Chapter 120. to repeal the discriminating duties on goods produced cast of the Cape of Good Hope
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CHAP. 120.— An Act to repeal the discriminating duties on goods produced cast of the Cape of Good Hope.May 4, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Repeal of discriminating duties on goods produced east of the Cape of Good Hope when imported from places west of the Cape of Good Hope, from and after January 1, 1883.[R. S., 2501, 459, repealed](/us/rs/t/s2501/459). That, section two thousand five hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States which reads as follows:
“There shall be levied, collected and paid on all goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth or produce of the countries east of the Cape of Good Hope (except wool, raw cotton and raw silk, as reeled from the cocoon, or not further advanced than tram, thrown, or organzine,) when imported from places west of the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of ten per centum ad valorem in addition to the duties imposed on any such article when imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production”, be and the same is hereby repealed from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
Approved, May 4, 1882.