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 SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1-1. 6. 1909. 101 appraiser or collector, where there is no appraiser, may make of the merchandise shall be final and conclusive; and any person who shall ,,91;;,*;*;*, ¤Wl;”*¤¤ willfully and corruptlgoswear falsely on an examination before any pm y` general appraiser, or ard of eneral appraisers, or local appraiser or collector, shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and if he is the owner, Forreicure. importer, or consignee, the merchandise sha 1 be forfeited. _ "Sec. 17. That all decisions of the general appraisers and of the .p1;$§i§},‘}§‘f‘°£“°“°“l boards of general appraisers, respectin values and rates of duty, shall be preserved and filed, and shall is open to inspection under proper regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. All decisions of the general appraisers shall be reported forthwith to B°P°"°°*° "°m*“‘°· the Secretarg of the 'l‘reasu§y and to the board of general a praisers on duty at the port of New ork, and the report to the board) shall be accompanied, whenever upracticable, by samples of the merchandise in question, and it sha be the duty of the said board, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause an abstract to Abstract. be made and published of such decisions of the appraisers as they may deem important, and of the decisions of each of the general appraisers an boards of general appraisers, which abstract shall contain a general description of the merchandise in question, and of °°“*°“*°· the value and rate of duty fixed in each case, with reference, when- . ever practicable, bfy number or other designation, to samples de osited in the place o samples at New York, and such abstract shall be I’¤*>¤i¤·¤<>¤~ issued from time to time, at least once in each week, for the information of customs officers and the public. . "Sec. 18. That whenever imported merchandise is subject to an ,,8-'},$”,g•;**g,*ge,°‘ ad ad valorem rate of duty, or to a duty based ulpon or regulated in any ` manner by the value thereof, the duty sha be assessed upon the actual market value or wholesale price thereof, at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from whence exported; that such actual market value shall be held m{’,f,§f',;*1*,j;*{*;{‘;';,ug‘ to be the price at which such merchandise is freely offered for sale to ` all purchasers in said markets, in the usual wholesale quantities, and the price which the manufacturer or owner would have received, and was willing to receive, for such merchandise when sold in the ordinary course of trade in the usual wholesale uantities, includinglthe value of all cartons, cases crates, boxes, sagks, casks, barrels, ogsheads, bottles, jars, demijohns, carbo, and other containers or coverings whether holding liquids or sogds, and all other costs charges and expenses incident to placing, the merchandise in condition, packed ready for shipment to the ’nited States, and if there be used for covering or holdinlg imported merchandise, whether dutiable or free, any unusual artic e or form designed for use otherwise than in the bona fide transportation of such merchandise to the United States, additional duty shall be levied and collected upon such material or article at the rate to which the same would be subjected if separately imported. That the words "value," or "actual market va ue," or Valuaacmxmrkez "wholesale price," whenever used in this Act, or in any law relating §’$i.?§’cT,';‘§,;‘{,i§§l°“‘1° to the appraisement of imported merchandise, shall be construed to be the actual market value or wholesale price of such, or similar merchandise comparable in value therewith, as defined in this Act. "Sr:o. 19. Any merchandise deposited in any public or private c,f,‘§,§‘,Q§,';gj,',*{'°,,{,°,,{ bonded warehouse may be withdrawn for consumption within three w¤g<=}>¤¤¤e. Q years from the date of original importation, on payment of the duties ° '32‘ p' '5?” and charges to which it may be subject by law at the time of such Withdrawal: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect or impair §°',.,§;°;b,,,, md ,,x_ Bxisting provisions of law in regard to the disposal of perishable or vi¤¤**¢¤ explosive articles. _‘Sec. 20. That in all suits or informations brought, where any _,}’,‘,§,"§;” °‘ *"°°"" seizure has been made pursuant to any Act providing or or regulating the collection of duties on imports or tonnage, the property is 88740°—-vox. 36, rr 1-11-.9