The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-06-06 00:00:00, page 2

All otherdistilled Spirits.
Os the second class of proof, and under,
per gallon, twenty five cents —Os
the third class of proof and under, per
gallon, twenty eight cents— Os the
fourth class of proof and under, per
gallon, thirty two cents —Os the fifth
class of proof and under, per gallon,
thirty eight cents —Os the sixth class
of proof and under, per gallon, forty
fix cents. Which several classes or
denominations of proof shall be deem
ed and taken to correspond with those
mentioned in the "a& repealing af
ter the left day of June next, the
duties heretofore laid upon distilled
spirits imported from abroad,and lay
ing others in their stead, and also
upon spirits distilled within the Uni.
ted States, and for appropriating
the fame."
Beer, ale and porter, per gallon,
eight cents—fleel,per hundred weight,
one hundred cents —nails, per pound,
two cents —cocoa, rfper pound, two
cents —chocolate, per pound, three
cents—playing cards, per pack, twen
ty five cents —shoes and flippers of
silk, twenty cents —all other shoes and
flipper# for men and women, clogs
and gololhoes, ten cents —all other
shoes and flippers for children, seven
cents :—On hemp, for every one
hundred and twelve pounds one hun
dred cents —On cables, for every one
hundred and twelve pounds one hun
dred and eighty cents —On tarred
cordage, for every one hundred and
twelve pounds, one hundred and eigh
ty cents —On untarred cordage and
yarn, for every one hundred and
twelve pounds, two hundred and
twenty five cents —On twine and
packthread, for every one hundred and
twelve pounds, four hundred cents —
On coal, per bushel, four and a half
tents —On salts called Glauber -faits,
for every one hundred and twelve
pounds, two hundred cents.
Articles advalorem: —China
wares, looking glass, window and o
ther glass, and all manufactures of
glass, black quart bottles excepted ;
muskets, pistols, and other fire arms :
fwords,cutlaffes, hangers & other fide
arms ; starch ; hair-powder ; wafers;
glue ; laces, lines, fringes, tassels, and
trimmings commonly used by uphol
flerers, coachmakers and faddlers, and
paper hangings ; painters' colours,
whether dry or ground in oil—fifteen
per centum ad valorem—caft, fli,and
rolled iron, and generally, all manu
fadures of iron, steel, tin, pewter,
copper, brass, or of which either of
these metals is the article of chief
value, not being otherwise particular
ly enumerated, brass and iron wire
excepted ; cabinet wares ; leather
tanned and tawed, and all manufac
tures of leather, or of which leather
is the article of chief value, not o
therwise particularly enumerated ;
medicinal drugs, except those com
monly used in dying ; hats, caps and
bonnets of every fort ; gloves & mit
tens; stockings; millinery ready made;
artificial flowers, feathers and other
ornaments for womens' head dresses ;
fans ; dolls dressed and undressed ;
toys ; buttons of every kind ; carpets
and carpeting, mats and floor cloths;
fail cloth ; sheathing and cartridge
paper ; all powders, pastes, balls,
baifams, ointments, oils,waters, wash
es, tinduies, essences, or other pre
parations or compositions commonly
called sweet scents, odours, perfumes
or cosmetics ; all dentifrice powders,
tinaures, preparations, or compositi
ons whatsoever for the teeth or gums
—ten per centum ad valorem-
Provided always, and be it further
enabled, That all articles which are
excepted and exempted from duty by
the “ ad making farther provision
for the payment of the debts of the
United States," shall continue to be
so excepted and exempted, and that,
to the articles heretofore made free
from duty, the following shall be ad
ded,namely,copper in pigs and bars,
lapis calaminaris, , unmanufactured
wool, wood, fulphur.
And fait father enaa. That from
and after the left day. ofJont next, in
And be it further enabled, That all
duties, drawbacks and allowances,
which, by virtue of this aft, shall be
payable or allowable on any fpecific
quantity of goods, wares and mer
chandize, shall be deemed to apply,in
proportion, to any quantity more or
less than luch fpecific quantity.
And be it further enabled, That the
term of credit forthe payment of duties
on salt shall be nine months, and on
nil articles, the produce of the Weft-
Indies, salt excepted, where the
amount of the duty to be paid by one
person or copartnership shall exceed
fifty dollars/ shall be four months,
and that the duties on all other arti
cles,except wines and teas,which shall
be imported after the last day of june
next, shall be payable, one half in
fix, one quarter in nine, and the other
quarter in twelve calendar months
from the time of each refpeaive im
portation.
find be.it further saq^e/, That fc,
a& intituled "An ad to provide more
effectually for the collection of duties
imposed by law on goods, wares and
merchandize imported into the Uni
ted States, and on the tonnage of
ships and vessels," and as touching
the duties on distilled spirits only, the
ad intituled " An aft repealing, af
ter the last day of June next, the
duties heretofore laid upon distilled
spirits imported from abroad and lay-^
ing others in their Head : and also
upon spirits distilled within the Uni,
ted States, and for appropriating the
fame," shall extend to, and be in foil
force for the collection of the duties
fpecified and laid in and by this aft,
and generally for the execution there
of, as fully and effeaually, as if every
computing the duty heretofore laid
upon salt, a bufhelof fait shall be
deemed not to exceed the weight of
fifty fix pounds ,voidupois—And as
often as the aClual bushel of salt shall
exceed the said weight, such salt shall
be charged in the proportion of the
present rat, of duty per bushel for
every fifty fix pounds ofits actual
weight.
And be it further enabled, That after
the said last day of June next, there
shall be laid, levied and collected, in
addition to the present duty thereupon,
a duty of tWo and an half per centum
ad valorem, upon all goods, wares
and merchandize, not above enume
rated or described which, if imported
in ships or vessels of theUnitedStates,
Ere now chargeable with a duty of
five per centum ad valorem.
And be it further enabled, That the
addition of ten per centum made by
the second fedion of the " aQ making
farther provision for the debts of the
United States," to the rates of ^i^,
ca goods, wares and merchandize, im
ported in ships or yeffels not of the
United States, shall continn^in full
force and operation, after the said
last day of June next, in relation to
the articles herein before enumerated
and described.
And be it further enabled, That all
drawbacks and allowances authorized
by the ad aforefaid, which have not
been heretofore abolished or changed,
shall continue to operate, as in the
said ad prescribed in relation to the
several duties which shall become
payable by virtue of this aft, and that
in addition thereto, there shall be
allowed and paid upon provisions
salted within the United Siatei, ex
cept upon dried fifh, upon the expor
tation thereof to any foreign port or
place, as follows, to wit —On pickled
fifh, as the rate of eight cents per
barrel, and on other provisions at the
rate of five cents per barrel ; and from
and after the firff day of January
next, there shall be an addition of
twenty per centum to the allowances,
refpedively granted to ships or vessels
employed in the bank or other cod
fifheries, and in the terms provided by
an a&, intituled " An ad concerning
certain fifheries of the United ..States,
and for the regulation and government
of the fifhermen employed therein,"
and during the continuance of the
said ad.
wherefeever it shall be lent. Ar^^
any pipe, butt, hogshead, cast, cate,
box or package, con aiming wire,
shall be found without f: mark^a^d
certificates, the fame shill b: hablc
to be seized, and the want of such
marks and certificates fha!! be pre
sumptive evidence, that rich wine
was unlawfully imported and landed.
And be it further 'enabled. That every
person, who shall have in his.or her
possession, wines which are intended
for sale, in quantity exceeding one
hundred and fifty gallons, shall, prior
to the said last day of June next,make
entry thereof in writing at some office
of infpe&ioh in the city, town,or coun
try where he or she shall reside, fpeci
fying and describing the calks, cases,
boxes, and other packages containing
the fame, and the kinds,qualities and
quantities thereof, and where, and in
whose possession they are—and the of
ficer of infpedion, at whose office such
entry may be made, shall asfoon as
may be thereafter, visit and infpea,
or cause to be infpeded, the wines so
reported, and shall mark or cause to
be marked, the calks,cafes, boxes and
packages, containing the fame, with
progressive numbers, with the name of
the person to whom the fame may be
long, the kind or kinds thereof, and
the words " Old Stock," and shall
grant a certificate for each calk, case,
box or package,containing such wine,
describing therein the said cask, case,
box or package, and the wines there
in contained, which certificate shall
accompany the fame, wherever it
may be font. And if any person who
may have wines in his or her peffef
fion for sale, shall not, to the said last
day of June.next, make entry thereof,
as above directed, he or she, for such
©million or neglect, shall forfeit and
.pay the value of the wine omitted to
be entered, to be recovered with costs
of suit, for the benefit of any person
who shall give information thereof,and
the wines so omitted to be entered,
shall be forfeited.
And be it further enabled. That from
and after the last day of December
next, no beer, ale or porter shall be
brought into the United States, from
any foreign port or place, except in
calks or vessels, the capacity whereof
shall not be less than forty gallons, or
in packages containing not less than 6
dozen of bottles, on pain of forfeiture
of the said beer, ale or porter, and of
the ship or vessel, in which the fame
shall be brought.
And be it further enabled. That the
several and refpeaive duties aforefaid
regulation, reftri&ion, penalty,provi
fion, clause, matter and thing therein
contained had been herein inserted
and re-enacted.
And be it further enabled. That all
wines which after the laid last cay of
June, next, shall be imported into
the United States, shall be landed
under the care of the inlpedor of the
port where the fame shall be landed,
and for that purpose, every permit
for landing any wines, which shall be
granted by a collector, shall, prior
to such landing, be produced to the
said iofpe&or who, by endorfment
thereupon under his hand, shall lignify
the production thereof to him, and
the time when, after which, and not
otherwise, on pain of forfeiture, it
shall be lawful to land the laid wines.
And the said infpe&or shall make an
entry of all such permits, and of the
contents thereof, and each pipe, butt,
hogshead, calk, case, box or package,
whatsoever containing such wires,
shall be marked by the officer unce,
whose immediate infpe&ion the fame
shall be landed,io legible and durable
characters with progressive numbers,
the name of the said officer, and the
quality or kind of wine, as herein be
fore enumerated and diftinguifhcd.
And the said officer shall g r ant a
certificate for each such pipe, butt,
hogshead, c?fk, case, bex or package,
fpecifyiog therein the name or name
of the importer or importers, the ship
or vessel in which the fame shall have
been imported, and the number
thereof, .to accompany the fame,
And be it further enabled. That so
much of the aft, intituled '• An aft to
provide more effectually for the cel
feaion of duties imposed by law on
goods,wares and merchandize impor
ted into the United States, and on
the tonnage of (hips or vessels," as
hath rated the livre tournois of France
at eighteen and a half cents be, and
the fame is hereby repealed.
And be it enabled and declared, That
the principal,in any bond which Ihall
be given to the United States,for du
ties on goods,wares, and merchandize
imported, shall be infolvent,or if such
principal being dead, hi, or her estate
and effeds, which (hall have come to
the hands of his or her executors or
adminiftrators,lhall be inefficient for
the payment of his or her debts, and
if, in either of the said cases any fare
ty in the said bond, or the executors
and administrators of such furety,fhall
pay to the United States the monies
thereupon due, such surety, his or her
executors or admin ftrators shall hale
and enjoy the like advantage, priori
ty and preference, for the recovery &
receipt of the said monies out of the es
tate and effects of such insolvent or
deceased principal, as are reserved and
secured to the United States, by the
forty fourth feftion of the aft, intitu-
And be it further enabled, That the
additional duty of two and an half per
centrm ad valorem, fpecified in the
fourth fedion of this ad, shall conti
nue for the term of two years, from the
commencement thereof and no lon
ger.
And be it further enabled, That the
sum cf one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars,Out of the surplus of the duties
which accrued to the end of the year
one thousand seven hundred and nine
ty one,ard a farther sum of five hun
dred and twenty three thousand five
hundred dollars, out of the surplus of
the duties hereby eflablifhed as the
fame shall accrue,making together the
sum of fix hundred and seventy three
thousand five bundled dollars,fhall be,
and l.^ hereby appropriated and ap
plied, in addition to any former ap
propriation for the military efiablifh.
ment of th: United States,toward car
rying into extcuticn .the aft,intituled,
" An afl for making farther and mere
eife&nal provision for the protection cf
the frontiers of the United States."
Arid '& if /richer stabled, That the
President of the United , ates be em
powered to take On lean, on account
of the United States, from the presi
dent, directors and company of the
bank of the United States, who are
hereby authorized and empowered to
lend the fame, from any other body
politick or corporate within the Uni
ted States, or from any other person
or perfons,the whole or any part of the
aforefaid sum of five hundred & twen
ty-threethoufand five hundred dollars,
to be applied to the purpose, to and
for which the fame is above appropri
ated, a^d to be reimbursed out of the
aforefaid surplus of the duties by this
aft imposed, which surplus is, accor
dingly, appropriated to the said reim
bursement. Provided, That the rate
of interest of such loan shall not ex
ceed five per centum per annum, and
that the principal thereof may be re
imbursed at the pleasure of the Uni
ted States.
except that mentioned in the fourth
lection of this a&, shall continue to be
levied, collected and paid, until the
debts and purports, to and for which
the duties, hereby directed to ceale
after the last day of June next, were
pledged and appropriated, shall have
been fully paid and fatisfied; and that
so much thereof,as may be necessary,
shall be, and are hereby pledged and
appropriated, in the fame manner,fo,
the feme purpufes, and with <he fame
force and effect, as those, which are
hereby directed to cease after the Lie:
last day ofjune next,and that to much
of the residue thereof} may be neces
sary, shall be, and are hereby appro
priated for making good deficiencies
in any funds which may have been
designated for fatitfyiGg grants and
appropriations heretofore mace.