TITLE II.-FREE LIST

ACT OF OCTOBER 3, 1913

That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs shall, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), be exempt from duty: 1

ACT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1922

SEC. 201. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially pro vided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), shall be exempt from duty:

ACT OF JUNE 17, 1930

SEC. 201. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam), shall be exempt from duty:

1 Supplies for American Red Cross donated abroad exempted from duty by act of Aug. 31, 1918, chap. 165, until 1 year after end of war.

Dutiable or free as acids or as chemical compounds according to particular anhydride.

Provided, That no article containing alcohol shall be admitted free of duty under this paragraph. (Acts of 1922 and 1930.)

Provided, That no article specified by name in Title I shall be free of duty under this paragraph. (Acts of 1922 and 1930.)

Valued at not exceeding $75.

163

of any kind or description, n. s. p. f. Albumen, n. s. p. f..

Free.

Free.

Free.

1606 (a)

Any animal imported by a citizen of the United States, specially for breeding purposes, shall be admitted free, whether intended to be used by the importer himself or for sale for such purposes except black or silver foxes [acts of 1922 and 1930]: Provided, That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed and duly registered in a book of record recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for that breed: Providedfurther, That the certificate of such record and pedigree of such animal shall be produced and submitted to the Department of Agriculture, duly authenticated by the proper custodian of such book of record, together with an affidavit of the owner, agent, or importer that the animal imported is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree. The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe such regulations as may be required for determining the purity of breeding and the identity of such animal: And provided further, That the collectors of customs shall require a certificate from the Department of Agriculture stating that such animal is pure bred of a recognized breed and duly registered in a book of record recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for that breed. 606(b) The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such additional regulations as may be required for the strict enforcement of this provision.

1606 (c) Horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals (acts of 1922 and 1930) straying across the boundary line into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purposes only, together with their offspring, shall be dutiable unless brought back to the United States within eight months [six (act of 1913)], in which case they shall be free of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided further, That the provisions of this act shall apply to all such animals as have been imported and are in quarantine or otherwise in the custody of customs or other officers of the United States at the date of the taking effect of this act. (Acts of 1930, 1922, and 1913.)

Provided, That no article specified by name in Title I shall be free of duty under this paragraph. (Acts

of 1922 and 1930.)

6 Emergency tariff act of 1921: "Cattle and sheep and other stock imported for breeding purposes shall be admitted free of duty."

7 Period extended from time to time.

1607

1608 1609

Animals (and poultry [act of 1930])
brought into the United States
temporarily for a period not ex-
ceeding six months, for the pur-
pose of breeding, exhibition, or
competition for prizes offered by
any agricultural, polo, or racing
association; but a bond shall be
given in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary
of the Treasury; also teams of ani-
mals, including their harness and
tackle, and the wagons or other
vehicles actually owned by per-
sons emigrating from foreign
countries to the United States
with their families, and in actual
use for the purpose of such emi-
gration, under such regulations
as the Secretary of the Treasury
may prescribe; and wild animals
and birds intended for exhibi-
tion in zoological collections for
scientific or educational purposes,
and not for sale or profit.
Antimony ore.

Annatto, archil, cudbear, gambier,
litmus prepared or unprepared;
all the foregoing, and extracts
thereof (not containing alcohol
[acts of 1922 and 1930]).

Free..

Free..
Free-

Cochineal (not containing alcohol
[acts of 1922 and 1930]).

Extracts of (not containing
alcohol [acts of 1922 and 1930]).

1610 Antitoxins, used for therapeutic

Free

Free..

11⁄2 cent per lb.18
Free.
Free. 15

1613 Sulphide of arsenic.

1615 Articles the growth, produce, or
manufacture of the United States,

when returned after having been
exported, without having been
advanced in value or improved in
condition by any process of man-
ufacture or other means if im-
ported by or for the account of the
person who exported them from
the United States; steel boxes,
casks, barrels, carboys, bags, and
other containers or coverings of
American manufacture exported
filled with American products, or
exported empty and returned
filled with foreign products, in-
cluding shooks and staves when
returned as barrels or boxes; also

"And birds." (Acts of 1922 and 1930.)

Only as to the antimony content.

10" All other serums derived from animals." (Act of 1913.)

11 Unenumerated manufactured article.

12 All other starches, n. s. p. f.

13 All other starch, including all preparations, from whatever substance produced, fit for use as starch. 14" Or white arsenic." (Acts of 1922 and 1930.)

15 White arsenic classified as "arsenic and sulphide of arsenic, or orpiment."

Articles the growth, produce, or
manufacture of-Continued.
quicksilver flasks or bottles,
drums of iron, steel, or other
metal of either domestic or for-
eign manufacture, used for the
shipment of acids, or other chemi-
cals, which shall have been actu-
ally exported from the United
States; but proof of the identity
of such articles shall be made, un-
der general regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, but the exemption of
bags from duty shall apply only
to such domestic bags as may be
imported by the exporter thereof,
and if any such articles are sub-
ject to internal-revenue tax at the
time of exportation, such tax shall
be proved to have been paid be-
fore exportation and not refunded;
photographic dry plates and films
of American manufacture (ex-
cept moving-picture films to be
used for commercial purposes)
exposed abroad, whether devel-
oped or not, and photographic
films light struck or otherwise
damaged, or worn out, so as to be
unsuitable for any other purpose
than the recovery of the constitu-
ent materials, provided the basic
films are of American manufac-
ture, but proof of the identity of
such articles shall be made under
general regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury; articles exported from
the United States for repairs may
be returned upon payment of a
duty upon the value of the repairs
at the rate at which the article
itself would be subject if import-
ed, under conditions and regula-
lations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury: Pro-
vided, That this paragraph shall
not apply to any article upon
which an allowance of drawback
has been made, the reimportation
of which is hereby prohibited ex-
cept upon payment of duties
equal to the drawbacks allowed;
or to any article manufactured in
bonded warehouse and exported
under any provision of law; ex-
cept that it shall apply to articles
(not dutiable under section 504 as
unusual coverings and contain-
ers) used as coverings or con-
tainers for merchandise not sub-
ject to an ad valorem rate of duty:
Provided further, That when man-
ufactured tobacco which has been
exported without payment of in-
ternal-revenue tax shall be reim-
ported it shall be retained in the
custody of the collector of cus-
toms until internal-revenue
stamps in payment of the legal
duties shall be placed thereon:
And provided further, That the
provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply to animals made duti-
able under the provisions of para-
graph 1606. (Provisions to same
effect in acts of 1922 and 1913.)

Rates of duty

Act of 1930

Blood, dried, n. s. p. f..

1626

Free..

Free..
Free 20

Free.

Free.20

Free

25 per cent 21.

25 per cent. 22

Free

Free

Free.

1627

1628

1629

1630

Bolting cloths composed of silk, im-
ported expressly for milling pur-
poses, and SO permanently
marked as not to be available for
any other use.

Bones: Crude, steamed or ground;
bone dust, bone meal, and bone
ash; and animal carbón suitable
only for fertilizing purposes.
Books, engravings, photographs,
etchings, bound or unbound, maps
and charts imported by authority
or for the use of the United States
or for the use of the Library of
Congress.
Hydrographic charts and publica-
tions issued for their subscribers
or exchanges by scientific or liter-
ary associations or academies, and
publications of individuals for
gratuitous private circulation, not
advertising matter, and public
documents issued by foreign
Governments; books, maps,
music, engravings, photographs,
etchings, lithographic prints,
bound or unbound, and charts,
which have been printed more
than 20 years at the time of im-
portation.23
Books and pamphlets printed
wholly or chiefly in languages
other than English; books, pam-
phlets, 24 and music, in raised
print, used exclusively by or for
the blind.

16 Asbestos, unmanufactured.

17 Fruits, green, ripe, n. s. p. f.

18 Dutiable as fruits in their natural state. Free from Cuba by virtue of the Cuban treaty.

19 Provided, That no article shall be exempted from duty as bread unless yeast was the leavening substance used in its preparation. (Acts of 1930 and 1922.)

20 Fish sounds, crude, dried or salted for preservation only, and unmanufactured, not specially provided for.

21 PAR. 42. 22 PAR. 34.

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isinglass and other fish sounds, cleaned, split, or otherwise prepared
isinglass and prepared fish sounds.

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23 Provided, That where any such books have been rebound wholly or in part in leather within such period, the binding so placed upon such books shall be dutiable as provided in par. 1410 (act of 1930). 24" Pamphlets." (Acts of 1922 and 1930.)