Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-03-21
Thy AUTHORITY.1
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,


for ether purposes.
Be it enacted bv the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gross assembled, That and after the first day Of
july eighteen hundred and fiftv-seven, nd valorem
duties shall be imposed in lieu of those now npos-
ed upon goods and merchandise imported
from abroad into the United States, follows, viz
Upon the articles enumerated in schedule, A, and
B, of the tariff act of eighteen hundred and forty
six, duty of thirty per centnm. and upon those en-
umerated in schedules C, D, E, F, G, and H, of
said act, the duties of twenty four per ccntum nine
teen per centun, fifteen per centum. twelve per
tum, eight per centum, and four per centum, respec
lively. with such exceptions as hereinafter made;
and all articles imported aforesaid and not
meraed in the said schedules nor in schedule, /,
shall pay duty Of fifteen per cent,,m.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That all man.
ufactnres composed wholly of cotton which
bleached, printed painted dyed, and de LANES,
shall be transferred to schedule c. Japanned leather
skins of all kinds shall be transferred to schedule
n, ginger, green, ripe, dried preserved picked;
ochers, and ochrey earths medicinal roots leaves,
gums and resins in a crude state not otherwise pro-
vided for; wares, chemical, car:hen pottery of
capacity exceeding ten gallons, shall be transferred
to schedule E. Borate of lime and codea or tow of
hemp fax, shall be transferred to schedule F. An
| tmony crude rcgulas Of; barks of all kinds not
| otherwise provided for; camphor, crude canthari-
des; carbonate of soda; emery, in lump or pulverz
ed; fruits. green. ripe or dried; gums, Arabic,
Barhary, copal. East India, Jeddo, Senegal snbsti-
| tute, tragacanh and all other gums and resins in a
crude state; machinery exclusively designed and
expressly imported for the manufacture of fax and
linen goods; sponges; tin in plates sheets, GAL
vanized or unsavanized; woods namely, cedar,
lignumvita, ebony, box. granadiIa, mahogany, rose
wood, satin wood, and all cabinent woods shall be
transferred to schedule G. Acids. acetic, benzoc,
boracic citric, muriatic, white and yellow oxalc.
pyroligenous and tararce and all other acids Of
every description used for chemical or manuactur.
ing purposes not otherwise provided for; aloes
Der ambergris; anniseed annato, roucon or or
leans arsenic iticles not in crude state used in
dying or tanning not otherwise provided for ASA
foetda asphatem barlla bleaching powder, or
chloride Of lime; borax crude; boucho leaves;
birthstone crude in bulk cameos mosaics diamonds.
gems pearls. rnbeS and other precious stones mot
set y chalk; clay: cochineal cocoa cocoannts and
cocoa shells; cork t. ee bark; of tartar;
tract Of indigo, extracts and decoctons of logwood
and other dyew"ods not otherwise provided for cx
tract of madden; flint, ground grindstones gutta
percha manufactured; india rubber in bottles;
slabs or sheets. manufactured; India rubber.
milk Of indigo lac spirits; lac sulphur hastings
cut in strips patterns of the size and shape for
shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, CATERS. or buttons
exclusively. not combind with india rubber manu-
fauctures Of moliar CLOTH silk twist other man.
ufactures of cloth, suitable for the manufacture of
shoes, cut in slips patterns of the size and shape
for shoes, slippers. boots bnotees CATERS buttons
exclusively, not combined with india rubber music
printed with lines. bound or unbound oils, palm, |
teal and cocoanut; prussian blue soda ash spices
of all kinds watch materials and unfinished parts
of watches and wood. pastel, shall be transferred
to schedule H.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That on and
after the first day Of July. eighteen hundred and
fiftysevcn, the goods, wares, and merchandise men,
toned in schedule |. made part thereof shall be
exempt from duty and entitled to free entry
SCHEDULE 7.
All books, maps, charts, mathematical nautical
instruments. philosophical apparatus and all other
articles whatever imported for the of the United
States ; all philosophical apparatus, Instruments
books maps and charts statues, satuary bnsts and
casts of marble bronze alabastcr plaster of paris
paintings and drawings ctchings, specimens of scu'p-
turc, cabinets of coins, medals, gems and all col
lectons of antiquities; Provided the same be spe-
cialy imported in good faith for the use Of any
ciety Incorporated established for philosophical
or literary purposes for the encouragement of the
fine arts, or for the by the order Of any col
lege, academy. school, seminary of learning in the
United States animal carbon Ozone hlack) animals
living of all kinds; argOl crude tartar; articles
in crude state used in dyeing tanning not other
wise provided for; bark, Peruvian; bells. old, and
bell metal; berries, rus, flowers, plants and vegeta
bles Used exclusively in dycing in composing
dyes, but article shall be classed such that has
undergone any manufacture; bismuth bitter ap-
pes; boiling cloths bones burnt, and bone dust
books maps and charts imported by authority Of
the joint library committee of Congress- for the
OF the library of Congress; Provided, That il. in
any case contract shall have been made with any
BOOKSELLER, importer, other person. for books maps
or charts, in which contract the bookseller, impor.
ter, or other person aforesaid shall have paid the
duty, or included the duty in said contract in such
case the duty shall not be RENTED brass in bars
and pigs, or when old and fit only to be remanufac
tured; brazil wood. braZiletto, and all other dye
woods in sus bullion, gold and silver; burr stones
wrought or unwrousht, but manufactured; cabi-
nets of coins. medals and all other collections of an
tiquities coffee and tea when imported direct from
the place Of their growth or production in American
vessels, or in foreign vessels entitled by reciprocal
treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties,
tonnage and other charges; coffee the growth or
production of the possessions of the Netherlands
imported from the Netherlands in the same manner
coins, gold silver and copper; copper ore copper
when imported for the United States mint; copper
in pigs or bars when old and fit only to be
manufactured cotton Clutch; dragons blood felt |
adhesive for sheathing vessels fax unmanufactur
ed garden seeds and all other seeds for agriculture
al horticultural medicinal and manufacturing pur
poses not otherwise provided for; glass, when old
and fit only to be remanufactured; goods, wares
and merchandise the growth, produce or manufac-
ture of the United States exported to foreign
country and brought back to the United States in
the same condition as when exported upon which
no drawback or bounty has been allowed: Provided,
That all regulations to ascertain the identity thereof
prescribed by existing laws, or which may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary Of the Treasury shall be
complied with; guano; house hold effects, old, and
in use OF persons or families from foreign countries
fused abroad by them and not intended for any
other person or persons, or for sale; ice ivory un
manufactured; junk, old linseed-but not embrace
ing lax seed; madden root madden ground or pre-
pared maps and charts; models Of inventions and
other improvements in the arts Provided, That no
other article articles shall be deemed model or
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