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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. ll. UH. 349. 1894. 517 pound, one and nine-tenths cents per pound; valued above ten cents S¤¤¤1>¤¤·¤ C- and not above thirteen cents per pound, two and four-tenths cents per tu¥§°.°;i€.°($`.§i,,’,T,';,'{,`f,f,'°` pound; valued above thirteen cents and not above sixteen cents per ` pound, two and eight-tenths cents per pound; valued above sixteen cents per pound, four and seven·teuths cents per pound. WIRE:wm. 123. Wire rods: Rivet, screw, fence, and other iron or steel wire rods, whether round, oval, flat, or square, or in any other shape, and nail rods, in coils or otherwise, valued at four cents or less per pound, four-tenths cent per pound; valued over · four cents per pound, three-fourths cent per pound: Provided, Promo. That all round iron or steel rods smaller than number six Sm"] ’°°°· wire gauge shall be classed and dutiable as wire. . 124. Wire: Round iron or steel wire, all sizes not smaller than thirteen wire gauge, one and onefourth cents per pound; smaller than thirteen wire gauge, and not smaller than sixteen wire gauge, one and one-half cents per pound; smaller than sixteen wire gauge, two cents per pound; all other iron or steel wire and wire or strip steel, commonly known as crinoline wire, corset wire, drill rods, needle wire, piano wire, clock and watch wires, and all steel wires, whether polished or unpolished, in coils or straightened, and cut to lengths, drawn cold through dies, and hat wire, flat steel wire, or sheet steel in strips, uncovered or covered with cotton, silk, or other material, or metal, and all the foregoing manufactures of iron or steel, of whatever shape or form, valued above four cents per pound, shall pay a duty of forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That articles manufactured from iron or steel wire Pr•>¤¢w· shall pay the maximum rate of duty which would be imposed M°"“f°°°“”°‘ upon any wire used in the manufacture of such articles and in _ addition thereto one cent per pound. » ., . GENERAL PROVISIONS. General provisions. ‘ ‘ 125. No allowance or reduction of duties for partial loss or damage in No mt anowmm. consequence of rust or of discoloration shall be made upon any description of iron or steel, or upon any article wholly or partly manufactured of iron or steel. ` · _ MANUFACTURES OF 1RoN AND STEEL. ,ml$?,%*::;:{*·· <>' 126. Anchors, or parts thereof, of iron or steel, mill irons and mill cranks of wrought iron, and wrought iron for ships, and forgings of iron ` or steel, or of combined iron and steel, for vessels, steam engines and locomotives, or parts thereof, one and two-tenths cents per pound. 127. Axles, or parts thereof, axle bars, axle blanks, or forgings for axles, whether of iron or steel, without reference to the stage or state of manufacture, one and one—half cents per pound: Provided, That when mma. H d _ iron or steel axles are imported fitted in wheels, or parts of wheels, of ,,,f,,§§_°° °‘° "' iron or steel, they shall be dutiable at the same rate as the wheels in Pm. p- 519- which they are fitted. 128. Anvils of iron or steel, or of iron and steel combined, by whatever process made, or in whatever stage of manufacture, one and threefourths cents per pound. 129. Blacksmiths’ hammers and sledges, track tools, wedges, and crowbars, whether of iron or steel, one and one-half cents per pound. 130. Boiler or other tubes, pipes, fines, or stays of wrought iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 131. Bolts, with or without threads or nuts, or bolt blanks, and finished hinges or hinge blanks, whether of iron or steel, one and one-half cents per pound. -.