The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-04 00:00:00

UNITED sTATEs TARwF.

'AN ACT TO itiiiiiCATE 'Tit% :iIUTIIS 04 nooR,TI
ANt) TONNAbIi.
Be it enaetei by tlie.Senate and Mose of
'iresentatives e.t Ineriiited States of America, its:
Congr,ss .444embletr, that from and after the3oth
of Juue, 1811 i, the daius heretofore laid by law,*
goods, wales, and merchandbe ituported into the
'Voiced l';tattis. 'Shall cease and deteemlne, and
there shall be. levied and collected, and paid, the
several duties herein after mentioned, that is to
aay
duty of 'greet! anti a half per.centum
ad eolorem,,on all dyeing drugs and materials kr
composing dyes, wit subject to other rates of
fluty; gum arable, gum senegal, Saltpetre, knvel•
levy, gold, silver, and other wivrtclies, and pails
of watches, gold and silver lace, .enibroldery and
epaulets ; precious stone and pearls of Alikinds,
set or not set ;, bristol stones or paste•work,lpid
all articles esomposed wholly or chiefly Of gold,
silver, peat!, and precious stones ; and laces,
lace•veils, lace shawls, ur 'shades of thread or

Second-+-A duty of 15 per cerium nd valorem
Ott ttnld leaf, snal bot• articles not tree, and not
stalect to any other rate of duty.
Third-A thitY;of 20 per centom ad valorem
• on hempen cloth or Sail. cloth, (except Russian
nntl German linens,• Russia and ,Holland duck)
stockings.of wool or coltoni printing types, all
articles manufactured from brass, copper, iron,
at eel, pewter, lead or tin, or .of which • these
metals, or either •of them, is the material of
chief value, ,brasS ,trite,, cutlery, pins, needles,
buttons, button-moulds, and buckles of all kip:ls,
gilt, plated, and japanned wares of all kinds,
cannon, muskets, ire-arms and'aiderarms,
Prus-
sian blue :china-Ware,earthen;.ware, stone-ware,
porcelain and "'plasm manufactures, other than win-
' dow glasa,and black glass quart hots les.
Fourth—A duty of menty-five per ,centum ad
valorem, on woolen manufactures of all descrip-
tions, or at which wool is the material of chief
value, except blankets, woollen rags, and worsted,
or stuff-goods, shall he levied, collected, and paid,
from and after the 30th day of Jtine next, until the
30i:h day of June 1819, and after that day twenty
per cent nut on the said articles; .and on cotton
manufactnre-s of all descriptions, or of which cottott
, is "the material& chief value, and on, won twist,
yarn ,or thread, as follows,. viz. .for three years
,rext ensuing the 30th day,of June next, a doty of
taveitty.five per centum ad valorem ; and after the
..expiration of the three -years aforesaid, a duty of
. twenty per cent= ad, valorem : provided that all
cotton. cloths, .or cloths of which cotton is the
..r.rateriej at chief value (exceptingnenkeens ;int-
ported directly from Ch',na.), the, original cost of
aohicit, at tie place whence importeditwit it, the ad-
ditioni of twenty per centam if, imported, from the
..Cane,of:,Goad Hope) or. from places beyond it,
,Ant,l tat ten
,per cent lint it imported from. any other
place, shalt be less than twenty-five,,cents per
square yard, _shall, with such addition, be taken
Sod deviled ,to have. :cost ett,otsk per square
yard, and shall be charged.with duty accordingly
4trovided.also, ...I,hat all unbleached :0d uncoloured
-Cotton t?stist, yarn or thread„ the, original cost-of
belcess that 60 cents per pound,, shall be
clewed and taken to have cost* cents per ponnd,
`and shall he charged iv,ith.d9typccordingly; and all
):111;cheal. or ,colonred, yarn, the original cost of
;al;ltich,altall
,hove been less than,,74, cents, per
Api!uri4, shall beaeken and deemed etklntve eostls.
Afepta,pec pound, and shall lict,,cbargcti citla duty
tlaccotalingly And provided toraher, that cotton
,ipi:oeltrinds„,iinp;ortrd in. ships , or . vessels of the
hired St,es,which skall have sailed from Ate Unit-
`led, litotes 4elore the peasiag of this Act ~aod shall
etrive therein bettv,cen thF,3O day of June, 1816,
and the Ist of June 1817,, the original cost of
which cotton piece-goods, at the place whence
Imported, 01011 have .ben less than .25, cents per
_saaare yard, shall he admitted to, entry, sobjeet
only to a duty of, 33. and a third per 'cotton Oti
the cost of the said cottop piece-goods in India,
and the usual addition al 20 per centum on that
cost.
duty of 30 per centurn ad valorem, On
:umbrellas., parasols of whatever
.materials math,
and sticks or fratues,lor tothrellas or parasole
bonnets taint caps ,women, fans, featherai
I,44lunts for head-dresses, artificial..flowers
Witty of all sorts ; hats or vitt.% 0( wool, fur,'
Irrther, ckipotraw ar silk cosmetics, waahel,
b,dfstinis, pe.rfornei ; painted floor•einths, WatS nf
Truss flagsa salad oil, piekles,, capers, olive,
mustard, tomtits or sweetMeata, preserved in sugar
or brandy; waters, cahinet Wares, and all mann-
lietures of wood ; carriages of all. descriptions,
•
anti ports thereof ; leather, , and all manufactares
of leather, or of whichleather is the material of,-
Chiet value ; saddles,, bridles, hounets Pam of
t.!.1-tty easteboard, peper-hanginga,
,14a104. parebOlept,,,vll,lool4, Cones,'
wtilking seta to,
.ivlrips,„ttnd Clothing readiMtitle.
.',stud in all cases _where., an , ad Valorem ditty shall.
be charged, it, sithal be etileidated no the net cost
of the article at the place whence imported (ex-
clusive of p:tekages, conimhisiono, and all charges),
with the usual addition established by, biw of 20
per cent tint on all merchandise °imported from
places ,heyond,the cape of Good. Elope,aind of 10,
per eentuto, on articles. imported fraidulL other

places.
Sixtb...-The following duties, severally and spe-
cifically : on, ale, „bees, porter, In bottles,
fifteen cents per gallon; an. ale, bear, and nor.
ter, ;minuted otherwise than iu bottles, ten cents
per gallon ; 1111, alum, one dollar par hundred
weight;. almond,, (Ince cents per pound
black, glass quart bottles, one hundred and Forty.
four cants per gross ; on Boots, one and
fifty cents per pair ;. on, bristles, three cents per.
1)011104 on playing.eards, thirty cents per pack ;
on tarred cablei and cordage, three cents per
potmd ; on unforced cordage, yards, twines, pack.
.thread, and seines, four cents per pound ; on, tal•
19w candles, three cents per pound ; wa Had
spiqutaceti candles, six cents per pmind on
Chittoe caslia, six cents per pound , on cinna
mon f t wenty.fire cents .per pound ; Utt CIOVtSI
twetll);•nve cents per pound ; tltl cheese, Bine
cents per pound ; on chocolate, three cents per
Dotal; 'an cocoa, two cents per pound; on coal,