§ 739. Duties on foreign imports; books and pamphlets in English language

Legislative history

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1. 1900

   Pub. L. 56–191 § 2 · 31 Stat. 77

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 739

   Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 2, 31 Stat. 77

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 2, 31 Stat. 77

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. That on and after the passage of this Act the same tariffs, Tariff on foreign imports. customs, and duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles imported into Porto Rico from ports other than those of the United States which are required by law to be collected upon articles imported into the United States from foreign countries: Provided, That on all Provisos. —coffee. coffee in the bean or ground imported into Porto Rico there shall be levied and collected a duty of five cents per pound, any law or part of law to the contrary notwithstanding: And provided further, That all Spanish books admitted free. Spanish scientific, literary, and artistic works, not subversive of public order in Porto Rico, shall be admitted free of duty into Porto Rico for a period of ten years, reckoning from the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as provided in said treaty of peace between the United States and Spain: And provided further, That all English books from the United States. books and pamphlets printed in the English language shall be admitted into Porto Rico free of duty when imported from the United States.

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