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porarily for exhibition and in illustration, promotion, 

 and encouragement of art, science, or industry in the 

 United States, and not for sale, and photographic pic- 

 tures imported for exhibition by an association estab- 

 lished in good faith and duly authorized under the 

 laws of the United States, or of any State, expressly 

 and solely for the promotion and encouragement of 

 science, art, or industry, and not intended for sale, 

 shall be admitted free of duty, under such regulations 

 as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe ; but 

 bonds shall IK- given for the payment to the United 

 States of such duties as may be imposed by law upon 

 any and all such articles 'as shall not be exported 

 within six months after such importations : Prod<ll, 

 That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his dis- 

 cretion, extend such period for a further term of six 

 months in cases where applications therefor shall be 

 made. 



HNS. Works of art, collections in illustration of the 

 progress of the arts, sciences, or manufactures, photo- 

 graphs, works in terracotta, Parian, pottery, or porcelain, 

 and artistic copies of antiquities in metal or other ma- 

 terial, hereafter imported in good faith for permanent 

 exhibition at a fixed place by any society or institution 

 established for the* encouragement of the arts or of sci- 

 ence, and all like articles imported in good faith bv 

 any society or organization for the purpose of erecting 

 a public monument, and not intended for sale, nor tor 

 any other purpose than herein expressed ; but bonds 

 shall be given, under such rules and regulations as 

 the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, for the 

 payment of lawful duties which mav accrue should 

 any of the articles aforesaid be sold, transferred, or 

 used contrary to this provision, and such articles shall 

 be subject, at any time, to examination and inspec- 

 tion by the proper officers of the customs : Proddol, 

 That the privileges of this ami the preceding section 

 shall not be allowed to associations or corporations 

 engaged in or connected with business of a private or 

 commercial character. 



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SEC. 3. That there shall be levied, collected, and 

 paid on the importation of all raw or unmanufac- 

 tured articles, not enumerated or provided for in this 

 act, a duty often per centum ad valorem ; and on all 

 articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not pro- 

 vided for in this act, a duty of twenty per centum ad 

 valorem. 



SEC. 4. That each and every imported article, not 

 enumerated in this act, which is siinilar, either in 

 material, quality, texture, or the use' to which it may 

 be applied, to any article enumerated in this act as 

 chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty 

 which is levied on the enumerated article which it 

 most resembles in any of the particulars before men- 

 tioned ; ami if any nonenumerated article equally 

 resembles two or more enumerated articles on which 

 different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be 

 levied on such nonenumerated article the same rates 

 of duty as charge-able on the article which it resembles, 

 paying the highest rate of duty; and on articles not 

 enumerated, manufactured of two or more materials, 

 the duty shall be assessed at the highest rate at which 

 the same would be chargeable if composed wholly of 

 the component material thereof of chief value; 'and 

 the words- component material of chief value." when- 

 ever used in this act. shall be held to mean that com- 

 ponent material which shall exceed in value an- 

 other single component material of the article; and 

 the value of each component material shall be de- 

 termined by the ascertained value of such material in 

 its condition as found in the article. If two or more 

 rates of duty shall be applicable to any imported ar- 

 ticle, it shall pay duty at the highest of such rates. 



SEC. 5. That all articles of foreign manufacture, 

 such as usually or ordinarily marked, stamped, 

 branded, or labeled, and all packages containing such 

 or other imported articles, shall, respectively, be 

 plainly marked, stamped, branded, or labeled in legi- 

 ble English words, so as to indicate the country of 



their origin and the quantity of their contents- and 

 until so marked, stamped, branded, or labeled 'thev 

 shall not be delivered to the importer; should anv 

 article of imported merchandise be marked, stamped. 

 branded, or labeled so as to indicate a quantity, num- 

 ber, or measurement in excess of the quantity, num- 

 ber, or measurement actually contained in such ar- 

 ticle, no delivery of the same shall be made to the 

 importer until the mark, stamp, brand, or label, as 

 the case may be, shall be changed so as to conform 

 to the facts of the case. 



SEC. 6. That no article of imported merchandise 

 which shall copy or simulate the name or trade-mark 

 of any domestic manufacture or manufacturer shall 

 be admitted to entry at any customhouse of tin- 

 United States. And 'in order to aid the officers of 

 the customs in enforcing this prohibition, any domes- 

 tic manufacturer who has adopted trade-marks mav 

 require his name and residence and a description of 

 his trade-marks to be recorded in books which shall 

 be kept for the purpose in the Department of the 

 Treasury, under such regulations as the Secretary of 

 the Treasury shall prescribe, and may furnish to the 

 department facsimiles of such trade-marks; and 

 thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause 

 one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to 

 each collector or other proper officer of the cus- 

 toms. 



SEC. 7. That all materials of foreign production 

 which may be necessary for the construction of ves- 

 sels built in the United States for foreign account 

 and ownership, or for the purpose of being employed 

 in the foreign trade between the Atlantic and Pacific 

 ports of the United States, and all such materials 

 necessary for the building of their machinery, and 

 all articles necessary for their outfit and equipment, 

 after the passage of this act, may be imported iii 

 bond under such regulations as th'e Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe, and upon proof that such 

 materials have been used for such purposes no duties 

 shall be paid thereon. But vessels receiving the 

 benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage 

 in the coastwise trade of the United States more than 

 two months in any one year, except upon the pay- 

 ment to the United States of the duties of which a 

 rebate is herein allowed : Prodded, That vessels built 

 in the United States for foreign account and owner- 

 ship shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise 

 trade of the United States. 



SKC. 8. That all articles of foreign production 

 needed for the repair of American vessels engaged in 

 foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlan- 

 tic and Pacific ports of the United States, may be 

 withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, 

 under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury may prescribe. 



SEC. 9. That all articles manufactured in whole 

 or in part of imported materials, or of materials sub- 

 ject to internal-revenue tax, and intended for expor- 

 tation without being charged with duty and without 

 having an internal-revenue stamp affixed thereto, 

 shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe, in order to be so manufac- 

 tured and exported, be made and manufactured in 

 bonded warehouses similar to those known and des- 

 ignated in Treasury Regulations as bonded ware- 

 houses, Class 6 : Prodde<7, That the manufacturer of 

 such articles shall first give satisfactory bonds for the 

 faithful observance of all the provisions of law ami 

 of such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury: Pro vided further. That the 

 manufacturer of distilled spirits from grain, starch, 

 molasses, or sugar, including all dilutions or mixtures 

 of them or either of them, sliall not be permitted in 

 such manufacturing warehouses. 



Whenever goods manufactured in any bonded 

 warehouse established under the provisions of the 

 preceding paragraph shall be exported directly there- 

 from or shall oe duly laden for transportation and 

 immediate exportation under the supervision of the 

 proper officer who shall be duly designated for that 



