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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 48, 51, 52. 1880. 309 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States oj America in Congress assembled, That the President be respectfully Tobacco, norequested to open such negotiations with France, Spain, Austria, and »‘5°*‘*’·*l°”° f9".im· Italy, as he may deem advisable, with a view to removing the restric- ¥;;,;“2°Qf,u°,:,,.f(t° tions on the importation of tobacco into the countries named and S00l11‘— g ` ing to our citizens an open market therein for the same. Approved, June 9, 1880. [No. 51.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Reports of the Commis- Juno 11, 1880. sioner of Educatwn for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen i- hundred and seventy-nine. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 0'ongress assembled, That of each of the Reports of the Reports of Co1n· Commissioner of Education for the respective years eighteen hundred ““€”l°¤P"_ of E°l“· and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, there be {gw." printed four thousand copies for the use of the Senate ; eight thousand di,,uh£1;m,_ B copies for the use of the House of Representatives and thirteen thou- ‘ sand copies for distribution by the Commissioner. Approved, June 11, 1880. [No. 52.] Joint resolution for the relief of certain persons in re act of duties do- June 14, 1880. manded of them upon the import of certain articles namedptherein. -———--—--·—-; Whereas, by a circular of the Secretary of the Treasury issued in Preambleeighteen hundred and seventy-eight, after a decision of a case between the United States and an importer in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York, all the articles named in the following resolution were directed to be imported on payment of a duty of thirty-five per cent ad valorem: and Whereas, the Secretary of the Treasury by letter of March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the House of Representatives has communicated his purpose to revoke said circular, and subject said articles to the specific duty imposed by existing law on all band, hoop and scroll iron; and Whereas, it is represented, that confiding in the said circular of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight parties have contracted for such articles to be imported under the duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem, and it is right and proper to relieve them from the effect of the change of orders by the Secretary of the Treasury upon his construction of the existing law, but without intending to alter existing law, or to interpret by legislative act the effect thereof, leaving that to the judicial tribunals, except as to the special cases herein provided for: Therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Contracts prior of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury ;,°M¤·;°1l¤ 1% 1,*38*% be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be levied upon rg} °f,‘0 0‘;,°§“* &“;' all articles under the designation of “cuf hoops ", “ hoops cut to length ", made Suy,j(,’ct aj "hoops cut and punched", and “barrel hoops ”, the duty of thirty-five duty of3s per cent. per centum ad valorem, which shall be shown to the satisfaction of the ed V¤»l°*‘°m· Secretary of the Treasury to have been ordered under bona fide and absolute contracts made and entered into prior to March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and which shall be imported from any foreign country into the United States, prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. ,0. .d, And the amount of any duties in excess of thirty-five per centum ad 03,*; fg 0}.25 P; valorem, paid since the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and ,,m,_ ,,,1 ,,,,],,1.,,,,, eighty, upon any of the articles hereinbefore named, which shall be 8h0W1I refunded. as aforesaid to have been imported under such contracts, shall be refunded to the parties entitled thereto out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. . Approved, June 14, 1880.