362. Combination lenses for same are dutiable according to diameter; if such diameter be 1 inch or less.. (b) More than 1 inch and not more than 14. (c) More than 11⁄2 inch and not more that 2. .each.. $3.00 .each.. 4.50 .each.. 7.50 ..each.. 15.00 .each.. 30.00 363. Tuns, pipes, casks, and other similar wooden receptacles of liquids, or of articles in liquid or in brine, imported separately, or in use as immediate containers of imported merchandise which is not dutiable on gross weight: 365. On all other goods, wares, merchandise, and effects not otherwise enumerated or provided for, except crude materials.....per cent ad valorem.. 366. On crude materials not otherwise enumerated.....per cent ad valorem.. ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY. 25 10 SEC. 12. The following articles shall pay no duty on their importation into the Philippine Islands: 367. Natural mineral waters aerated, carbonated or not. 368. Trees, shoots, and plants; also moss in a natural or fresh state. 369. Copper, gold and silver ores. 370. 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. 371. Articles of the growth, produce and manufacture of the Philippine Islands exported to a foreign country and returned without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means, and upon which no drawback or bounty has been allowed. 372. Gold, silver and platinum, in broken-up jewelry or table services, bars, sheets, coins, pieces, dust and scraps. 373. Gold, silver and platinum, in articles manufactured and stamped in the Philippine Islands. 379. Diamonds and other precious stones in the rough, unmounted. 380. Hand paintings in oil, water color, or pastel, and pen and ink drawings intended for use as works of art, and not as a part of decoration of any other merchandise, nor for use in the manufactures and industrial arts and sciences. 381. Lithographs, posters, calendars and folders for advertising purposes only, having no commercial value and designed for free public distribution. 382. (a) Spanish scientific, literary, and artistic works, not subversive of public order, imported under provisions of Article XIII of the treaty between Spain and the United States signed at Paris on the 10th day of December, 1898. (b) Public magazines, reviews, newspapers, and like published periodicals, Bibles, and schoolbooks; but complete books published in parts and not otherwise entitled to free entry shall not be classified under this paragraph. 383. Manures, natural. 384. Quinine, sulphate and bisulphate of, and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark, in pills or otherwise. ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 385. Supplies imported by the United States Government for the use of 'the Army, Navy, and Marine-Hospital Service or by the insular government for its use or that of its subordinate branches. 386. Wearing apparel, toilet objects and articles for personal use, bed and table linen, books, portable tools and instruments, theatrical costumes, jewels and table services bearing evident signs of having been used, imported by travelers in their luggage in quantities proportionate to their profession and position. The customs authorities may exact a bond for the exportation of these articles when deemed necessary by them. 387. Works of fine art destined for public museums, galleries or art schools; when due proof is given as to their destination. 388. Archæological and numismatical objects for public museums, academies and scientific and artistic corporations, on proof of their destination. 389. Specimens and collections of mineralogy, botany, zoology and ethnology, and small models for public museums, public sch.cols, academies, and scientific and artistic corporations, on proof of their destination. 390. (a) Philosophical, historical, economic, and scientific books, apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including packing, packages, and receptacles thereof, specially imported in good faith and for the use and by the order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for philosophical, educational, scientific or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use and by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the Philippine Islands, or of any public library, and not for sale or hire, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the collector of customs of the islands; and the provisions of this paragraph in respect to books shall apply also to any individual importing not exceeding two copies of any one work for his own use and not for sale or hire. (b) Books and music in raised print, used exclusively by the blind. If the regulations in each case are not complied with, or if the examination is not entirely satisfactory, the exemption shall be annulled, and the duties stipulated in the tariff shall be collected. ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY SUBJECT TO THE FORMALITIES PRESCRIBED IN EACH CASE BY THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES. 391. Casks, sacks, and large metal receptacles in use as immediate containers of dutiable imported commodities, when such receptacles are to be reexported. 392. Carriages, trained animals, portable theaters, circus equipments, panoramas, wax figures and other similar objects for public entertainment, imported temporarily. 393. Used household furniture of persons coming to settle in the Philippine Islands, including such articles, effects, and furnishings as pictures, books, pianos, organs, chinaware, and kitchen utensils, in quantities and of the class suitable to the rank and position of the persons bringing the same: Provided, That they have all been used by said persons for more than one year; that they are brought within a reasonable time after the arrival of the owners, in the discretion of the collector of customs: And provided further, That satisfactory evidence be produced that such persons are actually coming to settle in the Philippine Islands; that the change of residence is bona fide, and that the privilege of free entry under this paragraph has never been previously granted to them. 394. Foreign articles destined to exhibitions held in the Philippine Islands. 395. Submarine tolegraph cables. 396. Pumps intended for the salvage of vessels imported temporarily. 397. Parts of machinery, pieces of metal and wood imported for the repair of foreign vessels which have entered ports of the Philippine Islands through stress of weather. EXPORT DUTIES. SEC. 13. On the following products of the Philippine Islands, when exported therefrom, there shall be levied and collected on the gross weight thereof export duties as follows: 403. Cocoanuts, fresh and dried (copra) 404. Tobacco, manufactured, of all kinds and whatever origin....100 kilos.. 1.50 1.00 405. Tobacco, raw, grown in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabella, and New Biscay (Luzon Islands) .100 kilos.. $1.50 406. Tobacco, raw, grown in the Visayas, and Mindanao Island...100 kilos.. 407. Tobacco, raw, grown in other provinces of the archipelago..100 kilos.. Certificates of origin of raw tobacco may be required by the customs authorities when proof of the place of production is necessary. TONNAGE DUES. .75 SEC. 14. At all ports or places in the Philippine Islands there shall be levied the following navigation and port charges: On the entry of a vessel from a port or place not in the Philippine Islands a duty of six cents ($0.06) per net ton as expressed in her national certificate of registry. On the entry of a vessel from a port or place not in the Philippine Islands lading or discharging cargo which is less than the net tonnage of the vessel, dues of twenty cents ($0.20) per thousand kilograms may be imposed, at the option of the master or consignor or consignee of the cargo, in lieu of the tonnage tax above prescribed. On the entry of a vessel only to discharge or take on board passengers and their baggage, the tonnage tax above prescribed shall not be imposed. SEC. 15. The following shall be exempt from tonnage dues: A vessel belonging to or employed in the service of the Government of the United States. A vessel of a foreign government not engaged in trade. A vessel in distress. A yacht belonging to an organized yacht club of the United States or of a foreign nation which imposes no tonnage or equivalent taxes on American yachts. WHARF CHARGES. SEC. 16. There shall be levied and collected upon goods of all kinds exported through the ports of entry of the Philippine Islands a duty of seventy-five cents ($0.75) per gross ton of 1,000 kilos, as a charge for wharfage and for harbor dues, whatever be the port of destination or nationality of the exporting vessel. SEC. 17. Merchandise imported, exported, or shipped in transit for the use of the Government of the United States, or of that of the Philippine Islands, including coal, shall be exempt from wharf charges. REIMPORTATION OF INSULAR PRODUCTS. SEC. 18. Goods, fruits, and articles of the Philippine Islands exported abroad and reimported, owing to their not having been sold at the place of destination, shall be exempt from the payment of duty, provided, always, that they are enclosed in the same packages and bear the same marks, and that they are accompanied by certificates of the consular officer, or, if there be none, of the local authority, stating that the goods, produce or effects of the country are reimported for the above-stated reason. Abaca, raw, is exempt from the production of the aforesaid certifi cate. SEC. 19. The following articles may likewise be imported free of duty: (a) Paintings which are works of art, and have been exported with a customhouse certificate, provided that their identity is established to the satisfaction of the customs authorities. (b) Books, when, on their exportation, the number of the copies, the title of the work, and the name of the publisher have been stated in the export certificate. (c) Copper coins returned from foreign countries, if, on examination, it appears that they have been coined legitimately. (d) Articles returned from foreign exhibitions. (e) Articles of the Philippine Islands returned from foreign countries, the entry of which was prohibited at the place of destination. SEC. 20. All existing decrees, laws, regulations, or orders, so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and the tariff and duties, rules and regulations hereby enacted, are to that extent repealed, such repeal to take effect at the time when said tariff and duties shall go into force and effect. Nothing in this section contained shall in any way affect any legal proceeding that has been or may be lawfully commenced at any time by reason of any act or omission done or committed before the date upon which this Act goes into force and effect. SEC. 21. The index and repertory hereto attached are not an integral part of the tariff law and shall not be construed to alter or change the same in any way. SEC. 22. This Act shall be known and referred to as the Tariff Revision Law of 1901. SEC. 23. This Act shall take effect November 15, 1901. [No. 231.] AN ACT amending Act No. 146, relating to the duties of the Insular Purchasing Agent, by providing an uniform additional charge of ten per cent. upon the cost of goods by excepting from its operation certain purchases by provincial governments and by authorizing the Civil Governor in certain cases to suspend its operation. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section 6 of Act No. 146, creating the office of Insular Purchasing Agent and defining his duties, is hereby amended by striking out the last five lines thereof commencing with the word "payment" and ending with the word "appropriation," and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Payment of all articles and supplies so furnished shall be made to the Purchasing Agent at the actual cost thereof in the city of Manila, including freight, and all other expenses incident to the delivery in the warehouse of the Purchasing Agent at Manila, and ten per cent. additional upon such cost for freight, storage, bookkeeping, breakage, and other proper charges, by the Department, Bureau or Office, or Provincial or City Government receiving the same, from its available appropriations.' Act No. 146 is further amended by adding thereto the following sections: "SEC. 12. Nothing in this act shall hereafter be construed to require that purchase of material, supplies, and other things needed for the use of any provincial government shall be made through the Insular Purchasing Agent, if such articles are in the province and can be purchased by the Supervisor at prices deemed by the Provincial Board to be reasonable. "SEC. 13. In cases of emergency or where the public interest shall require, the Civil Governor shall have power to authorize the head of any department or bureau, or any provincial government, to make purchases directly and not through the Insular Purchasing Agent, the provisions of this law to the contrary notwithstanding. In cases where the Civil Governor exercises the power herein conferred he shall make provision, in the order conferring the authority, for such limitations upon the method of purchase as shall secure the lowest prices consistent with the emergency presented and the conditions of the market. "SEC. 14. In cases in which municipalities are desirous of purchasing supplies through the Insular Purchasing Agent, the Governor may require such agent by order to buy and furnish the needed supplies upon proper provision being made for the payment out of the Municipal Treasury." SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, September 20, 1901. [No. 232.] AN ACT amending Act No. 74, and providing for the appointment of deputy division superintendents in the Bureau of Public Instruction. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of Section 3 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by inserting in the fourth line, after "Archipelago" the words " Deputy Division Superintendents," making the paragraph to read as follows: "(b) He shall appoint, in accordance with Act No. 25, enacted October 17, 1900, a City Superintendent of Schools for Manila, and Division Superintendents of Schools for other parts of the Archipelago, Deputy Division Superintendents, and the teachers and clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks." SEC. 2. Section 7 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by striking out the word "and" in the second line and inserting in the same line, after "Division Superintendents," the words, "and the Deputy Division Superintendents," making the section to read as follows: "SEC. 7. The actual expenses of the General Superintendent, the Division Superintendents and the Deputy Division Superintendents while traveling or absent from their usual places of residence on official business shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury. SEC. 3. Section 9 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following paragraph: "The Deputy Division Superintendent shall be a teacher actually engaged in instruction. He shall act for the Division Superintendent in the absence of this officer and he shall exercise all the functions of the Division Superintendent; subject to the confirmation of the Division Superintendent; provided, however, that he shall not have power to appoint school teachers or to fix their salaries. The number of |