46 WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 
‘12. The buildings and spaces set apart for the purposes. 
of the Exposition are constituted ‘Constructive Bonded 
Warehouses and Yards,” and all foreign articles placed therein 
under the supervision of the customs officers, and which have 
been specially imported for exhibition therein, will be treated 
the same as merchandise in bond. No warehouse entry will 
be required at Chicago in order to obtain entrance for such 
goods, but the latter will be kept under customs supervision 
in accordance with the general regulations governing mer- 
chandise in bonded warehouses, except as herein otherwise 
provided for. The collector at Chicago will keep a special 
record, in the form of a warehouse ledger, of every invoice, 
assigning serial numbers_to the same in order of their recep- 
tion, and the transportation entry received from the collector 
at the port of arrival will be considered the warehouse entry. 
13. After the packages have been placed in the respec- 
tive positions assigned to them by the officers of the Exposi- 
tion, they will be opened by an officer of the customs, who 
shall primarily identify the contents with the invoice only as. 
to quantity and character. Due examination of the contents 
and appraisement of values will be subsequently made by the 
appraiser, who shall be furnished with the invoice of the 
articles to be appraised, and shall indorse his report of ap- 
praisement upon such invoice in like manner as if such articles 
were regularly entered for consumption or warehouse. The 
entry will then be liquidated, the full amount of duties ascer- 
tained, and the whole transaction entered upon the prescribed 
record. All the proceedings relating to the examination, ap- 
praisement and liquidation shall be the same as on ordinary 
importations. 
14. As, under the United States tariff, the cost of pack- 
ages 1s made a part of the dutiable value of imported goods, 
the empty boxes, barrels and casks from which imported 
articles have been taken in order to be displayed should be 
carefully preserved so as to be repacked for exportation at the 
close of the Exposition. Dutiable packing cases not exported 
will be subject to the payment of duty. It is expected that a 
place will be provided for the storage of such empty pack- 
