vided, That no meats of any kind shall be imported into the United States unless the same is healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food and contains no dye, chemical, preservative, or ingredient which renders the same unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food, and unless the same also complies with the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that, after entry into the United States in compliance with said rules and regulations, said meats shall be deemed and treated as domestic meats within the meaning of and shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 674), commonly called the "Meat Inspection Amendment," and the Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 768), commonly called the "Food and Drugs Act," and that the Secretary of Agriculture be and hereby is authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this provision, and that in such rules and regulations the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and conditions for the destruction of all such meats offered for entry and refused admission into the United States unless the same be exported by the consignee within the time fixed therefor in such rules and regulations].

PAR. 707. [Milk, fresh,] Whole milk, fresh or sour, [2] 5 cents per gallon; [sourmilk and buttermilk, 1 cent per gallon;] cream, fresh or sour, [20] 48 cents per [gallon:] gallon; skimmed milk, fresh or sour, and buttermilk, 134 cents per gallon: Provided, That fresh or sour milk containing more than 7 per centum of butterfat shall be dutiable as cream, and fresh or sour cream containing more than 45 per centum of butterfat shall be dutiable as [butter.] butter, and skimmed milk containing more than 1 per centum of butterfat shall be dutiable as whole milk.

PAR. 708. (a) Milk, condensed or evaporated: In [hermetically sealed] airtight containers, unsweetened, [1 cent] 110 cents per pound, sweetened, [12] 24 cents per pound; all other, [1%] 2 cents per pound [; whole milk powder, 3 cents per pound; cream powder, 7 cents per pound; and skimmed milk powder, 11⁄2 cents per pound; malted].

(b) Dried whole milk, 434 cents per pound; dried cream, 101⁄2 cents per pound; dried skimmed milk and dried buttermilk, 12 cents per pound.

(c) Malted milk, and compounds or mixtures of or substitutes for milk or cream, [20] 30 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 709. Butter, [8] 12 cents per pound; oleomargarine and other butter substitutes, [8] 12 cents per pound.

PAR. 710. Cheese and substitutes therefor, [5] 7 cents per pound, but not less than [25] 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 711. Birds, live: [Poultry, 3 cents per pound;] Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guineas, 6 cents per pound; baby chicks of poultry, 4 cents each; all [other,] other live birds not specially provided for, valued at $5 or less each, 50 cents each; valued at more than $5 each, 20 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 712. Birds, dead, dressed or [undressed:] undressed, fresh, chilled, or frozen: [Poultry, 6 cents per pound;] Chickens, ducks, geese, and guineas, 8 cents per pound; turkeys, 10 cents per pound; all other, [8] 10 cents per pound; all the foregoing, prepared or preserved in any manner and not specially provided for, [35 per centum ad valorem] 10 cents per pound.

PAR. 713. Eggs of poultry, in the shell, [8] 10 cents per dozen; whole eggs, egg yolk, and egg albumen, frozen or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, whether or not sugar or other material is added, [6] 8 cents per pound; dried whole eggs, dried egg yolk, and dried egg albumen, whether or not sugar or other material is added, 18 cents per pound.

PAR. 714. Horses and mules, valued at not more than $150 per head, $30 per head; valued at more than $150 per head, 20 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 715. Live animals, vertebrate and invertebrate, not specially provided for, 15 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 716. Honey, 3 cents per pound.

[PAR. 717. Fish, fresh, frozen, or packed in ice: Halibut, salmon, mackerel, and swordfish, 2 cents per pound; other fish, not specially provided for, 1 cent per pound.]

PAR. 717. (a) Fish, fresh or frozen (whether or not packed in ice), whole, or beheaded or eviscerated or both, but not further advanced: Halibut, salmon, mackerel, and swordfish, 2 cents per pound; other fish, not specially provided for, 1 cent per pound. (b) Fish, fresh or frozen (whether or not packed in ice), filleted, skinned, boned, sliced, or divided into portions, not specially provided for, 22 cents per pound.

(c) Fish, dried and unsalted: Cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk, 21⁄2 cents per pound; other fish, 14 cents per pound.

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[PAR. 718. Salmon, pickled, salted, smoked, kippered, or otherwise prepared or preserved, 25 per centum ad valorem; finnan haddie, 25 per centum ad valorem; dried fish, salted or unsalted, 14 cents per pound; smoked herring, skinned or boned, 21⁄2 cents per pound; all other fish, skinned or boned, in bulk, or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 22 cents per pound net weight.]

PAR. 718. (a) Fish, prepared or preserved in any manner, when packed in oil or in oil and other substances, 30 per centum ad valorem.

(b) Fish, prepared or preserved in any manner, when packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances): Salmon, 25 per centum ad valorem; other fish, 25 per centum ad valorem.

[PAR. 719. Herring and mackerel, pickled or salted, whether or not boned, when in bulk, or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 1 cent per pound net weight.]

PAR. 719. Fish, pickled or salted (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances and except fish packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each):

(1) Salmon, 25 per centum ad valorem;

(2) cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk, neither skinned nor boned (except that the vertebral column may be removed), 134 cents per pound when containing not more than 43 per centum of moisture by weight, and 11⁄44 cents per pound when containing more than 43 per centum of moisture by weight;

(8) cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk, skinned or boned, whether or not dried, 22 cents per pound;

(4) sea herring and mackerel, whether or not boned, in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 1 cent per pound net weight; in immediate containers (not air-tight) weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each, 25 per centum ad valorem;

(5) other fish, in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 14 cents per pound net weight; in immediate containers (not air-tight) weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each, 25 per centum ad valorem.

[PAR. 720. Fish (except shellfish), by whatever name known, packed in oil or in oil and other substances, 30 per centum ad valorem; all fish (except shellfish), pickled, salted, smoked, kippered, or otherwise prepared or preserved (except in oil or in oil and other substances), in immediate containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each, 25 per centum ad valorem; in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 14 cents per pound net weight.]

PAR. 720. (a) Fish, smoked or kippered (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances and except fish packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each):

(1) Salmon, 25 per centum ad valorem;

(2) sea herring, whole or beheaded, but not further advanced, 14 cents per pound; (3) sea herring, eviscerated, split, skinned, boned, or divided into portions, 3 cents per pound;

(4) cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk, whole, or beheaded or eviscerated or both, but not further advanced (except that the vertebral column may be removed), 22 cents per pound;

(5) cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk, filleted, skinned, boned, sliced, or divided into portions, 3 cents per pound;

(6) other fish, 25 per centum ad valorem.

(b) Fish, prepared or preserved, not specially provided for, in immediate containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each, 25 per centum ad valorem; in bulk or in immediate containers, weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 14 cents per pound net weight.

(c) The term "fish," as used in this Act, does not include shellfish.

[PAR. 721. Crab meat, packed in ice or frozen, or prepared or preserved in any manner, 15 per centum ad valorem; fish paste and fish sauce, 30 per centum ad valorem; caviar and other fish roe for food purposes, packed in ice or frozen, prepared or preserved, by the addition of salt in any amount, or by other means, 30 per centum ad valorem.]

PAR. 721. (a) Crab meat, crab paste, and crab sauce, 15 per centum ad valorem. (b) Clams, clam juice, or either in combination with other substances, packed in airtight containers, 35 per centum ad valorem.

(c) Fish paste and fish sauce, 30 per centum ad valorem.

(d) Caviar and other fish roe for food purposes: Sturgeon, 30 per centum ad valorem; other, 20 cents per pound.

PAR. 722. Barley, hulled or unhulled, 20 cents per bushel of forty-eight pounds; barley malt, 40 cents per one hundred pounds; pearl barley, patent barley and barley flour, 2 cents per pound.

PAR. 723. Buckwheat, hulled or unhulled, [10] 25 cents per one hundred pounds; buckwheat flour and grits or groats, one-half of 1 cent per pound.

PAR. 724. Corn or maize, including cracked corn, [15] 25 cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds; corn grits, meal, and flour, and similar products, [30] 50 cents per one hundred pounds.

PAR. 725. Macaroni, vermicelli, noodles, and similar alimentary pastes, containing no eggs or egg products, 2 cents per [pound.] pound; containing eggs or egg products, 3 cents per pound.

PAR. 726. Oats, hulled or unhulled, 15 cents per bushel of thirty-two pounds; unhulled ground oats, 45 cents per one hundred pounds; oatmeal, rolled oats, oat grits, and similar oat products, 80 cents per one hundred pounds.

PAR. 727. Paddy or rough rice, [1 cent] 14 cents per pound; brown rice (hulls removed, all or in part), [14] 11⁄2 cents per pound; milled rice (bran removed, all or in part), [2] 22 cents per pound; broken rice, which will pass readily through a metal sieve perforated with round holes five and one-half sixtyfourths of one inch in diameter, and rice meal, flour, polish, and bran, [one-half] fire-eighths of 1 cent per pound.

PAR. 728. Rye, 15 cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds; rye malt, 40 cents per one hundred pounds; rye flour and meal, 45 cents per one hundred pounds.

PAR. 729. Wheat, [30] 42 cents per bushel of sixty pounds; wheat flour, semolina, crushed or cracked wheat, and similar wheat products not specially provided for, [78 cents] $1.04 per one hundred pounds.

PAR. 730. Bran, shorts, by-product feeds obtained in milling wheat or other cereals, [15] 10 per centum ad valorem; hulls of oats, barley, buckwheat, or other grains, ground or unground, 10 cents per one hundred pounds; dried beet pulp, malt sprouts, and brewers' grains, $5 per ton; mixed feeds, consisting of an admixture of grains or grain products with oil cake, oil-cake meal, molasses, or other feedstuffs, 10 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 731. Screenings, scalpings, chaff, or scourings of wheat, flaxseed, or other grains or seeds: Unground, or ground, 10 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That when grains or seeds contain more than 5 per centum of any one foreign matter dutiable at a rate higher than that applicable to the grain or seed the entire lot shall be dutiable at such higher rate.

PAR. 732. Cereal breakfast foods, and similar cereal preparations, by whatever name known, processed further than milling, and not specially provided for, 20 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 733. Biscuits, wafers, cake, cakes, and similar baked articles, and puddings, all the foregoing by whatever name known, whether or not containing chocolate, nuts, fruits, or confectionery of any kind, 30 per centum ad valorem. PAR. 734. Apples, green or ripe, 25 cents per bushel of [50] fifty pounds; dried, desiccated, or evaporated, 2 cents per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 22 cents per pound.

PAR. 735. Apricots, green, ripe, [dried] or in brine, one-half of 1 cent per pound; dried, desiccated, or evaporated, 2 cents per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 736. Berries, edible, in their natural condition or in brine, 14 cents per pound; dried, desiccated, or evaporated, 21⁄2 cents per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, or frozen, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 737. Cherries:

(1) In their natural state, or dried, 2 cents per pound;

( sulphured, or in brine, with stems and pits, 52 cents per pound; with stems or pits removed, 92 cents per pound;

(3) maraschino, candied, crystallized, or glacé, or prepared or preserved in any manner, 5 cents per pound and 40 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 738. Cider, 5 cents per gallon; vinegar, 6 cents per proof gallon: Provided, That the standard proof for vinegar shall be 4 per centum by weight of acetic acid. [PAR. 739. Citrons and citron peel, crude, dried, or in brine, 2 cents per pound; candied or otherwise prepared or preserved, 41⁄2 cents per pound; orange and lemon peel, crude, dried, or in brine, 2 cents per pound; candied, or otherwise prepared or preserved, 5 cents per pound.]

PAR. 739. Orange, grapefruit, and lemon peel, crude, dried, or in brine, 2 cents per pound; candied, or otherwise prepared or preserved, 8 cents per pound; citrons or citron peel, candied or otherwise prepared or preserved, 6 cents per pound.

PAR. 740. Figs, fresh, dried, or in brine, 2 cents per pound; prepared or prepreserved [in any manner], not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem

PAR. 741. Dates, fresh or dried, unpitted, 1 cent per pound; pitted or prepared or preserved [in any manner], not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 742. Grapes in bulk, crates, barrels or other packages, 25 cents per cubic foot of such bulk or the capacity of the packages, according as imported; raisins, 2 cents per pound; other dried grapes, 21⁄2 cents per pound; currants, Zante or other, 2 cents per pound.

PAR. 743. Lemons, 2 cents per pound; limes, in their natural state, or in brine, 2 cents per pound; [and] oranges, 1 cent per pound; grapefruit, [1 cent] 11⁄2 cents per pound.

PAR. 744. [Olives in] Olives: In brine, green, 20 cents per gallon; in brine, ripe, [20] 30 cents per gallon; in brine, pitted or stuffed, 30 cents per gallon; dried [ripe olives, 4 cents] ripe, 5 cents per [pound.] pound; not specially provided for, 5 cents per pound.

PAR. 745. [Peaches and pears, green,] Peaches: Green, ripe, or in brine, onehalf of 1 cent per pound; dried, desiccated, or evaporated, 2 cents per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum

ad valorem.

PAR. 746. Pineapples, [222] 35 cents per crate of [one and ninety-six onehundredths] two and forty-five one-hundredths cubic feet; in bulk, [three-fourths of 1 cent 1% cents each; candied, crystallized, or glacé, 35 per centum ad valorem; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound.

PAR. 747. Plums, prunes, and prunelles, green, ripe, or in brine, one-half of 1 cent per pound; dried, one-half of 1 cent per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 748. Pears: Green, ripe, or in brine, one-half of 1 cent per pound; dried, desiccated, or evaporated, 2 cents per pound; otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. [748.] 749. All jellies, jams, marmalades, and fruit butters, 35 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. [749.] 750. Fruits in their natural state,. or in brine, pickled, dried, desiccated, evaporated, or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, and mixtures of two or more fruits, prepared or preserved, 35 per centum [ad valorem: Provided, That all specific provisions of this title for fruits and berries prepared or preserved shall include fruits and berries preserved or packed in sugar, or having sugar added thereto, or preserved or packed in molasses, spirits, or their own juices.] ad valorem; fruit pastes and fruit pulps, 35 per centum ad valorem; candied, crystallized, or glacé apricots, figs, dates, peaches, pears, plums, prunes, prunelles, berries, and all other fruits or fruit peels, not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That a mixture of two or more kinds of candied, crystallized, or glacé fruit or fruit peels shall bear the highest rate of duty applicable to any of the components.

[PAR. 750. Berries and fruits, of all kinds, prepared or preserved in any manner, containing 5 per centum or more of alcohol shall pay in addition to the rates provided in this title $5 per proof gallon on the alcohol contained therein: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting the importation of intoxicating liquor in violation of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution, or any Act of Congress enacted in its enforcement.]

PAR. 751. [Tulip, lily, and narcissus bulbs, and lily of the valley pips, $2 per thousand; hyacinth bulbs, $4 per thousand; crocus bulbs, $1 per thousand;] Tulip bulbs, $6 per thousand; hyacinth bulbs, $4 per thousand; lily bulbs, $6 per thousand; narcissus bulbs, $6 per thousand; crocus_corms, $2 per thousand; lily of the valley pips, $6 per thousand; all other bulbs [and roots], roots, rootstocks, clumps, corms, tubers, and herbaceous perennials, imported for horticultural purposes, 30 per centum ad valorem; cut flowers, [fresh] fresh, dried, prepared, or preserved, 40 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 752. Seedlings and cuttings of Manetti, multiflora, brier, rugosa, and other rose stock, all the foregoing not more than three years old, $2 per thousand; rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown on their own roots, 4 cents each; cuttings, seedlings, and grafted or budded plants of other deciduous or evergreen ornamental trees, shrubs, or vines, and all nursery or greenhouse stock, not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 753. Seedlings, layers, and cuttings of apple, cherry, pear, plum, quince, and other fruit stocks, $2 per thousand; grafted or budded fruit trees, cuttings and seedlings of grapes, currants, gooseberries, or other fruit vines, plants or ushes, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 754. Almonds, not shelled, [44] 51⁄2 cents per pound; shelled, [14] 161⁄2 cents per pound; blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved, 18

cents per pound; mandalonas or imitation almonds, 181⁄2 cents per pound; almond paste, [14] 182 cents per pound.

PAR. 755. Cream or Brazil nuts, [1 cent per pound;] not shelled, 2 cents per pound; shelled, 6 cents per pound; filberts, not shelled, [22] 5 cents per pound; shelled, [5] 10 cents per pound [; pignolia nuts, 1 cent per pound; pistache nuts, 1 cent per pound].

PAR. 756. Coconuts, one-half of 1 cent each; coconut meat, shredded and desiccated, or similarly prepared, 31⁄2 cents per pound.

PAR. 757. Peanuts, not shelled, [3] 44 cents per pound; shelled, [4] 6 cents per [pound.] pound; blanched, salted, prepared, or preserved, not specially provided for, and peanut butter, 7 cents per pound.

PAR. 758. Walnuts of all kinds, not shelled, [4] 5 cents per pound; shelled, [12] 15 cents per pound; blanched, roasted, prepared, or preserved, including walnut paste, 15 cents per pound; pecans, [unshelled, I not shelled, 3 cents per pound; shelled, 6 cents per pound.

PAR. 759. Edible nuts, [shelled or unshelled,] not specially provided for, [1 cent per pound;] not shelled, 5 cents per pound; shelled, 10 cents per pound; pickled, or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for, 35 per centum ad valorem; nut and kernel paste not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That no allowance shall be made for dirt or other impurities in nuts of any kind, shelled or [unshelled.] unshelled, and that a mixture of two or more kinds of nuts shall bear the highest rate of duty applicable to any of the components.

PAR. 760. Oil-bearing seeds and materials: Castor beans, one-half of 1 cent per pound; flaxseed, [40] 56 cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds; poppy seed, 32 cents per [100] one hundred pounds; sunflower seed, 2 cents per pound; apricot and peach kernels, 3 cents per pound; [soya] soy beans, [one-half of 1 cent] 2 cents per pound; cotton seed, one-third of 1 cent per pound.

PAR. 761. Grass seeds and other forage crop seeds: Alfalfa, [4] 5 cents per pound; alsike clover, [4] 5 cents per pound; crimson clover, [1 cent] 2 cents per pound; red clover, [4] 6 cents per pound; white and ladino clover, [3] 5 cents per pound; sweet clover, 3 cents per pound; clover, not specially provided for, [2] 3 cents per pound; millet, 1 cent per pound; orchard grass, 5 cents per pound; timothy, 2 cents per pound; hairy vetch, [2] 3 cents per pound; [spring vetch, 1 cent per pound] other vetches, 12 cents per pound; bent grass, 10 cents per pound; all other grass and forage crop seeds not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound: Provided, That no allowance shall be made for dirt or other impurities in seed [provided for in this paragraph] of any kind.

PAR. 762. Other garden and field seeds: Beet (except sugar beet), 4 cents per pound; cabbage, [10] 12 cents per pound; canary, 1 cent per pound; carrot, 4 cents per pound; cauliflower, 25 cents per pound; celery, 2 cents per pound; kale, 6 cents per pound; kohlrabi, 8 cents per pound; mangelwurzel, 4 cents per pound; mushroom spawn, 1 cent per pound; onion, 15 cents per pound; parsley, 2 cents per pound; parsnip, 4 cents per pound; pepper, 15 cents per pound; radish, [4] 6 cents per pound; spinach, 1 cent per pound; tree and shrub, 8 cents per pound; turnip, [4]5 cents per pound; rutabaga, [4] 5 cents per pound; flower, 6 cents per pound; all other garden and field seeds not specially provided for, 6 cents per pound: Provided, That the provisions for seeds in this schedule shall include such seeds whether used for planting or for other purposes.

PAR. 763. Beans, not specially provided for, and cowpeas: [green] Green or unripe, [one-half of 1 cent] 812 cents per pound; dried, [14] 21⁄2 cents per pound; in brine, 3 cents per pound; prepared or preserved in any manner, [2] 3 cents per pound on the entire contents of the container.

PAR. 764. Sugar beets, 80 cents per ton of two thousand pounds; other beets, 17 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 765. Lentils, one-half of 1 cent per pound; lupines, one-half of 1 cent per pound.

PAR. 766. Mushrooms, fresh, or dried or otherwise prepared or preserved, [45] 60 per centum ad valorem; truffles, fresh, or dried or otherwise prepared or preserved, [25] 30 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 767. [Peas, green or dried, 1 cent per pound;] Peas and chickpeas or garbanzos: Green or unripe, 2 cents per pound; dried, 134 cents per pound; [peas,] split, [14] 22 cents per pound; [peas,] prepared or preserved in any manner, 2 cents per pound on the entire contents of the container.

PAR. 768. Onions, [1 cent] 134 cents per pound; garlic, [2] 12 cents per pound. PAR. 769. White or Irish potatoes, 50 cents per one hundred pounds; dried, dehydrated, or desiccated potatoes, 234 cents per pound; potato flour, 21⁄2 cents

per pound.