FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 11. 1897. 207 Sec. 11. That no article of imported merchandise which shall copy or d0A;*i$;r¤j,¤g*;l¤*t;*B simulate the name or trade-mark of any domestic manufacture or man- ot; iiot aaimaair °` ufacturer, or which shall bear a name or mark, which is calculated to V°*·”·P· 5*7- induce the public to believe that the article i manufactured in the United States, shall be admitted to entry at any custom-house of the United States. And in order to aid the officers of the customs in enforcing this prohibition, any domestic manufacturer who has adopted trademarks may require his name and residence and a description of his trade-marks to be recorded in books which shall be kept for that purpose in the Department of the Treasury, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and may furnish to the Department facsimiles of such trade-marks; and thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of the customs. Sec. 12. That all materials of foreign production which may be neces- w$j,’;**¤gfy¤ h*;fu£:· sary for the construction of vessels built in the United States for foreign sinpsaurmign mag account and ownership, or for the purpose of being employed in the %j_·,§°°é?§Q§·_P·‘°‘· foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Paciilc ' ports 'of the United States, and all such materials necessary for the building of their machinery, and all articles necessary for their outut 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 coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year except upon the payment to the United States of the duties of which a rebate is herein allowed: Pro- Pwvysv-· vided, That vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ,l{,`$,,',§',§g‘L ,]'§Z”€1,H‘Q°;' ownership shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the mee- United States. SEO. 13. That all articles of foreign production needed for the repair 3£g:Qjf:§pafm,;: of American vessels engaged in foreigntrade, including thetrade between in manga mus. the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, may be withdrawn ]$3j·;6‘f°1f%§‘§_*’·‘°" from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Sec. 14. That the sixteenth section of an Act entitled “An Act to S¤¤a;g·~‘¤l·¤**·¤*-“· remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encour- ’"°"" ` age the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-ibm-, be amended so as to read as follows: _
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and actually withdrawn from bonded warehouses and bonded manu- rm- mppns. nm tifacturiug warehouses for supplies (not including equipment) of vessels {§Q‘§,}`{,‘_;{‘y"§,";_]’°“" of the United States engaged in foreign trade, or in trade between the ' Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, may be so withdrawn from said bonded warehouses, free of duty or of internal-revenue tax, as the case may be, under such regulations as the Secretary of the _ Treasury may prescribe; but no such articles shall be landed at any [.f],QQ(f‘g{’j,Q:';,‘f,$?S?“ port of the United States." Sec. 15. That all articles manufactured in whole or in part of imported ,uB°,}‘3§1},‘,§‘,‘§§‘Q§€“°'“'" materials, or of materials subject to internal—revenue tax, and intended %¤1·2¤·1>·5*8- for exportation without being charged with duty, and without having an internal-revenue stamp affixed thereto, shall, under such regulations ` as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in order to be so manufactured and exported, be made and manufactured in bonded warehouses similar to those known and designated in Treasury Regulations as _ bonded warehouses, class six: Provided, That the manufacturer of such §;g}',‘f°‘· articles shall first give satisfactory bonds for the faithful observance of all the provisions of law and of such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That the manu- spinal not puiacture of distilled spirits from grain, starch, molasses or sugar, includ- ‘“"‘°°‘ ing all dilutions or mixtures of them or either of them, shall not be permitted in such manufacturing warehouses.
