TARIFF ACT, HIDE SCHEDULES, ETC. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Committees on Enrolled Bills of the two Houses be authorized to correct the enrolled bill of the House (H. R. 1438) entitled "An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes," by striking out the word "general" wherever it occurs in section two of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the word "maximum," and they are further authorized to enroll paragraph 450 as follows: 450. Hides of cattle, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, shall be admitted free of duty: Provided, That on and after October first, nineteen hundred and nine, grain, buff, and split leather shall pay a duty of seven and one-half per centum ad valorem; that all boots and shoes, made wholly or in chief value of leather made from cattle hides and cattle skins of whatever weight, of cattle of the bovine species, including calfskins, shall pay a duty of ten per centum ad valorem; that harness, saddles and saddlery, in sets or in parts, finished or unfinished, composed wholly or in chief value of leather, shall pay a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem. Passed August 5, 1909. August 5, 1909. [S. Con. Res., No. 9.] Tariff Acts. TARIFF COMPILATION. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That and the Joint Committee on Printing be, and are hereby authorized and printing of all, or directed, to prepare, compile and index all of the Acts heretofore passed by Congress imposing duties on imports, and that three thousand copies of said compilation be printed, one thousand copies for the use of the Senate and two thousand copies for the use of the House. Passed August 5, 1909. Distribution. August 5, 1909. [S. Con. Res., No. 10.] Indexed copies of, ordered printed. Distribution. TARIFF OF 1909. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Tariff Act of 1909. there be printed for the use of Congress fifty thousand copies of the tariff law of nineteen hundred and nine in pamphlet form, indexed, with paper cover, to be apportioned as follows: thirty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, fifteen thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and five thousand copies for the use of the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and that the Public Printer be authorized to print for sale such copies of said document as in his discretion may be required. Sale. Passed August 5, 1909. August 5, 1909. [H. Con. Res., No. 22.] Congress. ADJOURNMENT. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Adjournment of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and nine, at six o'clock post meridian. Passed August 5, 1909. |