bona fide of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States, (as the case may be,) and that they were truly exported and imported as therein expressed, and that no drawback, bounty, or allowance has been paid or admitted thereon, or any part thereof. So help me God. Sworn to this day of had on reimport other than that of 244. But when the reimportation is made into a port Proceedings to be other than that of the original exportation from the Uni- ation into a port ted States, the law requires the production of a certificate, original exporta. testifying the exportation thereof, from the collector and naval officer of the port where the exportation was made; which certificate shall be in the following form: DISTRICT OF FORM No. 81. Collector and naval officer's certificate. Port of val officer's certifi tion. This is to certify, that there were cleared out at this Collector's and naport, on the (insert the day of clearance,) in the (insert cate of exportathe denomination and name of the vessel,) whereof (insert the name) was master, for (insert the port or place for which cleared,) the following articles of merchandise, (here enumerate the number of packages, their denomination, marks, and numbers, together with their contents,) on which no drawback, allowance, or bounty hath been paid or admitted. Collector. 245. If the foregoing certificate cannot at once be procured, and the proof otherwise required be made, free entry will be permitted, on bond given in the following form, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district of reimportation, in a sum equal to what the duties on the merchandise would be, if it were not of the production, growth, or manufacture of the United States: FORM No. 82. Bond to produce certificate. Know all men by these presents, that we (insert the Bond to produce name of the principal and sureties,) are held and firmly certificate. Foreign custom officer's certificate duced. bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of Whereas whereof -; 2 was master, on or about the and whereas the duties on the aforesaid articles, if of foreign growth or importation, would amount to the aforesaid sum of -: The condition, therefore, of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden do, within six months from the date hereof, produce, or cause to be produced, to the collector of the district of ———, a certificate, under the hand and seal of the collector (and naval officer, if any,) of the aforesaid port of of the said articles having been actually exported from thence, as herein set forth, subject to no drawback, bounty, or allowance, then this obligation to be void, and of no effect, otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of 246. To guard against fraud on the revenue, and insure to be also pro- identity, it is also thought proper, in exercise of the power conferred on this Department in schedule I of the tariff act of 1846, further to direct, that, before admitting any such merchandise to free entry, the collector shall require, in addition to proof of clearance, the production of a statement, certified by the proper officer of the customs at the foreign port from which the reimportation was made, of the fact that such merchandise was imported into that country from the United States in the condition in which it is returned; the certificate of the foreign custom's officer to be authenticated by the consul of the United States. SECTION IX. ENTRY AND DELIVERY OF ARTICLES BELONGING TO FOREIGN MINISTERS. belonging to forcredited to the ART. 247. The following regulations will be observed, Free entry articles in future, in regard to articles inported for the use of for- eign ministers aceign ministers accredited to the government of the United United States. States: All applications to this Department for free entry of articles imported for the use of ministers and chargés d'affaires, and which they desire shall be delivered free of duty, must be made through the Department of State, accompanied by a bill of lading, and by a statement of the number of packages, with a general description of their contents; naming the vessel or other vehicle in which the same were imported, and the person to whom they wish the delivery to be made. When the request of the minister or chargé, with the bill of lading, and statement aforesaid, shall have been communicated to this Department by the Secretary of State, instructions will be given to the collector of the customs to deliver, free of duty, such packages as may be found on examination to correspond with the bill of lading and statement aforesaid. SECTION X. SPECIAL EXAMINATION AND ENTRY OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS. 26 June, 1848. ART. 248. The attention of collectors and other officers Reference to act of of the customs is specially called to the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to prevent the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines," approved 26th June, 1848. drugs, &c., under Examination of To carry fully into effect the provisions of that act, colact June 26, 1849. lectors of the customs will require, in all cases of importa Separate entry can be made of other goods in invoice. When to be exported or destroyed. Standards of strength and pu tions of "drugs, medicines, medicinal preparations, including medicinal essential oils, used wholly or in part as medicine," that the said articles be examined and tested by the examiner of drugs in the manner required in said act, and before entry for consumption or warehousing can be allowed, a return must be made by that officer, certifying that the articles have been examined, and found fit for use as medicine. If the drugs and medicines, as aforesaid, form part of an invoice, a separate entry may be made of the other merchandise, to avoid the delay required in the examination of the drugs. Should the drugs or medicines, or any part thereof, on examination as provided by law, be found unfit for use as medicine, they will be exported or destroyed by the collector, as provided by law. 249. It will be observed, on reference to the third secrity of drugs, &c. tion of the act, that all imported "drugs, medicines, and medicinal preparations, &c.," are to be tested in reference to strength and purity by the standards established by the United States, Edinburg, London, French, and German pharmacopoeias and dispensatories." It is not conceived to be the intention of the law that the articles referred to should conform in strength and purity to each and all of those standards, as such conformity is believed to be impracticable, owing to the variations in those standards. If, therefore, the articles in question be manufactured, produced, or prepared in England, Scotland, France, or Germany, as the case may be, and prove to conform in strength and purity to the pharmacopoeia and dispensatory of the country of their origin, said articles become exempt from the penalties of the law. All articles of the kind mentioned, produced, manufactured, or prepared in any other country than those before mentioned, must conform in the qualities stated to the United States pharmacopoeia and dispensatory. Ulass of articles subject to special examination. 250. To avoid the recurrence of a difference of opinion between the officers of the customs as to what particular articles of commerce should be considered drugs and medi cines, and as such subject to special examination by the special examiner of drugs and medicines, it is thought proper to state that, in conformity with the evident spirit and intent of the law, it is required that all articles of merchandise used wholly or in part as medicine, and found described as such in the standard works specially referred to in the act, must be considered drugs and medicines; and that all invoices, therefore, of such articles, in whole or in part, must be submitted to the examination of the special examiner of drugs and medicines, before they can be permitted to pass the custom-house. amined by the spe appraiser. with result of spe thorities. 251. In the examination on entry of any medicinal Articles to be expreparation, the зaid special examiner is to unite with the cial examiner and appraiser. 252. With a view to afford a reliable guide to the ex- List of articles, aminer of drugs and medicines, as well as to the analyti- cial tests, agreeing cal chemist, on appeal, in ascertainieg the admissibility of such articles under the provisions of law, founded on their purity and strength, the following list is given of some of the principal articles, with the result of special tests agreeing with the standard authorities referred to in the law; all of which articles are to be entitled to entry when ascertained by analysis to be composed as noted, viz: Aloes, when affording 80 per cent. of pure aloetic extractive. Assafoetida, when affording 50 per cent. of its peculiar bitter resin, and 3 per cent. of volatile oil. Bark, Cinchona, when affording 1 per cent. of pure quinine, whether called Peruvian, Calasaya, Arica, Carthagena, Maracaibo, Santa Martha, Bogota, or under whatever name, or from whatever place; or Bark, Cinchona, when affording 2 per cent. of the several natural alkaloids combined, as quinine, cinchonine, quinidine, aricene, &c., the barks of such strength being admissible as safe and proper for medicine and useful for chemical manufacturing purposes. Benzoin, when affording 80 per cent. of resin, or |