, 1844-04-03

tai or c0lOTed, n on all billet-dOux or
fancy note paper, Of whatever form or
size, when Of less size than letter paper.
thirty per eentum ad valorem; on music
paper, with lines, and on paper gilt or
covered with metal other than gold or
silver, paper snuff boxes, %japanned or not
japanped, and other fancy paper boxes,
tvsniy five per entum ad saloremI on
all paper hangings, or PAPER for screens.
or 6reboards, thirty five per cen,um ad
valorem; on all blank or visiting cards,
twelve cents per pound; on playing cards,
twenty five cents per pack; On blank
books, when bound, twenty cents pei
pound, when unbound, fifteen cents per
poundI on all parchment and vellum, and
on asses skin and imitation thereof, wa
fers, sealing wax, and black lead pencils,
crayops of all kinds, and metallic pens,
twenty five per centum ad valorem, ink.
and ink powders of all kinds, twenty FIVE
per centum ad valoremj quilts prepared
or maaufa ctured, twenty FIVE per centum
ad yalorem qlllls %unprepared Or upman-
ufaciufed, htiesn per centum cd vaiorens
on rags, Of whatever material, waste or
shoddy, a quarter OF one cent per pound;
on all other paper not enumerated, fifteen
cents per pound.
Second. On all books printed in the
English language, or of which English
forms the text, when bound, thirty cents
per pound, when in sheets or boards,
twenty cents per pounds Provided, That
Whenever the importer shall prove, to the
satisfaction of the collector, when the
goods are entered, that any such book has
been printed and published abroad more
than one year, and not %re,published IN
this country, or has been printed 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 onm
mence, or be computed at and from a day
before the passing Of this acti on all books
printed in Latin or Greek, or in which
either language forms the text, when
bound, fifteen cents per pound; when un'
bound, thirteen cents per pound; o n all
books printed 10 Hebrew, or of which
that language forms tho text. wneR bound,
ten cents per pound, and when unbound
eight cents per pound; Provided, Tina
all books printed in foreign languages
Latin, Greek, and Hebrew excepted
shall pay a duty Of five cents per vol
ume, when Bound or in boards, and wheI
in sheets or pamphlets, fifteen cents PEI
pound; and editions of works in tn,
Greek, Latin, Hebrew or English Ian
guage, which have been printed fort,
a nrinr 70 thu date Of impos.a.iaa
shall pay a duty Of five cents per vol,
ume; and all reports Of legislative com
miltees appointed under foreign govern
ments shall pay a duty Of five cents pc
volume; on polyglots, lexicons and die
/, tiouaries, five cents per pound, on book
J Of engravings or plates, with or withou
letter press, whether bound or unbound
and on maps aud charts, twenty per cent
um ad valorem.
SEC. 3. And be il further enacted
That from and after the passage Of thi
act, there shall be levied, collected an
: paid, on the Importation OF the article
r hereinafter mentioned, the following d.
, ties, that is TO say:
:. First On raw sugar, Commonly cal
d ed brown sugar. not advanced beyond il
7 raw state, by claying, boiling, clarifying
= or other process, and on syrup Of sugar
: or OF sugar cane, and on brown claye
{ sugar, two and a half cents per pounC
on all other sugars, when advanced be
d yond the raw stale, by claying, boiling
8 clarifying, or other process, and not ye
T refined, four cents per pound; on refine
sugars, (whelher loaf, lump, crushed, 9
. pulverized, and when, after being refined
: they have been tinctured, colored, or /
any way adulterated, and on sugar car
t dy, six. cen per pound; on molasses, fou
and a half mills per pound: Propidct
/, That all syrups Of sugar or sugar can,
/. entered under the designation Of mola
ses, or any other appellation than Hsysu
of sugar." or Of sugar cane, shall be Ii,
BILE to forfeiture to the United States; Q
d com6is, on sweet meats, or fruits prese
g we'd in molasses, sugar, or brandy, ar
y on co~nfectionary of all kinds not othe
wise specified, twenty FIVE per csntnm {
valorem: Provided further, That an il
specIion, under such regulations as Il
10 Secretary Of the Treasury may prescrib
shall DO made Of all sugars and molass
imported from foreign countries, in ord
TO prevent frauds, and TO prevent the ]
PRODUCTION Of sugars, syrup Of sugar, 81
up Of cane, or battery syrup, under Il
\, title Of molaIseS, or in any other impr
per manner.
n. Second. On cocoa, one cent per pour
Of chocolate, four cents per pound; on mac
fifty cents per pound; nutmegs, tlir
Of cents per pound; cloves, eight cent p
r., pound; cinnamon, twenty FIVE cents p
a. pound; oil Of cloves. thirty cents p
10 pound; Chinese %caSsia, Ave cents p
pound Pimento, FIVE cents per poun
A. on black pepper, five cents PET poun
p CAYENNE and African mr. Chili mann,