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foreign countries may be withdrawn by the owner at any time before the expiration of three years after the same are deposited, such goods, if not withdrawn in three years, to be regarded as abandoned to the Government, and sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury. Provided, That merchandise, upon which the owner may have neglected to pay duties within three months from the time of its deposit, may be withdrawn and entered for consumption at any time within two years of the time of its deposit, upon the payment of the legal duties, with an addition of 25 per cent. thereto. Provided also, That merchandise upon which duties have been paid, if exported to a foreign country within three years, shall be entitled to return duties, proper evidence of such merchandise having been landed abroad to be furnished to the collector by the importer, 1 per cent. of said duties to be retained by the Government.

"Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorise a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes,' approved March 2, 1861, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows, that is to say: first, in Section 6, article 1st, after the words 'in cordials and' strike out 'liquors' and insert liqueurs ;' second, in the same section, after the word 'represent,' insert 'Provided also, that no lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and all other spirituous beve

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rages, than that now fixed by law for the description of first proof, but shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof;' third, Section 12, article 1st, after the words '18 cents,' where they first occur, insert or less;' fourth, Section 13, article 2nd, after the word 'manufacturer,' insert 'except hosiery;' fifth, in the same section, article 3rd, strike out 'wool' wherever it occurs, and insert in each place 'worsted;' sixth, in Section 14, article 1st, after the words 'ten per centum,' insert ad valorem ;' seventh, in Section 15, before the word 'yarns,' insert 'hemp;' in the same section, after the word 'sheetings,' insert 'of flax or hemp,' and strike out 'jute goods,' and in lieu thereof insert jute yarns;' eighth, in Section 22, strike out the words 'unwrought clay, $3 per ton;' ninth, in Section 19, strike out 'compositions of glass or paste not set, intended for use by jewellers ;' tenth, in Section 22, strike out 'compositions of glass or paste when set;' eleventh, in Section 23, article sheathing metal, strike out 'yard,' and insert 'foot;' in Section 7, clause 5th, the words 'on screws washed or plated, and all other screws, of iron or any other metal,' shall be stricken out, and the words 'on screws of any other metal than iron' shall be inserted.

"Sect. 7. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts repugnant to the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, that the existing laws shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this Act for the prosecution and punishment of all offences, and for

the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing to that effect in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in and re-enacted by this Act.

APPENDIX VI.

I SEE by the Board of Trade returns, that in six items of exports alone, the United States lost in the month of June 1861, 534,8621., and the British North American colonies gained 144,9477., viz. cotton, earthenware, haberdashery, hardware, iron, and woollen stuffs.

THE END.

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NEW WORKS IN GENERAL LITERATURE

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