Tariff Act of December 22, 1870
- sugar above 20 D.S. and refined subject to tariff of 4c per pound effective immediately after December 22, 1870 ⟨under Tariff Act of December 22, 1870⟩
All sugars above 20 D. S. and all refined, 4c per pound
judge verdicts (4)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The Tariff Act of July 14, 1870 (effective January 1, 1871) explicitly specifies 'All sugars above 20 D. S. and all refined, 4c per pound,' which exactly matches the claim's subject, predicate, and object.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.60 fail — Multiple qualifier issues: (1) TIME - The claim states 'after January 1, 1871' but the passage indicates the July 14, 1870 Act was 'Later amended by tariff act of December 22, 1870, to be effective immediately,' making the amended version effective before January 1, 1871, not after. The valid_from should be 1870-12-22, not 1871-01-01. (2) CONTEXT - The claim cites only the July 14, 1870 Act, but the passage explicitly states this was 'Later amended' by the December 22, 1870 Act. The context should reflect that the tariff rate comes from the December 22, 1870 amendment, not the July 14, 1870 Act alone. (3) VIEWPOINT - The passage does not attribute this to an 'author'; it is a factual statement from a tariff act document. Using 'author' is imprecise; this should reflect the source as the legislative act itself.
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The final section explicitly states that under the Tariff act of December 22, 1870, 'All sugars above 20 D. S. and all refined, 4c per pound,' which exactly matches the claimed tariff rate for this category of sugar.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint correctly cites the Tariff Act of December 22, 1870 as the source. The stance is appropriately 'asserts' as the passage states the tariff rate. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's factual presentation. The time qualifier correctly indicates immediate effectiveness after December 22, 1870, with valid_from set to 1870-12-22 and valid_to as null (no end date specified). The context appropriately restricts the claim to the Tariff Act of December 22, 1870. The quote appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim about the 4c per pound tariff on sugars above 20 D.S. and refined sugars.