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withdrawn for consumption in the United States, shall be 
subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the 
revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all pen- 
alties prescribed by the law shall be applied and enforced 
against such articles and against the persons who may be 
guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.” 
Under the authority conferred upon him by the above sec- 
tion and by previous statutes of the United States, the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury prescribes the following regulations, viz: 
I. Itis the purpose of this department to secure expedi- 
tion and security to all articles imported for exhibition at the 
Chicago Exposition, without the exaction of customs duties, 
fees or charges, and to arrange the proceedings on entry so. 
as to afford the utmost convenience and despatch. 
2. In order to obtain the benefits of thig_arrangement, 
every package destined for the Exposition should have affixed 
to it by the foreign shipper one or more labels representing 
the flag of the country to which it belongs. _ This label should 
be about eight by twelve inches in size, and should bear 
across the face, in plain black letters, the inscription ‘“‘ Expo- 
sition at Chicago.” All packages should be plainly marked, 
as follows: (1) ‘Collector of Customs, Chicago”; (2) **Ex- 
hibits for Columbian Exposition”; (3) Name of consignee or 
agent at the port of first arrival in the United States; (4) The 
shipping marks and number of the exhibitor; (5) Name and 
address of the exhibitor. 
3. Every foreign exhibitor will prepare, in duplicate, a 
Statement in the form of an invoice, which shall show the 
name of the exhibitor, the marks and numbers of the pack- 
ages, with a description of their contents and a declaration of 
the quantity and the market value of each separate kind 
thereof in the country of production. This statement must 
be signed by the exhibitor, but will require no further verifi- 
cation. One of: the invoices will be transmitted by mail to 
the Collector of Customs at Chicago, and the other to the con- 
signee of the goods at the port of first arrival. 
4- Asa matter of convenience, it is recommended that all 
Packages intended for the Exposition shall be consigned to an 
