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The superintendents of the public sales directed by this section, Four dollars a shall receive four dollars, each, for each day's attendance on the day for each said sales. [Approved, April 26, 1816.]

superintendent of sales.

Vol. iii. p.

1720.

tions of the of

CHAP. 103. An act continuing the salaries of certain officers of government. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the annual compensations of the The annual different officers enumerated in the act, passed the twentieth day compensaof February, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "An ficers cnumeact continuing, for a limited time, the salaries of the officers of rated in the government therein mentioned," shall be continued as if the said Feb. 1804, act had not expired, or contained any provision for limiting its vol. ii. p. 910. continuance. [Approved, April 27, 1816.]

CHAP. 107. An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage. (a)

act of 20th

continued.

cease from

1816; and oth

duty of 7 1-2 per cent. ad,

valorem.

rem.

1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the thirtieth day Duties hereof June, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, the duties tofore laid to heretofore laid by law on goods, wares, and merchandise, im- and after the ported into the United States, shall cease and determine, and 30th of June, there shall be levied, and collected, and paid, the several duties er duties to be hereinafter mentioned; that is to say: First. A duty of seven paid 1. Goods, &c. and a half per centum ad valorem, on all dying drugs and mate- on which are to be paid a rials for composing dyes, not subject to other rates of duty; gum arabic, gum senegal, salt petre; jewelry, gold, silver, and other, watches, and parts of watches; gold and silver lace, embroidery, and epaulettes; precious stones and pearls of all kinds, set or not set; Bristol stones or paste work, and all articles composed wholly or chiefly of gold, silver, pearl, and precious stones; and laces, lace veils, lace shawls or shades, of thread or silk. Necond. 2. Goods, &c. A duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem on gold leaf, and on all on which are to be paid a articles not free, and not subject to any other rate of duty. duty of 15 per Third. A duty of twenty per centum ad valorem, on hempen cent. ad valocloth or sail cloth, (except Russian and German linens, Russia and Holland duck,) stockings, of wool or cotton; printing types; 3. Goods, &c. - all articles manufactured from brass, copper, iron, steel, pewter, to be paid a lead, or tin, or of which these metals, or either of them, is the duty of 20 per material of chief value; brass wire, cutlery, pins, needles, but- rem. tons, button moulds, and buckles, of all kinds; gilt, plated, and japanned, wares, of all kinds; cannon, muskets, fire arms, and side arms; Prussian blue, China ware, earthen ware, stone ware, porcelain and glass manufactures, other than window glass and black glass quart bottles. Fourth. A duty of twenty-five per 4. Goods, &c. centum ad valorem, on woolen manufactures of all descriptions, to be paid 25 or of which wool is the material of chief value, excepting blan- per cent. ad kets, woolen rugs, and worsted or stuff goods, shall be levied, valorem until collected, and paid, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, 1819; and afuntil the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ter that 20 nineteen; and after that day, twenty per centum on the said articles; and on cotton manufactures of all descriptions, or of which cotton is the material of chief value, and on cotton twist, yarn, or thread, as follows, viz: for three years next ensuing the

(a) Vol. iii. p. 1617, 1633, 1705, 1706, 1708, 1740, 1942. Vol. iv. p. 2113, 2140, 2201, 2317, 2338, 2343, 2345, 2383, 2418, 2534.

on which are

cent. ad valo

on which are

to

per cent.

cost of cotton

cloths, &c. at the place whence imported, &c.

Proviso; as to the original cost of unbleached and

uncolored cot

or thread.

Bleached or colored yarn.

thirtieth day of June next, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem; and after the expiration of the three years aforesaid, Proviso; as to a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all the original cotton cloths, or cloths of which cotton is the material of chief value, (excepting nankeens imported directly from China) the original cost of which at the place whence imported, with the addition of twenty per centum, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope, or from places beyond it, and of ten per centum if imported from any other place, shall be less than twenty-five cents per square yard, shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost twenty-five cents per square yard, and shall be charged with duty accordingly: Provided, also, That all unbleached and uncolored cotton twist, yarn, or thread, the original cost of which shall be less than sixty cents per pound, shall ton twist, yarn, be deemed and taken to have cost sixty cents. per pound, and shall be charged with duty accordingly; and all bleached or colored yarn, the original cost of which shall have been less than seventy-five cents per pound, shall be taken and deemed to have cost seventy-five cents per pound, and shall be charged with duty cotton piece accordingly: And provided further, That cotton piece goods goods import- imported in ships or vessels of the United States, which shall of the U. have sailed from the United States before the passage of this States, which act, and shall arrive therein between the thirtieth day of June, before the one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, the original cost of which cotton piece goods, at the place whence imported, of June, shall have been less than twenty-five cents per square yard, shall 1816, and 1st be admitted to entry, subject only to a duty of thirty-three and of June, 1817, a third per centum on the cost of the said cotton piece goods in India, and on the usual addition of twenty per centum on that 5. Goods, &c. cost. Fifth. A duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, on umon which are brellas, parasols, of whatever materials made, and sticks or frames to be paid a duty of 30 per for umbrellas or parasols; bonnets and caps for women, fans, cent. ad valo- feathers, ornaments for head dresses, artificial flowers, millinery

Proviso; as to

ed in vessels

sailed thence

passage of this act, and arriving between the

30th of

&c.

Vol. iii. p. 1708.

rem.

Vol. iii. p. 1705.

Ad valorem duty to be charged on

the nett cost

of all sorts; hats or caps of wool, fur, leather, chip, straw, or silk; cosmetics, washes, balsams, perfumes; painted floor cloths, mats, of grass or flags; sallad oil, pickles, capers, olives, mustard, comfits or sweetmeats, preserved in sugar or brandy; wafers, cabinet wares, and all manufactures of wood; carriages of all descriptions, and parts thereof; leather, and all manufactures of leather, or of which leather is the material of chief value; saddles, bridles, harness; paper of every description, pasteboard, paper hangings, blank books, parchment, vellum; brushes, canes, walking sticks, whips; and clothing ready made. And in all cases where an ad valorem duty shall be charged, it shall be calculated on the nett cost of the article at the place whence imaddition, &c. ported (exclusive of packages, commissions, and all charges) with the usual addition established by law, of twenty per cent. 1633. on all merchandise imported from places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and of ten per centum on articles imported from all 6. Goods, &c. other places. Sixth. The following duties, severally and specipaying duties fically: on ale, beer, and porter, in bottles, fifteen cents per galspecifically. lon; on ale, beer, and porter, imported otherwise than in bottles,

at the place whence the articles are imported, with

Vol. iii. p.

severally and

paying duties

specifically.

ten cents per gallon; on alum, one dollar per hundred weight; Vol. iii. p. on almonds, three cents per pound; on black glass quart bottles, 1706. one hundred and forty-four cents per groce; on boots, one dol- Goods, &c. lar and fifty cents per pair; on bristles, three cents per pound; severally and on playing cards, thirty cents per pack; on tarred cables and cordage, three cents per pound; on untarred cordage, yarns, twine, packthread, and seines, four cents per pound; on tallow candles, three cents per pound; on wax and spermaceti candles, six cents per pound; on Chinese cassia, six cents per pound; on cinnamon, twenty-five cents per pound; on cloves, twenty-five cents per pound; on cheese, nine cents per pound; on chocolate, three cents per pound; on cocoa, two cents per pound; on coal, five cents per heaped bushel; on copperas, one dollar per hundred weight; on copper rods, bolts, spikes, or nails, and composition rods, bolts, spikes, or nails, four cents per pound; on coffee, five cents per pound; on cotton, three cents per pound; on currants, three cents per pound; on figs, three cents per pound; on foreign caught fish, one dollar per quintal; on mackerel, one dollar and fifty cents per barrel; on salmon, two dollars per barrel; and on all other pickled fish, one dollar per barrel; on window glass, not above eight inches by ten inches in size, two dollars and fifty cents per hundred square feet; on the same, not above ten inches by twelve inches in size, two dollars and seventy-five cents per hundred square feet; on the same, if above ten inches by twelve inches in size, three dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred square feet; on glue, five cents per pound; on gunpowder, eight cents per pound; on hemp, one dollar and fifty cents per hundred weight; on iron or steel wire, not exceeding number eighteen, five cents per pound, and over number eighteen, nine cents per pound; on iron, in bars and bolts, excepting iron manufactured by rolling, forty-five cents per hundred weight; on iron in sheets, rods, and hoops, two dollars and fifty cents per hundred weight, and in bars or bolts, when manufactured by rolling, and on anchors, one dollar and fifty cents per hundred weight; on indigo, fifteen cents per Vol. iii. p. pound; on lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets, one cent per pound; on shot manufactured of lead, two cents per pound; on red and white lead, dry or ground in oil, three cents per pound; on mace, one dollar per pound; on molasses, five cents per gallon; on nails, three cents per pound; on nutmegs, sixty cents per pound; Ibid. on pepper, eight cents per pound; on pimento, six cents per pound; on plumbs and prunes, three cents per pound; on muscatel raisins, and raisins in jars and boxes, three cents per pound; on all other raisins, two cents per pound; on salt, twenty cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds; on ochre, dry, one cent per pound, in oil, one and a half cents per pound; on steel, one dollar per hundred weight; on segars, two dollars and fifty cents per thousand; on spirits, from grain, of first proof, forty-two cents per gallon; of second proof, forty-five cents per gallon; of third proof, forty-eight cents per gallon; of fourth proof, fiftytwo cents per gallon; of fifth proof, sixty cents per gallon; above fifth proof, seventy-five cents per gallon; on spirits from other materials than grain, of first and second proof, thirty-eight VOL. III.

180

1706.

Goods, &c.

severally and specifically.

cents per gallon; of third proof, forty-two cents per gallon; of paying duties fourth proof, forty-eight cents per gallon; of fifth proof, fiftyseven cents per gallon; above fifth proof, seventy cents per gallon; on shoes and slippers of silk, thirty cents per pair; on shoes and slippers of leather, twenty-five cents per pair; on shoes and slippers for children, fifteen cents per pair; on spikes, two cents per pound; on soap, three cents per pound; on brown sugar, three cents per pound; on white clayed or powdered sugar, four cents per pound; on lump sugar, ten cents per pound; on loaf sugar and on sugar candy, twelve cents per pound; on snuff, twelve cents per pound; on tallow, one cent per pound; on tea, from China, in ships or vessels of the United States, as follows, viz: bohea, twelve cents per pound; souchong and other black, twenty-five cents per pound; imperial, gunpowder, and gomee, fifty cents per pound; byson and young hyson, forty cents per pound; hyson skin and other green, twenty-eight cents per pound; on teas, from any other place, or in any other than ships or vessels of the United States, as follows, viz: bohea, fourteen cents per pound; souchong and other black, thirty-four cents per pound; imperial, gunpowder, and gomee, sixty-eight cents per pound; hyson and young hyson, fifty-six cents per pound; byson skin and other green, thirty-eight cents per pound; on manufactured tobacco, other than snuff and segars, ten cents per pound; on whiting and Paris white, one cent per pound; on wine, as follows, viz: on Madeira, Burgundy, Champaign, Rhenish, and Tokay, one dollar per gallon; on Sherry and St. Lucar, sixty cents per gallon; on other wine, not enumerated, when imported in bottles or cases, seventy cents per gallon; on Lisbon, Oporto, and on other wines of Portugal, and those of Sicily, fifty cents per gallon; on Teneriffe, Fayal, and other wines of the Western Islands, forty cents per gallon; on all other wines, when imported otherwise than in cases and bottles, twenty-five cents per gallon; on Russia duck, (not exceeding fifty-two archeens each piece,) two dollars; on ravens duck, (not exceeding fifty-two archeens each piece,) one dollar and twenty-five cents; on Holland duck, (not exceeding fifty-two archeens each piece,) two dollars and fifty cents; on spermaceti oil of foreign fishing, twenty-five cents per gallon; on whale and other fish oil, of foreign fishing, fifteen cents per gallon; and on olive oil in casks, at twenty-five cents per gallon.

Vol. iii. p. 1740.

Articles which may be im

duties.

$2. That the following articles shall be imported into the ported free of United States free of duties; that is to say: all articles im-. ported for the use of the United States; philosophical apparatus, instruments, books, maps, charts, statues, busts, casts, paintings, drawings, engravings, specimens of sculpture, cabinets of coins, gems, medals, and all other collections of antiquities; statuary, modelling, painting, drawing, etching or engraving, specially imported by order, and for the use, of any society incorporated for philosophical or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or by order, and for the use, of any seminary of learning; specimens in natural history, mineralogy, botany, and anatomical preparations, models of machinery and other inventions, plants and trees; wearing apparel and other personal baggage

may be impor

in actual use, and the implements or tools of trade of persons ar- Articles which riving in the United States; regulus of antimony; bark of the cork ted free of dutree, unmanufactured; animals imported for breed; burr stones, ties. unwrought; gold coin, silver coin, and bullion; clay; unwrought copper, imported in any shape for the use of the mint; copper and brass, in pigs, bars, or plates, suited to the sheathing of ships; old copper and brass, and old pewter, fit only to be remanufactured; tin, in pigs or bars; furs, undressed, of all kinds; raw hides and skins; lapis calaminaris; plaster of Paris; rags of any kind of cloth; sulphur or brimstone; barilla; Brazil wood, brazilletto, redwood, camwood, fustic, logwood, Nicaragua and other dye woods; wood, unmanufactured, of any kind; zinc, teutenague or spelter.

per cent. on

or vessels not

§ 3. That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the Addition of 10 several rates of duties above specified and imposed, in respect to goods, &c. imall goods, wares, and merchandise, on the importation of which, ported in ships in American or foreign vessels, a specific discrimination has not of the United been herein already made, which, after the said thirtieth day of States. June, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: Provided, That this Proviso; additional duty not additional duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise, to be exacted imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, entitled by on goods imtreaty, or by any act or acts of congress, to be entered in the eign vessels. ports of the United States, on the payment of the same duties as are paid on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in ships or vessels of the United States.

ported in for

Drawback to

ed, &c.

lowance of

§ 4. That there shall be allowed a drawback of the duties, by be allowed on this act imposed, on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported goods, &c. into the United States, upon the exportation thereof within the when exporttime, and in the manner, prescribed by the existing laws, subject Restrictions to the following provisions; that is to say that there shall not and regulabe an allowance of the drawback of duties in the case of goods tions with reimported in foreign vessels from any of the dominions, colonies, spect to the alor possessions, of any foreign power, to and with which the ves- drawback. sels of the United States are not permitted to go and trade; that there shall not be an allowance of the drawback of duties for the amount of the additional duties by this act imposed on goods imported in vessels not of the United States; that there shall not be an allowance of the drawback in case of foreign dried and pickled fish, and other salted provisions, fish oil, or playing cards; that there shall be deducted and retained, from the amount of the duties on goods exported with the benefit of drawback, (other than spirits,) two and a half per centum; and that there shall be retained, in the case of spirits exported with the benefit of drawback, two cents per gallon upon the quantity of spirits, and also three per centum on the amount of duties payable on the importation thereof. But, nevertheless, the provisions of this of this act not The provisions act shall not be deemed in any wise to impair any rights and to impair privileges which have been, or may be, acquired by any foreign by any foreign nation, under the laws and treaties of the United States, upon nation, &c. the subject of exporting goods from the United States, with the benefit of a drawback of the duties payable upon the importation thereof.

rights acquired

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