| An Act to fix the Duties on Articles therein named |
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| March 15, 1861 |
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| The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That an ad valorem duty of fifteen per
cent. shall be imposed on the following named articles imported from
abroad into the Confederate States of America, in lieu of the duties
now imposed by law, to wit: Coal, cheese, iron in blooms, pigs, bars,
bolts and slabs, and on all iron in a less manufactured state: also on
railroad rails, spikes, fishing plates, and chairs used in the
construction of railroads; paper of all sorts and all manufactures of
wood, unmanufactured, of all sorts. |
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| APPROVED March 15, 1861 |
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