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On salt, in sacks, barrels, other packages, or in bulk, six cents per one hundred pounds;

On soap, fancy, scented, honey, cream, transparent, and all descriptions of toilet and shaving soap, two cents per pound; all other soaps, five per centum ad valorem;

On spirits of turpentine, five cents per gallon;

On starch of all descriptions, one-half cent per pound;

On white and red lead, dry or ground in oil, fifteen cents per one hundred pounds;

On oxide of zinc, dry or ground in oil, twenty-five cents per one hundred pounds.

SEC. 8. 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 mention[ed,] 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 anchovies, preserved in salt, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On andirons, made of cast iron, one cent and one-fourth per pound;
On barley, pearl or hulled, one cent per pound;

On bonnets, hats, and hoods for men, women and children, composed of straw, chip, grass, palm-leaf, willow, or any other vegetable substance, or of silk, hair, whalebone, or other material not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem;

On braids, plaits, flats, laces, trimmings, sparterre, tissues, willow sheets and squares, used for making or ornamenting hats, bonnets, and hoods, composed of straw, chip, grass, palm-leaf, willow, or any other vegetable substance, or of hair, whalebone, or other material, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On books, periodicals, pamphlets, blank-books, bound or unbound, and all printed matter, engravings, bound or unbound, illustrated books and papers, and maps and charts, twenty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all imported cotton and linen rags for the manufacture of paper shall be free of duty;

On bristles, ten cents per pound;

On candles and tapers, stearine and adamantine, five cents per pound; on spermaceti, paraffine and wax candles and tapers, pure or mixed, eight cents per pound; on all other candles and tapers, two and one-half cents per pound; On chicory root, two cents per pound; on chicory ground, burnt, or prepared, three cents per pound;

On acorn coffee and dandelion root, raw or prepared, and all other articles used or intended to be used as coffee, or a substitute for coffee, and not otherwise provided for, three cents per pound;

On coloring for brandy, fifty per centum ad valorem;

On cork wood, unmanufactured, thirty per centum ad valorem; on corks, fifty per centum ad valorem;

On cotton, one-half cent per pound;

On feathers and downs for beds or bedding, of all descriptions, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On ostrich, vulture, cock, and other ornamental feathers, crude or not dressed, colored or manufactured, twenty per centum ad valorem; when dressed, colored, or manufactured, forty per centum ad valorem;

On feathers and flowers, artificial and parts thereof, of whatever material composed, not otherwise provided for, forty per centum ad valorem;

On fire-crackers, fifty cents per box of forty packs, not exceeding eighty to each pack; and in the same proportion for a greater number;

On fruit, shade, lawn, and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, and bulbous roots and flower seeds, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On gloves, made of skins or leather, forty per centum ad valorem;

On gunpowder, and all explosive substances used for mining, blasting, artillery or sporting purposes, valued at less than twenty cents per pound, six cents per pound; valued at twenty cents or over per pound, six cents per pound, and twenty per centum ad valorem in addition thereto;

On garden seeds, and all other seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On hides, raw, and skins of all kinds, whether dried, salted, or pickled, ten per centum ad valorem;

On hollow-ware and vessels of cast-iron, not otherwise provided for, one cent and one-fourth per pound;

On hops, five cents per pound;

On human hair, raw, uncleaned, and not drawn, twenty per centum ad valorem; when cleaned or drawn, but not manufactured, thirty per centum ad valorem; when manufactured, forty per centum ad valorem;

On lead ore, one dollar per one hundred pounds;

On marble, white statuary, in block, rough, or squared, seventy-five cents per cubic foot; veined marble, and marble of all other descriptions, not otherwise provided for, in block, rough, or squared, forty per centum ad valorem;

On all manufactures of marble, marble slabs, marble paving tiles, and marble sawed, dressed, or polished, fifty per centum ad valorem;

On manufactures of bladders, thirty per centum ad valorem;

On manufactures of India-rubber and silk, or of India-rubber and silk and other materials, fifty per centum ad valorem;

On mustard, ground, in bulk, twelve cents per pound; when enclosed in glass or tin, sixteen cents per pound;

On plates engraved, of steel, copper, wood, or any other material, twentyfive per centum ad valorem;

On plumbago or black lead, ten dollars per ton;

On potatoes, twenty-five cents per bushel;

On percussion caps, fulminates, fulminating powders, and all articles used for like purposes, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem;

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On playing cards, valued at twenty-five cents or less per pack, fifteen cents per pack; valued above twenty-five cents per pack, twenty-five cents per pack;

On pens, metallic, ten cents per gross;

On pen-holder tips, metallic, ten cents per gross;

On pen-holders, complete, ten cents per dozen;

On lead pencils, one dollar per gross;

On rice, cleaned, one cent and a half per pound; paddy, three-quarters of one cent per pound; uncleaned rice, one cent per pound;

On sago and sago flour, one cent and a half per pound;

On sheathing copper, and sheathing metal or yellow metal not wholly of copper nor wholly or in part of iron, ungalvanized, in sheets forty-eight inches long and fourteen inches wide, and weighing from fourteen to thirtyfour ounces per square foot, three cents per pound;

On tin in pigs, bars, or blocks, fifteen per centum ad valorem;

On tin in plates or sheets, terne, and tagger tin, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on oxide, muriatic, and salts of tin and tin foil, thirty per centum ad valorem;

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned and included in this section, 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:

On Wilton, Saxony and Aubusson, Axminister, patent velvet, Tournay velvet, and tapestry velvet carpets and carpeting, Brussels carpets wrought by the Jacquard machine, and all medallion or whole carpets, five cents per square yard; on Brussels and tapestry Brussels carpets and carpeting, printed on the warp or otherwise, three cents per square yard; on all treble-ingrain and worsted chain Venetian carpets and carpeting, three cents per square yard; on hemp or jute carpeting, two cents per square yard; on all other kinds of carpets and carpeting, of wool, flax, or cotton, or parts of either or other material, (except druggets, bockings, and felt carpets and carpetings,) not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That mats, rugs, screens, covers, hassocks, bedsides, and other portions of carpets or carpeting, shall pay the rate of duty herein imposed on carpets and carpeting of similar character; on all other mats, screens, hassocks and rugs, five per centum ad valorem;

On woollen cloths, woollen shawls, and all manufactures of wool, of every description, made wholly or in part of wool, not otherwise provided for, a duty of six cents per pound, and in addition thereto, five per centum ad valorem;

On goods of like description, when valued at over one dollar per square yard, or weighing less than twelve ounces per square yard, a duty of six cents per pound, and in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem;

On endless belts or felts for paper, and blanketing for printing machines, five per centum ad valorem;

On flannels, of all descriptions, five per centum ad valorem;

On hats of wool, ten per centum ad valorem;

On woollen and worsted yarn, of all descriptions, 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, six cents per pound, and in addition thereto, five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That Balmoral skirts, or goods of like description, or used for like purposes, made wholly or in part of wool, shall be subjected to the same duties that are levied upon ready-made clothing;

On blankets of all kinds, made wholly or in part of wool, five per centum ad valorem;

On all delaines, cashmere delaines, muslin delaines, barege delaines, composed wholly or in part of worsted, wool, mohair, or goats' hair, and on all goods of similar description, not exceeding in value forty cents per square yard, two cents per square yard;

On bunting, worsted yarns, and on all other manufactures of worsted, or of which worsted shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem;

On oil-cloth for floors, stamped or printed, of all descriptions, five per centum ad valorem;

On coir floor matting and carpeting, five per centum ad valorem.

SEC. 10. 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 and provided for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:

First. On all manufactures of cotton, bleached or unbleached, and not colored, stained, painted, or printed, and not exceeding one hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, and exceeding in weight five ounces per square yard, one-fourth of one cent per square yard; on finer or lighter goods of like description, not exceeding one hundred and forty threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, one-half cent per square yard; on goods of like description, exceeding one hundred and forty threads and not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, three-fourths of one cent per square yard; on like goods, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, one cent per square yard; on all goods embraced in the foregoing schedules, (except jeans, denimes, drillings, bedtickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, pantaloon stuffs, and goods of like description, not exceeding in value the sum of sixteen cents per square yard,) if printed, painted, colored, or stained, they shall be considered to have been bleached goods, and there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of one cent per square yard, in addition to the rates of duty

provided for bleached goods: Provided, That upon all plain woven cotton goods not included in the foregoing schedules, and upon cotton goods of every description, the value of which shall exceed sixteen cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of 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.

Second. On spool and other thread of cotton, ten per centum ad valo

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Third. On shirts and drawers, wove or made on frames, composed wholly of cotton, and cotton velvet, five per centum ad valorem.

Fourth. On all cotton jeans, denimes, drillings, bedtickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, pantaloon stuffs, and goods of like description, not exceeding in value the sum of sixteen cents per square yard, two cents per square yard, and on all manufactures composed wholly of cotton, bieached, unbleached, printed, painted, or dyed, not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem.

Fifth. On all brown or bleached linens, ducks, canvas paddings, cotbottoms, burlaps, drills, coatings, brown hollands, blay linens, damasks, diapers, crash, huckabacks, handkerchiefs, lawns, or other manufactures of flax, jute, or hemp, (or of which flax, jute, or hemp shall be the component material of chief value,) five per centum ad valorem; on flax or linen threads, twine and packthread, and all other manufactures of flax, or of which flax shall be the component material of chief value, and not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem.

SEC. 11. 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 and provided for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:

On jute, Sisal grass, sun hemp, coir, and other vegetable substances not enumerated, (except flax, tow of flax, Russia and Manilla hemp, and codilla, or tow of hemp,) five dollars per ton;

On jute butts, one dollar per ton;

On tarred cables, or cordage, one-fourth of one cent per pound;
On untarred Manilla cordage, one-fourth of one cent per pound;

On all other untarred cordage, one-half cent per pound;

On hemp yarn, one cent per pound;

On coir yarn, one-half cent per pound;

On seines, one-half cent per pound;

On cotton bagging, or other manufactures not otherwise provided for, suitable for the uses to which cotton bagging is applied, whether composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, or flax, or any other material valued at

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