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

centum ad valorem; otherwise 10 be subject sto
the rates Of duty chargeable on them, respec-
lively, according TO their component materials
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That, from
and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall
be levied collected, and paid on the importation
of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the fol.
lowing duties, that is to say:
On white or red leads, lilharge, or eceiae OF
cronate of lead, dry or ground in oil, cents
per pound; on whiting or Paris white; and all
ochres or ochry earths used in the composition
of painters color, when dry one cent per
pound, when ground in oil IL cent per pound
on sulphaie of barytes 90 per centum ad valo.
rem; on linseed, hempseed and rapeseed oil 25
cents per gallon; on putty l-2 cent per pound
Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall
be levied, collected. and paid, on the impor;a-
ton OF the articles hereinafter mentioned, the
following duties, that is to say:
ls.. On bank, folio, quaro post of all kinds,
and letter and bank note paper, II cents per
pound; on antiquarian, deny, drawing, ele-
phant, double elephant, foolscap, imperial, me-
dunn, pot, pith, royal, super-royal and wiring
paper, 10 cents per pound; on copperpate, blot
ting, copying, colored for labels, coIored for
needles, marble or fancy colored, glass paper,
morocco paper, pasteboard, pressing board, sand
paper, tissue paper, and on all gold or silver pa
per, whether in sheets or strips, 70 l-2 cents
per pound; on colored copperplate, printing and
stalners' paper, 10 cents per pound; on binders
boards, box boards, mill boards, paper makers
boards, sheaihing, wfapping and cartridge pa
per, 3 cents per pound; and ON all paper envel
opes, whether plain, ornamental, or colored and
on all bllet-doux or fancy note paper, of what
ever form or size, when Of less size than letter
paper, 80 per centum ad valorem; on music pa
per with lines and on paper gilt or covered
with metal other than gold or silver, paper snuff
boxes, japanned or not japanned, and other fan
cy paper boxes, 25 per centum ad yaorem; on
all paper hangings or paper for screens or fire,
boards, 35 per centum ad valorem; on all blank
or visiting cards, - cents per pound on play
ing cards, 25 cents per pack; on blank books,
when bound 20 cents per pound when unbound
Is cents per pound; on all parchment and vel
lum, and ON asses skin and imitation thereof,
waters, sealing wax and black lead pencils,
crayons of all kinds and metallic pens, 25 per
centum ad valorem;..ink and ink powder of all
kinds, 25 per centum ad yalorem; quills pre-
pared or manufactured, % per centum ad valo-
quills unprepared or manufactured Is per
cenum ad valorem; on rags of whatever mate
rial, waste, or shoddy quarter Of l cent per
pound; all other paper not enumerated Is cents
per pound.
I'd. On all books printed in the English Ian
when bound 80 cents per pound; when in sheets
or boards 20 cents per pound: Provided, That
whenever the importer shall prove to the salts
faction of the collector, when the goods are en-
tered, that any such book has been printed and
published abroad more than one year and no,
republished in this country, or has been print
ed and published abroad more than five years
before such Importation, then and in such case
said books shall be admitted at one half of the
above rate of duties: Provided, That the said
terms of one year and five years shall in. no
case commence or be computed at and from
day before the passing of this act; on all books
printed in Latin or Greek or in which either
language forms the text, when bound Is cents
per pound, when unbound 13 cents per pound;
on all books printed in Hebrew or of which
that language forms the text, when bound 10
cents per pound; and when unbound cents
per pound: Provided, That all books printed
in foreign languages, Latin, Greek and Hebrew
excepted, shall pay duty of cents per vol
ume when bound or in boards, and when in
sheets or pamphlets Is cents per pound; and
editions of works in the Greek, Latin, Hebrew
or English language, which have been printed
40 years prior TO the date of importation, shall
pay duty of cents per volume; and all re-
ports of legislative committees appointed under
foreign Governments shall pay duty of five
cents per volume; on polygols, lexicons and
dictionaries cents per pound; on books of en-
cravings or plates with or without letter press,
whether bound or unbound, and on maps and
charts 20 per cenlum ad valorem
CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK.