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deem necessary to prevent the importation of adulterated and spu- 

 rious drugs and medicines. 



Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners to 

 be appointed under this act shall, before entering on the discharge 

 of their duties, t;ike and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by 

 the ninth section of the act of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred 

 and forty-six, entitled "An Act reducing the duty on imports and 

 for other purposes." 



Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners 

 authorized to be appointed by the fifth section of this act shall, if 

 suitably qualified persons can be found, be taken from the officers 

 now employed in the respective Collection Districts; and if new 

 appointments shall be necessary, for want of such persons, then, as 

 soon as it can be done consistently with the efficiency of the service, 

 the officers in said districts shall be reduced so that the present num- 

 ber of said officers shall not be permanently increased by reason of 

 such new appointments. — Approved June 26, 1848. 



Department of State, June 28, 1848. 

 The above is a true copy as compared with the original Roll. 

 (Signed) W. S. DERRICK, A. C. C. 



