[Translation.]
Mr. Stoeckl to Mr. Seward
Washington,
June 5–17,
1864.
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to
transmit to you a copy, hereto annexed, of a new regulation concerning
merchant vessels of all nations which may arrive at Cronstadt. This
special law is intended for the benefit of the municipal revenues of
Cronstadt for the cleansing of vessels.
I pray you, Mr. Secretary of State, to be so good as to order the
publication of this regulation through the proper channel.
Please accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurance of my high
consideration.
Hon. William H. Seward,
&c., &c., &c.
Regulation.
[Translation.]
On the 17th of February last his Majesty the Emperor deigned to
sanction a decision of the council of the empire, of which the
following are the provisions:
1. All merchant vessels, as well masted and sea-going as coasters,
and without masts, arriving at the port of Cronstadt, must pay to
the benefit of the municipal revenues of Cronstadt a special tax for
their cleansing and the removal of their filth, to wit: On each
voyage, masted sea-going vessels, fifty copeks each mast; and
vessels not masted and coasters, ten copeks each vessel.
2. The arrangements relative to the cleansing and removal of filth
from vessels, as well as for the collection of the duty for which
they are liable on this head, are made in the general order in force
by the municipality of Cronstadt, either by means of letting out by
public auction, or by commission, as it shall judge proper.
3. In virtue of the laws in force, the military governor of Cronstadt
is charged, as the immediate head of the city of Cronstadt, to
attend to the execution of the present regulation.
