New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-02

uses. or parts thereof.
Pqtassa, muriate of.
QuasSIa wood.
Rags, of cotton linen, jjute and hemp
and paper waste, or waste or chpmngs on
any kind fit only for the manufacture OF
paper including waste rope and was te
bagging.
Rhubarb.
Resins, crude, not otherwise provided for.
Rose leaves.
Saffron and safiiower
Sarsaparilla, crude.
Seaweet. not otherwise provided for.
Scammony, or resin OF scammony.
Sandal wood.
Seeds: cardamon, caraway, coriander,
fenugreek. fennel, cummin, and other seeds
not otherwise provided for.
SIENNA. in leaves.
Shells of every description, not manutt &c
tured.
Shrimps, or other shell fish.
Skeletons, and other preparations OF anat-
omv.
SilkwOrm eggs.
Specimens OF natural history, botany, and
mineralogy. when imported for cabinets az
objects Of taste or science, and not for sale.
Squills or silla
Sweepings of silver or gold.
Tapioca cassava, or c;tssada.
Tea plants.
| Turtles.
Ver,ligris or suhacetate 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
| Xvlonite. or Xylotile.
| SEC %. And be it further enacted, That
| for the term of two years from and alter
| the passage of this act. and no longer. ma
| chincrv and apparatus designed only tor,
| and adapted to be used for, steam-tQTage
| on canals. and net now manufactured IN
! the United States. may be imported bylany
| 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 Treas ,Ty.
And also that for the term of two years
from and after the passage of this act. and
| no longer. steam-plow machinery, adapted
TO the cultivation of the soil, may be i'm
ported by any person for his OWN use. free
! of duty, subject TO such regulations OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury as before pro-
| yided.
SEC. Oh And be it further enacted, That
| the word ''saltpetre," used IN section
seven Of the act of March three, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-three. allowing draw
| back Of duty on foreign saltpetre mauutrc-
| tured into gunpowder i'll the United States,
and exported therefrom, shall be cons rued
70 mean the element of nitre so used,
whether il he it the nitrate Of potash or nj
| trte OF soda
SEC %. And be it further enacted, That
section fifteen Of the act approved July
fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixtH-two,
| entitled 4" An act increasing, tempora rily,
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-tive, be, and the
same are hereby. so amended, that no ship,
vessel, steamer, boat. barge or fat belong
| ing To any citizen Of the United States.
| trading from one port or point within the
United States. to another port or point with
! III the United States, or employed ln the
| bank. whale or other fisheries, shall here
after be subject to the tonnage tax CT duty
provided for i'll said acts; and the pFovisO'
in section one hundred and three Of tho
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 slXty-tuur. requiring an annual special
tax 70 be paid by boats, barges and flats, is,
hereby repealed.
SEC. &c. And be it further enacted. That
all imported goods, wares, and mercha ndise
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 if the same were imported
respectively after that day; and all goods.
wares. and merchandise remaining in bonded
warehouses on the day and year TIL act
shall! take effect, and upon which the duties,
shall have been paid, shall be entitled to
refund of the difference between the a mount
OF duties paid and the amount Of duties
said goods, wares, and merchandise would
be subject to il the same were imported re-
spectively after that day.
SEC. y. And be it further enacted, That
all provisions of existing laws whereb by any
tax or duty is laid upon beuuestS or de-
vi-es. or transfers by deed. grant, or gift,
made or intended to take effect after the
death of the grantor. of any real pr per-
sonai property, i'll trust or Otherw ise, for
public uses OF IA literary, educational or
charitable character, or upon any real or
personal estate which may become subject
to any trust as aforesaid under any past or
future disposition, which, ii made i'm favor
OF an individual, would confer on him a
succession. be and the same are hereby re-
PEAKED, and no taxes heretofore levied
hereunder, but not paid, shall be collected.
SIC. g. And be it further enacted q, That
in all cases where tobacco is required to be
put in wooden packages, as provided by
section siXtytwo of an act entitled tan act
imposing taxes ON all distilled splits and
tobacco. and Tor other purposes approved
July twenty eighteen hundred ard sixty
eight. II 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 cons .ructed
with such corrugati0ns for receiving and
protecting thersevenue stamps as the Com
missioner may Improve.
SEC. -. And be 1t further enacted, That
whenever any merchandise. except wine
dlstiiied spirits. and perishable or explosive
articles, or articles i'll bulk, imported at the
ports OF New York, in the State Of New
York: Philadelphia, in the State OF Pennsyl-
inf has fotn g L,