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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to provide more effectually for der this the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," shall extend to, and be in full force for the collection of the duties specified and laid in and by this act, and generally, 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.

[Section 7th relates to the act prohibiting the exportation of arms, which has expired.]

act.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Limitation of this act shall continue in force until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyseven, and no longer.†

June 7, 1794. 1 ses. 3 con.

AN ACT

Supplementary to the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States.

Whereas difficulties have arisen in ascertaining the duties on certain articles imported into the United States, and further provision for securing the collection of the impost duties, are found necessary:

+ This act, together with the other duties charged with the payment of interest on the public debt, is made permanent by an act of 3d March, 1795.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of AmeriNew duty placed ca, in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the

on specific arti

cles.

Duty on tea.

present duties, there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon all printing types, which, after the last day of March next, shall be imported into the United States, in ships or vessels of the United States, at the rate of ten per cent. and upon all girandoles, at the rate of twenty per cent. ad valorem; that, after the last day of March next, the present duties payable upon clayed sugars, shall cease, and there shall be paid upon all white clayed, or white powdered sugars, three cents per pound, and upon all other clayed or powdered sugars, one and an half cent per pound; upon Malaga wine, twenty cents; upon Burgundy and Champaigne, forty cents per gallon.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the said last day of March, teas, commonly called imperial, gunpowder or green, shall pay the same duties as hyson teas: and where any entire article is, by any law of the United States, made to pay proportion- subject to the payment of duties, the parts thereof, when imported separately, shall be subject to the payment of the same rate of duties.

Part of an article

ably to the whole.

Additional duty

on foreign vessels.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That after the said last day of March, (the preceding part of this section repealed by act 2d March, 1799,) bottles in which any liquor is imported, shall be sub. ject to the payment of the like duty as empty bottles.

[Section 4th repealed by act 2d March, 1799.]

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in respect to the aforesaid duties, and the duties hereto

fore imposed on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, there shall be an addition of ten per cent. to the several rates of duties, when imported in ships or vessels not of the United States; except in cases, where such additional duty has been before specially laid on any goods, wares or merchandize imported in such ships or vessels.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Duty how to be duties aforesaid shall be collected in like manner, propriated. and under the same regulations, restrictions and provisions, and subject to the like appropriations, as goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States are now subject to.

January 29th 1795. 2 ses. 3 con.

AN ACT

For raising a further sum of money, by additional duties on certain articles imported; and for other purposes.

on certain im.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and Additional duty after the thirtieth day of June next, the following ports. duties, in addition to those now in force, and payable on the several articles herein after enumerated, shall be laid, levied and collected upon those articles, respectively, at their importation into the United States, from any foreign port or place, viz. upon all brown sugar, per pound, one half cent; upon all bohea tea, per pound, two cents; upon

Duty on cocoa and sugar-candy vari od

Ten per cent. addition on imports in foreign vessels.

How duties shall be collected.

all molasses, per gallon, one cent; and upon all velvets, and velverets, whether printed, stained, colored, or otherwise, and upon all muslins and muslinets, and other cotton goods, not printed, stained or coloured, two and a half per centum, ad valorem.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirtieth day of June next, the duties now in force, and payable upon sugar-candy, and cocoa, imported into the United States, shall cease; and that, in lieu thereof, there shall thenceforth be levied and collected the following duty, viz. upon all sugar-candy, at its importation into the United States, from any foreign port or place, nine cents per pound; and upon all cocoa upon its importation as aforesaid, two cents per pound.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum, shall be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed, in respect to all such goods, wares and merchandize, as aforesaid, as shall, after the said last day of June next, be imported in ships or vessels, not of the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the duties laid by this act, shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations and allowances as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment, respectively, with the several duties now in force on the respective articles herein before enumerated.

(5th Section repealed, by act 6th April, 1802, repealing internal taxes.)

duties.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Appropriation of proceeds of the duties laid by this act, shall be solely appropriated to the following purpose; that is to say: first, for the payment of the principal of the present foreign debt of the United States: secondly, for the payment of the principal of the debt now due by the United States to the Bauk of the United States.

3d March, 1797. 2 Sess. 4 Con.

AN ACT

Laying an additimal duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea, in Congress assembled, That from and after the 30th day of September next, there shall be levied, collected and paid upon all salt imported into the United States, in ships or vessels of the United States, in addition to the duty of twelve cents now payable by law, eight cents per bushel, and on all salt which, after the said thirtieth day of September, shall be imported into the United States, in ships or vessels not of the United Sates, the like additional duty of eight cents, and ten per centum thereon.

(Sec. 2d repealed.)

(Sec. 3d prescribes the mode of executing this act.)