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necessary to prevent the importation of adulterated and 
spurious drugs and medicines. 
Sec. 6. And he it further enacted. That the special ex- 
aminers to be appointed under, this act, shall, before enter- 
ing on the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe the 
oath or affirmation required by the ninth section of the act 
of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, 
entitled " An x\ct reducing the duty on imports and for 
other purposes." 
Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That the special ex- 
aminers authorized to be appointed by the fifth section of 
this act, shall, if suitably qualified persons can be found, be 
taken from the officers now employed in the respective 
Collection Districts, and if new appointments shall be neces- 
sary j'for want of such persons, then, as soon as it can be 
done consistently with the efficiency of the service, the offi- 
cers in said districts shall be reduced so that the present 
number of said officers shall not be permanently increased 
by reason of such new appointments. 
Department op State, June 2S, 1848. 
The above is a true copy as compared with the original 
Roll. (Signed) W. S. Derrick, A. C. C. 
Circular instructions to collectors and other officers of the 
Customs. 
Treasury Department, July 8, 1848. 
The attention of Collectors and other officers of the Cus- 
toms is specially called to the provisions of the annexed 
act of Congress, entitled, An Act to prevent the importa- 
tion of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines," 
approved 26th June, 1848. 
Upon entry of any "medicinal preparations, whether 
chemical or otherwise, usually imported with the name of 
the manufacturer, and the place where prepared, perma- 
