TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 227. 1832.

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Seventeenth. On salt, ten cents per fifty-six pounds.

Eighteenth. On old and scrap lead, two cents per pound.

Nineteenth. On teas of all kinds, imported from places this side theCape of Good Hope, or in vessels other than those of the United States ,ten cents per pound.-

Twentieth. On slates of all kinds, twenty-five per centum ad va-lorem.

Twenty-first. On window glass not above eight by ten inches in size,three dollars per hundred square feet; not above ten by twelve inches,three dollars and fifty cents per hundred square feet; and if above tenby twelve inches, four dollars per hundred square feet: Provided, Thatall window glass imported in plates, uncut, shall be charged with thehighest rates of duty hereby imposed. On all apothecaries’ vials andbottles, exceeding the capacity of six and not exceeding the capacity ofsixteen ounces each, two dollars and twenty-five cents the gross; all per-fumery and fancy vials and bottles, not exceeding the capacity of fourounces each, two dollars and fifty cents the gross; and those exceedingfour ounces, and not exceeding sixteen ounces each, three dollars andtwenty-five cents the gross: on all wares of cut glass not specified, threecents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem: on black glass bot-tles not exceeding one quart, two dollars per gross: on black glassbottles exceeding one quart, two dollars and fifty cents per gross; ondemijohns, twenty-five cents each, and on all other articles of glass notspecified, two cents per pound, and twenty per centum; on paper hang-ings, forty per centum: on all Leghorn hats or bonnets, and on all hats orbonnets of straw, chip or grass, and all flats, braids, or plaits for makinghats or bonnets, thirty per centum: on the following articles twelve and ahalf per centum ad valorem, namely, whalebone, the product of foreignfishing, raw silk, and dressed furs; and on the following articles twenty-five per centum ad valorem, namely, boards, planks, walking canes andsticks, frames or sticks for umbrellas and parasols, and all manufacturesof wood not otherwise specified; copper vessels, and all manufacturesof copper, not otherwise specified: all manufactures of hemp or flax,except yarn and cordage, tarred and untarred, ticklenburgs, osnaburgs,and burlaps, not otherwise specified; fans, artificial flowers, ornamentalfeathers, ornaments for head dresses, caps for women, and millinery ofall kinds; comfits and sweetmeats of all kinds, preserved in sugar orbrandy; umbrellas and parasols, of whatever materials made; parchmentand vellum, wafers and black lead pencils, and brushes of all kinds.And on the following articles thirty per centum ad valorem, viz: cabinetwares; hats and caps of fur, leather, or wool, leather; whips, bridles,saddles, and on all manufactures of leather not otherwise specified; car-riages and parts of carriages, and blank books; on boots and bootees,one dollar and fifty cents per pair, shoes of leather, other shoes andslippers of prunella, stuff, or nankin; also porcelain, china, stone, andearthenware; musical instruments; and manufactures of marble, shallpay the present rates of duties.

Twenty-second. On olive oil, in casks, twenty cents a gallon.

Twenty-third. On the wines of France , namely, red wines, in casks,six cents a gallon ; white wines, in casks, ten cents a gallon, and French wines of all sorts, in bottles, twenty-two cents a gallon; until the thirdday of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-four; and from and after thatday one half of those rates respectively; and on all wines other thanthose of France , one half of their present rates of duty, respectively,from and after the day last aforesaid, Provided, That no higher dutyshall be charged under this act, or any existing law, on the red wines

Salt .

Old and scraplead.

Teas.

Slates.

Window glass.

Proviso.

Vials, bottles,&c.

Black glassbottles, &c.

Leghorn bon-nets, &c.

Whalebone,

&c.

Boards, planks,&c.

Cabinet wares,&c.

Olive oil.Wines.

Proviso.

tical application to commercial purposes, and are to be understood in a commercial sense. And it is tobe presumed that Congress so used and understood them. The United States v. One Hundred andTwelve Casks of Sugar, 8 Peters, 277.

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