Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-05-18

| less strength and shall be- increased in pro-
portion for any greater strength that [than] the
strength of first proof.
On spun silk for filling, In skins or cops ten
per centum ad valorem.
On iron bars for railroads or inclined planes,
| ten cents per one hundred pounds.
On wrought iron tubes one cent per pound
| Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
| from and after this act takes effect, in lieu of
| the duties heretofore imposed by law on the
| importation of the articles mentioned in this
section, there shall be levied, collected. and
that is to say:
| On cotton, five cents per pound.
On illuminating oil and naphtha, benzine,
and benzole, refined or produced from the dis |
tillation Of coal, asphaltum, shale, peat, petro
leum, or rock oil, or other bituminous substan-
ces used for like purposes, forty cents per gal
lon.
On crude petroleum or rock oil, twenty cents
per gallon. $685.. .... ..
On crude coal oil, fifteen cents per gallon.
On tobacco stems. fifteen cents per pound.
On ready made clothing Of silk. or OF which
silk shall be a component material of chief
value, sixty per centum al valorem.
On quicksilver, fifteen per centum ad valo-
rem.
Sec l. And he it further enacted, That
| section fifteen of an act entitled An act in |
4 W =,
and for other purposes, approved July four
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two be,
and the same hereby is, amended 80 as to i'm
pose tax or tonnage duty of thirty cents per
ton in lieu Of .'ten cents, as therein mention
ed: Propided, That the receipts of vessels
paying tonnage duty shall not be subject to
the tax provided in section one hundred and
three of IAN act to provide internal revenue
to support the government, TO pay interest on
nublip for nth m
proved June thrteth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-iour. nor by any act amendatory there
of: Prorided, further. That no ship, vessel, or
steamer having license to trade between diff
ferent districts Of the United States, or to car
ry on the bank, whale, or other fisheries, or
any ship, vessel. or steamer to or from any
port or place in Mexico, the British provinces
of North America, or any of the West India
Islands, or in all these trades. shall be requir.
ed to pay the tonnage duties contemplated by
this act more than once year.
Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That
the term ''statuary," as used in the laws now
in force, imposing duties on foreign importa-
tons, shall he understood to include profess
sional productions of a statuary, or Of a sculp-
tor only.
Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be hereafter collected and paid on
all goods, wares and merchandise of the
growth or produce of countries of the Cape of
Good Hope, except raw cotton and raw silk
as reeled from the cocoon, or not further ad.
vanced than tram, thrown, or organzine,
when imported from places west of the Cape
of Good Hope. a duty of ten per centum ad
vaorem, in addition to the duties imposed on
any such article when imported directly from
the place or places of their growth or produc-
ton.
| Sec. T. And be it further enacted, That in
all cases where there u.s. or shall he imposed
any ad valorem rate of duty on any goods,
wares. or merchandise, imported into the Uni |
ted States, and in all cases where the duty inn
posed by law shall be regulated by or directed |
| to be estimated or based upon the value Of the |
square yard, or of any specified quantity or
parcel OF such goods wares, or merchandise, II
shall be the duty oe the collector within whose
district the same shall be imported or entered,
to cause the actual market value or wholesale
price thereof at the period of the expectation
to the United States, in the principal markets
of the country from which the same shall have
been imported into the United States, to be
appraised. and such appraised value shall he
consideredtbe value upon which duty shall be
assessed That it shall be lawful for the own
er, consgnee, or agent of any goods, wares,
or merchandise which shall have been actu.
ally purchased or procured otherwise than by
purchase, at the time and not afterwards, when
he shall produce his original invoice or invo-
ces to the collector and make and verify his
written entry Of his goods, wares, or merchan-
disc, as provided by section thirty of tho
act of March two. seventeen hundred and
ninety-nine, entitled IAN act to regulate the
collection OF duties on imports and tonnage"
to make such addition in the entry to the cost
or value given in the invoice as in his opinion
may raise the same to the actual market value
or wholesaleprice of such goods. wares OF mer-
chandise at the period Of expectation to the
fail. Statac l..,
country from which the same shall have been
imported, and it shall be the duty of the col
, lector within whose district the same may lie
imported or entered, to cause such actual mar
ket value or wholesale price to be appraised in
accordance with the provisions of existing
laws, and If such appraised value shall exceed.
by ten per centum cor more. the value SO de-
cIared in the entry, then, in addition to the
duties imposed by law on the same there shall
be levied. collected and paid duty of twenty
per centum ad valorem on such appraised val.
uc: Procided, That the duty shall not he rs
scssed upon an amount less than the invoice
or entered value, any act of Congress to the
contrary notwithstanding And pyovided fur
uer, That the sections twenty third and twen-
ty-fourth of the act approved June thirtieth,
leighteen hundred and sixty four entitled IAN
act to increase duties on imports. and for 9TH
er purposes" and all acts and parts of acts re-
lquiring duties to be assessed upon commits
sions, brokerage, cost of transportation. ship
ment, trans-shipment. and other like costs and
charges incurred in placing any goods wares, |
or merchandise on shipboard, and all acts or
parts OF acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this act are hereby repealed
Sec. 8. And be it 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 Sec
tion second Of said act, FIR two years from and
after July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect on and after the first
day of April. eighteen hundred and sixty-five
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That SO
much OF sections thirty-nine. forty forty one, |
fortytw forty.t three. and forty -four of the |
act entitled IAN ACT to regulate the collection |
of duties on imports and tonnage, approved
March second, seventeen hundred and ninety |
nine, as requires the branding or marking and
certifying Of casks. chests vessels and cases
containing distilled spirits or teas be, and the
same Is hereby, revived, to be executed under
such rules and regulations AZ shall he prescrib
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury
Sec. IL. And be il further enacted That
fax and hemp machinery and steam agricultu-
raj machinery, as designated in section 81 Of
the act Ito increase duties on imports and for
other purposes, approved June thirtieth eigh-
teen hundred and sixty four. may be imported
free from duty for one year from the passage
Il Of this act.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
in all proceedings brought by the United States
in any court for due recovery as well of duties
upon imports alone. of penalties for the
non. payment thereof, the judgment shall re
cite that the same Is rendered for duties and
such judgment interest, and costs shall lie
payable in the coin by law receivable for du-
ties, and the execution issued on such judg-
ment shall set forth that the recovery il for
duties, and shall require the marshal to satisfy
the same ia the coin by law receivable for du-
ties, and in case of levy upon and sale of the
property of the judgment debtor the marshal
shall refuse payment from any purchaser ut
such sale, in any other money than that spec-
fed in the execution.
Sec Is. And he it further enacted, That
the eighth section Of the act If March twenty
third. eighteen hundred and fifty -four. ..to ex
tend the warehousing system by establishing
private bonded warehouses and for other pur-