# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 98

Chap. XCVIII.—An Act to increase the duties on certain manufactured articles imported into the United States.
Act of April 27, 1816, ch. 107. Act of May 22, 1824, ch. 136. Duties now in force upon articles described to cease after the 30th June, 1818. Duties in lieu, &c. Articles from copper. Silver plated saddlery, &c. Cut glass, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the duties now in force upon the articles hereinafter enumerated and described, at their importation into the United States, shall cease; and that, in lieu thereof, there shall be thenceforth laid, levied, and collected, upon the said articles, at their importation, the several and respective rates or duties following, that is to say: on articles manufactured from copper, or of which copper is the material of chief value, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on silver-plated saddlery, coach and harness furniture, twenty-five per cenum ad valorem; on cut glass, thirty per centum ad valorem: on tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, five cents on every thousand thereof; and on tacks, brads, and sprigs, exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, the same duty as on nails; brown Russia sheetings, not exceeding fifty-two archines in each piece, one dollar and sixty cents per piece; white Russia sheetings, not exceeding ​exceeding fifty-two archines in each piece, two dollars and fifty cents per piece.
Addition of 10 per cent. if the articles are imported in foreign vessels. Proviso. 1816, ch. 107, sec. 3. 1818, ch. 107. 1832, ch. 207. 1832, ch. 227, sec. 10. 1824, ch. 4. 1828, ch. 111. 1842, ch. 270, sec. 11. Drawback of the duties if the goods are exported within the time, &c. prescribed, &c. April 27, 1816, ch. 107. The existing laws in force for the collection of the duties imposed, &c. and for the allowance of drawbacks. Acts, &c. contrary to this act repealed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum, shall be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed, in respect to all such goods, wares, and merchandise, which, after the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: Provided, That this additional duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, entitled by treaty, or by any act or acts of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States, on the payment of the same duties as are paid on goods, wares, or merchandise, imported in ships or vessels of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a drawback of the duties, by this act imposed, on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, upon the exportation thereof within the time, and in the manner, prescribed in the fourth section of the act, entitled “An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,” passed on the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this act, on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States: and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission, of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures; and for the allowance of the drawbacks by this act authorized, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in, and re-enacted by this act. And that all acts and parts of acts, which are contrary to this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, April 20, 1818.