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 728 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 497. 1930 . ADUM ST o sE ra o- free of duty, or prohibited notwithstanding a declaration and entry therefor has been made. SEC. 497. SAME-PENALTIES. Forfeiture, etc ., of Any article not included in the declaration and entry as made, and, articles not declared . before examination of the baggage was begun, not mentioned in writing by such person, if written declaration and entry was required, or orally if written declaration and entry was not required, shall be subject to forfeiture and such person shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of suc h article. Entry under regula- SEC. 498. ENTRY UNDER REGULATIONS. tions. Specified articles al- (a) AUTHORIZED FOR CERTAIN MERCHANDISE .--The Secretary of lowed. the Treasury is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for the declaration and entry of- Valued not over $100. (1) Mer chandis e not e xceedin g $100 in value, including such mercha ndise i mported throug h the m ails ; Da ma ged b y casual- (2) Merchandise damaged on the voyage of importation, by ty on voyage. fire or through marine casualty or any other cause, without fault on the part of the shipper ; Rec ove red fr om (3) Merchandise recovered from a wrecked or stranded wrecks. vessel ; Household, personal (4) Household effects used abroad and personal effects, not effects, etc' imported in pursuance of a purchase or agreement for purchase and not intended for sale ; Gifts from abroad. (5) Articl es sent by persons in foreign c ountries a s gifts to persons in the United States ; Carried on the per- (6) Articles carried on the person or contained in the baggage son. ofa Tool s arriving in the United States ; Too ls of trade. (7 ) Tools of trade of a person a rriving in the Unite d States ; Effects of citizens (8) Personal effects of citizens of the United States who have dying abroad. died in a foreign country ; Sea stores, etc . (9) Mer chandis e withi n the p rovisio ns of s ections 465 and Ante, p. 718. 466 of this Act (relating to supplies, repairs, and equipment on vessels and r ailway cars) at the first port of arri val ; With no d ecla red (10) Merchandise when in the opinion of the Secretary of value. the Treas ury the va lue thereo f can not be declare d ; and For express delivery. ( 11) Mer chandis e withi n the p rovisio ns of t he Act entitl ed Vol. 29, p. 263. "An Act to expedite the delivery of imported parcels and packages, not exceeding $500 in value," approved June 8, 1896 . Rules, etc., author- (b) APPLICATION OF GENERAL PROVISIONS .--The Secretary of the ,zed for. A nt e, pp. 722-724. Treasury is authorized to include in such rules and regulations any of the provisions of section 484 or 485 of this Act (relating, respec- tively, to entry and to declaration of merchandise generally). Examination of mer- SEC. 499. EXAM INATION OF MER CHANDISE. chandise. No delivery until re- Imported merchandise, required by law or regulations made in ported by appraiser as corre ctly invoiced, etc. p ursuan ce ther eof to be insp ected, examine d, or a ppraise d, shal l not be delivered from customs custody, except as otherwise pro- vided in this Act, until it has been inspected, examined, or appraised and is reported by the appraiser to have been truly and correctly invoiced and found to comply with the requirements of the laws of Designation of pack- t he U nit ed St at es. The col lector shall designa te the package s or ages to be opened for appraisement. quantities covered by any invoice or entry which are to be opened a nd ex amine d for the purpos e of appra iseme nt or other wise and shall order such packages or quantities to be sent to the public Number of packages. stores or other places for such purpose. Not less than one package of every invoice and not less than one package of every ten pack- ages of merchandise, shall be so designated unless the Secretary of

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