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, lit; 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 thousand, 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;

Mill cranks,

On mill cranks and mill irons, of wrought iron, four cents per pound; &c.
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 valorem ;

Mill saws. Blacksmiths' hammers, &c. Muskets. Rifles.

All other fire

arms, &c. Cutting knives, &c.

Screws of iron.

Vessels of cast

iron.

All other castings of iron. All vessels of copper. Quills.

Prunelle and

other shoes.

Lace boots,

&c.

oil.

Castor oil, &c.

Ale, &c.

Linseed, &c.

Beef, &c.

Hams, &c.

Butter.

Vinegar.
Alum.

Refined cat

petre.

Blue vitriol. Oil of vitriol. Glauber salts. Epsom salts. Camphor. Refined camphor. Copperas. Cayenne

pepper.
Ginger.
Chocolate.

Currants, L
Plums, &c.

All other rea sins.

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;

On 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-sced, 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;
mported 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 Window gian 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.

Proviso.

Black glass bottles.

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

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, 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.

An addition

of ten per centum to be made to the several rates of duties

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 several articles aforesaid, which, after the said respective times for the commencement of the duties hereby imposed, shall be imported in ships or vessels, not of the United States; Provided, That this addition shall not herein imposed. 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 drawback of the duties by this act imposed upon the exportation of any articles 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 examined 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 examination, 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

Proviso.

A drawback

of the duties
act, to be allow-
imposed by this
ed, &c.
April 27, 1816,
ch. 107.

Drawback al

lowed on coloured, &c. silk cloths, &c.

Proviso.

The existing laws to be in force.

The provisions 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.

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 may 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 extend 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 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 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 provided in said act, with respect to seminaries of learning. APPROVED, May 22, 1824.

STATUTE I.

May 24, 1824.

One quarter section of land granted to the

territory of Flo

rida for the seat of government.

The govern

such measures

CHAP. CXXXVII.-An Act providing for a grant of land for the seat of govern ment in the territory of Frorida, [Florida] and for other purposes.

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

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative or, &c. to adopt council of the territory aforesaid, or a majority thereof, be, and they are hereby, authorized to adopt such measures as to them may seem expedient 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

for the sale of said land, as they may deem expedient.

Three entire quarter sections to be reserved

for the United States.

vernment.

SEC. 3. And be it further 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.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the seventh section of the act of Congress, of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act amending and supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida," as prevents the appointment of a surveyor for Florida, until the commissioners shall have decided and reported on the private claims in said territory, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and the eastern and western land districts in said territory shall be divided and separated by the Suwaney river, and not by the ancient line of division between the provinces of East and West Florida, as prescribed by the eighth section of the act aforesaid. APPROVED, May 24, 1824.

Act of March

3, 1819, ch. 98. Any mistake which has been made by the person making the entry in relation to the correct numbers of any tract of land

not exceeding one half section, on satisfactory evidence being

produced to the commissioner

of the general land office, he entry to be changed, &c.

shall cause the

Act of March

2, 1821, ch. 12.

CHAP. CXXXVIII.—An Act supplementary to an act, approved on the third day May 24, 1824. of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled “An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land offices." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That where any mistake, in relation to the correct numbers of any tract of land, not exceeding in quantity one half section, may have been heretofore made by any purchaser of the public lands of the United States at private sale, and where one or more payments shall have been made by the person making the entry, on any tract entered by mistake, and where such payment has not been forfeited, previously to the passing of this act, for a failure to complete the payments on such tract; and where the purchaser or purchasers may not, in relation to said tract, have in any way taken advantage of the provisions of the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty," or of the act supplementary thereto, or the act continuing in force said supplementary act, and where the person or persons making the purchase has not, in any way, transferred his, her, or their, right to the certificate of purchase, or the tract so purchased, and where no patent shall have issued for the tract so erroneously purchased; and, also, in all cases of an entry hereafter made, of a tract of land not intended to be entered, by a mistake of the true numbers of the tract intended to be entered, where the tract, thus erroneously entered, does not, in quantity, exceed one half section; and where the certificate of the original purchaser or purchasers has not been assigned, or the right of the original purchaser or purchasers in any way transferred, and where six months from the time the entry shall have been made, may not have elapsed, or the patent issued for the tract erroneously entered, the purchaser or purchasers, or, in case of his, her, or their death, the legal representatives, (not being assignees or transferees,) may, either in the cases of entry before or after the passing of this act, and in any case coming within its provisions, file his, her, or their own affidavit or affidavits, with such additional evidence as can be procured, showing the mistake of the numbers of the tract intended to be entered, and that every reasonable precaution and exertion had been used to avoid the error, with the register and receiver of the land district within which such tract of land is situated, who shall transmit the evidence submitted to them in each case, together with their written opinion or opinions, both as to [the] existence of the mistake, and the credibility of each person testifying thereto, to the commissioner of the general land office, who, if he be entirely satisfied [that] the mistake has been made, and that every reasonable precaution and exertion had been made to avoid it, shall be authorized to change the entry, and transfer the payment from the tract erroneously entered, to that intended to be en tered, if unsold; but, if sold, to any other tract liable to entry: Pro

1848, ch. 102.

Proviso.