A Selection of All the Laws of the United States, Now in Force, Relative to Commercial Subjects: With Marginal Notes and References to the Same, Classed Under Separate Heads ... To which is Added, a List of All the Laws on the Above Subjects and of the Restrictive System, which Have Been Repealed Or Become Obsolete: Also, Various Treasury Instructions to the Collectors of the Customs, Particularly Those Relating to the Rates of Duties: Also, Directions for Making Out Manifests to be Produced in the Custom-house, on Clearing Out Vessels for Foreign Ports: Together with an Index to the Whole |
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... pound ster- ling of Great Britain , at four dollars and forty- four cents ; each livre tournois of France at eigh- teen and a half cents ; each florin or guilder of the United Netherlands , at forty cents ; each mark banco of Hamburg ...
... pound ster- ling of Great Britain , at four dollars and forty- four cents ; each livre tournois of France at eigh- teen and a half cents ; each florin or guilder of the United Netherlands , at forty cents ; each mark banco of Hamburg ...
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... per gallon , twelve and an half cents ; if of proof , and not more than five per cent . below proof , ac- cording to ... pound , ten cents ; souchong and other black teas , per pound , eighteen cents ; hyson , per pound , thirty ...
... per gallon , twelve and an half cents ; if of proof , and not more than five per cent . below proof , ac- cording to ... pound , ten cents ; souchong and other black teas , per pound , eighteen cents ; hyson , per pound , thirty ...
Page 275
... per pound , six cents ; cheese per pound , four cents ; soap , per pound , two cents ; pepper , per pound , six cents ; pimento , per pound , four cents ; manufactured tobacco , per pound , six cents ; snuff , per pound , ten cents ; indigo ...
... per pound , six cents ; cheese per pound , four cents ; soap , per pound , two cents ; pepper , per pound , six cents ; pimento , per pound , four cents ; manufactured tobacco , per pound , six cents ; snuff , per pound , ten cents ; indigo ...
Page 287
... per gallon fifty - six cents : -Madeira , of Specific duties on the quality of London market , per gallon , forty- ed articles , nine cents : -other Madeira wine , per ... cents : -nails , per pound. enumerat 30th RATES OF DUTIES . 287.
... per gallon fifty - six cents : -Madeira , of Specific duties on the quality of London market , per gallon , forty- ed articles , nine cents : -other Madeira wine , per ... cents : -nails , per pound. enumerat 30th RATES OF DUTIES . 287.
Page 288
... cents : -nails , per pound , two cents : - certain enumera ted articles . cocoa , per pound , two cents : -chocolate , per pound , three cents : -playing cards , per pack , twenty - five cents : -shoes and slippers of silk , twenty cents ...
... cents : -nails , per pound , two cents : - certain enumera ted articles . cocoa , per pound , two cents : -chocolate , per pound , three cents : -playing cards , per pack , twenty - five cents : -shoes and slippers of silk , twenty cents ...
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1-2 per cent act 2d March ad valorem aforesaid agent allowed appointed arrival bond burthen cargo casks cents per pound centum certificate of registry chandize charge or command citizen or citizens collection Congress assembled consignee consul court day of June delivered distilled spirits district ditto drawback enrolment exported foreign port forfeit and pay forfeiture further enacted granted hereby hundred dollars hydrometer insert the name letters of marque license Madeira wine manifest master or commander merated mulatto naval officer oath or affirmation owner or owners paid payment penalties person of color person or persons port of entry port or place ports of delivery Provided registered regulations reside respectively river seaman or mariner seamen Senate and House ship or ves ship or vessel surveyor swear or affirm teas therein thereof thousand dollars tion tonnage tons Treasury trict United voyage wares and merchandize wares or merchandize wines
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Page 461 - It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that Immediately preceding the date of his application he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least, and within the state or territory where such court Is at the time held one year at least...
Page 400 - In the exercise of this power, congress has passed "an act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade, and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 87 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 549 - An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States.
Page 465 - ... being so naturalized or admitted to the right* of citizenship, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens of the United States...
Page 463 - Provided also, that any alien who was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, before the...
Page 462 - ... shall have borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility...
Page 229 - An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels...
Page 166 - United States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents.
Page 273 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.