FiFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 407. 1800. 131 €n€gAP. 407.-An act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the rev- June 10, 1890- Be Vit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Collection of ous- United States of America in Congress assembled, That all merchan- t°bi>S¤€i§7ilZ1e1€'dccmea dise imported into the United States shall, for the purpose of this °“’”°*; °€ imP°"°°d act, be eemed and held to be the propert of the erson to whom the mm audm merchandise may be consigned ; but the holder of) any bill of ladin Holder cr mu of consigned to or er and indorsed by the consignor shall be deemed §?*“”g d°“’“°d °°”‘ the consignee thereof ; and in case of the abandonment of any mer- lii:{,d.,,,.,d me,- chandise to the underwriters the latter may be recognized as the °h”d*“· consignee. Sec. 2. That all invoices of imported merchandise shall be made nequiiemeum cr i¤· out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importa- "°*°°’· tions shall be made or if purchased in the currency actually aid therefor, shall contain a correct description of such merchandise, and shall be made in triplicate or in quadruplicate in case of mer- rc be in triplicate, chandise intended for immediate transportation without appraise- °°"· ment, and signed by the person owning or shipping the same, if the merchandise has been actually urchased, or by the manufacturer or owner thereof, if the same has been procured otherwise than by urchase, or by the duly authorized agent of such purchaser, manufacturer, or owner. Sec. 3. That all such invoices shall, at or before the shipment of Govsulnrdeclnration. the merchandise, be produced to the consul, viceconsul, or commercial agent of the United States of the consular district in which the merchandise was manufactured or purchased as the case may be, for export to the United States, and shall have indorsed thereon, when so produced,a declaration signed by the purchaser, manufacturer, owner, or agent, setting forth that the invoice is in all respects correct and comentscz declaratrue, and was made at the place from which the merchandise is to be “°'“ exported to the United States; that it contains, if the merchandise was obtained by purchase, a true and full statement of the time when, the place where, the person from `whom the same was purchased, and the actual cost thereof and of all charges thereon, as provided by this act ; and that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in the invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon · and when obtained in any other manner than by purchase, the actual market value or wholesa e price thereof at the time of exportation to the United States in the principal markets of the country from whence exported; that such actual market value is the price at which Acmxmma mee. the merchandise described in the invoice is freely offered for sale to all purchasers in said markets, and that it is the rice which the manufacturer or owner making the declaration would) have received, and was willing to receive, for such merchandise sold in the ordinary course of trade, in the usual wholesale quantities, and that it includes all charges thereon as (provided by this act ; and the actual rc mcnuacciiugee. quantity thereof ; and that no iiferent invoice of the merchandise Aemei quantity. mentioned in the invoice so produced has been or will be furnished nmei-eutimcices. ` to any one. If the merchandise was actually purchased, the decla- memmnaise acturation shall also contain a statement that the currency in which such my vorowoo invoice is made ent is that which was actually paid for the merchandisc b the nrc aser. SEC? 4. That, except in case of personal effects accompanying the Iluportetions withpassenger, no importation of any ¤1BI'Gl13}1d1Se exceeding one him- °“" “"°*°°- dred dollars in dutiable value shall bfé fidllllllfed to entry without the Limit. · production of a duly-certified invoice thereof as required by law, or of an affidavit ma e by the owner, importer, or consignee, before the collector or his deputy, showing why 1t_1s impracticable to produce such invoice ; and no entry shall be made in the absence of a certified invoice, upon affidavit as aforesaid, unless such affidavit accompanied by a statement in the form of {M1 IQIVOICG, or otherwise, shew- mverme‘ef.mm¢&ii¤t ing the actual cost of such me1‘Gl1311d1S6, lf pllmliased, or if obtained °"“ '° ·
