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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 270. 1842.
Statute II.Aug. 30, 1842.
The duties tobe paid hereaf-ter on the fol-lowing articles.
Wool unma-nufactured.
Manufacturesof wool.
Blankets.
district court for the western district of Virginia, be holden at Charles-ton , in the county of Kenawha, commencing on the Wednesdays afterthe second Mondays in April and September of each year, in lieu ofthe sessions of said district court now held at Lewisburg, in the coun-ty of Greenbriar, which said last mentioned sessions of said court arehereby discontinued.
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Ciiap. CCLXX.— An Act to provide revenue from imports , and to change andmodify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That from and afterthe passage of this act, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by lawon the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now beexempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the follow-ing duties, that is to say :
First. On coarse wool unmanufactured, the value whereof, at the lastport or place whence exported to the United States , shall be seven centsor under per pound, there shall be levied a duty of five per centum advalorem; and on all other unmanufactured wool, there shall be levied aduty of three cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem : Pro-vided, That when wool of different qualities of the same kind or sort,is imported in the same bale, bag, or package, and the aggregate valueof the contents of the bale, bag, or package, shall be appraised by theappraisers, at a rate exceeding seven cents per pound, it shall be chargedwith a duty in conformity to such appraisal: Provided further, Thatwhen wool of different qualities, and different kinds or sorts, is import-ed in the same bale, bag, or package, the contents of the bale, bag, orpackage, shall be appraised at the value of the finest or most valuablekind or sort, and a duty charged thereon accordingly : Provided fur-ther, That if bales of different qualities are embraced in the same in-voice, at the same price, the value of the whole shall be appraised ac-cording to the value of the bale of the best quality : Provided further,That if any wool be imported having in it dirt, or any material or im-purities, other than those naturally belonging to the fleece, and thus bereduced in value to seven cents per pound or under, the appraisers shallappraise said wool at such price, as in their opinion, it would have costhad it not been so mixed with such dirt or impurities, and a duty shallbe charged thereon in conformity to such appraisal: Provided also,That wool imported on the skin shall be estimated as to weight andvalue as other wool.
Second. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be acomponent part, except carpetings, flannels, bookings and baizes, blan-kets, worsted stuff goods, ready-made clothing, hosiery, mits, gloves,caps, and bindings, a duty of forty per centum.
Third. On Wilton carpets and carpeting, treble ingrain, Saxony , andAubusson carpets and carpeting, a duty of sixty-five cents per squareyard; on Brussels and Turkey carpets and carpeting, fifty-five cents persquare yard; on all Venitian and ingrain carpets and carpetings, thirtycents per square yard; on all other kinds of carpets and carpeting, ofwool, hemp, flax, or cotton, or parts of either, or other material nototherwise specified, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem: Provided,That bed sides and other portions of carpets or carpetings shall pay therate of duty herein imposed on carpets or carpeting of similar cha-racter.
Fourth. On woollen blankets, the actual value of which at the placewhence imported shall not exceed seventy-five cents each, and of thedimensions not exceeding seventy-two by fifty-two inches each, nor less