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Show IU nder this mvision of law the following instruotions aro issued: ' 1. The worss "domestic animals." as used in said nsrarraoh. are held to mean I ~~ ~~ domesticated animal~l,i ke tbeiborsi,sherp, cow, oa,erG., n<diitidguish& from wild animals; cossnquestiy, in pawing alpon nppllcntiund for the free entry of animnls claimed tu have ~ t r u \ . ~UdP. L O have be e~l t l r ive#C~I.O RR rhe b~undarvli ne for naatnr- I " .....-r -. age purposes the qu"esti0n of the place of origin of the animals need not be taken into oonsiderbtion. 2. The above provision is held to apply only to mimalsowned in the UnitedStates which have been driven by their owners across the boundary line far temporary pasturage purposeq or which have strayed aoross from ranohen, farmma, or premises in the United States. I 3. 'The animals on retorn lunereitlaer be owned 1,). the parties OW1111,g riles. ar rbe time of thuirdcpartnre, oru hill of dale tu a rrhidenr oi the Uuitad Srates from the nwnor at H U C t~~ illem u d be 11rod!te~d. 4. The animals and of f s~r ihgm net be returned toeether within sin months from I date 01 Jcpurlure frum thb Cnitnd Jrates; otherwisidutp will l ~ ae6 acsaed thereon. 5. An prpurr v n t r ~m ust be msds of all uninlale llriren aoross tho lwundarg Llue for usstureeo uurpnaes, and farainlilo utarks and brand9 muat be Hlcrl with the col. I 1eot;r at th; trmebf esportation. 6. The identity of such animals and their offspring mnst, on their importation, he established to the sstisfi~otiono f the oollector of customs by the best avidenoe obtainable, such as brands, distingaishing marks, oath of importer, extract from the export entry, stc., and the following oath or affirmation will be exacted in all oases from the owner, viz: I Sworn (or affid) before me this - day of -. Is-. Cuslonls regugzllatioras of 1893. I Am. 957. If the smount of such aovraisal shall not exaeed the sum of 5500. such I collector shall publiqh n noticn onci a weak, tLr three nurressiva \reeks, in'eomo newspaper of the et,noty vr p1.m where ~ n r hne izuro slllll Itarc 1,een made, if any be ~ublinhedi n 8ncb counr.~:b ur, if nor. riwn surit n ~ t i r *sl vall be n.lblislted io I some newspaper of the county: in which the principal customs office of the district shall be situated; and if no newspaper he ublished in that oaunty then notices shall bepostedinproperand donspicuouapub8o places, desoribing the artioles seized, stating the time: cauae and place of seieure, and requiring any person claiming a x h artioiea, or any or &her of them, to appear and file with such collector his claim to the same within twenty days from the date of his first publication pr post-inn of auoh not,iee. 1 ART. 958. Anv Vernon olaimine the uronertv so seized. or anv mart thereof. mev. I -. - ~ ~ " . wtthlzh rho tin~ty( .j,crilicd, tile w'hh thicuilcotLr a claim 'statin$ i t id or 6 ; ; interest i~ the n!.ticles auized, anal daporir with euch uollecrnr or otiter orlieer rrctiug as soch a llund i l l the i,runl Rllnt of rb'5Cl. wibh two nureTi09. to be at,urosed I n 4 ntch coll~e~~r~o~r-. oonditioned t h t in case of the condemnation of the articfbs a0 olai&ed the obligork shall peg ell the costs of the proceedings to obtain such condemnation. The collector shall thereupon transmit the claim, with the duplicate list and description of the articles seized and claimed, to the United States diatrict attorney for the district, who shall proceed for a. eondem%tion of the property in the mode prescribed by law. I February 3, 1899, these circulars were sent by this office to Indian agents in Arizona with the following instructions: I * * In order that these rules and regulation may be fully carried into effect yon will furnish to any officials under yoor charge who may have supervision over Indians, or be in any way connected with this matter, a snffieiant nnmber of these printed rule8 and regulations to enable them to fully aoqnaint the Indians with the provisions contained therein. You should also ipstrnct such officiah nuder yon that other new regulations must be rigorously observed by them, and that thev will be 1 held responsible for their ohserv&e by ihe Indians. - |