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in the said river: And provided, further, That there shall be a similardraw at the Maryland channel, of not less than thirty-five feet, with asimilar arch: And, provided, also, That in the selection of materials andin the construction of the said bridge, draws and arches, all practicableattention shall be had to the preservation of the navigation of the saidriver.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That towards the construction ofthe said bridge and works hereby authorized and directed, the sum ofsixty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, payableout of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall applyand distribute the said sum of twenty thousand dollars in the followingmanner, that is to say: first to reimburse the expenses incurred by thesaid company since the last adjournment of Congress , to the stockholdersadvancing the same, and the balance among the stockholders, pro rata,on the cost of each share, to the present holder thereof; to be ascertainedby the company if necessary, by the oath or affirmation of the presentholder.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shallhave no effect, unless three valuers, to be appointed by the President ofthe United States having no interest in the said bridge, or in any pro-perty in the District of Columbia , and not being inhabitants of the saiddistrict, or a majority of them, shall, on oath, decide that the propertyof the said bridge company, so to be conveyed to the United States , ex-clusive of any supposed value of the privileges by them held under theircharter as a company, is of the value of twenty thousand dollars; orunless in case the said valuers, or a majority of them, shall value the saidproperty at a sum less than twenty thousand dollars, the said bridge com-pany will agree to accept the amount of such valuation. This act shallbe in force l'rom the passing thereof.
Approved, July 14, 1832.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Appropriation.
Applicationand distributionof sum to bepaid.
Act to be void,unless valuersappraise com-pany’s propertyat $20,000; orif appraised at aless sum, com-pany acceptsuch valuation.
Chap. CCXXVII .—Jin Act to alter and amend the several ads imposing duties on
imports, (o)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirdday of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, so much ofthe act entitled “ An act in alteration of the several acts imposing dutieson imports,” approved the nineteenth May, one thousand eight hundredand twenty-eight, as is herein otherwise provided for, shall be repealed,except so far as the same may be necessary for the recovery and collec-tion of all duties which shall have accrued under the said act; and forthe recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penal-ties, and forfeitures, which may have been incurred under the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted., That, from and after the third dayof March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in lieu of theduties now imposed by law, on the importation of the articles hereinaftermentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the followingduties, that is to say:
First. Wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the place of expor-tation, shall not exceed eight cents per pound, shall be imported free ofduty; and if any wool so imported shall be fine wool mixed with dirt orother material, and thus reduced in value to eight cents per pound, orunder, the appraisers shall appraise said wool at such price as in theiropinion it would have cost had it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon
Statute I.July 14, 1832.
Parts of theact of May 19,1S28, ch. 55, re-pealed.
Duties to belevied on cer-tain articles, af-ter 3d of March,1833.
Coarse unma-nufactured woolfree.
Unmanufac-tured wool, va-lued at morethan eight centsper pound.
(a) See acts of March 2, 1833, ch. 55 , 57 and 62.