Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-09-14
AN ACT

AN ACT
To prouide reuenue from imports, and TO change
and modify eriStsng taUs imposing duties on
imports, and for other purposes. Passed the
trO Houses Of Congress, and approved, Au-
gust 29h.
Be it enacted by The Senate and House oi
Representatives of the United States of Ameri-
Ca in Congress assembled, That from and after
the passage of this act in lieu of the duties
heretofore imposed by law on the articles here
matter mentioned, and on such as may now be
exempt from duty, there shall be levied; collect
ed, aud paid the following duties, that is TO say:
First On coarse wool manufactured, the
value Whereof a, the last port or place whence
exported TO the U. States shall be seven cents
or under per pound, there shall be levied duty
of five per centum ad valorem; ard on all other
manufactured wool, there shall be levied a
duty of three cents per pound, and thirty per
cenium ad valorem; Provided, That when
wool Of different qualities of the same kind or
sorts is imported in the same bale, bag, or pack
age, and the aggregate value Of The contents oil
the bale, bag, or package, shall be appraised by
the appraisers, at rate exceeding seven cents
per pound, it shall be charged with duty in
conformity 10 such appraisal: Provided farther,
That when wool of different qualities, and diff
ferent 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 val
ue of the finest or most valuable kind or sort,
and duty charged thereon accordingly: Pro-
vided further, That if bales Of different quail
ties are embraced in the same invoice, at the
same price, the value of the whole shall be ap-
praised according to the value Of the bale of the
best quality: Provided further, That if any wool
be imported having in it dirt, or any material or
impurities ether than those naturally belonging
to the fleeco, and thus be reduced in value 10
seven cents per pound or under, the appraisers
shall appraise said wool at such price as, In
their opinion, il would have cost had it not been
so mixed with such dirt or impurities, and a
duty shall be charged thereon in conformity 10
such appraisal: Provided also, That wool i'm
ported on the skin shall be estimated as TO
weight and value, as other wool.
3D. On all manufactures of WOOL or of which
wool shall be component part, except carpet
ings, fannels, bookings and baizes, blankets,
worsted stuff goods, ready-made clothing, hO-
siery, mils, gloves, caps, and bindings, duty
OF forty per centum.
Sd. On Wilton carpets and carpetnss, treble
ingram, Saxony. and Abusson carpets and car.
peling, duty of sixty-five cents per square
yard; on Brussels and Turkey carpets and car
peting, filiy-fve cents per square yard; on all
Venetian and ingram carpeting, thirty cents per
square yard; on all other kinds of carpets and
carPeting, of WOOL hemp, fax or cotton, or parts
Of either, or other material not otherwise spe-
CITED, duty of thirty per centum al valorem
Provided, That besides, and other portions of
carpets or carpeting, shall pay the rate of duty
herein imposed on carpets or carpelng of SIM
liar character.
4th. On woollen blankets, the actual value of
which at the place whence imported shall not
exceed seveniy-fve cents each, and Of the di-
mensions not exceeding seventy-lwo by fifty
Two inches each, nor less than sixry-fve by
sixty inches each, duty of fifteen per cenum
ad valorem; and on all other woolIen blankets,
duty OF twenty-five per cenum ad valorem.
5th. On all manufactures, no! otherwise spe-
Gifted, of combed wool or worsled and manu-
factures of worsted and silk combined, duty
OF thirty per cen,um ad valorem; on all hearth
rugs, an ad valorem duty forty per cenium
9th. On woolen and worsed yarn, duty of
80 per centum ad vaIorem
9TH. Or wooden and worsted mitts, gloves,
caps, and bindings, and on wooen or worsled
hosiery, that is to say; stockings, socks, draw
ers, shirts, and all other similar manufactures
made on frames, duty Of thirty per centum ad
valorem.
Sih On 1annels, of whatever material COM
posed, except cotton, duty of fourteen cents
per square yard; on bookings and bazes, four
teen cents per square yard; on coach laces,
thirty per centum ad valorem; on Thibe,,
Angora, and all other goats hair or mohair un-
manufactured, one cent per pound; OR camlets,
blankets, coatings, and all other manufactures
OF goats hair or mohalr, twenty per centum ad
yalorem.
9th. On ready made clothing, of whatever
materials composed, worn by men, women, or
children, except gloves, mits, stockings, socks,
wove shirts and drawers, and all other similar
manufactures made on frames, hats, boGne,s,
shoes, boots, and boolees, imported in state
ready 10 be used as clothing by men, women,
or children, made up either by the tailor man
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