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 THIRTY—SEVENTI-I CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 163. 1862. 545 the articles hereinafter mentioned and included in this section, there shall dunes on be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise, herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say : On har iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than one B¤¤‘ir0¤- inch or more than seven inches wide, nor less than one—quarter of an inch or more than two inches thick; rounds not less than one-half an inch nor more than four inches in diameter ; and squares not less than onehalf an inch nor more than four inches square, not exceeding in value the sum of fifty dollars per ton, two dollars per ton; exceeding in value the sum of fifty dollars per ton, three dollars per ton; On bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats less than one-quarter of an inch thick or more than seven inches wide; rounds less than onehalf an inch or ,more than four inches in diameter, and squares less than one-half an inch or more than four inches square, five dollars per ton; On all iron imported in bars for railroads and inclined planes made to patterns and fitted to be laid down on such roads or planes without further manufacture, one dollar and nfty cents per ton ; On boiler or other plate iron, five dollars per ton ; Boiler iron,&,c. On iron wire, drawn and finished, not more than one-fourth of an inch Iron wire. in diameter nor less than number sixteen, wire gauge, one dollar per one' hundred pounds; over number sixteen and not over number twenty-five, wire gauge, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred pounds; over or finer than number twenty-five, wire gauge, two dollars per one hundred pounds; Provided, That wire covered with cotton, silk, or other material, shall pay five cents per pound in addition to the foregoing rates ; On hollow-ware, glazed or tinned, one-half cent per pound; Hollow wars. On sadirons, tailor’s and hatter’s irons, stoves and stove plates, one- Sadirons,&c. fourth of one cent per pound ; On band and hoop iron and slit rods, and all other descriptions of _ Band andboop rolled or hammered iron, not otherwise provided for, five dollars per ton ; “°¤· On cut nails and spikes, one-fourth of one cent per pound; Cut ,,,;;,1 &c_ On iron cables or cable chains, or parts thereof; seventy-five cents per I,.,,,, wb16s_ one hundred pounds : Provided, That no chains made of wire or rods of a diameter less than one-half of one inch shall be considered a chain cable; On anvils, one dollar per one hundred pounds ; Anvils. On anchors, or parts thereof, fifty cents per one hundred pounds; Anchors. On wrought board nails, spikes, rivets, bolts, bed·screws, and wrought Wrougntnails, hinges, one-fourth of one cent per pound ; &°' On chains, trace chains, halter chains, and fence chains, made of wire 3],,;,,,,, gm or rods, not under one-fourth of one inch in diameter, one-fourth of one cent per pound; under one fourth of one inch in diameter and not under number nine, wire gauge, one-half of one cent per pound; under number nine, wire gauge, five per centum ad valorem ; On blacksmiths’ hammers, and sledges, and axles, or parts thereof, one Hammers, half of one cent per pound; sglepges, axles, On horseshoe nails, one cent per pound; Hm,,,;,,,, n,;;,-,_ On steam, gas, and water tubes, and dues of wrought iron, one-fourth $,,,,,,7 8,,,, of one cent per pound; **1****- On wrought iron railroad chairs, and wrought iron nuts and washers, yvmughqron ready punched, five dollars per ton ; _ "“i'°“d °h‘“”‘ On smooth or polished sheet iron, by whatever name designated, one- Shm ;,.,,,,_ half cent per pound; _ On sheet iron, common or black, not thinner than number twenty, wire gauge, three dollars per ton; thinner than number twenty, and not Othmner than number twenty-five, wire gauge, four dollars per ton; thinner than number twenty-five, wire gauge, five dollars per ton; von. XII. Pun.-69