382. Unwashed wools shall be considered such as shall
have been shorn from the sheep without any cleans-
ing; that is, in their natural condition. Washed
wools shall be considered such as have been washed
with water on the sheep's back. Wool washed in
any other manner than on the sheep's back shall be
considered as scoured wool.

383. The duty upon wool of the sheep or hair of the
camel, goat, alpaca, and other like animals which
shall be imported in any other than ordinary condi
tion, or which shall be changed in its character or
condition for the purpose of evading the duty, or
which shall be reduced in value by the admixture
of dirt or any other foreign substance, or which has
been sorted or increased in value by the rejection of
any part of the original fleece, shall be twice the duty
to which it would be otherwise subject: Provided,
That skirted wools as now imported are hereby ex-
cepted. Wools on which a duty is assessed amount-
ing to three times or more than that which would be
assessed if said wool was imported unwashed,
such duty shall not be doubled on account of its
being sorted. If any bale or package of wool or hair
specified in this act imported as of any specified class,
or claimed by the importer to be dutiable as of any
specified class shall contain any wool or hair subject
to a higher rate of duty than the class so specified,
the whole bale or package shall be subject to the
highest rate of duty chargeable on wool of the class
subject to such higher rate of duty, and if any bale
or package be claimed by the importer to be shoddy,
mungo, flocks, wool, hair, or other material of any
class specified in this act, and such bale contain any
admixture of any one or more of said materials, or of
any other material, the whole bale or package shall
be subject to duty at the highest rate imposed upon
any article in said bale or package.

12 cents per pound. treble duty.

32 per cent.

50

per cent.

1861......

1862.

.do.

BEDSIDES. See CARPETS.

BELTS or felts, endless, for paper or printing machines.... 25 per cent.

30 per cent.

20 cents per pound and 35 per cent.

Exceeding 28 and not exceeding 40 cents per pound .... 6 cents per pound and 25 per

Exceeding 40 cents per pound.............

1862.....

Valued not exceeding 28 cents per pound....

cent.

12 cents per pound and 20 per cent.

6 cents per pound and 15 per cent.

Exceeding 28 and not exceeding 40 cents per pound.... 6 cents per pound and 30 per

1867......

cent.

12 cents per pound and 25 per cent.

12 cents per pound and 20 per

cent.

Exceeding 28 and not exceeding 40 cents per pound..... 24 cents per pound and 25 per

Act of

MANUFACTURES OF WOOL-Continued.