Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-17
aud GENE, sealed or unsealed, in cans or

aud GENE, sealed or unsealed, in cans or
Otherwise;
Rataus aud reeds, manufactured or parti-
ally manufactured; ~
Roofing states;
Seagliola tops for tables or other articles of
furniturei
Sealing-wax;
Side arms of every description;
SilVer-plated metal, ia sheets or other
Stereotype plates; r
Still bottoms;
TWinsS and packthread, OF whatever mate
rial composed, not otherwise provided
Type metal; M
Types, new r1-- af
Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshAdes;
Velvet, when printed or paintedi
Waters; t
Water colors; .a
Watches aud parts of watches, and watch
materials, and unfinished parts Of watch
Webbing, composed of wool, cotton, flax,
or any other materials, not otherwise
provided for.
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the day and year aforesaid,
there shall be levied, collected, and paid on
all goods, wares, and merchandise of the
growth or produce of countries beyond the
Cape of Good Hope, when imported from
places this side of Cape Good Hope, duty
Of ten per ceutum ad yalorem, and in ad-
dition TO the duties imposed on any snch
articles when imported directly from tue
place or places of their growth or produce
tion.
Sec. 10. Aud be it further enacted, That
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after the thirty.frst day of December,
eighteen hundred and sixty.tWO, shall be
entered at any custom house in the United
States from any foreign port or place, or
from any port or place in the United States,
whether ships or vessels OF the United
States, or belonging wholly or in part to
subjects of foreign Powers, there shall be
paid tax or tonnage duty of ten cents per
ton of the measurement of said vessel, 10
addition TO any tonnage duty now imposed
by law: Provided, That the said tax or
tonnage duty shall not be collected more
than once in each year on any ship, vessel,
or steamer having license to trade be-
tween different districts of the United
States, or to carry on the bank, whale, or
other fisheries, whilst employed therein, or
on any ship, vessel, or steamer, to or from
any port or place in Mexico, the British
Provinces of North America, or any of the
West India Islands; Provided, also, That
nothing in this act contained shall be deem.
ed in anywise to impair any rights and
privileges which have been or may be ac-
quired by any foreign nation under the laws
and treaties of. the United States relative TO
the duty on tonnage of vessels Provided,
further, That so much of the act of Au-
gust eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-
six, entitled can act TO authorize protec-
tion to be given to citizens of the United
States who may discover deposits OF gua-
no" as prohibits the export thereof, is
hereby suspended for one year from and
after the passage of this act.
Sec. lG. And be 1t farther enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, in
estimating the allowance for Iare on all
chests, boxes, cases, casks, bags, or other
envelope or covering of all articles import
ed liable to pay any duty, where the origi-
nal invoice is produced at the time of mink
ing entry thereof, and the tare shall be
specified therein, it-shRll be lawful for the
collector, If he shall see fit, or for the col
leetor and naval officer,if such officers there
be, if they shall see ft, with the consent OF
the cOnsignees, to estimate the said tare
according to such invoice; but in all other
cases the real tare shall be allowed. and
may be ascertained under such regulations
as the Secretary of the Treasury may from
time to time prescribe but in no case shall
there be any allowance for draft.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the first day of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-tWo, no goods,
wares, or merchandise subject to ad valor-
em or specific duty, whether belonging to
a person or persons residing in the United
States or otherwise, Or whether acquired by
the ordinary process of bargain and sale,
or otherwise, shall be admitted TO entry,
unless the invoice of such goods, wares, or
merchandise be verified by the oath Of the
owner or one of the owners, or in the alb
sence of the owner, one of the party who
| Is authorized by the owner 70 make the
shipment and sign the invoice of the same,
certifying that the invoice annexed contains
true and faithful account, if subject to ad
valOrem duty aud obtained by purchase, of
the actual cost thereof, and of all charges
thereon, and that no discounts, bounties or
drawbacks are contained in the said invoice
bat such as have actually been allowed on
the same; and when consigned or obtained
in any manner other than by purchase the
actual market value thereof, aud IL subject
to specific duty, of the actual quantity
thereof; which said oath shall be admiu-
istered' by the consul or commercial agent
Of the United States 10 the district where
the goods are manufactured, or from which
they are sent; and if there be no consul or
commercial agent of the United States in
the said district, the verifcation hereby
required shall be made by the consul or
commercial agent of the United States at
the nearest point, or at the port from which
the goods are shipped, in which case tho
oath shall be administered by some public
olieer, duly authorized TO administer oaths,
and transmitted with n coDv Of the invofre
authorization; aud this act shall be con-
strued ouly to modify, and not repeal, the
act Of March FIRST, eighteen hundred aud
twenty three, entitled, 'An act supplement
tary to, and to amend an act entitled IAN
act 70 regulate the collection of duties on
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