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ticular, per gallon fifty-six cents:-Madeira, of Specific duties on the quality of London market, per gallon, fortynine cents:-other Madeira wine, per gallon, forty cents:-Sherry, per gallon, thirty-three cents:St. Lucar, per gallon, thirty cents:-Lisbon, per gallon, twenty-five cents:-Oporto, per gallon, twenty-five cents:-Teneriffe and Fayal, per gallon, twenty cents:-all other wines forty per centum, ad valorem. Provided that the amount of the duty thereupon shall, in no case, exceed thirty cents per gallon. Spirits, distilled wholly or chiefly from grain:-of the first class of proof, per gallon, twenty-eight cents:-of the second class of proof, per gallon, twenty-nine cents:-of the third class of proof, per gallon, thirty-one cents: -of the fourth class of proof, per gallon, thirtyfour cents:-of the fifth class of proof, per gallon, forty cents:-of the sixth class of proof, per gallon, fifty-cents. All other distilled spirits:―of the second class of proof and under, per gallon, twenty-five cents:-of the third class of proof and under, per gallon, twenty-eight cents:-of the fourth class of proof and under, per gallon, thirty-two cents:-of the fifth class of proof and under, per gallon, thirty-eight cents:-of the sixth class of proof and under, per gallon, forty-six cents. Which several classes or denominations of proof shall be deemed and taken to correspond with those mentioned in the "act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same." Beer, ale and porter, per gallon, eight cents:-steel, per hundred weight, one

Specific duties on hundred cents:-nails, per pound, two cents:

certain enumera

ted articles.

cocoa, per pound, two cents:-chocolate, per pound, three cents:-playing cards, per pack, twenty-five cents:-shoes and slippers of silk, twenty cents:-all other shoes and slippers for men and women, clogs and goloshoes, ten cents; all other shoes and slippers for children, seven cents:-on hemp, for every one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred cents:-on cables, for every one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred and eighty cents:-on tarred cordage, for every hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred and eighty cents:-on untarred cordage and yarn, for every one hundred and twelve pounds, two hundred and twenty-five cents:-ontwine and pack thread, for every one hundred and twelve pounds, four hundred cents:-on coal, per bushel, four and a half cents; on salts, called glauber salts, for every one hundred and twelve pounds, two hundred cents.

Articles ad valorem:-China wares, looking glass, window and other glass, and all manufactures of glass, black quart bottles excepted; muskets, pistols, and other fire arms; swords, cutlasses, hangers, and other side arms; starch, hair-powder, wafers; glue, laces, lines, fringes, tassels, and trimmings, commonly used by upholsterers, coach-makers and saddlers, and paper hangings; painter's colors, whether dry or ground in oil, fifteen per centum, ad valorem; cast, slit and rolled iron, and generally, all manufactures of iron, steel, tin, pewter, copper, brass, or of which either of these metals is the article of chief value, not being otherwise particularly enumerated, brass and iron wire excepted; cabinet wares, leather, tanned and taw

ed, and all manufactures of leather, or of which leather is the article of chief value, not otherwise particularly enumerated; medicinal drugs, except those commonly used in dying; hats, caps and bonnets of every sort; gloves and mittens; stockings; millinery ready made; artificial flowers, feathers and other ornaments for women's head dresses; fans; dolls, dressed and undressed; toys; buttons of every kind; carpets and carpetting, mats and floor cloths; sail cloth; sheathing and cartridge paper; all powders, pastes, balls, balsams, ointments, oils, waters, washes, tinctures, essences, or other preparations or compositions commonly called sweet scents, odors, perfumes or cosmetics: all dentrifice, powders, tinctures, preparations, or compositions whatsoever for the teeth or gums, ten per centum, ad valorem.

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Sec. 2. Provided always, and be it further Exemption of t enacted, That all articles which are excepted and acts continued. exempted from duty by the "Act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States," shall continue to be so excepted and exempted, and that to the articles heretofore made free from duty, the following shall be added, namely, copper in pigs and bars, lapis calaminaris, unmanufactured wool, wood, sulphur.

30th June, how to be collected; and

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from Duty one after and after the last day of June next, in computing the duty heretofore laid upon salt, a bushel of salt shall be deemed not to exceed the weight of fiftysix pounds avoirdupois: and as often as the actual bushel of salt shall exceed the said weight, such salt shall be charged in the proportion of the present rate of duty per bushel, for every fifty-six pounds of its actual weight.

On goods not enumerated in this

act.

Certain additional duty of 10 per

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That after the said first day of June next, there shall be laid, levied, and collected, in addition to the present duty thereupon, a duty of two and an half per centnm, ad valorem, upon all goods, wares and merchandizes, not above enumerated or described, which, if imported in ships or vessels of the United States, are now chargeable with a duty of five per centum, ad valorem.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the cent. continued. addition of ten per centum, made by the second section of the "Act making further provision for the of the debts of the United States," to the rates of duties on goods, wares and merchandize, imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, shall continue in full force and operation, after the said last day of June next, in relation to the articles herein before enumerated and described.

Certain acts de

in this act.

[Sec. 6. Such part as relates to the fisheries repealed by act 3d March, 1807.]

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[Sec. 7 and 8, repealed by act of 2d March, 1799.] Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the clared in force as act, intituled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels," and as touching the duties on distilled spirits only, the act, intituled, "An act repealing, after the last day of June next, to duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," shall ex

tend to, and be in full force for the collection of the duties specified and laid in and by this act, and severally for the execution thereof as fully and effectually, as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, provision, clause, matter and thing therein contained had been herein inserted and re-enacted.

(Sections 10, 11, and 12, repealed by act 2d March, 1799.)

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Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Duties aforesaid, several and respective duties aforesaid, except that mentioned in the fourth section of this act, shall continue to be levied, collected and paid until the debts, and purposes, to and for which the duties, hereby directed to cease after the last day of June next, were pledged and appropriated, shall have been fully paid and satisfied; and that so much thereof, as may be necessary, shall be, and are hereby pledged and appropriated in the same manner, for the same purposes and with the same force and effect, as those, which are hereby directed to cease after the said last day of June next, and that so much of the residue thereof, as may be necessary, shall be, and are hereby appropriated for making good defficiencies in any funds, which may have been designated for satisfying grants and appropriations heretofore made.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the additional duty of two and an half per centum ad valorem, specified in the fourth section* of

*Note-The 4th section continued to 1st January, 1799, by act 7th June, 1794, and by act of 3d March, 1795, the duties charged with the payment of the interest on the public debt are made permanent.

Limitation of ad 4th section.

valorem duties, specified in the

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