Digest of laws relating to duties on imports—Continued.

Act approved June 30, 1864.

Sec. 2
Cont'd.

Sec. 3

Second. On ale, porter, and beer, in bottles, thirty-five cents per
gallon; otherwise than in bottles, twenty cents per gallon:
On snuff and snuff flour, manufactured of tobacco, ground, dry
or damp, and pickled, scented, or otherwise, of all descriptions,
fifty cents per pound:

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

On tobacco, manufactured, of all descriptions, and stemmed to-
bacco, Lot otherwise provided for, fifty cents per pound.
And be it further enacted, That on and after the day and year afore-
said, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the
art.cles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumer-
ated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the fol-
lowing duties and rates of duty-that is to say:

On bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than
one inch nor 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 and one-half cent 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 thirty-five per centum ad valorem:"
On all iron imported in bars for railroads and inclined planes,
made to patterns and fitted to be laid down on such roads or
planes without further manufacture, sixty cents per one hundred
pounds, (see sec. 2, act of March 3, 1865.) On boiler or other
plate iron not less than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness,
one and one-half cent per pound. On iron wire, bright, cop-
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 and one-fourth cent per pound; thinner
than number twenty, and not thinner than number twenty-five,
wire gauge, one and one-half cent per pound; thinner than num-
ber twenty-five, wire gauge, one and three-fourths cent per pound:
On tin plates, (galvanized,) and iron galvanized or coated with
any metal by electric batteries, or otherwise, two and one-half
cents 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 one half cent per pound: On all band, hoop, and scroll iron, thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, one and three-fourths cent per pound:

Iron wire above number 25, wire gauge, pays four cents per pound and fifteen per cent. by rec. 7, act of March 2, 1861, and sec. 3, act of July 4, 1862.

Act approved June 30, 1864.

Digest of laws relating to duties on imports-Continued.

Sec. 3
Cont'd.

On slit rods, one and one-half cent per pound, and on all other
descriptions of rolled or hammered iron, not otherwise provided
for, one and one-fourth cent 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, steam-engines, 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 and one-half cents 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 and one-half cents 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 and one-fourth cents per pound: On blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, axles, or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings, not otherwise provided for, two and one-half cents 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 and one-half cents per pound:

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

On cut nails and spikes, one and one-half cent 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 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 steam, gas, and water tubes and flues of wrought iron, two and one-half cents per pound: (add one cent per pound in sec. 2, act of March 3, 1865:)

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, sadirons, tailors' and hatters' irous, 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 one-half cents per pound:
On hollow ware, glazed or tinned, three and one-half cts. 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:

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 and one-fourth cents 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 and one-half cents per pound and ten per cent. 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 cent. ad valorem: On steel in any form, not otherwise provided for, thirty per cent um ad valorem:

Act approved June 30, 1804.

Digest of laws relating to duties on imports-Continued.

Sec. 3
Cont'd.

Sec. 4

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 one-half cents per lineal foot; (over nine inches wide, twenty cents per foot, by sec. 7, 1861:)

On all handsaws 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, jackknives, 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 twenty-eight 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 lead, in pigs and bars, two cents per pound:

On old scrap lead, fit only to be remanufactured, one and one-
half cent per pound:

On lead in sheets, pipes, or shot, two and three-quarter cents per pound:

On pewter, when old and fit only to be remanufactured, two cents per pound:

On lead ore, one and one-half cent per pound:

On copper in pigs, bars, or ingots, two and one-half cents per pound:

On sheathing copper, in sheets forty-eight inches long and fourteen inches wide, weighing from fourteen to thirty-four ounces per square foot, three aud one-half cents per pound:

On copper rods, bolts, nails, spikes, copper bottoms, copper in sheets or plates, called braziers' copper, and other sheets of copper, not otherwise provided for, thirty-five per centum ad valorem:

On zinc, spelter, or teutenegue, manufactured in blocks or pigs, one and one-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:

And be it further enacted, That on and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following dutiesthat is to say: On all wool, unmanufactured, and all hair of the

Digest of laws relating to duties on imports-Continued.

Act approved' Sec. 4 June 30, 1864.

Cont'd.

Sec. 5

alpaca, goat, and other like animals, unmanufactured, the value whereof at the last port er place from whence exported to the United States exclusive of charges in such ports shall be twelve cents or less per pound, three cents per pound; exceeding twelve cents and not exceeding twenty-four cents per pound, six cents per pound; exceeding twenty-four cents per pound, and not exceeding thirty-two cents, ten cents per pound, and in addition thereto ten per centum ad valorem; exceeding thirty-two cents per pound, twelve cents per pound, and in addition thereto ten per centum ad valorem: Provided, That any wool of the sheep, or hair of the alpaca, the goat, and other like animals, which shall be imported in any other than the ordinary condi tion, as now and heretofore practiced, or which shall be changed in its character or condition for the purpose of evading the duty, or which shall be reduced in value by the admixture of dirt or any foreign substance, shall be subject to pay a duty of twelve cents per pound and ten per centum ad valorem, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided further, That when wool of different qualities is imported in the same bale, bag, or package, and the aggregate value of the contents of the bale, bag, or package shall be appraised by the appraisers at a rate exceeding twenty-four cents per pound, it shall be charged with a duty of ten cents per pound and tem per centum ad valorem; and when bales of different qualities are embraced in the same invoice at the same price, whereby the average price shall be lessened more than ten per centum, the value of the whole shall be appraised according to the value of the bale of the best quality; and no bale, bag, or package shall be liable to a less rate of duty in consequence of being invoiced with wool of lower value: And provided further, That wool which shall be imported scoured shall pay, in lieu of the duties herein provided, three times the amount of such duties: Second. Sheepskins, 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.

And be it further enacted, That on and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following dutiesthat is to say:

First. On Wilton, Saxony, and Aubusson, Axminster, patent velvet, Tournay velvet, and tapestry velvet carpets and carpeting, Brussels carpets wrought by the Jacquard machine, and all medallion or whole carpets, valued at one dollar and twentyfive cents or under per square yard, seventy cents per square yard; valued at over one dollar and twenty-five cents per square yard, eighty cents per square yard: Provided, That no carpeting, carpets, or rugs of the foregoing description shall pay a duty of less than fifty per centum ad valorem. On Brussels and tapestry Brussels carpets and carpetings, printed on the warp, or otherwise, fifty cents per square yard. On all treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian carpets and carpeting, forty cents per square yard. On yarn Venetian and two-ply ingrain carpets and carpeting, thirty-five cents per square yard. On hemp or jute carpeting, six and one-half cents per square yard. On druggets, bockings, and felt carpets and carpetings, printed, colored, or otherwise, twenty-five cents per square yard. On carpets and carpeting of wool, flax, or cotton, or parts of either, or other material not otherwise specified, forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That mats, rugs, screens, covers, hassocks, bedsides, and other portions of carpets or carpetings, shall be subject to the rate of duty herein imposed on carpets or carpetings of like character or description, and on all other mats, screens, hassocks, and rugs, forty-five per centum ad valorem :

Second. On woollen cloths, woollen shawls, and all manufactures *By sec. 9, act of July 28, 1866, this is so changed as to be inclusive of such charges.

Act approved June 30, 1864.

Digest of laws relating to duties on imports-Continued.

Sec. 5
Cont'd.

of wool of every description, made wholly or in part of wool, not otherwise provided for, twenty-four cents per pound, and in addition thereto forty per centum ad valorem. On goods of like description, when valued at over two dollars per square yard, a duty, in addition to the foregoing rates, of five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That goods of like description, composed of worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, and weighing over eight ounces to the square yard, shall be subject to pay the same duties and rates of duty herein provided for woollen cloths. On endless belts or felts for paper, and blanketing for printing machines, twenty cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On flannels, uncolored, valued at thirty cents or less per square yard, twenty-four cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem; valued at above thirty cents per square yard, and on all flannels, colored, printed, or plaided, not otherwise provided for, and flannels composed in part of cotton, twenty-four cents per pound, and thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On flannels composed in part of silk, fifty per centum ad valorem. On hats of wool, twenty-four [cents] per pound, and in addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On woollen and worsted yarn, valued at fifty cents and not over one dollar per pound, twenty cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at over one dollar per pound, twenty-four cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. On woollen and worsted yarn valued at less than fifty cents per pound, and not exceeding in fineness number fourteen,* sixteen cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On clothing, readymade, and wearing apparel of every description, composed wholly or in part of wool, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer, except hosiery, twenty-four cents per pound, and in addition thereto forty per centum ad valorem. On blankets of all kinds, made wholly or in part of wool, valued at not exceeding twenty-eight cents per pound, twelve cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty per centum ad valorem; valued at above twentyeight cents and not exceeding forty cents per pound, twentyfour cents per pound and twenty-five per centum ad valorem ; valued above forty cents per pou d, twenty-four cents per pound and thirty per centum ad valorem. On Balmorals and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes, composed of wool, worsted, or any other material, twenty-four cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem: On women's and children's dress goods, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, mohair, alpaca, or goats' hair, gray or uncolored, not exceeding in value the sum of thirty cents per square yard, four cents per square yard, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum ad valorem; exceeding in value thirty cents per square yard, six cents per square yard, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem:

On all goods of the last-mentioned description, if stained, colored, or printed, not exceeding in value the sum of thirty cents per square yard, four cents per square yard and thirty per centum ad valorem; exceeding in value thirty cents per square yard, six cents per square yard, and in addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem:

On shirts, drawers, and hosiery, of wool, or of which wool shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for, twenty cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem:

On bunting, and on all other manufactures of worsted, mohair, alpaca, or goats' hair, or of which worsted, mohair, alpaca, or goats hair shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for, fifty per centum ad valorem:

*See, for the rate on yarn finer than No. 14, sections 13, act of March 2, 1861, and 9, act of July 14, 1862.