The Portland daily press., 1863-03-14
AN ACT to modify existing laws imposing
duties on imports and for other purposes.


Be it enacted by the Senate aud House Of
Representatives Of the United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That all goods,
wares and merchandise, now in public store or
bonded warehouses, on which duties are un-
paid, having been in bond more than one
year. and less than three years, when the act
entitled an act increasing temporarily the du
ties on imports and for other purposes, ap-
proved July IA, 1862, went into effect. may be
entered for consumption and the bonds can
celled, at any time before the first day of June
next, on payment Of the duties at the rates
prescribed by the act aforesaid, and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with the prov-
sions of this act are hereby repealed.
Sect. 2.-And be it further enacted, That
Sect. IA of an act entitled an "Act increasing
temporarily the duties on imports and for 9TH
er purposes" approved July IA, 1852, be, and
the same hereby Is, modified so as to allow
cotton and raw silk as reeled from the cocoon,
of the growth or produce of countries beyond
the Cape of Good Hope, to be exempt from
any additional duty when imported from places
this side of the Cape of Good Hope, for two
years from and after the passage of this act.
Sect 3.-And be it further enacted, That so
much of an act entitled an Act to authorize
protection to be given to citizens of the Unit
ed States who may discover deposits of guano,"
approved August Is, 1856, as prohibits the ex-
pOIbs tutitoi, HticDl susptHutu
to all persons who have complied with the
provisions of Section second of said act, for
two years from and after July IA, 1858.
Sect. And be il further enacted, That the
provisions in Section fifteen of an act entitled
an "Act increasing temporarily the duties on
imports and for rther purposes approved Ju-
ly IA, 1862, shall be construed to include any
ship, vessel, or steamer, TO or from any port
south of Mexico, down to and including As
pinwall and Panama.
Sect 5.-And be it further enacted, That in
lieu Of the duties now imposed by law, there
shall be levied and collected upon printing
paper unsized used for book and newspapers
exclusively, twenty-five per ccntum ad valo-
rem; upon seedlac and sticklac, the same du-
ties now imposed upon gum shcllac; upon pol
ishing powders Of all descriptions, Frankfort
Black, and Berlin Chinese Fig, and wash blue,
twenty-five per ceninm ad valorem.
Sect 6-And be 1t further enacted, That
from and after the passage Of this act, the du-
ty on petroleum and coal Illuminating oil crude
and not refined, when imported from foreign
countries in crude state, shall be twenty-five
per centum ad valorem and no more.
Sect. 7.-And be it further enacted, That,
from and after the passage of this act. there
shall be allowed drawback on foreign salt
petre, manufactured into gunpowder in the
United States and exported therefrom, equal
In amount 10 the duty paid on the foreign
saltpetre from which it shall be manufactured
TO be ascertained- under such regulations as
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury and no more. Prorided, That ten
per centum on the amount Of all drawbacks
so allowed shall be retained for the use of the
United States, by the Collectors paying such
drawbacks respectively.
Approved, March 3, 1868.