The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-16
OFFICTAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
'assed at the First Session Of the THirtv-
seventh Congress.
[PUBLIo-No. 4O.1

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imports, TO pay interest on the public
debt, and for other purposes.
Ee - enacted By the Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of The United States of Amer
lcG IN Congress Assembled, That from and
after the date of the passage of this act. 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
enumerated and provided for, imported from
foreign countries, the following duties and
rates OF duty, that is to say First, On raw
sugar, commonly called muscovado or
brown sugar, and on sugars not advanced
above number twelve, Dutch standard. by
claying, boiling, clarifying, or other process,
and on syrup of sugar or of sugar cane and
concentrated molasses, or concentrated me-
lado, two cents per pound and on white
and elayed sugar, when advanced beyond
the raw state, above number twelve, Dutch
standard, by clarifying or other process
and not yet refined, two and a half cents
per pound on refined sugars, whether loaf,
lump, crushed, or pulverized, four cents per
pound; on sugars, after being refined, when
they are tinctured, colored, or in any way
adulterated, and on sugar candy, six cents
per pound; on molasses, Eve cents per gal
Ion: ProUided, That all syrups of sugar
or of sugar cane, concentrated molasses or
meladO, entered under the name of mOlas-
ses, or any other name than syrup of sugar
or OF sugar cane, concentrated mOlasses. or
concentrated meado, shall be liable to for
feiture to the United States On all teas.
hfteen cents per pound on almonds, four
cents per pound shelled almonds, six cents
per pound on birthstone, crude, three dol
lars ler ton on birthstone, in rolls, six
dollars per ton on coffee of all kinds four
cents per pound on cocoa, three cents per
pound on cocoa leaves and cocoa shells.
Two cents per pound on cocoa, prepared or
manufactured, eight cents per pound /; on
ehlcOry root, one cent per pound and on
chicory ground, two cents per pound F.; on
chocolate, six cents per pound on cassia.
ten eents per pound cassia buds, fifteen
cents per pound on cinnamon, twenty
cents per pound; on cloves, eight cents per
pound on cayenne pepper six cents Der
pound cayenne T-=FTser5- y5-s,sssra, sss-a-
cents per pound on currants, five cents per
pound on argol, three cents per pound
on cream tartar, six cents per pound on
tartaric acid, tartar emetic, and rochelle
salts, ten cents per pound on dates, two
cents per pound on figs, five cents per
pound on ginger root, three cents per
pound on ginger, ground five cents per
pound on hquorice paste and juice, five
cents per pound iquorice root, one cent
per pound; on mace and nutmegs, twenty
five cents per pound; on nuts of all kinds,
not otherwise provided for, two cents per
pound on pepper, six cents per pound on
pimento, six cents per pound on plums,
five cents per pound; on prunes, Eve cents
per pound on raisins, five cents per pound;
on unmanufactnred Russia hemp, forty dol
lars per ton; on Manila and other hemps
of India, twenty-five dollars per ton on
lead, in pigs or bars, one dollar and fifty
cents per one hundred pounds; in sheets,
two dollars and twenty-five cents per one
hundred pounds; on white lead, dry or
ground in oil, and red lead, two dollars and
twenty-five cents per one hundred pounds
on salt in sacks, eighteen cents per one
hundrf pounds, and in bulk, twelve cents
per Ona hundred pounds on soda ash, one
half cent per pound; on bi-carbonate of So
da, one cent per pound on sal soda, one
half cent per pound; on canstic Soda one
cent per pound on chloride of lime, thirty
cents per one hundred pounds; on saltpetre,
crude, one cent per pound, refined, or par
TALLY refined, two cents per pound spirits
OF turpentine ten cents per gallon on oil
of cloves, seventy-five cents per pound on
brandy, one dollar and twenty we cents
per gallon; on spirits distilled from grain,
or other materials, fifty cents per gallon
on gum copal, and other gums or resinous
substances used for the same or similar pur-
poses as gum copal, ten cents per pound.
Sec. 2. And be al further enacted, That
re ePd qftsr b ,2 the f day and year aforesaid
the importation of the articles hereinafter
mentioned. the following duties, that Is 10
say: On arrow root, twenty per centuIn au
yalorem on ginger, preserved or picked,
tb,rtv per centum ad Valorem; on lines,
m Ions, oranges, bananas, and plantalns,
twenty per centum ad valOrem; on feruVl-
an bark, fifteen per centum ad Valoreui; on
ouinine, thirty per eentum ad Valorem on
rags, of whatever material, ten per centnnl
ad valorem; on gunpowder, thirty pei
centnm ad valorem ; on feathers and down
thirty per centum ad valorem on hides
ten per centum ad valorem on sole anG
bend leather, thirty per centum ad valOFem
on Ipdia-rubber, raw or unmanufactured
ten ner eentum ad valorem; on India-Tub
her shoes and boots, thirty per centnm O.
valorem: on ivory unmanufactured, and o
veoetable ivory ten per centum ad yaloFen
oIw wines of all kinds, fifty per centum a
vsIorem on silk in the gum, not more ad
vanced in manufacture than single tral
and thrown or organzines twenty per cen
um ad valorem; on all silks valued at
over one dollar per square yard, thirty P
centum ad valorem; on aE silks Vaiu
over one dollar per square yard forty
eentum ad Valorem en- all silk VelVets,
velvets of which silk is the component n
teTial of chief value, valued at three dolli
per square yard, or under, thirty per cent?
ad valorem; valued ut over three doll
per square yard, forty per cen:um ad valt
EN-; on floss silks, thirty per centum ad
loren; on silk ribbon, galloons, braids, fri
%. Iaces, tassels, buttons, button cloths, tTi
mings, and on silk twist, composed Of q
hair and silk, sewing silk in gum OF pt
fed, and all other manufactures Of silk,
of which silk shall be the component ms
rial Of chief value, not otherwise proVi
for, forty per centuml ad. vaiorem.