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469. Manufactures of paper, or of which paper is a component mate- 12 Stat. p. 557. rial, not otherwise provided for; (168.)

470. Manufactures, articles, vessels, and wares, not otherwise provided for, of [gold, silver,] copper, brass, [iron, steel,] lead, pewter, tin, or other metal, *or of which either of these metals or any other metal shall be the component material of chief value; (163, 308, 618.)

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471. Manufactures, not otherwise provided for, composed of mixed materials, in part of cotton, silk, [wool,] worsted, or flax; (82, 164, 579, 580, 720, 721, 724, 725, 726, 729.)

472. Manufactures of cotton, linen, silk, or worsted, if embroidered or tamboured, in the loom or otherwise, by machinery or with the needle or other process, not otherwise provided for; (165, 721, 724, 725, 726, 729.)

473. Manufactures of cedar wood, granadilla, ebony, mahogany, rosewood, and satinwood; (166.)

474. Manufactures and articles of leather, or of which leather shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for; (167.)

475. Manufactures, articles, and wares of papier-mache; (169.)

476. Manufactures of wood, or of which wood is the chief component part, not otherwise provided for; (170.)

477. Morocco skins; (85, 105.)

478. Muskets, rifles, and other firearms; (172.)

479. Needles, sewing, darning, knitting, and all other descriptions; (94, 560.)

480. Paper boxes, and all other fancy boxes; (174.)

481. Paper envelopes; (175.)

482. Paper-hangings, and paper for screens or fireboards; paper, antiquarian, demy, drawing, elephant, foolscap, imperial, letter, and all other paper, not otherwise provided for; (176.)

483. Pins, solid head or other; (163.)

484. Plated and gilt ware of all kinds; (179.)

485. Prepared vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, and game, sealed or unsealed, in cans or otherwise; (180.)

486. Ratans and reeds, manufactured or partially manufactured; (100.) Roofing slates; (185, 597.)

487. Scagliola tops for tables or other articles of furniture; (182.)

488. Sealing wax; (183.)

489. Side-arms of every description; (184.)

490. Silver-plated metal, in sheets or other form, (185.) ·

491. Stereotype plates; (107.)

492. Type metal; (110.)

493. Types, new; (111.)

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498. Watches and parts of watches, and watch materials, and untinished parts of watches; (17.)

499. Webbing, composed of [wool,] cotton, flax, or any other materials,

(593, 726.) not otherwise provided for. (189.)

500. SEC. 19. From and after the passage of this act, the act entitled 12 Stat. p. 559. "An act to provide for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows, that is to say: First, in section twelve, before the word "eighteen," where it first occurs, strike out "less than "; second, in section twenty-three, after the words "artists residing

Other than gold and silver. (See 659.)

12 Stat. p. 559. abroad," strike out "provided the same be imported in good faith as objects of taste and not of merchandise," and insert, "provided the fact, as aforesaid, shall be certified by the artist, or by a consul of the United States"; and in the same section, before the word "orpiment," insert ores of gold and silver." (251, 707.)

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Stat. at Large, CHAP. LXXVII. Vol. XII. p. 742.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 202.

18 Stat. p. 202.

13 Stat. p. 202.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1863.

An Act to modify existing Laws imposing Duties on Imports, ana for other Purposes.

501. SEC. 5. IN LIEU of the duties now imposed by law there shall be levied and collected upon printing paper unsized, used for books and newspapers exclusively, twenty per centum ad valorem; (700.) upon seedlac and sticklac the same duties now imposed upon gum-shellac; (333.) upon polishing powders, of all descriptions, Frankfort black, and Berlin, Chinese, fig, and wash blue, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

ACT OF JUNE 30, 1864.

CHAP. CLXXI. -An Act to increase Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That on and after the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, IN LIEU of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: 502. First. On teas of all kinds, twenty-five cents per pound. 503. Second. On all sugar not above number twelve, Dutch standard in color, three cents per pound.

504. On all sugar above number twelve, and not above number fifteen, Dutch standard in color, three cents and a half per pound.

505. On all sugar above number fifteen, not stove-dried, and not above number twenty, Dutch standard in color, four cents per pound.

506. On all refined sugar in form of loaf, lump, crushed, powdered, pulverized, or granulated, and all stove-dried or other sugar above number twenty, Dutch standard in color, five cents per pound: Provided, That the standard by which the color and grades of sugar are to be regulated shall be selected and furnished to the collectors of such ports of entry as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, and in such manner as he may deem expedient.

507. On sugar-candy, not colored, ten cents per pound. On all other confectionery, not otherwise provided for, made wholly or in part of sugar, and on sugars after being refined, when tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, valued at thirty cents per pound or less, fifteen cents per pound. On all confectionery valued above thirty cents per pound, or when sold by the box, package, or otherwise than by the pound, fifty per centum ad valorem.

On

508. Third. On molasses from sugar-cane, eight cents per gallon. sirup of sugar-cane juice, melado, concentrated melado, or concentrated molasses, two cents and a half per pound: Provided, That all sirups of sugar or sugar-cane, cane-juice, concentrated molasses, or concentrated melado, entered under the name of molasses, or any other name than sirup of sugar, or of sugar-cane, cane-juice, concentrated molasses, or concentrated melado, shall be liable to forfeiture to the United States, and the same shall be forfeited.

SEC. 2. On and after the day and year aforesaid, IN LIEU of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares,

and merchandise enumerated and provided for in this section, im- 18 Stat. p. 202. ported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty,

that is to say:

509. First.

On brandy, for first-proof, two dollars and fifty cents per gallon. (705, 711.)

510. On other spirits, manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, for first-proof, two dollars per gallon. (705, 711.)

511. On cordials, and liqueurs of all kinds, and arrack, absynthe, kirschenwasser, ratafia, and other similar spirituous beverages, not otherwise provided for, two dollars per gallon. (705, 711.)

512. On bay rum, one dollar and fifty cents per gallon. (705, 711.)

513. On wines of all kinds, valued at not over fifty cents per gallon, 13 Stat. p. 203. twenty cents per gallon and twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at over fifty cents and not over one dollar per gallon, fifty cents per gallon and twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at over one dollar per gallon, one dollar per gallon and twenty-five per cent. ad valorem : Provided, That no champagne or sparkling wines, in bottles, shall pay a less rate of duty than six dollars per dozen bottles, each bottle containing not more than one quart and more than one pint, or six dollars per two dozen bottles, each bottle containing not more than one pint.

514. On all spirituous liquors, not otherwise enumerated, (705, 711,) one hundred per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid, on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages, than that fixed by law for the description of first-proof, but shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first-proof; and no brandy, spirits, or other spirituous beverages under first-proof shall pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ad valorem: Provided, further, That all imitations of brandy, or spirits, or of wines imported by any names whatever, shall be subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented, and in no case less than one dollar per gallon: And provided, further, That brandies, or other spirituous liquors, may be imported in bottles when the package shall contain not less than one dozen; and all bottles shall pay a separate duty of two cents each, whether containing wines, brandies, or other spirituous liquors subject to duty as hereinbefore mentioned. (711.)

515. Second. On ale, porter, and beer, in bottles, thirty-five cents per gallon; otherwise than in bottles, twenty cents per gallon.

516. [Third. On cigars of all kinds, valued at fifteen dollars or less per Repealed. See thousand, seventy-five cents per pound and twenty per centum ad valorem; 710. valued at over fifteen dollars and not over thirty dollars per thousand, one dollar and twenty-five cents per pound and thirty per centum ad valorem; valued at over thirty dollars and not over forty-five dollars per thousand, two dollars per pound and fifty per centum ad valorem; valued at over forty-five dollars per thousand, three dollars per pound and sixty per centum ad valorem : Provided, That paper cigars or cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties imposed on cigars.] (710.)

517. On snuff and snuff-flour, manufactured of tobacco, ground, dry, or damp, and pickled, scented, or otherwise, of all descriptions, fifty cents per pound.

518. On tobacco in leaf, unmanufactured and not stemmed, thirty-five cents per pound.

519. On tobacco manufactured, of all descriptions, and stemmed tobacco not otherwise provided for, fifty cents per pound.

SEC. 3. On and after the day and year aforesaid, IN LIEU of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the goods, wares, and merchandise, herein enumerated and provided for, imported

* See Treasury Circular of December 19, 1861, for grades of spirits.

18 Stat. p. 206.

18 Stat. p. 208.

18 Stat. p. 204.

from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:

520. On bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than one inch or more than six inches wide, nor less than three eighths of an inch or more than two inches thick; rounds not less than three fourths of an inch nor more than two inches in diameter; and squares not less than three fourths of an inch nor more than two inches square, one cent per pound. On bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats less than three eighths of an inch or more than two inches thick or less than one inch or more than six inches wide; rounds less than three fourths of an inch or more than two inches in diameter; and squares less than three fourths of an inch or more than two inches square, one cent and one half per pound: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms, less finished than iron in bars, and more advanced than pig-iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in bars, and pay a duty accordingly: And provided, further, That none of the above iron shall pay a less rate of duty than thirtyfive per centum ad valorem.

521. On all iron imported in bars for railroads and inclined planes, (277, 705,) made to patterns and fitted to be laid down on such roads or planes without further manufacture, sixty cents per one hundred pounds. On boiler or other plate iron, (4, 304,) not less than three sixteenths of an inch in thickness, one cent and a half per pound. On iron wire, bright, coppered, or tinned, drawn and finished, not more than one fourth of an inch in diameter, not less than number sixteen, wire gauge, two dollars per one hundred pounds, and in addition thereto, fifteen per centum ad valorem; over number sixteen and not over number twenty-five, wire gauge, three dollars and fifty cents per one hundred pounds, and in addition thereto fifteen per centum ad valorem, (4, 305.) Provided, That wire covered with cotton, silk, or other material shall pay five cents per pound in addition to the foregoing rates. On smooth or polished sheetiron, by whatever name designated, three cents per pound. On sheetiron, common or black, not thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, one cent and one fourth of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty, and not thinner than number twenty-five, wire gauge, one cent and a half per pound; thinner than number twenty-five, wire gauge, one cent and three fourths of one cent per pound.

522. On tin plates, and iron galvanized or coated with any metal by electric batteries, or otherwise, two cents and a half per pound.

523. On all band, hoop, and scroll iron from one half to six inches in width, not thinner than one eighth of an inch, one and one fourth cent per pound.

524. On all band, hoop, and scroll iron from one half to six inches wide, under one eighth of an inch in thickness, and not thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, one and one half cent per pound.

525. On all band, hoop, and scroll iron thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, one and three fourths cent per pound.

526. On slit rods, one cent and one half per pound, and on all other descriptions of rolled or hammered iron not otherwise provided for, one cent and one fourth per pound.

527. On locomotive tire, or parts thereof, three cents per pound.

528. On mill-irons and mill-cranks of wrought iron, and wrought iron for ships, steam-engines, and locomotives, or parts thereof, weighing each twenty-five pounds or more, two cents per pound.

529. On anvils and on iron cables, or cable chains, (306,) or parts thereof, two cents and a half per pound.

530. On chains, trace chains, halter chains, and fence chains, made of wire or rods, not less than one fourth of one inch in diameter, two cents and a half per pound; less than one fourth of one inch in diameter, and not under number nine, wire gauge, three cents per pound; under number nine, wire gauge, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

531. On anchors, or parts thereof, two cents and one fourth per pound. 13 Stat. p 204. 532. On blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, axles, or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings, not otherwise provided for, two cents and a half per pound.

533. On wrought-iron railroad chairs, and wrought-iron nuts and washers, ready punched, two cents per pound.

534. On bed-screws and wrought-iron hinges, two cents and a half per pound.

535. On wrought board nails, spikes, rivets, and bolts, two and one half cents per pound.

536. On cut nails and spikes, one and a half cent per pound.

537. On horseshoe nails, five cents per pound.

538. On cut tacks, brads, or sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, two and one half cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, three cents per pound.

539. On steam, gas, and water tubs [tubes] and flues, of wrought iron, two cents and a half per pound. (705.)

540. On screws, commonly called wood-screws, two inches or over in 18 Stat. p. 205. length, eight cents per pound; less than two inches in length, eleven

cents per pound.

541. On screws of any other metal than iron, and all other screws of iron, except wood-screws, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

542. On iron in pigs, nine dollars per ton.

543. On vessels of cast-iron, not otherwise provided for, and on andirons, sadirons, tailors' and hatters' irons, stoves and stove plates, of castiron, one and one half cent per pound.

544. On cast-iron steam, gas, and water-pipe, one and one half cent per pound.

545. On cast-iron butts and hinges, two and a half cents per pound. 546. On hollow ware, glazed or tinned, three and one half cents per pound.

547. On all other castings of iron, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem.

548. On all manufactures of iron, not otherwise provided for, thirtyfive per centum ad valorem.

549. On old scrap-iron, eight dollars per ton: Provided, That nothing shall be deemed old iron that has not been in actual use and fit only to be remanufactured.

550. On steel, in ingots, bars, coils, sheets, and steel wire, not less than one fourth of one inch in diameter, valued at seven cents per pound or less, two cents and one fourth per pound; valued at above seven cents and not above eleven cents per pound, three cents per pound; valued at above eleven cents per pound, three cents and a half per pound, and ten per centum ad valorem.

551. On steel wire less than one fourth of an inch in diameter and not less than number sixteen, wire gauge, two and one half cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty per centum ad valorem; less or finer than number sixteen, wire gauge, three cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty per centum ad valorem.

552. On steel in any form, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem.

553. On skates, costing twenty cents or less per pair, eight cents per pair; costing over twenty cents per pair, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

554. On cross-cut saws, ten cents per lineal foot.

555. On mill, pit, and drag saws, not over nine inches wide, twelve and a half cents per lineal foot. (4.)

556. On all hand-saws not over twenty-four inches in length, seventyfive cents per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valo

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