The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-04-19

twelve cents per pair; on mems boots or boo
tees, 81 twenty-five cents a pair; when
partially manufactured, one dollar pail; on
women's and bootees fifty cents pair, and
when partially manufactured forty cents pair;
on calf skins four dollars, on morocco skins
three dollars, on kid skins two dollars, and on
sheep skins one dollar and twenty-five cents
per pound Provided, That all skivers, split or
partially manufactured skins, shall pay the
same rate of duty as leather; on India rubber
shoes, and all other manufactures of India rub
Der, thirty per centum ad valorem
Sec. 2 enacts, That from and after the 3Oth
of June. 1912, there shall be paid ten per CEN
tum ad valorem, in addition TO all other duties.
on the following articles, that is to say on
wooden cloths and cassimeres on all manu-
factres of cotton which are dyed, colored, prln-
ted, or stained; on laces, bleached and un-
bleached linnen, wcrsted stuff goods /; manu-
features of silk and worsted, and of leather !;
on spirits distilled from grain or other materials;
on hemp or cordage and on the various wines
of France, Austria and Germany Provided,
That whenever it shall be made to appear to
the satisfaction of the President of the United
States, that the tobacco, grain. and -four of the
United States are admitted into the several
ports belonging TO any foreign state of king
dom, producing or manufacturing any of the
articles embraced in this section, at a duty
not exceeding the highest rate of duty chargea-
BILE on any of them, and that any American
citizen may export the tobacco, grain and flour
of the United States directly there from to any
port or place of any foreign State or Kingdom,
and there dispose of them upon good terms
as any citizen or subject of said State or King
dom. or of any person or persons whatsoever,
so far as any regulation of Government may
affect the same, then the said additional duty
of ten per centum shall be RENTED, so far Gs
it regards such of the said articles as are the
produce Of manufacture of such State or King
dom as shall admit the tabacco, grain, and
-four, as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. enacts, That from and after the said
30th day of June next, the ad-vaiorem rates of
duty on goods, wares, and merchandise, shall
be estimated in the following manner; to he
actual cost, if the same shall have been actu'
ally purchased, or the actual value, if The same
shall have been procured otherwise than by
purchase, at time and place when and where
purchased, or otherwise procured, or TO the ap
praised value, if appraised shall be added all
charges except insurance.
| Sec. 4. enacts, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized at
any time hereafter, TO convert any I'D valorem
duty into its equivalent specific duty, accOr-
ding to the general custom-house valuation of
the preceding year, of which conversation he
shall give due notice Provided, That nothing
in this act shall be so construed as 10 prerent or
affect the distribution Of the proceeds Of pn5Hc
lands, as prorided By The act approved the
fourth of September, ls4l.
Sec. 5. That from and after The thirtieth day
of June next, when any goods, wares, or mer-
chandize, imported from abroad, and subject
to duty upon importation. be sold by way of
auction, within any collection district of the
United States, there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, as duty, and for the use of the u.
S., the sum of three dollars for every hundred
of the purchase MONEY! or price Of the whole so
sold.
Sec. 7. That on all articles imported after
the thirtieth day of June next. where the same
shall be appraised at higher rate than they are
invoiced. double duty shall be paid on the ex'
cess of said appraisement above the invoice {;
Provided, That the person claiming such goods
may within three days appeal from such APP
praisement, and notify the collector thereof i;
whereupon the said claimant and the collector
shall each choose one competent and disinter-
ested person to re-apprise said goods, and, in
case of disagreement, shall choose and an UNI
pre to decide between them, land such appraise-
ment shall be final and conclusive and if it
be no higher than the invoice, the regular duty
only shall be charged and if above that, then
treble the amount Of duty on the excess above
the invoice.