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SEC. 8. That duty shall be paid in the money of the United States, or its equivalent in Philippine currency.

SEC. 9. That the metrical system of weights and measures as authorized by sections thirty-five hundred and sixty-nine and thirty-five hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and at present in use in the Philippine Islands, shall be continued. The meter is equal to thirty-nine and thirty-seven one-hundredths inches.

The liter is equal to one and five hundred and sixty-seven tenthousandths quarts, wine measure.

The kilogram is equal to two and two thousand and forty-six ten thousandths pounds, avoirdupois.

SEC. 10. That importations from the United States are dutiable under the provisions of this act, but no customs duties shall be imposed on articles, goods, or merchandise transported only from one place or port to another place or port in the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 11. That the rates of duties to be collected on articles, goods, and merchandise imported into the Philippine Islands shall be as follows:

CLASS I.-STONES, EARTHS, GLASS, AND CERAMIC PRODUCTS.

GROUP 1.-STONES AND EARTHS.

1. Marble, onyx, jasper, alabaster, and similar fine stones: (a) In block, rough or squared only, and marble dust, twenty per centum ad valorem.

(b) In slabs, plates, or steps, sawed or chiseled, polished, or not, but without ornamentation, thirty per centum ad valorem.

(c) Any of these stones, lettered, further manufactured or decorated, not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem.

2. Stones, other, natural or artificial, gross weight:

(a) In block, rough or squared only, one hundred kilos,

ten cents.

(b) Crushed, sawn, hewn or dressed, whether polished or not, or if in slabs, plates, or steps, one hundred kilos, fifty

cents.

(c) Manufactured into articles not otherwise provided for, one hundred kilos, one dollar.

3. Millstones, grindstones, whetstones, oilstones and hones, of all kinds, and emery, carborundum, and similar wheels for sharpening, dressing, or polishing, including frames and mountings for any of the foregoing imported therewith, ten per centum ad valorem.

4. Asbestos, and manufactures thereof, not otherwise provided for, fifteen per centum ad valorem.

5. Mica and lava, and manufactures thereof, gas-burner tips, and Welsbach and other similar mantles for lamps, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

6. Earths, gross weight:

(a) Fire clay, lime, and Roman, Portland and other hydraulic cement, one hundred kilos, six cents.

(b) Gypsum, pumice, emery, chalk, kaolin (China clay), unmanufactured, and other crude earths and clays not otherwise provided for, one hundred kilos, forty cents. 7. Manufactures of gypsum, gross weight, one hundred kilos, five dollars.

Provided, That no article classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ad

valorem.

8. Manufactures of chalk, including billiard chalk, red chalk, and French and tailors' chalk, including weight of immediate containers, one hundred kilos, four dollars.

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CLASS I.-STONES, EARTHS, ORES, GLASS, AND CERAMIC PRODUCTS.

GROUP 1.-STONES AND EARTHS EMPLOYED IN BUILDING, ARTS, AND

MANUFACTURES.

1. Marble, onyx, jasper, alabaster, and similar fine stones:

(a) In the rough, or in dressed pieces squared or prepared for shaping, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents;

(b) Slabs, plates, or steps of any dimension, polished or not, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars;

Marble affixed to or packed with and belonging to furniture shall be liable to the same duty as the furniture. (c) Sculptures, high and bas-reliefs, vases, urns, and similar articles for house decoration, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten dollars;

(d) Wrought or chiseled into all other articles, polished or not, G. W., one hundred kilos, six dollars.

2. Stones, other, natural or artificial:

(a) In the rough, unwrought, in rough blocks or cubes, G. W., one hundred kilos, four cents;

(b) Crushed stone for pavements and foundations, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents;

(c) Slabs, plates or steps, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents;

(d) Millstones and grindstones, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty-five cents;

(e) Wrought into all other articles, N. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar.

3. Earths employed in manufactures and arts:

(a) Lime, gypsum, chalk, or cement, G. W., one hundred kilos, four cents;

(b) Other, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty cents.

4. Gypsum manufactured into articles:

(a) Statuettes, stucco work, and similar articles for house
decoration, N. W., one hundred kilos, three dollars;
(b) Other articles, N. W., one hundred kilos, seventy-five cents:
Provided, That none of the articles classified under letter
(a) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than
thirty per centum ad valorem.

5. Chalk manufactured into articles: Billiard chalk, red chalk, including French and tailors' chalk, N. W., kilo, three cents.

9. Common clay and cement, in bricks, squares, tiles, and pipes, not otherwise provided for, ten per centum ad valorem.

10. Ceramic tiles, gross weight:

(a) Varnished or glazed, whether vitrified or not, undecorated, one hundred kilos, forty-five cents.

(b) Enameled, ornamented or decorated, one hundred kilos, one dollar and twenty cents.

11. Porcelain, bisque, faience, earthenware, stoneware, and other ceramic wares not otherwise provided for:

(a) In filters and articles bearing evident signs of being for sanitary construction, and parts therefor identifiable as such, ten per centum ad valorem.

(b) In common bottles, jars, crucibles, cupels, kitchen utensils and flowerpots, neither gilt, painted, glazed, decorated, or ornamented, fifteen per centum ad valorem. (c) In articles not otherwise provided for, neither gilt, painted, glazed, decorated, nor ornamented, twenty per centum ad valorem.

(d) In dishes, tableware, or articles not otherwise provided for, glazed or plain-tinted, but neither gilt, painted, decorated, nor ornamented, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

(e) In dishes, tableware, or articles not otherwise provided for, painted, gilt, decorated, or ornamented, forty per centum ad valorem.

(f) Fine decorated wares, in jardinieres, flower stands, vases, and articles for decorative purposes, statuettes, high and bas-reliefs, and Satsuma, Sevres, and similar fine porcelains, whether decorated or not, fifty per centum ad valorem.

GROUP 6.-POTTERY, EARTHENWARE, AND PORCELAIN.

17. Common clay:

(a) In common bricks, fire bricks, and squares, unglazed, for building and industrial purposes, G. W., one thousand kilos, thirty cents;

(b) Pressed, vitrified, or glazed bricks or squares, G. W., one thousand kilos, sixty cents;

(c) In tubes or pipes, not varnished, vitrified or glazed, for building or drainage purposes, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents;

(d) In tubes or pipes, varnished, glazed, or vitrified, for industrial or drainage purposes, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty cents.

18. Ceramic tiles:

(a) Varnished, vitrified, or not, plain and undecorated, G. W., one hundred kilos, thirty-two cents;

(b) The same, glazed, ornamented, or decorated, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and twenty cents.

19. Earthen and stone ware:

(a) Household or kitchen utensils, except dishes or table-
ware, not gilt, painted, or ornamented in relief, G. W.,
one hundred kilos, sixty-four cents;

(b) Dishes, tableware, or other articles not specially pro-
vided for, not gilt, painted, or ornamented in relief,
G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and sixty cents;
(c) Flowerpots of common earthenware and common bottles
of the same, G. W., one hundred kilos, eighty cents;
(d) Articles not specially provided for, gilt, painted, or orna-
mented in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, four dollars
and forty cents.

20. Faience, not specially provided for:

(a) Neither painted, gilt, nor ornamented in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars and eighty cents;

(b) Gilt, painted, or with ornaments in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, five dollars:

Provided, That none of the articles classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than sixty per centum ad valorem.

21. Porcelain, in dishes or hollow ware and all other articles not specially provided for:

(a) Neither painted, gilt, nor ornamented in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, four dollars;

(b) Painted, gilt, ornamented in relief, or with letters in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, six dollars;

(c) Ordinary clear white, transparent or not, which on fracture. appears to be of a bluish gray tint, evidencing that it was manufactured from an inferior raw material only, not painted, gilt, ornamented in relief, or with letters in relief, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and sixty cents: Provided. That none of the articles classified under letters (a) and (b) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than sixty per centum ad valorem.

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