TEA IMPORTATION ACT § 41. Importation of tea inferior to standard; bond of importers; regulation of use of inferior im portation. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to import or bring into the United States any merchandise as tea which is inferior in purity, quality, and fitness for consumption to the standards provided in section 43 of this title, and the importation of all such merchandise is prohibited, except as provided in the Tariff Schedules of the United States. (Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 358, § 1, 29 Stat. 604; May 16, 1908, ch. 170, 35 Stat. 163; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 712; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1237; 1953 Reorg. plan No. 1, § 5 eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631, May 24, 1962, P.L. 87-456, title III, § 303 (a), 76 Stat. 77.) § 42. Board of experts; appointment; term; vacancies; compensation. On or before February 15 of each year, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall appoint a board, to consist of seven members, each of whom shall be an expert in teas, and who shall prepare and submit to him standard samples of tea. The persons so appointed shall be at all times subject to removal by the said Secretary and shall serve for the term of one year. Vacancies in the said board occurring by removal, death, resignation, or any other cause shall be forthwith filled by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by appointment, such appointee to hold for the unexpired term. Said board shall appoint a presiding officer, who shall be the medium of all communications to or from such board. Each member of said board shall receive as compensation the sum of $50 per annum, which, together with all necessary expenses while engaged upon the duty herein provided, shall be paid by the Secretary. (Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 358, § 2, 29 Stat. 605; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 712; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1237; July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title II, § 201, 57 Stat. 500.) § 43. Standards of purity; duplicate samples at customhouses and for importers and dealers. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, upon the recommendation of the board of experts pro vided in section 42 of this title, shall fix and establish uniform standards of purity, quality, and fitness for consumption of all kinds of teas imported into the United States, and shall procure and deposit in the customhouses of the ports of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and such other ports as he may determine, duplicate samples of such standards. Said Administrator shall procure a sufficient number of other duplicate samples of such standards to supply the importers and dealers in tea at all ports desiring the same at cost. All teas, or merchandise described as tea, of inferior purity, quality, and fitness for consumption to such standards shall be deemed within the prohibition of section 41 of this title. (Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 358, § 3, 29 Stat. 605; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 712; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1237.) § 44. Bonds of importers; examination; importations at ports having no examiner. On making entry at the customhouse of all teas, or merchandise described as tea, imported into the United States, the importer or consignee shall give a bond to the collector of the port that such merchandise shall not be removed from the warehouse until released by the collector, after it shall have been duly examined with reference to its purity, quality, and fitness for consumption. For the purpose of such examination samples of each line in every invoice of tea shall be submitted by the importer or consignee to the examiner, together with the sworn statement of such importer or consignee that such samples represent the true quality of each and every part of the invoice and accord with the specifications therein contained; or in the discretion of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, such samples shall be obtained by the examiner and compared by him with the standards established by sections 41-46 and 47-50 of this title. In cases where said tea, or merchandise described as tea, is entered at ports where there is no qualified examiner as provided in section 46 of this title, the consignee or importer shall in the manner aforesaid furnish under oath a sample of each line of tea to the collector or other revenue officer to whom is committed the collection of duties, and said officer shall also draw or cause to be drawn samples of each line in every invoice and shall forward the same to a duly qualified examiner as provided in said section. The bond required by this section shall also be conditioned for the payment of all customhouse charges which may attach to such merchandise prior to its being released or destroyed (as the case may be) under the provisions of sections 41-46 and 47-50 of this title. (Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 358, § 4, 29 Stat. 605; May 31, 1920, ch. 217, 41 Stat. 712; 1940 Reorg. Plan |