The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-29

and description hereinafter enumerated, and which,
BY the existing laws, admitted into the ports of
the United States free Of duty or are subject TO du-
" less than twenty per centum ad paiorsm, or TO a
specific duty equivalent thereto, shall be subject TO
the said duty of twenty per centum ad ralOren upon
their importation into the United States that is 10
say:
Raw Silk-All manufactures Of silk, or Of which
silk is component part, excepting thereom plush or
shay, used in the anuiactnre of The body OF hats,
and including therein silks, lace wells, shawls and
shades, silk hats, silk and worsted goods
Linens, bleached anu unbl,ached.
Tlcklenburgs, osnaburgs and burlaps.
Shcetings, brown and white
All worsted or stuffed goods including merno cloth
or whatever is manufactured in whole IN part Of
combed wool,
Camets, of goats hair camel's hair as Cashmere
of Thbet. Iaces of thread and cotton including lace
wells shawls shades and other articles of the de
scrptlon,
Common saddlery, timed OF japanned, of all des
cripons.
Almonds currants, prunes figs, raisins mace, nut
meg-, cinnamon, cloves, pepper pimento cassia, and
ginger.
All wines of whatsoever kind or quality, and from
whatsoever country the same shall be imported to wit
Madeira Sherry, Sicily red and other wines Of France
III casks, bottles cases red wines of Spain and
Austria; other wines Of Spain, Austria, Germany and
the Mediterranean and wines of all other countries,
in casks or bottles
Sec 2. And be il further enacted That there shall
enumerated article which bears simitude either in
material quality texture, or the use TO which il may
be applied, 10 any enumerated article chargeable with
duty the OF duty which is levied and charged
on he enumerated article which it most resembles in
any of the particulars before mentioned and if any
non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more
enumerated articles on which different rates of duty
now chaIgeable, there shall be levied collected,
and paid such enumerated article the same rate
of duty Is chargeahe on the article which 1t resem-
bles having the highest duty.
Sec 3 And6e further enacted That, from and
after the said thrteth day of September next, the
drawbacks payable on exported refined sugars, manu-
featured from foreign sugars and exported rum dis
titled from foreign moasses, shall be reduced IN pro-
portion to the reduction which shall have been made
by law CATER the passage of the acts of Congress of
the twenty first of January, eighteen hundred and
tweny-nine, and twenty ninth of May, eighteen hun
bred and thirty allowing said dfawbacks) in the du
ties the imported sugars molasses out of which
the same shall have been manufactured or distilled :
and in shall the drawback exceed the amount
of import duty charged on either of those articles
suned in obtaining the manufactured or distilled article
which exported, but shall be regulated nearly
possible TO the amount and in all cases spirits
distilled from foreign moasses where the strength of
the spirit is above proof the drawback shall have rea
ton TO the quantity of molasses used in the manufac
ture of such spirit
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That prior to
the second day OF February next the wines of France
shall not be subjected under the provisions of this act
ty than the following, namely red wines in casks,
six cents gallon; white wines in casks ten cents
gallon and French wines of all sorts in bottles
twenty-five cents per gallon: Propded That
higher duty shall be charged under this act or any
existing law on the red wines Of Austria than
now, may be by this act levied upon the red
of Spain, when the said wines imported in casks
Sec 5. And be IL further enacted, That the cash
payments and credits all duties imposed by this
shall be regulated in the prescribed by the
fifth section of the act " to alter and amend the
raj acts imposing duties on Imports approved the
fourteenth day Of July, eighteen hundred and thirty
two.
Sec 6. And be IL further enacted, That all laws
parts of laws Inconsistent it'll this are hereby
repealed
On leave given, Mr. STANLY presented the petit
ton Of citizens of the District of Columbia which
referred to the Committee on the said District
Mr.. S. said that, the petition from mecha-
MICS and Others in relation to the banks of the Dis
trct, he hoped it would be printed.
And the printing thereof was ordered.
Petitions also presented on leave, by t
Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON, of Tennessee.
Mr.. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts,, [who pre-
scented the petition of Aaron Summers and 235 others
citizens and legal voters of Lynn Mass. praying for
general bankrup, law and by
Mr. ADAMS, of Massachusetts,
The House then djoufned,