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The New York City Police Department was strictly instructed to arrest any woman wearing a swimsuit by the commissioner of parks. [158] In Chicago, a 19-year-old female beachgoer was fined US$100 for wearing a topless swimsuit on a public beach. [158] Copious coverage of the event helped to send the image of exposed breasts across the world.
The Tariff of 1842 returned the tariff to the level of 1832, with duties averaging between 23% and 35%. The Walker Tariff of 1846 essentially focused on revenue and reversed the trend of substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The Tariff of 1857 reduced the tariff to a general level of 20%, the lowest rate since 1830, and expanded the free ...
This is a list of United States tariff laws. 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff) 1790: Tariff of 1790; 1791: Tariff of 1791; 1792: Tariff of 1792; 1816: Tariff of 1816; 1824: Tariff of 1824; 1828: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) 1832: Tariff of 1832; 1833: Tariff of 1833; 1842: Tariff of 1842; 1846: Walker tariff; 1857: Tariff of ...
The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861. Passed after anti-tariff southerners had left Congress during the process of secession, Morrill designed it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry C. Carey. [13] It was one of the last acts signed into law by James Buchanan, and replaced the Tariff of 1857 ...
More women wore the fashion and were promptly dubbed "Bloomers". A dress reform was supported by a campaign of the National Dress Reform Association, which was founded in 1856. [14] They put up a fight for a few years, but were subjected to ridicule in the press [15] [16] and harassment on the street. [17]
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
With a wardrobe now spanning 64 years worth of fashion, ... Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images. ... a woman lies on a bed, wearing nothing but yellow mules.) “You add in the peep toe, which came in in ...
A Taiwanese woman was slapped with a fine over her tiny bikini bottoms while vacationing in the Philippines this week. Tourist fined for wearing nearly non-existent bikini: 'It was literally a string'