Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-06
AN ACT to regulate the duties on I'm
ports and Tonnage.

AN ACT to regulate the duties On I'm
ports and Tonnage.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and Hostse
of Representatives Of the United State
of .america in Congress assembled; Thai
from and after the thmtieth day of June.
one thousand eight hundred aud sixteen,
|the duties heretofore laid by law, on
goods. wares and merchandise, imported
into the United States, shall cease and
determine, ans there shall be levied, and
|collesred, and paid, the several duties
mentioned, that is to say:
First. a duty Of seven and ahalf per.
|centum adj yalorem ON all dying drugs
and materials for composing dyes, not
subject to CELEBRATES of duty gum ara
lbic. gum senegal, salt petrejeveIry, gold,
silver, and other watches, and parts OF
watches, gold and silver lace, embroide.
| ry and epauiettes; precious stones and
Ipearls ofall kinds, set or not set br stol
stones or paste work, and all articles
lcomposed wholly OF chiefly of gold, silver;
lpear.s & precious stones; and laceS and
liace reils, lace shswls, or shades, o.
Thread or silk.
| Second. A duty Of fifteen per centnn
lad valoremon gold leaf, and on all artl'
lcles not free, and not subject to any o.
lther rate Of duty.
Third. A duty of twenty per cen'
| ad valorem on hempen cloth Or sail cloth
E{eScept Russia and German linens. Rus.
| sia and Holland duck stockings Of wool
or cotton, printing types, copper, iron
steel, pewter, lead or tin, or OF which
these metals, or either Of them is mate
rails Of chief value, brass wire, cutlery,
pins, needles, buttons, button moulds, e
buckles of all kinds, cannon, musket+.
firearms and 5ide-arms; Prusslan blue,
china ware, earthen ware, stone ware.
psl celain, and glass manufactures, Other
than window glass, and black glass quart
bottles.
I, Fourth. A duty Of twenty-five per
,centum al valorem, on WOODEN manutac.
lures Of all descriptions, or OF which wool
lis the article of chief value; excepting
blankets, wooden rugs and wotsted or
stuffed goods, shall be levied, collected
and paid, from and after the thirtleth day
! Of June next, until the thirtieth day Of
June me thousand eight hundred and
nineteen. and after that day twenty PEI
ceatum on the said articles; and on cot.
ton manufactures of oil descriptions, or
lof which catton is The material OF Chief
value, and on cotton twist, yarn OF
Thread, aSfol!ows, viz: Tor three years
Ieasuing the the thirtieth day CT June next
a duty Of twepty-Gve per centum al va
loren: and after the expiration OF the
three years aforesaid, duty OF twenty
Iper centum aa vaiorem: Provided. That
| all cotton cloths, Or cloths of which cot
ton is the material of chief value Except
ling nankeens imported dir ely from
lCbina) tie original cost OF which at the
tplace whence imported, with the addition
'of twenty per centum. if imported IRON
the Cape Of Good Hope, or fola places
beyond it, aud Of ten per cent. ifimpcrt-
ed from any other place. shall be less
THAN twenty. five cents per square yard,
!shall, with such addition, be raken and
!deemed to have cost twehty- 1--WE cents
per square yard, and shall be cha ged
with duty accordingly :gPrsriasS also
that all unbleached and uncOloured cot
ton twist, yarn or thread, the original
cost of which shall be less than sixty cts.
Iper pound, shall be deemed aud taken to
have cost sixty cents per pound, and
| shall be charged with duty accordingly !;
and all bleached or coloured yarn, the
!original cost OF which shall have been
less than seventy five cents per pound,
| shall be taken and deemed to have cost
seventy Ave cents per pound, and shall
Be charge with duty accordingly: Pro
luided fii,sker, that cotton piece goods.
in ships or vessels of the u. 3.
before the passage of this act, and shall
arrive therein between the tAirtieth day
| Of June, one thousand eight hundred 4
i,ixteen, and the first day,of Jane, one
ltE ousand eight hundred and seventeen,
1.-The original cost of which cotton piece
Goods, at The place whence imported,
shall have been less than twenty-five cts.
lper square yard, shall be admitted to en-
Itry. subject only toa duty of thirty-three
land third per centum on the cost of the
said cotton piece goods in India, and On
| the usual addition of twenty per centum
lon that cost. !,
| Fifth. A duty OF thirty per centum ad
ya!orem, on umbrellas, paraSols OF what
ever materials made, and sticks or frames
for umbrellas or parasols; bonnets and
leaps for women, fans, iea gamers a ofla.