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458 '1‘rr1.s xxx111.—DUTlES UPON IMPORTS. 6 MM-- 1866, v- That the operation of this section shall be suspended as to any foreign 12- ’· r "· 1* P· 3· 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 s read of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United Sptates; 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 law into effect, or to suspend the same as therein rovided, and to send copies thereof to the proper olhcers ID the United States, and to such officers or agents of the 'nited States in foreign countries as he shall jud e necessar . _ _ When permitted. Sec. 2494. The Presicént of the United States, whenever in his judgj,£éf;‘£,p *4 ment the importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat cattle may be "’ p`made without danger of the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious disease among the cattle of the Unite States, may, by proclamation, declare the provisions of the preceding section to be inoperative, and the same shall be afterward inoperative and of no effect from and after thirty days from the date of said proclamation. Penalty. Sec. 2-195. Any person convicted of a willful violation of any of the _15m' §`r]" provisions of the two preceding sections, shall be tined not excee ing live "’p`undred dollars, or imprisone not exceeding one year, or both, in the ‘ discretion of the court. _Pf¤hibi*·i¤¤¤p<>¤ Sec. 2496. No watches, watch-cases, watch-movements, or parts of

‘“;§;"*§t":‘§€?£‘; watch-movements, of foreign manufacture, which shall copv or simulate

,,,,,,.;m,m,_ the name or trade-mark of any domestic manufacturer. shall be admitted »————q—·~ to entry at the custom-houses of the United States, unless such domestic ug QM;} 18'L "‘ manufacturer is the importer of the same. And in order to aid the oth- , . ,p. 580. . . . . . . . cers of the customs in enforcing this rohibition, any domestic manufacturer of watches who has adopted trade-marks may require his name and residence and a description of his trade-marks to be recorded in books which shall be kept for that purpose in the Department of the Treasury, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and may furnish to the Department fac-similes of such trademarks; and thereupon the Secretary o the Treasur shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper omcer of the customs. _Upon iunports- Sec. 2-197. No goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided

  • “f“ “‘ i°’°‘8“ "°°‘ for by treaty, sha 1 be imported into the United States from any foreign

°° S' _. ._.. . port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign ‘ 1 MM-1) 1817, v- vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that gg; *"· L ·» "· 3# P· country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture: -. _ _ or from which such_ goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most WT}? Qgrrlfi. 14 usually are, hrst shipped for transportation. All oods, wares, or mer- “ ··°‘ · chandise 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, andeon emned, in like manner, and under the same reguations, restnctions, and provisions, as have been heretofore establis ed for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws. Limitation upon Sec. 2498. The preceding section shall nota ply to vessels, or goods, [h<>j]*¢gQ1_¤t¢· __ wares, or merchandise, imported in vessels of, a foreign nation which I Mah 1817, c_ does not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the United 31, s. 1, v. 3, p. 351. SMU58- Rim for gmc}; Sec. 2199. There shall be levied, collected, and id, on each and

er:;;>(p¤garugpu· eyery non-enumerated article which bears a similitndig either in mateand for micf; rial, quality, te1tture,o}· the use to which it mav be applied, to any artim,,,u,,,C,u,ed cle enumerated in this l`1tle, as chargeable with duty, the same rate of

from two or more duty which is levied and charged on the enumerated article which it ¤}¤t{¤j¤l¤· most resembles in aniy of the particulars before mentioned; and if Ml)' 30 A.\ug_, 1842, ,._ non-enumerated artic e equally resembles two or more enunieratcdarticles. 270,s.20,v.5,p.565. on which ditferent rates of uty are chargeable, there shall be levied,