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612 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1244. 1890. l lh", I-M- metal or other material hereafter imported in good faith for ermamm may-gifilg nent exhibition at a fixed place by any society or institutionpestab- "°· lished for the encouragement of the arts or of science, and all like articles imported in good faith by any society or association for the purpose of erecting a public monument, and not intended for sale, nor for any other purpose than herein expressed; but bonds shall be given under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury mayl prescribe, for the payment of lawful duties which may accrue s ould any of the artic es aforesaid be sold, transferred, or used contrary to this provision, and such articles shall be subject, at any time, to examination and inspection by the proper officers of 1=»-mma. the customs: Provided. That the privileges of this an the preced- Qommercial associ- ing section shall not be allowed to associations or corporations en- ‘"°”’°"" gatged in or connected with business of a private or commercial charac er. 760. Yams. 761. Zaffer.

°'£:*¤¤ Sec. 3. That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries

producing the following articles, and for this p1u·pose, on and after 0v¤¤¤iv¤ we- he first ay of January eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever,

¤§¤gc§g¤;£ and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the Government

mmhmmuuu of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses,_ coifee,

Pg'fh°¤* *°*· °°°, -· tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes

agucunm-si, ew., duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of "'°°“°“‘ the United States, which m view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coifee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be rec y unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it l be his duty to suspend, py proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to e free introduction of _ such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the production of such 1’¤¤¤¤¤f¤¤¤¤¤¤¤i<>¤· country, for such time as he shall deem Jiust, an in ~such case and ¤¤*¤sgu¤¤¤vd¤¤’i¤¢ during such suspension duties shall be evied, collected, and paid ' lupon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the product of or exported from such designated country as follows, namely: _ News All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch standard in color shall pay duty on their polariscopic tests as follows, namely: All sugars not a ove number thirteen Dutch standard in color, all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet iuice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated mo asses, testing by the ` polariscope not above seventy-Eve degrees, seven-tenths of one cent per poun ; and for every additional egree or fraction of a degree shown by the polariscopic test, two hundredths of one cent per - pound additional. ’ All sugars above number thirteen Dutch standard in color shall be class` ed by the Dutch standard of color, and (pay duty as follows, name%: All sugar above number thirteen an not above number siscteen utch standard of color, one and three-eighths cents per poun . All sugar above number sixteen and not above number twenty Dutch standard of color, one and five-eighths cents per pound. All sugars above number twenty Dutch standard o color, two cents lper pound. Mo asses testing above fifty-six degrees, four cents per gallon. _Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty either as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polarismgnic test. °°¤°°~ n coffee, three cents per pound. ""* On tea, ten cents per pound. Hides Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, Angora goat-skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured, asses’ skins, raw or unmanufactured, and skins, except sheep-skins, with the wool on, one and one-half cents per pound.