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hundred per centum upon the permanent duties now imposed by law, upon goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, shall be levied and collected upon all goods, wares and merchandise, which shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place.

. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several duties imposed by this act, in respect to all such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That on all ships or vessels belonging wholly or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, which shall be entered in the United States, or the territories thereof, there shall be paid an additional duty at the rate of one dollars and fifty cents per ton.

. And be it further enacted, That the additional duties laid by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations and allowances, as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment respectively, as are prescribed by law in relation to the duties now in force, on the articles on which the said additional duties are laid by this act.

. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force so long as the United States shall be engaged in war with Great Britain, and until the expiration of one year after the conclusion of peace, and no longer: Provided however, that the additional duties laid by this act shall be collected on all such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall have been previously imported.

, July 1, 1812.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the muster of each legion, required to be held by the, in each year, may be held in either the month of October or November, as the commanding officer of the brigade may appoint.

. And be it further enacted, That so much of the eleventh section of the, as requires that there shall be a muster of each troop of cavalry and company of militia comprehending the companies made up by voluntary enrolment, in the months of July, August and November, and all the twenty-second section of the said act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

. And be it further enacted, That the battalion courts of inquiry, mentioned in the eighth section of said act, shall be held in the months only of July and November in each year; and the legionary courts of inquiry, mentioned in the said section, shall be respectively held in not less than ten nor more than twenty days after each battalion court of inquiry: Provided however, that the commanding officer of each legion shall be and is hereby empowered to appoint and convene legionary courts extraordinary, which may exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, of the ordinary legionary courts of inquiry, except the power of assessing fines incurred by the officers of the legion, for any delinquency or neglect of duty, other than failing to attend such legionary courts extraordinary.

. And be it further enacted, That all fines to be assessed under the authority of the act last aforesaid, shall be certified by the clerks of the legionary and battalion courts of inquiry respectively, by which the same shall be assessed, to the marshal of the district of Columbia, and