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 274 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 43, 45. 1869. Feb. 22, 1869. CHAP. XLIII.—An Act to provide jbr ez T eryn of the Circuit and District Courts ty "`R" the United States for the Dzstrzct of Wrmont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Terms of cir- States of America in Congress assembled, That a regular term of the cir- °°l”¤$1d*“'i°* euit and district courts of the United States for the district of Vermont I`} Vw shall hereafter be held at Burlington, in said district, on the fourth Tues- Proviso. day in February in each year: Provided, however, That this act shalt poi; be construed to authorize any expenditure for the use of a building for such courts. _ Court-house Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That permission is hereby given to mB“lh"gl°"‘ the authorities of the State of Vermont to erect and maintain at their own expense a court-house, and also a jail upon or partly upon the south— erly side of the lot of land belonging to the United States, in said Bur- Proviso. lington, on which the custom-house building stands: Provided, That no part of said lot shall be built upon or used for said purpose within fifty feet of said custom·house: And provided further, That said State authorities shall permit the courts of the United States to be held in said court- Courts. house without charge for the use thereof, and shall permit prisoners held Pri“°“°“· under the authority of the United States to be imprisoned in such jail. Jurisdiction. And for the purposes aforesaid jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the State of Vermontover the land so to be used and occupied. API’ROVlCD, February 22, 1869. Feb. 24, 1869. CHAP. XLV.-—An Act regulating the Duties on inzporterl Copper and Copper Ores. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the I/Dzited Cusmms d51U' States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage ggpiglipgfey of this act, in lieu of theduties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the articles herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following specified duties and rates of duty, that is to say : On all copper imported in the form of ores, three cents on each pound of fine copper contained therein ; on all regulus of copper, and on all black or coarse copper, four cents on each pound of fine copper contained therein; on all old copper, tit only for remanufacture, four cents per pound; on all copper in plates, bars, ingots, pigs, and in other forms not manudxctured or herein enumerated, including sulphate of copper or blue vitriol, five cents per pound; on copper in rolled plates called braziers’ copper, sheets, rods, pipes, and copper bottoms, eyelets, and all manufactures of copper, or ot' which copper shall be a component of chief' value, not otherwise herein Increased duty provided tor, forty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That the in- “°l°°° “pplY·&°‘ creased duty imposed by this act shall not apply to any of the articles therein enumerated which shall have been in course of transit to the United States, and actually on shipboard on the nineteenth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker ry` the Hzuse of Representatives. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate pro tempore. IN THE PIOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, U. S., February 23, 1869. The President of the United States, having returned to the House of_ Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores," with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved. That the bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: EDWD. McPHERSON, Olerk H: R. Z/Y SC