merchandize as are imported or brought in, entitled to de- benture aforesaid, and ten per cent on all such as are not en- titled to a debenture aforesaid, and shall collect the same frorn the owners thereof, or the person or persons importing the same, or the consignee or consignees to whom the same arc addressed or consigned; or the master of the vessel in which the same may have been imported-having charge thereof; and the said goods, wares and merchandize shall be, and the same are hereby made liable for the said duties so assessed 01· admitted as aforesaid: provided, nevertheless, that all goods, wares and merchandize imported by any emigrant, such as farming utensils, household furniture, provisions and stores, and all kinds of machinery intended for the use of said emi- grants, and not for sale; and all public properly, of any kind whatever, belonging to or intended for the use of the Texas government, or the Army or Navy thereof, and all meat and bread stuffs, and lumber for building shall be, and the same is hereby declared exempt from all duty whatsoever, during the war. SEC. 13. And be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the Collectors of Duties shall be required to exact cash in hand on all importations, as aforesaid, on which the duties do not exceed one hundred dollars, and for all, receive bonds, payable within sixty days, with security-to be approved by himself, payable to himself or his successors in office, for all sums over one hundred dollars, and which does not exceed five hundred dollars on any one importation; if the said sum should exceed five hundred dollars, he shall receive bonds with security, approved by himself, to himself and his successors in office, payable within six months thereafter. . SEC. 14. And be it further ordai11ed and decreed, That all custom-house bonds, or obligations, made and executed in · accordance to the foregoing Ordinance, shall have the force of a judgment from its date; and the Judge, or other proper officer, shall, on application of the Collector, issue execution thereon-any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 15. And be it further ordai11ed a11£l decreed, That these Ordinances establishing duties on imported goods, wares, merchandize, &c, into Texas_. shall take effect
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