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 E1E·rY.E1Gm*H CONGRESS. sms. III. 0H. 1408. 1905. 929 _ Sec. 5. That the following rules and regulations shall be observed ip the construction and enforcement of the various provisions of this e : GENERAL RULES. ‘*¤··m*···**~ customs 1*REA·ruEN·r or TEXTILES. Textiles RULE 1. NUMBER or zmnnans AND rrs Asonnzurxunirr.-By the Tl"°"’ °°“°'· number of threads in a textile shall, unless otherwise stipulated, be meant the totality of all the threads comprised in the warp and weft in a square of six millimeters. The warp of textiles is to be considered as the totality of the threads which 11e longitudinally, whether they form the foundation of the same or whether they have been added in order to form patterns or give the stuff more body. The weft shall be considered the totality of the threads which cross the warp of the textile and combine the same conditions of helping to form patterns or to add to the body of the stuif, even though suc threads be cut or show a want of continuity. In order to determine for customs treatment of textiles the number of threads and the proportion in which the threads * * * subject to the highest duty are found in the textile, the instrument known as the "thread c0unter" shall be employed. . Should there be a doubt as to the ascertainment of the number of threads in a textile, owing to the textile being more closely woven in some parts than in others, the most closely woven part and the most loosely woven part shall be taken, and the avera number of threads resulting from the two shall serve as a basis for Idvying duty. When the nature ot the tissue permits it, the thread shall always be counted on the obverse side of the stuff. In all woolly or melton-like textiles, and gpnerally in all textiles in which the threads have become iudistinct y carding or fulling, the threads shall be conmted on the reverse side of the stuif by rasping or burning the hair when necessary. In exceptional cases, where after these operations the ascertainment of the number of threads remains doubtful, a sufficient part of the textiles shall be unraveled. Should this likewise be impossible, as, for instance, in case of read *- c,£“d"'“‘°d° ‘"" made articles, the textile shall be subject to the highest duty of the roupto which it belongs, and should the textile be mixed, it shall be dutia le according to the class in which the most highly taxed material entering into the mixture is comprised. ousrou rnnamnm or mxnn rmxmns. V “"‘°"’°"‘“°'· Bunn 2. Anmrxrmms or rwo m.4·rnn1A1s.—Textiles of all kinds, '"'° """°""'“· composed of two materials, shall be dutiable as follows: (a) Cotton textiles containing threads of hemp, jute, linen, ramie, or other vegetable fiber shall be dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of roup three, class four, with the surtaxes estab ished in each case [Class V, roup three, Rule A]: Provided, That the number of these threads 0% hemp, jute, linen, ramie, or other vegetable fibers, counted in the warp and weft, does not exceed one-fifth of the total number of threads composing the textile. When the number of threads of hemp, jute linen, ramie, or other vegetable fiber exceeds one-fifth of the total, the textiles shall be subject to the corresponding duties of class tive. (In) Cotton textiles containing threads of wool, flock wool, hair, or wastes of these materials shall be dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of grou three, Class IV, with the surtaxes established in each case [Class IW, group three, Rule A]: B·0vided, That the vox. xxxm, rr 1—59