Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-08-16
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at lie First Session Of The WUty-sepeat
Congress.

Passed at lie First Session Of The IhUiy-@peaM
Congress.
AN ACT to provide increased revenue from I'M
ports, to pay interest on the public debt, and
for other purposes.
! Be il enacted by The Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires of Tie United States Of 4meTica IN Con-
gress assembled, That, frcm anl after the date of
the passage of this act, in lieu Of the duties
heretofore imposed by law on the articles here
matter mentioned. and on such as mny now be
exempt from duty, there shall be levied, col
lccted, and paid, ON the goods, wares, and mer-
chandise herein enumerated and provided for,
imported from foreign countries, the following
duties aud rates of duty, that ia to say: First,
On raw sugar, commonly called muscovado or
brown sugar, and on sugars not advanced above
number twelve, Dutch standard, by claying, boil
lug, clarifying, or other process, aud on strip of
sugHr or of sugar cane and concentrated molas-
ses. or concentrated melado, two cents per pound;
and on white and clayed sugar, when advanced
| beyond the raw state, above number twelve,
Dutch standard, by clarifying or other process,
aud not yet refined, two and half cents per
pound ON refined sugars. whether loaf, lump,
crushed, or pulserized four cents per pound ,
on sugars after being refined, when they are
tinotured, colorcd, or in any way adulterated,
and ON sugar candy, six cents per pound on
moAsses, five cents per gallon: Prordd, that
all slrups of sugar ct Of sugar cane, concentrated
| mOasses or mclado. entered under the name Of
molnsses, or any other name than strip Of sugar
or Of sugar cane, concentrated mOlasses, or con
centrated melado, shall be liable 4 forfeiture Ia
| the United States. On all teas, fifteen cents pei
pounds on almonds, fur ceuts per pound
shelled almonds, six ceuts per pound; on brm
stone, crude, three dollars per ton; on birthstone
in rolls six dollars per ton; on coffee, of al
kinds, four cents per pound; on cocoon, thre'
cents Ter pound on cocoa leaves and cOcoi
shells, two cents per pound on cocoa, prepare,
or manufactured, eight cents per pound; OF
chicory root one cent per pound and on chicOr!
ground, two cents per pound; on chocolate, sil
cents per pound on cassia, ten cents per pound
cassia buds, fifteen cents per pound on CHINA
mon, twenty cents per pound on cloves, eigh
cents per pound on cayenne pepper, six cent
per pound; on cayenne pepper, ground, eigh
cents per pound; on currants, five cents pc
pound; on argol, three cents per pound; OF
! cream tartar, six cents per pound; on tartari
acid, tartar emetic, and rochelle salts, ten cent
I per pound on dates, two cents per pound Of
u figs, five cents per pound; on ginger root, tire
y cents per pound on ginger, ground, five cent
n per pound on liquorice paste and Juice, iiv
cents per pound liquorce root, one cent pc
8 pounds on mace and nutmegs, twenty-five cent
per pound on nuts of all kinds, not otherws
provided for, two cents per pound on pepper
six cents per pound on pimento, six cents pc
pound on plums, five cents per pound o
prunes, five cents per pound; on raisins, fy
cents per pound; on manufactured Russi
hemp, forty dollars per ton; on Manila an
other hemps of India, twenty-five dollars pc
ton on lead, in pigs or bars, one dollar and fit
cents per one hundred pounds; in sheets, tw
dollars and twenty five cents per one huulre
s. pounds; white lead, dry or ground
oil, and red lead, two dollars and twenty fy
cents per one hundred pounds on salt,
sacks, eighteen cents per one hundre
!, pounds, and in bulk, twelve cents per one hun
dred pounds on soda ash, one-half cent pc
pound; on bicarbonate Of soda, one cent pc
pound on sal soda, one half cent per pound
4, on canstic soda, one cent per pound on Chord
Of lime, thirty cents per one hundred pounds o
D., saltpetre, crude, one cent per pound, refined, a
V partially refined, two cents per pound spir
of turpentine, ten cents per gallon; GU oil
cloves, seventy cents per pound; on brandy, on
dollar and twenty-five cents per gallon o
C spirits distilled from grain, or other mate
d rails, fifty cents per gallon; on gum cOpa mn
n other gums or resinous substances used for III
If same or similar purposes as gum copali te
cents per pound.
IS Size .. Ind be il further enacted, That, fro
and after the day and year aforesaid, there shA
If be levied, collected, and paid, on the imports
ton of the articles hereinafter mentioned, Il
lie following duties, that is to say; On arrow-roc
twenty per centum ad yaloremi on ginger, pr
l. served or picked, thirty per centum nd yaOren
III on lines, lemons oranges, bananas, and plaI
" tains, twenty per centum ad vaorem; on Per,
is Wan bark, fifteen per centum ad valorem
quiBine, thirty per centum ad yalOrem; on rag
II OF whatever material, ten per centum nd vail
l. rem on gunpoTder, thirty per oentum nd vail
ID rem on feathers and downs, thirty per centu
D. ad valOren; on hides, ten per centum ad vail
rem on sole and bend leather, thirty per Gel
l. tum ad valorem; on India rubber, raw or II
manufactured, ten per centdm ad valorem; {
lg ludia-rubber shoes and boots, thirty per ce
tum ad valorcm; on ivory, unmanufacture
10 and on vegetable ivory, ten per centum ad VI
loren; on wines of all kinds, fifty per centu
p ad valorem; on silk in the gum not more
k vanced in the manufacture than single tram al
, thrown or Organ2ine, twenty-five per centum
s. val0rem on all silks valued ut not over one dc
in lar per square yard, thirty per centum al val
rem on all silks valued over one doll r p
square yard, forty per ccntum ad yalorem
all silk velyets or velyots of which tilk is d
l. component material Of chief value, valued
Is three dollars per square yard or under, thir
per centum nd yalorem; valued at over thr
lie dollars per square yard, forty per centum
A. valOrem on floss silks, thirty per centum
IN yalorem; on silk ribbons, GALLONS, brait
iringes, laces, tassels, buttons, butt0n-clOtt
TX trimmings and on silk twist, twist composed
mohair and silk, sewing silk in gum or puritie
I'd and all other manufactures Of silk, or OF viii
y, silk shall be the component material of chi
value, not otherwise provided for forty p
I'd centum ad valorem.
a Sec. 8. And be il. further enacted, That all n
ie tices, goods, wares, and merchandise, import
e. from beyond the Cape of Good Hope in forei
ne vessels, not entitled by reciprocal treaties to
nj exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, Al
IN other charges and oil other articles, goods war
st and merchandise not imported direct from
ne place of their growth or production, or in fore
in vessels, entitled by reciprocal treaties to be G
a empt from discriminating duties, tonnage a
other charges, shall be subject to- pay, in q
d diton to the duties imposed by this act, ten p
es centum I'D yAlorem; PrOUided, That this ~
= shall not apply to goods, wares, aud mercha
a disc imported from beyond the Cape of Coz
IS Hope in American vessels
+ Sec. A. And be il FURTHER enacted, That, fro