The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-18
INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL In FULL,
Important Notifications i'm the
Scale of Duties,

A BILL
REDUCING THE DUTY ON IMPoRTs, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
be II enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled That on and after the first day of
January, 1866, in lieu of the duties heretofore i'm
posed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned
there shall be levied, collected and paid, on the
goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated
and provided for, imported from foreign countries
the following rates of duty-that is to say -
On goocs, wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schedule A. duty of one hundred per centum ad
valorem.
On goods wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schedule b, duty of twenty per centum ad
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schecule 9, duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schedule y duty often per centum ad valorcm.
Un gooas wares, and merchandise mentioned in
schedule u, duty of five per centum ad valorem.
SEC. z. And be it further enacted, That on and
after tie first day of January, 1856 the goods,
wares, and merchandise mentioned in schedule F,
shall be exempt from duty.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That on and
after the first day of January 1856, there shall be
levied, collected, and paid on all goods wares, and
merchandise imported from foreign countries, and
not especially provided for in this act, duty of f
teen per centum ad valorem.
Sec. A. And be il further enacted, That, on and
after The first day of January, 1866, there shall be
levied, collected and paid on all goods wares and
merchandise mentioned in schedule F, imported
from foreign countries in ships vessels not of the
United States, duty of ten per centum ad valorem
and an addition of ten per centum shall be made to
the rates of duty imposed by this act, in respect to
all merchandise not mentioned in schedule F. which
shall be imported from foreign countries, on and
after the first day of January aforesaid, in ships
vessels not of the United States: Provided, That
neither the duty Of ten per centum ad valorem,
the addition ften per centum to the rates of duty
aforesaid, shall be imposed on any goods wares,
and merchandise imported, on and after the first
day of January aforesaid in any ships vessels not
of the United States entitled by treaty, by any
act acts OF Congress, to be exempt from discrmi-
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That all goods,
wares. and merchandise. which shall be imported
from foreign countries after the passage of this act
and be in the public stores on the first day of Janu
ary aforesaid shall be subject, entry thereof for
consumption, to other duty than if the same had
been imported, respectively, after that day.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That on the
entry of any goods, wares land merchandise, import
ed on and after the first day of January, aforesaid,
the decision Of the Collector of the Customs at the
to duty or exemption therefrom, shall be final and
conclusive against the owner importer, consignee,
Or agent of any such goods wares, and merchandise,
unless the owner, importer, consignee, or agent,
shall within ten days after such entry, give notice
to the collector in writing, of his dissatisfaction
with such decision, setting forth therein distinctly
and specifically his grounds of objection thereto;
and shall within thirty days after the date OF su ch
decision. appeal therefrom to the Secretary of the
Treasury, whose decision on such appeal shall be
final and conclusive; and the said goods, wares, and
merchandise shall be liable to duty or exempted
therefrom accordingly, any act of Congress to the
contrary notwithstanding unless such suit shall be
brought within thirty days after such decision, for
any duties that may have been paid, or may there
after be paid on said goods, or within thirty days
after the duties shall have been paid in cases where
such goods shall be in bond
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted That on and
after the first day of January aforesaid, all provi.
sone of existing laws which impose other rates OF
duty on imports than are imposed by this act, or
which exempt from duty imports not exempted
from duty by this act, shall be imperative and void