Thirtieth Congress,
thiFirst Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

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That from and after the passage of this Act, all drugs, medicines, medicinal preparations, including medicinal essential oils, and chemical preparations used wholly or in part as medicine, imported into the United States from abroad, shall, before passing the Custom House; be examined and appraised, as well in strict reference to their quality, purity and fitness for medicinal purposes as to their value and corresponding identity called for on the Invoice.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all medicinal preparations, whether chemicals or otherwise, shall under penalty of confiscation, be imported with the true name of the manufacturer, and of the place where manufactured, permanently and legibly fixed upon each parcel by stamp, label, or otherwise.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if on examination, any drugs, medicines, medicinal preperations, whether chemical or otherwise, including medicinal essential oils, are found in the opinion of the examiner, to be so far adulterated, or in any way deteriorated, as to render them inferior in strength and purity to the

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standard established by the United States, Edinburgh, London, French and German Pharmacopoeias and Dispensatories, thereby rendering them improper, unsafe, and dangerous as a medicine, a return to the effect shall be made upon the Invoice, and the articles so noted, shall not pass the Custom House, unless on a re-examination of a strictly analytical character, called for by the owner or consignees, the return, of the examiner be not strictly sustained.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the owner or consignee, shall at all times when dissatisfied with the examiners return, have the privilege of calling at his own expense, a re-examination, and by depositing with the collector the requisite amount to defray such expense; it shall be the duty of that officer to procure some competent analytical chemist, having the confidence of the medical profession generally, as well as of the colleges of pharmacy and medicine where such exist in the State where the collection district is situated, who shall make a careful analysis of the articles in question, and a report under oath upon the same, and should the report, which shall be final, declare the return of the examiner to be erroneous and the said articles to be of the requisite strength and purity, in accordance with the standards named in this act, the entire invoice shall be passed without reservation, on payment of the customary duties, within the time prescribed by law; but should the examiner’s

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return be sustained by said analysis and report, the articles so condemned, shall remain in charge of the Collector for the term of six months, during which time the owner or consignee, on payment of the necessary charges for storage &c. and on giving the usual bond to the Collector, shall have the privilege of exporting and returning the same to. the original owner or owners, but should ^√^ the condemned and rejected merchandise not be sent out of the United States and returned to the country from whence they were imported, during the time specified, ^√^ it shall be the duty of the collector at the expiration of that time to have the same destroyed, holding the owner or consignee responsible to the government, for the payment of all charges, the same as if the goods had been imported.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in order to carry out effectually the intention of this act the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required to appoint suitably qualified persons, as special examiners of drugs, medicines, chemicals &c. namely: one examiner in each of the ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans, at the following salaries to wit: at New York, Two ^√^ thousand dollars, per annum: and at the other ports ^√^ named, Twelve hundred dollars per annum—at the same time giving such instructions to the collectors of the customs in the minor collection districts, relative

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to the requirements of this act, as he may deem best calculated to protect and advance the public interest, which said salaries shall be paid each year quarterly, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That these special examiners shall, before entering on their duties, subscribe on oath or affirmation, faithfully and diligently to perform such duties &c. in accordance with the requirements of Section ten of the tariff act of eighteen hundred and forty six.