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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled, “,” passed the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and the, passed the tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and the act, entitled “,” passed the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be, and the same are hereby continued in force; any thing in the said acts in any wise to the contrary notwithstanding.

February 1, 1816.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the additional duties upon goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and upon the tonnage of vessels, imposed by the act, entitled “,” passed on the first day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall continue to be laid, levied, and collected, in the mode therein prescribed, subject in all respects to the same regulations and provisions, and with the like fines, penalties, forfeitures, and remedies for breaches of the law, as are now provided by law, until the thirtieth day of June next, any thing in the said act to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding.

. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirtieth day of June next, there shall be laid, levied and collected, in the manner and under the regulations and allowances now prescribed by law, for the collection and drawback of duties on foreign goods, wares, and merchandise, an additional duty of forty-two per cent. on the duties which shall then exist on foreign goods, wares and merchandise, until a new tariff of duties shall be established by law.

. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to contravene any provision of any commercial treaty, or convention, concluded between the United States and any foreign power or state; nor so as to impair, or in any wise affect the provisions of the act, entitled “,” passed on the third day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

February 5, 1816.