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 968 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 356. 1922. °°"°’_{_j’0},*,j°”¤· any ipivoice isddecayed or injured so that its commercial value has een estroye ; h£1{>h¤d&m_wg;e by (3) Where fruit or other perishable merchandise has_been con- ““ °" demned at the port of ent, within ten days after landing, by the health officers or other llegiilly constituted authorities, and the consignee, within live da s ter such condemnation, files with the collector written notice thereof, an invoiced description and the location thereof, and the name of the vessel or vehicle in which imported. ,,,'f,g‘,§°‘“d"‘““°“°" Sec. 506. Tame Arm nnarr.-—The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe and issue regulations for the ascertainment of tare upon imported merchandise, includinithe establishment of reasonable and just schedule tares therefor, ut in no case shall there be any allowance for draft or for impurities, other than · excessive moistplre  impurities not usually found in or upon such or similar mere an. g,,q"‘§‘§,',‘{,°§f,‘{,{}‘P‘f,}g',§l Sec. 507. Commzenme or coons.—Whenever dutiable merchan- ¤¤*¤’¤*°S· disc and merchandise which is free of duty or merchandise subject to different rates of duty are so packed together or mingled that the quantity or value of each class of such merchandise can not be readily ascertained by the customs officers, the whole of such merchandise shall be subject to the highest rate of dut a plicable to any part S°¤¤=¤“¤¤ ·¤¤W•=¤- thereof, unless the importer or consignee  segregate such merchandise at his own risk and expense under customs supervision within ten days after entry thereof, in order that the quantity and value of eacltkpart or class thereof may be ascertained. w<j,¤S*@¤¤S, g°ma¢$,{1§ Sec. 508. XAMINATION or ruroirrmz AND OTHERS.-C0llBCiz0PS, ism ams, em., as to a raisers, eneral a raisers, and boards of eneral a raisers ma PP 8 PE 8 PP Y "“p°"S‘ cite to ap ear before them or any of them and to examine upon oath, which said ofilicers or any of them are hereby authorized to administer, any owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person upon any matter or thing which they, or any of them, may deem material r respecting any imported merchandise then under consideration or previously imported within one year, in ascertaining the classification m}1’;*:;"¤**°¤ ¤f tw- or the v ue thereof or the rate or amount of duty; and they, or any ` of them, may require the production of any letters, accounts, contracts, invoices, or other documents relatin to said merchandise, and may require such testimony to be reduced to writing, and when so taken it shall be filed and preserved, under such rules as the Board S¤b¤¤¤¤¢¤*¤¤¤- of General Appraisers may prescribe, and such evidence may be given cplnsigeration in all subsequent proceedings relating to such merc an 1se. Psigegy fer ¤<>* Sec. 509. PENALTIES.·—lf any erson so cited to a ear shall ne -
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answer in writing any interrogatories, and subscribe his name to his deposition, or to produce such apapers when so required by a general aplpraiser, or a board of gener appraisers, or a local appraiser, or a Em, on uppmm co ector, he shall be liab e to a [penalty of not less than $20 nor more mem. than $500; and if such person e the owner, importer, or cons` ee, the appraisement last made of such merchandise, whether maiiganby F _ I S e W _ an appraiser, a general appraiser, or a board of general appraisers, assmsdparjuri-_°“’m‘ shall e ina] and conclusive against such person; and any person who shall  and corrupt of swear falsely on an examination before any gener appraiser, or oard of Igeneral appraisers, or local kreaasge 0: gms, aippraiser or collector, shall be deemed grr tg of perjuxgi and if he is ° ‘ the owner, importer, or consignee, the merc andise sh be forfeited, E H _ M or the value thereof may be recovered from him. u;1,;§*,`§‘§€;$§§ ,,£§`§E,’I§; f EEG: 510. IN§PEp'l'ION p1p¤nxroh1§rEn’s BOOKS.···;f any persorilmaéiiugf `°S °m=¤’ V ¤¤ M4, pro uc , se , s in , or conslgmn merc an se ' gms mm°d` exported to the Ulriigied Statgs failsilpatiizhe request of the Secretary of