FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 255. 1870. 268 On champagne and all other sparkling wines, in bottles, six dollars per . c¤**°"",&“‘ dozen bottles containing each not more than one quart and more than one “2;,:;p§,?d°;,,,‘; pint; and three dollars per dozen bottles containing not more than one ling wines. pint each, and more than one half pint; and one dollar and fifty cents per dozen bottles, containing one half pint each, or less; and in bottles con- L, taining more than one quart each, shall pay, in addition to six dollars per m;¤¥,;°:;,§,?¤` dozen bottles, at the rate of two dollars per gallon on the quantity in twenty-twoper excess of one quart per bottle: Provided, That any liquors containing ‘;f,Q;;:(f,fQ‘Q’,,,‘:;B more than twenty-two per centum of alcohol, which shall be entered under m be forfeited, the name of wine, shall he forfeited to the United States: And provided _ _ further, That wines, brandy, and other spirituous liquors imported in ll];§°;w,`;b§§` bottles shall be packed in packages containing not less than one dozen packed. bottles in each package; and all such bottles shall pay an additional duty d €d‘““g“::, of three cents for each bottle; no allowance shall be made for breakage nA3i;;:,,:,,,?, unless such breakage is actually ascertained by count, and certified by a leakage wd custom-house appraiser; and so much of section fifty-nine of an act en- £;‘:3;‘,;g° "' titled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," 1799,ch.22,§59. approved March two, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, as provided for V°l· i- P- B"- allowance for leakage and breakage, is hereby repealed. On brandy and on other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or (L“°°°_;’*° dgty other materials, and not otherwise provided for, two dollars per proof gl°,,;]TQI§ §;,;.?,,_ gallon: Provided, That each and every gauge or wine gallon of measure- u What to be U ment shall be counted as at least one proof gallon ; and the standard for Q,";‘£€g::d_i determining the proof of brandy and other spirits, and of wine or liquors my pms,•· of any kind imported, shall be the same as that which is defined in the l8°8»°h· ISN12- second section of the “Act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, V°1’ xv` P' In and for other purposes," approved July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. _ On cardials, liqueurs, arrack, absynthe, kirshwasser, vermuth, rataiia, digsljtliqligg; and other similar spirituous beverages, or bitters containing spirits, and &c. _ _ not otherwise provided for, two dollars per proof gallon : Provided, That 1, qiglgllgugrted any brandy or other spirituous liquors imported in casks of less capacity in casks opless than fourteen gallons shall be forfeited to the United States. **‘*;';::':;*f)°$';.°b Ou pimento and on black, white, and red or cayenne pepper, five cents EQ,,,,, per pound. Duty <>¤ Pi- Ou ground pimeuto and on ground pepper of all kinds, ten cents per- :;];*0 ¤¤d P°P· ound. P On ginger root, two cents per pound. m;’;‘°§l”§:;» °i¤` On ginger, ground, five cents per pound. 0,;,,,,. ,1,;,,,,,, On cinnamon and on nutmegs, twenty cents per pound. On mace, twenty-five cents per pound. On cloves, five cents per pound. On clove stems, three cents per pound. On cassia and cassia vera, ten cents per pound. On cassia buds and ground cassia, twenty cents per pound. On all other spices, twenty cents per pound; ground or prepared, thirty cents per pound. _ On corsets, or manufactured cloth, woven or made m patterns of such mgsuggmgf size, shape, and form, or cut in such manner as to be tit for corsets, when dom, valued at six dollars per dozen or less, two dollars per dozen ; when valued over six dollars per dozen, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On eyelets of every description, six cents per thousand. °7°l°*°F ' On ultramarine, six cents per pound. _ ““*`*‘°"•¤¤°_¥ On wools on the skin, the same rates as on other wools, the quantity and wools on skin; value to be ascertained under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury ma rescribe. gnpilax straw, five dollars per ton. mg? stmw and On flax not hackled or dressed, twenty dollars per ton; on flax hackled, known as " dressed line," forty dollars per ton.
