174 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 8. 1909. ‘?‘¥°°* °*P°'” °‘ however Thatall articles the growth and product of the Philippine iiliiihteiimsixzgzg Islandslcoming directly from said islands to the United States or °°*"‘°‘ any of its possessions for use and consumptiorrtherexn shall be _ exem t from any export duties imposed in the Philippine Islands: ·*~**¤· 352. Rbaca (hemp), gross weight, one hundred kilos., seventy-five cents. S“8’“'· 353. Sugar, gross weight, one hundred kilos., five cents. `
- °¥’”’~ 354. Copra, gross weightil one hundred kilos., ten cents.
°"°°°°· 355. To acco grossweig t: (a) lllanufactured or unmanufactured, except as otherwise · · · provided, one hundred kilos., one do lar and thirty cents. (b) Stems cli pings and other wastes of tobacco one I hundredlkilosvlfifty cents. , W*··¤·8¤· _ wnanmem. mggged °¤ =hiP· Sec. 14. That there shall be levied and collected upon all articles, rmauea excepted. goods, wares, or merchandise, except coal, timber and cement, the product of the Philippme Islands, explorted through ligrts of entry , of the Philippine Islands, or shipped therefrom to the mted States or any of its possessions, a duty of one dollar per gross ton of one thousand kilos., as a charge for wharfage, whatever be the ort of {','g,,‘°g; ,0, 0,,,,,,,,, destination or nationality of the exporting vessel: Promkleef That use- articles, goods, wares, or merchandise imported, exported or shipped in transit for the use of the Government of the United States, or of that ofwigie Plgslippine Islands, shall be exempt from the charges prescri in t section. “9°¤S*¥¤°° "°°m°" Sec. 15. That all articles goods wares or merchandise im rted 0 mmumpom into the Philippine Islands shall,,for the urpose of this idly, be deemed and he d to be the Iifoplerty of tll)e person to whom the same may be consigned; but the ol er of an bill of lading, drawn to order and indorsed by the consignor, shall be deemed the consignee thereof; and m case of the abandonment of any article, goods, wares, or merchandise to the underwriters, the latter may be recognized as the consignee. invoices. INVOICES. comma Sec. 16; That all invoices of imlported articles goods, wares, or nierchandise shall itate th; true va ue thereof in the currency of the p ace or count rom w ence imported or if ur hased in the currency actually paid therefor, shall coritairl a clbrrgct description siimimem. of such articles, goods, wares, or merchandise, with true numbers, weights, and quantities, in the tariff terms of this Act, and shall be made m quadruplicate and signed bv the owner or shipper, if the merchandise has been actually purchased, or b the manufacturer or owner thereof, if the same has been procured, otherwise than by purchase, or by the duly authorized agent of such purchaser, manuacturer, or owner. ·»‘“5‘€$"?»¥"饑¤t¥t“""’ p§i$;g§Z 1§*t°$g§§§Ep2i“t%Zi$s‘§ %$?€§‘£"§ i€;°§£Z§§£°?}E.1“ii§% 2 , r or after the owner, nd importation of an articles oods wares or • . y 7 g I ) merchandise, exceeding one hundred dollars in dutiable value, shall sxee;;e0¤,m¤ar0i· be admitted to entry without the roduction of a duly certified ¥""““°“°“· invoice of the kinds hereinafter descrihed, or the Bling of an afiidavit made by the owner, importer, or cons` ee before the collector of customs, showing) why it is 1mpractica§: to produce such invoice, together wrth a ond in an amount to be prescribed by, and with sureties satisfactory to, the collector of customs, for the production
