Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 April 1815 — Page 1

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Each Century has its peculiar Mode of doing Business, and Men ouided mobI by Custom than by R.IASON) follow without Enquiry, the Manners which are prevalent in their own Time. Hum.

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Saddles and bridles, fix per centum ad valorem : Boots and bootees, exceeding five dollars per pair, in value, five per centum ad valo rem : Beer, ale, and porter, fix per centum ad valorem :

with the aggregate value thereof for three months preceding faid days, 01 for fuch portion thereof as 0M1 h ve clapfed Iron: the date of f.tiu entry and rrport to the laio dy which (hall next enfue ; that he will, at the fatd times, dt livt r to the laid collectoi the npiual book of entries, which book

Tobacco, manufactured f. gars, and fnuff, i 'lull be retained by faid officer ; that he will

twenty per centum id valorem :

Leather, including therein all hides and

iikewife, from day to day, enter or cuofe to

be entered in a book or hooks to be ke pt by

knis, whether tanned, tawed, dreflYd, o: ; '" i,,r purpole, md which UlaH nc o ntlirrwilr map. nil the nrir-nal n.ai uiai turf : pen M .ill times, between tlie rilinsr ana

Bt AUTHORITY.

LAWS of i he UNIOV. THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, 3d SESSION.

AN ACT to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit by laying duties on various goods, Wares, and merchandize manufactured within the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of ninety days subsequent to the passing of this act, there shall be paid upon all goods, wares and merchandise, of the following descriptions, which shall thereafter be manufactured or made for sale within the United States, or the territories thereof, the respective duties following, that is to say : Pir iron, per ton, one dollar : Castings of iron, per ton, one dollar and fifty cents : Bar iron, per ton, one dollar : Rolled or slit iron, per ton, one dollar : Nails, brads, and sprigs, other than thole usually denominated wrought, per pound, one cent : Candles ot white wax. or in part of white and other wax, per pound, five cents : Mould candles of tallow, or of wax other

thereof, five per centum ad valorem : which

said duties shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the buildings or vessels in which, or of the machines, implements, or utensils wherewith, the said goods, wares and merchandise shall have been manufactured or made, or by the agent or superintendant thereof ; the amount thereof payable by any one person at any one time, it not exceeding twenty dollars may be paid in money with a deduction of two per centum at the time of rendering the accounts ol the articles fo chargeable with duty, required to be rendered by the second section of this act, or without deduction at the next subsequent turn prescribed for rendering such accounts. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who, from and after the expiration of ninety days subsequent to the passing of this act, shall be the owner or occu-

pier of any building, or vessel, or machine, implement or utensil, used or intended to be used for the manufacturing or making of such goods, wares and merchandise or either of them, or who shall have such building, or vessel machine, implement or utensil under his superintendance, either as agent for the owner or on his own account, shall before

tlie. expiration of the said ninety days, and every person who after the expiration of the laid ninety days shall use or intend to use any building, or vessel or machine, implement or utensil, as aforesaid, either as owner occupier, agent or otherwise, shall before he shall begin so to use, or cause the same so to be used, give bond, with at least two sure ties, to the satisfaction of the collector of internal duties for the district in which the same shall be situate, in a sum not less than the computed duties for one year, nor left than 100 dollars, that he will, before using or causing the same to be used, make true and exact entry and report in writing to the said collector of every such building or vessel, machine, implement or utensil owned, occupied or superintended by him, with the size thereof, the names of the owner, occupier, agent and superintendent, the place where situate. & the manner in which, and the time for which, not exceeding one year, it is intended to employ the fame, with information from time to time of any change, in the form, size agency, ownership, occupancy or superintendence which all or either of the said buildings or vessels machines,

thin white, or in part of each, per pound 1 implements or UteUnll mty undergo: that three cents : he will from day today, so long as he may Hats and caps in whole or in part of nfe the 1 mr, enter or caufe to be entered leather, wool or fur ; bonnets, in whole or in a book or books to be kept by him for in part of wool or fur, if above two dollars that purpose, and which (hall be open at all in value, eight per centum ad valorem : ; times between the rtftng nd the feting of Hats of chip of Wood covered with silk or ; the fun for the inflection of the faid collec

above/ tor who may take any minutes, memoran-

other materials, Of not covered, if above two dollars in value, eight per centum valorem : Umbrellas and parasols, if above the value of two dollars, eight per centum ad lorem : Paper, three per Centum ad valorem playirng and visiting cards., fifty tum ad valorem ;

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dums or transcripts thereof, the denominations and puantites of the articles manufactured or made, and will render to said

collector, on the first day of January, April,

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October, in each year, or Within thereafter, a general account in

taken from his books of the deno-

setting of the sun, for the inspection of the

said collector, who may take any minutes, in memorandums or transcripts thereof, the

denominations & quantities of all the herein before enumerated manufactured articles fold, with the price for which the same were sold, specifying in each sale, the name of the person to whom sold, where the amount sold wall exceed ten dollars in value ; and that he will render to the said collector, at the time of rendering the said general accounts a statement in writing, taken from said book or books, in which there shall be specified the denominations and quantities of all such manufactured articles fold on each

day, listing distinctly each sale, with the

name of the purchaser. and the denominations and quantities sold, and price, where the same shall exceed ten dollars, and the Aggregate denominations and quantities, with the aggregate value of all other sales ; that he will Verify, or cause to be verified, the said entries, reports, books, general accounts, and statements, on oath or affirmation, to be taken before the collector, or some person authorised hy law to administer the same, according to the form required by this act where the same is prescribed ; and that he will pay to the said collector the

duties which by this acl ought to br paid on

the articles fo manufactured, and in the faid account mentioned, if not exceeding 20 dollars, at the time of rendeiing an hecount thereof, with a deduction of two per ten 'tun, and if exceeding 30 dollars, either t faid time with faid deduction, or at the next fobfeqnent time preft ribed lor rendering fuch accounts without deduction ; and the faid bond !i)y, from time to time, at the difcretion of the collector, he renewed or changed in reg aru to the tureties and prn alties thereof. And ev.-ry fuch prrfon,

Wlirtr.fr owner, oivupiri, grin or lupeiin tendent as aforelaid, flrall at the time of making the entry and report fir ft brforr ft ted. btain agreeably thereto a lu enfe for employing tr a term not exceeding one year, fu h buddings, or vefTcls, or machines, implements or utenf.is, defcnfl'nq he fame, with the ufe to Which they are to be applied the pi ice where Gtuate, the name of the owner, odcupier, agent or fuperintendent, and the term for which it is intended to ufe the fune ; whkh Iicerfe the f id collector is herebv empowered and directed to grant. And a like licenie for any ?rr-i not excee ding a year, (ball be ohtjinrd a.-.d granted n a like report and entry made at any time thereatter, without requiring a new bond, fo long as the bond foref'id (hall remain in force. Which liCenfei Hull be figned b the commilfioner of the revenue and c un tetfiiMied iy the collector who thill iffur the ime. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the entries made in the books required to be kept by the 2d faction of this act, uVIl, n he f-nl firf! dys of January, April, luh) md Oclob er, or within ten da s after e.n K

rf tee laid .ivs, be verifi-d Uv the oath er

perfon or perfons by whom furh entrii a Hull have been made, win, f, qualification! (hill ne certified at the end ot mi entries hy -he collect r or nffiier tdminiftr rng the lme, and lhal! be in fubQance as folloWi ; 41 I (or wr) do fwear (or .trTinu) that the foregoing eniros wrrf- mde by mr (or us) on the refprctivr ci y s Ipecified, and that itiey ftate, dCtordin to to the befl oi - knowledge and belief, the whoh quantities nd denominations, with the vdJur thereof. of the manufactured (or fold ?.s tbc cfe m.y be) by in th ot " Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, iaC the owner, i ccumcr. Mfl-ent or fuurrintiui

' o --r - ent aforesaid shall in case the original entries required to be made in his books by the second section of this act shall not be made by himself, subjoin to the oath or affirmation of the person by whom they were made, the following oath or affirmation to be taken as aforesaid; -- do solemnly swear or affirm) that to the best of-- knowledge and belief the foregoing entries are just and true, and that-- have taken all the means in power to make them so. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the duties aforesaid shall not be duly paid, the person chargeable therewith shall pay in addition ten percentum on the amount thereof, and in case such duties, with the said addition shall not be paid within three months from the time the said duties ought to be paid, the collector for the district shall make a personal demand of the same from such person, or by notice in writing, left at his dwelling, if within the collection district, and if not at the manufactory owned or superintended by such person ; and in cafe of refusal or neglect to pay the said duties, with the addition, within ten days after the demand or notice, the amount thereof shall be recovered by district and saIe of the goods, chattels and effects of the delinquent ; and in case of such distress, it shall be the duty of the officer charged with the collection, to make or cause to he made, an account of the goods or chattels which may be distrained, a copy of which, signed by the officer making such distress, shall be left with the owner or possessor of such goods, chattels or effects, or at his or her dwelling, with a note of the sum demanded. & the time & place of sale ;

and the said officer shall forthwith cause a notification to be publicly polled up at two of the taven s nearefl to the refidencc i I :tbe perfon whole property tliall be cl ftrained or the court botlfe of the fame county, if not more th-m ten miles d sit nr ; which notice (h II fperify the artirles c'iftrained, ?nrl the time and pl re propnfd t r the fle thereof, which tin e (hall n t be 1 fs tb?n tet. days from the date f f fuch notification, and ths phce pmpotVd for We not more t! a fio mih sdiftant fn m the pl.ice of makinc (n(idrefs ; Provided, That in any Cafe of d.ftrrfs for the p jrment of the duties aforefatl the goods, cbatteli or - ff cts fo diflriined, flnll nd may be reftorrd o hr owner or p- fT tTiF , i f prior to t!n-d-y affigned for rhr (ale thereof payment or tender thereof (ball be made to the proper oni I r har-t d a ith. the colh'cti n or thr tuil mount demanded, together with luch t - tor Jewing aid fuels fum for the nrceff.oy Sc re for. able expenf-s torremovine St keeping the go di, cliaiteli ir r tT cts, fo diiV lined, as may be allowed

in like cd.-s. by tht Uws or practice of the

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