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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

Sess. I. Cb. 89,136.

1824.

twenty-five, of every instalment then due, and which shall afterwards
become payable, shall be allowed, upon the amount so paid, a deduction,
at the rate of thirty-seven and an half per centum.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
registers and receivers of the land offices of the United States, immedi­
ately after the tenth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to return
complete lists of the lands relinquished to the United States, within their
districts; and such lands shall be exposed to sale as other public lands
of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of
any land office, shall be allowed double the fees given them by the act of
the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, for like
services, to be paid by the person or persons availing themselves of the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be
extended to town lots, and out-lots, reserved for that purpose, and sold
by the United States on a credit.
Approved, May 18, 1824.

Duty of the
registers and
receivers.

Fees to be
allowed them.
1821, ch. 12.

The provi­
sions of this act
to extend to
town lots, &c.

Statute I.

Chap. LXXXIX.—An Act providing for the appointment tf an agent for the
Osage Indians, west tf the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, and
for other purposes.

May 18, 1824.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint an agent for
the Osage Indians west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkan­
sas, who shall receive for his compensation the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars, in full, and that all rations or other allowances made to him, shall
be deducted from the sum hereby allowed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each
Indian agent to reside and keep his agency within, or near the territory,
claimed by the tribe or tribes of Indians for which he may be agent, at
such place as the President of the United States may designate*
Approved, May 18, 1824.

An agent to
be appointed to
the Osage In­
dians west of
the state of
Missouri, and
territory of Ar­
kansas.

[Repealed.]

Said agents
to reside near
said tribe or
tribes.

Statutb I.

Chap. C XXXVI.—Jin Act io amend the several acts imposing duties on
imports. (B)

May 22, 1824.
^Repealed.] '

Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thir- On goo'ds im-'63
tieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, in lieu ported,
of the duties now imposed by law on the importation of the articles here­
inafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the follow­
ing duties, that is to say:
First. On sail-duck, osnaburgs, burlaps, and ticklenbergs, a duty of
Sail-duck,
fifteen per centum ad valorem.
On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component
part, except worsted stuff goods and blankets, which shall pay twentyfa) See notes to the acts imposing duties on imports, vol. i. 24.
Act of May 19, 1828, ch. 55. Act of July 14, 1832, ch. 227. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 65. Act
of March 2, 1833, ch. 58. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 62. Actof June 30,1834, ch. 131, 139. Actof
March 3, 1835, ch. 42. Act of March 2, 1837, ch. 15. Act of May 31, 1838, ch. 93. Act of July 7,
1838, ch. 178. Act of March 3, 1839, ch. 82, sec. 2. Act of Sept. 11, 1841, ch. 24. Act of Aug. 30,
1842, ch. 270. Act of April 2, 1844, ch. 8. Act of June 4, 1844, ch. 39.
Under the Tariff act of 22d May, 1824, ch. 136, bombazines being goods in which wool is a com­
ponent material, are liable to a duty of thirty per cent. The United States o. Edward Clarke and
others, 5 Mason’s C. C. R. 30.

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

Sess. 1. Ch. 136.

1824.

five per centum ad valorem, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem, until
the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five,
and after that time, a duty of thirty-three and a third per centum ad valo­
rem: Provided, That, on ail manufactures of wool, except flannels and
baizes, the actual value of which at the place whence imported, shall not
exceed thirty-three and a third cents per square yard, shall be charged
with a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
Cotton, &c.
Second. On all manufactures, not herein specified, of cotton, flax, or
hemp, or of which either of these materials shall be a component part,
and on all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component
material, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of twentyfive per centum ad valorem; on all other manufactures of srtk, or of
which silk shall be a component material, twenty per centum ad valorem:
Proviso.
Provided, That all cotton cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which cotton
shall be a component material, excepting nankeens imported directly
from China, the original cost of which, at the place whence imported,
with the addition of twenty per centum, if imported from the Cape of
Good Hope, or any place beyond it; and of ten per centum, if imported,
from any other place, shall be less than thirty cents per square yard, shall,
with such addition, be tgken and deemed to have cost thirty cents per
square yard, and shall be charged with duty accordingly. And that all
unbleached and uncoloured cotton twist, yarn, or thread, the original cost
of which shall be less than sixty cents per pound, shall be degmed and
taken to have cost sixty cents per pound, and shall be charged with duty
accordingly. And all bleached or coloured cotton yarn, twist, or thread,
the original cost of which shall be less than seventy-five cents per pound,
shall be deemed and taken to have cost seventy-five cents per pound,
Proviso.
and shall be charged with duty accordingly: Provided, also, That the
provisions of this act shall not apply to, or be enforced against, importa­
tions of goods from ports or places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope,
or beyond Cape Horn, before the first of January next ensuing.
Wool unma­
Third. On wool unmanufactured, a duty of twenty per centum ad
nufactured.
valorem, until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five; afterwards, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem, until
the first June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six; afterwards, a
duty of thirty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all wool, the
Proviso.
actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed
ten cents per pound, shall be charged with a duty of fifteen per centum
ad valorem, and no more.
Fourth. On all leghorn hats or bonnets, and all hats or bonnets of
Leghorn bats.
straw, chip, or grass, and on all flats, braids, or plats, for making of hats
Proviso.
or bonnets, a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all
leghorn hats and bonnets, and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass,
which, at the place whence imported, with the addition of ten per centum,
shall have cost less than one dollar each, shall, with such addition, be
taken and deemed to have cost one dollar each, and shall be charged
with duty accordingly, (a)
Japanned
Fifth. On japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of all kinds,
wares, &c.
and on all manufactures, not otherwise specified, made of brass, iron,
steel, pewter, lead, or tin, or of which either of these metals is a com­
ponent material, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
Bolting
On bolting cloths, fifteen per centum ad valorem;
cloths, &c.
On hair cloth and hair seating, thirty per centum ad valorem;
Hair cloth,
On marble, and all manufactures of marble, thirty per centum ad va­
&c.
Marble, &c.
lorem ;
(a) Hats made of palmetta leaf are not hats made of straw, chip, or grass, within the act of May 32,
1824, ch. 136, and therefore pay only a duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem. The United States «.

F. H. Goodwin, 4 Mason’s C. C. B. 128.

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

Skss. I. Ch. 136.

27

1824.

On all paper hangings, forty per centum ad valorem;
On coach laces, of cotton or other material, thirty-five per centum ad
valorem; on all other laces, twelve and a half per centum ad valorem;
On lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets, two cents per pound;
On leaden shot, three and one half cents per pound;
On red or white lead, dry, or ground in oil, four cents per pound;
On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and carpeting, fifty cents per
square yard;
On all Venetian and ingrain carpets or carpeting, twenty-five cents per
square yard;
On all other kinds of carpets and carpeting, of wool, flax, hemp, or
cotton, or parts of either, twenty cents per square yard;
On oil cloth carpeting, and on oil cloths, of every description, a duty
of thirty per centum ad valorem;
On all other carpets and carpeting, mats, and floor cloths, made of tow,
flags, or any other material, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem;
On hemp, at the rate of thirty-five dollars per ton;
On tarred cables and cordage, four cents per pound;
On untarred cordage, yarns, twine, pack thread, and seines, five cents
per pound;
On cotton bagging, three cents and three fourths of a cent per square
yard;
On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured, in whole or in part, by
rolling, ninety cents per hundred and twelve pounds;
On round iron, or braziers’ rods, of three sixteenths to eight sixteenths
of an inch diameter, inclusive; and on iron, in nail or spike rods, slit;
and on iron, in sheets, and hoop iron; and on iron, slit or rolled, for
band-iron, scroll iron, or casement-rods, three cents per pound;
On iron spikes, four cents per pound;
On iron nails, cut or wrought, five cents per pound;
On tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thou­
sand, five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand,
five cents per pound;
On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number eighteen, five cents per
pound; over number eighteen, nine cents per pound;
On square wire, used in the manufacture of stretchers for umbrellas,
twelve per centum ad valorem;
On anvils and anchors, two cents per pound;
On iron cables or chains, or parts thereof, three cents per pound; and
no drawback shall be allowed on the exportation of iron cables, or parts
thereof;
On mill cranks and mill irons, of wrought iron, four cents per pound;
On mill saws, one dollar each;
On blacksmiths’ hammers and sledges, two and a half cents per pound;
On muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per stand;
On rifles, two dollars and fifty cents each ;
On all other fire arms, and on side arms, thirty per centum ad valorem;
On cutting knives, scythes, sickles, and reaping hooks, spades and
shovels, of iron or steel, thirty per centum ad valorem;
On screws of iron, weighing twenty-five pounds, or upwards, thirty
per centum ad valorem ;
On screws of iron, for wood, called wood-screws, thirty per centum ad
valorem;
On vessels of cast iron not otherwise specified, one and a half cents
per pound;
On all other castings of iron, not specified, one cent per pound;
On all vessels of copper, thirty-five per centum ad valorem;
On quills, prepared or manufactured, twenty-five per centum ad va­
lorem ;

Paper hang­
ings.

Coach laces.
Lead.
Leaden shot.
Red or white
lead.
Brussels, Sec.
carpets.
Venetian, See.
carpets.

All other kinds
of carpeting.
Oil cloth car­
peting, Sec.

All other car­
pets, Sec.

Hemp.
Tarred cables.
Untarred cor­
dage.Cotton bag­
gingiron.

Round iron.

Iron spikes.
Iron nails.
Tacks, Sec.

Iron or steel
wire.

Square wire.

Anvils, Sec.
Iron cables,
Sec.

Mill cranks,
Sec.
Mill saws.
Blacksmiths’
hammers, Sec.
Muskets.
Rides.
All other fire
arms, Sec.
Cutting knives,
Sec.
Screws of iron.

Vessels of cast
iron.

All other cast­
ings of iron.
All vessels of
copper.
Qui'ls.

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Slates, &e.
Black lead
pencils.
Tallow can­
dles.
Sperm candles.
Soap*
Lard.
Wheat.
Oats.
Wheat flout.
Potatoes.
Coal.
Corks.
Prunelle and
other shoes.
Lace boots,
&c.
Linseed, &c.
oil.
CastOT oil,&c.
Ale, &c.
Beef, &c.
Hams, See.
Butter.
Vinegar.
Alum.
Refined salt­
petre.
Blue vitriol.
Oil of vitriol.
Glauber salts.
Epsom salts.
Camphor.
Refined cam­
phor.
Copperas.
Cayenne
pepper.
Ginger.
Chocolate.
Currants, &c.
Plums, &c.

All other rai­
sins.
Window glass.

Proviso.
Black glass
bottles.

Demijohns.
Apothecaries’
vials.
AH wares of
glass.

All other arti­
cles of glass.

Books;.

Sess. I. Ch. 13&

1824.

On slates and tiles, for building, twenty-five per centum ad valorem;
On black lead pencils, forty per centum ad valorem;
On tallow candles,five cents per pound;
On spermaceti candles, eight cents per pound ;
On soap, four cents per pound ;
Oa lard, three cents per pound;
On wheat, twenty-five cents per bushel;
On oats, ten cents per bushel;
On wheat flour, fifty cents per hundred weight;
On potatoes, ten cents per bushel;
On coal, six cents per heaped bushel;
On corks, twelve cents per pound;
On prunelle, and other shoes or slippers of stuff or nankeen, twenty-five
cents per pair;
On laced boots or bootees, one dollar and fifty cents per pair;
On linseed, rape-seed, and hemp-seed oil, twenty-five cents per gallon;
On castor oil, forty cents per gallon;
On ale, beer, and porter, imported in bottles, twenty cents per gallon;
imported otherwise than in bottles, fifteen cents per gallon;
On beef and pork, two cents per pound;
On hams, and other bacon, three cents per pound;
On butter, five cents per pound;
On vinegar, eight cents per gallon ;
On alum, two dollars and fifty cents per hundred weight;
On refined saltpetre, three cents per pound;
On blue or Roman vitriol, four cents per pound;
On oil of vitriol, three cents per pound;
On Glauber salts, two cents per pound;
On Epsom salts, four cents per pound;
On camphor, crude, eight cents per pound;
On camphor, refined, twelve cents per pound;
On copperas, two dollars per hundred weight;
On Cayenne pepper, fifteen cents per pound;
On ginger, two cents per pound;
On chocolate, four cents per pound;
On currants and figs, three cents per pound ;
On plums, prunes, Muscatel raisins, and raisins in jars and boxes, four
cents per pound;
On all other raisins, three cents per pound;
On window glass, not above eight inches by ten inches in size, three
dollars per hundred square feet; not above ten inches by twelve inches
in size, three dollars and fifty cents per hundred square feet ; and if
above ten inches by twelve inches in size, four dollars per hundred
square feet: Provided, That all window glass imported in plates, uncut,
shall be chargeable with the highest rate of duties hereby imposed.
On black glass bottles, not exceeding the capacity of one quart, two
dollars per groce; on bottles exceeding one quart, and not more than
two quarts, two dollars and fifty cents per groce; over two quarts, and
not exceeding one gallon, three dollars per groce;
On demijohns, twenty-five cents each ;
On apothecaries’ vials, of the capacity of four ounces, and less, one
dollar per groce; on the same, above four ounces, and not exceeding
eight ounces, one dollar and twenty-five cents per groce ;
On all wares of cut glass, not specified, three cents per pound, and in
addition thereto, an ad valorem duty of thirty per centum ;
On all other articles of glass, two cents per pound, and, in addition
thereto, an ad valorem duty of twenty per centum;
On all books, which the importer shall make it satisfactorily appear to
the collector of the port at which the same shall be entered, were printed

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

Sess. I. Ch. 136. 1824.

previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five ; and,
also, on all books printed in other languages than English, four cents
per volume, except books printed in Latin or Greek; on all books printed
in Latin or Greek, when bound, fifteen cents per pound; when not
bound, thirteen cents per pound;
On all other books, when bound, thirty cents per pound; when in
sheets or boards, twenty-six cents per pound ;
On folio and quarto post paper, of all kinds, twenty cents per pound;
On foolscap and all drawing and writing paper, seventeen cents per
pound;
On printing, copperplate, and stainers’ paper, ten cents per pound;
On sheathing paper, binders, and box boards, and wrapping paper, of
all kinds, three cents per pound ;
On all other paper, fifteen cents per pound;
A duty of twelve and a half per centum ad valorem on all articles not
herein specified, and now paying a duty of seven and a half per centum
ad valorem; with the exception of patent adhesive felt, for covering ship’s
bottoms, which shall be admitted free of duty until June thirtieth, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum
shall be made to the several rates of duties hereby imposed upon the se­
veral articles aforesaid, which, after the said respective limes for the com­
mencement of the duties hereby imposed, shall be imported in ships or
vessels, not of the United States ; Provided, That this addition shall not
be applied to articles imported in ships or vessels, not of the United
States, entitled by treaty, or by any act of Congress, to be admitted on
payment of the same duties that are paid on like articles imported in
ships or vessels of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a draw­
back of the duties by this act imposed upon the exportation of any arti­
cles that shall have paid the same, within the time, and in the manner,
and subject to the provisions and restrictions, prescribed in the fourth
section of the act, entitled An act to regulate the duties on imports and
tonnage,” passed the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the drawback allowed by
law on plain silk cloths, shall be allowed, although the said cloths, before
the exportation thereof, shall have been coloured, printed, stained, dyed,
stamped, or painted, in the United States. But, whenever any such
cloths, so imported, shall be intended to be so coloured, printed, stained,
dyed, stamped, or painted, and afterwards to be exported from the United
States, with privilege of drawback, each package thereof, shall, before
the same shall be delivered from the public stores, be opened and exam­
ined by an inspector of the customs, and the contents thereof measured
or weighed, and the quality thereof ascertained, and a sample of each
piece thereof reserved at the custom-house; and a particular account or
registry of such examination, describing the number of pieces in each
package, their weight or measure, and the samples thereof reserved,
shall be entered in the books of the custom-house; and, after such ex­
amination, said goods shall be re-packed in the original package, and the
said original package shall be marked with a custom-house mark. And
whenever any such goods, being thus coloured, printed, stained, dyed,
stamped, or painted, shall be entered at the custom-house for exportation
and drawback, the same shall be so entered in the original package,
marked as aforesaid, and not otherwise, unless the person, so entering
the same, shall give satisfactory evidence to the collector or naval officer,
or one of them, that such original package has been lost or destroyed by
accident; and no such application for drawback shall be made, except
on the contents of entire packages; and upon application for such entry
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Books, when
bound.

Folio and
quarto post pa­
per.
Foolscap, &c.
paper.
Printing, &c.
paper.
Sheathing pa­
per, &c.
All other pa­
per.
12| cents on
all articles not
herein speci­
fied.

An addition
of ten per cent­
um to be made
to the several
rates of duties
herein imposed.
Proviso.

A drawback
of the duties
imposed by this

act, to be allow­
ed, &c.
April 27,1816,
ch. 107.

Drawback al­
lowed on co­
loured, &c. silk
cloths, &c.

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Proviso.

The existing
laws to be in
force.

The provi­
sions of the
second section
of the act of
April 27,1816,
ch. 107, extend­
ed to the benefit
of colleges, &c.
in the United
States.

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

Sess. I. Ch. 137.

1824.

and drawback, the contents of the packages so offered, shall be examined
by an inspector of the customs, and measured or weighed,and compared
with the original entry,registry, and samples; and if, upon such compari­
son and full examination, the collector shall be satisfied that the contents
of each package are the same identical goods imported and registered
as aforesaid, and not changed or altered, except by being coloured, print­
ed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, as aforesaid, then the person, so
entering such goods, shall be admitted to the oath prescribed by law, to
be used in cases of application for exportation of goods for the benefit
of drawback, and shall, thereupon, be entitled to drawback, as in other
cases; Provided, That the exporter shall, in every other particular,com­
ply with the regulations and formalities heretofore established for entries
of goods for exportation, with the benefit of drawback. And if any per­
son shall present, for exportation and drawback, any coloured, printed,
stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, silk cloths, knowing the same not to
be entitled to drawback, according to the provisions of this act, or
shall wilfully misrepresent or conceal the contents or quality of any
package as aforesaid, the said goods, so presented or entered for draw­
back, shall be forfeited, and inay be seized by the collector, and proceed­
ed with, and the forfeiture distributed,as in other cases.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws shall ex­
tend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this
act, for the prosecution and punishment of all offences, and for the re­
covery, collection, distribution, and remission, of all fines, penalties, and
forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, penally, forfei­
ture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, to that effect, in the existing
laws contained, had been inserted in, and re-enacted by, this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the second
section of the act of Congress, entitled “ An act to regulate the duties
on imports and tonnage,” approved April twenty-seventh, one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen, shall extend and enure to the benefit of schools
and colleges within the United States, or the territories thereof, in the
same manner, and under the like limitations and restrictions, as is pro­
vided in said act, with respect to seminaries of learning.
Approved, May 23,1824.

Statute I.

May 24a 1824.

Chap. CXXXVI1.—Jin Jlct providing for a grant of landfor the seat of govern­
ment in the territory (f Frorida, [Florida] and for other purposes.

One quarter
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
section of land
granted to the
States of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and hereby
territory of Flo­ is, granted to the territory of Florida, one entire quarter section of land,
rida for the seat
of government. or fractional section, not exceeding in quantity one quarter section, for

The govern­
or, &c. to adopt
such measures
for the sale of
said land, as
they may deem
expedient.
Three entire

quarter sections
to be reserved
for the United
States.

the seat of government in that territory, to be located previously to the
sale of the adjacent lands, under the authority of the governor thereof,
at the point selected for the permanent seat of government for said terri­
tory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative
council of the territory aforesaid, or a majority thereof, be, and they are
hereby, authorized to adopt such measures as to them mav seem expedi­
ent for the sale of said tract of land, or any part thereof, for the purpose
of raising a fund for the erection of public buildings at said seat of go­
vernment.
Sec. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That there shall be, and hereby are,
reserved from sale, three entire quarter sections of lands of the United
States, lying contiguous to, and adjoining, the quarter section granted
by the first section of this act, to be located by the governor of said
territory.