186 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 11. 1897. Si§{¤:*¤3§,I·· uk except spun silk, thirty per centum ad valorem; spun silk in skeins, puns-comnuai. cops, warps, or on beams, valued at not exceeding one dollar per pound, · twenty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; valued at over one dollar per pound and not exceeding one dollar and nfty cents per pound, thirty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem ; valued at over one dollar and fifty cents per pound and not exceeding two dollars per pound, forty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; valued at over two dollars per pound and not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per pound, nfty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; valued at over two dollars and fifty cents per pound, sixty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; but in no case shall the foregoing articles pay a less rate of duty than thirty-five per centum ad valorcm. _ V°l"°*·°·°*°~ 386. Velvets, velvet or plush ribbons, chenilles, or other pile fabrics, cut or uncut, composed of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, one dollar and fifty cents per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; plushes, composed of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, one dollar per pound and fifteen per centum ad valorem; but in no case shall the foregoing articles pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ad valorem. Woven f¤\>ric¤.¤w- 387. Woven fabriw in the piece, not specially provided for in this Act, weighing not less than one and one·third ounces per square yard and not more than eight ounces per square yard, and containing not more than twenty per centum in weight of silk, if in the gum, fifty cents per pound, and if dyed in the piece, sixty cents per pound; if containing more than twenty per centum and not more than thirty per centum in weight of silk, if in the gum, sixty-five cents per pound, and if dyed in the piece, eighty cents per pound; if containing more than thirty per centum and not more than forty-five.per centum in weight of silk, if in the gum, ninety cents Per pound, and if dyed in the piece, one dollar and ten cents per pound; if dyed in the thread or yarn and containing not more than thirty per centum in weight of silk, if black (except selvedges), seventy-five cents per pound, and if other than black, ninety cents per pound; if containing more than thirty and not more than forty»tive per centum in weight of silk, if black (except selvedges), one dollar and ten cents per pound, and if other than black, one dollar and thirty cents per pound; ifcontaining more than forty-five per centum in weight of silk, or if composed wholly of silk, if dyed in the thread or yarn and weighted in the dyeing so as to exceed the original weight of the raw silk, if black (except selvedges), one dollar and fifty cents per pound, and if other than black, two dollars and twenty-five cents per pound; if dyed in the thread or yarn, and the weight is not increased by dyeing beyond the original weight of the raw silk, three dollars per pound; if in the gum, two dollars and fifty cents per pound; if boiled ofl', or dyed in the piece, or printed, three dollars per pound; if weighing less than one and one-third ounces and more than one·third of an ounce per square yard, if in the gum, or if dyed in the thread or yarn, two and one~half dollars per pound; if weighing less than one and one third ounces and more than one-third of an ounce per square yard, if boiled off, three dollars per pound; if dyed or printed in the piece, three dollars and twenty-five cents per pound; if weighing not more than one-third of an ounce per square yard, four dollars and fifty cents per pound; but in no case shall any of the foregoing fabrics in this paragraph pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ud valorem. K¤¤*lk¤¤=h*¤*¤·°*¤· 388. Handkerchiefs or muillers composed wholly or in part of silk, whether in the piece or otherwise, finished or unfinished, if not hemmed or hemmed only, shall pay the same rate of duty as is imposed on goods in the piece of the same description, weight, and condition as provided for in this schedule; but such handkerchiefs or mufllers shall not pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ad valorem; if such handkerchiefs
