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 186 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68. 1861. cents per square yard, thirty per centum ad valorem; on flax or linen threads, twine and pack—thread, and all other manufactures of flax, or of which flax shall be the component material of chief value, and not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That from and. after the day and year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned the following duties, that is to say : Hemp. First: On unmanufactured hemp, thirty-tive dollars per ton ; on Manilla, and other hemps of India, fifteen dollars per ton; on jute, Sisal grass, sun hemp, coir, and other vegetable substances not enumerated, used for Cordage. cordage, ten dollars per ton; on jute butts, five dollars per ton; on coclilla or tow of hemp, ten dollars per ton; on tarred cables or cordage, two cents and a half per pound; on untarred Manilla cordage, two cents per pound; on all other untarred cordage, three cents per pound; on ROS!. P- 294- yarns, four cents per pound; on coir yarn, one cent per pound; on seines, gikgfwn b°g` six cents per pound; on cotton bagging, or any other manufacture not otherwise provided for, suitable for the uses to which cotton bagging is applied, whether composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, or flax, or any other material valued at less than ten cents per square yard, one cent and a half per pound; over ten cents per square yard, two cents per pound; on sail duck, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on Russia and Shcetings other slieetings, brown and white, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; gfagrfgigf; and on all other manufactures of hemp, or of which hemp shall be a. comtacturee. ofhsmp. ponent part, not otherwise provided tor, twenty per centum ad valorem ; Flax. on unmanufactured flax, Gfteen dollars per ton; on tow of flax, five dollars per ton; on grass cloth, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on jute P°*’·P· 294- goods, fifteen per centum ad valorem; on all other manufactures of jute or Sisal grass, not otherwise provided for, twenty per centum ad valorem. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day and year aforesaid, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to say: Silk and silks. First: Ou silk in the gum, not more advanced in manufacture than singles, tram, and thrown or organzine, fifteen per centum ad valorem ; on all silks valued at not over one dollar per square yard, twenty per centum ad valorem; on all silks valued at over one dollar per square yard, thirty per centum ad valorem ; on all silk velvets, or velvets of which silk is the component material of chief value, valued at three dollars per square yard, or under, twenty-five per centum ad valorem ; valued at over three dollars per square yard, thirty per centum ad valorem; on floss silks, twenty per centum ad valorem; on silk ribbons, galloons, braids, fringes, laces, tassels, buttons, button cloths, trimmings, and on silk twist, twist composed of mohair and silk, sewing silk. in the gum or purified, and all other manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be the component matexiial of chief value, not otherwise provided for, thirty per centum ad va orem. Sec. 17. {sind be it further enacted, That from and after the day and year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the importagipn of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, that is to y: Glass. First: On rough plate, cylinder, or broad window glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches, one cent per square foot; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches, one cent and a half per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches, two cents per square foot; all above that, and not exceeding in weight one pound per In www square foot, three cents per square foot: Provided, That all glass imported m sheets or tables, without reference to size or form, shall pay the highest cypigggp pim guty herein imposed: Andpravided,further, That all rough plate cylin— er, [or] broad glass, weighing over one hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall pay an additional duty on the excess at the same rates as