, 1864-09-19
LAGOON WASHINGTON TERRITORY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 49,

FIVE per centum ad valorem.
On zinc, spelter, or teutenegue, manu-
factured in blocks or pigs, one and a half
cent per pound.
On zinc, spelter, or teutenegue in sheets,
two and one-guarter cents per pound.
On diamonds, cameos, mosaics, gems,
pearls, rubics, and other precious stones,
when not set, duty oSten per centum ad
valorcm.
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
on and after the day and year aforesaid,
there shall be levied, collected, and paid on
TIE importation of the articles hereinafter
mentioned, the following duties, that is to
say: On all wool, unmanufactnred, and all
hair Of the alpaca, goat, and other like an
imals, unmanufactured, the value whereof
at the last port or place from whence ex-
ported 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 practised,
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 Of any foreign
substance, shall be subject to pay duty Of
twelve cents per pound and ten per centum
ad valorem, any thing in this act to the
contrary notwithstanding: Provided, fur
tier, That when wool Of different qualities
is imported in the same bale, bag, or pack
age. and the aggregate value Of the contents
Of the bale, bag, or package shall be ap-
praised by the appraisers at a rate exceed
ing twenty-four cents per pound, it shall be
charged with duty Of ten cents per pound
aud ten per centum ad yalorcm; and when
bales Of different qualities are embraced in
the same invoice at the same price, whereby
the average 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 com eluence Of being invoiced
with wool of lower value: .And provided,
further, That wool which shall be imported
secured, shall pay, in lieu Of the duties
herein provided, three times the amount Of
such duties.
Second. On sheepskins, raw or unmanu-
featured, inportedwi the wool on, washed
or unwashed, shall be subject to duty Of
twenty per centum ad valorem; and on
aOcks, waste, or shOddy, three cents per
pound.
Sec. 5. Aad Be IL further enaeied, That
on after the day and year aforesaid, there
shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the
importation Of the articles hereinafter men.
toned, the following duties, that is to say:
First. On Wilton, Saxony, and Aubus-
son, Administer, patent velvet, Tournay
velvet, and tapestry velvet carpets and car
peting, Brussels carpets wrought by the
jacquard machine, and all medallion OF
whole carpets, valued at one dollar and
twenty-five cents or under per square yard
seventy cents per square yard valued al
over one dollar and twenty-five cents per
square yard, eighty cents per square yard
Provided, That no carpeting, carpets, OF
rugs Of the foregoing description shall pay
a duty Of less than fifty per centum ad
valOrem. On Brussels and tapestry Brus.
sells carpets and carpetings, printed on the
warp or otherwise. fifty cents per square
yard. On all treble ingram, threc.ply and
worsted chain Venetian carpets and carpet
ing, forty cents per square yard. On yarn
Venetian and two-ply ingram carpets and
carpeting, thirty-iive cents per square yard,
On hemp or jute carpeting, six aud hall
cents per square yard On druggets, book,
ings, and felt carpets and carpeting, printed
colored, or otherwise, twenty-five cents pei
square yard. On carpets and carpeting oi
wool, fax, or cotton, or parts Of either, OF
other material not otherwise specified, forty
per ceptum ad yalorem: Provided, That
mats, rugs, screens, covers, hassocks, bed
sides, and other portions Of carpets or car.
petings, shall be subject to the rate Of duty
herein imposed on carpets or carpetings d
like character or description, and on all
other mats, screens, hassocks, and rugs
forty.fve per centum I'D yalorem.
Second. OnRpollen cloths, woollcns shawls
and all manufactures Of wool Of every des.
criptinn, made whollyor in part Of wool
not otherwise provided for, twenty-four cents
per pound, and in addition thereto forty pei
centum ad valOrem. On goods Of like des;
cription, when valued at over two dollars
per square yard, duty, in addition to the
foregoing rates, Of Eve per centum ad valo-
rem: PROVIDED, That goods Of like descrip-
tion, 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 du-
ties aud rates Of duty herein provided fol
woollen cloths. On endless belts or felts
for paper, and blanketing for printing ma.
chimes, twenty cents per pound, and in ad-
dition thereto thirty-fye per centum ad
yalcrem. On fannels, uneolored, valued
at thirty cents or less per square yard,
twenty-four cents per pound, and thirty
per centum ad valorem; valued at above
thirty cents per square yard, and on all
fiannels, colored, printed, or plaided, not
otherwise provided for, and hannels CON-
posed in part Of cotton, twenty-four cents