Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-01-17
oEEIcIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED Stairs

Passed at inc oeoOh1 oe'oto's W WV ENftt-eoNNfsN
Congress.
GENERAL NATURK, No. I'LL
AN AC'r TO reduce duties on imports and 10 reduce
Internal taxes, and for other purposes.
Be enacted By The Senate and House Of Rcreseata
,,tbi.d That and after the first day OF August
elgntee, hundred and seventy-two, in lieu Of the
dstIss heretofore Imposed by law on the articles
Sprsiaaftcr enumeratod or provided for, imported
from foreign countries, there snail he levied, col.
iertod, and paid the following duties ana rates OF
Va 4 That on and after tho first day August,
eighteen hundred and seVenty-twO, In lieu OF the
duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles
mentioned in this section, there shall be levied col
iected, and paid on the goods, wares and merchan-
se m this section enumerated lint orte for foreign
countries, the following duties and rates Of duty
On ali bGfiaps, and IKE manufactures Of nax yate
or hemp OF which lax Jute, on hemp snail be the
,,onpoilent material or chief value, excepting such
az NAV be suitable for bagging for cotton thirty per
centun AL vaOrsm; on ull oil cloth foundations or
1nOr-rloth canvass, made OF fax jute; or hemp, OF
O which nax jute, or hemp, shallbe the component,
material chief value, forty per centum al val0-
rem: on all hays, cotton bags, and baggtng, and al
other like manufacture, not herein otherwise pro-
vided for, except bagging for cotton, composed
wholly or IN part OF max, hemp, jute, Runny-cloth
gunny bags or other material, forty per eentum I'D
valOrem. ,,-, a. .,-,
except those made OF glass, twenty-five per cen,nm
g" ON bouiIlous or connetille, and metal threads
file or gespiHst, twenty-five per centum al Valo-
on emery ore, six dollars ton; and on emery
q aims two cents pound.
On cofSs and cork bark, manufactured, thirty per
Centum ad Vaorem.
On acids namely acetc, aGetOus, and pyrolgue-
Gus OF specific gravity Of l047 or less i've cents pei
pound; acetic, acetous and pyrOigueoua OF specific
gravity over Leaf thirty cents per pound; carboic
liquid, ten per centum ad ValOrem; gallo, one dol
lar per pound: sulphurc, fuIniug (Nordhausen, )0ne
cent per pound; tannic one dollar per poundi tar
tarlc, fifteen cents per pound
ON blue vtriOl, four cents per pound:
ON camphor, refined, i've cents per pound;
On su phate Of quinine, twenty per centum ad va
On chlorate of potash, three cents per pound;
On Rochelle salts, i've cents per pound;
ON sal.soda, and soda ash, One-fOurth OF one cent
on santonine. three dollars per pound;
ON Atyrchna, one dollar per ounce;
compounded, dollar per gallon OF first proof and
in proportion for any greater strength than nrst-
proof.
nifty cents per pound.
On all sized or glued paper, suitable only for
printing paper, twenty-five per centum ad Valo-
On vermuth, the same duty as on wines of the
on mustard ground, In bulk, ten cents per pound
when enclosed in glass or tin, fourteen cents per
pound;
On nRs. two and one-half.s cents per pound;
Tn ralsins, twoand One-half cents per pound;
On dates AMI prunes, one cent per pound;
On preserved or condensed milk, twenty per CEN
tum al val0reH.
TN IRE crackers, one dollars per box or forty
packs, not exceeding eigh TO each pack, ana ln
the same proportion for any greater or less num-
Der.
fifteen per cenIum ad v ilnrrm.
GU iron and tin plates galvanized or coated with
any metal by electric batteries, Two cents per
On Moislc Iron, made from sand ore by one pro-
cess fifteen dollars per ton.
ON umbrella and parasOl ribs and stfetchers
frames tips, runners handles, or other parts there
OF, when made In whole or chief part OF iron, Steel
orany other metal duty OF fory,n per centain i
umbrellas, parasols, and sunsnades, when covered
with silk alpaca, shall he sixty per cenum al va
loren; all other umbrellas snail pc IOrJy'nVe per
cCntum ad VAOrem.
on saltpetre, crude, one cent per pound; refined
and partia ly refined, two cents per pound.
$40. D. That on and after the nrst day OF August
next the importation OF the articles enumerated and
described IN this section shall be exempt from duty
Acid bOIaic and sulphuric:
Agatcs manufactured;
Almond shells;
Aluminium, or aluminium;
Amber beads, and amber gum
American manufactures the following, to wit,
casks, barrels, or car-boys, and other vessels and
grain bags, the manufacture OF the United states II
exporter, containing American produce, and decla-
ration be made Of intent 10 return tue same empty
suGn regulations AZ shall he prescribed by the Secre-
Iary of the Treasury;
Angelica root;
Anamals brought into the United temporarily and
for period not exceeding ten months for the pur-
pose Of exhibition or competition for prizes on req
That bonds lie nrst.given, IN accordance with the
regulations 10 be prescribed by the Secretary Of NE
Treasury, with the condition hat the full duty 70
which such animals would otherwise be liable shall
be paid In OF their sale In the United States,Or
II not re-eXpOrted within said months;
Annato, roncou, GOeou, or 0rleana, ana all eN-
tracts Of:
Annatto seed;
Anthony, ore, and crude suphuret Of
Aqua fOrtis;
A gal dust;
AIseIiate OF aniline;
balm of ltilead.
Balsallsi viz; CopAvia, fir or Canada, Peru and
TOlu;
cut into suitable lengths for waking-iticks or
canes or for sticks for umbrellas, parasos, or sun
shades;
Blmioos unmanufactured;
BezOar stones:
Bed feathers and downs;
Birds, Stuffed
Black salts;
Black tares;
Badders, crude and all integument OF animals
not otherwise provided for;
bologna sausages;
Bones, crude aud not manufactured bones, Durh'
id, calclned, ground or steamed:
BOGaX, crude;
BurHte OF lime;
Books which shell have been printed and manu-
featured more than twenty years at the date Of I'M
pOrtatlin;
Books maps, and charts imported by authority
Tor the use OF the United States for the use OF the
library OF Congress: Pr0Uhe1 That the duty shal
not have been included IN the contract or price
paid;
Books maps, and charts, specially imported, moi
more than two copies In an one invoice, In goot
attn fer the use OF any society Incorporated OF CD
tIhshed for philosophical, literary or r liglous pur
poses, or for the encouragement OF the nne Arls
or the use or by the order OF any college, acad
envy, school, or Summary OF learning In the Uhlte'
States
Books, professional, OF persons arriving in tn
Books, household effects, or libraries. or parts o
llbraTles IN use OF persons or families RON lofeR
unirlcs, II used abroad by Them not less thah on
year and not Intended for any other person or per
SONS, nor for sale;