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 srxrr-ssvnivrn oouennss. sas. II. ou. ssa. 1922. 973 which member shall be chairman thereof. The president of the °"’”°:,{u'g°"'-*· board shall be competent to sit as a member of any board or to  ` one or_ two other members to any of such boards in the absence or disability of any one or two members of such board. A majority of any board shall have full power to hear and decide all cases and questions arising therein or assigned thereto. The board of three s,,§;*‘°°"“¤“ °' °°°‘· general appraisers deciding a case or a general appraiser deciding an ` appeal for_a reapprarsement maqy, upon the motion of either party made within thirty days next ter such decision, grant a rehearin or retrral of S8.1d case w en, in the opinion of said board or said generzd appraiser the ends of jipstice so re uire. he members of the Board gr General Ap raisers are hereby aprmmmmm ’“’* exempted from so much of section 1790 of the ltevised Statutes as £-S-,s¤é·m0,1>-317. relates to their salaries. _ When any of the general appraisers of merchandise resigns his R°°"°m°“°‘ ofiice, having held his commission as such at least ten years, and having attained the age of seventy years, he shall durin the residue of his natural life receive the same salary which was byglaw payable to him at the time of his resignation. Sec. 519. Rnconn or DECISIONS.—A.ll decisions of the general ,,.,§"§§‘,‘$,Y,`{°‘i°“’ °°°" °‘ appraisers shall be preserved and filed and shall be open to inspection, and it shall be the duty of the said Board of General Appraisers to “£’°'·3°·P·*°*·*m°¤°· forward a copy of each decision to the collector of customs for the district in which the merchandise affected thereby was imported and to forward an additional copy to the Secretafly of the Treasury, who shall cause such decisions as he or the Boar of General Appraisers shall deem sufficienlplly important to be published in full, or, if they P“"“°‘“°"· shall not deem a f pub ication thereof necessary, then the board shall cause abstracts of such decisions to be ma e for ublication, and such decisions and abstracts thereof shall be published from time to time and at least once each week for the information of customs officers and the public. Mmm 0, mm`, Sec. 520. Rnrmvo or nxonssrvn DU•rms.——(a) The Secretary of sausage. _ ° the Treasury is hereby authorized to refund duties and correct errors ""“ °“""°‘°“S· in liquidation of entries in the following cases: (1) Wvhenever it is ascertained on final liquidation or reliquidation E"°°“ “°Y“‘°““‘· of an entry that more money has been deposited or paid than was re uired by law to be so deposited or paid; Ermwous wuw (22) Whenever it is determined in the manner required by law that mms. any fees, charges, or exactions, other than duties, have een erro— neousl collected; _ F dam (3) %V'henever a manifest clerical error is discovered m any entry °' °"°”’ or liquidation within one year after the date of entry, or withm sixty days after liquidation when liquidation is made more than ten months after the date of entry; and O d mm (4) Whenever duties have been paid on household or personal ,,,,,,,5 {,’§2.,§, °"°" effects which by law were not subject to dutly, notwithstandrnlg a protest was not tiled within the time and in the manner prescribed law. . y(b) The necessary moneys to make such refunds are hereby appro- ¤pi;i{•§i°xf$i’>iix°£li;ii1x$i“ printed, and this appropriation shall be deemed a permanent and indefinite apgropriatron. Liquidation mnc,u_ Sec. 52l. ELIQUIDATION OF DUTIES.—WhBH€V6T Elly II16I‘Cl18.l1·· siveaiterone yeurirorp dise has been entered and passed free of duty, and whenever duties ;'g‘;>'m’;Qg g,°gg§*°¤‘ *‘ upon any imported merchandise have been liquidated and paid, and the merchandise has been delivered to the consignee, or his agent, such entry and passage free of duty and such settlement of duties shall, after the expiration of one year from the date of entry, or after the expiration of sixty days after the date of liquidation when liqui-