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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Ch. 1l. 1897. 157 and carboys, any of the foregoing, nlled or uniilled, not other- E S3¤·=¤¤L¤ Bil wise specially provided for, and whether their contents be wariimh giazgviarzlx dutiable or free, (except such as contain merchandise subject C°¤°*¤¤°d· to an ad valorem rate of duty, or to a rate of duty based in whole or in part upon the value thereof, which shall be dutiable at the rate applicable to their contents) shall pay duty as follows: If holding more than one pint, one cent per pound; if holding not more than one pint and not less than onefourth of a pint, one and one-half cents per pound; if holding less than one-fourth of a pint, fifty cents per gross: Pro- {,r<>*;j;·>· t vided, That none of the above articles shall pay a less rate of m um m °` duty than forty per centum ad valorem. _ 100. Glass bottles, decanters, or other vessels or articles of glass, cut, ` engraved, painted, colored,' stained, silvered, gilded, etched, frosted, printed in any manner or otherwise ornamented, decorated, or ground (except such grinding as is necessary for fitting stoppers), and any articles of which such glass is the component material of chief value, and porcelain, opal and other blown glassware; all the foregoing, filled or unfilled, and whether their contents be dutiable or free, sixty per centum ad valorem. ‘ 101. Unpolished, cylinder, crown, and common window glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, one and three-eighths cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, one and seven-eighths cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, two and three-eighths cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty-six inches square, two and seven-eighths cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding thirty by forty inches square, three and three-eighths cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding forty by sixty inches square, three and seven-eighths cents per pound; above that, four and three-eighths cents per pound: Provided, That ggmhuou umm unpolished cylinder, crown,and common window glass, imported on wiilidow glass mf in boxes, shall contain fifty square feet, as nearly as sizes will P°’*°" ‘” '°°’°°· permit, and the duty shall be computed thereon according to the actual weight of glass. ‘ 102. Cylinder and crown glass, polished, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-tour inches square, four cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, six cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, fifteen cents per square foot; above that, twenty cents per square foot. ` 103. Fluted, rolled, ribbed, or rough plate glass, or the same containing a wire netting within itself, not including crown, cylinder, or common window glass, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, three-fourths of one cent per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, one and one-fourth cents per square foot; all above that, one and threefourths cents per square foot; and all tlnted, rolled, ribbed, or rough plate glass, weighing over one hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall pay an additional duty on the excess at the same rates herein imposed : Provided, That all of the above plate glass, when ground, g;g;‘;g· Em gum smoothed, or otherwise obscured, shall be subject to the same ’ ' rate of duty as cast polished plate glass unsilvered. 104. Cast polished plate glass, finished or unfinished and unsilvered, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, eight cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, ten cents per square foot; above that, and not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, twenty-two and one-half cents per square foot; all above that, thirty-five cents per square foot.