464 Trrmu xxxm.—DUTIES UPON IMPORTS. bottles shall pay an additional duty of three cents for each bottle. No allowance shall be made for breakage unless such breakage is actually ascertained by count, and certified by a custom-house appraiser. Brandy and on other spirits manufactured or distille from grain or other materials, and not otherwise provided for: two dollars per proofgallon. Each and every gauge or wine-gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proofgallon; and the standard for determining the proof of brandy and other spirits, and of wine orliquors of any kin imported, shall be the same as t at which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue. But any brandy or other spirituous liquors imported in castlcs of less capacity than fourteen gallons shall be forfeited to the Unite States. gg July, 1866, c_ On all compounds or preparations of which distilled spirits is a com- 298,s.1,v.14,p.328. ponenttpart of chief value, there shall be levied a duty not less than that im se upon distilled spirits. _ 14 July, 1870, c, Ogrdials, liqueurs, arraek, absin the, kirchu asser, ratatia, and other 255, s. 21, v. 16, p. similar spirituous beverages, or bitters containing spirits. and not other- 262- wise provided for: two dollars per proof-gallon. 30 June,1864,c, No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid, 17L¤·2n’·l3,p-202- on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages, than that fixed by law `"pjg ,._`S,,V,,,,,_y_ for the description of first proof, but it shall be increased in proportion eight Casks of for any greater strength than the strength of first proof; and no brandy, W 1f¢lV¤¤€.9I¤¢· spirits, or other spirituous beverages under first proof shall pay a less R“‘°R°°‘·1°5· {ate (pf duty than fiftyfper centum ad (yalorem; and all limitation; qf ran y, or spirits, or o wines importe bv an · names w atever, s al be subject to the highest rate of dnl} provided for the genuine articles respectivehy intended to be represented, and in no case less than one dollar per ga on. 30 June, 1864, e. Ale, porter, and beer, in bottles: thirty-five cents per gallon; otherwise 171,s.2,v.13,p.202. thqp in beatles}; twentyé cents per gallon. 6 June, 1872, c. ermut : the same utv as on wines of the same cost. 315,s.-l»,v.17,p.232. ` Scmcnunm E.—M.¤:rALs. Iron in pigs: seven dollars per ton. 14 July, 1870,c. Bar-iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than one inch gg? B- 2L V- 16· P- or more than six_ inches wide, nor less than three-eighths of an inch or 36J,m€ ,864 c_ more than two inches thick; rounds not less than three-fourths of an l7l,B_3,v_i3,p_2b3_ inch nor more than two inches in diameter; and squares not less than three-fourths of an inch nor more than two inches square: one cent per pound. Bar-iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats less than threeeighths of an inch or more than two inches thick, or less than one inch or more than six inches wide; rounds less than three-fourths of an inch or more than two inches in diameter; and squares less than three-fourths of an inch or more than two inches square: one cent and one-half er pound. But all iron in slabs, blooms, loo s, or other forms, less finished than iron in bars; and more advanced than pig-iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron ID bars, and pay a duty accordingly; and none of tlée apove 1ron shall pay a less rate of duty than thirty-five per centum a va o1-em. 6 June, 1872, c. Moisie iron, made from sandore by one process:. fifteen dollars per ton. 315, s. 4, v. 17, p. 232. 8 Feb., 1875, c. 36, s. 6, v. 18,p. 308. 803 gl,,,-_i3lg6ib;_ d I30n bang for railroads or inclined planes: seventy cents per one hun- ,s. ,v. ,p. . re POIIII S. 30 June, 1864, c. Boiler or other late-iron not less than three-six' 17l»*·3»"-13»P·203· thickpess: one cent) and a half per pound. menths of an meh m dogpyger angl other plate—iron, not otherwise provided for: twenty-five per on. lron wire, bright, eoppered, or tinned, drawn and finished, not more than one—fourth of an ineh in diameter, not less than number sixteen, wiregauge: two dollars (per one hundred pounds, and in addition thereto fteen per centum a valorem; over number sixteen and not over number twenty-five, wire-gauge: three dollars and fifty cents per one hundred
