New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-12
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pint, shall be held to contain one quart, and
all bottles cOntaing one pint or less, shall 6t
held to contain one pint, and shall pay IL
addition three cents for each bottle.
On champagne and all other sparkling
wines, in bottles, six dollars per dozen bot
ties containing each not more than one
quart and more than one pint: and three
dollars per dozen bottles containing not
more than one pint each, and more than one
half pint: and one dollar and fifty cents pei
dozen bottles. containing One-half pint each
or less: and in bottles containing more thar
one quart each, shall pay, in addition to six
dollars per dozen bottles, at the rate Of two
dollars per gallon on the quantity in excess
of one quart per bottle; provided, that any
liquors containing more than twenty two
per centum of alcohol, which shall be Ell
tered under the name Of wine, shall be for
feitcd to the United States; and provided
further. That wines, brandy and other splr-
ituOus liquors imported III bottles shall be
packed in packages containing not less than
one dozen bottles III each package; and all
such bottles shall pay an additional duty OF
three cents for each bottle; no allowance
shall be made for breakage unless such
breakage is actually ascertained by count
and certified by Il customhOuse appraiser;
and so much OF section tifty-nine Of an act
entitled A act to regulate the collection
of duties on imports and tonnage approved
March. two. seventeen hundred and ninety
nine, as provided for allowance for leakage
and breakage. is hereby repealed.
On brandy and other spirits manufactured
or distilled from grain or other materials,
and not otherwise provided for, two dollars
per proof gallon; Provided, That each and
every gauge or wine gallon of measurement
shall be counted as at least one proof gal
Ion: and the standard for determining the
proof of brandy and other spirits. and OF
wine or liquors of any kind imported, shall
be the same as that which is defined i'll the
second section of the "Act imposing taxes
other purposes" approved July twenty
eigtcen hundred and sixty-eight.
On cordials, liaueurs, arrack, ~absynthe,
kirshwasser. vermuth, ~ratatia. and other
similar spirituOus beverages, or bitters con
tanning spirits. and not otherwise provided
for, two dollars per proof gallon; provided,
That any brandy or other %spirituOuS liquors
imported in casks of less capacity than four
teen gallons shall be forfeited to the United
States.
On pimento and on black, white, and red
or Cayenne pepper, five cents per pound.
On ground pimento and on ground pepper
of all kinds, ten cents per pound.
On ginger root, two cents per pound.
On ginger, ground, five cents per pound.
On cinnamon and ON nutmegs, twenty
cents per pound.
On mace. twenty-five cents per pound.
On cloves, five cents per pound.
On Glove stems, three cents per pound.
On cassia and cassia vera, ten cents per
pound.
On cassia buds and ground c~assia, twenty
cents per pound.
On all other spices, twenty cents per
pound: ground or prepared, thirty cents pei
pound.
On cOrsets. or manufactured cloth, woven
or made in patterns of such size, shape. and
form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for
~cOrsets, when valued ut six dollars per
dozen or less, two dollars per dozen; when
valued over six dollars per dozen, thirty
five per centuIm ad valOrem.
On eyelets of every description. six cents
per thousand.
On ultralnarine. six cents per pound.
On woods on the skin. the same rates as
on other woods, the quantity and value to be
ascertained under such rules as the Secre-
tary of the Treasury may prescribe.
On iax-straw. five dollars per ton.
On flax not hacked or dressed. twenty
dollars per ton on flax hacked. known AS
dressed line" forty dollars per ton.
On hemp. MANILA, and other like subSti
tutes for hemp. not otherwise provided for,
twenty-five dollars per ton.
On the tow Of flax or hemp. ten dollars
per ton.
On iute, sum. coir, and Sisal grass. fifteen
dollars per ton.
On jutc butts, six dollars per ton.
On cotton bagging, or other manufactures,
not otherwise provided for. suitable for the
uses to which cotton bagging is applied,
composed, i'll whole or in part, of hemp, jute,
flax. gunny bags, gunny cloth, or other ma
terial, and valued at seven cents or less per
square yard, two cents per pound valued
at over seven cents per square yard, three
cents per pound.
On iron in pigs, seven dollars per ton.
On cast scrap-iron of every description,
six dollars per ton.
On wrought scrapirOn of every descrip-
ton. eight dollars per ton: Provided, That
nothing shall be deemed scrap-irOn except
waste or refuse iron that has been in actual
use, and is fit only to be remanufactured.
On sword blades, thirty-tive per centum
ad yalOrem.
On swords, ~forty-tive per centum ad
valorem.
On steel railway bars. one and %one-guar-
ter cent per pound; and OH all railway bars
made in part of steel, one cent per pound !:
Provided, That metal converted, cast, or
made from iron by the Bessemer or pneu-
matte process. of whatever form or de-
scriptiOn, shall be classcd as steel: And
provided further, That round iron in coils,
three-sixteenths of Al inch or less in dame
ter, whether coated with metal or not so
coated, and all descriptions Of iron wire,
and wire of which iron is a component part,
not otherwise specifically enumerated and
provided for, shall pay the same duty as
iron wire, bright, coppered, or timed !:
And provided further, That steel, CONNER
cially known as crinOline, corset, and hat
steel wire, shall pay duty at the rate OF nine
cents per pound and ten per centum ad
valOrem.
On rough or unfinished grindstones. one
dollar and fifty cents per ton OF finished
grindstOnes, two dollars per ton.
On freestOne, sandstone, granite. and all
building or monumental stone, except mar
BILE, one dollar and fifty cents per ton.
On all sawed, dressed, or polished mar
BILE, marble slabs, and marble paving tiles.
thirty per centum adj valOrem, and in addi-
ton twenty-five cents per superficial square
foot not exceeding two inches i'll thickness;
if more than two inches in thickness, ten
cents per foot, in addition to the above rate
forty each inch or fractional part thereof i'll
excess of two inches inches in thickness:
Provided, That if exceeding six inches in
thickness, such marble shall be subject to
the duty now imposed upon marble blocks.
On hair cloth of the description known as
hair seating, eighteen inches wide or over,
for cents per square yard; less than eight
cen inches wide, thirty cents per square
yard.
On hair cloth known as ~crinoline cloth,
and on all other manufactures Of hair not
otherwise provided tor, thirty per centum
ad valOrem.
On hair-pins made of iron wire, fifty pei
centum ad valOrem.
On analine dyes and %colors, by whatever
name known, fifty cents per pound, and
t~hirty-tive per centum ad valorcm.
On buttons and ON ornaments for dresses