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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. 91 but roof of the identity of such articles shall be made under general regulations to be rescribed by the Secretar of the Treasury. _ _ Sec. 27. That the produce of the forests ofrthe State of Maine upon ,,§g“,‘f,“§,*Q¥,, ;‘§,'§_°°°d the Saint John River and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, m!;¤;;mM,§¤i¤¤ J¤¤¤ and sawed or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by American R.Si,sec.2&l8,p.490. citizens, the same being otherwise unmanufactured in whole or in v°'·3°·"‘”°°‘ part, which is now admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, shall continue for two years after the date of the passage of this Act and no lon er to be so admitted, under such regulations as the Secretary of thegfreasury shall from time to time prescribe. _ _ That the produce of the forests of the State of Maine u`pon the Saint R{,Q‘{.f‘“M§“‘“‘ °"°"‘ Croix River and its tributaries owned by American citizens, and $b§~·§·,g¢-25;,*,9;,P-490- sawed or hewed in the Province of New Brunswick by American ’p` ` citizens, the same being otherwise unmanufactured in whole or in part, shall be admitted or two years after the date of the passage of this Act and no longer into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall · from time to time prescribe. C t ami E Sec. 28. That the Act entitled "An Act to simplif the laws in m§§,,‘{'“” " relation to the collection of the revenues," approved, June tenth, ,,,g’é’,;;,i'fi_PP· m"”· eighlteerp lilundred and ninety, as amended, be urther amended to rea as o ows: "S1·:c. 1. That all merchandise imported into the United States 0,$§§$i‘§€°i,,‘l§$£'{§ shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed and held to be the (prop- ¥°;°*;h [ bm { erty of the dperson to whom the same is consigned; and the hol er of ;,,d{§g_°' ° ° a bill of la ing duly indorsed by the consilgnee therein named, or, if consigned to order, by the consignor, shal be deemed the consignee U d t thegeof; and  ciise of the albandonmentl of argy merchandise to the ° °"m °”‘ un erwriters the atter may e recognize as the consignee. . _ "S1=:c. 2. That all invoices of imported merchandise shall be made miiiiliiiice www out in the currency of the liplace or country from whence the importations shall be made, or, purchased, in the currency actually paid therefor, shall contain a correct, complete and detailed description of such merchandise, and of the packages, wrappings or other cov- Number erings containing it, and shall be made in trip icate or in quadru- ' plicate in case o merchandise intended for immediate transportation without appraisement, and siglned by the person owning or shipping the same, i the merchandise as been actually purchased, or by the manufacturer or owner thereof, if the same has een procured otherwise than by purchase, or by the duly authorized agent of such purchaser, seller, manufacturer or owner. Pmdumon wm "Sec. 3. That all such invoices shall, at or before the shipment of consul. the merchandise, be produced to the consular officer of the United States of the consular district in which the merchandise was manufactured or purchased, as the case may be, for export to the United Dmlmmn by pup States, and shall have indorsed thereon, when so produced, a decla- eraser, ac. ration signed by the {purchaser, seller, manufacturer, owner, or agent, setting orth t at the invoice is in all respects correct and true, and was made at the place from which the merchandise is to be exported to the United States; that it contains, if the merchandise “"'"°°°°°°‘ was obtained by purchase, a true and full statement of the time when, the (place where, the person from whom the same was purchased, an the actual cost thereof, and of all charges thereon, as provided by this Act; and that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in the invoice but such as have been actually allowed _ ed th me thereon; and when obtained in any other manner than by purchase, Own ° my ' the actual market value or wholesale price thereof, at the time ofexportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from whence exported; that such actual market value is the price at which the merchandise described in the invoice is freely