Section 279
SEC. 279. Before dropping and destroying any seized, unclaimed, or abandoned merchandise as prescribed in section two hundred and seventy-eight of this Act. the collector of customs shall appoint a board to consist of two responsible customs officers of high position, one of whom shall be an appraiser, and one representative from the office of the Board of Public Health, or of the public officer acting in similar capacity, which board, appointed by the collector of customs shall examine and appraise said merchandise, and if the same shall he found to be of no commercial value, or unfit for use or sale, or a menace to the public health, the board shall so certify in writing the collector of customs, who shall forthwith order the merchandise so certified delivered, over receipt in triplicate, to the representative of the Board of Public Health, or of the public officer acting in hat capacity, to be destroyed in the way best meeting' the necessities of the ease.