JA PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES—Continued, [.. U a Figures of 1914 are somewhat preliminary and subject to revision. b Exclusive of Alaska and islands belonging to the United States. e Census figures, relating to Continental United States; the figures for 1914 represent an estimate. d Census figures. e True valuation of real and personal property. 1904. 1800 to 1850, outstanding principal of the public debt, January 1. h Figures for the years 1800 to 1850 include the total public debt. i 1913. Gold and silver cannot be stated separately prior to 1876. From 1862 to 1875, inclusive, gold and silver were not in circulation, except on the Pacific coast, where it is estimated that the average specie circulation was about $25,000,000, and this estimate is continued for the three following years under the head of gold. After that period gold was available for circulation. k As the result of a special investigation by the Director of the Mint, a reduction of $135,000,000 was made in the estimate of gold coin in circulation on July 1, 1907, as compared with the basis of previous years, and on September 1, 1910, a reduction of 89,700000 was made in the estimate of silver coin. Includes notes of Bank of United States; State n Includes banknotes: demand notes of 1862 and 1863; fractional currency, 1870; Treasury notes of 18901891 to date; and currency certificates, act of June 8, 1892-1900. m Includes value of buildings, $3,556,639,496. The Twelfth Census was the first to collect statistics of buildings on farms. value of buildings, 86,325,451,528. o Data of the Department of Agriculture, representing wealth production on farms. p Exclusive of neighborhood industries and hand trades, included in years include receipts from customs, internal revenue, direct "Ordinary receipts' previous to 1905. tax, public lands, and miscellaneous," but do not include receipts from loans, premiums, Treasury Includes corporation and income taxes, $71,386,notes, or revenues of Post-Office Department. 156 in 1914. Ordinary disbursements" include disbursements for War, Navy, Indians, pensions, payments for interest, and miscellaneous," but do not include payments for premiums, principal of public debt, or disbursements for postal service paid from revenues thereof. Imports for consumption after 1850. u Based on general imports. v Domestic exports only after 1860. 1912. Includes canal boats and barges prior to 1880. y First six months, Figures relate to the Western Union only and after 1900 do not include messages sent over leased wires or under railroad contracts. (1) Estimated 1912. (2) 1800 to 1850, inclusive, from census of 1880; from 1880 to 1900, in(3) Includes salaries for teachers only. Figures are clusive, from Rowell's Newspaper Directory; after 1900 from Ayer's American Newspaper Annual. Figures for 1914 include outlying possessions. for 1912 (4) 1850, total alien passengers arrived; 1850, 15 months ending December 31; after 1850, fiscal years ending June 30. UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. Chairman, Henry Gannett, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Secretary, Charles S. Sloane, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Frank Bond, General Land Office, Department of the Interior; Lt. Col. John E. McMahon, General Staff, Department of War: Andrew Braid, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce: F. W. Hodge, Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsenian Institution; G. R. Putnam. Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of Commerce; James E. Payne, Government Printing Office; Capt. Thomas Washington, Hydrographic Office, Department of the Navy; William McNeir, Department of State; C. Hart Merriam, Department of Agriculture; John S. Mills, Department of the Treasury; Charles W. Stewart, Library and Naval War Records Office, Department of the Navy: David M. Hildreth, Topographer, Post-Office Department; Goodwin D. Ellsworth, Post-Office Department.. By executive order of August 10, 1906, the official title of the United States Board on Geographic Names was changed to United States Geographic Board, and its duties enlarged. The board passes on all unsettled questions concerning geographic names which arise in the departments, as well as determining, changing, and fixing place names within the United States and its insular possessions, and all names hereafter suggested by any officer of the Government shall be referred to the board before publication. The decisions of the board are to be accepted by all the departments of the GovAdvisory powers were granted the board concerning the preparaernment as standard authority. tion of maps compiled, or to be compiled, in the various offices and bureaus of the Government, with a special view to the avoidance of unnecessary duplication of work; and for the unification and improvement of the scales of maps, of the symbols and conventions used upon them, and of the methods of representing relief. Hereafter, all such projects as are of importance shall be submitted to this board for advice before being undertaken. UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS APPEALS. Presiding Judge-Robert M. Montgomery. Associate Judges-James F. Smith, Orion M. Barber, Marlon De Vries, George E. Martin. Attorney-General-James C. McReynolds. Assistant ALtorney-General-William L. Wemple. Clerk-Arthur B. Shelton ($3,500). Marshal Frank H. Briggs ($3,000). SEC. 188. There shall be a United States Court of Customs Appeals, which shall consist of a Presiding Judge and four Associate Judges, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary of seven thousand dollars a year. The Presiding Judge shall be so designated in the order of appointment and in the commission Issued to him by the President; and the Associate Judges shall have precedence according to the date of their commissions. Any three members of said court shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of three members shall be necessary to any decision thereof. In case of a vacancy or of the temporary inability, or disqualification for any reason of one or two of the Judges of said court, the President may, upon the request of the Presiding Judge of said court, designate any qualified United States Circuit or District Judge or Judges to act in his or their places and such Circuit or District Judges shall be duly qualified to so act. SEC. 189. The said Court of Customs Appeals shall always be open for the transaction of business, and sessions thereof may, in the discretion of the court, be held in the several judicial circuits. and at such places as said court may from time to time designate. SEC. 195. That the Court of Customs Appeals established by this chapter shall exercise exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal, as herein provided, final decisions by a board of general appraisers in all cases as to the construction of the law and the facts respecting the classiication of merchandise and the rate of duty imposed thereon under such classifications, and the fees and charges connected therewith, and all appealable questions as to the jurisdiction of said board. and all appealable questions as to the laws and regulations governing the collection of the customs revenues; and the judgments and decrees of said Court of Customs Appeals shall be final in all such cases: Provided, however, That in any case in which the judgment or decree of the Court of Customs Appeals is made final by the provisions of this title, It shall be competent for the Supreme Court, upon the petition of either party, filed within sixty days next after the issue by the Court of Customs Appeals of Its mandate upon decision, in any case in which there is drawn in question the construction of the Constitution of the United States, or any part thereof, or of any treaty made pursuant thereto, or in any other case when the Attorney-General of the United States shall, before the decision of the Court of Customs Appeals is rendered, file with the court a certificate to the effect that the case is of such importance as to render expedient Its review by the Supreme Court, to require, by certiorari or otherwise, such case to be certified to the Supreme Court for its review and determination, with the same power and authority in the case as if it had been carried by appeal or writ of error to the Supreme Court: And provided further, That this act shall not apply to any case involving only the construction of section 1, or any portion thereof, of an act entitled "An act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes," approved August 5, 1909, nor to any case involving the construction of section 2 of an act entitled "An act to promote reciprocal trade relations with the Dominion of Canada. and for other purposes," approved July 26, 1911. (Amendment as approved, August 22, 1914.) SEC. 196. No appeal shall be taken or allowed from any Board of United States General Ap praisers to any other court, and no appellate jurisdiction shall thereafter be exercised or allowed. by any other courts in cases decided by said Board of United States General Appraisers, but all appeals allowed by law from such Board of General Appraisers shall be subject to review only in the Court of Customs Appeals hereby established, according to the provisions of this chapter: Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to deprive the Supreme Court of the United States of Jurisdiction to hear and determine all customs cases which have heretofore been certified to said court from the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals on applications for writs of certiorari or otherwise, nor to review by writ of certiorari any customs case heretofore decided or now pending and hereafter decided by any Circuit Court of Appeals, provided application for sald writ be made within six months after August 5, 1909: Provided further, That all customs cases decided by a Circuit or District Court of the United States or a court of a Territory of the United States prior to sald date above mentioned, and which have not been removed from said courts by appeal or writ of error, and all such cases theretofore submitted for decision in sald courts and remaining undecided may be reviewed on appeal at the instance of either party by the United States Court of Customs Appeals, provided such appeal be taken within one year from the date of the entry of the order, Judgment, or decrees sought to be reviewed. SEC. 197. Immediately upon the organization of the Court of Customs Appeals, all cases within the jurisdiction of that court pending and not submitted for decision in any of the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, United States Circuit, Territorial or District Courts, shall, with the record and samples therein, be certified by said courts to said Court of Customs Appeals for further proceedings in accordance herewith: Provided, That where orders for the taking of further testimony before a referee have been made in any of such cases, the taking of such testimony shall be completed before such certification. SEC. 198. If the Importer, owner, consignee, or agent of any Imported merchandise, or the Collector or Secretary of the Treasury, shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the Board of General Appraisers as to the construction of the law and the facts respecting the classification of such merchandise and the rate of duty imposed thereon under such classification, or with any other appealable decision of said board, they, or either of them, may, within sixty days next after the entry of such decree or judgment, and not afterward, apply to the Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the questions of law and fact involved in such decision: Provided. That In Alaska and in the insular and other outside possessions of the United States ninety days shall be allowed for making such application to the Court of Customs Appeals. Such application shall be made by filing in the omce of the clerk of said court a concise statement of errors of law and fact complained of; and a copy of such statement shall be served on the collector, or the importer, owner, consignee, or agent, as the case may be. Thereupon the court shall immediately order the Board of General Appraisers to transmit to said court the record and evidence taken by them, together with the certified statement of the facts involved in the case and their decision thereon; and all the evidence taken by and before sald board shall be competent evidence before said Court of Customs Appeals. The decision of said Court of Customs Appeals shall be final, and such cause shall be remanded to sald Board of General Appraisers for further proceedings to be taken in pursuance of such determination. SEC. 199. Immediately upon receipt of any record transmitted to said court for determination the clerk thereof shall place the same upon the calendar for hearing and submission; and such calendar shall be called and all cases thereupon submitted, except for good cause shown, at least once every sixty days: Provided, That such calendar need not be called during the months of July and August of any year. A TABLE OF LEADING ARTICLES IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES OR (The following table covers only the articles of principal importance imported.) RATES OF DUTY UNDER 25 p.c. ad val. 25 p.c. ad val. New Law of 1913. 14c.lb.and 10 p.c. 10 p.c. ad val. Free list ad val. 214c. lb. 35c. gal. 50c. gal. 8c. gal. $1.50 Ib. Oil, whale, gals Opium, crude and not adulterated, containing 9 per cent. and over of morphia, lbs....... Paints, colors, pigments, etc... Perfumery, cosmetics, containing alcohol.. Perfumery, cosmetics. not containing alcohol. Soda, bicarbonate of... Sponges, not advanced in value by chemical processes. Talcum SCHEDULE BEARTHS, EARTHENWARE AND GLASSWARE Cement.. Earthenware, porcelain, decorated. Earthenware, common, not ornamented Glassware, plain, decorated or cut.. Marble, manufactures of, except for jewelry. Spectacles, eyeglasses, opera and field glasses, and frames for same. SCHEDULE C-METALS AND MANUFACTURES OF. Iron, bar, n.s pf...... Steel, n.s p.f. Automobiles, valued at $2,000 or more and automobile bodies. Automobiles valued at less than $2.000, and automobile chassis and finished parts of automobiles not including tires. Copper plates, n.s.p.f... Pens, metallic, except gold pens. Table and kitchen utenslis, metal. Pins, not jewelry. Tin plates.... Iron beams, girders, joists. Cast Iron pipe, andirons, plates. stove plates, hollow ware. Watch movements and watch cases, clocks and parts thereof.. SCHEDULE DWOOD AND MANUFACTURES OF.. Paving posts, railroad tires, telephone, trolley and telegraph poles.. House or cabinet furniture, and manufactures of wood or bark. n s.p f..... SCHEDULE E-SUGAR, MOLASSES AND MANUFACTURES OF. Sugars and syrups of cane juice... 30 p.c. ad val, 60c lb. and 50 p.c. 60 p.c. ad val. 20 p.c. ad val. 15 to 20 p.c. ad 10 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 5 p.c. ad val. Graduated rate 15 p.c. ad val. 45 p.c. ad val. ཟླ་ 45 p.c, ad, val. 7c. lb. 30 p.c. ad val. 10 p.c. ad val. 10 p.c. ad val. 2c. lb. Sugar candy and all confectionery, n.s p.f., valued at 15c. per 4c. Ib. and 15 p.c. ad val. > I Not above 75 de grees polarfscope 71-100 of 1c. per lb.; for addievery tional degree 26 -1000 of Ic. per lb. 65c. Ib. 15 p.c. ad val. 15 p.c. ad val. 3c. lb. 1c. lb. 25 p.c. ad val. 12c. lb. Brandy and other spirits. manufactured or distilled from $2.60 gallon grain or other materials, n.s.p.f.. Champagne and all other sparkling wines, quarts. Wines, still, in bottles, quarts.... Malt liquors, in bottles, jugs, gallons.. Mineral waters, in bottles, quarts.. SCHEDULE J-FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE AND MANUFACT- $9.60 per doz. 214c. lb. to 28c. lb. Ic. sq. yard to 8c. 44c. sq. yari and 60c. doz. & 15 p.c. 30 doz. & 35 p.c. and 30 to 50 p.c. ad val. p.c. ad val. 9c. sq. yard & 25 40 p.c. ad val. p.c. ad val. to 12c. sq. yard & 25 p.c. ad val. 60 p.c. ad val. Flax hemp or ramle single yarns, finer than 80 lea or number.... 35 p.c. ad al. 3c. sq. yard Dress goods, women's and children's. Graduated rate Clothing, ready made and wearing apparel of every description, 44c. lb. & 60 p.c. n.s.p.f... Carpets, woven whole for rooms, and rugs... Plushes, velvets and all other pile fabrics, cut or uncut.. ad val. 35 p. c. ad val. 10c. sq. foot & 50 p.c. ad val. 40 p.c. ad val. Graduated rate 145 p.c. ad val. Graduated rate New Law of 1913. 20c. lb. to 35 p.c. Silk, all manufactures of, n.s.p.f.. Books, of all kinds, bound or unbound pamphlets, engravings, Paper, manufactures of, n.s.p.t...... Playing cards. SCHEDULE N-SUNDRIES. Beads.. lb. 25 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 10 p.c. ad val. 20 p.c. ad val. 15 p.c. ad val. 25 p.c. ad val. 2060 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 7c. lb. 20 p.c. ad val. ad 20 to 60 p.c. ad val. 50 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 15 p.c. ad val. 35 p.c. ad val. 150 p.c. ad val. THE FREE LIST. Cottonseed oil. Cream. Croton oll. Curry. Darning needles. Drawings. Dyeing and tanning materials. Engravings, n.s.p.1. Evergreen seedlings. Explosive substances. Animals brought into U. Bullion, gold or silver. 8. temporarily or for Burlaps breeding purposes. Cabinet woods, Animals, wild. Anthracite coal. Antitoxins. Aromatic (not garden) Carbolic acid. seeds. ufactured. Calcium, n.s.p.f. Cash registers. Arrowroot, not manufac-Cast-iron pipe. tured. Arsenic. Art, works of. Articles returned after Charts, n.s.p.f. tured. Asphaltum. Bacon. Bagging for cotton, etc. Barbed fence wire. Drugs, not advanced. Dyewoods, n.s.p.f. unman-Etchings, n.s.p.f. Fans, common palm leaf. Hams. Fencing, barbed and vanized wire. Handle bolts. gal-Hand sewing needles. Ferromanganese. Citizens of U. S. dying Flat rails, iron or steel. countries, Flax. in foreign personal effects of. Flint, flints and flint Flower and grass seeds, Cocoanuts in the shell. Fossils. Barks, n.s.p.1. Beans, n.s.p.f. Beef, fresh. Beeswax. Belting leather. Coins, gold, silver and Benzine. copper. Berries, n.s.p.1. Coke. Bibles. Birds. Composition Bismuth. Bituminous coal. Blankets, n.s.p.f. Fowls. Fruit plants, for purpose metal, of propagation or cul-Horns and parts of. tivation. Horsehair. Fruits or berries, n.s.p.f. Horseshoe nails. Fulminates. Horseshoes. Furniture of persons or Household effects. familles from foreignIce. 1 Galvanized wire. India rubber, crude. Copper, in plates, bars, countries. Books for the blind and Copperas. Glass, plates or disks. Instruments, philosophi cal and scientifical. Inventions, models of. sophical, scientine or Corn and corn-meal. Glaziers' diamonds. Ilterary purposes, per-Cotton & cotton bagging. Gloves, leather, n.s.p.1.dine, crude and sons or families from Cotton gins. |