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 552 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 349. 1894. ¤=*¤*¤·¢l·*- measure thereof may be ascertained: And provided further, That the drawback on any article allowed under existing law shall be continued °dm°,‘?“’Y*",,_ F *“‘P°"‘ at the rate herein provided. That the imported materials used in the manufacture or production of articles entitled to drawback of customs duties when exported shall, in aH cases where drawback of duties paid on such materials is claimed, be identined, the quantity of such materials used and the amount of duties paid thereon shall be ascertained, the facts of the manufacture or production of such articles in the United States and their exportation therefrom shall be determined, and the drawback due thereon shall be paid to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter, to the agent of either or to the person to whom such manufacturer, producer, exporter, or agent shall in writing order such drawback paid, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. cum-toms im. Sec. 23. That the collector or chief officer of the customs at any Licenses required revoked for cause at any time by the Secretary of the Treasury. From and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, no person shall transact business as a custom-house broker without a license granted in accordance with this provision; but this Act shall not be so construed as to prohibit any importer from transacting business at a custom-house pertaining to his own importations. Mauuhcmru pty Sec. 24. That all goods, ware, articles, and merchandise manufac- §‘§';`Q‘,$*;,,]Tb°' f""'tured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. __ ,3,);:***** °*' f°¤*S¤ ·S1•:c. 25. That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money ` of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circu- Quarterly cnmnr. lation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury immediately after the passage of this Act and thereafter quarterly on the first day of January, April, July, and October in each Invoices to be can- year. And the values so proclaimed shall be followed in estimating ""'°° °`°‘“ °’“‘“'"‘ the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States during the quarter for which the value is proclaimed, and the date of _ the consular certification of any invoice shall, for the purposes of this §;'{,'f]‘fg;,m°n 0, u_ section, be considered the date of exportation: Provided, That the Secmc- retary of the Treasury may order the reliquidation of any entry at a different value, whenever satisfactory evidence shall be produced to him showing that the value in United States currency of the foreign money specified in the invoice was, at the date of certification, at least ten per centum more or less than the value proclaimed during the quarter in which the consular certification occurred. C*H¤*¤· Sec. 26. That section twenty-eight hundred and four of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read: {{¤g,$>;cc_2m P M ·•Sr;c. 2804. No cigars shall be imported unless the same are packed mesaés. ’in boxes of not morethan five hundred cigars in each box; and no entry of any imported cigars shall be allowed of less quantity than three thousand in a single package; and all cigars on importation shall be placed in public store or bonded warehouse, and shall not be removed therefrom until the same shall have been inspected and a stamp aflixed to each box indicating such inspection, and also a serial number to be usgs! Ogugggg ir; recorded in the custom-house. And the Secretary of the Treasury is mma ’ hereby authorized to provide the requisite stamps, and to make all ngcessyary regulations for carrying the above provisions of law into e ect.
 * °" port of entry or delivery shall issue a license to any reputable and competent person desiring to transact business as a custom—house broker. Such license shall be granted for a period of one year, and may be