Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-17
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT rur FIRST SESSION OF ruE TWENTY
SEVENTH CONGRESS-
IPUBLic-No. III

there shall be laid, and collected and paid on al ar
iicles which admitted free Of duty, or whcl
nre chargeabe with duty OF less than twenty pei
cenium nd v>lorom, duty oftwenty per centum az
valorem, except on the following enumerated ,rti.
ces that Is to say: muraiic acid sulphuric acid o,
oil of vl,rol, alum, tararc acid, squafortis blue vi
tr'oi calomei, CARBONATE OF soda, corrosive subj.
mate; combs, eopperas, indigo, nitrate of lead red
and white lead dry or ground IN oil, sugar of lead
manganese, Su'phate OF magnesia, bichronnte Of
potash, chromate OF potash, prussiate of po,asb
slau6er salts rochelle salts, sulphnte OF qunne,
hned saltpere, which shall pay respectively the
same rates of duty imposed on them under exist
ing laws; and the 70 lowing articles shalibe e,ept
from duty, TO wit: tea and coffee, all painting and
siatuary the production Of American artists rcsii.
ing abroad, all articles imported for the use OF the
United States, and the following articles, when .pe
cheally imported by order, and for the use Of any
society incorpO aed or established for philosophical
or literary purposes, for the announcements of
the fine arts, by order and for the use OF any col.
lese, academy, school seminary of learning in
the United States, TO wit, philosophical apparatus
instruments, hooks, msps, charts, statues hus,s of
marble, bronze, alabases or plaster VI rariS, casts
paintings, drawings ensravngs spccme as OF sculp-
turo cabinets Of coins, gems, medals an1 al. Other
collections OF Antiquities statuary, modelling paint
ing, drawing, etehns, or engrsving; .nd, also, a
mPosiat'ans OF specimens IN natural history, MINER
aiogy, botany, and anatomical pre- paraIiuns models
OF macIl1cry, and the medels VI other inventions
plants and uees, wearing apparel, and o,her per
SonN baSsfSc IN ac.uu use, aud the Impe.
Inents o. tools OF trade OF persons arriving in the
URiied Safes; crude snumouy, rcculus of anti
mpnv, animals Imported for breed arrol run,
a. c, alocs amJergrs, bOle arnienianu arrow roo,
aanoto auniseed, OIL OF annse ej, amber asaiIr ida
ava root, a,cornoquc, alba camel la, bark OF cork
tree unmnnutactured, burr stones unwTosht brass
IN pigs or bars, old brass only fiji TO bc remAnuf,c
tutci, birthstone or sulphur, baTriln, tr z.Iettc
horlcic acid, Burgundy pitch, berries used for dye
ing, smliiz lasting pTunella used in the ms nu-
tacturc of buttons and shoes, vanil, beans uals,m
al rnIH md silly ron and tt'ft IL,
wrought, copper Inpor ell in any shane for the use
Of the mint, copper IN pigs bars pates or plates
ar shoes OF whI'h copper Is the material OF chief
value, suited to he sheahns cfshps, Old copper fit
only TO I've manufactured, lapis ca!aminaris co.
oIneal, chamomile flowers, corilnder seed ca;sup
c,ntaridcs, c1Stanas, chalk, cuculus indcus eoon-
10 loot, cummIn seed, cascaria, cream OF ,nrtar
Vegetables, and NUS OF al kinds used principally in
uYeIng and composing dyes, lac-dye. emery, epau
let and wings of gold or silver, furs undrosscj OF
kinds, fl ixsced or linseed, fax manufactured
fustc, ntnts ground flint Srindyones, Q imbose raw
hides, henloCk. henhanc HON plates for lanterns
and ether horns, Harlem oil, harris horn hair un
manu- 'ctuTcd, hair pencils Ipeclcuanha, ivory un-
manufactured, MS T0ot. juniper berries oil of iuni
per- kelp, kcrmss mIdder madden root musk m nna
marrow and other soap stocks and stutfS, palm
OIL, mohai mt Ter nt pearl, needles, nuxvomica orrIs
ront oil Of almonds opium, palm leaf, patnl, Peru
wan bark, uJ pewter fl only to be rcmanufacturetj
p ser of Paris, quicksilver, ags ofany kind OF cloth
India rubber, reeds unmanuiacturcd, rhubarb, rot
ten stone, elephants and other animals teeth DO
l!ShIng ston s. brstIes rRans unma icturcd raw
and undsessed skins, speter, crude saltpeire gum
Senegal, saffron, shcllnc, soda ash sponges slyo
saTSnparil.a SIENNA, sUmac, apioca, tImarnds crude
tartar, teuenegue, tin FOIL tin in pigs, bars, plates
sheets, lips OF bone hurn, tortoise she'll tur-
merlc, weld, woad or pastel Brazi! wood, Nicars-
que wood, red wood, cam wood, log wood dye
woods OF all kinds manufactured woods of any
Kind, except rose wood, satin wood, and mahogany
whale and other fish oils of American fisheries, and
all nj he ofS Sch.
zinc; and, also, wool manufactured, the value
whereof at the place Of eXporat shall not exceed
eight cents per pound PrOUdsd. That ANY fine
wool be m Xed with dirt other material, and thus
be reduced IN value TO eight cents per pound or I'M
der, the appraisers shall Hppraise said wool AT such
price as ia their opinion i; would have cost had il
no: been so mixed, and duty thereon shall be
chlrEed in conformity with such apprisel: Ind pro
ptdsi tptheT, That when wool OF different uuali-
ties IS imported in the same bale, bag or package,
aud any part thereof Is worth than eis hi cents
pound valued as aforesaid, that part shall pay a
duty of twenty per ccntum ad va'orem Provided
That boards, plInks, slaves, scantling, sawed tim
Der, and all other descriptions of wood which .ha II
have been wrought into shapes that fit them re-
spectivey for any specific and permanent u-e
without further manufacture, shall be deemed ard
taken as manufactured wood.
SEC. 2. And he IL further enacted, That there
shall be levied, collected and paid on each and eve
ry non-enumerated article which bears sni,ude
erhet m material qualify, texture, or the use 10
winch Il may lie applied, TO any enumerated ar.!-
Gle chargcabc with duty, the same rate of dufv
which Is lowed and charged on the enumerated art
Gle wh ca II most resembles in aUy of The
bsoe me l:ioLsj and II any non enumerated urtrc e
equally resembles TWO or more enumerated attic. IS
which different rates OF duty are now chirgeable.
there shall be eviet, collected, and paid or such
n0n-tnumCrated article the same rate ufdu,y rs
IS charge1Jle on the article which it resembles pay
ing The highest duy and on all the articles manuf,s-
tuTed from TWO or more materials, the duty shall be
ID 0 Ia. D. 3D.
component parts may be chargeabe. Provided;
Tina, II ~ virtue Of Ibis section, any duy exceeding
the rate Of 20 per csnUrn ad vaiOrem shall be levied
prior TO the lhrlleth Of June, eighteen hundred and
forty Two, the same sha.l not IN any wise affect
tie disposition Of the proceeds of the public lands
rs provided for by an act passed at the present
session Of Congress: And provided further, Tia,
no duty higher than twenty per cenlum ad vaorern,
~ virtue OF the SAID section, snail be levied and
paid on any manufactured article
Sec 3 And be further enacted, That from and
after the passage Of this act the draw backs PAYABLE
on exported refined sugars, manufactured from 70
reign sugars, and on exported rum, distilled from
foreign mOlasses, shall be reduced in pronortion IN
(liier the passage Of the acts of Congress Of the
twenty hrst Of January, eighteen hundred and
twenty-nine, and twenty. ninth of May eighteen
hundred and thirty, allowing said draw backs,) in
the duties on the imported sugars or molasses out
OF which the same shall have been manufactured
or distilled, and IN no shall the drawback cx g..
coed the amount Of import duty paid on either Of
those articles.
Sec. 4. And be il further enacted, That nrior 10
the second day olFcbruary next the wines Of France
shall not be subjected, under the provisions Of this
act, or any existing law, 10 the payment Of higher
rates OF duty than the following, namely: on red
wines IN casks SIX cents ga lon; white wines in
casks ten cents gallon, and French wines Of all
sorts IN bottles, twenty Two cents per ga on PTOuid-
td, That no higher DUTY shall be charged under
this act, OF any existing law, on the red wines of
Austria, than utc now, or may be by this act Levi
ed upon the red wines Of Spain When the said wines
are imported IN casks.
Sec. D. And be It further enacted, That the ort
entitled "An act TO release from duty iron prepared
ior and actually laid railways or Inc ined planes
approved fourteenth Of July, eighteen hundred anc
thry-two, be, and the same IS hereby, rcpealrd
nod there shall be laid collected, and paid on sucf
iron hereafter imported duty Of twenty pcr cen.ur
I'D yalorcm; ProUided, That such repea shall no
operate, nor shall such duties be imposed on an,
railroad IRON which shall be imported und.r tb,
provisions Of the said act prior to the third dlv o
March, eighteen hundred and fouy-three, and Iat
down on any railroad or inclined plane Of which tb
construction has been already commenced nm,
which shall be necessary TO complete the same
Sec. 6. And be It further enacted, That nothing j.,
this act contained shall apply 10 goods shippcj II
vessel bound oany port Of the United States nc
iuilly having Ieit her last port Of liding ea,twap
OF the Cape Of Good Hope, or beyond Cape Horn
prior to iha FIRST DAY Of August, eighteen hundre,
and forty lone.
Sec. 7. And he 1t further enacted, That all law
or ports Of laws inconsistent with this act are here
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