FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 121. 1884. 57 shall state under oath that no such statement was furnished him by said consular omcer. And it shall be the duty of every collector to Collector to retorwurd to the Secretary of the Treasury all such statements as shall PIB}; t° S°°"°*‘“'Y have been turnislied to him, and also a statement of all certified in- ° masuq" voices which shall have come to his office, giving the dates of the certificates, and the names of the persons for whom and of the consular officer by whom the same were certified." “ Sno 14. That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty cents per ton per R. S. 4219, 813. annum heretofore imposed by law, a duty of three cents per ton, not to Am¤¤¤t of twexceed in the aggregate fifteen cents per ton in any one year, is hereby ““€° du""- imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the Sandwich Islands, or Newfoundland; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed thirty cents per ton per annum, is hereby imposed at each entry upon all vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any other foreign ports: Provided, That the PTM60- President of the United States shall suspend the collection of so much Suspension by of the duty herein imposed, on vessels entered from any port in tho *l‘° P*°““*"”*· Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, the West India Islands, Mexico and Central America down to and including Aspinwall and Panama, as may be in excess of the tonnage and light house dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the government of the foreign country in which such port is situated and shall upon the passage of this act, and from time to time thereafter as often as it may become necessary by reason of changes in the laws of the foreign countries above mentioned, indicate by proclamation the ports to which such suspension shall apply, and the rate or rates of tonnage duty if any to be collected under such suspension. And provided furtluzr, That all vessels which shall have Ptvvivvpaid the tonnage tax imposed by section forty-two hundred and nine- R. s. 4219, 813. teen of the Revised Statutes for the current year, shall not be liable to the tax herein levied until the expiration of the certificate of last pay- ment of the said tax. And sections forty-two hundred and twenty- R. 8. 4223,613. three and forty-two hundred and twenty-four and so much of section R. S. 4224, 814. forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts with this section, are hereby repealed. · Sec. 15. Sections forty-tive hundred and eighty-tive, forty-five hun- 3, 5, 4585, 45%, dred and eighty-six, and forty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the 458‘7,r¤p¤¤·l¤d· Revised Statutes, and all other act and parts of acts providing for the .E*§:“°9:n1’§g:‘ assessment and collection of a hospital tax for seamen, are hereby, re- Qggpam from 1.,,; pealed, and the expense of maintaining the Marine Hospital Service waptsrudunuou shall hereafter be borne by the United States out of the receipts for tonnage, etc. duties on tonnage provided for by this act ; and so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose. Sec. 16. All articles of foreign production needed, and actually with- Aitic1eso1‘i‘t»i·eig¤ drawn from bonded warehouses, for supplies not including equipment of p¤><l·¤¤¤i<>}e ¤¤¤·l¤d vessels oaf the United States engaged in the foreign trade, including {X; °,;‘é'§,mf;,r;5$; the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, {mg, ~,,0,,d,,,; ,,.,,,6- may be so withdrawn free of duty, under such regulations as the Secre- notist tree or duty. tary of the Treasury may prescribe. Sec. 17. When a vessel is built in the United States for foreign ac- Drawback on count, wholly or partly of foreign materials on which import duties m°*’°E*{: mf! 6** have been paid, there shall beallowed on such vessel, when exported, a g??;, ,0:,,,,, M,] drawback equal in amount to the duty paid on such materials, to be cmmt, ascertained under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Ten per centum of the amount of such drawback so allowed shall, however, be retained for the use of the United States hy the collector paying the same. _ _ Sec. 18. That the individual liability of a ship-owner, shall be limited L*¤l>*h*5' °* to the proportion of any or all debts and liabilities that his individual m°;i:f:J;;x` share of the vessel bears to the whole; and the aggregate liabilities of '
