APPENDIX B. 



UXITED STATES TEA ADULTERATION J.AW. 



Be it enaoted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer- 

 ica in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be un- 

 lawful for any person or persons or corporation to import or bring into the United 

 States any merchandise for sale as tea, adulterated with spurious leaf or with ex- 

 hausted leaves, or which contains so great an admixture of chemicals or other dele- 

 terious substances as to make it unfit for use ; and the importation of all such merchan- 

 dise is hereby prohibited. 



SEC. 2. That on making entry at the custom-house of all tea or merchandise de- 

 cribed as tea imported into the United States, the importer or consignee shall givee 

 a bond to the collector of the port that such merchandise shall not be removed from 

 warehouse until released by the custom-house authorities, who shall examine it with 

 reference to its purity and fitness for consumption; and that for the purpose of such 

 examination samples of each line in every invoice shall be submitted by the importer 

 or consignee to the examiner, with his written statement that such samples represent 

 the true quality of each and every part of the invoice, and accord with the specifi- 

 cation therein contained ; and in case the examiner has reason to believe that such 

 samples do not represent the true quality of the invoice, he shall make such further 

 examination of the tea represented by the invoice, or any part thereof, as shall 

 be necessary : Provided, That such further examination of such tea shall be made 

 within three days after entry thereof has been made at the custom-house: And pro- 

 vided further, That the bond above required shall also be conditioned for the payment 

 of all custom-house charges which may attach to such merchandise prior to being 

 released or destroyed (as the case may be) under the provisions of this act. 



SEC. 3. That if, after an examination, as provided in section 2, the tea is found by 

 the examiner not to come within the prohibition of this act, a permit shall at once 

 be granted to the importer or consignee declaring the tea free from the control of the 

 custom authorities; but if on examination such tea, or merchandise described as tea, 

 is found, in the opinion of the examiner, to come within the prohibitions of this act, 

 the importer or consignee shall be immediately notified, and the tea, or merchandise 

 described as tea, so returned shall not be released by the custom-house, unless on 

 reexaminatoin called for by the importer or consignee the return of the examiner 

 shall be found erroneous : Provided, That should a portion of the invoice be passed by 

 the examiner, a permit shall be granted for that portion, and the remainder held 

 for further examination, as provided in section 4. 



SEC. 4. That in case of any dispute between the importer or consignee and the ex- 

 aminer, the matter in dispute shall be referred for arbitration to a committee of three 

 experts, one to be appointed by the collector, one by the importer, and the two to 

 choose a third, and their decision shall be final ; and if, upon such final reexamina- 

 tioii, the tea shall be found to come within the prohibitions of this act, the importer 

 or consiguee shall give a bond, with securities satisfactory to the collector, to export 

 such tea, or merchandise described as tea, out of the limits of the United States 



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