tary of the Treasury. Sec. 25, act of June 22, 1874 (18 Stat. p. 191.)

Re-examination of tea to ascertain whether it is spurious or adulterated may be made within three days after entry thereof has been made at the Custom House. Sec. 2, act of March 2, 1883 (22 Stat. p. 451.)

Tea discovered to be adulterated or spurious may be exported from the United States under bond given for a period of six months. Sec. 4, act of March 2, 1883 (22 Stat. p. 451.)

Application for remission or refund of fine, penalty or forfeiture, arising under laws relating to vessels or seamen, may be made within one year from date of payment. Sec. 26, act of June 26, 1884 (23 Stat. p. 53.)

The master or conductor of any vessel or vehicle arriving at either of the ports named in sections 2816 to 2824, Revised Statutes, shall within eighteen hours next after arrival deliver the manifest to surveyor of port, etc. Sec. 2829, R. S.

(NOTE.-Accuracy and precision in customs proceedings are so essential to the interests of importers that the services of a competent broker are usually worth vastly more than the small cost of such services)

Discriminating duty on goods imported by vessels not of the United

States-Sections 14, 15 and 16,

Drawback on cxported goods-Section 22,

Earths, Earthenware and Glassware-Schedule B,

Explosive Substances-Schedule N,

Farinaceous Substances-Schedule G,

I neid and Farm Products-Schedule G,

Firearms-Schedule C,

Fish-Schedule G,

Obscene Articles, prohibition of importation of-Sections 10, 11 and 12,

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145

200

161

206

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178

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161

149

149

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Pulp Schedule M,

Raw unmanufactured Articles, n. o. p. f.—Section 3,

Re-importation of Articles the product of the United States-Section 19,

Repairs in bond-Section 13,

Seeds Schedule G,

Silk and Silk Goods-Schedule L,

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300

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204

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176

Smelting and Refining Metals in Bond--Section 21,

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Vessels, materials for construction of, built in the United States

NOTE. This Act will become operative on receiving the President's signature.

AN ACT

To reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for

other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, unless specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles imported from foreign countries or withdrawn for consumption, and mentioned in the schedules herein contained, the rates of duty which are, by the schedules and paragraphs, respectively prescribed, namely:

1.

Schedule A.-Chemicals, Oils and Paints.

valorem.

ACIDS.

Acetic or pyroligneous acid, twenty per centum ad

2. Boracic acid, three cents per pound.

3. Chromic acid, four cents per pound.

4. Citric acid, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

5. Tannic acid or tannin, sixty cents per pound.

6. Tartaric acid, twenty per centum ad valorem.

7. Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne water and other toilet waters, and alcoholic compounds not specially provided for