pered 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: 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 sheet-iron, by whatever name designated, three cents per pound. On sheet-iron, 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. On tin plates, and iron galvanized or coated with any metal by electric batteries or otherwise, two cents and a half per pound. 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. 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 onehalf cent per pound. On all band, hoop and scroll iron thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, one and three-fourths cent per pound. 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. On locomotive tire, or parts thereof, three cents per pound. On mill-irons and mill-cranks of wrought iron, and wrought iron for ships, steamengines and locomotives, or parts thereof, weighing each twenty-five pounds or more, two cents per pound. On anvils and on iron cables or cable chains, or parts thereof, two cents and a half per pound. 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. On anchors, or parts thereof, two cents and one-fourth per pound. 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. On wrought-iron railroad chairs, and wrought-iron nuts and washers, ready punched, two cents per pound. On bed-screws and wrought-iron hinges, two cents and a half per pound. On wrought board-nails, spikes, rivets and bolts, two and one-half cents per pound. On horseshoe nails, five cents per pound. 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. On steam, gas and water tubes and flues, of wrought iron, two cents and a half per pound. On screws, commonly called wood screws, two inches or over in length, eight cents per pound; less than two inches in length, eleven cents per pound. On screws of any other metal than iron, and all other screws of iron, except wood screws, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On iron in pigs, nine dollars per ton. On vessels of cast iron, not otherwise provided for, and on andirons, sad-irons, tailors' and hatters' irons, stoves and stove-plates, of cast iron, one and one-half cent per pound. On cast-iron steam, gas and water pipe, one and one-half cent per pound. On cast-iron butts and hinges, two and a half cents per pound. On hollow-ware, glazed or tinned, three and one-half cents per pound. On all other castings of iron, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. On all manufactures of iron, not otherwise provided for, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 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. 30 June 1864. On steel, in ingots, bars, coils, sheets and steel wire, not less than one-fourth of one Steel. 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 30 June 1864. Coal. Coke. Lead. Pewter. Zinc. Precious stones. Ibid. 4. Sheep-skins. Ibid. 5. Lastings, &c. Ibid. ? 6. Manufactures of cotton. per pound; valued at above eleven cents per pound, three cents and a half per pound, and ten per centum ad valorem. 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. On steel in any form, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. 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. On cross-cut saws, ten cents per lineal foot. On mill, pit and drag saws, not over nine inches wide, twelve and a half cents per lineal foot. On all hand-saws not over twenty-four inches in length, seventy-five cents per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem; over twenty-four inches in length, one dollar per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. On all back-saws not over ten inches in length, seventy-five cents per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem; over ten inches in length, one dollar per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. On files, file blanks, rasps and floats of all descriptions, not exceeding ten inches in length, ten cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem ; exceeding ten inches in length, six cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. On penknives, jack-knives and pocket-knives of all kinds, fifty per centum ad valorem. On needles for knitting or sewing machines, one dollar per thousand, and in addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On iron squares marked on one side, three cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem ; on all other squares of iron or steel, six cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem. On all manufactures of steel, or of which steel shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for, forty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all articles of steel partially manufactured, or of which steel shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for, shall pay the same rate of duty as if wholly manufactured. On bituminous coal, and shale, one dollar and twenty-five cents for a ton of twentyeight bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel; on all other coal, forty cents per ton of twenty-eight bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel. On coke and culm of coal, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On old scrap-lead, fit only to be remanufactured, one cent and one-half per pound. On pewter, when old and fit only to be remanufactured, two cents per pound. On zinc, spelter or teutenegue, manufactured in blocks or pigs, one and a half cent per pound. On zinc, spelter or teutenegue in sheets, two and one-quarter cents per pound. On diamonds, cameos, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies and other precious stones, when not set, a duty of ten per centum ad valorem. 65. There shall be levied, collected and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: On sheep-skins, raw or unmanufactured, imported with the wool on, washed or unwashed, shall be subject to a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem; and on flocks, waste or shoddy, three cents per pound. 66. There shall be levied, collected and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say : On lastings, mohair cloth, silk, twist or other manufacture of cloth, woven or made in patterns of such size, shape and form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, gaiters and buttons, exclusively, not combined with India-rubber, ten per centum ad valorem. (a) 67. There shall be levied, collected and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: (b) On all manufactures of cotton (except jeans, denims, drillings, bed-tickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, pantaloon stuff, and goods of like description) not bleached. colored, stained, painted or printed, and not exceeding one hundred threads to the in patterns of such size, shape and form, or cnt in such manner as to be fit for buttons exclusively. 15 Stat. 24. (a) This was repealed by resolution of 2 March 1867. 14 Stat. 571. But the resolution of 29 March 1867 provides that such repealing act shall not be construed to apply to lasting, mohair cloth, silk, twist or other manufactures of cloth woven or made (b) So amended by act 3 March 1865, 1. 13 Stat. 491. square inch, counting the warp and filling, and exceeding in weight five ounces per square yard, five cents per square yard; if bleached, five cents and a half per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, five cents and a half per square yard, and, in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. On finer and lighter goods of like description, not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; if bleached, five and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, five and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, twenty per centum ad valorem. On goods of like description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; if bleached, five and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, five and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, twenty per centum ad valorem. 30 June 1864. On all cotton jeans, denims, drillings, bed-tickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, Cotton jeans, &c. pantaloon stuffs, and goods of like description, or for similar use, if unbleached, and not exceeding one hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, and exceeding five ounces to the square yard, six cents per square yard; if bleached, six cents and a half per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, six cents and a half per square yard, and, in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. On finer or lighter goods of like description, not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, if unbleached, six cents per square yard; if bleached, six and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, six and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, fifteen per centum ad valorem. On goods of lighter description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filing, if unbleached, seven cents per square yard; if bleached, seven and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted or printed, seven and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, fifteen per centum ad valorem: Provided, That upon all plain woven cotton goods, not included in the foregoing schedule, unbleached, valued at over sixteen cents per square yard, bleached, valued at over twenty cents per square yard, colored, valued at over twentyfive cents per square yard, and cotton jeans, denims and drillings, unbleached, valued at over twenty cents per square yard, and all other cotton goods of every description, the value of which shall exceed twenty-five cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected and paid a duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem: And provided further, That no cotton goods having more than two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, shall be admitted to a less rate of duty than is provided for goods which are of that number of threads. &c. On spool thread of cotton, six cents per dozen spools, containing on each spool Cotton thread, not exceeding one hundred yards of thread, and, in addition thereto, thirty per centum ad valorem; exceeding one hundred yards, for every additional hundred yards of thread on each spool or fractional part thereof in excess of one hundred yards, six cents per dozen, and thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On cotton thread or yarn when advanced beyond single yarn by twisting two or more strands together, if not wound upon spools, (four) cents per skein or hank of eight hundred and forty yards, and thirty per centum ad valorem. On cotton shirts and drawers, woven or made on frames, and on all cotton hosiery, Shirts, &c. thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On cotton velvet, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Cotton velvet. On cotton braids, insertings, lace, trimming or bobbinet, and all other manufactures Cotton braids, &c. of cotton, not otherwise provided for, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 68. 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, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: Ibid. 7. flax, jute or hemp. I. On brown and bleached linens, ducks, canvas, paddings, cotton bottoms, burlaps, Manufactures of diapers, crash, huckabacks, handkerchiefs, lawns or other manufactures of flax, jute or hemp, or of which flax, jute or hemp shall be the component material of chief value, not otherwise provided for, valued at thirty cents or less per square yard, thirty-five per centum ad valorem ; valued at above thirty cents per square yard, forty per centum ad valorem. On flax or linen yarns for carpets, not exceeding number eight, Lea, and valued at twenty-four cents or less per pound, thirty per centum ad valorem. On flax or linen yarns valued at above twenty-four cents per pound, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On flax or linen thread, twine and pack-thread, and all other manufactures of flax, or of which flax shall be the component material of chief value, not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem. II. On tarred cables or cordage, three cents per pound. On untarred Manilla cord- Cordage, &c. age, two and a half cents per pound. On all other untarred cordage, three and a half cents per pound. On hemp yarns, five cents per pound. On coir yarn, one and a half cents per pound. On seines, six and a half cents per pound. III. On gunny cloth, gunny bags and cotton bagging, or other manufacture not otherwise provided for, suitable for the uses to which cotton bagging is applied, composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, flax or other material, valued at ten cents or less per square yard, three cents per pound; over ten cents per square yard, four cents per pound. On sail duck or canvas for sails, thirty per centum ad valorem. On Russia and other sheetings of flax or hemp, brown and white, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On all other manufactures of hemp, or of which hemp shall be the component material of chief value, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. On grass cloth, thirty per centum ad valorem. On jute yarns, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On all other manufactures of jute or Sisal-grass, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. 69. 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, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: On spun silk for filling in skeins or cops, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On silk in the gum not more advanced than singles, tram and thrown or organzine, thirtyfive per centum ad valorem. On floss silks, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On sewing-silk in the gum or purified, forty per centum ad valorem. On all dress and piece silks, ribbons and silk velvets, or velvets of which silk is the component material of chief value, sixty per centum ad valorem. On silk vestings, pongees, shawls, scarfs, mantillas, pelerines, handkerchiefs, veils, laces, shirts, drawers, bonnets, hats, caps, turbans, chemisettes, hose, mitts, aprons, stockings, gloves, suspenders, watch-chains, webbing, braids, fringes, galloons, tassels, cords and trimmings, sixty per centum ad valorem. On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, not otherwise provided for, fifty per centum ad valorem. 70. 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, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: On all brown earthenware and common stoneware, gas retorts, stoneware not ornamented, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On china, porcelain and Parian ware, gilded, ornamented or decorated in any manner, fifty per centum ad valorem. On china, porcelain and Parian ware, plain white, and not decorated in any manner, forty-five per centum ad valorem; on all other earthen, stone or crockery ware, white, glazed, edged, printed, painted, dipped or cream-colored, composed of earthy or mineral substances, and not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem. On slates, slate-pencils, slate chimney-pieces, mantels, slabs for tables, and all other manufactures of slate, forty per centum ad valorem. On unwrought clay, pipe-clay, fire-clay and kaoline, five dollars per ton. On white chalk and cliff-stone, ten dollars per ton; on red and French chalk, twenty per centum ad valorem; on chalk of all descriptions, not otherwise provided for, twentyfive per centum ad valorem. On whiting and Paris-white, one cent per pound. On whiting ground in oil, two cents per pound. On all plain and mould and press glass not cut, engraved or painted, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On all articles of glass, cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, silvered or gilded, not including plate-glass silvered, or looking-glass plates, forty per centum ad valorem. On all unpolished cylinder, crown and common window-glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, one cent and a half per pound; above that and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, two cents [per] pound; above that and exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, two cents and a half per pound; all above that, three cents per pound. On cylinder and crown glass, polished, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, two and one-half cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twentyfour inches square, four cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twentyfour by thirty inches square, six cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches, twenty cents per square foot; all above that, forty cents 30 June 1864. per square foot. On fluted, rolled or rough plate-glass, not including crown, cylinder or common window-glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, seventy-five cents per one hundred square feet; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, one cent per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, one cent and a half per square foot; all above that, two cents per square foot: Provided, That all fluted, rolled or rough plate-glass, weighing over one hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall pay an additional duty on the excess at the same rates herein imposed. On all cast polished plate-glass, unsilvered, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, three cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, five cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, eight cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twentyfour by sixty inches square, twenty-five cents per square foot; all above that, fifty cents per square foot. On all cast polished plate-glass, silvered, or looking-glass plates, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, four cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, six cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, ten cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, thirty-five cents per square foot; all above that, sixty cents per square foot: Provided, That no looking-glass plates or plateglass, silvered, when framed, shall pay a less rate of duty than that imposed upon similar glass of like description not framed, but shall be liable to pay in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem upon such frames. On porcelain and Bohemian glass, glass crystals for watches, paintings on glass or glasses, pebbles for spectacles, and all manufactures of glass, or of which glass shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for, and all glass bottles or jars filled with sweetmeats or preserves, not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem. 71. In lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected and paid on the goods, wares and merchandise enumerated and provided for in this section, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: Ibid. § 10. On annatto seed, extract of annatto, nitrate of barytes, carmined indigo, crude tica, Annatto, barytes, cobalt, nickel, extract of safflower, finishing powder, gold size and patent size, cobalt, oxide of cobalt, &c. smalt, zaffre and terra alba, twenty per centum ad valorem; on nickel, fifteen per centum ad valorem. vitriol, &c. On albumen, asbestos, asphaltum, crocus colcottra, blue or Roman vitriol or sulphate Albumen, blue of copper, bone or ivory drop black, murexide, ultramarine, Indian red and Spanish brown, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 72. In lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, and collected and paid on the goods, wares and merchandise enumerated and provided for in this section, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say :— Ibid. 11. On acetic acid, acetous or concentrated vinegar, or pyroligneous acid, exceeding the Acids, &c. specific gravity of 1.040, eighty cents per pound; not exceeding the specific gravity of 1.040, known as number eight, twenty-five cents per pound. On acetate or pyrolignate of ammonia, seventy cents per pound; of baryta, forty cents per pound; of iron, strontia and zinc, fifty cents per pound; of lead, twenty cents per pound; of magnesia and soda, fifty cents per pound; of lime, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On analine dyes, one dollar per pound and thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On blanc fixe, enamelled white, satin white, lime white and all combinations of barytes with acids or water, three cents per pound; on carmine lake, dry or liquid, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on French green, Paris green, mineral green, mineral blue and Prussian blue, dry or moist, thirty per centum ad valorem. On almonds, six cents per pound; shelled, ten cents per pound. Analine dyes, &c. Almonds. On articles not otherwise provided for, made of gold, silver, German silver or platina, Articles of metal. or of which either of these metals shall be a component part, forty per centum ad valorem. On antimony, crude and regulus of antimony, ten per centum ad valorem. Antimony. On opium, two dollars and fifty cents per pound; on opium prepared for smoking, Opium. and the extract of opium, one hundred per centum ad valorem. On morphine and its salts, two dollars and fifty cents per ounce. Morphine. VOL. II.-17 |