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216 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 171. 1864. United States, entitled, by treaty or any act or acts of congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in ships or vessels of the United States. g dg5E10g;} gan? Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That on and after the day- and good, g,,,,,.,, a,,, year this act shall take effect there shall be levied, collected, and paid on of Cape of Good all goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth or produce of countries g§}’°• "“P°“°d· east of the Cape of Good Hope, (except raw cotton,) when imported from PM, P_ 4,,3_ places west of the Cape of Good Hope, a duty often per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed on any such articles when imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production : Provided, Repeal of That section three of the act approved August Eve, eighteen hundred and 1861,e1i.45,§a. sixty-one, entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports, 1gg·§,?-11332;*2, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," and section v0,fX,{_ ,,_ g;,y_' fourteen of the act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, entitled "An act increasing temporarily the rates of duties on imports, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Gocdsin sfqre Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares, and mer g‘€vL’;;"g‘;‘;}?J°°° chandise which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses on the day and year this act shall take effect shall be subjected to no other duty upon the entry thereof for consumption than if the same were imported respectively after that day, and so much of the act of August sixth, eighteen $$6.,;*1}) 8454 hundred and forty-six, or any other act, as requires the sale of fireicgack- ers, or prohibits their deposit in bonded warehouse, is hereby repea e . AR9:<;;¤;i0rga<:: SEO. 20. And be it further enacted, That the joint resolution " to in- 8,,%*:, Ap1_%3O_° crease temporarily the duties on 1mports," approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be deemed to have taken effect until after the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, Pub-R¢S·N0·27· and shall be and remain in force until and including the thirtieth day of P°”’ p' 40s' June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and any duties which shall have been exacted and received, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be refunded by the Secretary of the Treasury. _ Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That, during the period of one 9"”‘“ m' year from the passage of this act, there may be imported into the United chinery may be . . me of duty, &c_ States, free of duty, any machinery designed for and adapted to the manu- 1:,,,,,, p_ {g4_ iacture of woven fabrics from the fibre of iiax or hemp, including all the preliminary processes requisite therefor; and that steam agricultural fmachinery and implements may be imported free from duty for one year rom the passage of this act. Repnnliqg Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts °l““*’°‘ repugnant to the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That the existing laws shall extend to and be in force l°°l;:)*;¤0§5>S3;S for the collection of the duties imposed by this act for the prosecution and $w_,,0,mn,~mg_ punishment of all offences, and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing to that effect in the ejsting laws contained, had been inserted in and reenacted by this act: nd provided, rt/ner, That the duties Duties on upon all goods, wares, and merchandise ixnportedufrom foreign countries gsié f‘;‘;_*bP'*;LiS not provided for in this act shall` be and remain as they were, according act. y to exipting laws prior to the twenty-ninth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty- our. 1,,,,,,),.,,,.,,,, $20..23. And be it further enacted, That, on and after the day and entry of goods,_ year this act shall take effect, it shall be lawful for the owner, consignee,

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` l urehased or rocured otherwise than b urchase at the time when [Repealed,p0s¢,El1yp ’ P. .. . . .Yl?. · p_ 4%] he shall produce his original invoice, or invoices, to the collector, and 1799, ,,,,_ 22,§36_ make and verify his written entry of his goods, wares, and merchandise, Vol- i- p. 655- as provided by section thirty-six of the act of March two, seventeen hun-