The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-03

 q duty of Twenty-Five per centum ad valorem, instead of the duty of 35 per centum impos- ed by the said act.
 Icnth On feathers for beds, and on down of all kinds, on India-rubber oilcloth, web- bing, shoes, braces, suspenders, or other fab- rics or manufactured articles composed who'll ly or in part of lndia-rubber; on all clocks, and on chrysials of glass for watches, and on glass or pebbles for speciacles or eyeglasses, when not set, there shall be levied duty of twenty per centum ad valorem, instead of the various duties imposed by the said act; :; and so much of the proviso to the tenth sub division of the fifth section of the said act as directs the valuation of certain India-rubber suspenders or braces at two dollars per do- zen, and an assessment of the duty upon such valuation, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
 Elerenh. On paving tiles and bricks there shall be levied duty of fifteen per centum ad Valorem, instead of the duty of twenty five per ccntum imposed by the said act on metal buttons there shall be levied a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem, instead of the duty of thirty per centum imposed by the said act; on all other buttons, and on all button moulds, of whatever material com posed, there shall be levied a duty of twen- ty per centum ad valorem, instead of the du- ty of twenty-five per centum imposed by the said act; and the first proviso to-the twelfth subdivision of the fifth section of the said act, shall be, and the same is hereby repeal I.ed
 SEC. 6. find De it further enacted, That from and after the first day of September, in the year aforesaid, the duties imposed by the said act, upon the articles hereinafter men, toned. shall be changed, modified and re- dueed in the manner following-that is to say;
 On white or red leads, litharge, acetate or chromate of lead, dry or ground in oil; on whiting or Paris white; and on all ochres, or oehry earths, used in the composition of paint ers' colors, dry or ground in oil on sul phate of baryte; on linseed, rapeseed, and hemp seed oil; and on putty,-there shall be levied duty of thirty per centum, instead of the various duties imposed by the said act.
 SEC. 7. find Dc t further enacted, That from and after the first day of September, in the year aforesaid, the duties imposed by the said act upon the articles hereinafter men, toned shall be changed, modified, and reduced ill the manner following-that is to say
 On bank, folio, quarto-post of all kinds, and letter and bank-note paper; on antiquarian, demy, drawing, elephant, double-elephant, foolscap, imperial, medium, pot, pith, royal, snper-royal, and writing paper; on copper plate, plotting, copying, colored for labels, eolored for needles, marble or faney-colOred, glass paper, morocco paper, pasteboard, pres slng-board, sand paper, tissue paper, and on all gold or silver paper, whether in sheets or strips; on colofed copper-plate, printing, and stalners' paper; and on binders boards, mill boards, s,paper-makers' boards, sheathing, wrap ping, and cartridge paper,-there shall be le- vied duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, lnstdad of the various duties imposed by the said act On all paper-hangings, on paper for screens or fire-boards, there shall be levied a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, in- stead of the duty of thirty-five per centtm imposed by the said act. On all blank books bound, there shall be levied duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, instead of the duty of twenty cents per pound imposed by the said act. And on all other paper not enume- rated, there shall be levied duty of thirty per eentum ad valorem, instead of the duty of fifteen cents per pound imposed by the said act
 SEC, 8. And De t further enacted, That from and after the said first day of September, in the year aforesaid, the duties imposed by the said act upon the articles hereinafter men toned, shall be changed, modified, and re- duced in the manner following-th is to say:
 First On raw sugar (commonly called brown sugar. not advanced beyond its raw state, by claying, boiling, clarifying, or other process, and on brown clayed sugar, there shall be levied duty of two cents per pound, instead of the duty of two and a half cents per pound imposed by the said act; on syrup of sugar or of sugar cane there shall be levied a duty of one and half cent per pound in- stead of the duty of two and half cents per pound imposed by the said act; on all other sugars, when advanced beyond the raw state, by claying, boiling, clarifying, or other pro- cess, and not yet refined, there shall be levied a duty of three cents per pound, instead of the duty of four cents per pound imposed by the said act; on refined sugars (whether loaf, lump, crushed, or pulverized, and where, after being refined, they have been tinctured, col ored, or in any way adulterated) and on sugar candy, there shall be levied duty of four cents per pound, instead of the duty of six cents per pound imposed by the said act and on molasses there shall a duty of three mills per pound, instead of the duty of four and a half mills per pound imposed by the said act
 Second. On cocoa, chocolate, cinnamon, oil of cloves, crude camphor, indigo, ivory or bone black, oil of vitriol, and sulphuric acid, there shall be levied duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem, instead of thevarious duties imposed by the said act; on ginger ground and ginger in the root, when not pre- served, woad or pastil, alum, and copperas, and green vitriol, there shall be levied a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem, instead of the various duties imposed by the said act; and on mace, nutmegs, cloves, Chinese cas- sia, pimento, black pepper, camphor refined, opium, glue, gunpowder, blue or Roman vit- riol or sulphate of copper, almonds, prunes, sweet oil of almonds. dates, curT1nfS. f16s. 5fT