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The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the foregoing provision.

SEC. 8. If any person shall fraudulently violate any of the provisions of this Act relating to the marking, stamping, branding or labeling of any imported articles or packages; or shall fraudulently deface, destroy, remove, alter, or obliterate any such marks, stamps, brands, or labels

with intent to conceal the information given by or contained in such marks, stamps, brands, or labels,

he shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars,

or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding one year, or both.

SEC. 9. That all persons are prohibited from importing into the United States from any foreign country

any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or

other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article of an immoral nature,

or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion, or any lottery ticket or any advertisement of any lottery. No such articles, whether imported separately or contained in packages with other goods entitled to entry, shall be admitted to entry;

and all such articles shall be proceeded against, seized, and forfeited by due course of law.

All such prohibited articles and the package in which they are contained in the course of importation shall be detained by the officer of customs, and proceedings taken against the same as hereinafter prescribed,

unless it appears to the satisfaction of the collector of customs that the obscene articles contained in the package were inclosed therein without the knowledge or consent of the importer, owner, agent, or consignee:

Provided, That the drugs herein before mentioned, when imported in bulk and not put up for any of the purposes herein before specified, are excepted from the operation of this section.

SEC. 10.

That whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the Government of the United States,

shall knowingly aid or abet any person engaged in any violation of any of the provisions of law prohibiting importing, advertising, dealing in, exhibiting, or sending or receiving by mail

obscene or indecent publications or representations, or means for preventing conception or procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency,

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for every offense be punishable

by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars,

or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.

SEC. 11. That any judge of any district or circuit court of the United States, within the proper district,

before whom complaint in writing of any violation of the two preceding sections is made,

to the satisfaction of such judge, and

founded on knowledge or belief, and

if upon belief, setting forth the grounds of such belief, and supported by oath or affirmation of the complainant, may issue, comformably to the Constitution, a warrant directed to the marshal or any deputy marshal in the proper district, directing him to search for, seize, and take possession of any such article or thing mentioned in the two preceding sections and to make due and immediate return thereof to the end that the same may be condemned and destroyed by proceedings, which shall be conducted in the same manner as other proceedings in the case of municipal seizure, and

with the same right of appeal or writ of error.

SEC. 12. That the importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat cattle from any foreign country into the United States is prohibited:

Provided, That the operation of this section shall be suspended as to any foreign country or countries, or any parts of such country or countries,

whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall officially determine, and give public notice thereof, that such importation will not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or

infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty,

to make all necessary orders and regulations to carry this section into effect,

or to suspend the same as herein provided, and

to send copies thereof to the proper officers in the United States and to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary.

SEC. 13. That any person convicted of a willful violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 14. That all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor

shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and

the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and

the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.

SEC. 15. That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem,

in addition to the duties imposed by law,

shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be

imported in vessels not of the United States, or which

being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States,

shall come into the United States from such contiguous country;

but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States

entitled at the time of such importation by treaty or convention or Act of Congress to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be payable on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States,

nor to such foreign products or manufactures as shall be imported from such contiguous countries in the usual course of strictly retail trade.

SEC. 16. That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty,

shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place,

except in vessels of the United States,

or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture,

or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.

All goods, wares, or merchandise imported contrary to this section, and

the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture,

shall be forfeited to the United States;

and such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo

shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned in like manner, and under the same regulations, restrictions, and provisions as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws.

SEC. 17. That the preceding section shall not apply to vessels or goods, wares, or merchandise imported in vessels of a foreign nation which does not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the United States.

SEC. 18. That machinery for repair may be imported into the United States without payment of duty,

under bond, to be given in double the appraised value thereof,

to be withdrawn and exported after said machinery shall have been repaired;

and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud and

secure the identity and character of all such importations when again withdrawn and exported,

restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also

limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six months from the date of the importation.

SEC. 19. That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary

for the construction of vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership,

or for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, and

all such materials necessary for the building of their machinery, and

all articles necessary for their outfit and equipment,

may be imported in bond under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and

upon proof that such materials have been used for such purposes no duties shall be paid thereon.

But vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coast wise trade of the United States more than six months in any one year

except upon the payment to the United States of the duties of which a rebate is herein allowed:

Provided, That vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States.

SEC. 20. That all articles of foreign production needed for the repair of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States,

may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

SEC. 21. That section twenty-nine hundred and eightytwo of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2982. The privilege of purchasing supplies from public warehouses, free of duty, and

from bonded manufacturing warehouses, free of duty or of internal-revenue tax, as the case may be,

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