shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not longer than three years, or both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

JUNE 9, 1884.

(U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, Vol. XXIII., p. 40.)

CHAP. LXXIII.-An Act fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent.

871. That the rate of postage on newspaper and periodical publications of the second class, when sent by others than the publisher or news agent, shall be one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall be fully prepaid by postage stamps affixed to said matter.

JUNE 20, 1884.

(U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, Vol. XXIII., p. 48.)

CHAP. CIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June 10th, eighteen hundred and eighty.

872. That the first and seventh sections of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting the words "Newport News" after the word "Norfolk," in each of said sections.

JUNE 26, 1884.

(U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, Vol. XXIII., p. 53.)

CHAP. CXXI.—An Act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes.

873. That the last clause of section forty-one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:

"All the officers of vessels of the United States shall be citizens of the United States, except that in cases where, on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage from an Atlantic to a Pacific port of the United States, any such vessel is for any reason deprived of the services of an officer below the grade of master, his place, or a vacancy caused by the promotion of another officer to such place, may be supplied by a person not a citizen of the United States until the first return of such vessel to its home port; and such vessel shall not be liable to any penalty or penal tax for such employment of an alien officer."

874. SEC. 16. All articles of foreign production needed, and actually withdrawn from bonded warehouses, for supplies not including equipment of vessels of the United States engaged in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, may be so withdrawn free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

875. SEC. 17. When a vessel is built in the United States for foreign account, wholly or partly of foreign materials on which import duties have been paid, there shall be allowed on such vessel, when exported, a drawback equal in amount to the duty paid on such materials, to be ascertained under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Ten per centum of the amount of such drawback so allowed shall, however, be retained for the use of the United States by the collector paying the same.

876. SEC. 23. That sections thirty nine hundred and seventy-six and forty-two hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and all other

compulsory laws and parts of laws that oblige American vessels to carry the mails to and from the United States arbitrarily, or that prevent the clearance of vessels until they shall have taken mail matter on board, be and the same are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not take effect until the first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

877. SEC. 24. That section twenty-nine hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes be amended by striking out the words "propelled in whole or in part by steam;" so that said section as amended shall read as follows:

878. "SEC. 2966. When merchandise shall be imported into any port of the United States from any foreign country in vessels, and it shall appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after the entry of the vessel, the collector of such port may take possession of such merchandise and deposit the same in bonded warehouse; and when it does not appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be immediately delivered, the collector of the customs may take possession of the same and deposit it in bonded warehouse, at the request of the owner, master, or consignee of the vessel, on three days' notice to such collector after the entry of the vessel."

879. SEC. 29. That section twenty-seven hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:

“Provided, That vessels arriving at a port of entry in the United States, laden with coal, salt, railroad-iron, and other like articles in bulk, may proceed to places within that collection district to be specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, by general regulations or otherwise, under the superintendence of customs officers, at the expense of the parties interested, for the purpose of unlading cargoes of the character before mentioned."

880. SEC. 30. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

JULY 2, 1884.

(U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, Vol. XXIII., p. 63.)

CHAP. CXLII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

881. That sections five and six of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that they shall read as follows, namely:

882. SEC. 5. That merchandise transported under the provisions of this Act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of the customs; and merchandise may also be transported under the provisions of this Act by express companies on passenger trains, in safes and trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and description, and secured in such manner, as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Secretary; and in cases where merchandise shall be imported in boxes or packages too large to be included within the safes or trunks so prescribed, such merchandise may be transported under the provisions of this Act by such express companies in a separate compartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and merchandise, such as pig-iron, spiegel-iron, scrap-iron, iron-ore, railroad-iron, and similar articles commonly transported upon platform or flat cars, may be transported under the provisions of this Act upon such platform or flat cars; and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinary railroad scales may be used for such purpose; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel,

vehicle, or train, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively. Such merchandise shall not be unladen or transshipped between the ports of firs arrival and final destination unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury in cases which may arise from a difference in the gauge of railroads, or where the route is bonded for both land and water carriage, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or when by reason of the length of the route the cars, after due inspection by customs officers, shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to proceed further, or from low water, ice, or other unavoidable obstruction to navigation; and in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise.

883. SEC. 6. That merchandise so destined for immediate transportation shall be transferred, under proper supervision, directly from the importing vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle specified in the entry provided for in Section two of this Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE OF DUTIES.

DECISIONS PUBLISHED SINCE MARCH 3, 1883.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES.

comp., component, composed of, lr., leather.

mfr., manufacturer.
mfs., manufactures.
min., mineral.

pat. med., patent or proprietary
medicines.

emb., embroidery, embroideries, pr. met., precious metal.

exp., exported, exports, or expor- pr. or prep., prepared, or preparatation.

Initial letters or syllables, not above defined, are sometimes used to avoid repetitions of the same title or leading word in the same paragraph.

The numbers refer to paragraphs in Part II., and the dates to decisions of the Department not in the S. S., in connection with which, also, the ports, to the collector of which, respectively, the letters were addressed, are indicated. Individual correspondents are referred to by their initials.

Acme sockets, iron, ptly. mfd., (216, S. S., 7041.)
Actinolite, grd., (95, S. S., 6670.)

Additional duty for undv. when incurred sepa-
rately on goods in one invoice, subject to differ-
ent rates of duty, but intended for use together
as an entirety, but not made up, (S. S., 6527.)