The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-23
TIL E 7 A RIFF.
THIRD PLAN FOB REDUCING TEE DUTIES.
The Bill Of the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury, as Revised and Corrected
May /, 1854.
A BILL

eentatiyes of the United States of America in Con-
pTess assembled, That there shall be levied, COL
Iecte6, and paid, on all goods wares and merchan-
disc mentioned in schedule A, and imported from
foreign countries, on and after the first day Of
January, one thousand eight hundred and ffty-fve,
duty Of enc hundred per centum ad valorem.
SEQ. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in schedule
b. and imported from foreign countries, on AMI after
the first day OF January, one thousand eight hun
drea and fiftydve, shall be exempt from duty, ex-
cept "a provided in section A.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That there shall
be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares
and merchandise not mentioned In either OF the
schedules A and B. or G, aud imported from foreign
countries on and after the first day of January, one
Thousand eight hundred and ftty-dve, duty Of
twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
SEQ. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That there shall
be levied, collected, and paid, all goods, wares
and merchandise mentioned in schedule B, imported
from foreign countries and after the first day OF
January. one thousand eight hundred and hfty-fve,
IN ships or vessels not OF the United States duty
of ten per centum ad valorem; and al addition OF
ten per centBm shall be made to the rates Of duty
imposed by this act, in respect to all merchandise
not mentioned in schedule u, which shall be import
ed from foreign countries and after the irst day
of January aforesaid, in ships vessels not of the
United States Provided, That neither the duty Of
ten per centum, the addition of ten 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
Fhips or vessels not of the United States entitled
by treaty or by any act or asts OF Congress, to be
exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and
other charges.
Sec. S. 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 January
aforesaid shall be subject, entry thereof for
sumption, to no other duty than If the same had
been imported respectively, after that day.
SEQ. 6. And be it further enacted, That on the
entry Of any goods wares anG merchandise, i'm
ported on and after the first dayOf January afore-
eaid the decision of tie collector OF the customs at
the port of importation and entry as to their labli
ty to duty exemption thereirOm, shall be final and
conclusive against the owner, importer, consignee,
agent of any such goods wares, and merchandise,
unless the owner, importer, consignee, or agent
shall forthwith 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 ten
days after the date Of such decision, appeal there
from to the Secretary OF the Treasury. whose de-
CsiOn on such appeal shall be final and conclusive
and the said goods, wares, and merchandise shall be
liable to duty or exempted therefrom accor lingly,
any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstand-
Bee. Z. And be it farther enacted, That neither
drawback nor bounty shall be allowed on sailed on
picked fish exported and after the first day of
January aforesaid; and on and after that day, all
provisions Of existing laws which impose other rates
Of duty on imports than imposed by this act, or
which exempt from duty imports not exempted
from duty by this act, shall be imperative and
void
SCHEDULE A.
Gone hundred per cenfutn Gd rdlorem)
Brandy and other spirits distilled from grain or
other materials cordias, absynthe, arrack curacao
kirschenwasser Iqueurs, maraschino, ratafa and
all other spirituous beverages of similar character
SCHEDULE D.
Exempt from Duty.)
AL articles whatever imported for the use Of the
United States: Provided That when such articles
are imported under contract for the United States,
they shall not be exempt from duty unless it is 30
expressed in the contract and 30 certified by the
SECRETARY OF the Treasury.
AL philosophical apparatus, instruments, books,
statues satuary, busts and casts of marble bronze,
labaster, or plaster of paris, paintings. drawings
etchings specimens IF sculpture, cabinets OF colns
medals, and all collections of antiquities
Acids-benZoic, bsracc, 0xalic, cltrlc tartaric,
and all vegetable acids.
Aloes.
Alum.
Amber.
Ambergris.
Angora, Thibet, and other goats hair, or mohair,
manufactured
Animal carbon.
Animals, living.
AnAtto, rancon, or Orleans.
Anthony, metallic or regulus, crude and ore.
Argols crude or refined.
Arsenic. metallic, white arsenic and the sulphates
Asphatum, or mineral pitch or tar.
Barilla
Banks used for medicines, dyeing, tanning, or
other purposes.
Barytes, sulphate Of.
Bells when old, and bell metal fit only to be re-
Berries, nuts, flowers, and other parts of plants
and vegetables, used exclusively in dyeing or IN
composing dyes; but article shall be classed as
such that has undergone any manufacture
Biohronate and chromate Of potash.
Bianuth.
Bleaching powder, or chloride of lime.
Blue or Roman vitriol, or sulphate Of copper.
Boiling cloths.
Books, magazines, pamphlets, periodicals, and IL.
Illustrated newspapers, bound or unbound.
Borax and tineal, crude and refined.
Brass, when s' old al and ct only to be remanu.
featured.
Brazil paste.
Brazil WOOD, braziletto, and all other dyewoods in
sticks.
Breccia.
Birthstone.
BriBtleB.
Bronze liquor.
Bullion, gold and silver.
Burrstones, wrought or unwrought
Cabinets Of coins, medals, and collections of an
Equities.
Cadmium.
Dances and mosaics, and limitations thereof, mo-
GET
Camphor.
Oantharides.
Castorum.
Ghronometers, box or ship, and parts thereof
Clay, wrought or unwrought.
Cobalt, ore, and metal.
CochneAl
Cocoa and oocoa-shells.
Codilla or tow of hemp or fax.
Coffee, from whatever country imported.
Coins, gold, silver, and copper.
Copper, and yellow metal, for sheathng Of vessels
Copper in pigs or bars
Copper ore.
Copper, when imported for the United States Mint
NH n
fured.
Cork tree bark, unmanufactrred
Cotton.
Cream Of tartar.
Diamonds, gems, pearls, ~ Dies, and other precious
gtones, set or not set.
Diamonds GLACIERS, set or not set.
Dyeing drugs and other articles and materials
Solely used In composing dyes.
Earthem and stoneware.
Emery in lump, not pulverized
Engravings etchings, wood or plate, bound or IN