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Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
ollens, and hemp......July 30, 1827 Tariff bill, based on recommendation of Harrisburg convention, introduced in Congress......Jan. 31, 1828 New tariff, with a 41 per cent. Rate, favored by Daniel Webster, is debated front March 4 to May 15; passed by House, 109 to 91; Senate, 26 to 21, and Approved......May 19, 1828 [This became known as the Tariff of Abominations. South Carolina protested against it as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. North Carolina also protested, and Alabama and Georgia denied the power of Congress to lay duties for protection.] Duties on coffee, cocoa, and tea reduced by act of May 20; on molasses and salt by act......May 29, 1830 Secretary of the Treasury Ingham, in his report, advocates home valuation in place of foreign, the current value of goods in the United States to be the dutiable value......Dec. 15, 1830 National free-trade convention meets in Philadelphia......Sept. 30, 1831 National protection convention meets in New
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
of like character. Before the adoption of the United States Constitution most of the American colonies had systems of taxation on imports. The first acts of the Dutch West India Company with reference to the colony of New Netherlands provided for export and import duties, and specific rates were levied on furs and codfish by act of June 7, 1629. In 1661 the council of Virginia laid an import tax on rum and sugar, and forbade unloading them except at appointed ports. The government of Massachusetts enacted a general import tax, November, 1668. Under the confederation, the Continental Congress made numerous unsuccessful attempts to induce the States to join in an import tax for the common treasury, only succeeding in securing, in 1786, an agreement from New York, granting to the United States certain imposts, provided the other States did the same. A measure for taxing imports, for the support of the government, for the discharge of debts of the United States, and the encouragemen
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
nt, George M. Dallas. Average rate of duty 25 1/2 per Cent......July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by act of Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Robert J. Walker introduces the system of private bonded warehouses, which is confirmed by act of Congress......March 28, 1854 Free-trade policy declared in the platform of the Democratic party at Cincinnati......June 6, 1856 Tariff act passed lowering the average duty to about 20 per cent.......March 3, 1857 Republican Convention at Chicago adopts a protective-tariff platform......May 17, 1860 Tariff bill, raising the tariff of 1857 about one-third, introduced in the House by Mr. Morrill, passed and approved, March 2, 1861; goes into effect......April 1, 1861 Amended tariff act raising duties passed......Aug. 5, 1861 Act passed increasing tariff on tea, coffee, and sugar......Dec. 24, 1861 Act passed raising tariff duties temporarily ......July 14, 1862 Act passed to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, e
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
hemp......July 30, 1827 Tariff bill, based on recommendation of Harrisburg convention, introduced in Congress......Jan. 31, 1828 New tariff, with a 41 per cent. Rate, favored by Daniel Webster, is debated front March 4 to May 15; passed by House, 109 to 91; Senate, 26 to 21, and Approved......May 19, 1828 [This became known as the Tariff of Abominations. South Carolina protested against it as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. North Carolina also protested, and Alabama and Georgia denied the power of Congress to lay duties for protection.] Duties on coffee, cocoa, and tea reduced by act of May 20; on molasses and salt by act......May 29, 1830 Secretary of the Treasury Ingham, in his report, advocates home valuation in place of foreign, the current value of goods in the United States to be the dutiable value......Dec. 15, 1830 National free-trade convention meets in Philadelphia......Sept. 30, 1831 National protection convention meets in New York......Oc
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
y other country. Duties to be paid in cash if under $50; if over, might be secured by bond to run from four to twelve months, with 10 per cent. discount for prompt payment......July 31, 1789 Act laying duties on importations extended to North Carolina, Feb. 8, and to Rhode Island......June 14, 1790 Act of July 4, 1789, repealed, and new law enacted raising duties to equal an 11 per cent. ad valoremrate......Aug. 10, 1790 Tariff rate raised to equal 13 1/2, per cent., by act of......Mated front March 4 to May 15; passed by House, 109 to 91; Senate, 26 to 21, and Approved......May 19, 1828 [This became known as the Tariff of Abominations. South Carolina protested against it as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. North Carolina also protested, and Alabama and Georgia denied the power of Congress to lay duties for protection.] Duties on coffee, cocoa, and tea reduced by act of May 20; on molasses and salt by act......May 29, 1830 Secretary of the Treasury Ingha
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
introduced in the House by Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, chairman of the ways and means committee......April 2, 1888 Mills bill is taken up for discussion, April 17, and debated until July 19, and passes the House by vote of 149 to 14......July 21, 1888 [Referred in the Senate to the finance committee, by whom a substitute was prepared, and failed to become a law.] A bill to equalize duties upon imports and to reduce the revenue of the government, introduced by William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio......April 16, 1890 McKinley Customs Administration act approved......June 10, 1890 McKinley tariff bill passes the House, May 21; referred to Senate committee on finance, May 23; reported to the Senate with amendments, June 18; passes Senate with amendments, Sept. 10; reported by conference committee to House, Sept. 26; approved by the President, Oct. 1, and takes effect Oct. 6, 1890 Tariff (Wilson) bill made public......Nov. 27, 1893 Internal revenue bill containing the income-t
Washington (United States) (search for this): entry tariff
of quinine put on the free-list......July 1, 1879 Act creating a tariff commission of nine civilians appointed by the President to visit different sections of the country in the interest of tariff revision and report......May 15, 1882 Tariff commission, consisting of John L. Hayes, president, Henry W. Oliver, Jr., Austin M. Garland, Jacob Ambler, Robert P. Porter, John W. H. Underwood, Duncan F. Kenner, Alexander R. Boetler, and William H. McMahon, organizes at the Ebbitt House, Washington, D. C.,......July 6, 1882 Report of tariff commission submitted to Congress and referred to ways and means committee......Dec. 4, 1882 Act passed repealing section 2510 of the Revised Statutes (levying an additional duty of 10 per cent. on goods from places west of the Cape of Good Hope), May 4, and amended......Dec. 23, 1882 Senate reports a tariff bill which is called up for consideration, Jan. 10; House bill reported by ways and means committee, Jan. 16; both bills discussed and
Columbia (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
retaining the protective features of the tariff of 1828, but reducing or abolishing many taxes, is reported. It reduced the tax on iron, increased that on woollens, made some raw wools free, and left cotton unchanged. Duties of less than $200 to be paid in cash without discount, law to take effect March 3, 1833; approved......July 14, 1832 Representatives from South Carolina publish an address on the subject of the tariff, urging resistance......July 15, 1832 Convention meets in Columbia, S. C., Nov. 19, and calls on the legislature to declare the tariff acts of 1824 and 1828 null and void in that State, and to prohibit the collection of duties there after Feb. 1, 1833; law passed......Nov. 24, 1832 Secretary of the Treasury, in his report, recommends a reduction of duties to the requirements of revenue......Dec. 5, 1832 President proclaims intention to enforce the laws......Dec. 11, 1832 Mr. Verplanck, from the committee on ways and means, reports a bill providing fo
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
, weighers, measurers, gaugers, and inspectors. Ad valorem duties to be estimated by adding 20 per cent. to the actual cost thereof if imported from the Cape of Good Hope or any place beyond, and 10 per cent. if from any other country. Duties to be paid in cash if under $50; if over, might be secured by bond to run from four to twelve months, with 10 per cent. discount for prompt payment......July 31, 1789 Act laying duties on importations extended to North Carolina, Feb. 8, and to Rhode Island......June 14, 1790 Act of July 4, 1789, repealed, and new law enacted raising duties to equal an 11 per cent. ad valoremrate......Aug. 10, 1790 Tariff rate raised to equal 13 1/2, per cent., by act of......May 2, 1792 Additional duties levied on imports, particularly tobacco, snuff, and refined sugar, by acts of......June 5-7, 1794 Tariff on brown sugar, molasses, and tea increased......March 3, 1797 Duty on salt increased from 12 to 20 cents by act of......July 8, 1797
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry tariff
on the subject of a general tariff of increased duties......Feb. 13, 1816 Mr. Lowndes, of South Carolina, reports a bill from the committee on ways and means to regulate duties on imports and tonna to 21, and Approved......May 19, 1828 [This became known as the Tariff of Abominations. South Carolina protested against it as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. North Carolina also protetion convention meets in New York......Oct. 26, 1831 George McDuffie, representative from South Carolina, from committee on ways and means, reports a bill proposing ad valorem duties for revenue oncount, law to take effect March 3, 1833; approved......July 14, 1832 Representatives from South Carolina publish an address on the subject of the tariff, urging resistance......July 15, 1832 Conollection of duties, passed by Congress......March 2, 1833 Nullification acts repealed by South Carolina......March 18, 1833 Home league formed to agitate for high duties......1841 A general
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