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574 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 124-L. 1890. Me§;¤¤g&= SCHEDULE C.—METALS AND MANUFACTURES 0F. fnctureaof. nmmmn. IRON AND STEEL. 132. Chromate of iron, or chromic ore, fifteen per centum ad valorem. Iron ore,etc. 133. Iron ore, including manganiferous iron ore, also the dross or residuum from burnt lpyrites, seventy-five cents per ton. Sulphur ore, as pyrites, or sulp uret of iron in its natura state, containing not more than three and one-half per centum copper, seventy-nve PWM- cents per ton: Provided, That ore containing more than two per ,,,{',ff'§f P'"' centum of copper shall pay, in addition thereto, one-half of one cent per plound for the_c0pper contained therein: _ Provided, also, That Oygpwgrantaisycwr sulp ur ore as pyr1tes or sultphuret of iron in 1ts natural state, con- §°,£m,_ ° P "' m taining in excess of twenty- ve per centum of sulphur, shall be free of duty, exceipt on the coipper contained therein, as above provided: And provide Jurther, That in levying and collecting the duty on No auewmm rm- iron ore no de uction shall be made from the weight of the ore on '“°‘“°“""· account of moisture which may be chemically or physically combined therewith. . Pi:-iron. ew. 134. Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, spiegeleisen, ferro-manganese, ferro·silicon, wrought and cast scrap iron, and scrap steel, threetenths of one cent per pound; but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or scrap steel excep waste or refuse iron or steel fit only to be remanufactured. B¤*'*’°¤· 135. Bar-iron, rolled or hammered, comprising flats not less than _ one inch wide, nor less than three-eighths of one inch thick, eight- ‘ tenths of one cent per pound; round iron not less than three-fourths of one inch in diameter, and square iron not less than three-fourths of one inch square, nine·tenths of one cent per ipound ; flats less than one inch wide, or less than three-eight s o one inch thick; round iron less than three-fourths of one inch and not less than seven-sixteenths of one inch in diameter; and square iron less than three-fourths of one inch square, one cent per pound. umm-neu, ew. 136. Round iron, in coils or rods, less than seven-sixteenths of one inch in diameter, and bars or shapes of rolled iron, not specially pm;..,,, provided for in this act, one and one-tenth cents per pound: Pmmangg when bes vided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms less ‘ finished than iron in bars, and more advanced than pig-iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in bars, and be subject to a duty of eight-tenths of one cent per pound; and none of the iron above mmm, enumerated in this paragra h shall pay a less rate of dut than thirty-five per centum ad valldremz Provided further, That alsl iron cmmm u-eu. bars, blooms, billets, or sizes or shapes of anly kind, in the manufacture of which charcoal is used as fuel, sha be subject to a duty of not less than twenty-two dollars per ton. ¤¤‘¤<=¤¤·¤Hr¤¤- 137, Beams, girders, joists, angles, channels, car-truck channels, T T, columns and posts or parts or sections of columns and posts, deck and bulb beams, and buildin forms, together with all other · structural shapes of iron or steel, whether plain or punched, or fitted for use, nine—tenths of one cent per pound. F1·¤¤-¤‘<>¤-¤w- 138. Boiler or other plate iron or steel, except saw-plates hereinafter provided for, not thinner than number ten wire gauge, sheared or unsheared, and skelp iron or steel sheared or rolled in grooves, valued at one cent per pound or less, five-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above one cent and not above one and four tenths cents per pound, sixty five hundredths of one cent per pound ; valued above one and four tenths cents and not above two cents per pound, eight tenths of one cent per (pound; valued above two cents and not above three cents per poun , one and one-tenth cents per pound; valued above three