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Be II enacted Jy He Senate and House Of Re-
rescHtutires Of hc United States Of Amcrica iH
Congress assembled, That from and after the
first dav Of December next, in lieu Of the duties
heretofore imposed bv law, on IHa articles here.
matter mentioned, and on such as may now b. a
exempt from duty, there shall be levied. collect
cd and paid, on the goods, wares, and mercian-
disc hereinafter enumerated and provided for, I'M
ported from foreign countries, the following rates
Of duty-lhal is To say:
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned .
in schedule \, duty Of one hpadred per centum .
ad valorem.
On goods, wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule B, duly Of Jory per cen'um ad
valorcm.
On goods, wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule c, duty Of thirty per ccntum ad
yalorcm.
On goods. wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule d, duty Of taceaty:frs per ccntum
al valorem.
On goods, wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule L, duty Of treHty per centum ad
valorcm.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule F, duty Of fifteen per cen'um od
yalorem.
On goods. wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule q, duty Of ten per centum ad
valorem.
On goods. wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule II, duty Of fire per cenIum ad
valorem.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That from
and after the first day Of December next, the
goods. wares, and merchandise mentioned in
--l-l,,I1 I -I,11 L., ,,-o,1rt from, 1rrry-
Sec. 8. AHd be II further enacted, That. from
and after the first day Of December next, there
shall be levied. collected, and paid on all goods.
wares. ahd merchandise imported from foreign
countries, and no, specifically provided for in this
act a duty oftlreniy per centum ad valorem.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases in which the invoice or entry shall not
contain the weight or quantity or measure Of
goods, wares, or merchandise now weighed or
measured or guaged, the same shall be weighed,
guagad or measured al the expense Of the owner,
/ agent or consignee.
Sec. { And belt further enacted, That from
and after he first day of December next, N lieu
of the bounty heretofore authorized by law 10
be paid on me exporaton Of picked fish Of the
fisheries Of the United States, there shall be al
lowed, on the expectation thereof, if cured with
foreign salt, drawback equal in amount to the
duty paid on the salt, and no more, to be ascer-
tanned under such regulations as may be pre-
scrbed by the Secretary ofthe Treasury.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That all
goods, wares, and merchandise imported after
the passage of this act, and which may be IN the
public stores on the second day of December
next, shall be subject to no other duty upon the
entry thereof. than if the same were imported re-
speetively after that day.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
twelfth section of the act entitled "An act to pro-
vide revenue from imports and to change and
modify existing laws imposing duties on imports,
and for other purposes" approved August thirty,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-wO, shall
be, and the same is hereby, so far modified, that
all goods imported from this side of the Cape of
Good Hope, or Cape Horn, may remain in the
public stores for the space of one year instead OF
the term of sixty days, prescribed in the said
section; and that all goods imported from beyond
the Cape of Good Hope, or Cape Horn. may re-
main in the public stores one year instead OF the
term of ninety days, prescribed in the said Sec
ton.
Sec. s. And be II further enacted, That shall
be lawful for the owner, consignee, or agent OF
imports which have been actually purchased, on
entry of the same, to make such addition in the
entry, TO the cost or value given in the envolce
as in his opinion may raise the same TO the true
market value of such imports in the principal
markets of the country whence the importation
| shall have been made, or in which the goods
imported shall have been originally manutactur
ed or produced, as the case may be; and to ado
thereto all costs and charges which, under exist
ing laws, would form part of the true value a
the port where the same may be entered, upoI
which the duties should be assessed. And
shall be the duty of the collector within whos
r district the same may be imported or entered t(
cause the dutiabe value of such imports to bt
appraised, estimated and ascertained in accor
dance with the provisions of existing laws; anc
: if the appraised value so declared on the entry
then in addition to the duties imposed by law OF
I the same, there shall be levied, collected, anC
f paid, a duty of twenty per cenum ad valorem ol
| such appraised vaue Provided, nevertheless
! That under no circumstances shall the duty b.
assessed upon an amount less than the lnvolc
value; any law of Congress to the contrary not
withstanding.
: Sec. 9. And be it further enacted That tn
e deputies of any collector, naval officer, or sur
= vevor; and the clerks employed by any collector
It naval officer, surveyor and appraiser, who ar
e not by existing laws required TO be sworn shall
r before entering upon their respective duties, or
5 if already employed, before continuing IN tn
=. discharge thereof, take and subscribe an oath
affirmation, faithfully and diligently to perform
such duties, and to use their best endeavors tt
!. prevent and detect frauds upon the revenue o
b. the United States; which oath or affirmation
q shall be administered by the collector OF tn
v port or district where the said deputies or clerk
f may be employed, and shall be of form to b.
!. prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 10. Aad be it further enacted, That n
officer or other person connected with the nav,
e of the United States, shall, under any Pretence
d import in any ship or vessel the [. States an