United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 139
Chap. CXXXIX.—An Act concerning the duty on lead.
Duty on lead in pigs, &c., extended to lead in other forms.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duty of three cents a pound on lead in pigs, bars, and sheets, shall be considered as extending to all articles manufactured of lead, the value of which does not exceed double that of the raw material of which it is composed, excepting lead manufactured into pipes, and old and scrap lead, which shall pay the Proviso.same duties as heretofore: Provided, That nothing in this section shall extend to, or affect, the present duties on red and white lead, shot, sugar of lead, and litharge.
Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 55.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the aforesaid section shall be subject to the reductions in duties provided for in the act entitled “An act to modify the act of the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and all other acts imposing duties on imports,” passed second March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Approved, June 30, 1834.