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 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 68. 1851. l8l sixteen and not over number twenty-five wire gauge, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred pounds and in addition fifteen per centum ad valorem; over or finer than number twenty-five wire gauge, two dollars per one hundred pounds and in addition fifteen per centum ad valorem; on all other descriptions of rolled or hammered iron not otherwise provided for, twenty dollars per ton. Second: On iron in pigs, six dollars per ton; on vessels of ca.st·iron Pig-Lmu. not otherwise provided for, and on sad-irons, milors and batters irons, stoves and stove plates, one cent per pound; on cast-iron steam, gas and water pipe, fifty cents per one hundred pounds; on cast-iron butts and hinges, two cents per pound; on hollow-ware, glazed or tinned, two cents and a half per pound ; on all other castings of iron not otherwise provided for, twenty-tive per centum ad valoreni. Third: On old scrap iron, six dollars per ton: Provided, That nothing UM ¤<>¤`¤P·h`°¤· shall be deemed old iron that has not been in actual use and iit only to be remanufactured. Fourth: On band and hoop iron, slit rods not otherwise provided for, Bmdmd {mp. twenty dollars per ton; on cut nails and spikes, one cent per pound; on ironiron cables or chains, or parts thereof, and anvils, one dollar and twenty- five cents per one hundred pounds ; on anchors, or parts thereof, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred pounds; on wrought board nails, spikes, rivets, and bolts, two cents per pound ; on bed screws and wrought hinges, one cent and a half per pound ; on chains, trace chains, halter chains, and fence chains made of wire or rods one-half of one inch in diameter or over, one cent and a half per pound; under one-half of one inch in diameter, and not under one-fourth of one inch in diameter, two cents per pound; under one-fourth of one inch in diameter, and not under number nine wire gauge, two cents and a half per pound; under number nine wire gauge, twenty-five per ccntum ad valorem; on blacksmiths’ hammers and sledges, axles or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings not otherwise provided for, two cents per pound; on h0rse—shoe nails, three cents and a half per pound; on steam, gas, and water tubes and flues of wrought iron, two cents per pound; on wrought iron railroad chairs and on wrought iron nuts and washers, ready punched, twenty-tive dollars per ton; on cut tacks, brads, and sprigs not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, two cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, two cents per pound. Fifth: On smooth or polished sheet iron by whatever name designated, Smooth, &e. two cents per pound ;` on other sheet iron, common or black not thinner *h“*'"°“‘ than number twenty wire gauge, twenty dollars per ton; thinner than number twenty and not thinner than number twenty-tive wire gauge, twenty-five dollars_per ton ; thinner than number twenty-nve wire gauge, thirty dollars per ton; on tin plates galvanized, galvanized iron, or iron coated with zine, two cents per pound; on mill irons and mill cranks of wrought iron, and wrought iron for ships, locomotives, locomotive tire, or parts thereof; and steam engines, or parts thereof, weighing each twenty- tive pounds or more, one cent and a half per pound; on screws commonly called wood screws, two inches or over in length, five cents per pound; less than two inches in length, eight cents per pound ; on screws washed PW. P- 29*- or plated, and all other screws of iron or any other metal, thirty per eentum ad valorem ; on all manufactures of iron not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. Sixth: On all steel in ingots, bars, sheets, or wire not less than one Steel. fourth of one inch in diameter, valued at seven cents per pound or less, one and a half cent per pound; valued at above seven cents per pound and not above eleven cents per pound, two cents per pound; steel in any form not otherwise provided for, shall pay a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem; on steel wire less than one fourth of an inch in diameter, and not less than number sixteen wire gauge, two dollars per one hundred