

N OF TEA.) 



e sai oan iy emova, 



Uoa. or any other cause shall be fort 

 the Secretary of the Treasury by ap| 



Bpofafeet t<> hold fort ho UIMXI 



urv t g day. an 



it Mar. h J. The n t" is n* follows: 



'.at from and after .V 

 .'. -hall be unlawful for nn\ | 



iiii|ort or bring ml.- the I'nited 

 - any merchandise as tea whi< h i- inferior in 



-iimpl ln to the 

 !. ami tho 



teportaii- .eh merchandise ^ n, i,-i.\ pro- 



h.lM 



...2. That bMMdiaftely after the passage of 



each year 



f the Treasury shall ap- 



|.-;ni a Unl. to consist of eeven memU-rs. each <.f 

 , thalllir.. lO teas, and u ho shall pro- 



parr and submit to him standard samples <>! 

 that the persons so appointed shall be at all times 

 removal by the said . and shall 



serrr fr the term of one year: that \aean. 

 ihesaid board occurring by ramotml, death, res. 



shall be forth with filled by 



ijMijntmei,' . 

 HIM xpire.i term : that said 



._ shall apjM'int a presiding officer, who shall be 

 the medium of all communications to or from such 

 board; that each memU-rof said board shall r. 

 as compensation the sum of $.~>o per annum, which. 

 together with all necessary ex IK* uses \\hile engaged 

 U|KMI the duty herein provided, shall IM- i.ai.i out of 

 the appropriation for 'expenses of collecting the 

 .m customs.' 



f. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury, upon 

 .. ndati-.n of the said Imard. shall fix and 

 establish uniform standards of purity, quality, and 

 fitness for consumption of all kinds of teas imported 

 int.. the United States, and shall procure and de- 

 posit in the customhouses of the ports of 

 York. Chicago, San Francisco, and such other |orts 

 as he rmine. duplicate samples of such 



standards; that said Secretary shall procure a suf- 

 nuinlM>r of other duplicate samples of such 

 standards to supply the importers and dealers in 

 tea at all ports d. -ir:n- the same at cost. All teas, 

 or merchandise described as tea, of inferior purity, 

 quality, and fitness for consumption to s U ch stand- 

 ards shall be deemed within the prohibition of the 

 first section hereof. 



-.'.. 4. That on making entry at the custom- 

 houses of all teas, or merchan . Led as tea, 

 imported into the United States, the importer or 

 consignee shall give a bond to the collector of the 

 j-.rt that such merchandise shall not be removed 

 from the warehouse until released by the collector, 

 after it shall have been duly examined with refer- 

 ence to its purity, quality, and fitness for consump- 

 the purpose of such examination 

 samples of each line in every invoice of tea shall be 

 snbn. the in.|K,rter or consignee to ti 

 am i n-r, together with the sworn statement of such 

 i in | -. ri e r <r consignee thr uples represent 

 .ch and every part of the in- 

 voice and accord with the specifications therein 

 contain. -d : .,r in the discretion of ir y of 

 the Treasury. such samples shall be obtained by' the 

 examiner and compared by him with th. 

 estahluhed by this act : ftl ,d in cases whore w 

 or merchandise described as tea, is . 



reisnoqualinV.: : }l> provided in 



section 7, the consignee or im| M .nor shall in the 

 manner aforesaid furnish un.ler oath a sample of 

 wh lino ..f tea to the collector or other r.-\enue 

 officer to whom is >mmittel the collection of 

 d ii tii*. sod said officer shall also draw or cause to 

 >e drawn samples of each line in e-. ... and 



.-hall forward the same to a duly qualified exit! 

 as provided in *>! i.n 7: fVoriVW, Aoisssw 1 , Thsjl 

 tho bond above required shall also U condi: 



f.r tho pavmcnt of all customhouse char-res which 



may attacii to >udi merchandiae prior to ita bein^ 



.. : -I' >!-ir.'\ed (aj ill.- oaS6 may be) unh-r 

 the | ' 



I'hat if. aflcr an examination as pro- 

 \ided in se<-tion 4. the ten is found by the examiner 



..d in parity, quality, and iiin--> i..r con- 



sumption to the s'.andard- liereinlie|..|-e pr..\ided. 



and ir> re-examination shall be demaixh.l by the 



collector as pro\ideii in section . a |.ermit shall at 



.- irranted lo the importer or < ..... M-IH -e deelai-- 



CL: the tea free from the control of the customs 

 llmrilics; but if 



merchandise d> :..un.i. in the 



opinion of the to be inferior in purity. 



quality, and lit!i< Mi|<lin!i 1<> th< 



standards the importer <>r consignee shall be imme- 

 diately notilied, and tin- rdiandi- 



-.-niied as tea, shall not be released by the custom- 

 house unless on .,lr<! f..r b\ the 



importer or M the limlinir -f the examiner 



shall lie found to be BTTOneO 



should a |>ortion of the invoice be passed by the 

 examiner, a permit shall l>e granted for thai 

 tion and the remainder held for furl her examina- 

 tion. as provided in section <;. 



That in case I he collector, import. 

 consignee shall protest against the jindinjr of the 

 examiner, the matter in dispute shall be referred 

 for decision to a board of three I'liiied > 

 era! appraisers, t naled by the Secreta- 



the Treasury, ami if such board shall, after due 

 examination", find the tea in question to be equal in 

 purity, quality, and fitness for consumption to the 

 proper standards, a permit shall be issued by tin- 

 collector for its n-lea-e and delivery to the import- 

 er; but if upon such final n-exam'inat i<n by su-h 

 board the tea shall be found to be inferior in purit y. 

 quality, and fitness for consumption to the 

 standards, the importer or ..nH^m-e shall e;ive a 

 bond, with security satisfactory to the collect. 

 export said tea, or merchandise dcM-rib. 

 out of the limits of the I'm' \\ithin a 



period of six months after such final re-examina- 

 tion: and if the same shall not have been exported 

 within the time specified, the collector, at the expi- 

 ration of that time, shall cause the same to be ue- 

 troi 



. ?. That the examination herein provide.} 

 for shall be made by a duly qualified examiner at a 

 port where standard samples are established, and 

 where the merchandise is entered at ports where 

 there is no qualified examiner the examination shall 

 be mad.- at that one of said ports which 

 the port of entry, and that for this purpose samples 

 of the merchandise, obtained in the manner pre- 

 scribed by section 4 of this act, shall be forwarded 

 to the proper port by the collector or chief officer 

 at the port .f entry :' that in all cases of examina- 

 tion or re-examination of teas, or merchandise de- 

 s.-ribed as tea. by examiners or boards of I'nited 

 general appraisers under the provisions of 

 this act. the purity, quality, and ! con- 



sumption of the same shall be tested according to 

 the usaircs and customs of the tea t rade. including 

 the testing of an infusion of the same in boiling 

 water, and. if necessary, chemical anal\ 



That in ca-V- of re-examination of 

 or merchandise described as teas, by a board of 

 Tinted States general appraisers in pursuance "f 

 the provisions nereof, samples of n mer- 



chandise descril>ed as tea, in dispute, for transmis- 

 sion to such board for its decision, shall be put up 

 and sealed by the examiner in the presence of the 

 im|Miil<-r Or consignee, if he so desires, and trans- 

 mitted to Mich board, together with a copy of the 

 finding of the examiner, setting forth the cause of 



