mission, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the con- 
signee and shall cause the destruction of any goods refused delivery which 
shall not be exported by the consignee within three months from the date of 
notice of such refusal under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
may prescribe : Provided. That the Secretary of the Treasury may deliver to 
the consignee such goods pending examination and decision in the matter on 
execution of a penal bond for the amount of the full invoice value of such 
goods, together with the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for 
any cause to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, for 
the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, 
said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: And provided further. 
That all charges for storage, cartage, and labor on goods which are refused 
admission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default 
of su£h payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made 
by such owner or consignee. 
Sec. 12. That the term “ Territory ” as used in this Act shall include the 
insular possessions of the United States. The word " person ” as used in this 
Act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case 
demands, and sffiall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. 
When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, 
or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any 
corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employ- 
ment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or 
failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of 
the person. 
Sec. 13. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first 
day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. 
Approved, June 30, 1906. 
AN ACT To amend section eight hundred and seventy-eight of the Code of Law for the 
District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That section eight hundred and 
seventy-eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia be, and the same 
is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following : 
“ Sec. 878a. That the following words shall, in addition to their ordinary 
meaning, have the meaning herein given : The word ' person ’ or ' persons/ in 
sections eight hundred and seventy-eight b, c, d, e, and g, inclusive, shall 
include ‘ firms ’ or 1 corporations : ' the word * vessel * or * vessels * in sections 
eight hundred and seventy-eight b, c, d, and e, shall include * cans,’ * bottles,’ 
4 siphons,” and * boxes ; ’ the word 4 mark ’ or ‘ marks ’ shall include ‘ labels,’ 
‘ trade-marks,’ and all other methods of distinguishing ownership in vessels, 
whether printed upon labels or blown into bottles or engraved and impressed 
upon cans or boxes. 
“ Sec. 878b. That persons engaged in producing, manufacturing, bottling, or 
selling milk or cream, or any other lawful beverage composed principally of 
milk, in vessels, with their name, trade-mark, or other distinctive mark, and 
the word ‘ registered ’ branded, engraved, blown, or otherwise produced thereon, 
or on which a pasted trade-mark label is put upon which the word * registered ’ 
is also distinctly printed, may file with the clerk of the supreme court of the 
District of Columbia a description by facsimile, or a sample of an original 
package so marked or branded or blown, showing plainly such names and 
