66
Aug.
66
66
66
66
15,
27, 1877.
May 25, 1878.
Feb.
June 4,
66
66
66
6,
Feb. 28, 1879.
March 1, 66
(6
3,
June 30, 66
66
66
July 1,
March 10, 1880.
66
April 1,
May 27,
4. Entry of merchandise,
5. Unlading,
6. Appraisal,
7. Bond and warehouse system,
To amend Internal Revenue Laws,
To amend Immediate Transportation Laws,
Further to amend Immediate Transportation Laws,
Relating to duty on certain hoops, etc.,
Relating to registration of trade-marks,
To exempt from duty goods for Denver Exhibition,
To amend Section 3056 of the Revised Statutes relating to warrants,
To repeal discriminating duties on imports from beyond the Cape
of Good Hope, .
.
To exempt from duty goods for Art and Industry Exhibition at
Boston,
10. Table of equivalents, Swedish and Norwegian crowns,
11. Table of equivalents, pesos of Chili,
12. Table of equivalents, Turkish piastres,
13. Table of equivalents, Egyptian pounds,
14. Table of percentage of wools on the skins,
15. Table of prices per cwt. reduced to prices per lb.,
16. Table of tons, cwts., and quarters reduced to lbs.,
17. Table of French kilogrammes reduced to lbs. avoirdupois,
18. French litres reduced to wine-quarts,
19. Table of Castilian libras reduced to lbs. avoirdupois,
30. Table of specific duty per lineal yard on cotton and woollen fabrics at different widths to
equal square yard rates,
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31. Table of specific duty per lineal yard on carpeting, etc., to equal square yard rates,.
32. Table of cost per lineal yard in sterling money and francs to equal square yard rates,
33. Table of price per lineal yard in sterling, and per lineal metre and aune in francs, to
equal 20 cents per square yard,
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34. Table of relative duty by ounces and fractions thereof to equal rates of duty per lb.,
35. Table of foreign coins (Elliott's),
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
DIGEST OF STATUTES ENACTED PRIOR
TO DECEMBER 1, 1873.
EXTRACTS FROM ARTICLE I. OF THE CONSTITUTION.
8. The Congress shall have power
To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises; to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States: . . .
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes:
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States:
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures:
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States: . . . . .
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
§ 9. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
§ 10. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties. on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
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