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 ]6 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 11. 1897. M“$*:,¤_F-¤¤·_{= C- per pound; valued above one cent and not above two cents per pound, mama. din-0::d:I six-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above two cents and not above ”°'*· four cents per pound, one cent per pound; valued at over four cents per mm. pound, twenty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all sheets or S"°"* plates of iron or steel thinner than number ten wire gauge shall pay duty as iron or steel sheets. Auenmaec. 127. Iron or steel anchors or parts thereof, one and one-half cents per pound; forgings of iron or steel, or of combined iron and steel, of whatever shape or whatever degree or stage of manufacture, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty-tive per centum ad_valorem; antifriction ball forgings of iron or steel, or of combined iron and steel, forty-five per centum ad valorem. _ _ _ nwp,m 128. Hoop, band, or croll iron or steel, not otherwise provided for in this Act, valued at three cents per pound or less, eight inches or less in width, and less than three-eighths of one inch thick and not thinner than number ten wire gauge, live-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number ten wire gauge and not thinner than number twenty _ wire gauge, six-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number mma. twenty wire gauge, eight-tenths of one cent per pound: Provided, That h°f}*°¤-8,;*-· "“”°' barrel hoops of iron or steel, and hoop or band iron or hoop or band Msteel ilared, splayed or punched, with or without buckles or fastenin gs, shall pay one·tenth of one cent per pound more duty than that imposed on the hoop or band iron or steel from which they are made; steel bands or strips, untempered, suitable for making band saws, three cents per pound and twenty per centum ad valorem; if tempered, or tempered and polished, six cents per pound and twenty per centum ad valorem. 129. Hoop or band iron, or hoop or band steel, cut to lengths, or wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties, coated or not coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fasten- - . ings, for baling cotmn or any other commodity, tive-tenths of one cent r pound. Rm,,,,;,,,.,_,,,,_ PB130. Railway bars, made of iron or steel, and railway bars made in part of steel, T rails, and punched iron or steel flat rails, seven·twentieths of one cent per pound; railway fish-plates or splice-bars, made of iron or steel, four-tenths of one cent per pound. 8,,,,, ,,,,,,.,,,;,,1 131. Sheets of iron or steel, common or black, of whatever dimensions, and skelp iron or steel, valued at three cents per pound or less, thinner than number ten and not thinner than number twenty wire gauge, seven-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty wire gauge and not thinner than number twenty-five wire gauge, eight-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty-five wire gauge and not thinner than number thirty-two wire gauge, one and one-tenth cents per pound; thinner than number thirty- two wire gauge, one and two-tenths cents per pound; corrugated or mM_ crimped, one and one-tenth cents per pound: Provided, That all sheets Pima. of common or black iron or steel not thinner than number ten wire gauge shall pay duty as plate iron or plate steel. Galvanized pam. 132. All iron or steel sheets or plates, and all hoop, band, or scroll iron or steel, excepting what are known commercially as tin plates, terne plates, and taggers tin, and hereinafter provided for, when galvanized or coated with zinc, spelter, or other metals, or any alloy of those metals, shall pay two-tenths of one cent per pound more duty than if the same was not so galvanized or coated. rtmnuz them. 133. Sheets of iron or steel, polished,planished, or glanced,by whatp,,,,,;,,,_ ever name designated, two cents per pound: Provided, That plates or ¤l··¤¤•*b¥¤<>*·*·¤*·=- sheets of iron or steel, by whatever name designated, other than the polished, planished, or glanced herein provided for., which have been pickled or cleaned by acid, or by any other material or process, or which are cold-rolled, smoothed only, not polished, shall pay two-tenths of one cent per pound more duty than the corresponding gauges of common or black sheet iron or steel. rm pum.e¤¤. 134. Sheets or plates of iron or steel, or taggers iron or steel, coated with tin or lead, or with a mixture of which these metals, or either of