nsburg, or any port west of
Ogdensburg and south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the
State of New York through the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and
their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of
Minnesota.

SEC. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
who may require the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement
of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried
and the destination of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery
of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits
above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is
furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been
landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount
of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall
constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default
wherever and whenever found in the waters of the United States.

And whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll
amounting to about 20 cents per ton on all freight passing through the
Welland Canal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a
further toll on all vessels of the United States and on all passengers
in transit to a port of the United States, all of which tolls are
without rebate; and

Whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada, in accordance with
an order in council of April 4, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton of the
20-cent toll at the Welland Canal on wheat, Indian corn, pease, barley,
rye, oats, flaxseed, and buckwheat upon condition that they are
originally shipped for and carried to Montreal or some port east of
Montreal for export, and that if transshipped at an intermediate point
such transshipment is made within the Dominion of Canada, but allows no
such nor any other rebate on said products when shipped to a port of
the United States or when carried to Montreal for export if transshipped
within the United States; and

Whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada by said system of
rebate and otherwise discriminates against the citizens of the United
States in the use of said Welland Canal, in violation of the provisions
of Article XXVII of the treaty of Washington concluded May 8, 1871; and

Whereas said Welland Canal is connected with the na