New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-21

pint, shall be held to contain one quart, and
all bottles containg one pint or less, shall he
held to contain one pint, and shall pay in
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 per
dozen bottles, containing one-halt pint each,
or less; and in bottles containing more thtn
one quart each, shall pay, in addition to ak
dollars per dozen bottles, at the rate OF TWO
dollars per gallon on the quantity III excess
of one quart per bottle; provldO, that any
liquors containing more than twenty two
per centum of alcohol, which shall be en-
tered under the name of Wine, shall be for
teited to the United States; and provided
further That wines, brandy and other spir-
itueus liquors imported in bottles shall be
packed in packages containing not less than
one dozen bottles III each package; and ali
such bottles shall pay an p idiiionnl duty OF
three cents for each BOTTLE; no allowance
shall be made for breakage unless such
breakage is actually aseertained by count
and certified by n customhouse appraiser;
entitled "An 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and breakage, is hereby repealed.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 rs that which ia defined in the
second section of the "Act imposing taxes
on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for
other purposes" approved July twenty
eigteen hundred and siXty-eight.
On cordials, hqueurs, arrack, absynthe,
kirshwasser, yermnth, ratafia, and other
similar spilltuous beverages, or bitters con-
tanning spirits, and not otherwise provided
for, two dollars per proof gallon; provided,
That any brandy or other spiIituous 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, tivo 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
sents 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 pei
pound.
On cassia buds and ground cassia, 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, ami
form, or cut in such manner as TO be tit for
cOrsets, when valued at six dollars per
dozen or less two dollars per dozen; when
valued over six dollars per dozen. thirty
five per centum ad valorem.
On eyelets of every description, six cents
per thousand.
On ultra,narine 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 Secrc
tary of the Treasury may prescribe.
On flax-straw, five dollars per ton.
On flax not hacked or dressed, twenty
dollars per ton on fax hacked, known It's
dressed line" forty dollars per ton.
On hemp, MANILA, and other like substi
tutes for hemp, not otherwise provided Tor,
twenty-five dollars per tor.
On the tow of fax or hemp, ten dollars
per ton.
On tiute, sum, cOir, and sisal grass, fifteen
dollars per ton.
On iute 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. in whole or in part, of hemp. jute,
fax, gunny bags, gunny cloth, or other ma
al Nd nt ont los mar
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 scrap-iron 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-fve per centum
I'D valOrem.
On swords. forty-fve per centum I'D
valorem.
On steel railway bars, one and one-quar-
ter cent per pound and on 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-
matic process, of whatever form or de-
scriptiOn, shall be classed as steel: And
provided further, That round iron in coils,
three -sixteenths of an inch or less in diane
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 crin0lne, 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; on finished
gripdstones, 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 ad vaorem, and in addi-
ton twenty-five cents per superficial square
foot not exceeding two inches ia thickness;
if more than two inches i'll thickness, ten
cents per foot, in addition to the above rate
forty each inch or fractional part thereof in
excess of two inches inches in thickness:
Provided, That if exceeding six inchesan
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 crinoiine cloth.
and on all other manufactures OF hair not
otherwise provided for, thirty per centum
ad valorem.
On hair-pins made of iron wire, fifty per
eentum ad valorem.
On analine DIVES and colo-s, by whatever