Chapter 509. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five
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CHAP. 509.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five. February 26, 1906. [[H. R. 13104](/us/bill/59/hr/13104).] [[Public, No. 27](/us/pl/59/27).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Philippine Tarif, 1905.Amendments.Vol. 33. p. 928. That the Act entitled “An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, be, and is hereby, amended as follows:
Cotton textiles.Vol. 33. p. 949. mended.Classification.Under ”Class IV, cotton and its manufactures, group three, textiles,” Rule B and paragraphs one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and eighteen, one hundred and nineteen, one hundred and twenty, and one hundred and twenty-three of said Act are hereby amended to read as follows: " “ Rule B. 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):
“(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. “(b) Textiles embroidered by hand or by machine after weaving 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 a 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.
False selvage added.“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. Plain textiles.New rating.Vol. 33. p. 950.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 and 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, what-25ever 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. “(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads, N. W., kilo, eighteen cents. “(d) From thirty-live to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, twenty-four cents. “(e) From thirty-nine to forty-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,Textiles, lighter weight.New rating.Vol, 33. p. 950. 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, twenty-seven cents. “(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads. N. W., kilo, thirty-two cents. “(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight, threads. N. W., kilo, thirty-six 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,Twilled, etc.New rating.Vol. 38. p. 950. 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 thirty-four threads. N. W., kilo, twenty-two cents. “(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads. N. W., kilo, twenty-six cents. “(e) From thirty-nine to forty-four threads, N. W., kilo, thirty cents. “(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,Twilled, etc., textiles. lighter weight.New rating.Vol. 33. p. 950. 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, twenty-nine cents. “(c) From thirty-two to thirty-four threads, N. W., kilo, thirty-eight cents. 26 “(d) From thirty-five to thirty-eight threads, N. W., kilo, forty-four cents. “(e) From thirty-nine to forty-four threads. N. W., kilo, fifty cents. “(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. “123. Carded textiles.Dyed yarns added.Vol. 33, p. 951.
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, etc.Kid. etc., added.Vol. 33. p. 962. 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. “225. Boots, etc., not specifically provided for.Rating.Vol. 33. p. 962. 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: " “402. Copra.Vol. 33. p. 975.Existing rates allowed for sixty days. 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.