APPENDIX B. 
UNITED STATES TEA ADULTERATION LAW. 
Be it enacted 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- 
eribed 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 
reéxaminatoin 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 reéxamina- 
tion, the tea shall be found to come within the prohibitions of this act, the importer 
or consignee 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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