · vision and inspection of the collector of the customs in any port in the
