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ACT of February 10th, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 10:

An act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign commerce of the United States.

1. SEC. I. The register of the treasury shall, under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, annually prepare statistical accounts of the commerce of the United States with foreign countries, for each preceding year; which accounts shall be laid before congress, by the secretary of the treasury, on the first Monday in December in every year, or as soon after as possible.

2. SEC. II. Such accounts shall comprehend and state all goods, wares, and merchandize, exported from the United States to other countries; all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States from other countries; and all navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States; which facts shall be stated according to the principles, and in the manner, hereby directed.

3. SEC. 1. The kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles exported, and the kinds, quantities, and values, of all articles imported, shall be distinctly stated in such accounts; except in cases in which it may appear to the secretary of the treasury that separate statements of the species, quantities, or values, of any particular article would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together, or in such classes as the secretary of the treasury may think fit.

4. SEC. IV. The exports shall be so stated, as to show the exports to each foreign country, and their values; and the imports shall be so stated, as to show the imports from each foreign country, and their values.

5. SEC. v. The exports shall be so stated, as to show, separately, the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of the United States, and their values; and the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of foreign countries, and their values.

6. SEC. VI. The navigation, employed in the foreign trade of the United States, shall be stated in such manner, as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing from the United States for foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and also the foreign nations to which

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such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation: and in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing for every particular foreign country, with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels: and, in such manner as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving in the United States from foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and, also, the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation: and, in such manner, as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving from every particular foreign country, with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels.

7. SEC. VII. The kinds and quantities of all imported articles free from duty, shall be ascertained by entry made upon oath or affirmation by the owner, or by the consignee or agent of the importer; or, by actual examination, where the collector shall think such examination necessary: and the values of all such articles shall be ascertained in the same manner, in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

8. SEC. VII. The values of all imported articles subject to specific duties shall be ascertained in the manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

9. SEC. IX. The collectors shall keep separate accounts of the kinds, quantities, and values of such parts of the imports subject to duties ad valorem, as may be directed by the secretary of the treasury.

10. SEC. x. All articles exported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear, at the time of exportation, in the ports of the United States, from which they are exported: and all articles imported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear in the foreign ports from which they are exported for importation into the United States, at the time of such exportation.

11. SEC. XI. Before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign place, the owners, shippers, or consignors, of the cargo on board of such vessel, shall deliver to the collector manifests of the cargo, or the parts thereof, shipped by them respectively, and shall verify the same by oath or affirmation; and such manifests shall specify the kinds and quantities of the articles shipped by them respectively, and the value of the total quantity of each kind of articles; and such oath or affirmation shall state that such manifest contains a full, just, and true account of all ar

(ACT of March 3d, 1817.)

ticles laden on board of such vessel by the owners, shippers, or consignors, respectively, and that the values of such articles are truly stated, according to their actual cost, or the values which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation; and, before a erance shall be granted for any such vessel, the master of every such vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors of the cargo, shall state, upon oath or affirmation, to the collector, the foreign place or country in which such cargo is truly intended to be landed; and the said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed in writing.

12. SEC. XII. Every collector shall keep an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which depart from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries for which such vessels depart; and, also, an accurate account of the national characters and tornage of all vessels which enter his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries from which such vessels arrive.

13. Sɛc. XIII. The several collectors shall make quarter yearly returns to the register of the treasury, of all the facts and matters which they are hereby required to ascertain.

14. SEC. XIV. The secretary of the treasury shall give such directions to the collectors, and prescribe such ruies and forms to be observed by them, as may appear to him proper for attaining the objects of this act: Provided, that such directions or rules shall not be contrary to the provisions of any law of the United States.

15. SEC. XV. The forms of the annual statements hereby requir ed, shall be determined by the secretary of the treasury, who shall prescribe such forms as may be proper to exhibit the facts hereby required to be stated in the clearest manner, and to show the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries in each year.

16. SEC. XVI. This act shall be in force from the 30th day of September next.

COMMISSIONERS OF LOANS.

Bank to perform the duties, &c.

Transfers of stock,

President of the bank to be notified, &c. 8
Office abolished,

ACT of March 3d, 1817. Pamphlet edit. 225.

An act transferring the duties of commissioner of loans to the bank of the United States, and abolishing the office of commissioner of loans.

1. SEC. 1. The bank of the United States, and its several branches, shall be, and they are hereby, required to do and perform the se

(ACT of March 3d, 1817.)

veral duties of commissioners of loans for the several states; and the bank of the United States and its several branches, and such state banks as the bank of the United States may employ in those states where no branch bank shall be established, shall observe and conform to the directions which have been or may hereafter be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, with the approbation of the president of the United States, touching the execution of the duties aforesaid.

2. SEC. II. All such duties and acts as are now done and performed by the commissioners of loans, in transferring stock from the books of one loan office to another, or to the books of the treasury, or from the books of the treasury to the books of the loan offices, shall be done and performed by the president of the bank of the United States, the president of the several branches of the said bank, and by the president of such state banks as the bank of the United States may employ, (in states where no branch of the United States bank shall be established;) and the acts of the presidents aforesaid shall be countersigned by the cashiers of those banks respectively.

3. SEC. III. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to notify the president of the bank of the United States, that the duties, now performed by the commissioners of loans will be transferred to the bank of the United States, and he shall direct the commissioners of loans and the agents for military pensions, where there is no commissioner, respectively, in the several states, to deliver to the president of the bank of the United States, or to the president of a branch thereof, or to the president of such state bank as the bank of the United States may employ, on such day or days as he may designate, the register, and all the records and papers of their respective offices; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners of loans and agents for pensioners to comply with the said direction, and also to take duplicate receipts for the delivery of the records and papers herein described, one of which shall be transmitted, without delay, to the secretary of the treasury: Provided, however, That the secretary of the treasury may designate such time before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for the performance of the duties aforesaid, as the public convenience will permit: And provided also, That this act shall not be construed to extend to any agent military pensions in any state where there is no bank established by law.

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4. SEC. IV. The office of commissioner of loans, upon the delivery of the records and papers, as herein required, to the bank of the United States, or its branches, or to the state banks employed by the bank of the United States in those states where there may be no branch, shall be, and hereby is, abolished; and the pay and emoluments of the said commissioners of loans, and the clerks

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and persons employed by them, after such delivery, shall respectively cease and determine.

5. SEC. v. The act, entitled "An act for the prompt settlement of public accounts," shall commence, and be in force, on and after the third day of this instant, March, any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary notwithstanding. [Ante page 7.}

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ACT of June 1st, 1789. 2 Bioren, 1.

1. SEC. I. The oath or affirmation required by the sixth article [clause third] of the constitution of the United States, shall be administered in the form following, to wit, "I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States." The said oath or affirmation shall be administered within three days after the passing of this act, by any one member of the senate, to the president of the senate, and by him to all the members, and to the secretary: and by the speaker of the house of representatives, to all the members who have not taken a similar oath, by virtue of a particular resolution of the said house, and to the clerk: And in case of the absence of any member from the service of either house, at the time prescribed for taking the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to such member when he shall appear to take his

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2. SEC. II. At the first session of congress after every general election of representatives, the oath or affirmation aforesaid shall be administered by any one member of the house of representatives to the speaker; and by him to all the members present, and to the clerk, previous to entering on any other business; and to the members who shall afterwards appear, previous to taking their seats. The president of the senate for the time being, shall also administer the said oath or affirmation to each senator who shall hereafter be elected, previous to his taking his seat: And in any future case of a president of the senate, who shall not have taken the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to him by any one of the members of the senate.

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