SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6. 1909. 87 Provided, That the operation of this section shall be suspended as to §;g°g*;‘;s,0n from 8Ily fOI‘0lgI1 C0l1I1tI'y 0I' COl1I1iZI'l(·3S, 0I` 8.11 p8»I‘i)S of S`l.1Cl1 C0l1I1f.I'y 0I' countries free from countries, whenever the Secretary of tlsie Treasury shall officrall d”i?‘§'S€C_2493,p_457_ determine, and give public notice thereof, that such importation will V°1·*’°· P· 210- not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States; and the Secretary of R°8‘“““°“· the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty, to ma e all necessary orders and regulations to carry this section into eHect, or to suspend the same as herein provided, and to send cgies thereof to the lproger officers in the United States and to such 0 cers or agents of the nited States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary. Sec. 13. That any person convicted of a willful violation of any 1a§:§,‘,§“h”‘°“*f°"`i°‘ of the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not exceeding v¤1.éx0,p. 210. five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 14. That aH goods, wares, articles, and merchandise manu- ,,,§g3,‘;§,{§,§°,§,;Q§§d factured wholly or in part in any foreign count by convict labor entry. shall not be entitled to entry at any of the orts oliythe United States, V°1' 8°’ p' m' 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. Y Sec. 15. hat a discriminating duty of ten er centum ad valorem, d,}};’§,,'§§,l§,,’§f,§§n§ in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied collected, and iuéoreisn vesselspaid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in v;,f§°{,?Z%29ip"°°‘ 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 coun- ,,§$;P*},§_’,';g ‘;,Q,"°’ try; but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, or ` ` merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States entitled at the time of such importation by treat or convention or Act of Congress to be entered in the ports of the [lhited States on payment of the same duties as shall then be ayable on goods, _ wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States, nor m*,§§,g;{,u§_";‘f,$,nf{,‘;’g* 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 casesfpro— Aj,‘g,!;‘g;‘,§“;j$;,jg}§"f,*; vided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States rom ¤¤l€¤§¤¤¤¤g>·g£;;r¤gi¤. any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or v;,;,'£°{., n6§°'°°8‘ in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation. F of ,m t_ All goods, wares or merchandise imported contrary to this section, ° el r°'° °" and the vessel wherein the same shalflbe imported, together with her cargo, tackle, a parel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such oods wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo shall be liabTe to be seized, rosecuted, and condemned in like manner, and under the same reguliitions, restrictions, and provisions as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws. Sec. 17. That the receding section shall not apply to vessels or §$§i*§§i§‘§;g8,p_,,,8_ goods, wares, or merclhandise 1m rted in vessels of a foreign nation VOL 3°» P- 21**- which does not maintain a simiiifi regulation against vessels of the United States. _ _ Sec. 18. That machinery for repair may be imtported into the ,,§“,§‘§,§‘°§’§.§§"u`E,p,§‘§f United States without payment of duty under bon , to be given m bolgdé sec ,,,,1 P ,,0 double the ap raised value thereof, to be withdrawn and exported vb¤It¤,;§.a»sZ ’ after said machine shall have been re aired; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directedp to prescribe such rules and `
