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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.I1. Ch.270. 1842.
Old or scrapiron.
Fire-arms,hardware, &c.
Umbrella wire.
Screws.
Brass.
Steel.
Various manu-factures of me-tals.
Lead.
Copper.
provided, also, That no articles manufactured from steel, sheet, rod,hoop, or other kinds of iron, shall pay a less rate of duty than is charge-able on the material of which it is composed, in whole or in part, pay-ing the highest rate of duty either by weight or value, and a duty offifteen per centum ad valorem on the cost of the article addedthereto.
Third. On all old or scrap iron, ten dollars per ton : Provided, Thatnothing shall be deemed old iron that has not been in actual use, andfit only to be remanufactured; and all pieces of iron, except old, ofmore than six inches in length, or of sufficient length to be made intospikes and bolts, shall be rated as bar, bolt, rod, or hoop iron, as thecase may be, and pay duty accordingly : Provided, also, That all vesselsof cast iron, and all castings of iron not rough as from the mould, butpartially manufactured after the casting, or with handles, rings, hoops,or other additions of wrought iron, shall pay the same rates of dutyherein imposed on all other manufactures of wrought iron not hereinenumerated, if that shall amount to more than the duty on castings.
Fourth. On muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per stand; rifles, twodollars and fifty cents each; on axes, adzes, hatchets, plane irons, socketchisels and vices, drawing knives, cutting knives, sickles or reapinghooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares of iron or steel, plated or polish-ed steel saddlery and brass saddlery, coach and harness furniture ofall descriptions, steelyards and scale beams, and all fire arms other thanmuskets and rifles, and all side arms, thirty per centum ad valorem; onsquare wire, used for the manufacture of stretchers for umbrellas, whencut in pieces not exceeding the length suitable therefor, twelve and ahalf per centum ad valorem.
Fifth. On screws made of iron called wood screws, twelve cents perpound; on all other screws of iron not specified, thirty per centumad valorem; on brass screws, thirty cents per pound; on sheet androlled brass, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem: on brass battery,or hammered kettles, twelve cents per pound.
Sixth. On cast, shear, and German steel in bars, one dollar and fiftycents per one hundred and twelve pounds; and on all other steel inbars, two dollars and fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds;on solid headed pins, and all other package pins, not exceeding fivethousand to the pack of twelve papers, forty cents per pack, and thesame in proportion for a greater or less quantity ; on pound pins, twentycents per pound ; on sewing, tambouring, darning, netting, and knitting,and all other kinds of needles, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem ;on common tinned, and japanned saddlery, of all descriptions, twentyper centum ad valorem.
Seventh. On japanned ware of all kinds, or papier mache, and platedand gilt wares of all kinds, and on cutlery of all kinds, and all othermanufactures, not otherwise specified, made of brass, iron, steel, lead,copper, pewter, or tin, or of which either of these metals is a componentmaterial, thirty per centum ad valorem : Provided, That all manufac-tures of iron and steel, or other metals, partly finished, shall pay thesame rates of duty as if entirely finished.
Eighth. On lead in pigs and bars, three cents per pound; on oldand scrap lead, one cent and a half per pound; leaden pipes, leadenshot, and lead in sheets, or in any other form not herein specified, fourcents per pound; on type metal and stereotype plates, twenty-five percentum ad valorem; types, whether new or old, twenty-five per centumad valorem; on copper bottoms cut round, and copper bottoms raisedat the edge, and still bottoms cut round and turned up on the edge, andparts thereof, and on copper plates or sheets weighing more than thirty-four ounces per square foot, commonly called braziers’ copper, thirtyper centum ad valorem; on copper rods and bolts, nails and spikes, four