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 122 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 194, 195, 199. 1896. M¤y18. 1896- CHAP. 194.-An Act To regulate the business of storage in District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¤i¤¤ri¤*·¤f¤¤¤¤¤W·· States of America in Congress assembled, That every person, Hrm, assost°"'°‘ ciation, or corporation lawfully engaged in the business of  stormg goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property of any desor1ption shall L*°¤ M °***'g°°· have a lien first, except; for taxes thereon for the agreed charges for storing the same, and for all moneys advanced for freightj, czsrtage, labor, iusmunce, and other necessary expenses thereon. Saud l10H tor such unpaid charges, upon at least one yea1·’s storage and for the afores•u.•u>. said advances in connection therewith, may be enforced by sale at public auction, after thirty days' notice in writing mailed to the lastknown address of the person or persons in whose name or names the said property so in default was stored, and said notice shall also be published for six days in 2. daily newspaper in the District of Columbia. And after deducting ull storage charges advances, and expenses of sale, any balance arising therefrom shall be paid by the bailee to the bailor of such goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property, his assigns or legal representatives. Said property may be ‘s0 sold either in bulk or in separate pieces, a.r1:i· cies, packages, or parcels, as will in the judgment of the lieu holder mm secure the largest obtainable price: Provided, That if the person or ¤.~,¤,,;,.,.,,ig..., persons storing said property shall have assigned 01‘ transferred the title thereto and have duly recorded said assignment or transfer upon the books of the storage warehouse, the written notice of sale shall also be mailed to said transferee or assignee. i,,]{,°,¥;f,‘§¥`,§,’$"'°’°'”’ S122c. 2. That whenever the title or right of possession to any goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property on storage shall be put in issue by any judicial proceeding, the same shall be delivered upon the order of court after prepaymentof thestzorage charges and cash advances then due, by the person at whose instance such chen ge of possession is so ordered, and who shall be entitled to recover such payment as part of the costs in such proceeding, or, if defeated therein, he shall be credited with such payment in taxation of costs against him. And unless the person, Erm, association, or corporation so conducting a. storage business shall claim some right, title, or interest in said stored property otherwise than the lien hereinabove authorized, he, its, or they shall not be made a party to said judicial proceedings. Approved, May 18, 1896. CHAP. 195.-An Act To allow the return free of duty of certain articles exported ...,Mf¥U§;I€...°°:.,-, from the United States for exhibition purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {‘;:*$£¤<Z=t1***:Qgg:]; States of Amerie·a in Congress assembled, That whenever any article or ¤¤uu,mn,.1»¤eyrm. articles or live stock shall be sent out of the United States for tempomry use or exhibition my any public exposition, Fair, or conference, held in u. foreign country, such articles shall be entitled to be returned to the United States, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, without the payment of customs duty, {{3;;% _ t { whether they shall be of domestic or of foreign production: Provided 1 pnymen 0. . ., _ 7 mx. That the zu·t1cles of foreign production have once paul duty m the United States uml no druwbmzk has been allowed thereon, and if any domestic articles are sulgiect to internalmevenue mx, such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation and not refunded. Approved, May 18, 1896. May 19, 1896. CHAP. 199.-An Act To provide for the safety ofpessengers on excnusion sreamers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Heg8mS m States ¢y`Arnerica in Congress assembled, That in order to provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all