The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-16
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE FIRST Session OF TWENTY
SEVENTH CONGRESS.
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SIGNATURES Of he United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled That all articles imported into the
United States from and after the thirtieh day of Sep
tember ghteen hundred and fort -one there shall lie
laid collected and paid on all articles which are now
admitted flee Of duty, which are chargeabe with a
duty Of less than twenty per centum ad valorem, ex
cept ON the following enumerated articles that is To
say murialic acid, suphuric acid or oil Of yitriol,
alum, tararc acid aquafortis, blue ylirlol caomel,
carbonate OF soda, corrosive sublimate combs, cop
peras indigo, nitrate Of lead red and white lead dry
ground IN OIL sugar of Lead manganese, suphate OF
gnesia, bichromate Of potash chromale of potash
prussaie OF potash, gauber salts rochelle Salts sui
phate Of qunine, refined salipetre, which shall pay
respectively the same Iates of duty imposed them
under existing laws; and the following articles shalt
be exempt from duty, TO wit tea and coffee, all paint
ing and saiuary the production Of American artists
residing abroad all articles imported for the use OF the
United States and the following articles when speci-
hcay imported by order, and for the use Of any So
ciey incorporated established for philosophical or
literary purposes, for the encouragement of the fine
arts, or by order and for the Of any college aca
deny, school or seminary Of learning, in the United
States, to wit philosophical apparatus, instruments
books maps charts, statues, bu-ts Of marble bronze
alabaster or plaster Of Paris, casts paintings, draw
ngs engravings, specimens Of sculpture, cabinets of
COINS, gems, medals and all other collections Of anti
quitles, statuary, modelling, painting, drawing, ech-
ing, or engrasing and also, all importations Of speci
mems IN natural history mineralogy, botany and
tomcal preparations, models of machinery, and the
models Of other Inventions plants and trees wearing
apparel and other personal baggage in actual USE and
the implements or tools Of trade Of persons arriving in
the ned States crude anthony reguus fantimony,
animals imported for breed argol gum arabic aloes
anbergris, boe armenian, root, annoto, ami
seed OIL OF anDseed amber assafgda ava root acor-
moque, alba caliella bark Of cork tee unmanu fac
tuIed, burr stones unwIought, brass in pigs bars
old brass only fit to be manufactured birthstone or
sulphur, barria, braziletto, boracic acid Blu gundy
pitch, berries used for dyeing smaltz lasting pru-
nella used in the manu- actufe Of buttons and shoes
vanilla beans, balsam tolu, gold and silver coins and
| bullion, clay unwrough copper imported in any
shape Tor the use OF the mint copper IN pigs bars
plates, or plates sheets Of which copper the
nal OF chief value, suited TO the shealhing of ships
old copper tit only TO be remanuacured lapis calam
narls, cochnea chamomile flowers coriander seed,
catsup cantharides castanas, chalk coculus indcus
colombo root, cumnn seed cascarilIa cream Of tar
tar vegetables and nuts of all kinds used principally
IN dyeine and composing dyes, lac-dye emery epau-
lets and wings Of gold or DYER frs Of all
kinds, haxseed or inseed, fax unmanufactured fus-
tic fnts, ground flint grindstones, gamboge raw
hides hemlocs, henbane, horn plates for lanterns OK
and other hoins, Harlem oil hartsborn hair unman-
lfactured hair pencils, ipecacunnha, ivory unmanu-
iaciured IRIS root juniper berries, oil Of juniper kelp
kermes ,tDadder madden root musk ma marrow and
other soap stocks and soap ifs palm oil mohar moth
er Of pearl, needless vomica oris root oil of aim
onds opium, palm leaf platna, Peruvian bark old pewter
nj only to be remanufactured plaster of Paris quick
silver rags of any kind Of cloth India rubber reeds
manufactured, rhubab rotten stone, elephants
and other animals teeth, polishing stones, brises
tans manufactured, raw and undressed skins spell
ter crude saltpeire, gum Senegal saffron, shellac
da ash sponges, sage, sarsaparlia senna sumac ia
poca, tamarInds, crude tartar teutenegue, tin foil tin
IN pigs, bars, plates, Sheets tips OF bone horn
tortoise shell, turmeric, weld, wood pastel Brazil
wood Nicaragua wood, red wood cam wood log
wood, dye woods of all kinds manufactured woods
OF any KIND, except rose wood, satin wood and ma
hogany, whale and other fish oils of American fishe-
Ties, and all other articles the produce Of said ishe
res, and zinc; and ALSO wool unmanu featured, the
value wht reot AT the place of expectation shall
exceed eight cents per pound: Propided That if
any fine wool lie liked with dirt or other material
and thus be reduced in value eight per pound
or under, the appraisers shall appaise said wool
such price as IN their opinion would have cost had
u hot been so mixed, and duty thereon shall be
charged In conformity with such apprisa: And pro-
rided further, That when wool of different quates
is imported In the same BALE bag package and any
part thereof is worth than eight cents pound
valued as aforesaid, that part shall pay duty of
ty per centum al valorem: Propided, That boards,
planks slaves, scantng, sawed timber and all other
descriptions of wood which shall have been wrought
into shapes that fit them respectively for any specific
and permanent use, without further manufacture,
shall be deemed and taken s manufactured wood.
SEC 2 And be further enacted That there shall
be levied collected, and paid on each and every
enumerated article which bears simiude either in
MATERIAL quality, texture, the to which it may
be applied, any enumerated article chargeable with
duty the rate of duty which is levied and char
ged on the enumerated article which it most resembles
In any OF the particular before mentoned and if any
non enumerated article equally resembles
enumerated articles which different rates of duty
are now chaIgeable there shall he levied collected,
and paid on such nonenumerated article the
OF duty as is chargeable the article which il
bles paying the highest duty and on all articles man
ufactured from two materials, the duty shall
be assessed at the highest rates which any Of its
component parts may be chaTgeablc Prorided, That
If in virtue of this section any duty exceeding the
rate of twenty per centum ad vaIorem shalt levied
prior 10 the thirlieth of June, eighteen hundred and
ytwo, the same shall not any wise affect the
disposition of the proceeds Of the public lands as pro-
vded for by act passed the present session of
Congress And prorided further, That no duty
higher than twenty per centum ad valorem, in virtue
OF the said section, shall be levied and paid any
manufactured article.
SEC 3. And be IL further enacted That from and
after the passage of this act the drawbacks payable
on exported refined sugars, manufactured from for
eign sugars and on exported run, distilled from for
egn molasses shall he reduced in proportion 10 the
ducton which shall have been made by law after the
passage of the acts Of Congress OF the of
January, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and
tweniy-nintl of May eighteen hundred and thirty,
allowing said drawbacks in the duties the import
ed sugars or molasses, out of which the same shall
have been manufactured or distilled and in no
shall tho drawback exceed the amount of import duty
paid either of those articles.
SEC A. And be IL further enacted, That prior to
the second day Of February the wines Of France
shall be subjected under the provisions of this act,
any existing law, TO the payment OF higher rates Of
duty than the following, namely: on red wines in
casks six cents gallon; white wines in casks ten
cents gallon, and French wines of all sorts in bot
ties, twenty two centsper gallon Propided, That
higher duty shall be charged under this act or any
existing law, the red wines of Austria, than are
may be by this act levied upon the red wines
of Spain, when the said are imported in casks
SEC B. And be IL further enacted That the
titled An act to release from duty, prepared for
and actually laid on railways inclined planes, APP
proved fourteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thr
teen be- and the same is hereby repealed and there
shall be laid collected, and paid such iron hereai