Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-02-17
TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
Rs9lctioa of he daties on Tea and Cofse

hir. McDUt III, from taC Oonimlute
Of Ways and Mans, reported the following
bin; which vas committed 10 the Commit
tee Of the whole House on the state OF the
Union, and directed 70 be printed:
A BIZ % reduce the duties on Coiiee ana
Tea.
BE L sractsd 81 tie Senate ard House
Of Representatives Of de UFtsa StaiSs q
.4wsrica, 10 Congress assembled, ha''
from and after the thuheih day OF june
one thousand eight hundred aud thirty toe
DUTY on Coffee shall be forty PEI, cen'. on
che value Of the place whence imported
and no more; and that, from and after lhe
,hirtietb day Of June, one thousand elgn'
hundred ard thriy-oue, tie duty on ca
imported trcm China, in vessels OF 'le
United States, shall 10 Ely per cenid-n a'
valorcm, and DO more, and 0u tea import
cd from any other place, or 90 any o'iieI
than vessels Of the IT, States. sixty Two
and a half per Cen,um I'D Taiorem, ana 10
more.
SEC. o .4ad 6eu frtiT enacted by
tie authority aforesaid. tlattea which sinai.
hereafter be put 10 ,he Custom House
stores, under the bond Of the importer ana
which shall remain under the control Of Jhe
proDer officer of the Customs on the ilu-
retb day Of June one thousand eight hun
bred and thgtyone. shall. bc subIectto 10
higher dp,y than If the same were import
cd after the said tbirueh day of June, one
thousand eight hundred & thirty one: Pro-
~idd. That nothing betein contained, shall
BE- construed 10 alter or postpone ihe time
when the duyoa the said tea shall be pay
able
Proposed reduction gfhs Tariff
Mr.. McDUFFIE, from the Committee
Of WAYS and Means, reported the follow
ngbll:
Abil to reduce and modify the duties on
certain imported arucles, and toallow a
drawback on spirits distilled from for
sign moasses.
BE g saaeted, sc. That from and after
che thirteth day of June, 1880 the follow
ing duties shall be- levied, iu lien ofthose
now imposed by law, on the following arti-
cies, VIZ:
On Iron in bars and bolts, whether man
uGcured by hammeriug or rolling, ninety
cents per hundred and twelve pounds; pro-
v'led that an iron DO slabs. blooms, and
loops, and other forms less finished than
iron in bars or bolts, excepting plg or cast
iron, shall be rated as non I'D bars aad bolts
and pay duly accordingly
On Iron IN pigs, fly cents PEI hundred
and twelve pounds.
On Hemp. manufactured, thirty-fye
dollars 0er Ton.
On Flax, gnmanUtaCtured, ihirty-tye
dollars per ton.
On Cotton Begging, three cents and
ibrse fourths per square Yard.
On Iumsnuiactu-ed Wool twenty-five
eot ad ya'orou, until lhe Sch Of
+.- 1881, and FIVE per cent. less every
the duty shall be reduced 20 iii-
MI vl.0-em Provided, thar
-l0I, ,he ac.la. value of which. no The
pace whence imported, shall aoi exceed
ten cents per pound. shall pay duis of
fifteen per cent ad valoreu and no more
from aud AFTER the hrteth JI1o next
On zoo manufactures Of WOOL and OF
which wool shall be a component part. ev-
cent wors.ed stuff goods and blankets.
which shall pay twenty FIVE per centum af
valuem. duty of thirty three and tmrd
per ce1tun nd val0ram.
On al manufactures of cotton. or Of
winch cotton shall be @ component part
twenty five per cenfum advaloyem. Proud
ed hat an such manufactures, except nan
keens imported directly from China, the
original cost of which, at the place whence
imported. with the addition OF twenty-five
per cent Of imported from the Gaze OtG0od
Hope OF beyond %, and of ten per cent b.
imported from any other place, shall be less
thlnf birv Gems per square yard. shalIwith
such addition, be taken and deemed TO have
cost thirty cents per square yard, and char
ged with d1ly accordingly.
On Sa!t, ten cents per bushel, ofhty-six
pounds.
On Brova Sugar, -ce1s per
pound.
On White Clayed Sugar, --cents
per pound.
On Molasses, four cents per gallon.
On Liuseed, Hempseed, end Rareseed
Oh fifteen per cent. ad valorem
SEC.2. Ind 5ea fu-tier cnacfed, That
the same drawback shall be allowed on the
eya1rtshon OF spirits distilled 10 the United
rom foreign moIasses, as was ale
% rrevous 90 the passage oi the act
An act in alteration of the sever
IS Imposing duties 0u-hup0rts'' app
.JYed. i9h MAY, 1928