THE favorable reception of the author's previous labors pertaining to impost duties, has encouraged him to amplify and extend his tariff manual. The plan of his first edition excluded all repealed and obsolete portions of the Statutes; but, for obvious reasons, the original plan could not, in this respect, be strictly followed in subsequent editions. Then, as the erasures had necessarily to be made chiefly upon his own judgment, entire freedom from error was hardly possible. Yet he has the satisfaction of knowing, that after a test of several years, only two or three changes in this respect, and those of comparatively minor importance, have become necessary under subsequent decisions. Therefore, and as ready access to all the tariff acts in their entirety, passed since the beginning of the year 1861, is a desideratum, and greatly facilitates investigation, the author, at the instance of the Treasury Department, has restored in this edition the entire text of the several acts; so distinguishing by differences in type, existing laws, from those repealed or superseded, that the re-introduction of the latter cannot confuse or mislead. Many Statutes have also been added which are not strictly tariff acts; but to which revenue officers and others are obliged to refer so frequently, that their presence in a tariff manual cannot but be acceptable. Many additions have also been made to Parts II and III which it is hoped will lighten the burden of customs officers. The author desires specially to acknowledge his obligations to Messrs. W. H. McMahon, chief entry clerk, and H. Millard, entry clerk, in the New York Custom-house, for valuable information and assistance in the prosecution of his work.
Section 2, Invoice currencies,
Sections 7 and 8, Certificates on Spirits, &c.,
Collection Act, (Part,).
Importations for certain inland ports,
Relating to teas from beyond Good Hope Cape, (Part,)
Certificates of wines abolished,
Exempting coal on steamers from duty,
Tariff Act, (Part,)
Entry of shipwrecked goods,
Tariff Act, (Part,)
Imposing duty on live animals,
To protect lumbering on St. Croix River,
Act further to prevent smuggling, (Part,)
To regulate weighing of exports,.
Appraisers and appraisement at New York,.
To protect the revenue,.
44. March 2, 1867. Section 3, Fees for gauging,
Disposition of Fines, &c.,
Making Patchogue, L. I., port of delivery,
Amending customs and Int. Rev. Laws,
Facilitating decisions in Supreme Court,
Correcting errors in Revised Statutes,
To further protect sinking fund, &c.,
Restricting refunding of customs duties,
Changing certain Consulates,
Extending inland transportation laws to Genesee,
To provide for separate entry of packages,
As to execution of Custom-House bonds, .
Making Sheboygan a port of delivery,
Exempting certain coasting vessels from entries, &c.,
Extending inland transportation laws to St. Paul,
To punish violations of Trade-mark Laws,
To carry Hawaiian treaty into effect,
Amendments to Rev. Statutes,
Inland transportation extended to Bath,
Consul's duty as to prices current,.
Free entry of certain works of art, &c.,
Port of New York extended,.
Amending Int. Rev. Laws-liquor and tobacco,
Printed matter imported by mail,.
11. Metric System Act of July 28, 1866,
12. French Kilogrammes or Kilos and French Litres,
13. Arithmetical Examples for reducing Lineal Yards, Metres, Aunes, and Berlin Ells
to Square Yards,.
14. Rules for reducing Lineal Yards, Aunes, &c., to Square, by Fractions,
16. Lineal Metres (width in centimetres), reduced to Square Yards,
17. Lineal Metres (width in inches), reduced to Square Yards,
18. Castilian Libras, or Spanish Pounds, reduced to Pounds Avoirdupois,
19. Arrobas, reduced to Pounds Avoirdupois,
20. Percentage of Wools on the Skins,
23. Computation of Duties on Sugar and Melada,
24. Table of Duties on Glass,
25. Table of Foreign Coins (Elliott's),
26. Table of U. S. Weights and Measures (Elliott's),
27. Table of Foreign Weights and Measures (Elliott's),
28. Table of Miscellaneous Weights and Measures,
29. Extracts from U. S. Mint Laws,
30. Commercial Relations with Foreign Nations,
31. Consular Regulations,
32. Consular Service of the U. S.,
33. U. S. Collection Districts and Ports, .
3. Recording and Conveyance of Vessels,
36. Treasury Circular as to Guano Islands,
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