or receive any other invoice of the same,

I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district.

"SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly make any false statements in the declarations provided for in the preceding section,

or shall aid or procure the making of any such false statement as to any matter material thereto,

shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by

a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars,

or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court:

Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve imported merchandise from forfeiture by reason of such false statement or for any cause elsewhere provided by law. "SEC. 7. That the owner, consignee, or agent of any imported merchandise may,

at the time when he shall make and verify his written entry of such merchandise,

but not afterwards,

make such addition in the entry to

or such deduction from

the cost or value given in the invoice or pro forma invoice or statement in form of an invoice, which he shall produce with his entry,

as in his opinion may raise or lower the same to the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise

at the time of exportation to the United States,

in the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported;

and the collector within whose district any merchandise may be imported or entered,

whether the same has been actually purchased

or procured otherwise than by purchase,

shall cause the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise to be appraised; and

if the appraised value of any article of imported merchandise subject to an ad valorem duty or to a duty based upon or regulated in any manner by the value thereof

shall exceed the value declared in the entry,

there shall be levied, collected, and paid,

in addition to the duties imposed by law on such merchandise, an additional duty of one per centum of the total appraised value thereof

for each one per centum that such appraised value exceeds the value declared in the entry:

Provided, That the additional duties shall only apply to the particular article or articles in each invoice that are so undervalued and

shall not be imposed upon any article upon which the amount of duty imposed by law on account of the appraised value does not exceed the amount of duty that would be imposed if the appraised value did not exceed the entered value, and shall be limited to seventy-five per centum of the appraised value of such article or articles.

Such additional duties shall not be construed to be penal, and shall not be remitted nor payment thereof in any way avoided except in cases arising from a manifest clerical error, nor shall they be refunded in case of exportation of the merchandise,

or on any other account,

nor shall they be subject to the benefit of drawback:

Provided, That if the appraised value of any merchandise shall exceed the value declared in the entry by more than seventy-five per centum,

except when arising from a manifest clerical error,

such entry shall be held to be presumptively fraudulent, and the collector of customs shall seize such merchandise and proceed as in case of forfeiture for violation of the customs laws, and

in any legal proceeding other than a criminal prosecution that may result from such seizure,

the undervaluation as shown by the appraisal shall be presumptive evidence of fraud, and

the burden of proof shall be on the claimant to rebut the same, and

forfeiture shall be adjudged unless he shall rebut such presumption of fraudulent intent by sufficient evidence.

The forfeiture provided for in this section shall apply to the whole of the merchandise or the value thereof

in the case or package containing the particular article or articles in each invoice which are undervalued:

Provided further, That all additional duties, penalties, or forfeitures

applicable to merchandise entered by a duly certified invoice shall be alike applicable to merchandise entered by a pro forma invoice or statement in the form of an invoice, and no forfeiture or disability of any kind incurred under the provisions of this section shall be

remitted or mitigated by the Secretary of the Treasury. The duty shall not, however, be assessed in any case upon an amount less than the entered value.

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'SEC. 8. That when merchandise entered for customs duty has been consigned for sale

by or on account of the manufacturer thereof,

to a person, agent, partner, or consignee in the United States,

such person, agent, partner, or consignee shall,

at the time of the entry of such merchandise,

present to the collector of customs at the port where such entry is made, as a part of such entry, and

in addition to the certified invoice or statement in the form of an invoice required by law,

a statement signed by such manufacturer,

declaring the cost of production of such merchandise,

such cost to include all the elements of cost as stated in section eleven of this Act.

When merchandise entered for customs duty has been consigned for sale

by or on account of a person other than the manufacturer of such merchandise,

to a person, agent, partner, or consignee in the United States, such person, agent, partner, or consignee shall

at the time of the entry of such merchandise

present to the collector of customs at the port where such entry is made, as a part of such entry,

a statement signed by the consignor thereof,

declaring that the merchandise was actually purchased by him or for his account, and

showing the time when, the place where, and from whom he purchased the merchandise,

and in detail the price he paid for the same:

Provided, That the statements required by this section shall be made in triplicate, and

shall bear the attestation of the consular officer of the United States resident within the consular district wherein the merchandise was manufactured,

if consigned by the manufacturer or for his account,

or from whence it was imported

when consigned by a person other than the manufacturer, one copy thereof to be delivered to the person making the statement,

one copy to be transmitted with the triplicate invoice of the merchandise to the collector of the port in the United States to which the merchandise is consigned, and

the remaining copy to be filed in the consulate.

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'SEC. 9. That if any consignor, seller, owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person or persons,

shall enter or introduce, or attempt to enter or introduce, into the commerce of the United States

any imported merchandise by means of

any fraudulent or false invoice, affidavit, letter, paper, or by means of any false statement, written or verbal,

or by means of any false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever,

or shall be guilty of any willful act or omission by means whereof the United States shall or may be deprived of the lawful duties, or any portion thereof, accruing upon the merchandise,

or any portion thereof, embraced or referred to in such invoice, affidavit, letter, paper, or statement,

or affected by such act or omission,

such merchandise, or the value thereof,

to be recovered from such person or persons, shall be forfeited,

which forfeiture shall only apply to the whole of the merchandise or the value thereof

in the case or package containing the particular article or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or false paper or statement relates;

and such person or persons shall, upon conviction,

be fined for each offense a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars,

or be imprisoned for a time not exceeding two years,

or both, in the discretion of the court.

"SEC. 10. That it shall be the duty of the appraisers of the United States, and every of them,

and every person who shall act as such appraiser,

or of the collector, as the case may be,

by all reasonable ways and means in his or their power

to ascertain, estimate, and appraise (any invoice or affidavit thereto or statement of cost, or of cost of production to the contrary notwithstanding)

the actual market value and wholesale price of the merchandise

at the time of exportation to the United States,

in the principal markets of the country whence the same has been imported, and

the number of yards, parcels, or quantities, and

actual market value or wholesale price of every of them, as the case may require.

"SEC. 11. That when the actual market value, as defined by law, of any article of imported merchandise,

wholly or partly manufactured and

subject to an ad valorem duty,

or to a duty based in whole or in part on value,

can not be ascertained to the satisfaction of the appraising officer,

such officer shall use all available means in his power to ascertain the cost of production of such merchandise

at the time of exportation to the United States,

and at the place of manufacture,

such cost of production to include the cost of materials and of fabrication, and

all general expenses to be estimated at not less than ten per centum,

covering each and every outlay of whatsoever nature incident to such production,

together with the expense of preparing and putting up such merchandise ready for shipment, and

an addition of not less than eight nor more than fifty per