American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-06-01
LAWS OF THE u. STATES.
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Be IL enacted By he Senate and House Of Representatives
lie United States Of America tn Congress assembled rha
tom and after the tbirtieih day OF June, or
thousand eight hundred and twenty -four. in lieu
the duties now imposed by law The importatio
of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall
levied collected, and paid the following duties, th
is to say:
First On sail duck, oznaburgs, burlaps, an
ticklenbergs, duty of fifteen per centum ad vale
On all manufactures OF wool, or of which voc
shall be component part, except worsted stuff good
and Blankets which shall pay twenty FIVE per centun
ad vslorem,a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem
until the thrtieth day of June, one thousand eigh
hundred and twenty five, and after that time, du
~ Of thirty three and third per cenum sd valo
tenn: Provided, That, on all manufactures Of WOO
except hannes and baizes the actual value Of which
at he place whence imported, shall not exceed thir
,y three and third cents per square yard, shall
charged with duty of twenty five per centam a
vslorem.
Second. On all manufactures, not herein speci
fed, Of cotton, silk, fax hemp, OF which eithe
oil these materials shall be component part, and Of
all manufactures Of silk, oil which silk shall be
component material, coming from beyond the Cap
OF 'ood Hope, duty Of twenty five per centum al
valorem; on all other manufactures Of silk or o
which silk shall be a component material, twenty
per centum ad vaiorem: PrOrided That all cottor
cloths whatsoever cloths Of which cotton shall bt
component material, excepting naukeens imported
directly from China, the original cost OF which, a
the place whence imported with the addition o
twenty per certum, if imported from the Cape o.
Good Hope, or any place beyond 1t ; and Of ten pei
cebtum, If imported from any other place, shall be
less than thirty cents per square yard, SHALL with
such addition be taken and deemed to have cost
thirty cents per square yard, and shall be charged
" I'M IND hat oil he'd
and encolored cotton twist, yam, thread The ORR
gnal cost OF which shall be less than sixty cents
PEI pound, shall be deemed and taken to have cost
sixty cents per pound, and shall be charged with
du'y accordingly. Aud oil bIeached or colored cot
tor yarn, twist thread the original cost of which
saa oe less than seventy five cents per pound, shall
deemed and taken to have cost seventy FIVE cents
pr pound and shall he charged with duty accor-
di"giy P,Drided also, That the provisions Of this
aci shall not apply to or be enforced against. impor-
ton Of goods from ports places eastward of the
Gaze Of Gond Hope or beyond Cape Horn, before
The hrst u January next ensuing
hlrd. % WOOL W aDulactured. duty OF twenty
per Ct mum I'D vaorem, urtl he hrst day Of June
one Thousand eight bundled aud twenty FIVE after.
wards, duty of twenty. Ave per centum all yalorem
untiI The FIRST june thousand eight hundred and
t"en'y-slx alterwstds,a duty OF thirty per centum
ad val rem. Provided, That all wool. the actual
rot exceed ten cents per pound, shall be charged
with duty OF fifteen per centum ad valorem, and
NO more.
Fouth. On all Leghorn hats or bonnets. and all
mats or oonnets OF straw hip, or grass, and all
Has oads, or pats for making Of hats or bonnets
DUTY OF fifty per centum ad ,aorem: Proridpd,l
hat all l.rehorn hats and bonnet. and ell hats or
bonnes OF straw, chip, or grass which, the place
whence imported, with the addition of ten Der cent
shall hAs les han d0lt .hou
with such adduon. be taken and deemed to have
cost one dollar each, and shall be charged with duty
accordingly.
Fifth. On japanned wares OF all kinds on plated
wares OF all kinds and on all manufactures moi 9th
etwlse specified, made of brass, iron, steel pewter
lead or lin, or of which either OF these metals is a
component material duty OF twenty FIVE per cent
um sd vsorem;
On boiling cloths, fifteen per cent adj valorem
on HAIR cloth and hair seating, thirty per oentum
ad vaorem;
On marble, and all manufactures Of marble, thir
~ per centum sd valorem;
On all paper hangings, forty per centum ad valo-
rem:
l.n coach laces, of cotton or other material, thir
'F-nVe per centnm ad valorem; on all other laces,
Twelve and halt per cenum ad valorem; /
On lead, In pigs, bars, or sheets, two cents ner
pound; -
On leaden shot, three and one half cents DER
pound
On red or white lead, dry, or ground in oil four
cents per pound;
On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and
earpeting, fifty cents per square yard;
On all Venetian and ingram carpets or carne,ino
twenty-five cents per square yard;
IN all other kinds of carpets and carpetng, Of
WOOL hax' hemp, or cotton, or parts of either tween
" cents per square yard;
On OH cloth carpeting and on oil cloths, Of every
description duty OF thirty per centum ad valorem
On al other carpets and carpeting. mats, and
No1r cio'ns made OF tow, hAgs, or any other mate
rial duty Of thirty per centum ad yslorem =.
On hemp, at the rate Of thirty five dollar, ner