United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 112
[Expired.]
Chap. CXII.—An Act for imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares and merchandise imported from any foreign port or place, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an additional duty of one Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 99.
Act of April 27, 1816, ch. 107.
Additional duty of 100 per cent. on foreign goods.hundred per centum upon the permanent duties now imposed by law, upon goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, shall be levied and collected upon all goods, wares and merchandise, which shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place.
Additional duty of ten per cent. on goods imported in foreign vessels.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several duties imposed by this act, in respect to all such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall, from and after the passing of this act, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States.
Additional duty on tonnage.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That on all ships or vessels belonging wholly or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, which shall be entered in the United States, or the territories thereof, there shall be paid an additional duty at the rate of one dollars and fifty cents per ton.
Collection of duties.
Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the additional duties laid by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations and allowances, as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment respectively, as are prescribed by law in relation to the duties now in force, on the articles on which the said additional duties are laid by this act.
Continuance of this act.
Proviso.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force so long as the United States shall be engaged in war with Great Britain, and until the expiration of one year after the conclusion of peace, and no longer: Provided however, that the additional duties laid by this act shall be collected on all such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall have been previously imported.
Approved, July 1, 1812.