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 SIXT.Y·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. 57 case shall any of the oods enumerated in this paragraph pay less rate S,,§(°fn§,°s‘{,?g{•;ds_ of duty than thirt dive r centum ad valorem. Continued. 398. Thrown silk in th; gum, if singles, fifty cents per ound; if Th’°W“· tram, seventy-five cents per pound; if organzine, one didllar per pound; and if ungummed, who ly or in part, or if further advanced y any Hprocess 0 manufacture, in addition to the rates herein pro- _ vided, ty cents per pound. Sewing silk, twist, floss, and silk threads ,,,€$§}§f· ‘"°‘· "°“‘ or yarns of any description made from raw silk, not specially provided for in this section, if in the gum, one dollar er pound; if ungummed, wholly or in art, or if further advanced gy any process of manufacture, one dbllar and fifty cents per pound: Provided, That in no case shallduty be assessed on a less number of yards than is marked ' on the skeins, bobbins, cops, spools, or beams. 399. Velvets, chenilles, and other pile fabrics, not specially ppc- v°“’°‘S·°*°‘ vided for in this section, cut or uncut, composed wholly or in c ief value of silk, weighing not less than five and three-fourths ounces per square yard, one dollar and fifty cents per pound; weighing less than five and three-fourths ounces per square yard, but not less than four ounces, or if all the filling is not cotton, two dollars and seventy-five cents per pound; if allthe filling is cotton, two dollars per pound; all the foregoing wei hing less than four ounces to the square yard, four dollars er pound. Plushes, cut or uncut, composed wholly or in Pl“”‘*°“· chief value of silk, weighing not less than nine and one-half ounces per square yard, one dollar per pound; weighing less than nine and one-half ounces per square yard, two dollars and forty cents per pound. Measurements to ascertain widths of goods for determining weight per square yard of the foregoing articles shall not include the selvedges, but the duty shall be levied upon the total weight of goods, _ _ including the selvedges. The distinction between "p ushes" and D‘“““°"°“· "velvets" shall be determined by the length of the pile; those having pile exceeding one—seventh of one inch in length, to be taken as ‘ plushes ; " those having pile one-seventh of one meh or less in length, shall be taken as ‘fvelvets." The distance from the end of the pile to the bottom of the first bindin pgzk shall be considered as the length of the pile. Velvet or plush rigb ns, or other pile fabrics not over R“*b°¤*· twelve inches and not less than three—fourths o one inch in width`, cut or uncut, of which silk is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this section, containing no silk except that in the pile and selvedges ; if black, one dollar an sixty cents per pound; if other than black, one dollar and seventy-five cents per ound; if containing silk other than that in the pile and selvedges; if black, two dollars per pound; if other than black, two dollars and twent ·five cents per pound; for each one-fourth of one inch or fraction tlliereof, less than three—fourths of one inch in width, there shall be paid in addition to the above rates, forty cents per pound. Woven “'°V°° ‘°"'*°*’· fabrics in the piece, composed wholly or in chief value of silk, not spgcial? provided for in this section, weighing not more than onetd o one ounce per square yard, four dollars per pound; weighing more than one-third of one ounce, but not more than two-thirds of one ounce per uare yard; if in the gum, three dollars per pound; if ungummed, izfiiolly or in part, three dollars and twenty-five cents per pound; if further advanced by any process of manufacture or otherwise, or if dyed or printed in the piece, three dollars and fifty cents per pound; if weighing more than two-thirds of one ounce but not more than one ounce per s uare yard; if in the gum, two dollars and sixty-five cents per pounil; if ungummed, wholly or in part, three dollars per pound; if further advanced by any process of manufacture or otherwise, or if dyed or printed in the piece, three dollars and twenty-five cents per pound; if weighing more than one ounce but not more than one and one·third ounces per square yard;