Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1861-09-14

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IPuBLlc-No. 40.l

PuBLtc-NO. 40.
AN ACT to provide increased revenue from i'm.
ports to pay interest on the public debt, and
for other purposes
Be it enacted by The SenGie and House
of Representatives of the United Slaiei Of
America in Congress assembled, That from
and after the date ofthe passage of this act in lieu
Of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the ar
ticles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may
now be exempt from duty there shall be levied,
collected and paid, on the goods, wares, and mer-
chandise herein enumerate and provided for, i'm.
ported from foreign countries the following duties
and rates of duty that is to say First, On raw su-
gar, commonly called muscovado or brown sugar,
and on sugars not advanced above number twelve,
Dutch standard, by clayng, boiling clarifying, or
other process, and OH sirup sf sugar or Of sugar
cane and concentrated mOlsssesgor concentrated
meladO, two ceIts per pound; and on white and
clayed sugar, when advanced beyond the raw state,
above number twelve, Dutch standard by clarity
ing or other process and not yet refined two and
half cents per pound; on refined sugars, whether
loaf lump crushed, or pulyerized, four cents per
pound; on sugars after being refined, when they
are tnctured cOlOred, or in any way alulterated,
and on sugar candy, six cents per pound on molas.
ses, five cents per gallon ProUided That all
sirups of sugar or OF sugar cane concentrated
molasses or melado entered under the name Of
mOlasses or any other name than strip of sugar or
Of sugar cale concentrated m)lases or concentrat.
cd melado shall b. liabletO forfeiture to the United
States. Quail teas fifteen cents per pound; an al
monds six cents per pound; shelled almonds, six
cents per pound; on birthstone, crude, three dollars
per 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, pre-.
pared or manufactured, eight cents psr pound; On
chicory root one cent per pound and on ChicOry
ground, two cents per pound on chocolate six
cents per pound; on cassla ten cents per pound;
cassia hiaz. dftaen cents per pound; on Cinnamon,
tweuty cents tar pAnAli olv'os, o'3lt c7hI5
per pound; an cayenne pepper six centsper pound
In cayenne pepper ground, eight cents p9rpOund;
on currants, Eve cents per pound; on argoI, three
cents per pound; on cream tartar six cents per
pound; on tartaric acid, tartar emetIc, and rOch'
ellie salts, ten cents per pOund on dates two cents
per pound; on fgs, five cents per pound on GIN
ger root, three cents per pound; on ginger, ground
i've cents per pound OH lquOrice paste and Juice,
five cents per pound; liqnorlce root one cant per
pound; on mlce aud uutmeg1 twenty five cents
Der pound on nuts of all kinds, not otherwise pro-
vided for, two cents per pound; on pepper six
cents pei. pound; on pimento, six cents per pound
onpAzeSIve cents per pound; on prlnes, five
cents per pound; ON raisins, five cents per pounl,
on unmanuIactured Russia hemp, forty dollars per
ton; on Manila and other hemps of India, TWEEN
tyfve dollars per tom on lead, in pigs or bars, ona
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 III
oil, and red lead, two dollars and twenty-five
cents per one hundred pounds; on salt, in sacks
eighteen cents per one hundred pounds, and in
bulk twelve cents per one hundred pounds Oh
soda ash, one-hall cent per pound; on bicarbonatc
of soda, one cent per pound; on sal soda one half
cent per pound; on caustc soda, one cent pei
pound; on chloride of lime, thirty cents per ont
hundred pounds; on saltpetrs, crude one cent pei
pound, refined or partially refined, two cents pei
p0unui sprltS OF lurpenllnei Ten cents per gallOn
on oil ofcloves seventy cents per pound; on bran
dy, one dollar and twenty-five cents per gallon; OIL
spirits distilled from grain or other materials fifty
cents per gallon; on gum cOpal, and other gums OF
resinous Substances used for the same or simila
purposes as gum copa ten cents per pound.
Sec. 2. And be Il further eaacted That
from and after the day and year aforesaid ther,
shall he levied collected and maid 'on the importa
ton Of the articles hereinafter mentioned. Che fol
lowing duties that Is to saw; On arrow root
twenty per centum ad valorem on LINES. lomons
ORANGES bananas, and plantains, twenty DER cen
tum sd yalorem; on Peruvian bark fifteen pc
centum ad yaorem; on uuinne, thirty per centln
ad yalorem; on rags, Of whatever material. ten pc
ceutum ad valorem; on powder, thirty per cen
tum ad valorem; on feathers and downs thirty pc