Section 12
SEC. 12. Section two hundred and twenty of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 220. Ordinary and usual commercial samples imported by bona fide commercial travelers may, after examination by the customs authorities and upon the filing of a bond with security satisfactory to the collector of customs for the exportation of said samples within three months after their date of importation, be admitted free of duty: Provided, That said samples shall be positively identified by the customs authorities before exportation; that their appraised value shall not exceed two thousand dollars in any one case: And provided further, That the period of three months allowed for their exportation may be extended, in the discretion of the collector of customs, for a further period not to exceed three months, upon application being made to him in writing before the expiration of the original period. "In the case of any consignment of bona fide commercial samples, the appraised value of which exceeds two thousand dollars, the owner may select any portion thereof up to two thousand dollars in appraised value for entry under the above provisions of this section, and the remainder of the consignment shall be entered in bond or for duty, as in the case of regular importations."