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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. 99 members of such board. Each of the boards of three general J‘“M*°**°"· °*°· appraisers, or a majority thereof, shall have full power to hear and determine all cases and uestions arising therein or assigned thereto; and the general board of nine general ap raisers, each of the boards of three general appraisers, and each of) the eneral appraisers of merchandise, shall ave all the jurisdiction ang powers and proceed `as now, heretofore, and herein provided. The said board of nine R“1°S’°t°‘ general appraisers shall have power to establish from time to time such rules of evidence, practice and procedure, not inconsistent with the statutes, as may be deemed necessary for the conduct and uniformity of its roceedings and decisions and the proceedings and _ _ decisions of thelboards of three thereof; and for the roduction, care, Duties 0, president and custody of samples and records of said board. IThe resident of ' the board shall have control of the fiscal affairs and the clerical force of the board, make all recommendations for a pointment, promotion, and otherwise affecting said clerical force; liie may at any time before trial under the rules of said board assign or reassign any case for hearing, determination, or both, and shall designate a general appraiser or a board of general appraisers, and, if necessary, a clerk t ereto, to pfoceed to any port within the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of caring, or determinin if authorized by law, causes assi ned for hearing at such port, and shall cause to be _ _ prepared and dudy Hromulgated dockets therefor. No member of any mgriiiieugligryiijiggdgf of said boards sha sit to hear or decide any case on ap al in the decision of which he may have previously participated. Billie board R“"°“"”8”- of three general appraisers, or a majority of them, who decided the case, may, upon motion of either party made within thirtyedays next after their decision, (grant a rehearing or retrial of said case when in their opinion the en s of justice may require it. _ "SEc. 13. That the appraiser shall revise and correct the reports R°P°"‘°°*“PP’“"°”· of the assistant appraisers as he may judge proper, and the appraiser, or, at ports where there is no appraiser, the person acting as such, _ shall report to the collector his decision as to the value of the merchandise appraised. At ports where there is no ap raiser the certificate °°’““°"°‘““°“°‘- of the customs officer to whom is committed) the estimating and collection of duties, of the dutiable value of anywmerchandise required to be appraised, shall be deemed and taken to the appraisement of A Wm M ru such merchandise. If the collector shall deem the appraisement of pmfismem. p' any imported merchandise too low, he may within sixty days thereafter, appeal to reappraisement, which shall be made by one of the general appraisers, or if the importer, owner, agent, or consignee of such merchandise shall be dissatisfied with the appraisement thereof, and shall have complied with the requirements of law with respect to the entry and appraisement of merchandise, he may within ten days thereafter give notice to the collector, in writing, of such dissatr isfaction. The decision of the general appraiser in cases of reap- 8D;;§:;<;¤&g; ,8******81 praisement shall be final and conclusive as to the dutiable value of pp ` such merchandise against all parties interested therein, unless the ·‘*PP°°“° "°"d· importer, owner, consignee, or a ent of the merchandise shall be dissatisfied with such decision, and shall, within five days thereafter, give notice to the collector, in writing, of such dissatisfaction, or unless the collector shall deem the reappraisement of the merchandise too low, and shall within ten days thereafter appeal to re-reappraisement; in either case the collector shall transnnt the invoice and all the palpers appcrtaining thereto to the board of nine general appraisers, to be y rule thereof duly assigned for determination. A In such cases ·*““‘°"“" °' *’°‘“"· the general ap raiser and boards of general appraisers shall proceed by all reasonable ways and means in their power to ascertain, estimate, and determine the dutiable value of the imported merchandise, and in so doing may exercise both judicial and inquisitorial functions. H In such cases hearings may in the discretion of the General Appraiser °°"°°°‘