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 238 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 70. 1848. appraised, as well in refcrenee to their quality, purity, and litness for medical purposes, as to their value and identity specuied in the invoice. _ _ Medicinalprep- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all medicinal preparations, =¤¤¤¤¤S *0 have whether chemical or otherwise, usually imported with the name of the fQfn§f§,'Qfu,;€,th° manufacturer, shall have the true name of the manufacturer, and the &c., affixed to place where they are prepared, permanently and legibly affixed to each °“°" P°"°l· parcel, by stamp, label, or otherwise; and all medicinal preparations imported without such names affixed as aforesaid, shall be adjudged to be forfeited. Adulaemteu or Sec. 3. And be it furiher enacted, That ii on examination, any g3°’;*";*;§&m€s drugs, medicines, medicinal preparations, whether ohemical or other- &c_‘? ’ sha]; pol; wise, including medicinal essential oils, are found, in the opinion of HMS the ¤¤¤¤<>¤r the examiner, to be so far adulterated, or m any manner deteriorated, °°s°' as to render them inferior in strength and purity to the standard established by the United States, Edinburgh, London, French, and German pharmacopceias and dispensatories, and thereby improper, unsafe, or dangerous to be used for medicinal purposes, a return to that effect shall be made upon the invoice, andthe articles so noted shall not pass the custom-house, unless, on a reéxamination of a strictly analytical character, called for by the owner or consignee, the return of the examiner shall be found erroneous; and it shall be declared as the result of such analysis, that the said articles may properly, safely, and without danger, be used for medicinal purposes. ,0*/Her 0* ¤¤¤· Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the owner or consignee shall at all times, when dissatisfied with the examiner’s return, have mglorareexam- the privilege of calling, at his own expense, for a reéxamination; and, cient to defray such expense, it shall be the duty of that officer to procure some competent analytical chemist possessing the confidence of the medical profession, as well as of the colleges of medicine and pharmacy, if any such institutions exist in the State in which the collection district is situated, a careful analysis of the articles included in said return, and a report upon the same under oath; and in case the report, which shall be final, shall declare the return of the examiner to be erroneous, and the said articles to be of the requisite strength and purity, according to the standards referred to in the next preceding section of this act, the entire invoice shall be passed without reservation, on payment of the customary duties; but, in case the examiner’s return shall be sustained by the analysis and report, the said articles shall remain in charge of the collector, and the owner or consignee, on payment of the charges of storage, and other expenses necessarily incurred by the United States, and on giving a. bond with sureties satisfactory to the collector to land said articles out of the limits of the tggiggcigis ag? United States,' shall have the privilege of reéxporting them at any time be {,,,3,,,,;,,.,,,5 within the period of six months after the report of the analysis; but if within six the said articles shall not be sent out of the United States within the "‘°“*hs· time specified, it shall be the duty of the collector, at the expiration of said time, to cause the same to be destroyed, holding the owner or consignee responsible to the United States for the payment of all charges, in the same manner as if said articles had been reéxported. T§;;:;*:;’{;f;l;)f Sec. 5. Antllbe it further enacted, That, in order to carry mm Point Special cx. eH`ect the provisions of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby amiqers Ofdwgs, authorized and required to appoint suitably qualilied persons as special m°d1°`°°S’ &°' examiners of drugs, medicines, chemicals, &,c,, namely: one examilwf in each of the ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans,.with the following salaries, viz.: at Their sahriev- New York, sixteen hundred dollars pei- annum; and at each of the other ports above named, one thousand dollars per annum; which said
 * “°*‘i°¤· on depositing with the collector such sum as the latter may deem suili—