TITLE II.-FREE LIST. ACT OF AUGUST 5, 1909. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs shall, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), be exempt from duty: ACT OF OCTOBER 3, 1913. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs shall, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), be exempt from duty: ACT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1922. SEC. 201. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this act, the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs, when imported into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), shall be exempt from duty: 1 Headers.. Supplies for American Red Cross donated abroad exempted from duty by act of Aug. 31, 1918, chap. 165, until one year after end of war. Sulphuric acid which at the temperature of 60° F. does not exceed the specific gravity of 1.380, for use in manufacturing superphosphate of lime or artificial manures of any kind, or for any agricultural purposes: Provided, That upon all sulphuric acid imported from any country, whether independent or a dependency, which imposes a duty upon sulphuric acid imported into such country from the United States, there shall be levied and collected a duty of one-fourth of 1 cent per pound. Dutiable or free as acids when performing their functions. Provided, That no article containing alcohol shall be admitted free of duty under this paragraph. Provided, That any of the foregoing, when imported from any country, dependency, province, or colony which imposes no tax or duty on like articles imported from the United States, shall be imported free of duty. Articles or wares n. s. p. f., composed wholly or in part of iron, steel, lead, copper, * * * or other metal, and whether partly or wholly manufactured. 'Valued at not exceeding $75. SCHEDULE 15-Continued. 1505 Albumen, n. s. p. f... See footnote 6 on p. 125. 8 Provided, That no article specified by name in Title I shall be free of duty under this paragraph. 9 Emergency Tariff Act of 1921: "Cattle and sheep and other stock imported for breeding purposes shall be admitted free of duty." a Public Resolution No. 101, 67th Congress: Horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, goats, and other domestic animals, which heretofore have strayed across the boundary line into any foreign country, or been driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purposes only, or which may so stray or be driven before March 1, 1923, shall, together with their offspring, be admitted free of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, if brought back to the United States within twelve months from the time they so strayed or were driven. Approved March 4, 1923. 1506 Horses, etc.-Continued. 1507 1508 1509 quarantine or otherwise in the States temporarily for a period not 1510 Antitoxins, used for therapeutic Free.. 10 Act of 1909: Any animal imported by a citizen of the United States specially for breeding purposes shall be admitted free, whether intended to be so used by the importer himself, or for sale for such purpose: Provided, That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed, and duly registered in the book of record established for that breed: And provided further, That certificate of such record and of the pedigree of such animal shall be produced and submitted to the customs officer, duly authenticated by the proper custodian of such book of record, together with the affidavit of the owner, agent, or importer that such animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree: And provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and pure bred animals under the provisions of this paragraph. The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such additional regulations as may be required for the strict enforcement of this provision. Cattle, horses, sheep, or other domestic animals straying across the boundary line into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purposes only, together with their offspring, may be brought back to the United States within six months free of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided further; That the provisions of this act shall apply to all such animals as have been imported and are in quarantine, or otherwise in the custody of customs or other officers of the United States, at the date of the passage of this act. 11 "And birds" added by act of 1922. 12 *** antimony ore, stibnite * ** 1 cent per pound on the antimony contents therein contained: Provided, That on all importations of antimony-bearing ores and matte containing antimony the duties shall be estimated at the port of entry, and a bond given in double the amount of such estimated duties for the transportation of the ores by common carriers bonded for the transportation of appraised or unappraised merchandise to properly equipped sampling or smelting establishments, whether designated as bonded warehouses or otherwise. On the arrival of the ores at such establishment, they shall be sampled according to commercial methods under the supervision of Government officers, who shall be stationed at such establishment, and who shall submit the samples thus obtained to a Government assayer, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall make a proper assay of the sample, and report the result to the proper customs officers, and the import entry shall be liquidated 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 make all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this paragraph; * * *. 13 And stibnite containing antimony, but only as to the antimony conten* 14 No corresponding classification. 15 All other serums derived from animals. (Act of 1913. 16 Acts of 1909 and 1913. 17 Tuberculosis serum. SCHEDULE 15-Continued. Paragraph, 1514 Articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States [not including animals 20 (act of 1909)], when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means if imported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States;21 steel boxes,22 casks, barrels, carboys, bags, and other containers or coverings of American manufacture exported filled with American products, or exported empty and returned filled with foreign products, including shooks and staves when return ed as barrels or boxes also quicksilver flasks or bottles; iron or steel drums of either do, mestic or foreign manufactureused for the shipment of acids, or, other chemicals,23 which shall have been actually exported from the United States; but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the exemption of bags from duty shall apply only to such domestic bags as may be imported by the exporter thereof, and if any such articles are subject to internal-revenue tax at the time of exportation, such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation and not refunded; photographic dry plates [or (acts of 1909, 1913)] and films of American manufacture (except movingpicture films), exposed abroad, whether developed or not, and [films from moving-picture machines (acts of 1909, 1913)] photographic films light struck or otherwise damaged, or worn out, so as to be unsuitable for any other purpose than the recovery of the constituent materials, provided the basic films are of American manufacture, but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; articles exported from the United States for repairs may be returned upon payment of a duty upon the value of the repairs at the rate at which the article itself would be subject if imported, under conditions and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary 18 Classified as "arsenic and sulphide of arsenic, or orpiment" in acts of 1909 and 1913. 19 "Or white arsenic" added in act of 1922. 20 Amended by the act of July 27, 1911 (T. D. 31784), by striking out the words "not including animals" and adding the following proviso: "And provided further, That cattle, horses, sheep, and other domestic animals straying across the boundary line into any foreign country or driven across such boundary line by the owners for temporary pasturage purposes only, together with their offspring, shall be dutiable, unless brought back to the United States within six months, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 492." 21 "If imported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States" added in act of 1922. 22"Steel boxes" not in act of 1909. 23 "Or other chemicals" not in act of 1909. 1514 Articles the growth, produce, or of the Treasury:24 Provided, That 1515 Asbestos: Unmanufactured. Rates of duty. Act of 1922. Crudes, fibers, stucco, and sand 1516 and refuse containing not more than 15 per cent of foreign matter. Waste bagging, and waste sugar sack cloth. 24 "Articles exported from the United States for repairs may be returned upon payment of a duty upon the value of the repairs at the rate at which the article itself would be subject if imported under conditions and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury" not in act of 1909. 25 Last proviso not in act of 1909. 26 No corresponding classification. 27 Fruits, green, ripe, n. s. p. f. 28 Books of all kinds * **wholly or in chief value of paper, n. s. p. f. 29 Henequen added by act of 1922. 30 Provided, That articles mentioned in this paragraph, if imported from a country which lays an import duty on like articles imported from the United States, shall be subject to a duty of one-half of 1 cent per pound. 31 600 feet in act of 1909. 82 Provided, That no article shall be exempted from duty as bread unless yeast was the leavening substance used in its preparation. (Act of 1922.) 33 Soluble dried blood. |