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L13059 JUL 26 1939

STATUTES

OF

UPPER-CANADA;

PASSED IN THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE EIGHTH PRO-
VINCIAL PARLIAMENT,

MET AT YORK ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1823, AND PROROGUED ON THE
NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1824. IN THE FOURTH YEAR

OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE IV.

SIR PEREGRINE MAITLAND, K. C. B. LIEUT. GOVERNOR.

ANNO DOMINI, 1824

CHAP. I.

AN ACT further to Regulate by Law the Commercial Intercourse of the Province of Upper-Canada with the United States of Ame

rica.

[PASSED JAN. 19th, 1824.]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

WHEREAS it is expedient further to provide for the Commer

cial Intercourse between this Province and the United States of America:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the King's Most Excel- PREAMBLE. lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of, and under the authority of an Act

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Certain goods, the

produce or manufac.

ture of the U.States of

America, may be im.

ported on payment of

the duties specified in this Act.

sed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, "An Act to Repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual Pro vision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further Provision for the Government of the said Province;"' and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, the following Articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States of America, may be imported into this Province from the said United States of Ameri ca, on payment of the duties respectively affixed to the same, that is to say :

Salt, per Bushel, Sixpence.

Tobacco, per Pound, Threepence.

Snuff, per Pound, Fourpence.

Sole Leather. per Pound, Threepence.

Harness Leather per Pound, Fourpence.

Calf Skins, and other Skins, dressed as Upper Leather, per

Skin, Two Shillings and Sixpence.

Sheep Skins Dressed, per Skin, Sixpence.

Morocco, per Skin, One Shilling and Sixpence.

Beer, per Gallon, One Shilling.

Cider, per Gallon, One Shilling.

Distilled Spirits, per Gallon, Two Shillings and Sixpence.

Shoes, (Men's and Women's) per Pair, Two Shillings and Six

pence.

Boots, per Pair, Five Shillings.

Boots and Shoes, (Children's) per Pair, Ninepence.

Nails, per Pound, Twopence.

Scythes, Each, Sevenpence-halfpenny.

Oxen, per Head, One Pound Five Shillings.

Young Cattle, from Two to Four Years Old, per Head, Fifteen

Shillings.

Cows, per Head, Fifteen Shillings.

Live Hogs, per Head, Ten Shillings.

Pork, per Barrel, Ten Shillings.

Pork, (not in Barrel,) per Hundred Weight, Five Shillings.

Flour, (not in Barrel,) per Hundred Weight, Two Shillings and

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Sixpence.

Beef, per Barrel Ten Shillings.

Beef, (not in Barrel,) per Hundred Weight, Five Shillings.

Hams and Bacon, per Pound, Threepence..

Iron Castings and Tin-Ware, for every Hundred Pounds of the value thereof, Twenty Pounds.

Saddles, Bridles, and Harness, for every Hundred Pounds of the value thereof, Fifteen Pounds.

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Goods subject to

and all other Goods, Wares, and Merchandize not herein-before enumerated, which are not subject to the payment of duties by the duty ad valorem. provisions of any Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said United States of America, for every Hundred Pounds of the value thereof, Ten Pounds. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prohibit the importation into this Province, free from the payment of any duty, the follow'ing articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said United States of America; That is to say,-Raw Hides, Tallow, be admitted free of Wool, Printing Paper, Cotton Yarn, Travelling Carriages, and Personal Baggage.

II. Provided always, And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prohibit the admission into this Province, free from the payment of any duty, all articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the said United States of America, intended for exportation only, with the exception of such as are subject to duty by the provisions of an Act of the Imperial Parliament

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Goods which may be

legally imported from America. may, it intended for exportation

the United States of

from this Province,

be admitted free of a

ny duties, except such

as are subject to dunes

by the British Statute

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Impor of such their exportation.

of Great Britain, passed in the third year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to Regulate the Trade of Lower and Upper-Canada, and for other purposes relating to the said Provinces."-Progoods to give bond for vided also, That the Importer of such articles, or the Consignee thereof, is hereby required, before the landing thereof, to enter into a Bond, with one or more sufficient Surety or Sureties, in double the value thereof, that the same shall be exported from this Province; which Bond shall be made out by the Collector, on payment of the sum of Two Shillings aud Sixpence.

Goods liable to du. ties under this Act, if

brought from the U

nited States through any part of Lower

Cauada into this Pro

vince, without having

been actually and bo

na fide imported into

that Province, shall

pay the same duties as

if imported direct

from the U States.

How the monies collected under this

ver and accounted

for.

III. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any Goods or Merchandize liable to duties under this Act, shall be brought into this Province by land, or inland navigation, through any part of the Province of Lower Canada, without having been actually and bona fide imported into that Province, such Goods or Merchandize shall be liable to duties, under this Act, in the same manner as if the same had been imported into this Province direct from the United States of America, and shall be in like manner subject to forfeiture for want of Entry, and payment of duties thereon.

IV. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Act are to be paid o all monies collected under and by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the hands of the Receiver General, to and for the uses of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for the public uses of this Province, and towards the support of the Civil Government thereof, to be accounted for to His Majesty through the Lords Commissioners of His Treasury for the time being, in such manner as it shall please His Majesty to direct.

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V. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall continue in force for and during the term of Five

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