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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1244. 1890. · 611 752. Wearing a arel and other ersonal effects not merchandise iF¤'¤ LM- of persons arrivinl-gp in the United IStates, but this? exemption shall rniriit criiilyfxnligii not be held to include articles not actually in use and necessary and “"§+m.mg ,pp,,.61_ appropriate for the use of such persons for the u oses of their ewjourney and present comfort and convenience, or whidd are intended for any other person or ersons, or for sale : Provided, however, That mmmsbw all such wearing appardl and other personal effects as may have been me mm-neu. once imported into the United States and subjected to the payment of duty, and which may have been actually used and taken or exported to foreign countries by the persons returning therewith to the United States, shall, if not advanced in value or improved in condition by an means since their exportation from the United States, be entitled? to exemption from duty, upon their identity bein established, under such ru es and* regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 753. Whalebone, unmanufactured. 754. WOOD.—Logs, and round unmanufactured timber not spe- Wood. cially enumerated or provided for in this act. 755. Fire wood, handle-bolts, heading-bolts, stave-bolts, and shingle-bolts, hop-poles, fence-posts, railroad ties, ship timber, and ship-planking, not s iallgr provided for in this act. 756. Woods, nandly? c ar, li um-vitae, lancewood, ebony, box, granadilla, mahogany, rosewootfnsatinwood, and all forms of cabinet-woods in the log, rough or hewn; bamboo and rattan unmanufactured; briar-root or briar-wood, and similar wood unmanufactured, or not further manufactured than cut into blocks suitable for the articles into which they are intended to be converted; bamboo, reeds, and sticks of partridge, hair-wood, pimento, orange, myrtle, and other woods not otherwise sgreciagy provided for in this act, in the rough, or not further manu actur than cut into lengths suitable for sticks for umbrellas, parasols, sun-shades, whips, or walking-canes; and India malacca gloints, not further manufactured than out into suitable lengths for the manufactures into which they are intended to·be converted. 757. Works of art, the production of American artists residing W¤r¤¤fm,m temporarily abroad, or other works of art, including pictorial paintings on glass, imported expressly for presentation to a national institution, or to any State or municipa corporation, or incorporated religious society, college, or other public institution, except sgined or ainted window-glass or stained or painted glass window, but such exemption shal be subgict to such regulations as the Secretary , of the Treasury may prescri. _ 758. Works of art, drawings, engravings, photographic pictures, and philosophical and scientific apparatus brought by pro essional artists, lecturers, or scientists arriving from abroad for use by them temporarily for exhibition and in il ustration, pgomotion, and encouragement of art, science, or industry in the nited States, and not for sale, and photographic pictures, paintings, and statuary, imported for exhibition dy any association estab ished in good faith and duly authorized un er the laws of the United States, or of any State, expressly and solely for the promotion and encouragement of science, art, or industry, and not intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty, under suc regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury ‘ shall rescribe ; but bonds shall be glven for the payment to the B<>¤·i¤¤ri<>d- United States of such duties as may be imposed by law upon any and all of such articles as shall not be exporte within six months after such im rtation ; Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury PMMO- of _ may, in his discretion, extend such r10d for a further term of six ° °°"°°‘ months in cases where a plications tlizrefor shall be made. 759. Works of art, collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, science, or manufactures, photographs, works in terracotta, parian, pottery, or porcelain, an art1st1c copies of ant1quities in