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foot; all above that. two cents per square foot. And all fluted, 1olled, 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 im posed. (390.) See table, Part IV.

951. 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 twenty-four by sixty inches square: twenty-five cents per square foot; all above that: fifty cents per square foot. (391.) See table, Part IV.

952. 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 But no looking-glass plates or plate-glass, 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. (392.) See table, Part IV.

953. Glass bottles or jars filled with articles not otherwise provided for: thirty per centum ad valorem. (67.)

954. Porcelain and Bohemian glass, glass crystals for watches, glass pebbles for spectacles, not rough; paintings on glass or glasses, 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. (393.)

SCHEDULE C.-HEMP, JUTE, AND FLAX GOODS.

955. Flax-straw: five dollars per ton. (596.)

956. Flax not hackled or dressed: twenty dollars per ton. (596.)

957. Flax hackled, known as "dressed line:" forty dollars per ton. (596.) 958. Hemp, Manila, and other like substitutes for hemp, not otherwise pro vided for: twenty-five dollars per ton. (596.)

959. Tow of flax or hemp: ten dollars per ton. (596.)

960. Jute, sunn, and Sisal grass, and other vegetable substances not enu. merated, used for cordage: fifteen dollars per ton. (255, 596.)

961. Brown and bleached linens, ducks, canvas, paddings, cot bottoms, 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; 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; flax or linen yarns valued at above twenty-four cents per pound: thirty-five per centum ad valorem; 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. (375.)

962. Thread lace and insertings: thirty per centum ad valorem. (101, 232.) 963. On all burlaps, and like manufactures of flax, jute, or hemp, or of which fax, jute, or hemp shall be the component material of chief value, excepting such as may be suitable for bagging for cotton: thirty per centum ad valorem.

964. Oil-cloth foundations or floor-cloth canvas, made of flax, jute, or hemp,

or of which flax, jute, or hemp shall be the component materia. of chief value: forty per centum ad valorem; (725.)

965. Gunny-cloth, not bagging, valued at ten cents or less per square yard, three cents per pound; over ten cents per square yard, four cents per pound. (377.)

966. Bags, cotton bags, and bagging, and all other like manufactures, not herein otherwise provided for, (except bagging for cotton,) composed wholly or in part of flax, hemp, jute, gunny-cloth, gunny-bags, or other material: forty per centum ad valorem. (725.)

967. On bagging for cotton, or other manufactures, not otherwise herein provided for, suitable to the uses for which cotton bagging is applied, composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, flax, gunny-bags, gunny-cloth or other material, and valued at seven cents or less per square yard, two cents per pound; valued at over seven cents per square yard, three cents per pound. (597.) 968. Tarred cables or cordage: three cents per pound. (376.)

969. Untarred Manila cordage: two and a half cents per pound. (376.) 970. All other untarred cordage: three and a half cents per pound. (376.) 971. Hemp yarns: five cents per pound. (376.)

972. Seines: six and a half cents per pound. (376.)

973. Sail-duck or canvas for sails: thirty per centum ad valorem. (377.) 974. Russia and other sheetings of flax or hemp, brown and white: thirty. five per centum ad valorem. (377.)

975. 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. (377.)

976. Grass-cloth: thirty per centum ad valorem. (377.)

977. Jute-yarns: twenty-five per centum ad valorem. (377.)

978. All other manufactures of jute or Sisal-grass, not otherwise provided for thirty per centum ad valorem. (377.)

SCHEDULE D.-LIQUORS.

979. [Wines imported in casks, containing not more than twenty-two per centum of alcohol, and valued at not exceeding forty cents per gallon: twenty-five cents per gallon; valued at over forty cents, and not over one dollar per gallon sixty cents per gallon; valued at over one dollar per gallon: one dollar per gallon, and, in addition thereto, twenty five per centum ad valorem.] (585, 2173.)

980. [Wines of all kinds, imported in bottles, and not otherwise provided for the same rat e per gallon as wines imported in casks. But all bottles containing one quart or less than one quart, and more than one pint, shall be held to contain one quart, and all bottles containing one pint or less shall be held to contain one pint, and shall pay in addition three cents for each bottle.] (586, 2174.)

981. Champagne and all other sparkling wines, in bottles, containing each not more than one quart and more than one pint: six dollars per dozen bottles; containing not more than one pint each, and more than one-half pint: three dollars per dozen bottles; containing one-half pint each, or less: one dollar and fifty cents per dozen bottles; and in bottles containing more than one quart each, shall pay, in addition to six dollars per dozen bottles, at the rate of two dollars per gallon on the quantity in excess of one quart per bottle. [But any liquors containing more than twenty-two per centum of alcohol, which shall be entered under the name of wine, shall be forfeited to the United States.] (2174.)

'And wines, brandy, and other spirituous liquors imported in bottles shall be packed in packages containing not less than one dozen bottles in each package; and all such bottles shall pay an additional duty of three, cents for each bottle.* No allowance shall be made for breakage unless such breakage is actually ascertained by count, and certified by a custom-house appraiser. (587.)

982. Brandy and on other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or

*Not now applicable to bottles containing still wines. (See post 2174.)

other materials, and not otherwise provided for: two dollars per proof-gallon. Each and every gauge or wine-gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proof-gallon; and the standard for determining the proof of brandy and other spirits, and of wine or liquors of any kind imported, shall be the same as that which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue. But any brandy or other spirituous liquors imported in casks of less capacity than fourteen gallons shall be forfeited to the United States. (588, 589.)

983. On all compounds or preparations of which distilled spirits is a component part of chief value, there shall be levied a duty not less than that im. posed upon distilled spirits. (508.)

984. Cordials, liqueurs, arrack, absinthe, kirschwasser, ratafia, and other similar spirituous beverages, or bitters containing spirits, and not otherwise provided for: two dollars per proof gallon. (589.)

985. 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 it 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; and 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. (329.)

936. Ale, porter, and beer, in bottles: thirty-five cents per gallon; otherwise han in bottles: twenty cents per gallon. (330.)

987. Vermuth: the same duty as on wines of the same cost. (735.)

SCHEDULE E.-METALS.

988. Iron in pigs: seven dollars per ton. (598.)

989. 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. 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. But 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 none of the above iron shall pay a less rate of duty than thirty-five per centum ad valorem. (333.)

990. [Moisic iron, made from sand ore by one process: fifteen dollars per ton.] (738, 2183.) 991. Iron bars for railroads or inclined planes: seventy cents per one hundred pounds. (334, 471.)

992. Boiler or other plate-iron not less than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness: one cent and a half per pound. (334.)

993. Boiler and other plate-iron, not otherwise provided for, twenty-five dollars per ton. (43, 197.)

994. Iron wire, bright, coppered, or tinned, drawn and finished, not more than one-fourth of an inch in diameter, not less than number sixteen, wiregauge: 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; over or finer than number twenty-five,

wire-gauge: four dollars per one hundred pounds, and in addition thereto fifteen per centum ad valorem. But wire covered with cotton, silk, or other material shall pay five cents per pound in addition to the foregoing rates. (43, 197, 334.) 995.* Round iron in coils, three-sixteenths of an inch or less in diameter, whether coated with metal or not so coated, and all descriptions of iron wire, and wire of which iron is a component part, not otherwise specifically enumer ated and provided for, shall pay the same duty as iron wire, bright, coppered, or tinned. (600.)

996. Wire spiral furniture springs, manufactured of iron wire: two cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem. (544.)

997. Smooth or polished sheet-iron, by whatever name designated: three cents per pound. (334.)

998. Sheet-iron, common or black, not thinner than number twenty, wiregauge: 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. (334.)

999. 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 cents per pound. (336.) 1000. 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, wiregauge: one and one-half cents per pound. (336.)

1001. All band, hoop, and scroll iron thinner than number twenty, wire-gauge: one and three-fourths cents per pound. (336.)

1002. Slit rods: one cent and one-half per pound. (337.)

1003. All other descriptions of rolled or hammered iron not otherwise provided for: one cent and one-fourth per pound. (337.)

1004. All handsaws not over twenty-four inches in length: seventy-five cents per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem; over twentyfour inches in length: one dollar per dozen, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. (358.)

1005. 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. (358.)

1006. 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. (359.)

1007. Penknives, jack-knives, and pocket-knives of all kinds: fifty per cen tum ad valorem. (360.)

1008. Sword-blades: thirty-five per centum ad valorem. (599.)

1009. Swords: forty-five per centum ad valorem. (599.)

1010. Needles for knitting or sewing machines: one dollar per thousand, and

In addition thereto thirty-five per centum ad valorem. (361.)

1011. Iron squares marked on one side: three cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem; all other squares of iron or steel: six cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valorem. (362.)

1012. All manufactures of steel, or of which steel shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for: forty-five per centum ad valorem .But 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. (363.)

1013. Steel railway-bars: one and one-quarter cents per pound. (600.)

1014. Railway-bars made in part of steel: one cent per pound. And metal converted, cast, or made from iron by the Bessemer or pneumatic process, of whatever form or description, shall be classed as steel. (600.)

* See S. S., 2591 and 2759.

1015. Locomotive-tire, or parts thereof: three cents per pound. (338.) 1016. 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. (339.)

1017. Anvils and iron cables, or cable-chains, or parts thereof: two cents and a half per pound: Provided, That no chains made of wire or rods of a diameter less than one-half of one inch shall be considered a chain cable. (198, 340.)

1018. 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: thirtyfive per centum ad valorem. (341.)

1019. Anchors, or parts thereof: two cents and one-fourth per pound. (342.) 1020. Blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, axles, or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings, not otherwise provided for: two cents and a half per pound. (343.)

1021. Wrought-iron railroad-chairs, and wrought-iron nuts and washers, ready punched: two cents per pound. (344.)

1022. Bed-screws and wrought-iron hinges: two cents and a half per pound. (345.)

1023. Wrought board-nails, spikes, rivets, and bolts: two and one-half cents per pound. (346.)

1024. Steam, gas, and water tubes and flues of wrought iron: three and a half cents per pound. (349, 471.)

1025. Cut nails and spikes: one and a half cents per pound. (347.) 1026. Horseshoe nails: five cents per pound. (347.)

1027. 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. (348.)

1028. 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. (350.)

1029. Screws of any other metal than iron, and all other screws of iron, except wood-screws: thirty-five per centum ad valorem. (350.)

1030. Vessels of cast iron, not otherwise provided for, and on and-irons, sadirons, tailors' and hatters' irons, stoves and stove-plates, of cast iron: one and one-half cents per pound. (351.)

1031. Cast-iron steam, gas, and water pipe: one and one-half cents per pound. (352.)

1032. Cast-iron butts and hinges: two and a half cents per pound. (352.) 1033. Hollow ware, glazed or tinned: three and one half cents per pound. (352.)

1034. Cast scrap-iron of every description: six dollars per ton. (598.)

1035. Wrought scrap-iron of every description: eight dollars per ton. But nothing shall be deemed scrap-iron except waste or refuse iron that has been in actual use, and is fit only to be remanufactured. (598.)

1036. All other castings of iron, not otherwise provided for: thirty per centum ad valorem. (352.)

1037 Taggers iron: thirty per centum ad valorem. (422.)

1038. Steel, in ingots, bars, coils, sheets, and steel wire, not less than onefourth 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.

1039. Steel wire less than one-fourth of an inch in diameter and not less than

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