FIFTY-FIFTH c0NGBEss. Sess. 1. on. 11. 1897. 21 :5 paring and putting up such merchandise ready for shipment, and an addition of not less than eight nor more than fifty per centum upon the total cost as thus ascertained; and in no case shall such merchandise Minimum appraisebe appraised upon original appraisal or reappraisement at less th an the ‘“°“°‘ total cost of production as thus ascertained. It shall be lawful for .Wl¤>1¤¤¤1<> 1Lri<=$_<>f appraising officers, in determining the dutiable valueof such merchan- iimuilileamgiittinmf; disc, to take into consideration the wholesale price at which such or ‘*° °°¤¤id°*°d· similar merchandise is sold or offered for sale in the United States, due allowance being made for estimated duties thereon, the cost of transportation, insurance, and other necessary expenses from the place of ghipmentl to the United States, and a reasonable commission, if any has een pai not GX0B9d1I1I g six per centum. Sec. That on and after the day when this Act shall go into effect _,,$’f’fg‘Q‘§,,§"Q’a,‘{{}_§${Q§_; all goods, wares, and merchandise previously imported, for which no pubiwrio duties hereentry has been made, and all goods, wares, and merchandise previously "" entered without payment of duty and under bond for warehousing, transportation, or any other purpose, for which no permit of delivery to the importer or his agent has been issued, shall be subjected to the duties imposed by this Act and to no other.duty, upon the entry or the _ withdrawal thereof: Provided, That when duties are based upon the £{,'{'{{,§°‘b,,,,,d ,,,,0,, weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded ware- ;<;islgc¤¢‘ ¤¤¤r¢h¤¤· house, said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such °’- merchandise at the time of its entry. . . Sec. 34. That sections one to twenty-foiu·, both inclusive, of an Act $Z{2{‘,,_50g,.,,,.,_ entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes; which became a law on the twenty- eighth day of August, eighteen undred and ninety-four, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, said repeal to take effect on and after the passage of _ this Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof em- mj§‘j,‘}§,;“[,‘}f?,_§`f‘“*“·°“· braced in this Act shall not ailect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before the said repeal or modifications; but all rights and liabilities under said laws shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or modifications had not been made. Any ouensps committed and all penalties or forfeitures or liabilities incurred prior to the passage of this Act under any statute embraced in or changed, modi tied, or repealed by this Act may be prosecuted or punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had A t { H it U not been passed. All Acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil rum XeZc{’e.i,£L. " °° causes and proceedings or to the prosecution of oilenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in or modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall not be aiiected thereby; and all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the passage of this Act may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same P v. etiect as if this Act had not been passed: And provided further, That oxtéigiiig tr imnothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of P°,Q°*;¤*;;j °,j{{§‘°-P section three thousand and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes as sss.k·¤L'24. p141s. ’ ` amended by the Act approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in respect to the abandonment of merchandise to underwriters or the salvors of property, and the ascertainment of _ duties thereon: Andproride¢ljl¢rtlacr, That nothing in this Act shall ,,,£§§$f‘g,§”,f;;;,,"§,,‘f,°g be construed to repeal or in any manner affect the sections numbered @51-1 28 ,,0 seventy-three. seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six, andseventy-seven °‘ "p"" ` of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce taxation, to provide 1'€V8Dll€ for the Government, and for other purposes," which became a law on the twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, July 24, 1897.
