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262 FORTY-—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 255. 1870. '°'°¤“° °m°°*`S» by summons," the words following: "subp¤ena., petition, 01: by any other §1:`{?1{°£%rtS°f form of action except as hereinafter provided"; also, by mserting after » ·B ' States. the words “or zf It were commenced by capms, the words follon·ing: " or by any similar form of proceeding by which a personal arrest IS ordered." _0¤¤¢<>m¤ du- Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That after the thirty-first day of

f;§g°f§1D‘{g,0 December, eighteen hundred and seventy, in lieu of of the duties now im-

I 1 · • ¤ in lieu or pm. posed by law on the articles hereinafter enumerated or prcvnded for °¤* *1******* ¤P°¤ imported from foreign countries, there shall be levied, collected, and paid the following duties and rates of duties, that is to say :—— geu, coffee, On teas of all kinds, fifteen cents per pound. Md <>°¤<>¤s On coffee of all kinds, three cents per pound. On cacao, or cocoa, two cents per pound. On cocoa leaves or shells, one cent per pound. On ground or prepared cacao, or cocoa, five cents per pound; and on chocolate, seven cents per pound. molum, si. On all molasses, live cents per gallon. "“P‘·““d‘“$“"“· On tank-bottom sirup of sugar-cane juice, melada, concentrated melada, and concentrated molasses, one and one half cents per pound. [K¤¤¤¤d¢d. On all raw or muscovado sugar not above number seven, Dutch stand- {,5:}* ‘Ehé9°:: ard in color, one and three quarter cents per pound. Pub: lies. Nc. Ou all raw or muscovado sugar above number seven, Dutch standard in 18},92- 593 color, and on all other sugars not above number ten, Dutch standard in °°" p` '] color, two cents per pound. On all other sugars above number ten, Dutch standard in color, and not above number thirteen, Dutch standard in color, two and one quarter cents per pound. On all other sugars above number thirteen, Dutch standard in color, and not above number sixteen, Dutch standard in color, two and three quarter cents per pound. On all other sugars above number sixteen, Dutch standard in color, and not above number twenty, Dutch standard in color, three and one quarter cents per pound. On all sugar above number twenty, Dutch standard in mlm-, and on all rehned loaf, lump, crushed, powdered, and granulated sugar, four cents pmvmou M per pound : Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, by reg- ¢<>¤¤¤¤Pl<=*·¤- ulations, prescribe and require that samples shall be taken by inspectors from the hogshead, box, or other package, in such a manner as to represent zz true average of the contents of the package, and from a sufficient number of packages of the same mark in each and every invoice, so that the samples on which the classification is made shall be a fair average in quality of the sugar imported under that mark, and the classification shall Weights how be adjudged on the entire mark accordingly; and the weights of sugar

  • ° b° ”*°'k°$*· imported in casks or boxes shall be marked distinctly by the custom-house
 weigher by scoring the figures indelibly on each package: Provided,

°ngL'l":£‘:é That all sirup of sugar, sirup of sugar-cane juice, melada, concentrated g,,,,,,,,;,,;,,, gm-. melada, or concentrated molasses entered under the name of molasses, fviwd- shall be forfeited to the United States. tiggatzzxggh On all wines imported in casks) containing not more than twenty-two ported in Gun; per ceutum of alcohol, and valued at not exceeding forty cents per gallon, twenty-five cents per gallon ; valued at over forty cents, and not over one dollar per gallon, sixty cents per gallon; valued at over one dollar per gallon, one dollar per gallon, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum a vu. orem. in bottles. On wines of all kinds, imported in bottles, and not otherwise herein provided for, the same rate per gallon us' wines imported in casks, but all bottles containing one quart or less than one quart, and more than one pint, shall be held to contain one quart, and all bottles containing one pint or less shall be held to contain one pint, and shall pay in addition three cents for each bottle.