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twenty, and one hundred and twenty-three of said Act are hereby amended to read as follows:

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'Rule B. Articles included in this group, which are within the undermentioned conditions, shall be liable to the following surtaxes (see rules two to twelve, inclusive):

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'(a) Textile brochés, or woven like brocades with silk or floss silk, shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of fifteen per centum.

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(b) Textiles embroidered by hand or by machine after weaying or with application of trimmings shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of thirty per centum.

"Should the embroidery contain threads, purl, or spangles of common metal or of silver the surtax shall amount to sixty per centum of the duties applicable to the textile.

"When the threads, purl, or spangles are of gold the surtax shall be one hundred per centum.

"(c) Textiles and trimmings containing threads or purl of common metals or silver shall be liable to a surtax of fifty per centum of the duties leviable thereon.

"When the threads or purl are of gold the surtax shall amount to one hundred per centum.

"(d) Textiles entirely or partially made up into sacks shall be liable to the duties applicable thereto, plus à surtax of fifteen per centum.

"Shawls called 'mantones' and 'panalones,' traveling rugs, sarongs, patadeones, counterpanes, sheets, towels, tablecloths and napkins, mantles, veils, shawls, hemmed fichus and handkerchiefs shall, for the making up, be liable to a surtax of thirty per centum of the duties leviable thereon.

"Other made-up articles, wearing apparel and clothing of all kinds, except corsets and the articles provided for in paragraph one hundred and twenty-five, finished, half finished, cut, or simply basted, shall, for their total weight, be liable to the duties leviable on the principal component textile on their most visible exterior part, plus a surtax of one hundred per centum.

"Textiles having a false selvage, on either one or both sides, shall be considered as goods improved in condition, and shall be liable, as the textile, to the duties leviable thereon, plus an additional surtax of one hundred per centum. This provision applies to all cotton fabrics.

NOTE. By a false selvage shall be understood an edge obtained by cutting, ripping, tearing, or otherwise splitting the textile in the direction of the warp.

"117. Textiles, plain and without figures, napped or not, weighing ten kilos or more per one hundred square meters, unbleached, bleached, or dyed; and

"Textiles, plain or without figures, stamped or printed, napped or not, measuring not over sixty-five centimeters in width, weighing eight kilos or more per one hundred square meters; and

"Textiles, plain and without figures, not stamped or printed, whatever be their width, weighing eight kilos or more per one hundred square meters, having

"(a) Up to eighteen threads, N. W., kilo, ten cents.

"(b) From nineteen to thirty-one threads, N. W., kilo, fourteen cents.

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(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads, N. W., kilo, eighteen cents.

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(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, twenty-four cents.

"(e) From thirty-nine to fourty-four threads, N. W., kilo twenty-eight cents.

“(f) Forty-five threads or more, N. W., kilo, thirty-two cents. "(g) The same textiles, stamped, printed, or manufactured with dyed yarns, dutiable as the textile, with a surtax of thirty per centum.

NOTE.-Textiles woven with a colored yarn on the selvage or with a colored selvage stripe not exceeding two millimeters in width shall not be considered as manufactured with dyed yarns.

"118. Other textiles, plain and without figures, napped or not, weighing less than ten kilos per one hundred square meters, unbleached, bleached, or dyed, having—

"(a) Up to eighteen threads, N. W., kilo, eighteen cents.

“(b) From nineteen to thirty-one threads, N. W., kilo, twentyseven cents.

"(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads, N. W., kilo, thirtytwo cents.

"(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, thirtysix cents.

"(e) From thirty-nine to forty-four threads, N. W., kilo, forty cents.

"(f) Forty-five threads or more, N. W., kilo, fifty cents.

"(g) The same textiles, stamped, printed, or manufactured with dyed yarns, dutiable as the textile, with a surtax of forty per centum.

"119. Textiles, twilled or figured on the loom, napped or not, weighing ten kilos or more per one hundred square meters, unbleached, bleached, or dyed, having—

"(a) Up to eighteen threads, N. W., kilo, fourteen cents.

"(b) From nineteen to thirty-one threads, N. W., kilo, eighteen cents.

"(c) From thirty-two to thiry-four threads, N. W., kilo, twentytwo cents.

"(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, twentysix cents.

"(e) From thirty-nine to forty-four threads, N. W., kilo, thirty cents.

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"(f) Forty-five threads or more, N. W., kilo, thirty-eight cents. “(g) The same textiles, stamped, printed, or manufactured with dyed yarns, dutiable as the textile, with a surtax of thirty per centum.

NOTE.--Textiles woven with a colored yarn on the selvage or with a colored selvage stripe not exceeding two millimeters in width shall not be considered as manufactured with dyed yarn. "120. Textiles, twilled or figured on the loom, napped or not, weighing less than ten kilos per one hundred square meters, unbleached, bleached, or dyed, having

"(a) Up to eighteen threads, N. W., kilo, twenty cents.

"(b) From nineteen to thirty-one threads, N. W., kilo, twentynine cents.

"(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads, N. W., kilo, thirtyeight cents.

"(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, fortyfour cents.

"(e) From thirty-nine to forty-four threads, N. W., kilo, fifty cents.

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"(f) Forty-five threads or more, N. W., kilo, fifty-eight cents. '(g) The same textiles, stamped, printed, or manufactured with dyed yarns, dutiable as the textile, with a surtax of forty per centum.

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'123. Carded textiles, in blankets and other articles:

"(a) Unbleached, half bleached, or manufactured with dyed yarns, where the number of dyed yarn threads, counted in the warp and weft, does not exceed one-fifth of the total number of threads composing the textile, N. W., kilo, eight cents.

"(b) Bleached, dyed in the piece, or manufactured with dyed yarns where the number of dyed yarn threads, counted in the warp and weft, does not exceed one-half of the total number of threads composing the textile, N. W., kilo, fourteen cents.

"(c) Stamped, printed, or manufactured with dyed yarns, where the number of dyed yarn threads exceeds one-half of the total number of threads composing the textile, N. W., kilo twenty cents."

NOTE.-Blankets, single or in pairs, hemmed or bound, shall be liable to a surtax of thirty per centum of the duties leviable thereon.

SEC. 2. That paragraphs two hundred and twenty-three and two hundred and twenty-five of said Act are hereby amended to read as follows:

223. Shoes or gaiters of calfskin, kid, and similar leather, with elastic or buttons or for lacing:

"(a) For men, size numbered five and one-half or larger, per pair, thirty cents;

"(b) For boys, smaller than size numbered five and one-half, per pair, twenty cents;

"(c) For women, size numbered two and one-half or larger, per pair, twenty-five cents;

"(d) For girls, smaller than size numbered two and one-half, per pair, twenty cents;

"(e) For babies, per pair, five cents.

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225. Other boots and shoes, fancy, per pair, fifty cents. "Other boots and shoes not specifically provided for,

"(a) For men, size numbered five and one-half or larger, per pair, thirty cents;

"(b) For boys, smaller than size numbered five and one-half, per pair, twenty cents;

"(c) For women, size numbered two and one-half or larger, per pair, twenty-five cents;

"(d) For girls, smaller than size numbered two and one-half, per pair, twenty cents;

"(e) For babies, per pair, five cents."

SEC. 3. That paragraph four hundred and two of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

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“402. Copra, fresh or dried, one hundred kilos, ten cents."

SEC. 4. That all merchandise actually in transit, or in any bonded warehouse of the Philippine Islands, at the time of the passage of this Act, may, for a period of sixty days thereafter, be entered at the rate of duty provided by law existing prior to the passage of this Act.

Approved, February 26, 1906.

Mar. 3, 1905.

CHAP. 1481.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval [H. R. 18467.] service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred [Public, No. and six, and for other purposes.

214.]

33 Stats. L.,

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(Naval Station, Cavite, P. I.; Naval Station, Olongapo, pt. 1, p. 1092. P. I.; For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps, P. I., pp. 69-71.)

Mar. 3, 1905.

[H. R. 18969.]

[Public, No. 216.]

33 Stats. L.,

CHAP. 1483.-An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

(Bringing home remains of officers, soldiers, and civilpt. 1, p. 1156. ian employees of the Army; Arrears and allowances of officers and men. See p. 72.)

PORTO RICO.

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.

Mar. 12, 1904. CHAP. 543.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplo- [H. R. 11287.] matic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five.

[Public, No.
48.1
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(Relief and protection of American seamen. See p. pt. 1, p. 67. 215.)

[H. R. 9480.]

CHAP. 716.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, Mar. 18, 1904. executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public, No.
57.1
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Legislative, judicial appropriations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- pt. 1, p. 85. tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- executive, and bled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

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TERRITORY OF PORTO RICO: For salary of the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the United States, authorized by the Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars; for traveling expenses, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; in all, five thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.

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Apr. 23, 1904. CHAP. 1485. An Act making appropriation for the support of [H. R. 10670.] the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public, No.
149.]
33 Stats. L..

(Contract surgeons may assign or transfer their pay pt. 1, p. 259. accounts; Porto Rico Provisional Regiment. See pp. 54, 55.)

Apr. 23, 1904. CHAP. 1486.-An Act Making appropriations for the Depart[H. R. 11825.] ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, [Public, No. nineteen hundred and five.

150.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 276.

Apr. 27, 1904.

(Agricultural Experiment stations, Porto Rico. See p. 218.)

CHAP. 1622.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval [Ĥ. R. 12220.] service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 181.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 324.

Apr. 27, 1904.

(Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico; Repairs of barracks and quarters, Marine Corps. See pp. 58, 61.)

CHAP. 1630.-An Act Making appropriations to supply de[H. R. 15054.] ficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 189.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 394.

Apr. 28, 1904.

(Chinese exclusion laws reenacted. See p. 219.)

CHAP. 1762.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil [H. R. 14416.] expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 194.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 452.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemSundry civil bled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, propriations. appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, namely:

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San Juan, Porto Rico, quarantine station: For lazaretto, executive building, laundry, and attendants' quarters, on Miraflores Island, San Juan Harbor, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

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(Maintenance and ordinary expenses quarantine system of Porto Rico. See p. 220.)

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