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ditional revenue boats and revenue officers as he may deem necessary for that purpose, the said revenue boats to be of such size and description as he may see proper. This act to continue in force until the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Approved, July, 13, 1832.

CHAP. 205. An Act to extend the

time of issuing Military Land Warrants to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.

CHAP. 206. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to pay to the Seneca tribe of Indians, the balance of an annuity, of six thousand dollars, usually paid to said Indians, and remaining unpaid for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty

nine.

CHAP. 207. An Act concerning ton

nage duty on Spanish Vessels.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no other or greater duty of tonnage be levied in the ports of the United States on vessels owned wholly by subjects of Spain, coming from a port in Spain, than shall, by the Secretary of the Treasury be ascertained to have been paid on American vessels in the ports of Spain previous to the twentieth October, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

SECT. 2 And be it further enacted, That vessels owned wholly by Spanish subjects, coming from any of the colonies of Spain, either directly, or after touching at any other port or place, shall pay, in the ports of the United States, the same rate of duty on tonnage that shall be levied on American vessels in the Spanish colonial port from whence such Spanish vessel shall have last departed; the said amount to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized, from time to time, to give directions to the officers of the customs of the United States for the collection of such duties, so as to conform the said duties to any variation that may take place in the duties levied on American vessels in such Spanish ports.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of tonnage levied by any foreign nation on the ships or ves

sels of the United States, shall have been abolished, he may direct that the tonnage duty on the vessels of such nation shall cease to be levied in the ports of the United States; and cause any duties of tonnage that may have been levied on the vessels of such foreign nation, subsequent to the abolition of its dis criminating duties of tonnage to be refunded.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That the second and third sections of this act shall be in force and take effect from and after the first day of January

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CHAP. 223. An Act concerning certain officers of the Marine Corps.

CHAP. 224. An Act supplementary to the several acts making appropriation for the civil and military service during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo.

CHAP. 225. An Act providing for the purchase by the United States of the rights of the Washington Bridge company, in the District of Columbia, and for the erection of a public bridge on the site thereof.

CHAP. 226. An Act for the discharge of sundry judgments against the former Marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and for the relief of J. and W. Lippincott and Company.

CHAP. 227.

An Act to alter and amend the several acts imposing Duties on Imports.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, so much of the act entitled An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports,' approved the nineteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, as is herein otherwise provided for, shall be repealed, except so far as the same may be necessary for the recovery and collection of all duties which shall have accrued under the said act; and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all, fines, penalities, and forfeitures, which may have

been incurred under the same.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following duties, that is to say:

First: Wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the place of exportation, shall not exceed eight cents per pound, shall be imported free of duty; and if any wool so imported shall be fine wool mixed with dirt or other material, and thus reduced in value to eight cents per pound, or under, the appraisers shall appraise said wool at such price as in their opinion it would have cost had it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon

shall be charged in conformity with such appraisal; on wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the place of exportation, shall exceed eight cents, shall be levied four cents per pound, and forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That wool imported on the skin shall be estimated, as to weight and value, as other wool.

Second. On all milled and fulled

cloth, known by the name of plains, kerseys, or kendal cottons, of which wool shall be the only material, the value whereof shall not exceed thirtyfive cents a square yard, five per centum ad valorem; on worsted stuff goods, shawls and other manufactures of silk and worsted, ten per centum ad valorem; on worsted yarn, twenty per centum ad valorem; on woolen yarn, four cents per pound, and fifty per centum ad valorem; on mits, gloves, bindings, blankets, hosiery, and carpets and carpeting, twentyfive per centum, except Brussels, Wilton and treble ingrained carpeting, which shall be at sixtythree cents the square yard, all other ingrained and Venetian carpeting, at thirtyfive cents the square yard; and except blankets, the value whereof, at the place from whence exported, shall not exceed seventyfive cents each, the duty to be levied upon which, shall be five per centum ad valorem; on flannels, bockings, and baizes, sixteen cents the square yard; on coach laces, thirty five per centum; and upon merino shawls made of wool, all other manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, and on ready made clothing, fifty per centum ad valorem.

Third. On all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, twentyfive per centum ad valorem, excepting cotton twist, yarn, and thread, which shall remain at the rate of duty fixed by the act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, of twenty second May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour; And provided, That all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, not dyed, colored printed, or stained, not exceeding in value thirty cents the square yard, shall be valued at thirty cents per square yard, and if dyed, colored, printed, or stained, in whole or in part, not exceeding in value thirtyfive cents the square yard, shall be valued at thirtyfive cents per square yard; and on nankeens, imported direct from China, twenty per centum ad val

orem.

Fourth. On all stamped, printed or painted floor cloths, fortythree cents a

square yard; on oil cloths of all kinds, other than that usually denominated patent floor cloth, twelve and a half cents the square yard; and on floor matting, usually made of flags or other materials, five per centum ad valorem.

Fifth. On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or in part by rolling, ninety cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Sixth. On bar and bolt iron made wholly or in part by rolling, thirty dollars per ton: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, or other form less finished than iron in bars or bolts, and more advanced than pig iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in bars or bolts, and pay duty accordingly.

Seventh. On iron in pigs, fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds on vessels of cast iron, not otherwise specified, one and a half cents per pound: on all other castings of iron, not otherwise specified, one cent per pound.

Eighth. On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number fourteen, five cents per pound; exceeding number fourteen, nine cents per pound; on silvered or plated wire, five per centum ad valorem; on cap or bonnet wire covered with silk, cotton, flaxen yarn or thread, manufactured abroad, twelve cents per pound.

Ninth. On round iron or brazier's rods, of three-sixteenths to eight-sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive, and on iron in nail or spike rods, or nail plates, slit, rolled, or hammered, and on iron in sheets, and hoop iron, and on iron, slit, rolled, or hammered for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three cents per pound; on iron spikes, four cents per pound, on iron nails, cut or wrought, five cents per pound; on tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thou sand, five cents per pound; on square wire used for the manufacture of stretchers for umbrellas, and cut in pieces not exceeding the length used therefor, twelve per centum ad valorem; on anvils and anchors, and all parts thereof, manufactured in whole or in part, two cents per pound; on iron cables or chains, or parts thereof, manufactured in whole or in part, three cents per pound, and no drawback shall be allowed on the exportation of iron cables or parts thereof; on mill cranks and mill irons of wrought iron,four cents per pound; on mill saws, one dollar each; on blacksmith's hammers and sledges, two and a half cents per pound; on muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per stand; on rifles, two

dollars and fifty cents each; on all other firearms, thirty per centum ad valorem.

Tenth. On axes, adzes, hatchets, drawing knives, cutting knives, sickles or reaping hooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares of iron or steel, plated, brass and polished steel saddlery, coach and harness furniture, of all descriptions, steelyards and scalebeams, socket chisels, vices and screws of iron, called woodscrews, thirty per centum ad valor. em; on common tinned and japanned saddlery of all descriptions, ten per centum ad valorem; Provided, That said articles shall not be imported at a less rate of duty than would have been chargeable on the material constituting their chief value, if imported in an unmanufactured state.

Eleventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Twelfth. On Japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of all kinds, and on all manufactures, not otherwise specified made of brass, iron, steel, pewter, or tin, or of which either of these metals is a component material, a duty of twentyfive per centum ad valorem; Provided, That all articles manufactured in whole of sheet, rod, hoop, bolt, or bar iron, or of iron wire, or of which sheet, rod, hoop, bolt or bar iron, or iron wire, shall constitute the greatest weight, and which are not otherwise specified, shall pay the same duty per pound that is charged by this act on sheet, rod, hoop, bolt, or bar iron, or on iron wire, of the same number, respectively: Provided also, That the said last mentioned rates shall not be less than the said duty of twentyfive per centum ad valorem.

Thirteenth. That all scrap and old iron shall pay a duty of twelve dollars and fifty cents per ton; that nothing shall be deemed old iron that has not been in actual use, and fit only to be remanufactured; and all pieces of iron except old, of more than six inches in length, or of sufficient length to be made into spikes and bolts shall be rated as bar, bolt, rod or hoop iron, as the case may be, and pay duty accordingly; all manufactures of iron partly finished, shall pay the same rates of duty as if entirely finished; all vessels of cast iron, and all castings of iron, with handles, rings, hoops, or other addition of wrought iron, shall pay the same rates of duty as if made entirely of cast iron.

Fourteenth. On unmanufactured hemp, forty dollars per ton: sail duck, fifteen per centum ad valorem; and on

cotton bagging, three and a half cents a square yard, without regard to the weight or width of the article: On felts or hat bodies made wholly, or in part of wool, eighteen cents each.

Fifteenth. On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component part, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ten per centum ad valorem, and on all other manufactures of silk, or of which silk is a component part, five per centum ad valorem, except sewing silk, which shall be forty per centum ad valorem.

Sixteenth. On brown sugar and syrup of sugar cane, in casks, two and a half cents per pound; and on white clayed sugar, three and one third cents per pound.

Seventeenth. On salt, ten cents per fiftysix pounds.

Eighteenth. On old and scrap lead, two cents per pound.

Nineteenth. On teas of all kinds, imported from places this side the Cape of Good Hope, or in vessels other than those of the United States, ten cents per pound.

Twentieth. On slates of all kinds, twentyfive per centum ad valorem.

Twentyfirst. On window glass not above eight by ten inches is size, three dollars per hundred square feet; not above ten by twelve inches, three dollars and fifty cents per hundred square feet; and if above ten by twelve inches, four dollars per hundred square feet: Provided, That all window glass imported in plates, uncut, shall be charged with the highest rates of duty hereby imposed. On all apothecaries' vials and bottles, exceeding the capacity of six and not exceeding the capacity of sixteen ounces each, two dollars and twentyfive cents the groce; all perfumery and fancy vials and bottles, not exceed ing the capacity of four ounces each, two dollars and fifty cents the groce; and those exceeding four ounces, and not exceeding sixteen ounces each, three dollars and twentyfive cents the groce on all wares of cut glass not specified, three cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem: on black glass bottles not exceeding one quart, two dollars per groce: on black glass bottles exceeding one quart, two dollars and fifty cents per groce, on demijohns, twentyfive cents each, and on all other articles of glass, not specified, two cents per pound and twenty per centum; on paper hangings forty per centum: on all Leghorn hats or bonnets, and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass, and all

flats, braids, or plaites for making hats or bonnets, thirty per centum: on the following articles twelve and a half per centum ad valorem, namely, whalebone, the product of foreign fishing, raw silk, and dressed furs; and on the following articles twentyfive per centum ad valorem, namely, boards, planks, walking canes and sticks, frames or sticks for umbrellas and paras ls, and all manufactures of wood not otherwise specified; copper vessels, and all manufactures of copper, not otherwise specified: all manufactures of hemp or flax, except yarn and cordage, tarred, and untarred, ticklenburgs, osnaburgs, and burlaps, not otherwise specified; fans, artificial flowers, ornamental feathers, ornaments for head dresses, caps for women, and millinery of all kinds; comfits and sweet-meats of all kinds, preserved in sugar or brandy, umbrellas and parasols, of whatever materials inade; parchment and vellum, wafers and black lead pencils, and brushes of all kinds. And on the following articles thirty per centum ad valorem, viz: cabinet wares; hats and caps of fur, leather, or wool, leather; whips, bridles: saddles; and on all manufactures of leather not otherwise specified; carriages and parts of carriages, and blank books; on boots and bootees, one dollar and fifty cents per pair; shoes of leather, other shoes and slippers of prunella, stuff or nankin; also porcelain, china, stone, and earthen ware; musical instruments; and manufactures of marble, shall pay the present rates of duties.

Twentysecond. On olive oil, in casks, twenty cents a gallon.

Twentythird. On the wines of France, namely, red wines, in casks, six cents a gallon; white wines, in casks, ten cents a gallon, and French wines of all sorts, in bottles, twentytwo cents a gallon; until the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirtyfour; and from and after that day one half of those rates respectively; and on all wines other than those of France one half of their present rates of duty, respectively, from and after the day last aforesaid, Provided, That no higher duty shall be charged under this act, or any existing law on the red wines of Austria than are now, or may be, by this act levied upon red wines of. Spain when the said wines are imported in casks.

Twentyfourth. On the following articles an ad valorem duty of fifteen per centum, namely, barley, grass or straw baskets, composition, wax, or amber beads; all other beads not otherwise

enumerated, lamp black; indigo bleached and unbleached linens; shell or paper boxes, hair bracelets, hair not made up for head dresses, bricks, paving tiles, brooms of hair or palm leaf, cashmere of Thibet, down of all kinds, feathers for beds.

Twentyfifth. All articles not herein specified, either as free or as liable to a different duty, and which, by the existing laws, pay an ad valorem duty higher than fifteen per centum, to pay an ad valorem duty of fifteen per centum, from and after the said third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the articles exempted from duty by the existing laws, the following articles, imported from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, shall be exempted from duty; that is to say, teas of all kinds imported from China or other places east of the Cape of Good Hope, and in vessels of the United States, coffee, cocoa, almonds, currants, prunes, figs, raisins in jars and boxes, all other raisins, black pepper, ginger, mace, nutmegs, cinnamon, cassia, cloves, pimento, camphor, crude saltpetre, flax unmanufactured, quicksilver, opium, quills unprepared, tin in plates and sheets, unmanufactured marble, argol, gum arabic, gum senegal, epaulettes of gold and silver, lac dye, madder, madder root, nuts and berries used in dyeing, saffion, tumeric, wood or pastel; aloes, ambergris, burgundy pitch, bark, peruvian, cochineal, capers, chamomile flowers, coriander seed, cantharides, castanas, catsup, chalk, coculus indicus, coral, dates, filberts, filtering stones, frankincense, grapes, gamboge, hemlock, henbane, horn plates for lanthorns, ox horns, other horns and tips, india rubber, ipecacuanha, ivory unmanufactured, juniper berries, musk, nuts of all kinds, olives, oil of juniper, paintings and drawings, rattans unmanufactured, reeds unmanufactured, rhubarb, rotten stone, tamarinds, tortoise shell, tin foil, shellac, sponges, sago, lemons, limes, pine apples, cocoa nuts and shells, iris or orris root, arrow root, bole ammoniac, colombo root, annotto, annise-seed, oil of annise-seed, oil of cloves, cummin-seed, sarsaparilla, balsam tolu, assalœtida, ava root, alcornoque, canella alba, cascorilla, haerlem oil, hartshorn, manna, senna, tapioca, vanilla beans, oil of almonds, nux vomica, amber, platina, busts of marble, metal or plaster, casts of bronze or plaster, strings of musical

instruments, flints, kelp, kermes, pins, needles, mother of pearl, hair unmanofactured, hair pencils, Brazil paste, tartar crude, vegetables such as are used principally in dyeing and in composing dyes, weld, and all articles used princi pally for dyeing coming under the duty of twelve and a half per centum, except bichromate of potash, prussiate of potash, chromate of potash and nitrate of lead, aquafortis, and tartaric acids; all other dyeing drugs, and materials for composing dyes, all other medicinal drugs, and all articles not enumerated in this act nor the existing laws, and which are now liable to an ad valorem duty of fifteen per centum, except tartar emet ic and Rochelle salts, sulphate of quinine, calomel and corrosive sublimate, sulphate of magnesia, glauber salts: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to reduce the duties upon alum, copperas, manganese, muriatic or sulphuric acids, refined salt petre, blue vitriol, carbonate of soda, red lead, white lead or litharge, sugar of lead or combs.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the third day of March atoresaid, so much of any act of Congress as requires the addition of ten or twenty per centum to the cost or value of any goods, wares, or merchandise, in estimating the duty thereon, or as imposes any duty on such addition, shall be repealed.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the third of March aforesaid, where the amount of duty on merchandise, except wool, manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, imported into the United States, in any ship or vessel, on account of one person only, or of several persons jointly interested, shall not exceed two hundred dollars, the same shall be paid in cash, without discount; and if it shall exceed that sum, shall, at the option of the importer or importers, be paid or secured to be paid, in the manner now required by law, one half in three, and one half in six calendar months; and that, from and after the said third day of March, so much of the sixtysecond section of the act entitled ⚫ An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' approved the sec ond day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninetynine, as authorizes the deposite of teas under the bond of the importer or importers, shall be repealed: and that so much of any exist ing law as requires teas, when imported in vessels of the United States, from pla

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