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within a period of six months after, such final reexamination ; but if the same shall 

 not have been exported within the time specified, the collector, at the expiration of 

 that time, shall cause the same to be destroyed. 



SEC. 5. That the examination and appraisement herein provided for shall be made 

 by a duly qualified appraiser of the port at which said tea is entered, and when 

 entered at ports where there are no appraisers, such examination and appraisement 

 shall be made by the revenue officers to whom is committed the collection of duties, 

 unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall otherwise direct. 



SEC. 6. That leaves to which the term "exhausted" is applied in this act shall 

 mean and include any tea which has been deprived of its proper quality, strength, or 

 virtue by steeping, infusion, decoction, or other means. 



SEC. 7. That teas actually on shipboard for shipment to the United States at the 

 time of the passage of this act shall not be subject to the prohibition thereof. 



SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the power to enforce the 

 provisions of this act by appropriate regulations. 



Approved, March 2, 1883. 



