Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-08-29
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An act to modify existing laws imposing
Duties on Imports, and for other Pur-
poses.
Be IL cnactcd by Mr StHair ard Uousc IF
Representatives Of tie Ia!fcd Siatcs Of liner
ica in Congress assembled, That, all goods,
wares. and merchandise now in public stores
or bonded warehouses, on which duties arc
unpaid, having been in bond more than one
year and less than three years, when the act
entitled "An act increasing temporarily, the
duties on imports, and for other purposes"
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, went into effect, may be en-
tered for consumption and the bonds can
ccllcd, at any time before the first day Of
June next. on payment Of duties at the rates
prescribed by the act aforesaid, and all acts,
and parts Of acts, inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. .. And Lc It f4Hho' enactrd, That
section fourteen of an ac: entitled, "An act
Increasing temporarily the duties on imports,
and for other purposes" approved July four
tccnth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be,
and the same hereby is, modified so as to
allow cotton and raw silk rs rcclcd from the
cocoon, of the & owth or produce of countries
beyond the Cape Of Good Hope, to be ex-
empt from any additional duty when i'm
ported from places this side of the Cape Of
Good Hope, for two years from and after the
passage of this act.
Sec. 3. dad he It f1rhcr enacted, That so
much of an act entitled "An act to author
izc protection to be given to citizens Of the
United States, who may discover deposits of
guano," approved August eighteen, eighteen
hundred and fifty-six, as prohibits the export
thereof, is hereby suspended in relation to all
persons who have complied with the provis-
ions of section second of said act for two
years from and after July fourteenth, eight
cen hundred and sixty-thrcc.
Sec. 4. And be 1t .tnnAcr enacted, That
the proviso in section fifteen of an act enti-
tied San act increasing temporarily the du-
ties on imports, and for other purposes" ap-
proved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, shall be construed to include any
ship. vessel, or steamer to or from any port
or place south of Mexico down to and in
cluding Aspinwall and Panama.
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That in
lieu of the duties now imposed by law there
shall be levied and collected upon printing
paper unsized. used for books and ncwspa-
pers exclusively. twenty per centum ad val
orem; upon secdlac and sticklac the same
duties now imposed upon gum shellac upon
polishing powders of all descriptions Frank
fort black, and Berlin, Chinese, Fig and
wash blue, twenty-five per centum ad val
orem.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, the
duty on petroleum and coal illuminating oil,
crude and not refined, when imported from
foreign countries in a crude state, shall be
twenty per centum ad valorem, and no more.
Sec. 7. And be 1t further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, there
shall be allowed drawback on foreign salt
petrc, manufactured into gunpowder in the
United States and exported therefrom, equal
in amount to the duty paid on foreign salt
petre from which it shall be manufactured,
to he ascertained under such regulations as
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and no more Pr0cided, That ten
per centum on the amount of all drawbacks
SO allowed shall be retained for the use Of