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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 102. 1830.

Cocoa.

Teas importedfrom China , &c.

Teas importedfrom any otherplace, or in fo-reign bottoms,&c.

These dutiesapplied to tea,&c., remainingin custom-housestores, &c.

Proviso.

first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, theduty on coffee shall be one cent per pound, and no more; and from andafter the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred andthirty, the duty on cocoa shall be one cent per pound, and no more.And that from and after the thirty-first December, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-one, the following rates of duty and no other, shallbe levied and collected on teas imported from China , or other place eastof the Cape of Good Hope, and in vessels of the United States , to wit:Imperial, Gunpowder, and Gomee, twenty-five cents per pound; Hysonand Young Hyson, eighteen cents per pound; Hyson Skin, and othejrgreen 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 thoseof the United States , the following rates, to wit: Imperial, Gunpowder,and Gomee, thirty-seven cents; Hyson, and Young Hyson, twenty-sevencents; Hyson Skin, and other green teas, twenty cents; Souchong, andother black teas, except Bohea, eighteen cents; and Bohea, six centsper pound.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That tea, cocoa, and coffee, whichhave been, or which shall be hereafter, put into the custom-house stores,under the bond of the importer, and which shall remain under the con-trol 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 De-cember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, respectively, shallbe subject to no higher duty than if the same were imported, respective-ly, after the said thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hun-dred and thirty, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shallbe construed to alter or postpone the time when the duty on the saidtea, cocoa, and coffee shall be payable.

Approved, May 20, 1830.

Statute I.May 20, 1830.

Act of May26,1824, ch.181.

Mode of draw-ing and empan-neling juries toconform to thatof the statecourts.

Duties of mar-shal. and judge,&c., to conformto those of thestate sherilf andjudges.

Chap. CII. —An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to regulate the practice inthe courts of the United States, for the district of Louisiana , (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the mode of proceedingin drawing and empanneling juries in the courts of the United States for the Louisiana districts, shall be the same as is now provided by lawin the district courts of the state of Louisiana ; and that the judge ofthe United States ’ courts in said district be, and he is hereby authorized,by rule, to adopt any amendment that may hereafter be made to the lawsof the said state, prescribing the qualification of jurors, and providingfor drawing and empanneling juries.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the duties prescribed bythe laws of the state of Louisiana , to be performed by the sheriff, in re-lation to the drawing and summoning of jurors, shall be performed bythe marshals, and those so prescribed for the parish judge, or the districtjudge of the state, shall be performed by the district judge of the UnitedStates . And that the duties so prescribed by the said state laws, im-posed on any other state officer, shall be performed by such householdersas shall be designated by the said judge of the district court of the Uni-ted States .

Approved, May 20, 1830.

(a) See notes to the act of May 26, 1824, ch. 181.