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less than ten cents per square yard, three-fourths of one cent. per pound; over ten cents per square yard, one cent per pound;

On sail duck, five per centum ad valorem;

On Russia and other sheetings, made of flax or hemp, brown and white, five per centum ad valorem; and

On all other manufactures of hemp, or of which hemp shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem.

On grass cloth, five per centum ad valorem;

On jute yarns, five per centum ad valorem;

On all other manufactures of jute or Sisal grass, not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all hemp, or preparations of hemp used for naval purposes by the Government of the United States, shall be of American growth or manufacture: Provided, further, The same can be obtained of as good quality and at as low a price.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day and year aforesaid, 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 enumerated and provided for in this section, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:

On all brown earthenware and common stoneware, gas retorts, stoneware not ornamented, and stoneware above the capacity of ten gallons, twenty per centum ad valorem;

On China and porcelain ware, gilded, ornamented, or decorated in any manner, forty per centum ad valorem;

On China and porcelain ware, plain white, and not decorated in any manner, and all other earthen, stone, or crockery ware, white, glazed, edged, printed, painted, dipped, or cream colored, composed of earthy or mineral substances, and not otherwise provided for, thirty-five per centum ad valorem;

Slates, slate pencils, slate chimney pieces, mantels, slabs for tables, and all other manufactures of slate, forty per centum ad valorem;

On unwrought clay, pipe clay, fire clay, and kaoline, five dollars per ton; On fuller's earth, three dollars per ton;

On white chalk, four dollars per ton; on red and French chalk, ten per centum ad valorem; on chalk of all descriptions, not otherwise provided for, twenty-five per centum ad valorem;

On all plain and mould and press glassware, not cut, engraved, or painted, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On all articles of glass, cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, silvered or gilded, not including plate-glass silvered, or looking-glass plates, thirty-five per centum ad valorem;

On fluted, rolled, or rough plate-glass, not including crown, cylinder, broad, or common window glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches, seventy-five cents per one hundred square feet; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches, one cent per square foot; above that, and

not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches, one cent and a half per square foot; all above that, two cents per square foot: Provided, That all fluted, rolled, or rough plate-glass, weighing over one hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall pay an additional duty on the excess at the same rates herein imposed;

On all cast polished plate-glass, 'unsilvered, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches, three cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches, five cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches, eight cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches, twenty-five cents per square foot; all above that, fifty cents per square foot;

On all cast polished plate-glass, silvered, or looking-glass plates, exceeding ten by fifteen inches, four cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches, six cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches, ten cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches, thirty-five cents per square foot; all above that, sixty cents per square foot: Provided, That no looking-glass plates, or plate-glass silvered, when framed, shall pay a less rate of duty than that imposed upon similar glass, of like description, not framed, but shall be liable to pay, in addition thereto, thirty per centum ad valorem upon such frames;

On porcelain and Bohemian glass, glass crystals for watches, paintings on glass or glasses, pebbles for spectacles, and all manufactures of glass, or of which glass shall be a component material, except crown, cylinder, and other window glass, not otherwise provided for, and all glass bottles or jars filled with sweetmeats, preserves, thirty-five per centum ad valorem;

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day and year aforesaid, in addition to the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise enumerated and provided for in this section, imported from foreign countries, a duty of five per centum ad valorem, that is to say:

Argentine, alabalta, or German silver, manufactured or unmanufactured; Articles embroidered with gold, silver, or other metal;

Articles worn by men, women, or children, of whatever material composed, made up, or made wholly or in part by hand, not otherwise provided for;

Britannia ware;

Baskets, and all other articles composed of grass, ozier, palm-leaf, straw, whalebone, or willow, not otherwise provided for;

Bracelets, braids, chains, curls, or ringlets composed of hair, or of which hair is a component material;

Braces, suspenders, webbing, or other fabrics composed wholly or in part of India-rubber, not otherwise provided for;

Brooms and brushes of all kinds;

Canes and sticks for walking, finished or unfinished;

Capers, pickles, and sauces of all kinds, not otherwise provided for; Caps, hats, muffs, and tippets of fur, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which fur shall be a component material;

Caps, gloves, leggins, mits, socks, stockings, wove shirts and drawers, and all similar articles made on frames, of whatever material composed, worn by men, women, and children, and not otherwise provided for;

Card cases, pocket books, shell boxes, souvenirs, and all similar articles, of whatever material composed;

Carriages and parts of carriages;

Clocks and parts of clocks;

Clothing, ready made, and wearing apparel of whatever description, of whatever material composed, except wool, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer;

Coach and harness furniture of all kinds, saddlery, coach and harness hardware, silver plated, brass plated, or covered, common tinned, burnished, or japanned, not otherwise provided for;

Combs of all kinds;

Compositions of glass or plate, when set;

Composition tops for tables, or other articles of furniture;

Comfits, sweetmeats, or fruits preserved in sugar, brandy, or molasses, not otherwise provided for;

Cotton cords, gimps, and galloons;

Cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton trimming laces, and cotton braids, colored or uncolored;

Court-plaster;

Cutlery of all kinds;

Dolls and toys of all kinds,

Encaustic tiles;

Epaulets, galloons, laces, knots, stars, tassels, tresses, and wings, of gold, silver, or other metal;

Fans and fire-screens of every description, of whatever material composed; Frames and sticks for umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, finished or unfinished;

Furniture, cabinet and household;

Furs, dressed;

Hair pencils;

Hat bodies of cotton or wool, or of which wool is the component material of chief value;

Hair cloth, hair seatings, and all other manufactures of hair, not otherwise provided for;

Ink, printers' ink, and ink powder;

Japanned, patent or enamelled leather, or skins of all kinds;

Jet and manufactures of jet, and imitations thereof;

Leather, tanned, of all descriptions;

Maccaroni, vermicelli, gelatine, jellies, and all similar preparations;

Manufactures of bone, shell, horn, ivory or vegetable ivory;

Manufactures of paper, or of which paper is a component material, not otherwise provided for;

Manufactures of the bark of the cork tree, except corks;

Manufactures, articles, vessels and wares, not otherwise provided for, of gold, silver, copper, brass, iron, steel, lead, pewter, tin, or other metal, or of which either of these metals or any other metal shall be the component material of chief value;

Manufactures not otherwise provided for, composed of mixed materials, in part of cotton, silk, wool, or worsted, hemp, jute, or flax;

Manufactures of cotton, linen, silk, wool, or worsted, if embroidered or tamboured, in the loom or otherwise, by machinery or with the needle or other process, not otherwise provided for;

Manufactures of cedar wood, granadilla, ebony, mahogany, rosewood, and satin wood;

Manufactures and articles of leather, or of which leather shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for;

Manufactures, articles, and wares, of papier mache;

Manufactures of goats' hair or mohair, or of which goats' hair or mohair shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for;

Manufactures of wood, or of which wood is the chief component part, not otherwise provided for;

Morocco skins;

Muskets, rifles, and other fire-arms;

Needles, sewing, darning, knitting, and all other descriptions;

Oil-cloth of every description, of whatever material composed, not otherwise provided for;

Paper boxes, and all other fancy boxes;

Paper envelopes;

Paper-hangings, and paper for screens or fire-boards; paper, antiquarian, demy, drawing, elephant, foolscap, imperial, letter, and all other paper, not otherwise provided for;

Pins, solid head or other;

Plated and gilt ware of all kinds;

Prepared vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, and game, sealed or unsealed,

in cans or otherwise;

Ratans and reeds, manufactured or partially manufactured;

Roofing slates;

Scagliola tops for tables or other articles of furniture;

Sealing-wax;

Side arms of every description;

Silver-plated metal, in sheets or other form;

Stereotype plates;

Still bottoms;

Twines and packthread, of whatever material composed, not otherwise

provided for;

Type metal;

Types, new;

Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades;
Velvet, when printed or painted;

Wafers;

Water-colors;

Watches and parts of watches, and watch materials, and unfinished parts of watches;

Webbing, composed of wool, cotton, flax, or any other materials, not otherwise provided for;

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth or produce of countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, when imported from places this side of the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of ten per cent ad valorem, and in addition to the duties imported on any such articles when imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That upon all ships, vessels, or steamers, which, after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be entered at any custom-house in the United States from any foreign port or place, or from any port or place in the United States, whether ships or vessels of the United States, or belonging wholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, there shall be paid a tax or tonnage duty of ten cents per ton of the measurement of said vessel, in addition to any tonnage duty now imposed by law. Provided, That the said tax or tonnage duty shall not be collected more than once in each year on any ship, vessel, or steamer having a license to trade between different districts of the United States, or to carry on the bank, whale, or other fisheries, whilst employed therein, or on any ship, vessel, or steamer, to or from any port or place in Mexico, the British provinces of North America, or any of the West India Islands: Provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed in anywise to impair any rights and privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels: Provided, further, That so much of the act of August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An Act to authorize protection to be given to citizens of the United States who may discover deposits of guano," as prohibits the export thereof, is hereby suspended for one year from and after the passage of this act.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, in estimating the allowance for tare on all chests, boxes, cases, casks, bags, or other envelope or covering of all articles imported liable to pay any duty, where the original invoice is produced at the time of making entry thereof, and the tare shall be specified therein, it shall be lawful for the collector, if he shall see fit, or for the collector and naval officer, if such officer there be, if they shall see fit, with the consent of the consignees, to estimate the said tare according to such invoice; but in all other cases

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