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616 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12-L4. 1890. zens, and sawed in the Province of New. Brunswick by American citizens, the same being unmanufactured in whole or in part, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulatipns as the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time to time, rescribe. Discriminnrins dmv Snc?17. That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, $'§,,,§{f°' l" '°"°'g" in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, ' and paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall beimported in vessels not of the United States; but this discriminating duty ummm under shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise which shall be im- “'°°“°'· °*°· ported in vessels not of the United States, entitled, py treaty or any act of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the nited States on payment of the same duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States. °I°¤;¤Pg¤;·:¤im<_;¤¤fér;é•é*¤€ Sec. 18. That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases mibgrwvkw gr provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from Q”é,;,_‘{·f,=_°°"”*'¥ °‘ any foreign port or p ace, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goo s are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first s ipped for transportation. P¤¤•|¤y- All goods, wares, or merchandise imported contrary to this section, and the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeite to the United States; and suc goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in like manner, and under the same regulations, 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. E¤•=¤P*i°¤¤ Sec. 19. That the preceding section shall not apply to vessels or goods, wares, or merchandise imported in vessels of a foreign nation véhichddénes not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the nite tates. ug'§g°’§gQ,§iggg;“*‘ Sec. 20. That the importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat bméiw.cattle from any foreign country into the United States is prohibited: ,,€}}€},’§‘¥,§‘,§’,§, §f,,*§}‘§ Provided, That the operation of this section shall be suspended as wemem. to any foreign countr or countries, or an parts of such country or countries, whenever the Secretary of the 'lireasuryl shall officially de- ` termine, and give public notice thereof that suc importation will not tend to the introduction or s read of contagious or infectious _ diseases among the cattle of the Uiiited States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shal be Rcgulationaetc. his duty, to make all necessary orders and regulations to carry this section into eiiiect, or to suspend the same as therein provided, and to send cpipies thereof to the plro er officers in the United States, and to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign Countries as he shall yudge necessary. P°"“”Y’°"*°'***°¤- Sec. 21. hat an person convicted of a willful violation of ag? of the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not exce · ing five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or Duty _ md bogh, therdiscretion if the Court. f I rt d f 9¤ ¤2¤¤¤¤ Ec. 2. at u on the reimportation o artic es once expo e o igccm H10_ gowth, prodilict, or maniiefacture of the United States, upon whic no internal tax has been assessed or paid, or upon which such tax has beergdpaid and refunded by allowance or rawback, there shall be levi , collected, and paid a duty equal to the tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws upon such articles, except articles manufactured in bonded warehouses and exported pursuant to law, which shall be subject to the same rate of duty as if originally im rted. · ,;,§Q°§,§."}3,;’i,'§§{j Sec. 23. That whenever any vessel laden with merchauldise in ggéymsggkgkvmk whole or in part subject to duty has been sunk in any river, harbor,