DUTIES ON IMPORTS. 1874 REVISED, CORRECTED, AND SUPPLEMENTED BY LEWIS HEYL, No. 4052 ASPEN STREET, PHILADELPHIA. WASHINGTON: W. H. & O. H. MORRISON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, BY LEWIS HEYL, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. SHERMAN & CO., PRINTERS, PHILADELPHIA. THE Codification of the Statutes of the United States, and the changes wrought by it and other recent enactments of Congress, have made a revision and entire re-arrangement of the "Schedules" in my book necessary. Hundreds of new and perplexing questions of classification arose, which, in order to meet the immediate pressing requirements of the customs service, had necessarily to be decided, (unofficially, of course,) by the best lights I could command. How far my judgment may be sustained by the proper authorities, must be left to the future. It seemed desirable to retain the repealed statutes and notes of former editions for convenient reference, in order to compare texts and note the effects of changes, variations, and transpositions thereof upon past adjudications; to facilitate which, indices to the old are given in the new provisions. The revision, together with the many new tables computed for the convenience of the service, have cost me much thought and labor; and I trust, will be acceptable. Severe illness, and consequent prostration, prevented its earlier publication, as advertised. (iii) |