Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-11
Official.
LAWS OF THE
NIT ED STA TIE s. I,
PASSED AT TUE
SECOND SESSION OF THE 42d CONGRESS-

AN ACT to reduce duties on imports, and TO
reduce internal taxes, and for other pur-
poses.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives ofthe United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That on and
after the first day of August, eighteen hum
dred and seventy-two. in lieu of the duties
heretofore imposed by law on the articles
hereinafter enumerated or provided for, i'm
ported from foreign countries, there shall be
levied, collected, and paid the following du-
ties and rates of duty, that is TO say:
On all slack coal or culnl, such MS will pass
through half-inch screen, forty cents per
ton of twenty-cight bushels, eighty pounds to
tho bushel.
On all bituminous coal and shnle, seventy
five cents per ton Of twenty-eight bushels,
eighty pounds to the bushol.
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 oatmeal. one half cent per pound.
On potatoes, fifteen cents per bushel.
On bend or betting leather, and on Spanish
or other sole leather fifteen per centum ad
valorem.
On calfskns, tanned or tanned and dress
ed. twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
On upper leather of all kinds, and on skins
dressed and finished of all kinds, not herein
otherwise provided for, twenty per centum
nd valorem.
On all skins for morocco tanned, but uu-
finished. ten per ccntum NJ valorem.
On chiccory.root, ground or unground. one
cent per pound.
On all timber squared or sided, not other
wise provided for, one cent per cubic foot;
On sawed boards, plank. deals, and other
lumber of hemlock, wildwood, sycamore,
and Eastwood, one dollar per thousand feet
board measure;
On all other varieties of sawed lumber, two
dollars per thousand feet beard measure
Provided, That when lumber of any sort is
blamed 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 ifplaned on one
side and tOngued and grooved, one dollar per
thousand feet and ifplaued on two sides and
| tongucd and grooved, one dollar and fifty
cents per thousand feet.
On hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, wag-
on blocks oar blocks, gun blocks, heading
blocks. aud all like blocks or sticks, rough
hewn Or sawed only, twenty per centum nd
! val0rcm.
On pckets and palngs. twenty per centum
ad valorcm
On laths, fifteen cents per thousand pieces.
| On all shingles, thirty-five cents per thou
sand.
On pine clapboarls, 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-iive per centum AL valorem.
On casks and barrels, empty, and on sugar
| box shocks, and packing boxes of wood not
otherwl . provided for thirty per centum nd
| valoreni
On fruit, shade, lawn, and ornamental
| trees, shrubs, plants, and tlOwer-seeds, not
otherwise provided for twenty per ccntum
al valorem.
| On gardcn-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-tiye
per centum ad valorem.
On ginger, esscnsce of, thirty-fiye per cent
| UNI ad valorem.
| On chocolate, five cents per pound, and ON
cocoa, prepared or manufactured, two cents
| per pound.
| SIC ? That on and after the first day OF
| August, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
| in lieu of the duties imposed by law on the
| articlec in this section enumerated, there
shall he levied, collected, and paid on the
| goods wares and merchandise in this section
foreign countries, ninety per centum of the
several duties and rates of duty now imposed
| by law upon said articles sevcrally, it being
the intent of this section 10 reduce existing
duties on said articles ten per centrm ofsuch
duties, that is TO say:
On all manufactures Of cotton of which
| cotton is the component part of chef value.
On all woods, hair Of the alpaca goat, and
other animals, and all manufactures wholly
or H. part of wool on hair of the alpaca, and
other like animals except as hereinafter
provided.
On all iron and steel, and on all manuiac
| lures of iron and steel, of which such metal,
or either Of them shall be the component par
of chief value, excepting cotton machinery.
On all metals not herein otherwise prOvid
| ed for, and on all manufactures of metals al
which either OF them is the component par
of chief value, excepting percussion caps
watches, jcwelry, and other articles of orna
mcnt Provided, That all wire-ropc and wire
strand or chain made OF iroH-wlrc, clthc
bright, coppercd. galvanized, or coated will
other metals, shall pay the same rate Of dut,
that is now levied on the iron wire of which
said rope or strand or chain is made and nj
wIrc-rope and wire strand or chain made q
steel wire, either bright, coppercd. galvan
lied, or coated with other metals, shall pa,
the same rate 81 duty that is now levied OF
the steel wire ofwhich said rope or strand o
chain is made.
On all paper, and manufacture, ct paper
excepting unsiZed printing paper, books an'
other printed matter, not herein specilicall
provided for
On all manufactures OF India rubber, gutta
pcrcha, or straw, md on oil-cloths OF al
descriptions.
On glass and gla- ,ware, and ON unwrOugh
pipe-clay, fine clay and fuller's earth,
On all leather not otherwise herein proyid
{ ed for, and ON all manufactures of skins
bone, ivory, horn, and leather, except glove
and mittens, and of which either of said art
icles is the component part of chief value
and on liquorice paste or liquolIcc juice
SEC. g. That on and after the first day 4
October next there shall be collected AN
paid on all goods, wares, and mCrchandis
of the growth or produce of countries east G
: the Cape of Good Hope, (eXccpt wool, ray
Gotten, and raw SILK rs reeled irom the CO
COON or not further advanced than tram
thrown, or organzine,) when imported from
places west 1T the Cape OF Good Hope, II dut
, of ten per ccntum ad yalOrcm, in addition +
the duties imposed on any such article whc
, imported directly from the place or places q
their growth or production.
! SEC. 1. That on and after the first day &
August, eighteen hundred and sCventy-tw6
D IN lieu of the duties heretofore imposed b
2 law on the articles mentioned in this section
there shall be levied, collected, and paid o
the goods wares, and merchandise in thi
I, section enumerated, imported from ioreig
~ countries, the following duties and rates {
I duty that Is TO say;
g On all burlaps, and like manufactures {
flax, jutc, on hemp, or Of which flax, jute, q
, hemp shall be the component material {
chief value, excepting such rs may be sui
7 able for buggng for cotton, thirty per Centur
}, nd valorem; on all oil-clolh foundations O
floor-cloth canvass, made of flax, jute, &
? hemp or of which flax, jutc, or hemp sha
be the component material of chief valu,
L forty per centum ad valorem; on all bag
cotton bags, and bagging, and all other lii
manufactures, not herein otherwise provide
9 for, except baggng Tor cotton, compose
2 wholly or in part of flax hemp, Jute gum,
cloth, gunny-bags, or other material, fort
per centum al vaorem
Il On insuators for use exclusively IN tell
i graphy. except those made of glass, twent,
. five per centum al yalorem.