State journal & flag. [volume] (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1843-1846, 1846-11-06

PuBLIc.-No. "a.
AN ACT reducing the duty on imports, and for
other purposes.
[SEc. IL Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of the United
States of America in Congress assembled
That from and after the first day of December
next, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by
law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and
on such as may now be exempt from duty, there
shall be levied collected, and paid. on the
goods, wares, and merchandise herein enume RAJ
ted and provided for, imported from foreign
countries the following rates of duty--that is
to say:
On goods, wares, and merchandise mention
ed in schedule A, a duty of one hundred per
centum ad vaorem.
On goods, wares. and merchandise mentioned
in schedule o, duty of forty per centum ad va
loren.
On goods. wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule C, duty of thirty per centum ad
yalorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule d, duty of t,oenty hre per cen,um
ad valorem.
Ongoods, wares and merchandise mentioned
in schedule E, duty of tscenty per centun .ad
valorem.
On goods. wares and merchandise mentioned
in schedule F, duty of fifteen per centum ad
vaorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule G, duty of Ten per centum ad va
loren.
On goods, wares and merchandise mentioned
IN schedule II, duty Of pe per centum ad va
loren.
Sec. 2. .4nd be il further enacted, That from
and after the first day of December next, the
goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schedule I, shall be exempt from duty.
SEC. 3. And be il furth'r enacted, That from
and after the first day of December next, there
shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods
wares, and merchandise imported from foreign
countries, and not specially provided for in this
act, duty of t,oenty per cenlum ad valorem.
SEC. 4. Ard BE- IL 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 gagged the same shall be weighed,
Sauged, or measured at tho expense ofthe own
er, agent, or consignee.
SEC. S. yAud be ii further enacted, That from
and after the first day Of December next, in
lieu of the bounty heretofore authorized ny law
to be paid on the expectation of picked hsh OF
the fisheries Of the United States, there shall
be allowed, on the expectation thereof, 1t cured
with foreign salt, a drawback equal in amount
to the duty paid on the salt, and no more. to De
ascertained under such regulations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. 6. .dnd be ii 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
e,trv thereof than if the same were imported
respectively after that day.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
twelfth section of the act entitled "An act to
provide revenue from imports. and to change
and modify existing laws imposing duties on
imports, and for other purposes" approved Au'
gust thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-two,
shall be, anL the game is hereby, SO far modified,
that all goods imported from this side 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 sec.
ton and that all goods imported from beyond
the Cape OF Good Hope or Cape Horn may res
main in the public stores one year instead OF the
term Of ninety days prescribed in the said Sec
tion.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the owner, coasignee, or
agent of imports which have been actually pur-
chased, on entry of the same, to make such ad-
di,,on in the entry to the cost or value given
in the invoice, as in his opinion may raise the
same 10 the true market value of such imports
in the principal markets of the county whence
the importation shall have been made, or in
which the goods imported shall have been origi.
nally manufactured or produced, as the case
NAV be and to add thereto all costs and char.
ces which under existing laws, would form part
OF the true value at the port where the same
may be entered, upon which the duties should
be assessed. And it shall be the duty OF the
collector within whose district the same may
be imported or entered to cause the dutiabe
value Of such imports TO be appraised, estimated
and asccrtained in accordance with the provi-
sions Of existing laws; and if the appraised
value thereof shall exceed by ten per centum or
more the value so declared on the entry, then,
in addition to the duties, imposed by law on the
same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid,
q duty Of twenty per centum ad valorem on such
appraised value: Provided. nepertheiess, That
unler no circumstances shall the duty be assess
ed upon an amount less than the invoice value,
any law OF Congress to the contrary notwlth
standing.
SEC. g. find be itfur.her enacted, That the
deputies of any collector, naval officer, or sur
veyor, and the clerks employed by any collec
tor, naval officer, surveyor or appraiser, who
are not by existing laws required to be sworn,
shall. before entering upon their respective du
ties, or, if already employed, before continuing
in the discharge thereof lake and subscribe an
oath or affirmation faithfully and diligently to
perform such duties, and to use their best en-
deavoro to prevent and detect frauds upon the
revenue Of the United States which oath or
affirmation shall be administered By the colec.
tor Of the port or district where the said deputies
or clerks may be employed, and shall be of a
form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
SEQ. 10. Andbe Il further enacted, That No
officer or other person connected with the navy
Of the United States, shall, under any pretence,
import in any ship or vessel of the United States
any goods, wares, or merchandise liable to the
payment of any duty. -~ 90
SEC. IL. .And6e it further enacted, That al
acts snd parts Of acts repugnant to the provi
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