Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-12

OF the United States, than those now i'm.
posed.
Is i. Resofued, as the opinion of this COM
mi,tee, that an additional duty ought to be
laid on the following articles manufactured
by European nations, having no commerce
al treaty with the United States
On all articles OF which leather is the
maseral of chief value, an additional duty
''ot per cent. ad valofGm.
On ali manufactures iron, steel, tin,
pewter, copper, brass, or articles of which
either of these metals is the material of
chief value, an additional duty Of
Iper cent. advalo rem.
On all articles (which cotton is the ma
terra. OF chief value, an addiiianal duty Of
per cent ad valorem.
On all cloths of which woolis the mate.
rial OF chief value, where the estimated va,
hue on which the duty is payable, is above
an additional du.yof
per c ent. ad yalorsm; wheie such value is
below an additional duty of
per cent. ad valorem.
On all other articles Of which wool is the
material Of chief value, an>additional duty
OF per cent. ad vaaorem.
On all cloths of which hemp or fax is the
material! of CHIEF value, and of which toe
estimated value on which the duty is paya.
bic is below an additional ttuit
Of percent. ad palorem.
On all manufactures of which silk is the
material Of chief value, an additional dnsy
of per cent. ad palorenl
2. Rssoloca, as she opinion oil this com
.mit,ee, thatsn additional duty Of
per ton ought to be laid en- the vessels be-
longing to nations having no commercial
treaty with the United States.
8, Resolved, as the opinion of this COM
miteee, that the duty on vessels belonging
TO nations having commercial treaties with
the United States ought to be reduced to
per ton.
4. Resolved, as the opinion OF this com
mittee, that where any nation may refuse
to consider as vessels of the United States,
any vessels not built within the u. States.
the foreign built vessels of such nation
ought to be subjected to Ike refusal, un-
less built within the United States.
S. Resslved, as the opinion of this com.
mittee, that where any nation may refuse
to admit the produce or manufacturers of
the United States, or to adnait them IN
vessels of the u. States, if last imported
from nyplace not within the u. States,
likerestricsion ought, after the day
Of TO be extended TO the produce
and manufactures Of such nation, and that,
10 the mean time, duty of per
ton extraordinary, ought to be imposed on
vessels so importing any such produce or
manufacture.
g. ,Resofved, as the opinion of this COM
mittee, that where any nation may refuse
to tie vessels of the United States, car
riage OF the produce or manufacturesshere-
of, whilst such produce or manufactures
are admitted by it in It's own vessels, 1t
would be just to make the restriction re-
ciprocal: but inasmnch as such measure
it suddenly adopted, might be particularly
distressing in cases which neEl, rhe bsne-
VIOLENT attention off the United States, II is
expedient for the present, that tonnage
extraordinary, only OF be imposed
on the vessels so employed and that all
distilled spirits imported thereto, shall be
subjected TO ain additional du.y OF one
part of the existing duty.
z. RESOLVED, as the opinion of this com
mi,tee, that provision ought to be made
for liquidating and ascertaining the losses
sustained by citizens of the United States,
from the operation of particular regulations
of any country, contravsning the laws CT
nations, and that such losses be reimbursed
in the .Grst instance, out of the additional
duties on the manufactures, productions
and vessels of the nation establishing such
unlawful regulations.