Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-22
BY AU THORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the I'd Session of the 27M Congress
[PUBLIc-No. 69.1

PuBLIc-No 69.1
AN ACT to provide revenue from i'm
ports, and to change and modify existing
laws imposing duties on imports, and
for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States of
America, IN Congress assembled, That from
and after the passage Of this act, in lieu of
the duties heretofore imposed by law on
the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on
such as may now be exempt from duty,
there shall be levied, collected, and paid
the following duties, that is to say:
First. On coarse wool manufactured,
the value whereof, at the last port or place
whence exported to the United States shall
be seven cents or under per pound, there
shall be levied a duty of five per centum
ad vaorem; and on all other unmanu factur-
ed wool there shall be levied duty of three
cents per pound, and thirty per centum
ad valoremi Provided, That when wool of
different qualities of the same kind or sort
is imported in the same bale, bag, or pack
age, and the aggregate value of the con-
tents of the bale, bag, or package shall be
appraised by the appraisers at rate ex-
ceeding seven cents per pound, it shall be
charged with duty in conformity to such
appraisal: Provided further, That when
wool of different qualities, and ditfe
kinds or sorts, is imported in the same bale,
bag, or package, the contents of the bale,
bag, or package shall be appraised at the
value of the finest or most valuable kind or
sort. and duty charged thereon accord
ingly: Provided further, That If bales of
Il, in 10
same invoice, at the same price, the value
of the whole shall be appraised according
to the value of the bale of the best quality
Provided further That if any wool be i'm
ported having in il dirt, or any material ol
impurities, other than tn ose naturally be-
longing 10 the fleece, and thus be reduced
in value to seven cents per pound or under
the appraisers shall apprase said wool al
such price as, in their opinion, it woulc
have cost had it not been so mixed witt
such dirt or impurities, and duty shall be
charged thereon in conformity to such ap
praisal: PROVIDED also, That wool imported
on the skin shall be estimated as to weigh
and value as other wool.
Second. On all manufactures of wool, OF
of which wool shall be component part
except carpetings, fannels, bookings anc
baizes, blankets, worsted stuff goods. ready
made clothing, hosiery, mits. gloves, caps
and bindings, duty of forty per centum.
Third. On Wilton carpets and carpet
ing, treble ingram, Saxony, and Aubussel
carpets and carpeting, duty of sixty-fiv'
cents per square yard; on Brussels ant
Turkey carpets and carpelings, ftty-fiv'
cents per square yard; on all Nenltlan ant
in grain carpets and carpeting, thirty cent
per square yard; on all other kinds of car
pets and carpeting, of wool, hemp, flax o
cotton, or parts of either, or other materIa
not otherwise specified, duty of thirt.
per centum ad valorem: Provided, Tha
bed sides and other portions of carpets q
carpeting, shall pay the rate of duty here
imposed on carpets or carpetng OF Smlla
character.
Fourth. On woollen blankets, the actua
value of which at the place whence i'm
ported shall not exceed seventy-fve cent
each, and of the dimensions not exceeding
seventy-two by fifty-two inches each, no
less than forty-6ve by sixty inches each,
duty of fifteen per centum ad vaorem; an
on all other woollen blankets, duty {
twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
Fifth. On all manufactures, not othe
wise specified, OF combed wool or worste'
and manufactures of worsted and sill
combined, a duty of thirty per centum a
valorem; on all hearth rugs, an ad valore
duty of forty per centum.
Sixth. On woollen and worsted yarn,
duty of thirty per centum ad valorem.
Seventh. On woollen and worsted nit
gloves, caps, and bindings, and on woolle
or worsted hosiery, that is to say. stoc
ings, socks, drawers, shirts, and all oth'
similar manufactures made on frames,
duty of thirty per centum ad yalorem.
Eighth. On fiannels, of whatever m
terial composed, except cotton, duty
fourteen cents per square yard; on boo
ings and baizes, fourteen cents per squa
yard; on coach laces, thirty five per centu
ad valorem; on Thibet, Angora, and
other goats hair or mohair unmanufacture
one cent per pound: on csmlcts. blanke