Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-10-20
OFFICIAL.
fPUBIIC--No. l4G.1


Eighth Congress.
PUBILc-No. lag. ..t
AN ACT to increase duties on imports an,
For other purposes. ." 1851"
BE II enacted ty tte Senate and Horse of Repre
sentQiires qf he tn,teI States of America ~ Lnn
gress assembled, That on and after the frs
day of July. ammo DUmihi eighteen h;:airet
and sixty -four. in lieu of the duties bcretofor,
imposed by law on the articles hereinafter
mentioned, there shall he levied, collected
and paid on goods, wares, and merchandise
herein enumerated and provided for, import.
ed from foreign countries, the following du-
ties and rates of duty, that Is to say
First. On teas of all kinds, twenty. five
cents per pound. @... ... agu. ..' III
Second. On all sugar not above number
twelve. Dutch standard in color, three cents
per pound. rnht .a. .a..- ..4.-..r
On all sugar above number twelve, and not
above number fifteen, Dutch standard in col
or. three cents and half per pound.
On all sugar above number fifteen, not
stove.dried. and not above number twenty,
Dutch standard in color, four cents per pound.
On all refined sugar in form of loaf, lump,
crushed. powdered, pulverized, or granuhted,
and all stove-dried or other sugar above num-
cents per pound: Prcrided That the standard
by which the e,,lor and grades of sugar are to
be regulated shall be selected and furnished
to the collector 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 eNpedient.
On sugar candy not colored, ten cents per
pound On all other confectionery, not 9TH
erwise provided for, made wholly or in part
ofsugar, and on sugars after being refined when
tinetured, colored, or in any way adulterated,
valued at thirty cents per pound or less, fif
teen cents per pound. On all confectionery
valued above thirty cents per pound, or when
sold by the box, package, or otherwise than
by the pound. fifty per eentum AL ralorem.
Third. On molasses from sugar cane, eight
cents per gallon On sirup of sugar-cane juice.
melado, concentrated melado, or concentrated
molasses, two cents and a half per pound:
Proridtd, That all sirups of sugar or sugar
cane, cane juice, concentrated molasses or con-
centrated melado, entered under the name Of
molasses, or any other name than sirup of su-
gar, or OF sugar-cane, cane juice, concentrated
molaSses, or concentrated melado, shall be Tia
Bile TO forfeiture to the United States, and the
same shall be forfeited. -.r.sr..
Sec. 2. Ind be IL further enacted, That on and
after the day and year aforesaid in lieu of the
duties heretofore imposed by law on the arti-
cles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be lev
led collected, and paid, on the goods, wares,
and merchandise enumerated and provided
for in this section, imported from foreign
the following duties and rates OF du-
ty, that il to say ~. .H... .... ....
First. On brandy, for first proof, two dol
lars and fifty cents per gallon.
On other spirits, manufactured or distilled
from grain or other materials, for first proof,
two dollars per gallon.
On corials, and liqueurs of all kinds, and
arrack, absynthe, kirschenwasser, ratafia, and
other similar spirituous beverages, not other
wise provided for, two dollars per gallon.
On bay rum, one dollar and fifty cents per
gallon. .r
On wines of all kinds. valued at not over
fifty cents per gallon, twenty cents per gallon
and twenty five per ccntum AL valorem val
ued at over fifty cents and not over one dol
lar per gallon, fifty cents per gallon and twen-
" five per ceutum al valorem valued at
over one dollar per gallon, one dollar per gal
lon and twenty-five per cent. ad valorem
Prouidsd, That no champagne or Sparkling
wines, in bottles, shall pay less rate OF duty
than six dollars per dozen bottles, each bottle
not more than one qnart and more
than one pint, or six dollars per two dozen
bottles, each bottle containing not more than
one pint.
On all spirituous Liquors, not otherwise emu
merated, one hundred per centum AL valorem
Prorided, That no lower rate or amount of du-
ty shall be levied, collected, and paid, on
brandy, spirits, and other spiritu0uS hevcrag-
es, than that fixed by law for the description
of first proof, but shall be increased in proper
tion for any greater strength than the strength
of first proof ; and no brandy, spirits, or other
spirituous beverages shall pay a less rate of
duty than fifty per ccntum al valorem Prori-
ded, further, That all limitations of brandy, or
spirits, or Of wines imported by any names
whatever, shall be subject TO the highest rate
of duty provided for the genuine articles re-
spectfully intended to be represented. and in
no case less than one dollar per gallon: Ind
proriGed tiatter, That brandics or other spiritu-
Gus liquors, may be imported in bottles when
the package shall contain not less than one
dozen and all bottles shall pay separate
duty of two cents each, whether containing
wines, brandies, or other spirituous liquors
subject to duty rs hereinbetore mentioned.
Second. On ale, porter, and beer. in bot
ties, thirty-ive cents per gallon; otherwise
than in bottles, twenty cents per gallon.
Third On cigars Of all kinds, valued at fif.
teen dollars or less per thousand, seventy.tive
cents per pound and twenty per eentum all
valorem valued at over fifteen dollars and
not over thirty dollars per thousand, one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per pound and thir-
" per centuia AL valorem valued at over
thirty dollars and not over forty five dollars
per thousand, two dollars per pound and fifty
per centum AL valorem valued at over forty
live dollars per thousand, three dollars per
pound and sixty per centum adyaloren
Prosided, That paper cigars or cigarettes, in
cluding wrappers, shall be subject to the same
duties imposed on cigars. a= '#a
On snuff and snuff flour. manufactured Of
tobacco, ground, dry, or damp, and picked
scented, or otherwise Of all descriptions, fifty
cents per pound. 81. f.ast H.auE -
On tobacco in leaf, unmanufactured and moi
stemmed, thirty five cents per pound.
On tobacco manufactured, Of all descrip-
tions, and stemmed tobacco not otherwise
provided for. fifty cents per pound.
Sec. 3. And te q tuTl'er enacted, That on
and after the day and year aforesaid, in lieu o
the duties heretofore imposed by law on tn,
articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall b,
levied, collected, and paid on the goods
wares, and merchandise, herein enumerated
and provided for. imported from foreign eoun
tries, the following duties and rates of duty
that Is to say ~ saeE asg
On bar iron, rolled or hammered, compris
ing flats not less than one inch or more thar
Six incneS Wlue, nor ieSS imam tnTec-cfSntilS y
an inch or more than two inches thick; round
not less than three fourths of an inch no
more than two inches in diameter ant
squares not less than three-fourths of an incl
nor more than two inches square, one cen
per pound. On bar iron, rolled or hammer
ed. comprising flats not less than three-eighth
of an inch Oh more than two inches thick o
less than one inch or more than six inche
wide rounds less than three-fourths Of al
| inch or more than two inches in diameter
| and squares less than three fourths of an inc
or more than two inches square, one cent an
one half per pound i'roUided, That all iIo
| in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms, les
| finished than iron in bars, and more advance
than pig iron, except castings snail be rate
as iron in bars, and pay duty accordingly
Aad proe.ied, further, That none of the aboy
iron shah pay less rate Of duty than thirty
/ tise per centum ad yalorem. ga
l On all iron Imported in bars for RAILROAD
and inclined planes. made Ia patterns and Ii
ted 10 bc laid down on such roads or plan'
without further manufacture, sixty cents p
one hundred pounds. On boiler or 9th