Alabama: John McKee, Gabriel Moore, George W. Owen (3).

Missouri: Edward Bates (1).

Mississippi: William Haile (1).

Total nays, 94.

Passed the Senate by the following vote:

MAY 13, 1828.

Yeas, 26; nays, 21. (See Journal of the Senate, 1st sess., 20th Cong., p. 410.)

YEAS.

Massachusetts: Daniel Webster (1).

Rhode Island: Nehemiah R. Knight (1).
Connecticut: Samuel A. Foot, Calvin Willey (2).
Vermont: Dudley Chase, Horatio Seymour (2).
New York: Nathan Sandford, Martin Van Buren (2).
New Jersey: Mahlon Dickerson, Ephraim Bateman (2).
Pennsylvania: Isaac D. Barnard, William Marks (2).
Delaware: Louis McLane, Henry M. Ridgley (2).
Kentucky: Richard M. Johnson, John Rowan (2).
Tennessee: John H. Eaton (1).

Ohio: William H. Harrison, Benjamin Ruggles (2).
Louisiana: Dominique Bouligny (1).

Indiana: William Hendricks, James Noble (2).
Illinois: Elias K. Kane, Jesse B. Thomas (2).
Missouri: David Barton, Thomas H. Benton (2).
Total yeas, 26.

NAYS.

Maine: John Chandler, Albion K. Parris (2).
New Hampshire: Levi Woodbury (1).
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Silsbee (1).
Rhode Island: Asher Robbins (1).

Maryland: Ezekiel F. Chambers, Samuel Smith (2).
Virginia: Littleton W. Tazewell, John Tyler (2).
North Carolina: John Branch, Nathaniel Macon (2).
South Carolina: Robert Y. Hayne, William Smith (2).
Georgia: John M. Berrien, Thomas W. Cobb (2).
Tennessee: Hugh L. White (1).

Louisiana: Josiah S. Johnston (1).

Alabama: William R. King, John McKinley (2).
Mississippi: Powhatan Ellis, Thomas H. Williams (2).
Total nays, 21.

Copy of the tariff of May 19, 1828.

AN ACT In alteration of 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 first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, 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 iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or in part by rolling, one cent per pound.

Second. On bar and bolt iron made wholly or in part by rolling, thirty-seven dollars per ton: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other form, less finished than iron in bars or bolts, except pigs or cast iron, shall be rated as rolled iron in bars or bolts, and pay a duty accordingly.

Third. On iron in pigs, sixty-two and one-half cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Fourth. On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number fourteen, six cents per pound, and over number fourteen, ten cents per pound.

Fifth. 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 or rolled, and on iron in sheets and hoop iron, and on iron slit or rolled, for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three and onehalf cents per pound.

Sixth. On axes, adzes, drawing knives, cutting knives, sickles or reaping hooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares of iron or steel, bridle bits of all descriptions, steelyards and scale beams, socket chisels, vises, and screws of iron for wood, called wood screws, ten per cent ad valorem in addition to the present rates of duty.

Seventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Eighth. On lead in pigs, bars, or sheets, three cents per pound; on leaden shot, four cents per pound; on red or white lead, dry or ground in oil, five cents per pound; on litharge, orange mineral, lead manufactured into pipes, and sugar of lead, five cents per pound.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, in lieu of those now imposed by law:

First. On wool unmanufactured, four cents per pound, and also, in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, from which time an additional ad valorem duty of five per cent shall be imposed, annually, until the whole of said ad valorem duty shall amount to fifty per cent. And all wool imported on the skin shall be estimated as to weight and value, and shall pay the same rate of duty as other imported wool.

Second. On manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part (except carpetings, blankets, worsted stuff goods, bombazines, hosiery, mitts, gloves, caps, and bindings), the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost fifty cents the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five 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 one-third cents per square yard, shall pay fourteen cents per square yard.

Third. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed one dollar the square yard, shall be deemed to have

cost one dollar the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem.

Fourth. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed one dollar the square yard, and shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and be charged with a duty thereon of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem.

Fifth. All manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed four dollars the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost, at the place whence imported, four dollars the square yard, and a duty of forty per cent ad valorem shall be levied, collected, and paid, on such valuation, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem.

Sixth. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed four dollars the square yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of forty-five per cent ad valorem until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem.

Seventh. On woolen blankets, hosiery, mitts, gloves, and bindings, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on clothing ready made, fifty per centum ad valorem.

Eighth. On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and carpetings, seventy cents per square yard; on all Venetian and ingrain carpets or carpeting, forty cents per square yard; on all other kinds of carpets and carpetings of wool, flax, hemp, or cotton, or parts of either, thirtytwo cents per square yard; on all patent printed or painted floor cloths, fifty cents per square yard; on oil cloth other than that usually denominated patent floor cloth, twenty-five cents per square yard; on furniture oilcloth, fifteen cents per square yard; on floor matting made of flags or other materials, fifteen cents per square yard.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the following articles, in lieu of the duty now imposed by law:

First. On unmanufactured hemp, forty-five dollars per ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, from which time five dollars per ton, in addition, per annum, until the duty shall amount to sixty dollars per ton; on cotton bagging, four and a half cents per square yard, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and afterwards a duty of five cents per square yard.

Second. On unmanufactured flax, thirty-five dollars per ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty

nine, from which time an additional duty of five dollars per ton per annum, until the duty shall amount to sixty dollars per ton.

Third. On sail duck, nine cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, one-half cent yearly, until the same shall amount to twelve and a half cents per square yard.

Fourth. On molasses, ten cents per gallon.

Fifth. On all imported distilled spirits, fifteen cents per gallon in addition to the duty now imposed by law.

Sixth. 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 thirty per centum ad valorem, the additional duty of five per centum to take effect from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; and on all other manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component material, twenty per centum ad valorem.

On indigo, an additional duty of five cents the pound, from the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and from that time an additional duty of ten cents each year, until the whole duty shall amount to fifty cents per pound.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, no drawback of duty shall be allowed on the exportation of any spirit, distilled in the United States, from molasses; no drawback shall be allowed on any quantity of sail duck, less than fifty bolts, exported in one ship or vessel at any one time.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on window glass of the sizes above ten inches by fifteen inches, five dollars for one hundred square feet: Provided, That all window glass imported in plates or sheets, uncut, shall be chargeable with the same rate of duty; on vials and bottles not exceeding the capacity of six ounces each, one dollar and seventy-five cents per gross.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on all imported roofing slates, not exceeding twelve inches in length by six inches in width, four dollars per ton; on all such slates exceeding twelve and not exceeding fourteen inches in length, five dollars per ton; on all slates exceeding fourteen and not exceeding sixteen inches in length, six dollars per ton; on all slates exceeding sixteen inches, and not exceeding eighteen inches in length, seven dollars per ton; on all slates exceeding eighteen and not exceeding twenty inches in length, eight dollars per ton; on slates exceeding twenty inches and not exceeding twenty-four inches in length, nine dollars per ton; and on all slates exceeding twenty-four inches in length, ten dollars per ton. And that, in lieu of the present duties, there be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of thirty-three and a third per centum ad valorem on all imported ciphering slates.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all cotton cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which cotton shall be a component material, excepting nankeens imported direct from China, the original cost of which, at the place whence imported, with the addition of twenty per cent if

imported from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any other place beyond it, and of ten per cent if imported from any other place, shall be less than thirty-five cents the square yard, shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost thirty-five cents the square yard, and charged with duty accordingly.

SEO. 8. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the duty which now is, or hereafter may be, imposed on any goods, wares, or merchandises, imported into the United States, shall, by law, be regulated by or be directed to be estimated or levied upon the value of the square yard, or of any other quantity or parcel thereof; and in all cases where there is or shall be imposed any ad valorem rate of duty on any goods, wares, or merchandises, imported into the United States, it shall be the duty of the collector within whose district the same shall be imported or entered, to cause the actual value thereof, at the time purchased, and place from which the same shall have been imported into the United States, to be appraised, estimated, and ascertained, and the number of such yards, parcels, or quantities, and such actual value of every of them, as the case may require: And it shall, in every such case, be the duty of the appraisers of the United States, and of every of them, and of every other person who shall act as such appraiser, by all the reasonable ways and means in his or their power, to ascertain, estimate, and appraise the true and actual value, any invoice or affidavit thereto, to the contrary notwithstanding, of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, at the time purchased, and place from whence the same shall have been imported into the United States and the number of such yards, parcels, or quantities, and such actual value of every of them, as the case may require; and all such goods, wares, and merchandises, being manufactured of wool, or whereof wool shall be a component part, which shall be imported into the United States in an unfinished condition, shall, in every such appraisal, be taken, deemed, and estimated by the said appraisers, and every of them, and every person who shall act as such appraiser, to have been, at the time purchased, and place from whence the same were imported into the United States, of as great actual value as if the same had been entirely finished. And to the value of the said goods, wares, and merchandises, so ascertained, there shall, in all cases where the same are or shall be charged with an ad valorem duty, be added all charges, except insurance, and also twenty per centum on the said actual value and charges, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope, or any place beyond the same, or from beyond Cape Horn; or ten per centum if from any other place or country; and the said ad valorem rates of duty shall be estimated on such aggregate amount, anything in any act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That, in all cases where any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to ad valorem duty, or whereon the duty is or shall be by law regulated by or be directed to be estimated or levied upon the value of the square yard, or any other quantity or parcel thereof, shall have been imported into the United States from a country other than that in which the same were manufactured or produced, the appraisers shall value the same at the current value thereof, at the time of purchase before such last exportation to the United States, in the country where the same may have been originally manufactured or produced."

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the actual value to be appraised, estimated, and ascertained, as herein before