The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-23
Official.
TPUBLIC--No. 112.

AN ACT =, provide increased revenue from I'M
ported wool, and for other purposes.
Bet enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
senitiyes of the United States of America in Con-
Gress assembled, That from and after the passage
of this act, in lieu of the duties now imposed oy
law on the articles mentioned and embraced IN
this section, there shall be levied, collected, ana
paid on all manufactured wool, hair OF the al
paca goat, and other like animals, imported from
foreign countries, the duties hereinafter provided
All wools hair of the alpaca, goat, and other ike
animals as aforesaid, shall be divided, for the
purpose of fixing the duties to be charged tnere-
on, into three classes, to wit:
CLASS 1.-CLoTH1NG WOOL.
That is to say, mernO, mestiza, metz, or met!s
woods. or other woods of merino blood, immedl-
ate or remote; down clothing woods, and WOODS
of like character with any OF the precedlng' III
Guiding such as have been heretofore usually I'LL
ported into the United States from b1enos A{res'
New Zealand Australia, Cape OF GOOD Hope,
Russia, Great Britain, Canada, ana elsewhere, ana
also including all woods not hereinafter described
in classes two and three.
CLASS 2-CoMBING WOODS.
That is to saw Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln
shire down combing wools or other like comb
iny woods of English blood, and usually known
by the terms herein used; and also all hair OF the
alpaca, goat and other like animals.
CLASS Scarlet WOODS AND OTHER SIMILAR
WOODS.
Such as DonSkOi, native South American, Cor
dova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna, and including
all such woods of like character as have been
heretofore usually imported into the United
States from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and
elsewhere.
For the purpose of carrying into effect the
classification herein provided, a sufficient num-
Der of distinctive samples of the various kinds OF
wool or hair embraced in each of the three class
es above named, selected and prepared under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and duly verified by him (thc standard samples
being retained in the Treasury DEPARTMENT. shall
be deposited in the custom-houscs and elsewhere,
as he may direct, which samples shall be used by
fine proper officers of the customs to determine
the classes above specified, to which all imported
woods belong. And upon woods 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 Valo-
rem: upon woods of the same class, the value
whereof at the last port or place whence export
ed to- the United States, excluding charges in such
port, shall be thirtytwo cents or less per pound,
the duty shall be ten cents per pound, and in ad
dition thereto, eleven per centum ad valorem;
upon wool, 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 tLirty-two cents per pound, the duty
shall be twelve cents per pound, and in addition
thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. Upon woods
OF the third class 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 woods 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 twelve cents
per pound, the duty shall be six cents per pound:
Po0jded That any wool OF the sheep, or hair OF
the alpaca goat, and other than the ordinary con-
dition as now and heretofore practiced, or which
shall be changed in character or condition, for
the purpose of evading the duty or which shall be
fl,,,ix- r
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 HOpided, .tu'ther,-I
That when wool of different qualities is imported
in the same bale, bag or package, it shall be ap-
praised by the appraiser, to determine the rate of
duty to which it shall be subjected, at the average
value of the contents of the bale, bag package,
and when bales Of different qualities 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 liza
BILE to less rate of duty in consequence of being
invoiced with wool of lower value: And prOrided
tirther 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 du-
ty upon wool IF all classes which shall be impor- |
ted secured shall be three times the amount of
ted unwashed. On sheep skins and Augora goat |
skins raw or manufactured, imported with the |
wool on, washed or unwashed, the duty shall be |
thirty per centum ad valorem; and on wooden rags
shoddy, 1nungo, waste and t1ocks the duty shall |
be twelve cents per pound.
SEC. 2. And be nfuyther enacted, That in lieu of |
the duties heretofore imposed by law on the arti-
Giles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may
now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied,
collected, and paid on the goods, wares and mer-
chandise herein enumerated and provided for,
imported from foreign countries, The following
duties and rates of duty, that is to say:
On wooden cloths, wooden shawls, and all man
ufactures of wool of every description made who'll
ly or in part of wool, not herein otherwise provi-
ded for, fifty cents per pound and in addition
thereto, thirty-tivc per cent, ad valorcm.
On flannel, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods,
balmorals, wooden and worsted yarns, and all
manufactures of every description, composed
wholly or in part of WorSted the hair of the aIpa-
ca, goat or other like animals, except such as are
composed in part of WOOL not otherwise provi-
dcd 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, thrty-tive per cen
tum ad vaorem.
On endless belts or felts for paper or printing
machines, twenty cents per pound and thirty-tive
On bunting, twenty cents per square yard, and,
in addition thereto, So per centum ad valorem.
On women's and children's dress goods and
real or imitation Italian cloths, composed Who'll
y or in part of wool, worsted the hair of the al
paca, goat or other like animals, valued at not
exceeding twenty cents per square yard six
cents per square yard, and in addition thereto,
thirty-fve 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: POUided That on all
goods weighing four ounces and over per square
yard, the duty shall be fifty cents per pound and
in addition thereto, 35 per centum ad valorem.
On clothing ready made, and wearing apparel
of every description, and balmoral skirts and
'kirting, 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
except knit goods, fifty cents per
pound, and, in addition thereto, forty percentum
I'd valorem.
On weddings, beltings, bindings, braids, gal
oons, fringes, gimps, cords and tassels, dress
head-nets, buttons or barrel buttons
Dr. buttons of other forms for tassels or ornaments
wrought by hand or braided by machinery, made
If wool, worsted, or mohair is component mate.
'ial, unmixed with silk, fifty cents per pound
md in addition thereto, so per centum ad valorem
On Aubusson and Administer carpets, and car
'ets woven whole for rooms, fifty per centum ad
,aorem; on SaXony, Wilton and Tournay velvet
carpets, wrought by the jacquard machine, sew
nty cents per square yard, and in addition there
o, thlrty-ive per centum ad valorem on Brus-