ACT OF 1930

An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-DUTIABLE LIST

SECTION 1. That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam) the rates of duty which are prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this title, namely:

SCHEDULE 1.-CHEMICALS,
OILS, AND PAINTS

Paragraph 1. Acids and acid anhydrides: Acetic acid containing by weight not more than 65 per centum of acetic acid, 1% cents per pound; containing by weight more than 65 per centum, 2 cents per pound; acetic anhydride, 31⁄2 cents per pound; boric acid, 1 cent per pound; chloroacetic acid, 5 cents per pound; citric acid, 17 cents per pound; formic acid, 3 cents per pound; lactic acid, containing by weight of lactic acid less than 30 per centum, 2 cents per pound; 30 per centum or more and less than 55 per centum, 4 cents per pound; and 55 per centum or more, 9 cents per pound: Provided, That any lactic-acid anhydride present shall be determined as lactic acid and included as such: And provided further, That the duty on lactic acid shall not be less than 25 per centum ad valorem; tannic acid, tannin, and extracts of nutgalls, containing by weight of tannic acid less than 50 per centum, 5 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and not medicinal, 11 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and medicinal, 18 cents per pound; tartaric acid, 8 cents per pound; arsenic acid, 3 cents per pound; gallic acid, 6 cents per pound; oleic acid or red oil,

ACT OF 1922

An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I.-DUTIABLE LIST.

SECTION 1. That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila) the rates of duty which are prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this title, namely:

SCHEDULE 1.-CHEMICALS, OILS, AND PAINTS.

Paragraph 1. Acids and acid anhydrides: Acetic acid containing by weight not more than 65 per centum of acetic acid, three-fourths of 1 cent per pound; containing by weight more than 65 per centum, 2 cents per pound; acetic anhydride, 5 cents per pound; boric acid, 11⁄2 cents per pound; chloroacetic acid, 5 cents per pound; citric acid, 17 cents per pound; lactic acid, containing by weight of lactic acid less than 30 per centum, 2 cents per pound; 30 per centum or more and less than 55 per centum, 4 cents per pound; and 55 per centum or more, 9 cents per pound: Provided, That any lactic-acid anhydride present shall be determined as lactic acid and included as such: And provided further, That the duty on lactic acid shall not be less than 25 per centum ad valorem; tannic acid, tannin, and extracts of nutgalls, containing by weight of tannic acid less than 50 per centum, 4 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and not medicinal, 10 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and medicinal, 20 cents per pound; tartaric acid, 6 cents per pound; arsenic acid, 3 cents per pound; gallic acid, 8 cents per pound; oleic acid or red oil,

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20 per centum ad valorem; oxalic acid, 6 cents per pound; phosphoric acid, 2 cents per pound; pyrogallic acid, 12 cents per pound; carbon dioxide, weighing with immediate containers and carton, one pound or less per carton, 1 cent per pound on contents, immediate containers, and carton; and all other acids and acid anhydrides not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 2. Acetaldehyde, aldol or acetaldol, aldehyde ammonia, butyraldehyde, crotonaldehyde, paracetaldehyde; ethylene chlorohydrin, propylene chlorohydrin, butylene chlorohydrin; ethylene dichloride, propylene dichloride, butylene dichloride; ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide; ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, and all other glycols or dihydric alcohols; monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, ethylene diamine, and all other hydroxy alkyl amines and alkylene diamines; allyl alcohol, crotonyl alcohol, vinyl alcohol, and all other olefin or unsaturated alcohols; homologues and polymers of all the foregoing; ethers, esters, salts and nitrogenous compounds of any of the foregoing, whether polymerized or unpolymerized; and mixtures in chief value of any one or more of the foregoing; all the foregoing not specially provided for, 6 cents per pound and 30 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 3. Acetone and ethyl methyl ketone, and their homologues, and acetone oil, 20 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 4. Alcohol:Amyl, butyl, hexyl, and propyl, all the foregoing whether primary, secondary, or tertiary; fusel oil; and mixtures in chief value of any one or more of the foregoing, 6 cents per pound; methyl or wood (or methanol), 18 cents per gallon; and ethyl for nonbeverage purposes only, 15 cents per gallon.

Par. 2. Acetaldehyde, aldol or acetaldol, aldehyde ammonia, butyraldehyde, crotonaldehyde, paracetaldehyde, ethylene chlorohydrin, ethylene dichloride, ethylene glycol, ethylene oxide, glycol monoacetate, propylene chlorohydrin, propylene dichloride, and propylene glycol, 6 cents per pound and 30 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 38. * * * ethers and esters of all kinds not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem: * *

Par. 3. Acetone, acetone oil, and ethyl methyl ketone, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 4. Alcohol: Amyl, butyl, propyl, and fusel oil, 6 cents per pound; methyl or wood (or methanol), 12 cents per gallon3; and ethyl for nonbeverage purposes only, 15 cents per gallon.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

16 cents per pound, by Presidential proclamation, effective Jan. 28, 1925, under sec. 315.

2 Diethylbarbituric acid; 25 per centum ad valorem on American selling price by Presidential proclamation, effective Nov. 29, 1924, under sec. 315. (See note to par. 5.)

3 Methyl or wood alcohol (methanol), 18 cents per gallon, by Presidential proclamation, effective Dec. 27, 1926, under sec. 315.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 6. Aluminum hydroxide or refined bauxite, onc-half of 1 cent per pound; potassium aluminum sulphate or potash alum and ammonium aluminum sulphate or ammonia alum, threefourths of 1 cent per pound; aluminum sulphate, alum cake or aluminous cake, containing not more than 15 per centum of alumina and more iron than the equivalent of one-tenth of 1 per centum of ferric oxide, one-fifth of 1 cent per pound; containing more than 15 per centum of alumina or not more iron than the equivalent of one-tenth of 1 per centum of ferric oxide, threeeighths of 1 cent per pound; all other aluminum salts and compounds not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 7. Ammonium carbonate and bicarbonate, 2 cents per pound; ammonium chloride, 14 cents per pound; ammonium nitrate, 1 cent per pound; ammonium perchlorate and ammonium phosphate, 11⁄2 cents per pound; liquid anhydrous ammonia, 2 cents per pound.

Par. 8. Antimony: Oxide, 2 cents per pound; tartar emetic or potassiumantimony tartrate, 6 cents per pound; sulphides and other antimony salts and compounds, not specially provided for, 1 cent per pound and 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 9. Argols, tartar, and wine lees, containing 90 per centum or more of potassium bitartrate, 5 cents per pound; cream of tartar, 5 cents per pound; Rochelle salts or potassium-sodium tartrate, 5 cents per pound.

Par. 10. Balsams: Copaiba, fir or Canada, Peru, tolu, styrax, and all other balsams, all the foregoing which are natural and uncompounded, 10 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no article containing alcohol shall be classified for duty under this paragraph.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.4

Par. 1565. Cyanide: *

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cyanide salts and cyanide mixtures, combinations, and compounds containing cyanide, not specially provided for. [Free.]

Par. 6. Aluminum hydroxide or refined bauxite, one-half of 1 cent per pound; potassium aluminum sulphate or potash alum and ammonium aluminum sulphate or ammonia alum, threefourths of 1 cent per pound; aluminum sulphate, alum cake or aluminous cake, containing not more than 15 per centum of alumina and more iron than the equivalent of one-tenth of 1 per centum of ferric oxide, three-tenths of 1 cent per pound; containing more than 15 per centum of alumina or not more iron than the equivalent of one-tenth of 1 per centum of ferric oxide, threeeighths of 1 cent per pound; all other aluminum salts and compounds not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 7. Ammonium carbonate and bicarbonate, 11⁄2 cents per pound; ammonium chloride, 14 cents per pound; ammonium nitrate, 1 cent per pound; ammonium perchlorate and ammonium phosphate, 11⁄2 cents per pound; 12 * * * liquid anhydrous ammonia, 21⁄2 cents per pound.

Par. 8. Antimony: Oxide, 2 cents per pound; tartar emetic or potassium-antimony tartrate, 6 cents per pound; sulphides and other antimony salts and compounds, not specially provided for, 1 cent per pound and 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 9. Argols, tartar, and wine lees, crude or partly refined, containing not more than 90 per centum of potassium bitartrate, 5 per centum ad valorem; containing more than 90 per centum of potassium bitartrate, 5 cents per pound; cream of tartar, Rochelle salts or potassium-sodium tartrate, 5 cents per pound; * *

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Par. 10. Balsams: Copaiba, fir or Canada, Peru, tolu, styrax, and all other balsams, all the foregoing which are natural and uncompounded, 10 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no article containing alcohol shall be classified for duty under this paragraph.

+ Salts and compounds of diethylbarbituric acid, 25 per centum ad valorem on American selling price, by Presidential proclamation, effective Nov. 29, 1924, under sec. 315. (See note to par. 1.)

Par. 11. Amber and amberoid unmanufactured, not specially provided for, 50 cents per pound; synthetic gums and resins not specially provided for, 4 cents per pound and 30 per centum ad valorem; arabic or senegal, one-half of 1 cent per pound.

Par. 12. Barium carbonate, precipitated, 11⁄2 cents per pound; barium chloride, 2 cents per pound; barium dioxide, 6 cents per pound; barium hydroxide, 14 cents per pound; barium nitrate, 2 cents per pound; and barium oxide, 21⁄2 cents per pound.

Par. 13. Blackings, powders, liquids, and creams for cleaning or polishing, not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no preparations containing alcohol shall be classified for duty under this paragraph.

Par. 14. Bleaching powder or chlorinated lime, three-tenths of 1 cent per pound.

Par. 15. Caffeine, $1.25 per pound; caffeine citrate, 75 cents per pound; compounds of caffeine, 25 per centum ad valorem; theobromine, 75 cents per pound.

Par. 11. Gums: Amber and amber oid unmanufactured, not specially provided for, $1 per pound; arabic or sene. gal, 1⁄2 cent per pound.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations, and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 33. Compounds of casein, known as galalith, or by any other name, in blocks, sheets, rods, tubes, or other forms, not made into finished or partly finished articles, 25 cents per pound; * * *

Par. 1460. That each and every imported article, not enumerated in this Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned;

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Par. 1459. That there shall be levied, collected, and paid on * * * all articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not specially provided for, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 12. Barium carbonate, precipitated,5 1 cent per pound; barium chloride, 14 cents per pound; barium dioxide, 4 cents per pound; barium hydroxide, 14 cents per pound; and barium nitrate, 2 cents per pound.

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Par. 13. Blackings, powders, liquids, and creams for cleaning or polishing, not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no preparations containing alcohol shall be classified for duty under this paragraph.

Par. 14. Bleaching powder or chlorinated lime, three-tenths of 1 cent per pound.

Par. 15. Caffeine, $1.50 per pound; compounds of caffeine, 25 per centum ad valorem; * * *

Par. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all com

511⁄2 cents per pound, by Presidential proclama tion, effective Apr. 25, 1928, under sec. 315.

66 cents per pound, by Presidential proclamation, effective June 18, 1924, under sec. 315.