The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-31
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
EcOND SESSION OF THE FORTY SECOND
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. I'LL

A ACT to reduce duties on imports, Silu 10
internal taxes, and for other purposes.
Be il enacted b., the Senate and House Of Repre-
seatatiUes Of the United States Of AmertcG ia Con-
3,sss assembled, That and aifer the first day of
August. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, in lieu
o. lie duties heretofore imposed by law on the arti-
G rs hereinafter enumerated provided for, import
from foreign countries there shall be levied, col
tied, and paid the following duties and rates of
On all slack coal culm, such will pass through
nalf-inch-screeu forty cents per ton oftwenty
Lushels eighty pounds to the bushel
ON all biCuminous coal and shale, seventy-fve
cents per ton of twenty-eigh bushels, eighty pounds
the bushel.
ON salt, in bulk, eight cents per hundred
p.unds.
twelve cents per one hundred pounds.
On oatmeal, one half cent per pound.
On potatoes, fifteen cents per bushel.
On bend or betting leather and Spanish or other
role leather, fifteen per centum ad yaiorem;
On calf-skins, tanned, or tanned and dressed,
twenty Live per cenl uln ad yalorem:
on upper leather of all other kinds, and on skins
dressed and finished of all Kinds, not herein other
wise provided for, twenty per centum al yalorem
On all skins for morocco tanned but unfinished,
ten per centum al Yalorem.
On chccory-root, ground or unground, one cent
on all timber, squared or sided not otherwise pro-
,ided for, one cent per cubic foot;
On sawed boards, plank, deals, and other lumber of
hemock, wnitewood, sycam ore, and bass-wood one
dollar per thousand feet board measure;
On all other varieties of sawed lumber two dollars
per thousand feet board measure Prooided, That
when lumber of any SOFT is planned or finished in
adj liOn to The Rates herein provided there shall be
levied and paid for each side planned or finished
fifty cents per thousand feet; and if planned on On !.
side and tongued and groovel one dollar per thous
and feet; ami if planned on two sides and tongued
and groovei, one dollar and fifty per thousand
eet.
On aubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks. wagon
blocks, blocks gnn blocks, heading blocks, and
ali Ike books sticks, rough-hewn or sawed ony
twen per centum adj yalorem.
Ga pickets and paiings, twenty per centum ad
valorem.
ol44nss, fifteen cents per thousand pieces.
On all shingles, thirty-fve cents per thousand
On pine cl tpooards, two dollars per thousand.
On spruce capboards, one dollar and fifty cents
PEI th )usand.
in house or cabinet furniture, in pieces or rough,
an not inished, thirty per cen UNI al valorem.
On cabinet wares aud house furniture, finished
thiriy-lIve per c5nLum al yalorsm.
On easAs anu BARRELS empty, and on suglr-box
shocks, and plckins-b1xes of wood, not otherwise
provided fr, thir y per centum ad valorem
On f.uiJ, shade lawn, and ornamental trees
shrubs plants an / Il ,wer-seeds, otherwise pro-
videl for, twenty per cenlum ad valorem.
On gt:den-seeds and all other seeds for agricul-
tura AMI horticultural purP ses not otherwise pro-
vi Ell fpr, twenty per ctntum al valorem.
On ginger, groun {, three cents pound.
GA gin e.. rre erycd or picked, thirly-fve per
centum ad valorem.
ON anger. essence Of, thrty-fve per centum ad
va orem.
On ch ,eolae, five ce.ts per pound, and on cocoa
prep red or manufactured, two cents per pound.
SEC. 2. That on and after the first day of August,
eighteen hundred AMI seveuy-two, in lieu of the
dudes imposed by law the articles in this section
enumerated the re hall be levied coll cred and Maid
the ,ois, wares, and merchandise in this sector
enumerated anu provided for, imported from foreign
countries, ninety per centum Of the several duties
an rates Of duty now imposed by law upon said
articles severaly, it being the intent of this sec
ton to reduce existing duties 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 part OF
wool or hair of the alpaca, and other like animals
except IS hereinafter provided.
z On all iron ami steel, and all manufactures of
iron and seel OF which such metals either of them
shall be the component part of chief value excepting
cotton machinery.
On all metals not herein otherwise provided for,
and on all manufactures OF metals Of which either OF
them is the component part of chief value excepting
percussion caps, watches jewery and other articles
of ornament: PrO1ided, That all wire-rope and
wire strand or chain made of iron-wre either bright
coppered. galvanized, or coated with other metals
shall pay the same rate of duty that is levied on
the iron wire of which lid rope strand or chain is
made of steel wire, either bright, coppered gavan-
lied, or coated with other metals, shall pay the same
rate of duty that is levied the steel wire of
which said rope strand or chain is made
On all paper, and manufactures of paper, excepting
unsized printing paper, books and other printed
matter, not herein specifically provided for.
On all manufactures of India rubber gutta-percha
or straw. and on oil-cloths of all descriptions.
On glass and glassware and unwrought pipe
clay, line clay, and fuller's earth.
On all leather not otherwise herein provided for
and on all manufactures of skins BONE ivory. horn
AMI leather, except gloves and mittens and of which
either of said articles is the component part of chief
value; and on liquorice paste OF iquorice juice
next there shall be collected and paid on all goods
wares, and merchandise ofthe growth or produce OF
countries east of the Cape of Good Hope texcept
wool, raw cotton, and raw silk as reeled from the
cocoon, or not further advanced than tram, thrown
Cape Of Good Hope, duty of ten per eentu M ad
valoren, in addition to the duties imposed on any
such article when imported directly from the place
or places of their growth production.
SEC. 4. That on and after the first day of August
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, in lieu of the
duties heretofore imposed by law the articles mem
toned in this section there shall be levied, collected
anu paid on the goois, wares, and merchandise in
countries the following duties and rates of dnfy.
that is to say:
On all buraps, and like manufactures of flax iute.
or hemp, or OF which flax, jute hemp shall be the
component material of chief value excepting such
may be suitable for bagglng tor cotton, thirty per
centum ad vaorem; ON all oil-cloth foundations or
foor-coth canvass, made of fax, jute or hemp or of
which flax, jute, or hemp shall be the component
material Of chief value, forty per centum ad vaorem
on all bags cotton bags, and baggng, and all other
like manufactures. not herein otherwise provided for
except blgging for cotton, composed wholly or in
part OF fax, hemp, jute, gunny-coth, gunny-bags
OF other material, forty per centum ad valorem.
On lnsulators for exclusively in teIegrapby ex-
cept those made OF glass, twenty-five per centum ad
valorem.
On b9uillons OF cannetille, and metal threads, file
or gespinst twenty five per centum adj valorem.
On emery ore, six dollars ton; and on emery
grains, two cents pound.
On corks and cork bark, manufactured, thirty per
On aci Is, namely, acetic, acetous and pyroligneous
Of SPECIFIC gravity of I047, less. five cents per
pOuul, acet0uS, and DyrOiIgneOus of
gravity over lOiI thirty cents per pound carbolic
liquid, ten per centum ad valore; galic one dollar
per pound; sulphuric, Tuning, (Nordhausen) one
cent per pound; fannie, one dollar per pound; tar
taric fifteen cents per pound.
Gu acetates Of ammonia, twenty-five cents per
pound; haryca, twenty five cents per pound; copper
ten cents per pound; iron, twenty-five cents De
pound; lead, brown, FIVE cents per pound; white ten
cents per pound; potassa, twenty-five cen per
pound; soda, twenty-five cents per pound; strontia
twenty-five cents per pound; zinc twenty-five cents
per pound.
I'm, flua vitr nj
On camphor, refined five Genus per pound:
on sulphate of quinine, twenty per centum ad
yalOrem;
On chlorate of potash three cents per pound:
On ,chele salts, five cents per pound,
On sal-soda, and sola-ash, one-f5urth of one cent
per pound;
On sanlonne, three dollars per pound.
On 5 rychnia, one dollar per ounce;
On b2y-rum or bay-waBer, whether distilled or
CON ,n1lel )ne lJllr per gallon OF iirst proof.
AMI in proportion for any greater strength than first
proof
On rum essence or OIL and bay-rum essence or oil
fifty cents per ounce.
On all sized glued paper, suitable ouIy fol print
ipg-paper, twenty-five per centum adj val1rem:
On vermuth, the same duty as on wines of the
same cost;
On mustard, groun 1. in bulk, ten cents per pound
when enclosed in glass tin, fourteen cents per
pount:
On zante or other currants, one cent per pound;
On hgs, two and, one-half cents per pound;
On raisins two and one-haf cents per pound:
On dates and prunes, one cent per pound;
On preserved or condensed milk twenty per CEN
tum ad valorem;
On fire crackers, one dollar per box of forty packs
not excecdlns eighty to each pack aud in the same
proportion for any greater or less number.
On tin, In plates or Sheets terne, and taggers tin
fifteen per csntum ad valorem. -
On iron and tiu-plates galvanized or coated with
any metal by electric batteries Two cents per pound
On Moisic iron, made from sand ore by one process
fifteen dollars per ton.
On umbrella and parasol ribs and stretchers
frames tips runners handles or other parts thereof
when made in whole or chief part of iron steel or
any other metal, duty of forty-fve per centum adj
yalorem: Pro0ided That the rate of duty upon UNI
brellas, parasols and sunshades, when covered with
silk OF alpaca shall be sixty per eentum adj yalorem
On Saltpetre crude one cent per pound: refined
an partially refined, two cents per pound
SEC. 81 That on and after the first day of August
next the importation of the articles enumerated and
described in this section shall be exempt from duty
that is to say;
Acid, boraic and sulphuric;
Agates, unmanufactured;
Almond shells;
Aluminium, aluminium;
Amber beads and amber gum;
American manufactures the following to wit
casks barrels, or car-boys, and other vessels and
grau bags, the manufet IRE of the United states If
exported, containing American produce and declar-
alton be made of intent to return the same emntv
under such regulations shall be prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury;
Angelica root
Animals brought into the United States Temperate
y and for period not exceeding six months for the
purpose of exhib ion or competition for prizes offer
ed by any agricultural racing association: Pro
psded, ina BOND be first given, in acc )rdanee with
the regulate TO be prescribed by the Secretary of
the treasury, with tie con tDn that the full duty to
whicp such animals would otherwise be liable shall
be pail III case oil their Tie in the United States or
If not re-exported within said six months:
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