New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-27
OFFICIAL.
Laws Of the United States Passed at the
Second Session of the ROrty-First
Congress-

America in Congress assembled, That on
and after the first day of August eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO, in lieu of the du-
ties heretofore imposed by law on the arti-
cles hereinafter enumerated or provided for
imported from foreign countries, there shall
be levied, collected and paid the following
duties and rates of duty, that is to say:
On all slack coal or culm, such as will pass
through halfinch screen, forty cents per
ton Of twehty-eight bushels, eighty pounds
to the bushel.
On all bituminOus coal and shale, seventy
five cents per ton of twenty-eight bushels,
eighty pounds to the bushel.
On salt, in bulk, eight cents per one hun
dred pounds.
On salt, in bags, sacks barrels, or other
packages, twelve cents per one hundred
pounds.
On oat meal, ene-half cent per pound.
On potatoes, fifteen cents per busheI.
On bend or betting leather, and on Span
ish OF other sole leather, fifteen per eentum
ad valOrem.
On calfskins, tanned. OF tanned and
dressed, twenty-five per centum ad va
loren.
On upper leather of all kinds, and on
skins dressed and finished of all kinds, not
herein otherwise provided for, twenty per
centum ad valOrem.
On all skins for morocco, tanned but un.
finished, ten per centum ad valorem.
On chiccOry root. ground or unground,
one cent per pound.
On all timber, squared or sided not 9th
erwise provided for, one cent per cubic foot.
On sawed boards, planks, deals, and
other lumber of hemlOck, wildwood, syca-
more, and Eastwood, ore dollar per thou
sand feet, board measure,
On all other varieties of sawed lumber,
two dollars per thousand feet board meas
ure; provided, that when lumber of any
sort is planed or finished, in addition to
the rates herein provided, there shall be
levied and paid, for each side so planed or
finished, fifty cents per thousand feet; and
if planed on one side and tOngued and
grOOved, one dollar per thousand feet; and
if planed on two sides and tOngued and
groOved, one dollar and fifty cents per
thousand feet.
On hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks,
wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, head
ing blocks, and all like blocks or sticks,
rough-hewn or sawed only, twenty per
centum ad yalOrem.
On pickets and palings, twenty per centum
ad valOrem.
On laths. fifteen cents per thousand pieces.
On all shingles, thirty-five cents per thou
sand.
On pine clapboards, two dollars per thou
sand.
On spruce clapbOards, one dollar and fifty
cents per thousand.
On house or cabinet furniture, in pieces or
rough and not finished, thirty per centum ad
valOrem.
On cabinet wares and house furniture, fin
ished, thirty-tive per centum ad valOrem.
On casks and barrels, empty, and on sugar
box shocks and packing boxes of wood not
otherwise provided for, thirty per centum
ad valorem.
On fruit, shade, lawn and ornamental
trees, shrubs, plants and flower seeds, not
otherwise provided for, twenty per centum
ad valOrem.
On garden seeds, and all other seeds for
agricultural and horticultural purposes not
otherwise provided for, twenty per centum
ad valOrem.
On ginger, ground, three cents per pound.
On ginger, preserved or picked, thirty-tive
per centum ad valOrem.
On ginger, essence of, thiTty-fve per |
centum ad valorem.
On chocolate five cents per pound, and on |
cocoa, prepared OF manufactured, two cents |
per pound.
SEC. .. That on and after the first day |
of August, eighteen hundred and seventy |
two, in lieu of the duties imposed |
by law on the articles in this section emu |
there shall be levied, collected /
and paid on the goods wares, and merchan-
disc in this section enumerated and pro- |
vided for, imported from foreign countries, |
ninety per centum of the several duties and /
rates Of duty now imposed by law upon said /
articles severalIy, it being the intent of this /
section to reduce existing duties on said /
articles ten per centum of such duties. that is 1
to say:
On all manufactures of cotton of which |
cotton is the component part of chief value. |
On all woods, hair Of the alpaca goat, and |
other animals, and all manufactures wholly |
or in in part of wool or hair of the alpaca, |
and other like animals, except as herein
after provided.
On all iron and steel, and on all manufac-
lures of iron and steel, of which such metals
or either of them, shall be the component
part of chief value, excepting cotton ma
chinery.
On all metals not herein otherwise prOvid-
ed for. and on all manufactures of metals of
which either of them is the component part
of chief value, excepting percussion caps,
watches, iewelry, and other articles of or
nament provided, that all wire rope and
wire strand or chain made of iron wire,
either bright, cOppered, galvanized, or
coated with other metals, shall pay the
same rate of duty that is now levied on the
iron wire Of which said rope or strand or
chain is made; and all wire rope and wire
strand or chain made of steel wire. either
bright, cOppered, galvanized, or coated with
jUu6E ulbthley shall Day INC SAME Idl6 Vi uul1
that is now levied on. the steel wire of
which said rope or strand or chain is made.
On all paper, and manufactures of paper,
excepting unsized printing paper, books
and other printed matter, not herein speci-
ically provided for.
On all manufactures of India rubber
yutta-perchs, or straw, and on oil cloths Of
all descriptions.
On glass and glassware, and on dnwrought
pipe clay, fine clay, and fuller's earth.
On all leather not otherwise herein pro-
yided for, and on all manufactures of skins,
bone, ivory, horn and leather, except gloves
and mittens, and of which either of said ar
.icles is the component part of chief value,
and on hquorice paste or hquOrice juice.
SEC. 3. THAT on and after the first day
Of October next there shall be collected
and paid on all goods, wares and merchan-
disc Of the growth or produce of countries
east Of the Cape of Good Hope Except wool,
raw cotton and raw silk, as reeled
from the cocoon, or not further adj
vanced than tram, thrown or Organzine,)
when imported from places west of the
Cape Of Good Hope, a duty of ten per cen
tum ad valOrem, in addition to the duties
imposed on any such article when imported
directiy from the place or places of their
growth or production.
SEC 1. That on and after the first day of
August, eighteen hundred and seventy
two IN view Of the duties heretofore
imposed by law on the articles mentioned
in this section, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on the goods, wares and
merchandise in this section enumerated,
imported from foreign countries. the fol,
lowing duties and rates of duty, that is to
say:
On all burlaps, and like manufactures of
fax, iute, or hemp, or of which fax, iute or
hemp shall be the component material of
chief value. excepting such as may be suita-