The Arkansas advocate., 1832-10-03
An act to alter and amend the several acts

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 coND CONGRESS-
 An act to alter and amend the several acts
 imposing duties on Imports
 Be II endcted by the Senate and House o(
 Representatives of the United sfates of lime racd DO Congress assembled, That from and after the third day of March, one thousand elght hundred and thirty three, so much of the act, entitled Y An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on lmr ports, approved the nineteenth May one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, as Is herein otherwise provided fer, shall 1 be repealed, except so far as tie same mar be necessary for the recovery and collec- ton of all duties which shall have accrued nnder the said act; and for the recovery collection. distribution, and remission of all ines, penalties, and forieitHres, which may have been incurred under the same.
 Sec. ,. ;4ad ben further eHaeted, That, ] from and after the thira day of March, enc l thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, ;! in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on tie importation of the articles herein after mentioned, there shall be levied, col leeted. and paid, the following duties, that IS to say
 First: Wool, unmanufaetnred, the val ue whereof, ai the place of exportatioa, shall not exceed eight cents per pound shall:b imported free of duty; and if any wool so imported shall be fine wool mixed i with dirt or other material, and thus redu-5 eed in value to eight cents per pound, or under, the appraisers shah Rppraise said wool at such price as in their opin- ] ion 1t would have cost had it not been SD mixed, and duty thereon shall be char ged n conformity with such appralsat; on wool, anmahHfaetHfea, the value whereof ] at the place of exporsation, shall exceed l eight cents, shall be levied four cents per pound, and forty per centum ad valorem Provided. That wool imported on the skin shall be estimated, as to weight and value, as other wool.
 Second On all milled and fulled cloth, known by tine name of plains, kerseys, or kendall eottons, Of which wool shall be the only material, and the value whereofshall not exceed thrty-five cents square yard, five per eentHm ad valorem; on worsted l stuff goods, shawIs and other manufactures ofsilk and worsted. ten per centum ad val orem; on worsted yarn, twenty per cent nm ad valorem on wooIlenysrn, four cents per pound and fifty per centam ad valorem; on units, gloves, bindings, blankets, hosie- ", and carpets and carpeting, twenty-five per eeutnm, except Brussels, Wilton and trehte ingrained carpeting, which shall be at slxty-three cents the square yard, all other ingrained and Venetian carpeting, thirty five cents the square yard and ex cept blankets, the value whereof, at the l place from whence exported, shall not ex- ceed seventy five cents each, the duty to be levied upon which, shall be five per eentum ad valorem on 1annels, book l ings, and baizes, sixteen cents the square yard; on coach laces, thirty five per cent uni and upon merino shawls made of wool, all other manufactures of wool, or of which wool is component part, and on ready made clothing, ffty-seven per cent um ad valorem.
 Third. On all manufactures of cotton, oI of which cotton shaii be a component part, twenty-five per centum ad valorem, excepting cotton twist, yarn and thread, which shall remain at the rate of duty fix ed by the act to amend the several acts Imposing duties on imports, of twenty-se eond May, one thousand eight hundred and ! twenty -four: And prouided, That all man. ufactures of cotton, ,or ofwhich cotton shall be component part, not dyed, coiored, printed or stained, not exceeding in value thirty cents the square yard, shall be val ued at thirty cents the square yard, and if dyed, colored, printed or stained in whole or ln part, not exceeding in value thirty- five cents the square yard, shall be valued at thirty five cenfs per square yard; and or nankeens, imported direct from China, twenty per centum advaiorem.
 Fourth, On all stamped, printed or painted floor cloths, forty-three cents a square yard; on oil cloths of all kinds, other than that usually denominated patent floor cloth, twelve and a half cents the square yard; aud on floor mating, usual- iy made of flags or other materials, five per centum ad ralorem.
 Fifth. On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or in part by roll ing, ninety cents per one hundred aud twelve pounds.
 Sixth. On bar and bolt iron mad e who'll l iy or Ill part y rolling. thirty dollars per ton; Prouided, That all iron in slabs. blooms or other forms less finished than
 iron in bars or bolts, and more advanced 1 than pig iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in bars or bolts, and pay duty accordingly. 4
 Seventh On iron in pigs, fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds on vessels ol cast iron, not otherwise specified, one and half cents per pound on all other castings of iron, not otherwise specified, one. cent per pound.
 i Eighth, On iron or steel wire, not ex-s ceeding number fourteen. five cents per pound; exceeding number fourteen, nine cents per pound; on silvered or plated
 wire, five per centnm aa yalorem; on cap
 or bonnet wire covered with silk, cot