Chapter XXXV. *to authorize the Importation of Machinery, for Repair only, free of Duty.* Feb. 19, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That machinery for repair may Machinery imported fur repair only, to be free of duty
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Chap. XXXV.— An Act *to authorize the Importation of Machinery, for Repair only, free of Duty.* Feb. 19, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That machinery for repair may Machinery imported fur repair only, to be free of duty. Rules, &c.be imported into the United States without payment of duty, under bond to be given in double the appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn and exported after said machinery shall have been repaired; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud, and secure the identity and character of all such importations when again withdrawn and exported, restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six months from the date of the importation.
Approved, February 19, 1869.