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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sisss. I. Ch. 11. 1897. 209 the drugs hereinbefore mentioned, when imported in bulk and not put D¤¤s¤*¤ *>¤¤<- up for any of the purposes hereinbefore specified, are excepted from the operation of this section. _ Sec. 17. That whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the Gov- Penalty t0_ .01nm, ernment of the United States, shall knowingly aid or abet any person °*°·· ’“°"‘g "'°1“"°“· engaged in any violation of any of the provisions of law prohibiting importing, advertising, dealing in, exhibiting, or sending or receiving by mail obscene or indecent publications or representations, or means for preventing conception or procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency, s all be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for every offense be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both. Sec. 18. That any judge of any district or circuit court of the United 1;f<‘;<;¤¤¤i¤z¤fbr ¤¤i¤- States, within the proper district, before whom complaint in writing of m ’ °‘ any violation of the two preceding sections is made, to the atisfaction of such judge, and founded on knowledge or belief, and if upon belief, setting forth the grounds of such belief and supported by oath or aiiirmation of the complainant, may issue, conformably to the Constitution, a warrant directed to the marshal or any deputy marshal in the proper district, directing him to search for, seize, and take possession of any such article or thing mentioned in the two preceding sections, and to make due and immediate return thereof to the end that the same may be condemned and destroyed by proceedings, which shall be conducted in the same manner as other proceedings in the case of municipal seizure, and with the same right of appeal or writ of error. Sec. 19. That machinery for repair may be imported into the United p“§f”j_f,’jf]*;;g‘d '{gh;:; States without payment of duty, under bond, to be given in double the paving may. appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn and exported after said R Sr °°°· 25“·P·‘*”°· machinery shall have been repaired; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud and secure the identity and character of all such importations when again withdrawn and exported, restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six months from the date of the importation. Sec. 20. That the produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon _,°{·_;;**;§§;_r*f_gf;,,;jf, the Saint John River and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, me nancy. ` and sawed or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by American “·S·· “"°·“5""·P·‘°°· citizens, the same being otherwise unmanufactured in whole or in part, which is now admitted into the ports of the United States tree of duty, shall continue to be so admitted, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe. Sec. 21. That the produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon I-ermger ¤··>¤·¤ Sfthe Saint Croix River and its tributaries owned by American citizens, C§€`§_,.,Kf§509_,_.p0_ and sawed or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by American citizens, the same being otherwise unmanufactured in whole or in part, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe. _ _ _ _ Sec. 22. That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in 0,f";m“;'”,‘{f"}§,‘f,§E;;f addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, and v.-mis. __ paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in _,5£;,,E;,,§'f,‘§_ '°°2’ "' vessels not of the United States, or which being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contiguous country; but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, entitled at the time of such importation by treaty or convention to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be payable on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States, nor to such foreign products or manufactures as vox. xxx---14.