The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-28


Az ACT to modify existing laws impos-
ing duties on imports, and for ether
purposes,
Be Il enacted BY hs Senate aud House o.
Representatives ofue United States al Alney-
tea IA Congress assembled That all goods,
wares, and merchandise now in public
stores or bonded warehouses, on which
duties are unpaid, having been in bond
more than one year and less than three
years, when tho act entitled can act in :
creasing temporarily the duties on im-
ports, and for other purposes" approved
July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two, went into effect, may be en-
tered for consumption aud the bonds
cancelled at any time before the first
day Of June next, on payment Of the du-
ties at the rates prescribed by the act
aforesaid, rnd all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Ind Je Il further enacted, That
section fourteen of an act entitled can
act increasing temporarily the duties on
imports, and for other purposes" APP
proved July fourteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty two, 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 tho
passage Of this act.
Sec. B. Ahd be IL further enacted, That
so much of an act entitled IAN act to
authorize 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 provisions Of
section second of said act for two years
from and alter July fourteen, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three.
the proviso in section fifteen of an act
entitled An act increasing temporarily
the duties on imports, and for other
purposes" approved July fourteen, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-two, shall be
construed 10 include any ship, vessel,
or steamer TO or from any port or
place south Of Mexico down TO and in
Guiding Aspinwall and Panama.
Sec. 8. And be Il further eaalted, That in
lieu of the duties now imposed by law
there shall be levied and collected upon
printing paper unsized, used for books
and newspapers exclusively, twenty per
centum ad Valorem; upon sudlac and
sticklac the same duties now imposed
upon gum shellac; upon polishing pow
ders, of all descriptions, Frankfort black,
and Berlin, Chinese, fig and wash blue,
twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
Sec. 6. A1id Be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act
the duty on petroleum and coal illumin-
atiug oil, crude and not refined, when
imported from foreign countries in q
crude state, shall be twenty per contum
I'D yalorem and no more.
Sec. z. And 10 IL flrHer enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act
there shall be allowed q drawback on
foreign saltpetre manufactured into gun
powder in the United States and export
ed therefrem, equal in amount 90 the du-
ty paid on the foreign saltpetre from
which il shall be manufactured, TO be as
certainsd under such regulations as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury and no more ProUided, 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 re-
speotiyely.
Approved, March 3, 1868.