the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, valued at not exceeding twenty 14 Stat. p. 561. cents per square yard, six cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at above twenty cents the square yard, eight cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That on all goods weighing four ounces and over per square yard, the duty shall be fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.

725. On clothing ready made, and wearing apparel of every description, and Balmoral (721,) skirts and skirting, and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer, except knit goods, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem.

726. On webbings, beltings, bindings, braids, galloons, fringes, gimps, cords, cords and tassels, dress-trimmings, head-nets, buttons or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms for tassels or ornaments, wrought by hand or braided by machinery, made of wool, worsted, or mohair, or of which wool, worsted or mohair is a component material, unmixed with silk, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, fifty per centum ad valorem. 727. On Aubusson and Axminster carpets, and carpets woven whole for rooms, fifty per centum ad valorem; on Saxony, Wilton and Tournay velvet carpets, wrought by the Jacquard machine, seventy cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on Brussels carpets wrought by the Jacquard machine, forty-four cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on patent velvet and tapestry velvet carpets, printed on the warp or otherwise, forty cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirtyfive per centum ad valorem; on tapestry Brussels carpets (578,) printed on the warp or otherwise, twenty-eight cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian carpets, seventeen cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on yarn Venetian and two-ply ingrain carpets, twelve cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on druggets and bockings, printed, colored, or otherwise, twenty-five cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on hemp or jute carpeting, eight cents per square yard; on carpets and carpetings of wool, flax, or cotton, or parts of either, or other material not otherwise herein specified, forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That mats, rugs, screens, covers, hassocks, bedsides, and other portions of carpets or carpeting shall be subjected to the rate of duty herein imposed on carpets or carpeting of like character or description, and that the duty on all other mats, (not exclusively of vegetable material,) (578,) screens, hassocks, and rugs, shall be forty-five per centum ad valorem.

728. On oil-cloths for floors, stamped, painted, or printed, valued at fifty cents or less per square yard, thirty-five per centum ad valorem ; valued at over fifty cents per square yard, and on all other oil-cloth, (except silk oil-cloth,) and on water-proof cloth, not otherwise provided for, forty-five per centum ad valorem; on oil silk cloth, sixty per centum ad valorem.

RESOLUTION OF MARCH 2, 1867.

Stat. at Large,

No. 28. Joint Resolution to amend Section five of an Act entitled "An Act to increase Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred Vol. XIV. p. 447. and sixty-four.

729. Be it resolved, &c. That the paragraph of section five (584,) of an act entitled "An act to increase duties on imports, and for other purposes,"

14 Stat. p. 447. approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as follows, to wit: "On lastings, mohair cloth, silk, twist, wool, or other manufactured cloth woven or made in patterns of such size, shape, and form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for shoes, slippers, bootees, gaiters, and buttons exclusively, not combined with India-rubber, ten per cent. ad valorem," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. (584, 720, 721.)

730. SEC. 2. That from and after the passage of this resolution, machinery for the manufacture of beet sugar, and imported for that purpose solely, shall be exempted from duty. (712.)

RESOLUTION OF MARCH 22, 1867.

Stat. at Large, No. 8. Joint Resolution to supply an Omission in the Enrolment of the "Act to provide Vol. XV. p. 3. increased Revenue from imported Wool, and for other Purposes."

731. WHEREAS in the enrolment of the bill entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imported wool, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the words "Canada long wools" were inadvertently omitted from the paragraph designated under the heading "Class 2. Combing Wools"; and whereas said words are in the engrossed bill, and were intended as part of the act aforesaid, as passed by the Thirty-ninth Congress: Therefore

Be it resolved, &c. That the "Act to provide increased revenue from imported wool, and for other purposes," aforesaid, be, and is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "Down combing wools," in the paragraph headed" Class 2. Combing Wools" the words "Canada long wools." (716.)

RESOLUTION OF MARCH 25, 1867.

Stat. at Large, No 11. Joint Resolution fixing the Rate of Duty on Umbrellas, and on Wire Spiral Vol. XV. p. 4. Furniture Springs.

732. Be it resolved, &c. That from and after the passage of this joint resolution, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, imported from foreign countries, when made of silk, no lower rate of duty than that now imposed upon piece and dress silks, namely, sixty per centum ad valorem, and when made of other materials than silk, the duty shall be fifty per centum ad valorem; and that wire spiral furniture springs, imported from foreign countries, manufactured of iron wire, shall be required to pay the same rate of duty as now imposed on iron wire, namely, two cents per pound, and fifteen per centum ad valorem.

RESOLUTION OF MARCH 26, 1867.

Stat. at Large, No 13. Joint Resolution providing for the Importation into the United States of certain Vol. XV. p. 5. Works of Art Duty free, and for other Purposes.

733. Be it resolved, &c. That from and after the passage of this joint resolution any object of art imported by any individual or association of individuals for presentation as a gift to the United States Government, or to any State, county, or municipal government, shall be admitted free of duty, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

734. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to refund the duties paid on any steam agricultural machinery imported into the United States during the current fiscal year as models or for experimental purposes, and to remit the duties on any steam machinery of like description which may be imported for such purpose prior to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Provided, That this section shall apply only to steam ploughs.

RESOLUTION OF MARCH 29, 1867.

No. 19. Joint Resolution to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide increased Revenue from imported Wool and for other Purposes."

735. Be it resolved, &c. That the act entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imported wool and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be amended by striking out in the paragraph commencing with the words " on webbings, beltings, bindings, braids," the following words, viz: "unmixed with silk."

736. SEC. 2. That the joint resolution of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to amend section five of an act entitled "An act to increase the duties on imports and for other purposes," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be construed to apply to lasting, mohair cloth, silk, twist, or other manufactures of cloth woven or made in patterns of such size, shape and form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for buttons exclusively.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. XV. p. 6.