to pay interest on the public debt. and for other purposes, had directed him to report the same with sundry amendments.

Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendments,

Mr. Stevens submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the said bill.

Pending which,

Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, were severally read and agreed to. The fifth amendment having been read, as follows, viz: Strike out the words "on coffee, of all kinds, five cents per pound," and insert in lieu thereof the words "on coffee, of all kinds, three cents per pound."

The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ?
And it was decided in the negative, Neys

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are—

Mr. Wood moved, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

The amendments numbered 6, 7, 8, and 9, were then severally read and agreed to.

The amendment, in the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. Stevens, having been read, as follows, viz:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

"That, from and after the date of the passage of this act, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall he levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: First. On raw sugar, commonly called Muscovade or brown sugar, and on sugars not advanced above number twelve, Dutch standard, by claying, boiling, clarifying, or other process, and on sirup of sugar or of sugar cane and concentrated molasses, or concentrated melado, two and a half cents per pound, and on white and clayed sugar, when advanced beyond the raw state above number twelve, Dutch standard, by clarifying or other process, and not yet refined, three cents per pound; on refined sugars, whether loaf, lump, crushed, or pulverized, four cents per pound; on sugars after being refined, when they are tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, and on sugar candy, six cents per pound; on molasses, five cents per gallon: Provided, That all sirups of sugar or of sugar cane, concentrated molasses or melado, entered under the name of molasses, or any other name than sirup of sugar or of sugar cane, concentrated molasses or concentrated melado, shall be liable to forfeiture to the United States; on all teas, fifteen cents per pound; on almonds, four cents per pound; shelled almonds, six cents per pound; on arrow root, twenty per centum ad valorem; on brimstone, crude, three dollars per ton; on brimstone, rolled, six dollars per ton; on coffee, of all kinds, five cents per pound; on cocoa, five cents per pound; on cocoa leaves and cocoa shells, three cents per pound; on cocoa, prepared or manufactured, eight cents per pound; on chiccory root, two cents per pound; and on chiccory, ground, four cents per pound; on chocolate, six cents per pound; on cassia, ten cents per pound; cassia buds, fifteen cents per pound; on cinnamon, twenty cents per pound; on cloves, eight cents per pound; on cayenne pepper, six cents per pound; on cayenne pepper, ground, eight cents per pound; on currants, five cents per pound; on argol or cream tartar, six cents per pound; on

dates, five cents per pound; on figs, five cents per pound; on ginger root, three cents per pound; on ginger, ground, five cents per pound; on ginger, preserved or pickled, thirty per centum ad valorem; on limes, lemons, oranges, bananas, and plantains, twenty per centum ad valorem; on licorice paste and juice, five cents per pound; licorice root, one cent per pound; on mace and nutmegs, twentyfive cents per pound; on nuts, two cents per pound; on pepper, six cents per pound; on Peruvian bark, fifteen per centum ad valorem; on pimento, six cents per pound; on plums, five cents per pound; on prunes, five cents per pound; on quinine, thirty per centum ad valorem; on raisins, five cents per pound.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: on unmanufactured Russia hemp, forty dollars per ton; on manilla and other hemps of India, twenty-five dollars per ton.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: on lead, in pigs or bars, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred pounds; in sheets, two dollars and twenty-five cents per one hundred pounds; on white lead, dry or ground in oil, and red lead, two dollars and twenty-five cents per one hundred pounds.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: on rags, of whatever material, ten per centum ad valorem; on salt, in sacks, eighteen cents per one hundred pounds, and in bulk, twelve cents per one hundred pounds; on gunpowder, thirty per centum ad valorem; on feathers and downs, thirty per centum ad valorum; on hides, ten per centum ad valorem; on sole and bend leather, thirty per centum ad valorem; on India-rubber, raw or unmanufactured, ten per centum ad valorem; on India-rubber shoes and boots, thirty per centum ad valorem; on soda ash, one-half cent per pound; on bicarbonate of soda, one cent per pound; on sal soda, onehalf cent per pound; on caustic soda, one cent per pound; on chloride of lime, thirty cents per one hundred pounds; on saltpetre, crude, one cent per pound, refined, or partially refined, two cents per pound; on ivory, unmanufactured, ten per centum ad valorem; and on vegetable ivory, ten per centum ad valorem; spirits of turpentine, ten cents per gallon; on oil of cassia, seventy cents per pound.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That ali articles, goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope in foreign vessels, not entitled by reciprocal treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and other charges, and all other articles, goods, wares, and merchandise not imported direct from the place of their growth or production, or in foreign vessels, entitled by reciprocal treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and other charges, shall be subject to pay, in addition to the duties imposed by this act, ten per centum ad valorem: Provided,

That this rule shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope in American vessels. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, there shall be allowed, on all articles wholly manufactured of materials imported, on which duties have been paid, when exported, a drawback, equal in amount to the duty paid on such materials, and no more, to be ascertained under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That ten per centum on the amount of all drawbacks, so allowed, shall be retained for the use of the United States by the collectors paying such drawbacks, respectively; and further, that on refined sugar, when exported, there shall be allowed a drawback of four cents per pound, to be ascertained under the regulations and limitations herein provided.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares, and merchandise, actually on shipboard and bound to the United States, and all goods, wares, and merchandise, on deposit in warehouses or public stores at the date of the passage of this act, shall be subject to pay such duties as provided by law before and at the time of the passage of this act.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to provide for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended, as follows-that is to say, First, in section 6, article first, after the words "in cordials and," strike out "liquors" and insert liqueurs; second, in the same section, after the word "represent," insert, Provided, also, That no lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and all other spirituous beverages, than that now fixed by law for the description of first proof, but shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof; third, section 12, article first, after the words "eighteen cents," where they first occur, insert or less; fourth, section 13, article second, after the word manufacturer," insert except hosiery; fifth, in the same section, article third, strike out "wool," wherever it occurs, and insert in each place worsted; sixth, in section 14, article first, after the words "ten per centum," insert ad valorem; seventh, in section 15, before the word "yarns," insert hemp; in the same section, after the word "sheetings," insert of flax or hemp, and strike out "jute goods," and in lieu thereof insert jute yarns; eighth, in section 22, strike out the words "unwrought clay, three dollars per ton;" ninth, in section 19, strike out "compositions of glass or paste not set, intended for use by jewellers;" tenth, in section 22, strike out compositions of glass or paste, when set;" eleventh, in section 23, article sheathing metal, strike out "yard," and insert foot.

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SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts repugnant to the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That the existing laws shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this act for the

prosecution and punishment of all offences, and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing to that effect, in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in and re-enacted by this act.

The question was put,

Will the House agree thereto?

Yeas

And it was decided in the affirmative, {es

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are