Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-25
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OFFICIAL.
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h~ss.l.ssAlS
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed ut the Second Session or The Thirty
seventh Congress.
lPUBLrc-No. l34.1

PUBLIc-No. l34.
AT ACT increasing, temporarily, the
duties on imports, and for other
purposes.
| BE enacted by he Senate and House Of Repret
stntatices Of The United States Of America in t5p.
gyess ossembted That from and after the first
day of August, anno Domini eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, in lieu of the
duties heretofore imposed by law on
the articles hereinafter mentioned
there shall be levied, collected, and
paid, on the goods, wares, and mcr-
chandisc, herein enumerated and pro.
vided for, imported from foreign coun.
tries, the following duties and rates
OF duty, that is to say:
On sirnp Of sugar, or Of sugar
cane, or concentrated molasses, or
concentrated melado, two cents per
pound
On all sugar not above number
twelve, Dutch standard i'm color, two
and one-half cents per pound
On all sugar above number twelve.
and not above number fifteen, Dutch
standard in color, three cents per
pound
On all sugar above number fifteen,
not stove dried, and not above num-
bcr twenty Dutch standard in color,
three and one-half cents per pound
On all refined sugar in form of loaf,
lump, crushed, powdered, pulvcr-
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dried or other sugar above number
twenty Dutch standard in color, four
cents per pound Prorided, That the
standards hy which the colors and
grades OF sugars arc To be regulated
shall be selected and furnished to the
collectors of such ports of entry as
may be necessary. by the Secretary
of the Treasury, from time to time
and in such manner as he may deem
cxpedicnt
On sugar candy not colorcd, six
cents per pound on all other CON
fcctioncry, made wholly or in part of
sugar, and on sugars, after being re.
fined, when tinctured, colorcd, or in
any way adultcratcd, ten cents per
pound
On molasses, six cents per gallon !:
Prorided, That all sirups of sugar or
sugar cane, concentrated molasscs, or
concentrated melado, entered under
the name of molasses or any other
name than sirup of sugar, or Of SUI
gar cane, concentrated molasscs, or
concentrated mclado, shall be liable
to forfeiture to the United States, and
the same shall be forfeited;
On cigars OF all kinds, valued at
five dollars or less per thousand, thir-
ty-livc cents per pound valued at
over five dollars and not over ten
dollars per thousand, sixty cents per
pound valued at over ten and not
over twenty dollars per thousand, one
dollar per pound and in addition
thereto on all cigars valued at over
ten dollars per thousand, ten per CEN
tum ad vaorem Proriied, That pa
per cigars, or cigarettes, including
wrappers, shall be subject to the same
duties imposed on cigars
On snuff, thirty-iivc cents per pound
On tobacco, in leaf, unmanufactur
ed and not stemmed, twenty-five cent:
per pound
On stemmed, and tobacco mann
factured of all descriptions, not 9th
erwise provided for, thirty-fve cents
per pound /;
! SEC. 2. And be further enacted, Tha
from aud after the day and year afore
said, in addition to the duties hereto
fore imposed by law, Oh the articles
hereinafter mentioned, and include,
in this section, there shall be levied
collected, and paid, on the goods
wares, and merchandise herein emu
mcrated and provided for, importe,
from foreign countries, the followin.
duties and rates Of duty, that is t
say:
On brandy, for first proof, twenty
five cents per gallon
Ga other spirits, manufactured 0
distilled from grain or other materials
for first proof, fifty cents per gallon
On cordials. and liquors of all kind
and arrack, absynthc, kirschcnwasscl
ratafia, and other similar spirituou
beverages not otherwise provided fol
twenty-five cents per gallon;
On bay rum, twenty-five cents pc
i, gallon
: On ale, porter, and beer, in bottle.
or otherwise, five cents per gallon
: On all spirituous liquors not o,hc
wise enumerated, sixteen and tw,
thirds per centum ad valorcm Pr
riied, That no lower rate or amount
duty shall be levied. collected, an
+ paid, on brandy, spirits, and all 9th,
It spirituous beverages, than that fixc
by law for the description of fir
proof, but shall be increased in pr
portion for any greater strength tha
the strength of first proof: and pr
= rded further, That bottles containiu
=. wines subject to ad valorem duti,
ID shall be liable to and pay the san
rate Of duty as that fixed upon Il
K wines therein contained.
c. SEC 3. And be IL further enacted, Tn
from and after the day and year afor
said in addition no the dniics heret
fore imposed by law on the articl
,s hereinafter mentioned and included
this section, there shall be levied, Q,
lected and paid, on the goods, ware
and merchandise, herein ennmerat
and provided for, imported from fe
cign countries, the following duti
i, and rates Of duty, that is to say
ay On bar iron, rolled or hammer,
nd comprising flats not less than one ln'
"a or more than seven inches wide, n
ng less than one-quarter Of an inch
~ more than two inches thick roun