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CONGRESS. (REVENUE REFORM.) 



an ad valorem duty or to a rate of duty based on their 

 value, they shall pay a duty of 1 cent per pound in 

 addition to the duty, if any, on their contents. 



Cylinder and crown glass^ polished, above 24 by 30 

 inches square and not exceeding 24 by 60 inches square, 

 20 cents per square foot ; all above that 30 cents per 

 square foot. 



Unpolished cylinder, crown, and common window- 

 glass, not exceeding 10 by 15 inches square, II cent 

 per pound ; above that, and not exceeding 16 by 24 

 inches square II cents per pound ; above that, and 

 not exceeding 24 by 30 inches square, 2 cents per 

 pound ; all above that 21 cents per pound : Provided, 

 That unpolished cylinder, crown, and common win- 

 dow-glass, imported in boxes containing 50 square 

 feet us nearly as sizes will permit, now known and 

 commercially designated as 50 feet of glass, single 

 thick and weighing not to exceed 55 pounds of glass 

 per box, shall be entered and computed as 50 pounds 

 of glass only ; and that said kinds of glass imported 

 in boxes containing, as nearly as sizes will permit, 50 

 feet of glass, now known and coinmerciaLy designated 

 as 50 feet of glass, double thick and not exceeding 90 

 pounds in weight, shall be entered and computed as 

 80 pounds of glass only ; but in all other cases the 

 duty shall be computed according to the actual weight 

 of glass. 



Cast polished plate-glass, silvered, or looking-glass 

 plates, above 24 oy 30 inches square and not exceed- 

 ing 24 by 60 inches square, 25 cents per square foot ; 

 all above that, 45 cents per square foot. 



Porcelain and Bohemian glass, chemical glassware, 

 painted glassware, stained glass, and all other nianu- 

 tactures of glass, or of which glass shall be the com- 

 ponent material of chief value, not specially enumer- 

 ated or provided for, 40 per cent, ad valorem. 



Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, $6 per ton. 



Iron railway bars, weighing more than 25 pounds 

 to the yard, $11 per ton. 



Steel railway bars and railway bars made in part 

 of steel, weighing more than 25 pounds to the yard, 

 $11 per ton." 



Bar- iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not 

 less than 1 inch wide nor less than three eighths of 1 

 inch thick, seven tenths of 1 cent per pound ; com- 

 prising round iron not less than three fourths of 1 

 inch in diameter, and square iron not less than three 

 fourths of 1 inch square, and flats less than 1 inch 

 wide or less than three eighths of 1 inch thick, round 

 iron less than three fourths of 1 inch and not less than 

 seven sixteenths of 1 inch in diameter, and square iron 

 less than three fourths of 1 inch square, 1 cent per 

 pound: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, 

 loops, or other forms less finished than iron in bars, 

 and more advanced than pig-iron, except castings, 

 shall be rated as iron in bars, and pay a duty accord- 

 ingly ; and none of the above iron suall pay a less rate 

 of dutv than 35 per cent, ad valorem: Provided fur- 

 ther, that all iron bars, blooms, billets, or sizes or 

 shapes of any kind, in the manufacture of which char- 

 coal is used as fuel, shall be subject to a duty of not 

 less than $20 per ton. 



Iron or steel T-rails, weighing not over 25 pounds 

 to the yard, $14 per ton ; iron or steel flat rails, 

 punched, $15 per ton. 



Round iron, in coils or rods, less than seven six- 

 teenths of 1 inch in diameter, and bars or shapes of 

 rolled iron, not specially enumerated or provided for, 

 1 cent per pound. 



Iron or steel, flat with longitudinal ribs, for the 

 manufacture of fencing, four tenths of 1 cent per 

 pound. 



Sheet-iron, common or black ; thinner than 1 inch 

 and not thinner than No. 20 wire gauge, 1 cent r>er 

 pound ; thinner than No. 20 wire gauge and not thin- 

 ner than No. 25 wire gauge, one and one tenth of 1 

 per cent per pound ; thinner than No. 25 wire gauge 

 and not thinner than No. 29 wire gauge, one and one 

 fourth of 1 cent per pound ; thinner than No. 29 wire 

 gauge, and all iron commercially known as common 



or black taggers iron, whether put up in Ijoxes or 

 bundles or not, 30 per cent, ad valorem : Provided, 

 That on all such iron and steel sheets or plates afore- 

 said, excepting on what are known commercially as 

 tin-plates, terne-plates, and taggers tin, when galvan- 

 ized or coated with zinc or spelter, or other metals, or 

 any alloy of those metals, one fourth of 1 cent per 

 pound additional when not thinner than No. 20 wire 

 gauge ; thinner than No. 20 wire gauge and not thin- 

 ner than No. 25 wire gauge, one halt cent per pound 

 additional, and when thinner than No. 25 wire gauge, 

 three fourths of 1 cent per pound additional. 



Hoop or band or scroll or other iron, 8 inches or 

 less in width, and not thinner than No. 10 wire gauge, 

 1 cent per pound ; thinner than No. 10 wire gauge 

 and not thinner than No. 20 wire gauge, I'l cent per 

 pound ; thinner than No. 20 wire gauge, l - 3 cent per 

 pound : Provided, That all articles not specially 

 enumerated or provided for, whether wholly or partly 

 manufactured, made from sheet, plate, hoop, band, or 

 scroll iron herein provided for, or of which such sheet, 

 plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron shall be the material 

 of chief value, shall pay one fourth of 1 cent per 

 pound more duty than that imposed on the iron from 

 which they are made, or which shall be such material 

 of chief value. 



Cast-iron pipe, six tenths of 1 cent per pound. 



Cut nails and spikes, of iron or steel, 1 cent per 

 pound. 



Cut tacks, brads, or sprigs. 35 per cent, ad valorem. 



Iron or steel railway fish-plates or splice-bars, eight 

 tenths of 1 cent per pound. 



Wrought-iron or steel spikes, nuts, and washers, 

 and horse, mule, or ox shoes, II cent per pound. 



Anvils, anchors, or parts thereof, mill-irons and 

 mill-cranks, of wrought-iron, and wrought-iron for 

 ships, and forgings of iron and steel, for vessels, 

 steam-engines, and locomotives, or parts thereof, 

 weighing each 25 pounds or more, 11 cent per pound. 



Iron or steel rivets, bolts, with or without threads 

 or nuts, or bolt- blanks, and finished hinges or hinge- 

 blanks, 11 cent per pound. 



Iron or steel blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, 

 track-tools, wedges, and crowbars, 1 1 cent per pound. 



Iron or steel axles, parts thereof, axle-bars, axle- 

 blanks, or forgings for axles, without reference to the 

 stage or state of manufacture, 11 cent per pound. 



Horseshoe-nails, hob-nails, and wire nails, and all 

 other wrought-iron or steel nails, not specially enu- 

 merated or provided for, 21 cents per pound. 



Boiler-tubes or other tubes or flues or stays, of 

 wrought-iron or steel, 11 cent per pound. 



Chain or chains, of all kinds, made of iron or steel, 

 less than three fourths of 1 inch in diameter, 1 1 cent 

 per pound ; less than three fourths of 1 inch and not 

 less than three eighths of 1 inch in diameter, 11 cent 

 per pound ; less than three eighths of 1 inch in diame- 

 ter, 2 cents per pound. 



Hand, back, and all other saws, not specially enu- 

 merated or provided for, 30 per cent, ad valorem. 



Files, file-blanks, rasps, and floats of all cuts and 

 kinds, 35 per cent, ad valorem. 



Iron or steel beams, girders, joists, angles, chan- 

 nels, car-truck channels, TT columns and posts, or 

 parts or sections of columns and posts, deck and bulb 

 beams, and building forms, together with all other 

 structural shapes of iron or steel, six tenths of 1 cent 

 per pound. 



Steel wheels and steel-tired wheels for railway pur- 

 poses, whether wholly or partly finished, and iron or 

 steel locomotive, car, and other railway tires, or parts 

 thereof, wholly or partly manufactured, 2 cents per 

 pound ; iron or steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms or 

 blanks for the same without regard to the degree of 

 manufacture, 11 cent per pound. 



Iron and steel wire and iron and steel wire galvan- 

 ized, and all manufactures of iron and steel wire and 

 of iron and steel wire galvanized shall pay the duties 

 now provided by law : Provided, That no such duty 

 shall be in excess of 60 per cent, ad valorem. 



