"Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain
or other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon.
"Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon;
in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing
each not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four
bottles or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and
twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found
in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per
pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty
shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs.
"Upon paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings,
and statuary, fifteen _per centum ad valorem_" of which the
officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington this 13th day of July, A.
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