stated, of any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into the United States, and subject to any ad valorem duty, or whereon the duty is regulated by or directed to be imposed or levied on the value of the square yard, or other parcel or quantity thereof, shall, by ten per centum, exceed the invoice value thereof, in addition to the duty imposed by law on the same, if they had been invoiced at their real value, as aforesaid, there shall be levied and collected, on the same goods, wares, and merchandise, fifty per centum of the duty so imposed on the same goods, wares, and merchandise, when fairly invoiced: Provided, always, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to impose the said last-mentioned duty of fifty per centum, for a variance between the bona fide invoice of goods produced in the manner specified in the proviso to the eighth section of this act, and the current value of the said merchandise in the country where the same may have been originally manufactured or produced: And, further, That the penalty of fifty per centum imposed by the thirteenth section of the act entitled "An act supplementary to and to amend the act entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes," approved March first, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, shall not be deemed to apply or attach to any goods, wares, or merchandise, which shall be subject to the additional duty of fifty per centum, as aforesaid, imposed by this section of this act.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, from time to time, to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, as the Presi dent of the United States shall think proper, to secure a just, faithful, and impartial appraisal of all goods, wares, and merchandise, as aforesaid, imported into the United States, and just and proper entries of such actual value thereof, and of the square yards, parcels, or other quantities thereof, as the case may require, and of such actual value of every of them: And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to report all such rules and regulations, with the reasons therefor, to the then next session of Congress.

Approved May 19, 1828.

Tariff on wines, May 24, 1828.

"An act altering the duties on wines imported into the United States," passed the House of Representatives May 22, 1828, by the following vote: Yeas, 79; nays, 72. (See Journal House of Representatives, 1st sess. 20th Cong., pp. 821 and 822.)

YEAS.

Maine: Jno. Anderson, Rufus McIntire, Peleg Sprague, Jos. F. Wingate (4).

New Hampshire: David Barker, jr., Ichabod Bartlett, Titus Brown, Jona. Harvey, Jos. Healy (5).

Massachusetts: Samuel C. Allen, Isaac C. Bates, Edward Everett, James L. Hodges, Jno. Reed, Jos. Richardson, Jno. Varnum, Jno. Locke (8).

Rhode Island: Tristam Burges, Dutee J. Pearce (2).

Vermont: Daniel A. A. Buck, Jona. Hunt (2).

New York: Rudolph Bunner, C. C. Cambreleng, Jno. J. De Graff, Jno. D. Dickinson, Daniel G. Garnsey, Jeromus Johnson, Henry C. Martindale, Henry R. Storrs, Jno W. Taylor, Gulian C. Verplanck, Silas Wood (11).

Pennsylvania: Jno. Sergeant (1).

Delaware: Kensey Johns, jr. (1).

Maryland: Jno. Barney, Clement Dorsey, Michael C. Sprigg, George C. Washington, Jno. C. Weems (5).

Virginia: Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, William S. Archer, Jno. S. Barbour, Burwell Bassett, Thomas Davenport, Charles F. Mercer, Thomas Newton, Jno. Roane, Jno. Taliaferro, James Trezvant (11). North Carolina: Willis Alston, Jno. H. Bryan, Thomas H. Hall, Lemuel Sawyer, Daniel Turner (5).

South Carolina: Warren R. Davis, William Drayton, James Hamilton, jr., William D. Martin, George McDuffie, Thomas R. Mitchell, William T. Nuckolls (7).

Georgia: Jno. Floyd, Tomlinson Fort, George R. Gilmer, Charles E. Haynes, Wilson Lumpkin, Wiley Thompson, Richard H. Wilde (7). Tennessee: Jacob C. Isacks, Pryor Lea, Jno. H. Marable (3). Ohio: Samuel F. Vinton, Jno. Č. Wright (2). Louisiana: Henry H. Gurley, Edward Livingston (2). Alabama: George W. Owen, Jno. McKee (2).

Missouri: Edward Bates (1).

Total yeas, 79.

NAYS.

Maine: Jeremiah O'Brien, James W. Ripley (2).
Connecticut: John Baldwin, Ralph I. Ingersoll (2).

Vermont: Benjamin Swift (1).

New York: John C. Clark, Jonas Earll, jr., Michael Hoffman, Richard Keese, James Strong, Phineas L. Tracy, Jno. J. Wood, David Woodcock, Silas Wright, jr. (9).

New Jersey: Lewis Condict, Isaac Pierson, Samuel Swan, Hedge Thompson (4).

Pennsylvania: William Adams, Samuel Anderson, Stephen Barlow, Richard Coulter, Chauncey Forward, Jos. Fry, jr., Innis Green, Adam King, Jos. Lawrence, Samuel McKean, Charles Miner, Robert Orr, jr., William Ramsey, James S. Stevenson, Jno. B. Sterigere, Andrew Stewart, Joel B. Sutherland, James Wilson, George Wolf (19). Virginia: William Armstrong, Philip P. Barbour, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Isaac Leffler, Lewis Maxwell, William McCoy, Alexander Smythe (7).

North Carolina: Daniel L. Barringer, Henry W. Connor, Jno. Culpeper, Jno. Long, Lewis Williams (5).

South Carolina: Starling Tucker (1).

Kentucky: Richard A. Buckner, Thomas Chilton, Henry Daniel, Jos. Lecompte, Robert McHatton, Joel Yancey (6).

Tennessee: Jno. Blair, Robert Desha, James C. Mitchell, James K. Polk (4).

Ohio: William Creighton, jr., Jno. Davenport, James Findley, William McLean, William Russell, Jno. Sloane, Jos. Vance, Elisha Whittlesey, Jno. Woods (9).

Indiana: Thomas H. Blake, Oliver H. Smith (2).

Alabama: Gabriel Moore (1).

Total nays, 72.

MAY 23, 1824.

Passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 25; nays, 10. (See Journal of Senate, 1st sess. 20th Cong., p. 455.)

YEAS.

New Hampshire: Levi Woodbury (1)...

Massachusetts: Nathaniel Silsbee, Daniel Webster (2)

Rhode Island: Asher Robbins (1).
Connecticut: Samuel A. Foot (1).

New York: Martin Van Buren (1).

Delaware: Louis McLane, Henry M. Ridgley (2).
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 (1).

Georgia: John M. Berrien, Thomas W. Cobb (2).
Tennessee: John H. Eaton (1).

Ohio: William Henry Harrison (1).

Louisiana: Dominique Bouligny, Josiah S. Johnston (2).
Illinois: Elias K. Kane (1).

Mississippi: Powhatan Ellis, Thomas H. Williams (2).
Missouri: Thomas H. Benton (1).

Total yeas, 25.

NAYS.

Maine: John Chandler, Albion K. Parris (2).
Rhode Island: Nehemiah R. Knight (1).

Connecticut: Calvin Willey (1).

Vermont: Dudley Chace, Horatio Seymour (2).

New Jersey: Mahlon Dickerson (1).

Pennsylvania: William Marks (1).

Ohio: Benjamin Ruggles (1).

Indiana: James Noble (1).

Total nays, 10.

Copy of the tariff on wines, May 24, 1828.

AN ACT Altering the duties on wines imported into the United States.

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 January next, the duties now imposed on wines imported into the United States shall cease, and that, in lieu thereof, the following duties shall be levied and collected on all wines so imported, that is to say:

On the wines of France, Germany, Spain, and the Mediterranean, when imported in casks, unless specially enumerated, fifteen cents per

gallon; except the red wines of France and Spain, when not imported in bottles, which shall pay only ten cents per gallon.

On wines, of all countries, when imported in bottles or cases, unless specially enumerated; on wines of Sicily, and on all wines not enumerated, whether imported in bottles, cases, or casks, thirty cents per gallon, in addition to the duty now existing on the bottles when thus imported.

On Sherry and Madeira wines, whether imported in bottles, cases, or casks, fifty cents per gallon, in addition to the duty on the bottles when so imported.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the duties imposed by this act on wine imported shall be levied and collected on all wines remaining in the public warehouses after the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, in lieu of the duties existing when the same may have been imported.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a drawback of the duties on wines, imposed by this act, shall be allowed on exportation, and that all existing laws concerning the exportation of merchandise for the benefit of drawback, the collection of duties, and the recovery, distribution, and remission of all penalties and forfeitures, shall be taken and deemed to be applicable to importation under this act. Approved May 24, 1828.

Tariff on coffee, tea, and cocoa, of May 20, 1830.

"An act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa" passed the House of Representatives April 21, 1830. (Yeas and nays not taken.) Passed the Senate, May 13, 1830. (Yeas and nays not taken.)

Copy of the act of May 20, 1830.

AN ACT To reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa.

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 thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the duty on coffee shall be two cents per pound, and from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the duty on coffee shall be one cent per pound, and no more; and from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the duty on cocoa shall be one cent per pound, and no more. And that, from and after the thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following rates of duty, and no other, shall be levied and collected on teas imported from China or other place east of the Cape of Good Hope, and în vessels of the United States, to wit: Imperial, gunpowder, and gomee, twentyfive cents per pound; hyson and young hyson, eighteen cents per pound; hyson skin and other green teas, twelve cents per pound; souchong and other black teas, except bohea, ten cents per pound; and bohea, four cents per pound; and on teas imported from any other place, or in vessels other than those of the United States, the following rates, to wit: imperial, gunpowder, and gomee, thirty-seven cents; hyson and young hyson, twenty-seven cents; hyson skin and other

green teas, twenty cents; souchong and other black teas, except bohea, eighteen cents; and bohea, six cents per pound.

SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That tea, cocoa, and coffee, which have been, or which shall be hereafter, put into the customhouse stores, under the bond of the importer, and which shall remain under the control of the proper officer of the customs, on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, respectively, shall be subject to no higher duty than if the same were imported, respectively, after the said thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or postpone the time when the duty on the said tea, cocoa, and coffee, shall be payable. Approved May 20, 1830.

Tariff on molasses, of May 29, 1830.

"An act to reduce the duty on molasses and to allow a drawback on spirits distilled from foreign materials," passed the House of Representatives May 27, 1830, by the following vote: Yeas, 118; nays, 60. (See Journal House of Representatives, 1st sess., 21st Cong., p. 753.)

YEAS.

Maine: John Anderson, George Evans, Rufus McIntire, Joseph F. Wingate (4).

New Hampshire: John Brodhead, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, John W. Weeks (5).

Massachusetts: John Bailey, B. W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Henry W. Dwight, Edward Everett, Benjamin Gorham, George Grennell, jr., James L. Hodges, John Reed, Joseph Richardson, John Varnum (11).

Rhode Island: Tristam Burges, Dutee J. Pearce (2).

Connecticut: Noyes Barber, William W. Ellsworth, J. W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, William L. Storrs (5).

Vermont: William Cahoon, Horace Everett, Jonathan Hunt, Benjamin Swift (4).

New York: William G. Angel, Benedict Arnold, Abraham Bockee, C. C. Cambreleng, Timothy Childs, Henry B. Cowles, Jacob Crocheron. John D. Dickinson, Joseph Hawkins, Henry C. Martindale, John W, Taylor, Gulian C. Verplanck, Campbell P. White (13).

New Jersey: Lewis Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Thomas H. Hughes, Isaac Pierson, James F. Randolph, Samuel Swan (3).

Pennsylvania: Daniel H. Miller, John B. Sterigere, Joel B. Sutherland (3).

Maryland: Elias Brown, Clement Dorsey, George E. Mitchell, Benedict I. Semmes, Richard Spencer, George C. Washington (6).

Virginia: Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, John S. Barbour, Philip P. Barbour, Thomas T. Bouldin, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Richard Coke, jr., Robert Craig, Thomas Davenport, William F. Gordon, George Loyall, William McCoy, Charles F. Mercer, John Roane, John Taliaferro, James Trezvant (18).