The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-01-18
Exempt From Duties.
THE FREE LIST OF THE TARIFF COMMITTEE


THE FREE LIST OF THE TARIFF COMMITTEE
COMPLETED.
The Committee on Ways and Means
have completed the free list, which as
approved and modified by the committee,
is as follows: Paper stock, crude, of
every description, including all grasses
and fibres, rags of all kinds other than
wool waste, shavings, clippings, old pa
per, rope ends, waste rope, waste bag
ging, gunny bags, gunny cloth, old or
refuse, to be listed in making, and fit
only to be converted into paper and unfit
for other manufacture, and cotton waste,
whether for paper stock or other purpos-
es, parchments, mother Of pearl, personal
and household effects, not merchandise,
of citizens of the United States dying
abroad, pewter and britannia metal old
and fit only to be remanutactured, philo
sophical and scientific apparatus, instru-
ments and preparations, statuary casts
of MARBLE bronze, alabaster or plaster of
paris, paintings, drawings and etchings,
specially imported, in good faith, for the
use of any society, or institution incor-
porated or established for philosophical,
educational, scientific, religious or liter
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fine arts, and not intended for sale.
Plants, trees. shrubs, roots, seeds, cane
and seeds imported 10y the Department
of Agriculture or the United States Be-
tanical Garden, platina, manufactured,
platinum, manufactured, and vases,
retorts and other apparatus, vessels and
parts thereof for chemical uses, plumbd-
go, polishing stones pulp dried for paper
makers use, pulp, pumlce and pumlce
stone, quilts, prepared or unprepared,
posts for fences and railroad ties of iron,
rattans and reeds, unmanutactured, rot
ten stone, saurkraut, sausage, skins, sea
weed, not otherwise provided for, seed of
the sugar beet, shark skins, shells of
every description, not manufactured,
shingle bolts, stave bolts and heading
bolts, ship planking and handle bolts.
shrimps or other shell fish, silk, raw or as
reeled from the cocoon, but not double
twisted or advanced in manufacture in
airy way, silk cocoons and silk waste,
silk worms eggs, skeletons and other
preparations Of anatomy snails, sodium,
Sparterre, for making or ornamenting
hats. specimens Of natural history, bot
any or mneralogy, when imported for
cabinets or as objects of taste or science
and not for sale, spunk, spurs and STREETS,
used in the manufacture Of earthern,
stone or crOckery ware, straw, unmanu-
featured, sugar Of milk, sweepings of sill
yer and gold, tamarinds, tea, tea plants.
teasels. teeth manufactured, terra ia
ponica, tin ore, bars. blocks or pigs.
grain or graduated, tonqun, tonqua or
tOnka beans, tortoise and other shells,
manufactured. turtles. types, old and
tit only to be remanutactured, umbrella
sticks, crude, to wit all partridge, pear
wood, plmento. orange, myrtle and all
other sticks and canes in the rough, or
no further manufactured than cut into
lengths suitable for umbrella, paraSol or
sunshade sticks or walking canes, yellum,
waters, unmedicated wearing apparel in
actual use and other personal effects not
merchandise, professional books, nipple
ments, instruments and tools of trade,
occupation or employment of persons ar
irving in the | nited States Cont this pN-
emption shall not lie construed to in
clude machinery or other articles import
ed for use in any manufacturing eStab-
lishment, or for sale), whalebone, I'M
manufactured, woods, poplar or other
woods, for the manufacture of paper,
woods, viz: Cedar, lignumvitr, lance
wood ebony, box, granadlla, mahogany,
rosewood, satinwood and all cabinet
woods, manufactured, works Of art,
painting, statuary, fountains and other
works OF art, the production of American
artists. But the fact Of such production
must be verified by the certificate Of a
Consul or Minister Of the United States,
Endorsed upon the written declaration Of
the artist Also paintings and statuary
fountains and other works Of art, i'm
ported expressly for presentation to the
any municipal corporation, yarns and
ZephNrs.