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 24 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 509. 1906. ${1906. CHAP. .— tTo amend anAct entitled "An Act to revise and amend the FeEil{y131°°‘] tariff laws gfqthe Philildcine Islands, and for other purposes," approved March third, [Public, No. 27.] nineteen hundred and dive. Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House of Representat¢}vea of the United m§’5"*“PP*“° '*""“· States of America in Oemgress assembled, That th_e_Act entitled "An Abaendrnenrn- Act to revise and amend the tariff laws_of the Philippine Islands, and v°l' 33’ p` m`for other purposes," approved March third, nineteen hundred and five,, be, and is hereby, amended as follows: <><>¢w¤ ¢¤¤¢¤¢¤· Under "Class IV, cotton and its manufactures, group three, texsnileilhsug p' m' tiles," Rule B and ragrcaphs one hundred and seventeen, one hundred °""*“°‘“°“· and eighteen, one hiindr and nineteen, one hundred and twenty, and one hundred and twenty-three of said Act are hereby amended to read as follows: _ _ _ R¤1¤ B- “Rule B. Articles included in this group, which are_with1n the undermentioned conditions, shall be liab e to the following surtaxes (see `rules two to twelve, inclusive): _ _ " (a) Textile brochés, or woven like brocades with s11k or floss silk, shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of fifteen per centum. _ _ _ "(b) Textiles embroidered by hand or by machine after weaving or with application of trimmings shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, lus a surtax of thirty per centum. “ Should the embroidery contain threads, purl, or spangles of common metal or of silver the surtax shall amount to sixty per centum of the duties applicable to the textile. ‘-‘ When the threads, purl, or spangles are of gold the surtax shall be one hundred per centum. ` "(c) Textiles and trimmings containing threads or purl of common metals or silver shall be liable to a surtax of fifty per centum of the duties leviable thereon. " When the threads or purl are of gold the surtax shall amount to one hundred per centum. " (d) Textiles entirely or partially made up into sacks shall be liable to the duties a plicable thereto, lus a surtax of fifteen per centum. “Shawls called ‘mantones’ und)‘ panalones,’ traveling rugs, sarongs, patadeones, counte nes, sheets, towels, tablecloths and napkins, mantles, veils, shavills? hemmed fichus and handkerchiefs shall, for the making up, be liable to a surtax of thirty per centum of the duties leviable thereon. " Other xnade-np articles, wearing apparel and clothing of all kinds, except corsets an the articles provided for in paragraph one hundred and twenty-five, finished, half finished, cut, or simply basted, shall, for their total weight, be liable to the duties leviable on the principal component textile on their most visible exterior part, plus a surtax of one undred per centum. F¤¤•¤¤¤¤*•v¤·d°°**· "Texti es having a false selvage. on either one or both sides, shall be considered as goods improved in condition, and shall be liable, as the textile, to the uties leviable thereon, plus an additional surtax of one_ hundred per centum. 'l`his provision applies to all cotton fabrics. l\orrn.—TBy a false selvage shall be understood an edge obtained by cutting, r1pping, tearing, or otherwise splitting the textile in the direction o the warp. f.§l;*,",_;‘g‘,}Qf’* "1i7. Textiles. plain and without figures, napped or not, weighing Vol. 33. p. 950. ten kilos ormore per one hundred square meters, unbleached, bleached. or dyed: and " extnles, plain and without figures, stamped or printed, napped or not, measuring not over sixty-tive centimeters in width. weighing eight kilos or more per one hundred square meters; and ( ‘Text-iles, plain and without figures, not stamped or printed, what-