298 LAW IN REFERENCE TO ADULTERATED DRUGS. 
tion of the act of 1st March, 1823, to be compensated at 
a per diem rate of five dollars when employed, some 
respectable person deemed by the Collector to possess 
suitable knowledge and qualifications to make exami- 
nation and report on the value and quality of the arti- 
cles according to the standards prescribed by the act. In 
case of dissatisfaction, and appeal taken by the owner or 
consignee from said Examiner's report, the same course in 
respect to analysis and the expenses and proceedings con- 
nected therewith as required at the principal ports, will be 
pursued. In case a suitably qualified person to act as spe- 
cial Examiner cannot be found at the port or convenient 
thereto; or when analysis is called for, a properly qualified 
analytical chemist cannot be conveniently obtained at said 
port, the Collector will immediately so advise the Depart- 
ment in order that a special Examiner or analytical chemist, 
according J to the circumstances, may be detailed from one 
of the principal ports to make the examination or analysis 
at the port of arrival. 
The reports of the special Examiners, as also the analysis 
of the analytical chemists, must be made in writing and 
signed by them respectively and filed in the Custom House. 
Whenever any articles are to be destroyed, as required by 
the fourth section of the act, they must be conveyed to some 
suitable place, and proper means, to be prescribed by the 
special Examiner or Analyst, be used for their safe and 
effectual destruction, and executed in the presence of an 
officer of the Customs detailed by the Collector for the pur- 
pose. Before destruction of the articles a particular de- 
scription or statement of the same must be prepared, con- 
taining the name of the importer or owner, the date of im- 
portation, the name of the vessel and the place from whence 
imported, with the character and quantity of the articles 
and the invoice value. The fact of their having been de- 
stroyed must be certified on said statement by the officer 
detailed for the purpose. These statements must be file 
