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struction it is not intended to assess duties upon such articles 
as shall not have entered into actual consumption in this 
country. On articles which shall have suffered diminution or 
deterioration from incidental handling and necessary expos- 
ure, the duty, if paid, will be assessed according to the ap- 
praised value at the time of the withdrawal for consumption. 
19. Atthe close of the Exposition all goods intended for 
exportation will be transported in bond to the seaboard or 
exterior port,and exported therefrom under the general regula- 
tions for immediate export in bond, as modified by special 
regulations to be in due time provided. 
20. Any exhibitor who may import merchandise in ex- 
cess of that which he desires to place on view in the Exposi- 
tion may make regular warehouse entry of the same on its 
arrival at Chicago, whereupon it shall be taken to a United 
States bonded warehouse and stored without payment of duty, 
subject to the regulations provided for bonded goods. With- 
drawals of merchandise stored under these conditions, if 
made for the purpose of placing the same within the Exposi- 
tion, will be treated under the provisions for entry on arrival 
at first port of entry, and noduty will be required to be paid. 
Such merchandise must be delivered at the Exposition, in 
charge of acustoms officer. Should any merchandise be aban- 
doned by the owner at the close of the Exposition, it will be 
placed in a general order warehouse for twelve months; and, 
if then unclaimed, will be sold for account of the owner. 
21. The privileges granted by virtue of these regulations 
are intended solely for the benefit of exhibitors at the World’s 
Columbian Exposition, and with the view of relieving them, 
so far as practicable, of delays and vexations in connection 
with the customs business pertaining to their importations. 
Any attempt to take advantage of these regulations in order 
to evade the tariff laws of the United States will subject the 
offender to all the penalties prescribed by those laws, includ- 
ing confiscation of goods and fine and imprisonment. 
22. The regulations issued by this department on Janu- 
ary 7, 1891, are hereby revoked, and the foregoing adopted 
in lieu thereof. ‘ CuHaRLeEs Foster, Secreé/ary. 
