FREE LIST, SEC. 10. That the following articles shall be free of duty upon importation thereof into the Philippine Islands: 305. Trees, shoots, plants, moss, live. 306. Ores, and scoriæ resulting from the smelting thereof, filings, cuttings, and other wastes, of common metals, resulting from manufacture, and fit only for resmelting, and scrap iron, copper, brass, tin, zinc, and lead, and combinations thereof, bell metal, copper regulus, copper matte, cast or malleable iron in pigs, soft or wrought iron in ingots, and steel in ingots, and tin, lead, zinc, nickel, and aluminum, in pigs, lumps, or ingots, and Muntz metal. 307. Articles, including anchors, binnacles, propellers, and the like, the character of which, as imported, prevents their use for other than the construction, equipment, or repair of vessels, and life-preservers and life buoys. 308. Oakum. 309. Raw cotton. 310. Vegetable fibers, raw or hackled, not otherwise provided for. 311. Bristles, animal hair and wool, not further advanced in condition than washed. 312. Paper pulp and paper stock. 313. Petroleum, crude or refined, and the products thereof. 314. Samples of the kind, in such quantity and of such dimensions or construction as to render them unsalable or of no appreciable commercial value, and models not adapted for practical use. ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY. 367. Trees, shoots, and plants. 368. Moss in a natural or fresh state. 369. Copper, gold, and silver ores. 11. Ores other than copper, gold, and silver, G. W., one thousand kilos, twenty-five cents. 74. Filings, shavings, cuttings of iron or steel, and other wastes of cast iron or from the manufacture of common metals, fit only for resmelting, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifteen cents. 75. Scoriæ resulting from the smelting of ores, G. W., one hundred kilos, three cents. 42. Anchors, iron or steel plates for vessels, chains for vessels or machines, moorings, switches, and signal disks, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents. 136. Hemp, raw or hackled, N. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and ten cents. 137. Flax, raw or hackled, N. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and twenty-five cents. 138. Jute, aloe, and other vegetable fibers, N. W., one hundred kilos, forty cents. 176. Paper pulp, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty-five cents. 370. Ordinary and usual commercial samples, imported by bona fide commercial travelers, after examination by the customs authorities and upon the filing of a bond with security satisfactory to the collector of customs for the exportation of said samples within three months after their date of importation: Provided, That said samples shall be positively identified by the customs authorities before exportation, and that their appraised value shall not exceed two thousand dollars in any one case: And provided further, That the period of three months allowed for their exportation may be extended in the discretion of the collector of customs for a further period not to exceed three months, upon application being made to him in writing before the expiration of the original period. In the case of any consignment of bona fide commercial samples the appraised value of which exceeds two thousand dollars, the owner may select any portion thereof up to two thousand dollars in appraised value for entry under the above provisions of this paragraph, and the remainder of the consignment shall be entered in bond or for duty, as in the case of regular importations. (a) All samples of the kind, in such quantity, and of such dimensions or construction as to render them unsalable or of no appreciable commercial value. 315. Onions, Irish potatoes, in natural state. 316. Gold, silver, platinum, in bars, sheets, pieces, dust, scrap, or in broken-up jewelry or table service. 317. Hides and skins, raw, green or dry, but not tanned. 318. Hops and malt. 319. Coins and currency of national issue, executed checks, drafts. bills of exchange, and similar commercial documents. 320. Natural manures. 321. Cinchona bark, sulphate and bisulphate of quinine, alkaloids and salts of cinchona bark, in whatever form. 322. Telegraph cables of the class known as submarine. 323. Vaccines and serums. 324. Ice. 325. Hand paintings in oil, water color, or pastel, pen and ink drawings, for use as works of art and not as decoration of merchandise, nor for use in manufacture or the industrial arts and sciences, photographs, paintings, crayons, and other pictorial representations of actual persons, either living or deceased. 326. Lithographs, posters, calendars, and signs, whether framed (when the frame bears sufficient advertising matter to render it of no commercial value) or not, and pamphlets, booklets. and folders, for advertising purposes only, and having no commercial value. NOTE.-Store, office, and business signs, otherwise those for advertising local business houses, firms, offices, associations, corporations, trades, or professions, shall not be classified under this paragraph. 327. Magazines, reviews, newspapers, and like published periodicals, bibles and extracts therefrom, hymnals and hymns for religious uses, books and music in raised print used exclusively by the blind, and text-books prescribed for use in any school in the Philippine Islands: Provided, That complete books published in parts in periodical form shall not be classified under this paragraph. 328. Public documents issued by foreign governments, correspondence, manuscripts, and typewritten documents, not prohibited by section four of this act, and collections of stamps of national issue, used or unused. 329. Medals, badges, cups, and other small articles actually bestowed as trophies or prizes, or those received or accepted as honorary distinctions. 330. Pipe organs imported for the bona fide use of and by the order of any society incorporated or established for religious or educational purposes, or expressly for presentation thereto: Provided, That the terms of this paragraph shall be retroactive and of full force and effect from and after January first, nineteen hundred and nine, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding: And provided further, That any duty paid upon any pipe organ so imported since said date shall be subject to refund. 214. Hides and skins, green, or not tanned, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and fifty cents; (a) The same, wet salted, G. W., one hundred kilos, seventyfive cents; (b) The same, dry salted, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar. 280. Malt, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars and fifty cents. 281. Hops, G. W., one hundred kilos, three dollars. 84714-09-9 FREE, SUBJECT TO EXPRESS CONDITIONS. SEC. 11. That the following articles shall be free of duty upon the importation thereof into the Philippine Islands upon compliance with the formalities prescribed in each paragraph: 331. Eggs and cocoons of the silkworni, subject to exclusion if diseased, or for other cause. 332. Breeding animals of a recognized breed, duly registered in the book of record established for that breed: Provided. That certificate of such record, and pedigree of such animal duly authenticated by the proper custodian of such book or record, shall be produced and submitted to the collector of customis, together with affidavit of the owner or importer, that such animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree. 333. Carabao and other bovine work animals, mules, until such time as the Governor-General shall certify that conditions in the Philippine Islands warrant the imposition of duty thereon in accordance with the rates prescribed in Group One of Class XI of this Act. 334. Commercial samples, the value of any single importation of which does not exceed five thousand dollars, upon the filing of a bond in an amount equal to double the ascertained duties thereon, with sureties satisfactory to the collector of customs, conditioned for the exportation of said samples within six months from the date of their importation, or in default thereof the payment of the corresponding duties thereon. If the value of any single consignment of such commercial samples exceeds five thousand dollars, the importer thereof may select any portion of same not exceeding in value five thousand dollars for entry under the provisions of this paragraph, and the remainder of the consignment may be entered in bond, or for consumption, as the importer shall elect. 335. Regalia, gems, statuary, specimens or casts of sculptures, imported for the bona fide use of and by the order of any society incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use of and by the order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning, or of any public library, not for barter, sale, or hire: Provided, That the term "regalia" shall be held to include only such insignia of rank or office or emblems as may be worn upon the person or borne in the hand during public exercises of the society or institution, and shall not include articles of furniture, fixtures, or ordinary wearing apparel, nor personal property of individuals. 336. Works of art, including pictorial paintings on glass (except stained windows or window glass), imported expressly for presentation to a governmental institution, or to any munici pal or provincial corporation, or to any incorporated or established religious society, college, or other public institution. 1 337. Supplies and materials imported by or for the use of the United States Government, or the government of the Philippine |