The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-06 00:00:00

COMMERCE.
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LAWS ON TIIR DUTIES OF IMPORTATION TO BE
PAID IN THE PORTS OF COLUMBIA.
The General Congress of Columbia, considering-
1. That the Republic being single and undivided, the duties
on imports should be uniform in the different ports appropriated
for impoitation in Columbia.
2. That this uniformity being calculated to contribute very
powerfully to the encouragement of commerce, external and
internal, by facilitating the operations of the custom houss. and
preventing the commission of fraud and the depreciation of the
revenue, which has occasioned the contusion and inequality
hither to experienced, it has been thought fit to decree, and it is
hereby decreed:—
Art. I. All the ditties of entry formerly recognised under
various denominations are henceforth consolidated in one, under
the name of duty of importation.
2. Five per cent. shall be paid on die importation of bar iron,
plate, tin, and copper; also paper of every kind; all sorts of
medicines, and instruments of surgery; tickle, pitch, tar, cables,
cordage, and anchors.
3. Scventeen and a half per cent. shall be paid by every kind
of cotton merchandize, woollen, linen, hemp seed, and yarn—
that excepted, on which a heavier duty is imposed by the subse-
quent articles.
4. Twenty per cent, shall be paid on beaver, woollen, or silk
hats; wax or spermaced, either manufactured or in paste; wine,
vinegar, and acid of every kind; gold and silver watches, lace,
riding saddles; every kind of earthenware of Europe and Aga,
and glass and crystal of every kind.
Twenty two and a halt per cent. on every kind of silk of
Europe or Asia, precious stones, jewels, thread and silk lace,
point handkerchiefa, artificial flowers, feathers, looking glasses,
perfumes, essences, and scented waters ; spiceries from India or
elsewhere, dried fruits, or the expressed ,juice, capers, &c.
fa Twenty five per cent. shall be paid on shoes for men or
women, and boots; every kind of household furniture; utensils
in copper, bronze, iron, steel, and tin; tallow in the lump or ma-
nufactured; flour; salted meat, and every kind of foreign eat-
ables.
7. Thirty five per cent. shall be paid on spirits and other
foreign liquors from the grape, the sugar cane, or any other
material.
8. The other kinds of merchandise, liquors, and commercial
Mich*, not specifically included in the preceding articles, shall
pay 20 per cent. on importation.
9. The above mentioned duties on importation shall be de-
ducted from the value fixed by the tarin approved at Carthagena
on April 22, 1817, and its supplements, until the necessary
alterations be made.
Is. The rate of duties imported by the preceding articles shall
be applicable solely to the cargoes of national vessels.
11. The merchandise imported by the vessels of neutral or
friendly states shall pay five per cent. over and above the pre-
ceding duties, unless it be otherwise stipulated by particular
treaties of commerce.
12. An abatement of seven and a half per cent. shall be allowed
on the cargoes of national vessels, and five per cent. on those of
foreign vessels, provided they proceed directly nom European
ports to Columbia.
_This abatement shall be made with reference to the per-
centage duties payable by merchandise and articles of trade
according to the preceding articles, from articles 2 to M.
14.. All decrees, regulations, and laws, in opposition to the
presence, are revoked and annulled.
15. This law shall begin to operate from the Ist of January,
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Se^2s, 1821. (Signed by the President of the Congress.)
Ur:-real to be executed, J. M. DEL CASTILLO,
Sept. 28, 1821. Vice-President of the Republic.
A subsequent decree excepts from the above dudes books in
every language, maps, charts, philosophical apparatus, paintings,
sculptures, engravings, implements of agriculture, and all instt u -
meats useful in navigation, or in any of the arts and science..
A law has also been passed for establialting a college in each
province; and primary schools for teaching Spanish and Lath
grammar, the principles of rhetoric and phdo.aphy, &c.