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 24 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. "°“°°'-’ °· seven cents r und, one and two-tenths cents per pound; valued above sevenlizianifand not above ten cents per pound, one and nme- ' tenths cents per pound; valued above ten cents and not above thirteen cents per pound, two and three—tenths cents per pound; valued above thirteen cents and not above sixteen cents per pound, two and seven-tenths cents per pound; valued· above sixteen cents and not above twenty-four cents per pound, four and six—tenths cents per pound; valued above twenty-four cents and not above thirty-two cents per pound, six cents per pound; valued above thirty-two cents and not above forty cents per pound, seven cents per pound; valued above forty cents per pound, twenty per centum ad valorem. sneer ¤h¤vi¤s¤. 132. Steel wool or steel shavings, forty per centum ad valorem. Asmssver. 133. Grit, shot, and sand made of iron or steel, that can be used only as abrasives, one cent per pound. _ _ vmemas. 134. Wire rods: Rivet screw, fence, and other iron or steel wire V rods, whether round, oval, fiat, or square, or in any other shape, and , nail rods, all the foregoing in coils or otherwise, valued at four cents or less per pound, three-tenths of one cent per pound; valued over I. four cents per pound, six-tenths of one cent per pound: Provided, smauréaa That all round iron or steel rods smaller than number six wire §auge Tempe-eu, ew shall be classed and dutiable as wire: Provided further, That a iron · or steel wire rods which have been tempered or treated in any manner or partly manufacgured shall pay an additional duty of one—half of one cent r oun. wire. 135. Rldciing iron or steel wire, not smaller than number thirteen wire ga e, one cent per pound; smaller than number thirteen and not smrilir than number sixteen wire gauge, one and one-fourth cents r pound; smaller than number sixteen wire gauge, one and threemmm ildlurths cents per pound: Promded, That all the foregoin shall pay gil-iii·-Qiilnéw. duty at not less than thirty-five per centum ad valorem; all wire composed of iron, steel, or other metal except gold or silver, covered with cotton, silk, or other material, corset clasps, corset steels, dress steels, and all Hat wires, and steel in strips, not thicker than number fifteen wire gauge and not exceeding five inches in width, whether in long or short lengths, in coils or otherwise, and whether rolled or drawn thro h ies or rolls, or otherwise produced, and all other wire not eciidkv provided for in this section, shall pay a dut of not less than cc»¤¤e<¤.e¢c. ihirty- ve per centum ad valorem; on iron or steellwire coated by dipp, a vanizing or similar process with zinc, tin, or other meta , therdxislliail be paid two—tenths of one cent per pound in addition to the rate imposed on the wire of which it is made: Provided further, M¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤r¢¤· That articles manufactured wholly or in chief value of any wire or wires provided for in this paragraph shall pay the maximum rate of duty imposed in this section upon any wire used in the manufacture of such articles and in addition thereto one cent per pound: And minimum- provided further, That no article made from or composed of wire T"""""°"· °"‘· shall pay aless rate of duty than fort per centum ad valorem; telegr-ap)h, telephone, and other wires andy cables composed of metal and · rub er, or of metal, rubber, and other materials, forty per centum ad valorem; barbed fence wire, three-fourths of one cent er pound, but the same shall not be subject to any additional or officr rate of duty hereinbefore provided; wire heddles or hcalds, twenty-five cents per thousand, and in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem. mfg?-r>¤¤¤e ¤¤¤¤¤f¤¤- 136. No article not speciallydprovided for in this section, which is ' wholly or partly manufacture from tin plate, terne plate, or the sheet, plate, hoop,_band, or scroll iron or steel herein provided for, or of which such tm plate, terne plate, sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron or steel shall be the material of chief value, shall pay a lower rate of duty than that imposed on the tin plate, terne plate, or sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scro liron or steel from which it is made, or of which it shall be the component thereof of chief value.