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 308 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gu. 36. ,1875, Wines in public Sec. 3. That all imported wines of the character provided for in the store WMM i¤ M preceding section which may remain in public store or bonded wm,. mk" °E°°°’ house on the day this act shall take SHYBCC shall be subject to no other duty upon the withdrawal thereof for consumption than if the same were imported after that day : Provided, That any such wines remaining on shipboard within the limits of any port of entry in the United States on the day aforesaid, duties unpaid, shall, for the purposes of this section, be considered as constructively in public store or bonded warehouse. Sec. 4. That on and after the date of the passage of this act, in lieu of the duties imposed by law on the articles m this section enumerated, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the goods, wares, and merchandise in this section enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries. the following duties and rates of duties, that is to say:, Hops. On hops, eight cents per pound. ’ Chrvmele of P°· On chromate and bichromate of potassa, four cents per pound. “‘““‘*» &°‘ . On macaroni and vermicelli and on all similar preparations, two Ma°M°m’ &°` cents per pound. , Nitro-benzolc. On nitro-benzole, or oil of mirbane, ten cents per pound. Tin p1M¤¤.&¤- On tin in plates or sheets and on terne and tagger’s tin, one and onetenth cents er ound. Auohovles and On anchogiespand sardines, packed in o·il or otherwise, in tin boxes, sardines. fifteen cents per whole box, measuring not more than live inches long, four inches wide, and three and one-half inches deep; seven and onehalf cents for each half—box, measuring not more than five inches long, four inches wide, and one and live-eighths inches deep; and four cents for each quarterbox, measuring not more than four inches and threequarters long, three and one-half inches wide, and one and one-half inches deep; when imported in any other form, sixty per centum ad package, of fish valorem : Provided, That cans or packages made of tin·or other mateheretofore free. ria] containing fish of any kind admitted free of duty under any existing law or treaty, not exceeding one quart in contents, shall be subject to a duty of one cent and a half on each can or package; and when exceeding one quart, shall be subject to an additional duty of onecent and a half for each additional quart, or fractional part thereof Yellow sheath- SEO. 5. That yellow sheathing-metal and yellow-metal bolts, of which ing-metal wd wi- the component part of chief value is copper, shall be deemed manufac- 1°""’“°m *’°1*“· tures of copper, and shall pay the duty now prescribed by law for manufactures of copper, and shall be entitled to the drawback allowed by law to copper and composition-metal whenever the same shall be used in the construction or equipment or repair of vessels builtin the United States for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States. Moisic iron. Sec. 6. That section four of the act entitled “An act to reduce duties 1872, c. 315. s. 4, on imports and to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes,"·ap- V- 17» P- 233- proved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the thirtieth paragraph of _ said section in relation to the duty on Moisic iron; and from and after R·S·.9504lP· 46*- the passage of this act, the duty on Moisic iron, of whatever condition, grade, or stage of manufacture, shall be the same as on all other species of iron of like condition, grade, or stage of manufacture. i Jute-butts. .SEO. 7. That the duty on jute-butts shall be six dollars per ton: Pro- Ngw machinery vided, That all machinery not now manufactured in the United Statcls for manufactures adapted exclusively to manufactures from the uber of the ra.mie,jut1c, from rami¤,&c. or flax, may be admitted into the United States free of duty for tW0 years from the first of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-five: And Foreign bags projvidcd further, That bags, other than of American manufacture, in used ju export of which grain shall have been actually exported from the United States grain. may be returned empty to the United States free of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEO. 8. That on and after the date of the passage of this act, the