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 204 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. ll. 1897. collected, and paid upon such article or articles shall be as follows, namely: me-.¤ or duty nm-. Argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, live per centum ad valorem. m-umu, em. materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon. onmp•gm,ew. Champagne and all other sparkling wines, in bottles containing not more than one quart and more than one pint, six dollars per dozen; containing not more than one pint each and more than one-half pint, three dollars per dozen; containing one-half pint each or less, one dollar and fifty cents per dozen ; in bottles or other vessels containing more than one quart each, in addition to six dollars per dozen bottles on the quantities in excess of one quart, at the rate of one dollar and ninety cents per allon. ` $*m"i¤°•·°*°· Still wides, and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in `bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each · not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and twenty- nve cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs. rm.u¤g»,•w. Paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and statuary, fifteen per centum ad valorem. R¤v¤¤•¤¤¤ of Mw The President shall have power, and it shall be his duty, whenever ’°"‘°‘""°°°' he shall be satisfied that any such agreement in this Section mentioned. is not being fully executed by the Government with which it shall have been made, to revoke such suspension and notify such Government thereof Psenigm tg M-; And it is further provided that with aview to secure reciprocal trade min, ten: eaifimm with countries producing the following articles, whenever and so often gmiw *¤P°¤***¤ ns the President shall be satisfied that the Government of any country uuen, ew., on Amer- _ _ ._ v icsn sp-1¤¤1¤¤-u,•n=., or colony of such Government, producing and exporting directly or P’°"““°· indirectly to the United States coffee, tea, and tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans, and vanilla beans, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exaction upon the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States, which, in view of the introduction of such coilee, tea, and tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans, and vanilla beans, into the United States, as in this Act hereinbefore provided for, he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that etlect, the provisions of this Act relating to the iree introduction of such coiiee, tea, and tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans, and vanilla beans, of the products of such country or colony, for such time as he shall deemjust; ,ug·jQ`°:pgf,,{f,‘}QY d'"' and in such case and during such suspension duties shall he levied, collected, and paid upon collbe, tea, and tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans, and vanilla beans, the products or exports, direct or indirect, from such designated country, as follows: Gem:. On coiiw, three cents per pound. wa. On tea, ten cents per pound. r¤¤q¤s¤.m On tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans, fifty cents per pound; vanilla beans, two dollars per pound; vanilla beans, commercially known as cuts, one dollar per pound. P·;»·l¤··m>¤ of the Sec. 4. That whenever the President of the United States, by and 1*,‘QZ€§,§{.fm“ m by with the advice and consent of the Senate, with a view to secure reciprocal trade with foreign countries, shall, within the period of two years from and after the passage of this Act, enter into commercial treaty or treaties with any other country or countries concerning the admission into any such country or countries of the goods, wares, and merchandise of the United States and their use and disposition therein, deemed to be for the interests of the United States, and in such treaty or treaties, in consideration of the advantages accruing to the United States therefrom, shall provide for the reduction during a specified period, not exceeding live years, of the duties imposed by this Act, to the extent
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