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13 Stat. p. 492. per square yard, and, in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. On finer and lighter goods of like description, not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; if bleached, five and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted, or printed, five and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, twenty per centum ad valorem. On goods of like description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; if bleached, five and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted, or printed, five and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, twenty per centum ad valorem. (15, 426, 588.)

703. Third: On all cotton jeans, denims, drillings, bed-tickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, pantaloon stuffs, and goods of like description, or for similar use, if unbleached, and not exceeding one hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, and exceeding five ounces to the square yard, six cents per square yard; if bleached, six cents and a half per square yard; if colored, stained, painted, or printed, six cents and a half per square yard, and, in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. On finer or lighter goods of like description, not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, if unbleached, six cents per square yard; if bleached, six and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted, or printed, six and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, fifteen per centum ad valorem. On goods of lighter description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, if unbleached, seven cents per square yard; if bleached, seven and a half cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted, or printed, seven and a half cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, fifteen per centum ad valorem; Provided, That upon all plain woven cotton goods, not included in the foregoing schedule, unbleached, valued at over sixteen cents per square yard; bleached, valued at over twenty cents per square yard; colored, valued at over twenty-five cents per square yard; and cotton jeans, denim, and drillings, unbleached, valued at over twenty cents per square yard, and all other cotton goods of every description, the value of which shall exceed twenty-five cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem: And provided further, That no cotton goods having more than two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, shall be admitted to a less rate of duty than is provided for goods which are of that number of threads.

704. Fourth: On spool thread of cotton, six cents per dozen spools, containing on each spool not exceeding one hundred yards of thread, and, in addition thereto, thirty per centum ad valorem; exceeding one hundred yards, for every additional hundred yards of thread on each spool or fractional part thereof, in excess of one hundred yards, six cents per dozen, and thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On cotton thread or yarn, when advanced beyond single yarn, by twisting two or more strands together, if not wound upon spools, four (4) cents per skein or hank of eight hundred and forty (840) yards, and thirty per cent ad valorem. (15, 426.) 13 Stat. p. 492.

SEC. 2. From and after the day when this act takes effect, IN ADDITION to the duties heretofore imposed by law on the importation of the articles mentioned in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: 705. On brandy, (509,) rum, (512,) gin, and whiskey, (510,) and on cordials, (511, 512,) liquors, [liqueurs,] arrack, absynthe, and all other spirituous liquors and spirituous beverages, fifty cents per gallon, (511, 512,) of first proof and less strength, and shall be increased in proportion 13 Stat. p. 493. for any greater strength that [than] the strength of first proof. On spun silk for filling in skins or cops, ten per centum ad valorem. (592.) On

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iron bars for railroads or inclined planes, ten cents per one hundred pounds. (277, 521.) On wrought-iron tubes, one cent per pound. (539.) 706. SEC. 3. From and after this act takes effect, IN LIEU of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the importation of the articles mentioned in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: On cotton, five cents per pound. On illuminating oil and naphtha, benzine, and benzole, refined or produced from the distillation of coal, asphaltum, (612,) shale, peat, petroleum, or rock oil, or other bituminous substances (92) used for like purposes, forty cents per gallon. On crude petroleum, or rock oil, twenty cents per gallon; on crude coal oil, fifteen cents per gallon. On tobacco stems, fifteen cents per pound. On ready-made clothing of silk, or of which silk shall be a component material of chief value, sixty per centum ad valorem. On quicksilver, fifteen per centum ad valorem.

707. SEC. 5. The term "statuary," as used in the laws now in force 13 Stat. p. 493. imposing duties on foreign importations, shall be understood to include professional productions of a statuary or of a sculptor only. (52, 251, 500.)

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708. SEC. 6. There shall be hereafter collected and paid on all goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth or produce of countries [east] of the Cape of Good Hope, (except raw cotton and raw silk, as reeled from the cocoon, or not further advanced than tram, thrown, or organzine,) when imported from places west of the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed on any such article when imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production. SEC. 9. This act shall take effect on and after the first day [of] 18 Stat. p. 494. April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

ACT OF MARCH 16, 1866.

CHAP. XVIII. — An Act further to secure American Citizens certain Privileges under the

Treaty of Washington.

709a. The produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon the Saint John river and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed or hewed in the province of New Brunswick by American citizens, (the same being unmanufactured in whole or in part,) which is now admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after the seventeenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

ACT OF MAY 16, 1866.

CHAP. LXXXII. - An Act imposing a Duty on Live Animals.

7096. On and after the passage of this act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on all horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other live animals imported from foreign countries, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem: [Provided, That any such animals now bona fide owned by resident citizens of the United States, and now in any of the provinces of British America, may be imported into the United States free of duty until the expiration of ten days next after the passage of this act.]

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 9.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 48.

ACT OF JUNE 1, 1866.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. CV.—An Act to protect American Citizens engaged in Lumbering on the St. Vol. XIV. p. 56. Croix River, in the State of Maine.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 328.

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709c. The produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon the St. Croix river and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed in the province of New Brunswick by American citizens, (the same being unmanufactured in whole, or in part,) and having paid the same taxes as other American lumber on that river, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

ACT OF JULY 28, 1866.

CHAP. CCXCVIII. — An Act to protect the Revenue and for other Purposes.

From and after the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, IN LIEU of the duties now imposed by law on the articles mentioned and embraced in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from foreign countries, the duties heretofore [hereinafter] provided, viz.: 710. On cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots of all kinds, three dollars per pound, and, in addition thereto, fifty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That paper cigars and cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties as are herein imposed upon cigars: And provided further, That on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, no cigars shall be imported unless the same are packed in boxes of not more than five hundred cigars in each box; and no entry of any imported cigars shall be allowed of less quantity than three thousand in a single package; and all cigars on importation shall be placed in public store or bonded warehouse, and shall not be removed therefrom until the same shall have been inspected and a stamp affixed to each box indicating such inspection, with the date thereof. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to provide the requisite stamps, and to make all necessary regulations for carrying the above provisions of law into effect.

711. On cotton, three cents per pound; 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 imposed upon distilled spirits: Provided, That brandy and other spirituous liquors may be imported in casks or other packages of any capacity not less than thirty gallons; and that wine in bottles may be imported in boxes containing not less than one dozen bottles of not more than one quart each; and wine, brandy, or other spirituous liquor imported into the United States, and shipped after the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in any less quantity than herein provided for, shall be forfeited to the United States.

712. SEC. 11. [During [the] period of one year from the passage of this act there may be imported into the United States, free of duty, any machinery designed solely for and adapted to the manufacture of sugar from beets, including all the preliminary processes requisite therefor, but not including any machinery which may be used for any other manufactures.] (730.)

14 Stat. p. 330. 713. SEC. 12. Upon the reimportation of articles once exported of the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States, upon which no internal tax has been assessed or paid, or upon which such tax has been paid and refunded by allowance or drawback, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty equal to the tax imposed by the internal revenue laws upon such articles. (226, 699.)

ACT OF MARCH 2, 1867.

CHAP. CXCVII. — An Act to provide increased Revenue from imported Wool, and for Stat. at Large, other Purposes. Vol. XIV. p. 559

714. That from and after the passage of this act, IN LIEU of the duties now imposed by law on the articles mentioned and embraced in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all unmanufactured wool, hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, imported from foreign countries, the duties hereinafter provided. All wools, hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, as aforesaid, shall be divided for the purpose of fixing the duties to be charged thereon, into three classes, to wit: (576.)

CLASS 1. CLOTHING WOOL:

715. That is to say, merino, mestiza, metz, or metis wools, or other wools of merino blood, immediate or remote; down clothing wools, and wools of like character with any of the preceding, including such as have been heretofore usually imported into the United States from Buenos Ayres, New Zealand, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Russia, Great Britain, Canada, and elsewhere, and also including all wools not hereinafter described or designated in classes two and three. (576.)

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716. That is to say, Leicester, Cotswold, Lincolnshire, down combing wools, or other like combing wools, of English blood, and usually known by the terms herein used; and also all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals. (576.)

CLASS 3. - CARPET WOOLs, and other SIMILAR WOOLS:

717. Such as Donskoi, native South American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna, and including all such wools of like character as have been heretofore usually imported into the United States from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere. (576.)

718. For the purpose of carrying into effect the classification herein provided, a sufficient number of distinctive samples of the various kinds of wool or hair embraced in each of the three classes above named, selected and prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and duly verified by him, (the standard samples being retained in the Treasury Department,) shall be deposited in the custom-houses and elsewhere, as he may direct, which samples shall be used by the proper officers of the customs to determine the classes above specified, to which all imported wools belong. (576.)

719. And upon wools of the first class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be thirty-two cents or less per pound, the duty shall be ten cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, eleven per centum ad valorem ; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed thirty-two cents per pound, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound, and in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. Upon wools of the second class, and upon all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be thirty-two cents or less per pound, the duty shall be ten cents per pound, and in addition thereto, eleven per centum ad valorem; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed thirty-two cents per pound, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound, and in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. Upon wools of the third class,

14 Stat. p. 560. the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported into the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be twelve cents or less per pound, the duty shall be three cents per pound; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence ex ported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed twelve cents per pound, the duties shall be six cents per pound: Provided, That any wool of the sheep, or hair of the alpaca, 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 other foreign substance, shall be subject to pay twice the amount of duty to which it would be otherwise subjected, 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, it shall be appraised by the appraiser, to determine the rate of duty to which it shall be subjected, at the average aggregate value of the contents of the bale, bag, or package: and when bales of different qualities are embraced in the same invoice at the same prices whereby the average price shall be reduced more than ten per centum below the value of the bale of the best quality, 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 the duty upon wool of the first class which shall be imported washed shall be twice the amount of duty to which it would be subjected if imported unwashed, and that the duty upon wool of all classes which shall be imported scoured shall be three times the amount of the duty to which it would be subjected if imported unwashed. (576.) On sheepskins and Angora goat skins, raw or unmanufactured, (577,) imported with the wool on, washed or unwashed, the duty shall be thirty per centum ad valorem; and on woollen rags, (297,) shoddy, (577,) mungo, waste, and flocks, (577,) the duty shall be twelve cents per pound.

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SEC. 2. That IN LIEU of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the goods, wares and merchandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:

720. On woollen cloths, woollen shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every description made wholly or in part of wool, not herein otherwise provided for, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. (579.)

721. On flannels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, Balmorals, (725,) woollen and worsted yarns, and all manufactures of every description, composed wholly or in part of worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, except such as are composed in part of wool, not otherwise provided for, valued at not exceeding forty cents per pound, twenty cents per pound; valued at above forty cents per pound and not exceeding sixty cents per pound, thirty cents per pound; valued at above sixty cents per pound and not exceeding eighty cents per pound, forty cents per pound; valued at above eighty cents per pound, fifty cents per pound; and in addition thereto, upon all the above-named articles, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

722. On endless belts or felts for paper or printing machines, twenty cents per pound and thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

723. On bunting, twenty cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

724. On women's and children's dress goods and real or imitation Italian cloths, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of

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