Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-01-16
ALTERATION OF THE TARIFF

and protection of certain Domestic
Manufactures.
BE it enacted, &c. That, from and at
ter the thir,ieth day Of June, one thou.
sand eight hundred and twenty-three
in lieu oil the duties now imposed ny
Jaw, on the importation OF the articles
hereinafter enumerated, there shsii be
levied, collected, and paid, the following
duties, that is to say:
First A duty Of thirty per centum
nd valorem on all manufactures or
wool. of which wool IS component
part Provided, That all WOODEN cloths
or cloths Of which wool is a component
part excepting blankets, fannels, and
worsted or stuff goods, the original cost
Of which, at the place whence imports
ed with the addition Of ten per centum,
shall be less than eighty cents per
square ya,d, shall, with such addition,
be taken and deemed to have cost eigh-
ty cents per square yard, and shall be
charged with duty accordingly
Second. A duty of S5 per centum ad
yalorem on ali manufactures Of cotton,
silk, fax, or hemp, not herein partieu..
larly specified, or Of which either of
those materials is a component part !:
Provided, That all cotton cloths, or OF
which cotton is component material,
(exyeptipg nankesns imported directly
from China, and excepting cloths CO.
Toured or dyed wholly or in part.l the
original cost Of which, at the place
whence imported. with the addition of
twenty psr eentum, il imported from
the Cape Of Good Hope, or from places
beyond it, and of ten per centum If inn
ported from any other place, shall be
less than twenty FIVE cents per square
yard, shall, with such addition, be Ia.
ken and deemed to have cost twenty
live cents per square yard, and shall
be charged with duty accordingly
And, that all cotton cloths, or of which
cotton 10 a component part, coloured or
dyed wholly or in part,th original cost
sfwhich. at the place whence imported,
with the addition aforesaid, shall be
less than thirty five cents per square
ward, shall. with such addition. be ia
ken and deemed to have cost thirty
five cents per square yard, and shall
be charged with duty accordingly: And
that all unbleached and uncoloured cot
ton, twist, yarn, or thread, the origin
al cost of which shall be less than sixty
cents per pound, shall be deemed and
taken to have cest sixty cents per
pound, and shall be charged with duty
accordingly: And all bleached or CO.
lonred yarn, twist, or thread, the origi-
nal cost of which shall be less than Sc
yenty FIVE cents per pound, shall oe Ia
ken and deemed to have cost seventy
five cents per pound, and shall be char
set accordingly: And, prooidsd also,
That all linen or hempsn cloths, or
clio. rs OF which flax or hemp is COM
poneut material, not herein particular
ly specified, tho cost of which, at the
place whenee imported, with tho addi'
ton }: ten per centum, shall be less
than twenty five cents per square yard,
shall, with such addition, DO taken and
deemed to have cost twenty cents
per square yard, and shall be charged
with duty accordingly.
\ duty Of thirty per centum al valo'
rem on nankeens
Third. A duty Of twenty-five per
centum ad valorem on printing types,
brass wire, cutlery, p,ns, needles, but
ions, button lnoulds, buckles ofall kinds
iapapned wares of all kinds, cannon,
muskets, FIRE arms, and side arms, and
on all manufactures, not herein speci-
fad, made of brass iron, steel, pewter,
lead or tin, or of which any sftheae me.
tails is q component material.
A duty Of forty per centum I'D valo-
rem, on all Leghorn and silk hats
Provided That, if the cost of the came
ut the place whence imported, with
the addition Of ten per centum, shall
be less than one dollar each, they shall
be deetne and taken to have cost one
dollar each, and shall be charged with
duty accordingly.
The following duties severally and
specifically:
On lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets, two
cents per pound;
On lesden shot three cents per
pound.
On red or white lead, dry or ground
10 oil, four cents per pound
On hemp, two and quarter cents
per pound
On tarred cables and cOrdage, four
cents per pound
On untarred cordage, yarns. Irvine.
pack thread and seines, five cents per
pound;
On linseed and hempseed oil, TWEEN.