REMARKS IN THE SENATE, ON AMENDMENTS TO THE TARIFF BILL REDUCING THE
TARIFF ON BOOKS, JANUARY 24, 1867.
The Senate having under consideration the bill to provide
increased revenue from imports, Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, moved
to retain the following articles on the free list:--
“Books, maps, charts, and other printed matter, specially
imported in good faith for any public library or society,
incorporated or established for philosophical, literary, or
religious purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine
arts.”