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 FIFTY-FIRST CON GRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1244. 1890. 577 WIRE" W M££“‘L'ff&‘ Cam 147. Wire rods : Rivet, screw, fence, and other iron or steel wire raettmor-coutguelij rods, and nail rods, whether round, oval, ilat, square, or in Egggj any other shape, in coils or otherwise, not smaller than number six wire gauge, valued at three and half cents or less per pound, six-tenths of one cent per pound ; and iron or stee, flat, with longitudinal ribs for the manufacture of fencing, valued at three cents or less per pound, six—tenths of one cent per pound: Provided, That all iron or steel rods, Pr<>v¤1w· whether rolled or drawn through dies, smaller than number rmtnau No. c wire six wire gauge, shall be classed and dutiable as wire. g““g°‘ 148. Wire: Wire made of iron or steel, not smaller than number omssmcmonor wire. ten wire gauge, one and one-fourth cents per pound; smaller than number ten, and not smaller than number sixteen ‘ wire gauge, one and three-fourths cents per pound; smaller than number sixteen and not smaller than number twenty- six wire gauge, two and one-fourth cents per pound; smaller than number twenty-six wire gauge, three cents per pound: Provided, That iron or steel wire covered with cot- ton, silk, or other material, and wires or strip steel, com- v° ' `monly known as crinoline wire, corset-wire, and hat-wire, shall ay a duty of five cents per pound: And provided further, That flat steel wire, or sheet steel in strips, whether Em. drawn through dies or rolls, untempered or tempered, of whatsoever width, twenty-ve one thousandths o an inch thick or thinner (ready gbr use or otherwise), shall pay a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem: Andpromlded further, That no article made from iron or steel wire, or of which iron Mmmm. or steel wire is a component part of chief value, shall ay a less rate of duty than the iron or steel wire from which it is made either wholly or in part: And provided further, That iron or steel wire cloths, and iron or steel wire nettings moms, eu:. made in meshes of any form, shall pay a duty equal in amount to that imposed on iron or steel wire used in the manufacture of iron or steel wire cloth, or iron or steel wire nettings, and two cents per pound in addition thereto. There shall be aid on iron or steel wire coated with zinc or tin, Additional mm or an other metal gexcept fence-wire and iron or steel, flat, with lrongitudinal ri s, for the manufacture of fencing), onehalf of one.cent per pound in addition to the rate imposed on the wire of which it is made; on iron wire rope andp wire strand, one cent r pound in addition to the rate imposed on the wire of whim it is made; on steel wire rope an wire strand, two cents per ound in addition to the rate imposed on the wire of which diey or either of them are made: Providedffurther, That all iron or steel wire valued at more Minimum. than our cents per pound shall pay a dutyl of not less than forty-five er centum ad valorem, except t at card-wire for the manutlzicture of card clothing shall pay a duty of thirty- cud-wm. five per centum ad valorem. GENERAL PROVISIONS. General provisions- 149. No allowance or reduction of duties for partial loss or damage No newness ser in consequence of rust or of discoloration shall be made upon any "““· descri tion of iron or steel, or upon any article wholly or partly. manufactured of iron or steel, or upon any manufacture of iron and steel. 150. All metal produced from iron or its ores, which is cast and Deiinition or mei. malleable, of whatever description or form, without regard to the percentage of carbon contained therein, whether produced by cementation, or converted, cast, or made from iron or its ores, by the s·rA·r L—VOL xxv1——37