New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-21

Platinum vases or retorts foE chemical
! uses or parts thereof.
Potassa, Inuriatc u.
QuassIa wood
| Rags, of cotton, linen, juto and hemp,
| and paper waste, or waste or clippings Of
| any kind fit only for the TaEutacturr oi
| paper. including waste rope and waste
! bac.,ing.
| khuharb.
Resins, crude. not otherwise provided tor.
Rose leaves.
| Saffron and safloTor.
| Sarsapariila, crude.
! Seawtrd, not otherwise pro ided for.
| ScaIn!uonI, or resin OF se"mnanY.
Sandal wood.
| Seeds: cardamon, calaTay, corilndcr,
fenuglcck, tennel. cummin, ana other seeds
| not otherwise provided for.
| SIENNA, in leaves
| Shells Of every description. no: Inauu1ac-
! turcd.
Shrmps, or other shell fish.
Skeletons, and other preparations Of anat-
| omy.
! Silkworm eggs.
Specimens OF natural history, botany, and
! mineralogv. when imported for cabinets as
| objects of taste or science. and not for sale.
!, Sauills. or silla.
SweepinEs OF silver or gold
Tapioca, caSsaVa, or casSada.
lea plants.
Turtles.
Nerdigris, or subacetatc of copper.
Wood ashes, and lie of, and beet-root
ashes.
Woods, viz &; poplar, or other woods for
the manufacture of paper.
Worm seed, Levant.
| Xvlonite, or Xyotlle.
SIC 13. And be it further enacted. That
for the term of two years from and after
| the passage of this act, and no longer, ma
ehinery and apparatus designed only for,
and adapted to be used for, steam-towage
on canals, and not now manufactured in
the United States, may be imported by any
St;sa, or By any person duly authorized by
helegislature OF any State, free OF duty,
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of tho Treasury
And also that for the term of two years
from and after the passage of this act, and
no longer, Steam-piow 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 a. before pro-
vided.
SEC "a And be il further enacted, That
the word "saltpetrc." as used III section
seven of the act of March three, eighteen
hundred and sixtythree, allowing draw
back OF duty on foreign saltpetre manure
and exported theretroln shall be construed
to mean the element OF nitre SO used,
whether it be it the nitrate OF potash or nj
trate OF soda.
SEC. %. 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 sixtv-tive. he. and the
same are hereby, so amended, that no ship,
vessel, steamer, boat, barge or Hat 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 III the
bank. whale or other fisheries. shall here
after be subject to the tonnage tax OF duty
provided for in said acts: and the provlSO
in section one hundred and three OF the
Act to provide internal revenue 20 support
the government and to pay the interest on
the public debt, and for other purposes
approved June thirty, eighteen hundred
and siNty-fnur. requiring an annual special
tax t. be paid by boats, bar@es, and hats, il
hereby repealed.
SEC. %. And be ii further enacted, That
all imported goods. wares. and mrrch3uGiS"
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
warns and merchandise remaining IN l"nded
warehouses; on the day and year tins act
shall take effect, and upon which the duties
shall have been paid, shall be entitled 10 d
refund of the difference between the amount
of duties paid AMI the amount OF duties
said goods wares, ana merchandise would
be subject to if the same We're imported re
spectivey after that day.
SEC. q. And be il further enacted, That
all provisions of existing laws whereby any
tax or duty is laid upon requests ur de-
vises, 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, III trust or otherwise, Tor
public uses of literary. educational or
charitable character. or upon any reel or
personal estate which may become subject
10 any trust IA aforesaid unScr any past or
future disposition. which, ii made III favor
of an individual, wouId confer on him a
succession. be and the SAME are hereby re-
pcalcd, and 10 taxes heretofore levied
| Hereunder, but not pad, Sail be collected.
SEC. %. And be il further enacted That
in all cases where tobacco is required to be
put in wooden packaE"s as provided by
section siXty-tISo OF an act entitled IAN act
| imposing taxes on all distilled spirits and
tobacco. and for tthn- purposcs," approved
July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, it shall be lawful tor the Comms-
siouer of Internal Revenue t. allow the
same to be put up in metallic packages:
Provided. THAI they shall he so constructed
with such cUtruHatI0aS 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, ana pelishahlc or explosive
articles or articles in hulk, imported at the
ports Of New yorl, in the state Of New
York. Philadelphia III the state III Pennsyl-
| wanna: Boston, IN the State Of Massachusetts,;
Baltimore, in the safe Of Maryland; Port
land in the State o. Maine: Port Huron, in
the State of Michiga New Orleans. i'll the
STATE of Louisiana; ard San Francisco, in
the State of California, shall appear by the
invoice or bill of Iading and by the manifest
10 be consigned to and destined tor either of
the ports specified in section thirty-tye of
this act, the collector at the port OF arrival
shall permit the owner, agent, or consignee
to make entry thereof for warehouse or I'M
mediate transportation, in tripicate, setting
forth the particulars III such entry and the
route by which such goods are to be for
warded, whether by land or water. The
entry having been compared with the in
voice and duly sworn to, and such an exam
nation Of the goods and merchandise hav-
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