New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-25

paper, including waste rope and waste
basging.
Rhubarb.
Resins, crude, not otherwise provided for.
Rose leaves.
, Saffron and saff1ower.
Sarsaparilla, crude.
Seaweed, not otherwise provided for.
ScammOny, CT resin of scammOny.
Sandal wood.
Seeds: cardamon, earaway, corlander,
fenugreek, fennel, cummin, and other seeds
not otherwise provided for.
SIENNA, in leaves.
Shells of every description, not manufae-
tured.
Shrimps, or other shell fish,
Skeletons, and other preparations OF anat-
emy
Silkworm eggs.
Specimens of natural history. botany, and
mineralogy, when imported for cabinets AS
objects of taste or science, and not for sale.
Squills, or silla.
Sweepings of silver or gold
TapiOca caSsava, or cassada.
Tea plants.
Turtles.
Verdigris, or subacetate of copper.
Wood ashes, and I've OF, and beet-root
ashes
Woods, viz; poplar, or other woods for
the manufacture of paper.
Worm seed, Levant.
Xylonite, or Xylotile.
SEC %. And be it further enacted, That
for the term of two years from and after
the passage of this act and no longer. ma
chinery and apparatus designed only tor,
and adapted to be used for, steam-towage
on canals, and not now manufactured IN
the United States may be imported by any
State, or by any person duly authorized by
the legislature of any State, free OF duty,
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
And also that for the term of two years
from and after the passage Of this act, and md
no Longer, steam-plow machinery, adapted
to the cultivation of the soil, may be i'm
ported by any person for his own pse, free
Of duty, subject to such regulations OF the
Secretary of the Treasury as before pro-
yided.
SEC "a And be it further enacted, That
the word .saltpetre." as used in section
seven of the act of March three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, allowing draw
back of duty on foreign saltpetre manutrc-
tured into gunpowder in the United States,
and exported therefrom, shall be construed
to mean the element of nitre SO used,
whether it be it. the nitrate of potash or Ill
trate of soda.
SEC. IS. And be it further enacted, That
section fifteen Of the act approved July
fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
entitled An act increasing, temporarily,
the duties on imports, and for other pur-
poses" and section four of the act in amend
ment thereof, approved March three, eight
cen hundred and sixty-hve, be, and the
same are hereby, so amended, that no ship,
vessel, steamer. boat, barge or fat belong
ing te any citizen of the United States,
trading from one port or point within the
United States. to another port or point with
in the United States, or employed in the
uha1a nfh fiS shall here
after be subject to the tonnage tax or duty
provided for in said acts; and the provisO
in section one hundred and three Of the
'.Act to provide internal revenue to support
the government and to pay the interest on
the public debt, and for other purposes,
approved June thirty, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, requiring an annual special
tax to be paid by boats, barges, and flats, is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That
all imported goods, wares, and merchandise
which may be in the public stores or bonded
warehouses on the day and year this act
shall take effect, shall be subjected to no
other duty upon the entry thereof for con-
sumption than ifsthe same were imported
respectively after that day; and all goods.
wares, and merchandise remaining in bonded
warehouses ON the day and year this act
shall take effect, and upon which the duties
shall have been paid, shall be entitled to a
refund of the difference between the amount
of duties paid and the amount of duties
said goods, wares, and merchandise would
be subject to if the same were imported re-
spectively after that day.
SEC. a. And be it further enacted, That
all provisions of existing laws whereby any
tax or duty is laid upon requests or de-
yises, or transfers by deed, grant, or gift,
made or intended to take effect after the
death of the grantOr, of any real or per
sonal property, in trust or otherwise. for
public uses Of literary, educational OIL
charitable character, or upon any real OF
personal estate which may become subject
to any trust as aforesaid under any past OF
future disposition, which, II made IN iavol
of an individual, would confer on him
succession, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed. and no taxes heretofore levied
hereunder, but not paid, shall be collected
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, Thai
In all cases where tobacco Is required TO DC
put in wooden packages, as provided by
section sixty-two of an act entitled IAN acl
imposing taxes on all distilled spirits and
tobacco, and for other purposes" approved
July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, it shall be lawful for the Commits
siOner of Internal Revenue to allow the
same to be put up in metallic packages
Provided, That they shall be so constructed
with such corrugatiOns for receiving AND
protecting the revenue stamps as the Com
missioner may approve.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
whenever any merchandise, except wine
distilled spirits, and perishable or explosive
articles, or articles in bulk, imported at the
norts of New York in the State of New
York: Philadelphia, in the State of Penasyl
vania: Boston, in the State OF Massachusetts
Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Port
land in the State Of Maine me- P ppta huron
S Sno Of louisiana: and San Francisco, il
the State of California, shall appear by. tn
invoice bill Of ladng and by the NANTES ahsr
tbe - norts Specified in section thirty five o
this collector at t the port OF eongne
shall permit emtry s1 thereof for warehouse or i'm
mediate transportation, in triplicate, settinl
forth in such az, entry and nd sh
warded, whether by land or water: IN
rs, been sG IN SUCH 9th ss
! ".t. r1 ~ The occda IA merchandise hav
ne haen made e NiN satiety tho custom