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 208 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 11. 1897. d E*¤¤:tg*i°¤ fwm Whenever goods manufactured in any bonded warehouse established m"under the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be exported directly therefrom or shall be duly laden for transportation and immediate exportation under the supervision of the proper officer who shall be duly designated for that purpose, such goods shall be exempt from duty and from the requirements relating to revenue stamps. _,_T{:¤;•g,•* ¤¤¤*¤*i· Any materials used in the manufacture of such goods, and any pack- ' ages, coverings,vessels, brands, and labels used in putting up the same may, under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, be conveyed without the payment of revenue tax or duty into any bonded manufacturing warehouse, and imported goods may, under the aforesaid regulations, be transferred without the exaction of duty from any bonded warehouse into any bonded manufacturing warehouse; but this Mt:gh*¤°*'¥- °*°·» °*· privilege shall not be held to apply to implements, machinery, or appa- °°pratus to be used in the construction or repair of any bonded manufacturing warehouse or for the prosecution of the busines carried on therein. gm;' “· No articles or materials received into such bonded manufacturing °°warehouse shall be withdrawn or removed therefrom except for' direct shipment and exportation or for transportation and immediate exportation in bond under the supervision of the officer duly designated therefor by the collector of the port, who shall certify to such shipment and exportation, or ladening for transportation, as the case may be, describing the articles by their mark or otherwise, the quantity, the date of exportation, and the name of the vessel. All labor performed and services rendered under these provisions shall be under the supervision of a duly designated officer of the customs and at the expense of the manufacturer. Accounts ¤¤·i re- A careful account shall be kept by the collector of all merchandise ““`“”‘ delivered by him to any bonded manufacturing warehouse, and a sworn monthly return, verified by the customs officers in charge, shall be made by the manufacturers containing a detailed statement of all imported merchandise used by him in the manufacture of exported articles. {$32; ¤f ¤•¤¤· Before commencing business the proprietor of any manufacturing ’warehouse shall hle with the Secretary of the Treasury a list of all the articles intended to be manufactured in such warehouse, and state the formula of manufacture and the names and quantities of the ingredients to be used therein. ,_,§E§§Y‘“'°' f" °"°" Articles manufactured under these provisions may be withdrawn Regumivns- under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for transportation and delivery into any bonded warehouse at an exterior port for the sole purpose of immediate export therefrom. R·S··“°°·3‘33*P‘°7°‘ The provisions of Revised Statutes thirty-four hundred and thirty- three shall, so far as may be practicable, applyto any bonded manufacturing warehouse established under this Act and to the merchandise _ conveyed therein. ,xf,{,{°f§‘,’,ff,y €§,1‘§{‘f Sec. 16. That all persons are prohibited from importing into the ¤re;;,pr;]¤i;ig_~;¤9· United States from any foreign country any obscene book, pamphlet, ‘ ‘‘ paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article of an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion, or any lottery ticket or any advertisement of any lottery. No such articles, whether imported separately or contained in packages with other goods entitled to entry, shall be admitted to entry; and all such articles shall be proceeded against, mimntion tr pm- seized, and forfeited by due course of law. All such prohibited articles ’*""°°‘1 ‘°°““· and the package in which they are contained in the course of importation shall be detained by the officer of customs, and proceedings taken against the same as hereinafter prescribed, unless it appears to the satisfaction of the collector of customs that the obscene articles contained in the package were incloscd therein without the knowledge or Prmw- consent of the importer, owner, agent, or consignee: Provided, That