New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-19

| pint, shall be held to contain one quart, ano
all bottles containg one pint or less, shall DC
| held to contain one pint and snail 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; ana three
! dollars per dozen bottles containing MOI
more than one pint each, and more than one
| half pint; and one dollar and fifty cents per
| dozen bottles, containing one-haf pint each,
or less: and in bottles containing more than
| 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 en-
| r. .,nder the name of wine, shall be for
lelted to the United States; and provided
| further, That wines, brandy and other spll-
| ituous liquors imported in BOTTLES shall be
| packed in packages containing not less than
| one dozen bottles i'll each package; and all
such bottles shall pay an additional duty OF
| three cents for each bottle; no allowance
shall be made for bre;tkagc unless such
! breakage is actually asccrtained by count
| and certified by a cuStomhouse appraiser;
| and 80 much OF section ttty-nine OF an act
| 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
| ANA breakage. is hereby repealed.
On brandy and other spirits manufactured
| or distilled from grain or other materials,
! and not otherwise provided for. two dollars
| peg proof gallon; Provided. That each and
| every gauge or wine gallon of measurement
| shall be counted AT least one proof gal
| ion; and the standard for determining the
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| wine or liq,iors of any kind imported. shall
| BE- the same us that which is defined in the
second section OF the ''Act imposing ia Nes
on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for
| other PURPOSES" approved July twenty,
| eigteen hundred and sixtyeight.
On cordials. Gqueurs, arrack, abs nthe,
kirshwasser, vermuth. ratsfia, 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 spiritIt0us 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
cents per pound
On mace, twenty -fiyc cents per pound.
On cloves. five cents per pound.
On Glove stems three cents per pound.
On cassa and cassia vera, ten cents per
pound
On cassa buds and ground cassia, twenty
cents per pound
On all other spices, twenty cents per
pound: ground or prepared, thirty cents per
pOllnd.
On corScts. or manufactured cloth, woven
or made i'll patterns of such size, shape. and
form. or cut in such manner as to be fit for
corsets when valued at six dollars per
dozen or less. two dollars per dozen: whe1
valued over six dollars per dozen, thirty
five per centum al valorcm
On eyelcts 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 Secrc-
tary Of the Treasury may prescribe.
On tiax-straw. five dollars per ton.
On fax not hacked OF dressed, twenty
dollars per ton on flax hacked. known as
dressed line" forty dollars per ton.
On hemp. manila. and other like substi-
tutes fer hemp. not otherwise provided Tor,
twenty-five dollars per ton.
On the tow OF flax or hemp, ten dollars
per ton.
On ju.e. slinn. coir and Sisal grass fifteen
dollars per ton.
ON utc butts, six dollars per ton.
On cotton bagging. or other manufactures.
not otherwise provided for. suitable for the
uses 10 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 east 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-lron except
waste or refuse iron that has been in actual
use. and is fit only to be remanutactured.
On sword blades, thirty-ive per centum
ad valOrem.
On swords, forty-tive per ccntum ad
ValOrem.
On steel railway bars one and .one-1uar-
ter cent per pound: and on oil railway bars
made in part Of steel, one cent per pound :
Provided That metal converted, cast, or
made from iron by the BeSSemer or pncu-
matte process. of whatever form or de
scriptiOn. shall be classcd 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 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 ccntum adj
yalorem
On rough or unfinished 9rindstones. one
dollar and fifty cents per ton; on 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
bic, marble slabs, and marble paving tiles.
thirty per centum adj valorem. and in add-
ton twenty-five cents per superficial square
foot not exceeding two inches in 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 in
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 for, thirty per centum
ad valorem.
On hair-pins made of iron wire. fifty per
centum ad valorem
On analine dyes and colors, by whatever
name known, fifty cents per pound, and
thirty-tve per centum ad valOrem.
On buttons and on ornaments for dresses