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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 111. 1849. 399 million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars per annum, together with such sums as under the law are paid into the treasury for drayage, cartage, labor, and storage, and in proportion for a less time. Sec. 5. And be itfurt/ser enacted, That from and alter the thirtieth Goods subject day of June next, all imports subject to duty, and whereon the duties *2:* 5; am not paid when assessed, shall be deposited in the public warehouse, pubm, Wmfrom whence they may be taken out for immediate exportation under h¤¤S¢» &<=· the provisions of that act, at any time within two years, and on pay- ment of the duties may be withdrawn for consumption within the United States at any time within one year; but no goods subject to duty shall be hereafter entered for drawback, or exported for drawback, after they are withdrawn from the custody of the officers of the customs: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained is in- Pmvisc. tended to modify the laws relating to export of goods to Canada or Chihuahua, if the goods when entered for export are immediately taken out of the United States, nor is it intended hereby to modify the laws in relation to pickled fish or refined sugar. Sec. 6, And be it further enacted, That the Solicitor of the Treas- TS°ll°l*°l':’l*l*° my, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall q;;;s°2’0m° cli: require from all collectors, and surveyors acting as collectors, new lectoméi survey- bonds, with sufficient sureties, For such sum and in such form as shall gffkas °‘* Il"' be prescribed by said Secretary. The said new bonds to be taken ° betbre the day fixed for this act to take effect. It shall be the duty of Secumry 0; the Secretary of the Treasury, at the commencement of each session the Treasury to of Congress, to report to each house a statement or statements, pre- gigsimngnnilp senting the amount of money expended at each custom-house in the expenses of aus- United States, during the fiscal year next preceding, and also ;‘;“;,£*;“$g; ul: the number of persons employed, and the occupation and salary sms em bpid P Y of each person at each of the said custom-houses during the period in them. aforesaid. Approved, March 3, 1849. Cnr. CXI.-- An Act to extend the Provisions of all Laws now in Force relating Much 3, 1g4g_ to the Carriage of Passengers in Mzrclmnt Vessels, and the Regulation thereof. -—·———--—·-—-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the provisions of United States of America in Congress assembled, That all vessels l**"¤ l¤_*°l¤*l°¤ ., . . to carnage of bound from any port in the United States to any port or place ru the ,,asw,g€,,, in Pacific Ocean, or on its tributaries, or from any such port or place to merchant vessels any port in the United States on the Atlantic, or its tributaries, shall °"°°“d°d‘ be subject to the provisions of all the laws now in force relating to the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, sailing to and from foreign countries, and the regulation thereof; except the fourth section of the " Act to provide for the ventilation of passenger vessels, and for other purposes,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty- 1848, eh.41. eight, relating to provisions, water, and fuel; but the owners and masters of all such vessels shall in all cases furnish to each passenger the daily supply of water therein mentioned, and they shall furnish, or cause the passengers to furnish for themselves, a. sufficient supply of good and wholesome food; and in case they shall fail so to do, or shall provide uuwholesome or unsuitable provisions, they shall be subject to the penalty provided in said fourth section in case the passengers are put on short allowance of water or provisions. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An Act N¤¤¤b¢r¤fp¤¤· to revulate the carria e of assen ers in merchant vessels " a roved S°°g°" “u°w°d ¤ S P g > pp on vessels pass- February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-sevn, shall be so mg in and amended as that a vessel passing into or through the topics shall 3‘;'°;~§l‘ ll" be allowed to carry the same number of passengers as vessels that do lgq.1; ch, 15, not enter the tropics.