(T. D. 33575.)

VIRUSES, SERUMS, ETC., FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

Regulations under the provisions in the Agricultural Appropriation Act of March 4, 1913, relative to the importation of viruses, serums, etc., for the treatment of domestic animals.

Treasury Department, June 23, 1913.

To Collectors and Other Officers of the Customs:

Your attention is invited to the provisions relative to the importation of viruses, serums, etc., for the treatment of domestic animals contained in the following extract from the Agricultural Appropriation Act of March 4, 1913:

(Extract from "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen," approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 832).

That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to prepare, sell, barter, or exchange in the District of Columbia, or in the Territories, or in any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to ship or deliver for shipment from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous produce intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and no person, firm, or corporation shall prepare, sell, barter, exchange, or ship as aforesaid any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured within the United States and intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals, unless and until the said virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product shall have been prepared, under and in compliance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, at an establishment holding an unsuspended and unrevoked license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture as hereinafter authorized. That the importation into the United States, without a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and the importation of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, are hereby prohibited. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cause the Bureau of Animal Industry to examine and inspect all viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are being imported or offered for importation into the United States, to determine whether such viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products are worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, and if it shall appear that any such virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, is worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, the same shall be denied entry and shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner or importer. That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and hereby is, authorized to make

and promulgate from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses for the maintenance of establishments for the preparation of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, intended for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to issue permits for the importation into the United States of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are not worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful. All licenses issued under authority of this Act to establishments where such viruses, serums, toxins, or analogous products are prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid shall be issued on condition that the licensee shall permit the inspection of such establishments and of such products and their preparation; and the Secretary of Agriculture may suspend or revoke any permit or license issued under authority of this Act, after opportunity for hearing has been granted the licensee or importer, when the Secretary of Agriculture is satisfied that such license or permit is being used to facilitate or effect the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid, or the importation into the United States of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals. That any officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Agriculture duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose may, at any hour during the daytime or night time, enter and inspect any establishment licensed under this Act where any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals is prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid. That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Regulations are hereby prescribed as follows:

REGULATIONS.

1. Collectors of customs shall immediately notify the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., of the arrival of any of the products described in the law whether a permit to import has or has not been issued therefor.

2. Collectors shall not make delivery of any such products unless they shall have been notified by the Department of Agriculture of the issuance of a permit to import the products. The Bureau of Animal Industry will notify collectors of the issuance of each permit.

3. Collectors shall detain, pending the receipt of instructions from the Department of Agriculture, shipments for which no permit to import has been issued.

4. Collectors shall furnish to officers of the Department of Agriculture, upon receipt of their request therefor, samples of such products offered for importation and shall immediately notify the consignee of such action.

5. Customs officers shall observe care to distinguish between the products covered by the foregoing provisions of law, which are for the treatment of domestic animals, and those products covered by the Act of July 1, 1902 (T. D. 33079), which are for the treatment of man.

6. These regulations shall take effect July 1, 1913.

JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary.

(51022.)

SAN DIEGO-PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION ACT.

Providing certain legislation for the Panama-California Exposition to be held in San Diego, California, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to require the Panama-California Exposition Company, of San Diego, California, to deposit with a depository, to be named by the Secretary of the Treasury, such sum or sums of money as in the discretion of the Secretary shall be necessary to cover awards, medals, certificates, prizes, and premiums, and all other obligations incurred by said corporation with exhibitors at the Panama-California Exposition, which money shall be held by said depository as a pledge to the United States Government for a faithful fulfillment of the above obligations; or the Secretary of the Treasury may, in lieu of such cash pledge, accept a good and sufficient bond from said exposition company, to be approved by him and conditioned for the faithful performance of every liability or obligation incurred by said exposition company in respect to exhibitors at said exposition, to be held in San Diego, California, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen.

Sec. 2. That all articles that shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the Panama-California Exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exposition to sell, for delivery at the close thereof, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on the grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe:

Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure, the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal.

Approved, May 19, 1913.

SAN FRANCISCO-PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL

EXPOSITION ACT

An Act Providing for the free importation of articles intended for foreign buildings and exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and for the protection of foreign exhibitors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles that shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition, and articles and material imported solely for use in constructing, installing, and maintaining foreign buildings and exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exposition to sell for delivery at the discretion of the exposition company any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles as shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person guilty of illegal sale, use, or withdrawal.

Sec. 2. That the Librarian of Congress and the Commissioner of Patents are hereby authorized and directed to establish a branch office under the direction of the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, in suitable quarters to be furnished free of charge by the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company, said office to be established not later than July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and maintained until the close of said exposition; and the proprietor of any certificate of registration, copyright, trade-mark, or patent issued by any foreign Government protecting any pattern, model, design, copyright, trade-mark, or manufactured article imported for exhibition and exhibited at said Panama-Pacific International Exposition may, upon presentation of satisfactory proof of such proprietorship, obtain without charge a certificate from said branch office, which shall be legal evidence of such proprietorship; and said branch office shall keep a register of all certificates of registration, trade-mark, or patent, and a register of all certificates of copyright issued, which shall be open to public inspection.

At the close of said Panama-Pacific International Exposition the register of certificates of registration, trade-mark, or patent shall be deposited in the United States Patent Office at Washing