New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-04

den.
Platinum vases or retorts for chemical
uses, or parts thereof.
Potassst. muriatc of.
Quassa wood.
Rags, of cotton, linen, .jute and hemp,
, and paper waste, or waste or clippings OF
any kind fit only for the manufacture Oh
paper, including vase rope and waste
baggng.
Rhubarb.
Resins, crude, not otherwise provided for.
Rose leaves.
Saffron and safflower.
Sarsaparilla. crude.
Seaweed, not otherwise provided for.
| ScammOny, CIR resin of scammony.
Sandal wood.
Seeds: eardamOn, caraway, cOriander,
| fenugreek, fennel. cllmmin. and other seeds
not otherwise provided for.
| SIENNA, in leaves.
Shells of every description, not manufac-
| tured
| Shrimps, or other she'll fish
| Skeletons, and other preparations of anat-
| Omy.
| Silkworm eggs.
! Specimens Of natural history. botany, and
| mineralogv, when imported for cabinets az
| objects of taste or science, and not for sale.
! Squills, or silla.
Sweepings of silver or gold.
TapiOca, eassava, or cascade.
Tea plants.
| Turtles.
! Verdigris, or s,lbacetate of copper.
( Wood ashes, and lye of, and beet-rost
| 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
I the n M This act aud m IOnvpr
| 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 he 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
| no longer, stean-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-
vided.
| SEC d 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 manure
| 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 OF 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 90 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
7 1a nv,I thn
same are hereby, SO amended, that no ship,
vessel, steamer, boat. barge or fiat 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
in the United States, or employed in the
! bank, whale or other fisheries, shall here
| after be subject to the tonnage tax or duty
! provided for in said acts; and the proviso
i'll 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 siNty-tour, requiring an annual special
tax TO he paid by boats. barges. and flats, is
hereby repealed.
| SEC. %. 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 if the 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
| 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-
| spectiyely after that day
SEC. q. And be it further enacted, That
all provisions of existing laws whereby any
| tax or duty is laid upon requests or 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, in trust or otherwise, Tor
public uses of a 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. if made in favor
of an individual, would confer on him Il
succession be and the same arc hereby re-
pcaled, and no taxes heretofore levied
! hereunder, but not paid, shall be collected
SEC IS. And be it further enacted That
in all eases where tobacco is required to be
put in wooden packages, as provided by
section Sixty-twO of an act entitled IAN act
| 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 Commi,
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.
distlilcd spirits, and perishable or explosive
articles. or articles in bulk. imported at the
ports OF New York, in the State of New
YORK: Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsyi-
vanla; Boston. i'll the State OF Massachusetts;
Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Port
land. Ill the State of Maine: Port Huron, In
the State of Michigan; New Orleans in the
State OF Louisiana and San Francisco In
the State of California, shall appear by the
invoice or bib of ladinS and by the manifest
to be igncd to and destined for either OF
the ports specified in section thirty-fiv of
this act, the collector at the port of arrival
snail permit the owner. agent, or cOAsignee
10 make entry thereof for warehouse OF i'm.
nedlate transportation, in triplicate, setting
forth the particulars in 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
i0atiOn Of the goods and merchandise bav.
ing been made as will satisfy the custema