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without being charged with duty and without having 

 a stamp affixed thereto, shall, under such regulations 

 as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be 

 made and manufactured in warehouses similarly con- 

 structed to those known and designated in Treasury 

 regulations as bonded warehouses, class two: Pro- 

 vided, That such manufacturer shall first give satis- 

 factory bonds to the collector of internal revenue for 

 the faithful observance of all the provisions of law 

 and the regulations as aforesaid, in amount not less 

 than half of that required by the regulations of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury from persons allowed bond- 

 ed warehouses. Such goods, when manufactured in 

 such warehouses, may be removed for exportation un- 

 der the direction of the proper officer having charge 

 thereof, who shall be designated by the Secretary of 

 the Treasury without being charged with duty, and 

 without having a stamp affixed thereto. Any manu- 

 facturer of the articles aforesaid, or any of them, hav- 

 ing such bonded warehouses as aforesaid, shall be at 

 liberty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe, to convey therein any mate- 

 rials to be used in such manufacture which are al- 

 lowed by the provisions of law to be exported free 

 from tax or duty, as well as the necessary mate- 

 rials, implements, packages, vessels, brands, and 

 labels for the preparation, putting up, and export of 

 the said manufactured articles'; and every article so 

 used shall be exempt from the payment of stamp and 

 excise duty by such manufacturer. Articles and ma- 

 terials so to be used may be transferred from any 

 bonded warehouse in which the same may be, under 

 such regulation as the Secretary of the Treasury may 

 prescribe, into any bonded warehouse in which such 

 manufacture may be conducted, and may be- used in 

 such manufacture, and when so used shall be exempt 

 from stamp and excise duty ; and the receipt of the 

 officer in charge as aforesaid shall be received as a 

 voucher tor the manufacture of such articles. Any 

 materials imported into the United States may, under 

 such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 

 scribe, and under the direction of the proper officer, 

 be removed in original packages from on shipboard, 

 or from the bonded warehouse in which the same 

 may be, into the bonded warehouse in which such 

 manufacture may be carried on, for the purpose of 

 being used in such manufacture, without payment of 

 duties thereon, and may there be used in such manu- 

 facture. No article so removed, nor any article manu- 

 factured in said bonded warehouse, shall be taken 

 therefrom except for exportation, under the direction 

 of the proper officer having charge thereof as afore- 

 said, whose certificate, describing the articles by their 

 mark or otherwise, the quantity, the date of importa- 

 tion, and name of vessel, with such additional par- 

 ticulars as may from time to time be required, shall 

 be received by the collector of customs in cancellation 

 of the bond or return of the amount of foreign import 

 duties. All labor performed and services rendered 

 under these regulations shall be under the supervision 

 of an officer of the customs, and at the expense of the 

 manufacturer. 



SEC. 11. All persons are prohibited from importing 

 into the United States from any foreign country any 

 obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertise- 

 ment, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other rep- 

 resentation, figure, or image on or of paper or other 

 material, or any cast, instrument, or other article of 

 an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any 

 article whatever, for the prevention of conception, 

 or for causing unlawful abortion. No such articles, 

 whether imported separately or contained in packages 

 with other goods entitled to entry, shall be admitted 

 to entry ; and all such articles shall be proceeded 

 against, seized, and forfeited by due course of law. 

 All such prohibited articles and the package in which 

 they are contained in the course of importation shall 

 be detained by the officer of customs, and proceed- 

 ings taken against the same as prescribed in the fol- 

 lowing section, unless it appears to the satisfaction 

 of the collector of customs that the obscene articles 



contained in the package were inclosed therein with- 

 out the knowledge or consent of the importer, owner, 

 agent, or consignee : Provided, That the drugs here- 

 inbefore mentioned, when imported in bulk and not 

 put up for any of the purposes hereinbefore specified, 

 are excepted from the operation of this section. 



SEC. 12. That whoever, being an officer, agent, or 

 employ 6 of the Government of the United States, 

 shall knowingly aid or abet any person engaged in 

 any violation ot any of the provisions of law prohibit- 

 ing importing, advertising, dealing in, exhibiting, or 

 sending or receiving by mail obscene or indecent pub- 

 lications or representations, or means for preventing 

 conception or procuring abortion, or other articles of 

 indecent or immoral use or tendency, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for every offense 

 be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand 

 dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more 

 than ten years, or both. 



SEC. 13. That any judge of any district or circuit 

 court of the United States, within the proper district, 

 before whom complaint in writing of any violation of 

 the two preceding sections is made, to the satisfaction 

 of such judge, and founded, on knowledge or belief, 

 and if upon belief, setting forth the grounds of such 

 belief, and supported by oath or affirmation of the 

 complainant may issue, conformably to the Constitu- 

 tion, a warrant directed to the marshal or any deputy 

 marshal, in the proper district, directing him to search 

 for, seize, and take possession of any such article or 

 thing mentioned in the two preceding sections, and 

 to make due and immediate return thereof to the end 

 that the same may be condemned and destroyed by 

 proceedings, which shall be conducted in the same 

 manner as other proceedings in the case of municipal 

 seizure, and with the same right of appeal or writ of 

 error. 



SEO. 14. That machinery for repair may be im- 

 ported into the United States without payment of 

 duty, under bond, to be given in double the appraised 

 value thereof, to be withdrawn and exported after 

 said machinery shall have been repaired; and the 

 Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 

 to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be 

 necessary to protect the revenue against fraud, and 

 secure the identity and character of all such importa- 

 tions when again withdrawn and exported, restricting 

 and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same 

 port of entry where imported, and also limiting all 

 bonds to a period of time of not more than six months 

 from the date of the importation. 



SEC. 15. That the produce of the forests of the 

 State of Maine upon the Saint John Kiver and its 

 tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed 

 or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by 

 American citizens, the same being unmanufactured 

 in whole or in part, which is now admitted into the 

 ports of the United States free of duty, shall continue 

 to be so admitted under such regulations as the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury shall, from time to time pre- 

 scribe. 



SEC. 16. That the produce of the forests of the State 

 of Maine upon the Saint Croix river and its tributaries 

 owned by American citizens, and sawed in the Prov- 

 ince of New Brunswick b^ American citizens, the 

 same being unmanufactured in whole or in part, shall 

 be admitted into the ports of the United States free of 

 duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury shall, from'time to time, prescribe. 



SEC. 17. That a discriminating duty of ten per cent- 

 um ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed by 

 law, shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, 

 wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in 

 vessels not of the United States ; but this discriminat- 

 ing duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and mer- 

 chandise which shall be imported in vessels not. of 

 the United States, entitled, by treaty or any act of 

 Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United 

 States on payment of the same duties as shall then be 

 paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in 

 vessels of the United States. 



