Schedule N.-Sundries.- Continued. 338. Precious stones of all kinds, cut but not set, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; if set, and not specially provided for in this Act, including pearls set thirty per centum ad valorem; imitations of precious stones, not exceeding an inch in dimensions, not set, ten per centum ad valorem. And on uncut precious stones of all kinds, ten per centum ad valorem. See note in Schedule, title "Diamonds," page 390. LEATHER, AND MANUFACTURES OF: 339. Sole leather, ten per centum ad valorem. 340. Bend or belting leather, and leather not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 341. Calfskins, tanned, or tanned and dressed, dressed upper leather, including patent, enameled, and japanned leather, dressed or undressed, and finished; chamois or other skins not specially enumerated or provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem; bookbinders' calfskins, kangaroo, sheep and goat skins, including lamb and kid skins, dressed and finished, twenty per centum ad valorem; skins for morocco, tanned but unfinished, ten per centum ad valorem; pianoforte leather and pianoforte action leather, twenty per centum ad valorem; boots and shoes, made of leather, twenty per centum ad valorem. 342. Leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps, or other forms, suitable for conversion into manufactured articles, twenty per centum ad valorem. 343. Gloves made wholly or in part of leather, whether wholly or partly manufactured, shall pay duty at the following rates, the lengths stated in each case being the extreme length when stretched to their full extent, namely: 344 Ladies' or children's "glace" finish, Schmaschen (of sheep origin), not over fourteen inches in length, one dollar per dozen pairs; over fourteen inches and not over seventeen inches in length, one dollar and fifty cents per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, two dollars per dozen pairs; men's "glace" finish, Schmaschen (sheep), three dollars per dozen pairs. 345. Ladies' or children's "glace" finish, lamb or sheep, not over fourteen inches in length, one dollar and seventyfive cents per dozen pairs; over fourteen and not over seventeen inches in length, two dollars and seventy-five cents per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, three dollars and seventy-five cents per dozen pairs. Men's "glace" finish, lamb or sheep, four dollars per dozen pairs. 346. Ladies' or children's "glace" finish, goat, kid, or other leather than of sheep origin, not over fourteen inches in length, two dollars and twenty-five cents per dozen pairs; Schedule N.-Sundries.- Continued. over fourteen and not over seventeen inches in length, three dollars per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, four dollars per dozen pairs; men's "glace" finish. kid, goat, or other leather than of sheep origin, four dollars per dozen pairs. 347. Ladies' or children's, of sheep origin, with exterior grain surface removed, by whatever name known, not over seventeen inches in length, one dollar and seventy-five cents per dozen pairs;. over seventeen inches in length, two dollars and seventy-five cents per dozen pairs; men's. of sheep origin, with exterior surface removed, by whatever name known, four dollars per dozen pairs. 348. Ladies' or children's kid, goat, or other leather than of sheep origin, with exterior grain surface removed, by whatever name known, not over fourteen inches in length, two dollars and twenty-five cents per dozen pairs; over fourteen inches and not over seventeen inches in length, three dollars per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, four dollars per dozen pairs; men's goat. kid, or other leather than of sheep origin, with exterior grain surface removed, by whatever name known, four dollars per dozen pairs. 349. In addition to the foregoing rates, there shall be paid on all leather gloves, when lined, one dollar per dozen pairs. 350. Glove tranks, with or without the usual accompanying pieces, shall pay seventy-five per centum of the duty provided for the gloves in the fabrication of which they are suitable. MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES: 351. Manufactures of amber, asbestus, bladders, coral, cork, catgut or whipgut or wormgut, jet, paste, spar, wax, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 352. Manufactures of bone, chip, grass, horn, India rubber, palm leaf, straw, weeds, or whalebone, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. But the terms grass and straw shall be understood to mean these substances in their natural form and structure and not the separated fibre thereof. 353 Manufactures of leather, fur, gutta-percha, vulcanized India rubber, known as hard rubber, human hair, papier-maché, plaster of Paris, indurated fiber wares, and Schedule N.-Sundries.- Continued. other manufactures composed of wood or other pulp, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, all of the above not specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 354. Manufactures of ivory, vegetable ivory, mother-ofpearl, gelatine, and shell, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, and manufactures known commercially as bead, beaded or jet trimmings or ornaments, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 355. Masks, composed of paper or pulp, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 356. Matting and mats made of coca fiber or rattan, twenty per centum ad valorem. 357. Pencils of wood filled with lead or other material, and slate pencils covered with wood, fifty per centum ad valorem; all other slate pencils, thirty per centum' ad valorem 358. Pencil leads not in wood, ten per centum ad valorem. 358. Photographic dry plates or films, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 359. Pipes, pipe bowls, of all materials, and all smokers' articles whatsoever, not specially provided for in this Act, including cigarette books, cigarette-book covers, pouches for smoking or chewing tobacco, and cigarette paper in all forms, fifty per centum ad valorem; all common tobacco pipes and pipe bowls made wholly of clay, valued at not more than fifty cents per gross, ten per centum ad valorem. See notes in Schedule, title “Smoker's articles," page 516. 360. Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, covered with material composed wholly or in part of silk, wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, or other material than paper, forty-five per centum ad valorem. Sticks for: 361. Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, if plain or carved, finished or unfinished, thirty per centum ad val orem. 362. Waste, not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. FREE LIST. SEC. 2. On and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the following articles, when imported, shall be exempt from duty:* 363. Acids used for medicinal, chemical, or manufacturing purposes, not especially provided for in this Act. * Where an article is specified in the Free List without terms of limitation, such article is exempt from duty irrespective of the condition in which imported if retaining its commercial designation) T. D. 9415; G. A. 1916, 2802). 364. Aconite. Free List.-Continued. 365. Acorns, raw, dried or undried, but unground. 366. Agates, unmanufactured. 367. Albumen, 368. Alizarin, and alizarin colors or dyes, natural or artificial. 369. Amber, and amberoid unmanufactured, or crude gum. 370. Ambergris. 372. Aniline salts. 373. Any animal imported specially for breeding purposes shall be admitted free: Provided, That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed, and duly registered in the book of record established for that breed, and the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such additional regulations as may be required for the strict enforcement of this provision. Cattle, horses, sheep, or other domestic animals which have strayed across the boundry line into any foreign country, or have been or may be driven across such boundary line by the owner for pasturage purposes, together with their increase, may be brought back to the United States free of duty under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. See notes in Schedule, title "Animals, March 3, 1893, supra. page 335, and Act 374. Animals brought into the United States temporarily for a period not exceeding six months, for the purpose of exhibition or competition for prizes offered by any agricultural or racing association; but a bond shall be given in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; also, teams of animals, including their harness and tackle and the wagons or other vehicles actually owned by persons emigrating from foreign countries to the United States with their families, and in actual use for the purpose of such emigration under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and wild animals intended for exhibition in zoological collections for scientific and educational purposes, and not for sale or profit. See notes in Schedule, title "Animals," pages 335 and 336. 375. Annatto, roucou, rocoa, or orleans, and all extracts of. 376. Antimony ore, crude sulphite of, and antimony, as regulus or metal. 377. Apatite. 380. Argal, or argol, or crude tartar. 381. Arrow root, raw or unmanufactured. Free List.-Continued. 382. Arsenic and sulphide of, or orpiment. 383. Arseniate of aniline. 384. Art educational stops, composed of glass and metal, and valued at not more than six cents per gross. 385. Articles imported by the United States. 386. Articles in a crude state used in dyeing or tanning not specially provided for in this Act. 387. Articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means; casks, barrels, carboys, bags, and other vessels of American manufacture exported filled with American products, or exported empty and returned filled with foreign products, including shooks when returned as barrels or boxes; also quicksilver flasks or bottles, of either domestic or foreign manufacture, which shall have been actually exported from the United States; but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the exemption of bags from duty shall apply only to such domestic bags as may be imported by the exporter thereof, and if any such articles are subject. to internal tax at the time of exportation such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation and not refunded: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to any article upon which an allowance of drawback has been made, the reimportation of which is hereby prohibited except upon payment of duties equal to the drawbacks allowed; or to any article manufactured in bonded warehouse and exported under any provision of law: And provided further, That when manufactured tobacco which has been exported without payment of internal-revenue tax shall be reimported it shall be retained in the custody of the collector of customs until internal-revenue stamps in payment of the legal duties shall be placed thereon. See notes in Schedule, title, "United States products returned," pages 543 to 546, and Section 47, Act October 1, 1890, supra, and foot note page 246. 388. Asbestos, unmanufactured. 389. Ashes, wood and lye of, and beet-root ashes. 390. Asphaltum and bitumen, crude or dried, but not otherwise manipulated or treated. 391. Asafetida 3922. Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth, and all similar material suitable for covering cotton, composed in whole or in part of hemp, flax, jute, or jute butts. 393. Balm of Gilead. 394. Barks, cinchona or other, from which quinine may be extracted. |