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requisite  strength  and  purity,  the  invoice  shall  be  passed  without  reservation 
on  payment  of  the  customary  duties ;  but  in  case  the  examiner's  return  shall 
be  sustained  by  the  analysis  and  report,  the  said  article  or  articles  shall 
remain  in  charge  of  the  Collector,  and  the  owner  or  consignee  on  payment 
of  the  charges  for  storage  and  other  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  the 
United  States,  and  on  giving  a  bond  with  sureties  satisfactory  to  the  Col- 
lector to  land  such  article  or  articles  out  of  the  limits  of  the  United  States 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  re-exporting  them  at  any  time  within  the  period 
of  three  months  after  the  report  of  the  analysis  and  final  decision  of  the  Col- 
lector ;  but,  if  the  article  or  articles  shall  not  be  sent  out  of  the  United  States 
within  the  time  specified,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  the  said  time,  to  cause  the  same  to  be  destroyed,  holding  the  owner 
or  consignee  responsible  to  the  United  States  for  the  payment  of  all  charges 
in  the  same  manner  as  if  the  said  article  or  articles  had  been  re-exported. 
Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  manufacturer  or  importer, 
bringing  into  the  United  States  a  crude  drug  or  chemical  as  a  raw  material 
for  manufacture,  that  is  below  the  standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity 
as  specified  in  Section  4  of  this  Act,  shall  be  required  by  the  Collector 
to  furnish  satisfactory  evidence,  make  affidavit  and  file  a  penal  bond  in  the 
sum  of  the  entire  value  of  the  invoice  with  the  duty  added,  that  such  drug  or 
chemical  so  entered  will  not  be  sold  in  this  raw  state  but  used  solely  for 
manufacturing  and  that  no  drug  product  made  therefrom  will  be  below  the 
standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  established  by  the  laws  of  the  United 
States.  When  the  Collector  is  satisfied  with  the  evidence  presented  and  the 
bond  filed,  he  shall  permit  the  goods  to  pass  the  Custom  House  and  the  owner 
or  consignee  shall  have  the  right  of  transporting  them  to  his  factory  or  place 
of  business. 
Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  order  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  Act,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized 
to  appoint  suitably  qualified  persons  possessing  satisfactory  knowledge  of 
materia  medica,  chemistry  and  the  commerce  of  drugs,  as  special  examiners 
of  drugs  in  each  of  the  principal  ports  of  entry,  and  in  such  other  ports, 
where  in  his  judgment  the  quantity  of  drug  imports  does  not  warrant  the 
appointment  of  such  a  special  drug  examiner,  he  shall  direct  the  Collector 
to  transmit  samples  of  such  drugs  as  may  - be  entered  to  an  examiner  or 
analyst  selected  by  the  Secretary.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized 
to  fix  the  annual  salary  of  each  special  drug  examiner  and  said  salaries  shall 
be  paid  each  year  quarterly,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury,  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  prescribe  such  regulations  and  instructions  as  will  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  Act. 
Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  special  examiner  before 
entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  such 
oath  or  affirmation  as  required  by  the  Treasury  Department. 
Sec.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Act,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
prevent  the  importation  of  adulterated  and  spurious  drugs,"  approved  June 
26,  1848,  be  arid  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 
Sec.  12.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  be  in  force  and 
effect  at  once. 
