On bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than one inch, or more than six inches wide, nor less than three-eights 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 irou, rolled or hammered, comprising flats less than three-eights of an inch, or more than two inches thick, or less than one inch, or more than six inches wide; rounds less than threefourths 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: 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. On boiler or other plate iron, not less than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, once cent and a half per pound. On iron wire, bright, coppered, or tinned, drawn and finished, not more than one-fourth of an inch in diameter, not less than number sixteen, wire guage, 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 guage, 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 guage, one cent and one fourth of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty, and not thinner than number twenty-five, wire guage, one cent and a half per pound; thinner than number twenty-five, wire guage, one cent and threefourths of one cent per pouud. On tin plates and iron galvanized or coated with any metal by electric batteries, or otherwise, two cents and a half per pound. On all band, hoop, and scroll iron, from one half to six inches in width, not thinner than one eight 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 oneeighth of an inch in thickness, and not thinner than number twenty, wire guage, one and one half cent per pound. On all band, hoop, and scroll iron, thinner than number twenty, wire guage, one and three-fourths cent per pound. On slit rods, one cent and one half per pound; and on all other descriptions of rolled or hammered iron, not otherwise provided for, one cent and onefourth per pound. On locomotive tire, or parts thereof, three cents per pound. On mill iron, 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 cents and a half 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 cents and a half per pound; less than one-fourth of one inch in diameter, and not under number nine, wire guage, three cents per pound; under number nine, wire guage, thirty-five per centum, ad valorem. On anchors, or parts thereof, two cents and one-fourth per pound. On blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, axles, or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings, not otherwise provided for, two cents and a half 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 cents and a half per pound. On wrought board nails, spikes, rivets, and bolts, two and one half cents per pound. On cut nails and spikes, one and a half cent per pound. On horse-shoe nails, five cents per pound On cut tacks, brads, or sprigs, not exceeding sixteen cunees to the thousand, two and one half cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, three cents per pound. On steam, gas and water tubs [tubes] and flues, of wrought iron, two cents and a half 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 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' irons, stoves, and stove plates, of cast iron, one and one half cent per pound. On cast iron steam, gas, and water pipes, one and one half cent per pound. On hollow ware, glazed or tiuned, three and one half cents 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 cents and onefourth 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. On steel wire less than one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and not less than number sixteen, wire guage, two and one half cents per pound, and in addition thereto twenty per centum, ad valorem; less, or finer than number sixteen, wire guage, three cents per pound, and in addition thereto, twenty per centum, ad valorem. On steel, in any form, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum, ad valorem. 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 a half cents per lineal foot. On all hand-saws 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, aud in addition thereto, thirty per centum, ad valorem; over ten inches in length, one dollar per dozen, aud in addition thereto, thirty per centum, ad val orem. 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 cent um, ad valorem; exceeding ten inches in length, six cents per pound, and in addition thereto, thirty-per centum, ad valorem. On pen-knives, jack-knives, 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 re-manufactured, one cent and a half per pound On copper in pigs, bars, or ingots, two and a half cents per pound. On copper, old, and fit only to be re-manufactured, two 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 and a 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 a half cent per pound. On zinc, spelter, or teutenegue, in sheets, two and one quarter cents per pound. On diamonds, cameos, mosaics, jems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones, when not set, a duty of ten per centum, ad valorem. SEC. 4. 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 duties, that is to say: On all wool unmanufactured, and all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, unmanufactured, the value whereof at the last port or 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 condition, 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 twentyfour cents per pound, it shall be charged with a duty of ten cents per pound and ten per centum ad valorem; and when bales of different qualities are embraced in the same invoice at the same price, whereby the ave rage 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. On sheepskins, raw or manufactured, 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. SEC. 5. 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 hereinfter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: First. On Wilton, Saxony and Aucusson, Axminster, pattern 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 twenty-five cents or under per square yard, seventy cents per square yard; valu ed 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 Ve netian 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, bokings and felt carpets and carpetings, printed, colored or otherwise, twentyfive 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 woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all manufactures 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 centu n ad valo. rem. On goods of like description, when valued at over two dollars per square yard, or weighing less than ten ounces per square yard, a duty, in ad lition to the foregoing rates, of five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That gools 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 woolen cloths. O endless belts or felts for paper, and blanketing for printing machines, twenty cents per pound, and in addition thereto thirty five per centuin ad valorem. On fil tunels, uncolored, valued at thirty cents or less per square yard, twenty-four cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad valore n; valued at above thirty cents per squire 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 woolen 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 woolen 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, ready-made, 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 therto 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 twenty-eight cents and not exceeding forty cents per pound, twenty four cents per pound and twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued above forty cents per pound, twenty-four cents per pound and thirty per centum |