TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES
SCHEDULE 2. - WOOD AND PAPER; PRINTED MATTER Part 5. - Books, Pamphlets, and Other Printed Matter
109 Rates of Duty
Item
Articles 1
2
P A R T 5. - B O O K S, P A M P H L E T S, A N D OTHER PRINTED M A T T E R Part
5 headnotes:
1. Except for decalconanlas, labels, flaps, and bands, all of which are covered by the provisions therefor In this part, regardless of the nature of the printing thereon, this part covers only printed matter consisting essentially of textual or pictorial matter produced by any printing process, and similar matter in manuscript or typewritten form. The text may be set forth in any language by means of any kind of characters. With the exceptions above indicated, this part does not cover any article in which printing is merely incidental to the primary use of the article or in which printing is employed mainly for coloration or to produce a decorative or novelty effect (see part 4 of this schedule).
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For the purposes of this part — la) the term "paper" includes paperboard; (b) the term "books" Includes books, bound and not bound, and pamphlets; (c) the tern "periodicals" embraces only papercovered or unbound publications Issued regularly at stated periods, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, and bearing the date of issue; and (d) the term "photographs" embraces only pictures other than motion pictures, produced on photosensitive materials, and Includes positive and negative images on exposed, or exposed and developed. photographic film.
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3, For the purposes of determining the classification of printed matter produced in whole or In part by a lithographic process, the thickness of such printed matter Is that of the thinnest paper contained therein, except that the thickness of a permanently mounted lithograph Is the combined thickness of the lithograph and Its mounting.
270.05
Printed matter issued by literary or scientific institutions for their subscribers or exchanges
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270.40
270.45 270,50
270.55
Free
2% ad val.
270.35
Free
Free
270.30
Free
Free
270.20
Free
Free
270.15
Free
Free
270.10
Free
25^ ad val.
7.5?^ ad val.
15!^ ad val.
3% ad val. 7% ad val.
159^ ad val. 255^ ad val.
Free
Free
Printed matter of individuals, not advertising matter,
Books printed wholly or chiefly in languages other than
Books (except books described in item 270.15) which
Bibles, comprising the books of the Old or New
Prayer books not covered by any of the foregoing pro-
Picture books (not including toy books), with an accompanying text printed in any language, suitable for the use of children not over 6 years of age Books not specially provided for, consisting essentially of textual matter: Wholly or almost wholly of foreign authorship
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