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SE VENTY-FIRS T C ONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 497 . 1930 . SCHEDULE 1s .

backing by mea ns of he at and pressur e, three -eighth s of 1 c ent per sundries .

hundred square inches . Nonenumerated arti- PAR . 1558. That there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the Raw .

importation of all raw or unmanufactured articles not enumerated or provided for, a duty of 10 per centum ad valorem, and on all Man ufac ture d .

articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not specially provided for, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem . Articles similar to PAR. 1559. That each and every imported article, not enumerated enumerated . in this Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall be subject to the same rate of duty which i s levie d on the enumer ated ar ticle wh ich it most re- Resembl ing two or sembles in any of the particulars before mentioned ; and if any non- more . enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which differen t rates of duty a re chargeable, the re shall be levied on such nonenumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest rate of duty ; Of two or mor e and on articles not enumerated, manufactured of two or more ma- materials .

terials, the duty shall be assessed at the highest rate at which the same would be chargeable if composed wholly of the component Meaning "compo- material thereof of chief value ; and the words " component material neat material of chief

value ."

of chief value," w herever used in th is Act, shall be h eld to mean that compo nent mater ial which shal l ex ceed in va lue a ny o ther singl e Determiningofvalue. component material of the article ; and the value of each component material shall be determined by the ascertained value of such material Hig hest rat e ap pli- in its condition as found -in the article . If two or more rates of c able .

duty shall be applicable to any imported article, it shall be subject to duty at the highest of such rates . TITLE Ii . FREE LIST.

TI TLE II -FR EE LIS T Articles exempt from SECTION 201 . That on and after the day following the passage of duty. this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, the articles mentio ned in t he foll owing pa ragraph s, when importe d into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philip- pine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam), shall be exempt from duty : SCHEDULE 18. Acids and acid anhy- d rides . Aconit e, medicinal plants, etc . Provis o . Alcohol prohibiti on. Agates. Agricultural imple- ments . SCHEDULE 16 PAR. 1601 . Acids and acid anhydrides : Hydrofluoric acid, hydro- chloric or muriatic acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol, and mixtures of nitric and sulphuric acids, valerianic acid, and all anhydrides of the foregoing not specially provided for . PAR. 1602 . Aconite, aloes, asafetida, buchu leaves, cocculus indicus, ipecac, jalap, licorice root, manila ; marshmallow or althea root, leaves and flowers ; mate, and pyrethrum or insect flowers, all the foreg oing which are natu ral a nd u ncomp ounde d and are in a crud e state, not advanced in value or condition by shredding, grinding, chipping, crushing, or any other process or treatment whatever beyond that essential to proper packing and the prevention of decay or deterioration pending manufacture : Provided, That no article con- taining alcohol shall be admitted free of duty under this paragraph . PAR . 1603 . Agates, unmanufactured . PAR . 1604 . Agricultural implements : Pl ows, toot h or disk har- rows, headers, harvesters, reapers, agricultural drills and planters, mowers, horserakes, cultivators, thrashing machines, cotton gins, machinery for use in the manufacture of sugar, wagons and carts, cream separators valued at not more than $50 each, and all other