New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-28

Laws of the United states Passed at the
second Session Of the FOrty-First
!. GnnRrass.
lGESERAL NATURE-Eo. I'LL

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-
cIas 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 culn1, such as will pass
through halfinch screen, forty cents per
ton Of tweRty-eight bushels, eighty pounds
to the bushel.
On all bituminOus coal and shaIe, seventy
five cents per ton of twenty-eight bushels,
eighty pounds to the bushel
On salt, in bulk, eight cents per one hun
bred 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 bushel
On bend or betting leather, and on Span
ish or other sole leather, fifteen per centum
ad valorem.
On calf-skins, tanned, or tanned and
dressed, twenty-five per ceatum 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 I'M
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, one 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 planned or
finished, fifty cents per thousand feet; and
if planned on one side and tongued and
grooved, one dollar per thousand feet; and
if planned on two sides and tongued and
grooved, one dollar and fifty cents per
thousand feet.
On hubs for wheels, posts, last-bIocks
wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, head
ing blocks, and all like blocks or sticks,
rough-hewn or sawed only, twenty per
centum ad valorem.
On pickets and palings, twenty per eentum
ad vaiorem.
On Iaths, fifteen cents per thousand pieces.
On all shingles, thirty-fye cents per thou
sand.
on pine cIapbOards, 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, tlrirty-five per centum ad val0rem.
On casks and barrels, empty, and on sugar
box shocks and packing boxes of wood not
otherwise provided for, thirty per eentum
ad valOrem.
On fruit, shade, lawn and ornamental
trees. shrubs, plants and flower seeds, not
otherwise provided for, twenty per eentum
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-fi7e
per centum ad valorem.
On ginger, essence of, thirty-fve per
cenCum ad ValOrem.
On chocolate five cents per pound and on
cocoa, prepared or manufactured, two cents
SEC. 3. 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
merated, 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 severally, it being the intent Of this
section to reduce existing duties on said
articles ten per centum Of such duties. that is
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
other metals, shall pay the same rate duty
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-
fcally provided for
On all manufactures Of India rubber
gutta- percha or straw, and on oil cloths of
all descriptions.
On glass and glassware, and on unwrought
pipe clay, fine clay, and fullers earth.
On ali leather not otherwise herein pro-
vided for. and on all manufactures of skins,
bone. ivory, horn and leather. except gloves
and mittens, and of which either of said ar
ticles is the component part of chief value,
and on GguOrice 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 ad-
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
directly from the place or places Of their
growth OF Production.
SEC. A. 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. lutte or
hemp shall be the component material of
chief value. excepting such as may be suita
bic for bagging for cotton, thirty per centum