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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 214. 1873. 483 nated by the President of the United States and destined for Her Brit- ment of duties, ginnic Majesty’s possessions in North America, may be entered at the `*"h°“"°’· &°·i proper custom—house and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the territory of the United States, under such rules, regulations, and conditions for the protection of the revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, prescribe; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise, may be maybe cou-_ conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such possessions, ;f°Y"’d “‘ :“"‘“* through the territory of the United States, for export from the said ports or exim ` of the United States. Sec. 4. That from the date of the Presidents proclamation, authorized British subjects by the first section of this act, and so long as articles eighteenth to Iggy jg3dstwenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty, shall remain :,9,;,;, Without in force, according to the terms and conditions of article thirty-third of duty 1"rvm place said treaty, all subjects of Her Britannie Majesty may carry in British {;ki;`;‘;3’;£;s vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one or the United port or place within the territory of the United States, upon the Saint 3;**283: iflmgi of Lawrence, the great lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to another t,;, port or place within the territory of the United States as aforesaid: Canada, by land- Providcd, That a portion of such transportation is made through the g‘;;&*‘g° ““d m Dominion of Canada by land-carriage and in bond, under such rules and ` regulations as may be agreed upon between the government of Her Britannic Majesty and the government of the United States: And provided further, That the President of the United States may, by procla- This i-ight may mation, suspend the right of carrying provided for by this section, in be Suspendéd if. case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens &°' of the United States of the use of the canals in the said Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in article twenty-seventh of said treaty: And provided further, That in case any export or other duty continues to be levied after the sixteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory, in the State of Maine, watered by the river Saint John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick, that then, and in that case, the President of the United States may, by proclamation, suspend all rights of carrying provided for by this section for such period as such export or other duty may be levied. Sec. 5. That this act shall not take effect until the first day of July, This aetto eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and shall not apply to any article of ;*;l§€:§°€§ ghilh merchandise therein mentioned which shall be held in bond on that day mc,,m,,,,,,_,§)5gQ_ by the customs officers of the United States. Approved, March 1, 1873. CHAP. CCXIV. —-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to promote the Develop- March 1, 1873. ment of the mining Resources J the United States " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A""· ¥’· 92* States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the fifth Timle for first section of the act entitled "An act to promote the development of the f;‘;“;‘n";’;§;‘;g" mining resources of the United States," passed May tenth, eighteen hun- mining claims dred and seventy-two, which requires expenditures of labor and improve- €X'“*¤ 0** *0 J“·¤° . 10 1874. ments on claims located prior to the passage of said act, are hereby so ’ amended that the time for the first annual expenditure on claims located prior to the passage of said act shall be extended to the tenth day of June, _ eighteen hundred and seventy-four. g Approved, March 1, 1873. E i