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and paid in lieu thereof, the several and specific duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: On wines not enumerated in the act aforesaid, when imported in bottles or cases, thirty cents per gallon; and when imported otherwise than in bottles or cases, fifteen cents per gallon.

SEC. 2. 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 upon the several goods, wares, and merchandise, aforesaid, which after the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: Provided, That this additional duty shall not apply to such goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, entitled by treaty, or by any act or acts of Congress, to be entered in the 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.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a drawback of the duties by this act imposed on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, upon the exportation thereof, within the time and in the manner prescribed in the fourth section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage," passed on the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws shall extend to and be in force for the collection of the duties imposed by this act on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States; and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission, of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in and reenacted by this act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That wines and distilled spirits, imported and deposited in the public stores, under the direction of the surveyor, in the manner prescribed by the "Act providing for the deposite of wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses," passed the twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, may be transported coastwise, from the public warehouses in one district to those in another district, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, without loss of debenture.

Approved, March 3, 1819.

Tariff of May 22, 1824.

APRIL 16, 1824.

(See

Passed the House of Representatives: Yeas, 107; nays, 102.

Journal 18th Cong., 1st sess., p. 428.)

Maine: David Kidder (1).

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Aaron Matson (1).

Massachusetts: Henry W. Dwight (1).

Rhode Island: Job Durfee, Samuel Eddy (2).

Connecticut: Noyes Barber, Ansel Sterling, Ebenezer Stoddard,

Gideon Tomlinson, Lemuel Whitman (5).

Vermont: William C. Bradley, Daniel A. A. Buck, Samuel C. Crafts, Rollin C. Mallary, Charles Rich (5).

New York: Parmenio Adams, Jno. W. Cady, Lot Clark, Ela Collins, Hector Craig, Lewis Eaton, John Herkimer, Moses Hayden, Lemuel Jenkins, Samuel Lawrence, Dudley Marvin, Henry C. Martindale, Jno. Richards, Robert R. Rose, Peter Sharpe, Henry R. Storrs, James Strong, Jno. W. Taylor, Egbert Ten Eyck, Albert H. Tracy, Jacob Tyson, William Van Wyck, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Silas Wood, William Woods, Jno. J. Morgan (26).

New Jersey: George Cassedy, Lewis Condict, Daniel Garrison, George Holcombe, James Matlack, Samuel Swan (6).

Pennsylvania: James Allison, John Brown, James Buchanan, Samuel Edwards, William Cox Ellis, Patrick Farrelly, Jno. Findlay, Walter Forward, Robert Harris, George Kremer, Joseph Hemphill, Philip S. Markeley, Samuel McKean, Daniel H. Miller, James S. Mitchell, Thomas Patterson, George Plumer, Thomas J. Rogers, Andrew Stewart, Jno. Tod, Daniel Udree, Isaac Wayne, James Wilson, Henry Wilson (24).

Delaware: Louis McLane (1).

Maryland: Peter Little, Isaac McKim, George E. Mitchell (3).
Virginia: Joseph Johnson (1).

Kentucky: Richard A. Buckner, Robert P. Henry, Francis Johnson, Jno. T. Johnson, Robert P. Letcher, Thomas P. Moore, Thomas Metcalfe, Philip Thompson, David Trimble, David White, Charles A. Wickliffe (11).

Tennessee: Adam R. Alexander, Samuel Houston (2).

Ohio: Mordecai Bartley, Philemon Beecher, Jno. W. Campbell, James W. Gazlay, Duncan McArthur, William McLean, Jno. Patterson, Jno. Sloane, Thomas R. Ross, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, E. Whittlesey, William Wilson, Jno. C. Wright (14).

Indiana: William Prince, Jno. Test (2).

Illinois: Daniel P. Cook (1).

Missouri: Jno. Scott (1).

Total yeas, 107.

NAYS.

Maine: William Burleigh, Joshua Cushman, Ebenezer Herrick, Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Longfellow, Jeremiah O'Brien (6).

New Hampshire: Ichabod Bartlett, Matthew Harvey, Arthur Livermore, William Plumer, Thomas Whipple, jr. (5).

Massachusetts: Samuel C. Allen, Francis Baylies, Timothy Fuller, Aaron Hobart, Samuel Lathrop, Jno. Locke, Jeremiah Nelson, John Reed, Jonas Sibley, Daniel Webster, Benjamin W. Crowninshield (11). Connecticut: Samuel A. Foot (1).

New York: C. C. Cambreleng, Rowland Day, Justin Dwinell, Charles A. Foot, Joel Frost, James L. Hogeboom, Elisha Litchfield, Isaac Williams (8).

Pennsylvania: Samuel Breck (1).

Maryland: William Hayward, jr., Joseph Kent, John Lee, Raphael Neale, Jno. S. Spence, Henry R. Warfield (6).

Virginia: Mark Alexander, William S. Archer, P. P. Barbour, Jno. S. Barbour, Burwell Bassett, Jno. Floyd, Robert G. Garnett, Jabez Leftwich, William McCoy, Charles F. Mercer, Thomas Newton, Jno. Randolph, William C. Rives, Arthur Smith, William Smith,

Alexander Smythe, Andrew Stevenson, J. Stephenson, Jno. Taliaferro, George Tucker, Jared Williams (21).

North Carolina: Hutchins G. Burton, Henry W. Connor, Jno. Culpeper, W. N. Edwards, Alfred M. Gatlin, Thomas H. Hall, Jno. Long, W. P. Mangum, R. M. Saunders, Richard D. Spaight, Robert B. Vance, Charles Hooks, Lewis Williams (13).

South Carolina: Jno. Carter, Robert Campbell, Joseph Gist, A. R. Govan, James Hamilton, George McDuffie, J. R. Poinsett, Starling Tucker, Jno. Wilson (9).

Georgia: Joel Abbot, George Cary, Thomas W. Cobb, Alfred Cuthbert, Jno. Forsyth, Ed. F. Tattnall, Wiley Thompson (7).

Tennessee: Robert Allen, Jno. Blair, Jno. Cocke, Jacob C. Isacks, James B. Reynolds, J. T. Sandford, James Standefer (7).

Louisiana: William L. Brent, Henry H. Gurley, Edw. Livingston (3).

Alabama: Jno. McKee, Gabriel Moore, George W. Owen (3).
Mississippi: Christopher Rankin (1)..

Total nays, 102.

MAY 13, 1824.

Passed the Senate: Yeas, 25; nays, 21. (See Journal of Senate, 1st sess., 18th Cong., p. 401.)

YEAS.

Maine: Jno. Chandler, Jno. Holmes (2).

New Hampshire: Samuel Bell (1).

Rhode Island: James D'Wolf, Nehemiah R. Knight (2).
Connecticut: Henry W. Edwards, James Lanman (2).
Vermont: William A. Palmer, Horatio Seymour (2).

New York: Martin Van Buren (1).

New Jersey: Mahlon Dickerson, Joseph McIlvaine (2).
Pennsylvania: William Findlay, Walter Lowrie (2).
Kentucky: Richard M. Johnson, Isham Talbot (2).
Tennessee: Jno. H. Eaton, Andrew Jackson (2).
Ohio: Ethan Allen Brown, Benjamin Ruggles (2).
Indiana: James Noble, Waller Taylor (2).
Illinois: Jesse B. Thomas (1).

Missouri: David Barton, Thomas H. Benton (2).
Total yeas, 25.

NAYS.

New Hampshire: John F. Parrott (1).

Massachusetts: James Lloyd, Elijah Mills (2).

New York: Rufus King (1).

Delaware: Thomas Clayton, Nicholas Van Dyke (2).
Maryland: Samuel Smith (1).

Virginia: James Barbour, Jno. Taylor (2).

North Carolina: Jno. Branch, Nathaniel Macon (2).

South Carolina: John Gaillard, Robert Y. Hayne (2).

Georgia: Jno. Elliott, Nicholas Ware (2).

Louisiana: Henry Johnson, Josiah S. Johnston (2).
Alabama: William Kelly, William R. King (2).
Mississippi: David Holmes, Thomas H. Williams (2).
Total nays, 21.

Copy of the tariff of May 22, 1824.

AN ACT To amend the several acts imposing duties on imports.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid the following duties, that is to say:

First. On sail duck, osnaburgs, burlaps, and ticklenburgs, a duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem.

On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except worsted stuff goods and blankets, which shall pay twentyfive per centum ad valorem, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and after that time a duty of thirty-three and a third per centum ad valorem: Provided, That on all manufactures of wool, except flannels and baizes, the actual value of which at the place whence imported shall not exceed thirty-three and a third cents per square yard shall be charged with a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

Second. On all manufactures not herein specified of cotton, flax, or hemp, or of which either of these materials shall be a component part, and on all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component material, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on all other manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component material, twenty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all cotton cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which cotton shall be a component material, 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 any place beyond it, and of ten per centum if imported from any other place, shall be less than thirty cents per square yard shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost thirty cents per square yard, and shall be charged with duty accordingly. And that all unbleached and uncolored cotton twist, yarn, or thread the original cost of which shall be less than sixty cents per pound shall be deemed and taken to have cost sixty cents per pound, and shall be charged with duty accordingly. And all bleached or colored cotton yarn, twist, or thread the original cost of which shall be less than seventy-five cents per pound shall be deemed and taken to have cost seventy-five cents per pound, and shall be charged with duty accordingly: Provided, also, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to or be enforced against importations of goods from ports or places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, or beyond Cape Horn, before the first of January next ensuing.

Third. On wool unmanufactured, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem, until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five; afterwards, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem, until the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and twentysix; afterwards a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all wool the actual value of which at the place whence imported shall not exceed ten cents per pound shall be charged with a duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem and no more.

Fourth. On all Leghorn hats or bonnets and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass, and on all flats, braids, or plats for making of hats or bonnets, a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all Leghorn hats and bonnets and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass which at the place whence imported, with the addition of ten per centum, shall have cost less than one dollar each shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost one dollar each, and shall be charged with duty accordingly.

Fifth. On japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of all kinds, and on all manufactures not otherwise specified, made of brass, iron, steel, pewter, lead, or tin, or of which either of these metals is a component material, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem; On bolting cloths, fifteen per centum ad valorem;

On haircloth and hair seating, thirty per centum ad valorem; On marble and all manufactures of marble, thirty per centum ad valorem:

On all paper hangings, forty per centum ad valorem;

On coach laces, of cotton or other material, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on all other laces, twelve and a half per centum ad valorem:

On lead in pigs, bars, or sheets, two cents per pound;

On leaden shot, three and one-half cents per pound;

On red or white lead, dry or ground in oil, four cents per pound; On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and carpeting, fifty cents per square yard;

On all venetian and ingrain carpets or carpeting, twenty-five cents per square yard;

On all other kinds of carpets and carpeting, of wool, flax, hemp, or cotton, or parts of either, twenty cents per square yard;

On oilcloth carpeting and oilcloths of every description, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem;

On all other carpets and carpeting, mats, and floor cloths, made of tow, flags, or any other material, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem;

On hemp, at the rate of thirty-five dollars per ton;

On tarred cables and cordage, four cents per pound;

On untarred cordage, yarns, twine, packthread, and seines, five cents per pound;

On cotton bagging, three cents and three-fourths of a cent per square yard;

On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or in part by rolling, ninety cents per hundred and twelve pounds;

On round iron or braziers' rods, of three-sixteenths to eightsixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive, and on iron, in nail or spike rods, slit, and on iron, in sheets, and hoop iron, and on iron, slit, or rolled for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three cents per pound;

On iron spikes, four cents per pound;

On iron nails, cut or wrought, five cents per pound;

On tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, five cents per pound;

On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number eighteen, five cents per pound; over number eighteen, nine cents per pound.

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