Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-01-18

Passed at TIC Second Session Of ne F0rty-sscOnd
Congress.
fGMNERAL NATURE, No. I'LL
~ ACT to reduce duties on imports. and TO reduce
ny Internal taxes and for other purposes.
B il enacted bg he Senate and House Of Iepresenta-
o q he Gnil sasss ,s ~ rs dsy I % h1Sust
i,,hteet hundred and seventy-twO, In lieu OF the
duties neretooore imposed 6y sw on az .t n0stss
sn foreign Countries, there shall be levied, col
scted. and paid the following duties and rates OF
duty t@S stoeS crde, of every DESCRIPTION including
ali classes dbers, rags other than WOOL Wasteshav-
ags pb apggias eunny bags and punny cloth, old OF
yehse 10 be used In making and d. only to be con
ture and cotton waste, whether for paper stock OF
other purposesi
Persis. Or extract OF archil, and cudbear;
Peruvian bark; =. 49,,
manufactured;
PhHnglein;
Plnmbago; .. '...
Polypodiuni
ousk.giass root;
ttuils prepared or nnprepared;
EaiIrOad ties, of wood;
Rattan and reeds, manufactured;
Kennels, raw or prepared
s lYS mar and saniower and extract Of;
Saffron cake;
Sage, crude;
Sage and sage nouri
saint Johns beans;
SalaGlne;
Salep, or saloup;
sassairas bark and root
Sauerkraut;
Sausuge-skins; -,
Seeds namely anise, anise star, Canada, CHA
sesamuin, sugar-cane, and all seeds OF Forest
Sharks skins;
Snail3;
sosp stocks;
spirterre, for making or ornamental hats;
stavesacre crude;
StOraX, or StyraX;
straw, unmanufactured;
strontia, oxide Of, or protoxide OF strOutum;
SuCclnic acid;
Sugar OF milk;
Tale,
Tamarinds;
Teasuls;
Teeth, unmsnutaotured,
Terra alba, luminous;
Tin In pigs, bars, or blocks, and grain-tin;
Tonquin Tonqua, or T0nka beansi
IImbreiis sticks, crude, to wit. all partridge hair
wood pimentO orange, rtle, and other sticks anu
canes, In the rough, or no further manufacture
ed than cut into lengths and suitable for um-
Ulela, parasol or sun-shade sticks or walking
Uranium, oxide OF;
Ianila.beans or vanilla plants;
Venice turpentne;
Wax, bay or myrtle, BRAZILIAN and Chinese
Whaebone, manufactured;
YeSstcakes;
Zader.
pound; baryta, twenty-five cents per pound; copper
Ten cents per pound iron, twenty-five cents per
peund lead brown, i've cents per pound; white,
ten cents per pound; pOtasso, twenty nve cents p
pound; Soda twenty-five cents per pound strontia
twenty-five cents per pound; zinc, twenty-five cents
SIC g. That for all purp SEES the standard for vim
egar shall be taken TO be that strength which re-
qulres tnirynve grains OF biearconate OF potash 10
neutrallze one ounce troy Of vinegar, and all I'M
port duties that now are, or may hereafter oe I'M
posed by law on vinegar imported from foreign
Countries shall be- collected according to said stand
ard
ter the passage OF this act and no longer, machine
ry and apparatus designed only for, and adapted 70
be used for steam towage on canals, and not now
manufactured IN the United States, may De Imported
by any state or by any person duly authorized by
the legislature of any State, ire Of duty subject To
tary OF the Treasury; and also that for the term Of
two years from and after the passage OF this sctand
no longer, nteam pillow machinery, adapted 10 the
cultivation Of the soil, may he imported by any per-
son for his own use, free of duty subject 10 such
regulations OF the Secretary OF the Treasury Us be-
SEQ. 8. That all imported goods, wares, and mer-
chandlse which may be in the public stores Dond
ed warehouses on the first day of August eghteen
hundred and seventy-two, shall be subjected TO no
han II the same utre Imported respectively after
tnat day; and all goods, wares, and merchandise
remaining In bonded warehouses on the day and
year this act shall take effect aud upon which the
duties shall have been paid shall be entitled TO re-
fund Of the difference between the amount Of duties
pa d and the amount Of duties said goods wares
merchandise would be subject TO II the same were
imported respectively after that.
SIC 9. That where firearms, scales, balances,
shovels. spades, axes, hatShets, hammers, plows,
cultivators, moving machines. and reapers manu-
featured with stocks or handles made OF wood
grown In the United states are exported for benefit
drawback under section four OF the act Of August
NTH, eighteen hundred and sixty-One, and entitled
IAN act to provide increased revenue from imports,
pay interest on the public debt and for other pur
poses, such articles shall be entitled TO such draw
back under this act In all when the imported
material exceeds one half of the Valne OF the mate
rial used.
SIC IL. That from and after the passage OF this
act all lumber, timber. hemp, Manila, and iron and
steel rods bars spikes nails and bolts aud copper
Hud.COmpOsitiOn metal, which may be necessary for
tOs construction and equipment OF vessels built In
the United States for thu purpose OF being employed
In the foreign trade, including the trade between
the Atlantic and Pacific ports Of tho United States.
and finished after the passage OF this act, may be
imported In bond, under such regulations as The
Secretary Of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon
pruot that such materials have been used for the
parpOae Aforesaid no duties SHAH be paid there n
Irorbled, That vessels receiving the benefit OF this
solon shall not he allowed 70 engage in the ceast-
wise trade Of the United States more than two
months IN any one year, except upon the payment
to the United States of the duties on which rebate
Is herein allowed: and pTovffed further, That all
articles of foreign production needed for the repair
OF American vessels engaged exclusively IN foreign
OF duty, under such regulations the Secretary
u the Treasury may PRESCRIBE
enttd IAN act to protect the revenue, aud for other
rposes," approved July twsnty-el eightetI
aNrnied SO as to read ~ follows: Provided THAT
nom aud after the date OF the passage Of this act
impotteu SAT- IN oond may De aseu IN curing n.y.
M er such regulations the Secretary OF the Urea
sry shall plescrbe: aud upOn proof that said sal
has been used In curing FISH, the duties on the SAM
lh,tll be remitted
DISTILLED SPIRITS.
sac, IL. That the act entitled IAN act imposlni
taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for Othe
pEposes," approved july twentieth, eighteen hun
Il ed aud sixty -eight, be and the same is hereby
;nded lollows:
lnat section one Ne amended by striking oat Thu
~ mi nifty" and inserting in lieu thereof the wer'
seventy frODited, nevertheless, That dlstillet
Ian a
~ rrhnuAe when this act shall take effect may b
withdraw therefrom on payment of the taxes Their
On ~ the rate within the time Al d In the name
i,rd by law at the lime of such deposit: FToutet
tpther, That the special tax paid by dstillers prio
10 Tie takingehect OF thsiact which has not been ex
hausted by The quantity uf spt its distilled as PROV
asa by law, shah be refunded upon proper applica
non out of auy moneys Arising from internal taxe
n otherwise appropriated; and that said sectiol
he further amended by striking out the words Ill
excess OF the number Of gallons" and inserting 4
u Il thereof the words "amountlng 10 One-half gal
i1l or over" and add after the words "as gallon
ID Lao