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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 6. 1909. 39 291. Chicory root, raw, dried, or undried, but un round, one and S°“*’”““G· _ one—half cents per pound; chicory root, burnt or rogsted, ground or ucigiglggisigm granulated, or in rolls, or otherwise prepared, and not specially pro- C°é‘§§€§'$§1;00t_ vided for in this section, three cents per pound. 292. Chocolate and cocoa, prepared or manufactured, not specially Ch°°°l*‘*“”"°°°°‘* provided for in this section, valued at not over fifteen cents per ‘ pound, two and one—half cents per pound; valued above fifteen and not above twenty-four cents per pound, two and one-half cents per pound and ten er centum ad valorem; valued above twenty-four and not above thirty-five cents per ound, five cents per pound and ten per centum ad valorem ; valued ahove thirty-five cents per pound, fifty per centum ad valorem. The weight and value of all coverings, other than plain wooden, shall be included in the dutiable weight and value of the foregoing merchandise; powdered cocoa, unsweetened, five cents per pound. ~ 293. Cocoa utter or cocoa butterine, refined deodorized cocoanut C°°°“ bum'- oil, and all substitutes for cocoa butter, three and one-half cents per und. P0294. Dandelion root and acorns prepared, and articles used as C°“°° ”“bSm“t°S‘ coffee, or as substitutes for coffee not specially provided for in this section, two and one·half cents per pound. ‘ 295. Salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packag;-ns, eleven cents Sm ‘ per one hundred pounds; in bulk, seven cents per one undred pounds: _ romkled That imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken §[,‘,Q"5$§;,,, of dm _ by vesseis licensed) to engage in the fisheries and in curing iish on the if md *¤ °¤¤¤8¤¤iishores of the navigable waters of the United States under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and upon proof that the salt has een used for either of the purposes stated in exD¤*m\:1¤;=l¥éa¤;:¢¤ <>¤ this proviso, the duties on the same shall be remitted: Provided PO ` gdher, That exporters of meats, whether packed or smoked, which ve been cured in the United States with imported salt, shall, upon satisfactory} plroof, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury s a prescribe, that such meats have been cured with imported salt, have refunded to them from the Treasury the duties paid on the salt so used in curing such exported meats, in amounts not less than one hundred dollars. 296. Starch, made from potatoes, one and one-half cents per pound; S*¤*¢¤· all other starch, including all preparations, from whatever substance produced, fit for use as starch, one cent per pound. 297. Dextrine, dextrine substitutes, soluble starch or chemically D¤¤¤‘*¤¢··=¤¤- treated starch, burnt starch, gum substitute, or British gum, one and one-half cents per pound. 298. Spices: Mustard, ground o`r prepared, in bottles or otherwise, S"’°°* ten cents per pound; capsicum or re pepper, or cayenne pepper, two and one-half cents per pound; sage, one cent per pound; spices not specially provided for in this section, three cents per pound. 299. Vinegar, seven and one-half cents per proof gallon. The V“‘°g“'· standard roof for vinegar shall be taken to be t at strength which requires thirtfy-five grains of bicarbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy 0 vinegar. Scnmnunn H.-Srmrrs, WINES, AND OTHER BEVERAGES. Sp§,‘§{§‘”,‘,{§,f€§·aud _ other beverages. 300. Brandy and other sipirits manufactured or distilled from S1>iri¢-¤- grain or other materials, an not special? provided for in this section, two dollars and sixty cents per proo lgallon. _ 301. Each and every gauge or wine ga on of measurement shall e,§°‘“’”"°‘°* "’°°‘· be counted as at least one proof gallon; and the standard for deter- the proof of brandy and other sp-lir1ts_or hogxxors of any kind imported shall be the same as that w ch is de ed in the laws