The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-16

Spunk.
Spurs and stills used In the manufacture
OF earthen, porcelain and stone ware.
| Storax, or styrax.
Strontia. oxide Of. and protoxide OF
strontian, and strontanite. or mineral
| carbonate Of strOntia
Sulphur. lac or precipitated, and sulphur
or birthstone. crude, in bulk. and sulphur
not otherwise provided for.
Suphuric acid which at tho temperature
Of GO degrees Fahrenheit does not exceed
| the specific gravity of | $3.50, for use in
manufacturing superphosphate of lime or
artificial manures Of any kind. or for any
| agricultural purposes; provided, that upon
all sulphuric acid imported from any coun-
try, whether Independent or a dependency.
which imposes n duty upon sulpburic acid
exported from the United States, there
shall be lsvIed and collected duty of Ac
Tamarinds.
Tar and pitch Of wood and pitch of coal
| tar.
| Tea and tea plants.
| Teeth, natural and manufactured
Terra japonlca.
Tin ore, casseritc. or black oxide of tin
and tin in bars. blocks, pigs or grain or
granulated.
| Tobacco stems
Tonquin. tonqua or tonka beans.
| Turmerc,
| Turpentinc Venice.
Turpentine. spirits Of.
| Turtles.
Types, old and fit only to be remanufac-
tured.
Uranium. oxide and salts Of.
| Vaccine virus
| Valonia
| Verdigrs, or subacetate OF copper.
| WATERS unmedicated.
| Wax. vegetable or animal
| Wearing apparel. articles of personal
adornment, toilet articles and similar per-
sonal effects of persons arriving in the
| United States, but II Is exemption shall
only include such articles as actually ac-
company and are in the use OF, and as are
| necessary and appropriate for the wear
and use of such persons for the immediate
purposes Of the journey and personal com
| fort and convenience and shall not be held
to apply to merchandise or articles intend
| ed for other persons or for sale, and in
case the persons thus arriving are citizens
or residents of the United States, the ar
ticlos exempted shall not exceed 500 in
value, nor shall the exemption apply to
residents of other countries entering the
| United States more than once in each year !;
| provided however. that all the wearing
apparel and other personal effects of resi-
dents of the United States SO returning as
may have been taken by them out of tho
United States to foreign countries and
which have not been advanced in value or
improved in condition by any process of
labor or manufacture In such countries
shall be admitted free of duty. without re-
gard to their value. upon their identity
being established under appropriate rules
and regulations to DC prescribed by the
secretary of the treasury
| Whalebone. manufactured.
| Wood: Logs and round unmanufactured
| timber. including pulp wood firewood,
handle bolts. heading bolts. stave bolts,
| shingle bolts. bun blocks for gunstocks,
rough. hewn or sawed, hop poles fence
posts. ship timber and ship planking; all OF
| tho foregoing not specially provided for in
this act.
Woods, namely: Cedar, lignum vitae.
Lakewood. ebony, box, granadilla, mahog
| any. rosewood. stainwood and all forms of
| cabinet woods; in the log. rough or hewn
only; brar root or briar wood and similar
wood manufactured or not further ad-
vanced than cut into blocks suitable for the
articles into which they are intended to he
converted; bambo. rattan, reeds india
malacca joints, and sticks of partridge. hair
wood, pimento. orange, myrtle and other
woods not specially provided for in this
act. in the rough or not further advanced
than cut into lengths suitable for sticks
for umbrellas, parasols, sunshades, whips,
fishing rods or walking canes.
Works of art: Artistic paintings. statuary
and specimens OF sculpture, the profession
al productions of a statuary or sculptor
only. etchngs, drawings. engravingl,
Photographic pictures artistic work III
terra Gotta, parian. bisque. or porcelain,
antiquities. or artistic copies thereof in
metal, marble or other material; any Of
the foregoing imported for free exhibition
at fixed place by any association estab-
lished in good faith and duly authorized
under the laws of the United States, or Of
any State, expressly and solely for tine
promotion and encouragement of science,
art or industry, and not intended for sale,
shall be admitted free OF duty under such
regulations as the secretary of the treas
ury may prescribe, but bonds shall be CIV
en- to the United States for such duties as
may be imposed by any law upon any or
all of such articles as shall not be ex-
ported within six months after such i'm
portation, or for the payment of lawful
duty which may accrue IL any of the ar
ticlss aforesaid be sold transferred or 9TH
erwisc used contrary to this provision, and
such articles shall be subject at any time
to examination and inspection by the prop
er officers OF the customs; provided, that
the secretary of the treasury may In his
discretion. extend such period for a fur
Their term of six months in cases where
application therefor shall be made; pro-
vided further, that the privilege of this
section shall not be allowed to associations,
In or connected with business of a pri-
vate or commercial character.
Vans.
Zaffor