Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-22


is applied, whether composed in whole or
in part of hemp or flax. or any other ma
terial, or imported under the designation
of gunny cloth, or any other appellaton,
and without regard to the weight or width,
a duty of five cents per square yard; on
sail duck, seven cents per square yards
Russia and other sheetings, brown and
white, twenty-five per centum al valorem;
and on all other manufactures of hemp,
or of which hemp shall be component
part, not specified, twenty per centum ad
valorem; on manufactured flax, twenty
dollars per ton; on linens, and all other
manufactures Of flax, or of which fax shall
be component part, not otherwise specI-
fed, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad
valorem; on grass cloth, duty of twenty
five per centum ad valorem.
Fourth. On stamped, printed, or painted
floor oil cloth, thrty-five cents per square
yard; on furniture oil cloth made on Can
ton or cotton flannel, sixteen cents per
square yard on other furniture oil cloth.
ten cents per square yard; on oil cloth of
linen, silk, or other materials, used for hat
covers. aprons, coach curtains, or similar
purposes, and on medicated oil cloths, a
duty of twelve and half cents per square
yard on Chinese or other floor mating,
made of flags, jute or grass, on all floor
mattings not otherwise specified, and on
mats, of whatever materials composed,
twenty-five per centum ad vaIorem.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage Of This act, there
shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the
importation Of the articles hereinafter men
toned, the following duties, that is to
say:
First. On iron in bars or bolts. not manu-
featured in whole or in part by rolling,
seventeen dollars per ton; on bar or bolt
iron, made wholly or in part by rolling,
twenty-five dollars per ton: PrOrjded, That
all iron in slabs, blooms. loops. or other
form, less finished than iron in bars or bolts.
and more advanced than pig iron, except
castings, shall he rated as iron in bars or
bolts, and pay duty accordingly: PROM
Uided, also, That iron imported prior to
the third day of March, eighteen hundred
and fortythree, in bars or otherwise. for
railways or inclined planes, shall be ent-
tied to the benefits of the provisions of ex-
isting laws, exempting it from the payment
of duty on proof of its having been act
ually and permanently laid down for use
on any railway or inclined plane prior tc
the third day of March, eighteen hundred
and forty-three, and all such iron imported
from and after the date aforesaid shall be
subject to and pay the duty on rolled iron.
Second. On iron in pigs, nine dollars per
ton; on vessels of cast iron, not otherwise
specified, one cent and 4 half per pound
on all other castings of iron, not otherwise
specified, one cent per pound; on glazed
or tin hollow ware and castings, sad iron;
or smoothing irons, hatters' and taiors
y, pressing irons, and cast iron butts or hinges
two and half cents per pound; on iron OF
steel wire, not exceeding No. IA, five cent
per pound; and over No. II. and not eX
ceedng No. 25, eight cents per pound; owe
NJ. 25, eleven cents per pound; sIveret
nr plated wire, thirty per cenlum al vaIo
rem; brass or copper wire, twenty-five pc
centum ad vaIorem; cap or bonnet wire
covered with silk, twelve cents per pound
when covered with cotton thread or othe
material, eight cents per pound; on rounC
or square iron, or brazlers' rods of three
sixteenths, to ten sixteenths of an inch il
{ diameter, inclusive, and on iron in nail o
spike rods, or nail plates, slit, rolled, o
{ hammered. and on iron in sheets, excep
taggers' iron, and on hoop iron, and on iron
slit, rolled or hammered, for band iron
scroll iron, or easement rods, iron cables o
chains, or parts thereof, manufactured il
whole or in part, of whatever diameter, tn,
links being of the form peculiar to chain
for cables, two and half cents per pound
; on all other chains of iron, not otherwis
| specified, the links being either twisted o
straight, and when straight, of create
length than those used in chains for cables
! thirty per ccntum ad vaorem; on anchor
/. or parts Of anchors. manufactured in Who'll
or in part, anvls, blacksmiths' hammers an
\ sledges, two and half cents per pound
on cut or wrought iron spikes, three cent
4: per pound; and on cut iron nails, tire
. cents per pound; and on wrought iro
r nails, on axletrces, or parts thereof, mi
r irons and mill cranks Of wrought iron, G
n wrought iron for ships, locomotives, an
n steam engines. or iron chains other tina
chain cables, and on malleable iron or cas
e ngs, four centsper pound; on steam ga
r or wafer tubes or pipes, made of band {
= rolled iron, five cents per pound; on mi
d saws, cross-cut saws, and pit-saws, one do
n lar each; on tacks, brads and sprigs, NJ
k exceeding sixteen ounces to the thOusan
s five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteo
5. ounces to the thousand, five cents pr
l. pound; on taggers' iron, five per centu
If ad valorem: Provided, That all articl
t. partially manufactured, not otherwise pr
If vided for, shall pay the same rate of dul
as If wholly manufactured: And prOride