APPROVED, March 9, 1881,
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TPUBLIc-No. 36.

 AN ACT for the rsf of cean importers of foreign mrr-

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 Be it enacted by the Senate and Honge of Rehresentatives gf fthe United States of Ane- rica in Congress assembled, That, the Se- cretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to extend relief to any i'm porter, of foreign mcrchandize who'may have been charged, under the provisions of the bthird section of the act, entitled "An act tor the more effectul collection of the duties on imports" passed the twenty eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred ana thirty, with any duty in addition to the duties exist ing on such merchand !zc previous to the pas sage of this act, to the amt unt of sad adii- tional duty: Propided, Said merchandise shall have been imp 1rted previous to the first day of January last: Prouided also, That ID person shall be entitled to the relief auth3r- ized to be given by this act, wp, by the eX- ercise of reasonable diligence, by himself, or his agents, factors, or correspondents, could have complied with the provisions ot the sud third section of said act; and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall requre and receive satis- factory evidence, from every person claiming the benefits of this act, that such diligence has been used, and that he has acted bon I fde, and without any intentto violate or evade the provisions of said third section, before he shall grant the relief herein provided.

 APPROVED, March 3, 1851.