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32 SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 6. 1909. m ;.m_ tum, Ollé-—fol11‘hl'1 of one cent per pound on the zinc contained therein; mud-0¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· containing twenty per centum or more of zmc and less than twenty- five per centum, one-half of one cent per pound_on the zmc contained therein _; containing twenty-five per centum of zmc, or more, one cent mm. per pound on the zmc contained therein: Promded,_That on all 1mporm*§j{§§”*°”°”“ “’ tations of zinc—bearing ores the duties shall be estimated at the port ~ of ent , and a bond given in double the amoimt of such estimated dutiesrior the transportation of the ores by common carriers bonded for the transportation of appraised or imapégaised merchandise to properly equipped sampling or smelting esta hments, whether des- S*¤P“”€·°‘°- ignated as bonded warehouses or otherwise. On the amval of the ores at such establishments they shall be sampled accordigig to commercial methods imder thesupervision of government officers, who shall be stationed at such esta lishments, and who shall submit the samples thus obtained to a government assayer, designated by the Secretagy of the who shall make a proper assay of the sample, an report the res_ t_to the proper customs officers, and the I-*¤“*‘*"‘°¤· import entries shall be hquidated thereon, except in case of ores that shall be removed to a bonded warehouse to be refined for exportation as provided by law. And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to makehall necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of 'this paragra . zmc. 194. Eine in blocks or pigs and zinc dust, one and three-eighths cents per pound; in sheets, one and five-eighths cents per pound; in sheets coated or plated with nickel or other metal, or solutions, one and three-fourths cents per pound; old and wom-out, fit only to be remanufactured, one cent per pound. etyw ·=*¤·· bow- 195. Cans, boxes, packages, and other containers of all kinds ` (except such as are hermeticall sealed by séldering or otherwise), composed wholly or in chief valiie of metal lacquered or printed by any process of lithography whatever, if filled or unfilled, and whether their contents be dutia le or free, four cents per pound and thirty-five §}§‘},¥f,°§;,L per centum ad valorem: Provided, That none of the foregoing articles shall pay a less rate of duty than fiftydive er centum ad valorem; but no cans, boxes, packages, or conta1ners oi) any kind, of the capacity of five pounds or un er, subject to duty under this paragraph, shall pay less duty than if the same were imported empty; and the dutia le value of the same shall include all packing charges, cartons, wrappmgs, envelopes, and printed matter accompanying them when such cans, boxes, packages, or containers are imported wholly or partly filled with merchandise exempt from dut (except liquids and merc and1se commercially known as drugs) and which is commonly dealt in at wholesale in the country of original exportation in bulk or p__¤;¤r>¤r· Mc, wwe in packages exceeding five pounds in capacity: Provided farther, ` That paper, cardboar or pasteboard wra pings or containers that are_mnAc and used only for the urpose oflliolding or containing the article with which they are filledt and after such use are mere waste material, shall not be dutiable unless their contents are dutiable. B"‘"° °°*’“· "‘°‘°’· 196._ Bottle caps of metal, if not colored, waxed, lacquered, enameled, hthowraphed, or embossed in color, one~half of one cent per pound and forty-five per centum ad valorem; if colored, waxed, acquered, enameled, hthographed, or embossed in color fifty-five per centum ad valorem. ’ <*h?x*l\x giglbtemy mu, Cash' registers! jute manufactuling machine]? llHOt)’p€ and ' all typesetting machines, machine tools, printing presses sewing machines, typewriters, and all steam engines, thirty per, centum ad valorem; embroidery machines and lacemaking machines Pr M including machines for makingdace curtains, nets, or nettings fortyi FFQQ egm, 0, em, five lper centum ad valorem: rovided, however, That all embioidery

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