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FINES, FOR-
FEITURES,

PENALTIES,
PROHIBI-

TIONS, SEIZ-
URES, AND

PROSECU-
TIONS.

Seized goods, in whose custody to remain...
Informer's share of proceeds of seizure, how regulated; collectors
to account for fines, &c., and their distribution.......
Collector's report to district attorney, of violations of law,
what to set out..........

Transfers of claims on United States, and orders for receiving

same, void, when.....

...

Statutes of limitation of States to be pleaded in bar to suits
against collectors for recovery of duties.......
Separate libel to be filed on each seizure, unless, &c.; but one
suit to be brought on same bond, unless, &c........
Collectors to report seizures within three days after they occur;
what to state......

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Goods seized, if not exceeding $100 in value, to be appraised,
by whom; duplicate descriptive lists to be prepared; fee for
appraising. [Act of 2d April, 1844.].....................
Copy of appraisement and lists to be forwarded Department,
with certain facts endorsed; copy of list to be forwarded dis-
trict attorney, when; claim made..

If value on appraisement is over $100, what proceedings to be

Notice of seizure to be published, &c.; bond to be given by
claimant of goods.......

List of articles in question to be endorsed on bond...
Notice and sale to be in accordance with law..

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471

880

471

Proceeds of sale to be deposited after deducting certain expenses
Collectors referred to act of April 2, 1844, will conform to

881

471

provisions thereof..........

882

FISHERIES.

Vessels licensed for-see title Enrolled and licensed vessels
See Coasting trade.........

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38 31

See Bounty on fishing vessels................

FISHERIES IN
PACIFIC:
PRODUCTS OF,
IMPORTED BY
WAY OF IN-
TEROCEANIC
ROUTES.

May be landed at Panama, transported across isthmus, shipped
to ports on Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico, and treated there as if
imported direct.......

Manifest to be made out and signed, by whom; form to be ver-
ified before consul at Panama; his certificate, what to state..
Revenue Inspector at Panama to examine and certify packages
Manifest to be presented to United States consul at Aspin-
wal, his duty..................

Products so imported, entitled to entry as if direct from fishing
ground. These regulations apply to products transported by
route of San Juan de Nicaragua....

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165

See Interoceanic routes.

FOREIGN

TRADE-SEC-

TION XIV.

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No goods can be imported in a vessel, owned wholly or in part
by inhabitant of the U. S., unless accompanied by a full
manifest-manifest how made, and by whom to be signed....
Goods, if imported by citizens of U. S. in foreign vessels, form
of manifest in such case..... . .

If cargo destined for different districts, so to be stated on nani-
fest.

FOREIGN
TRADE.

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Forfeiture, in case of goods imported, without manifest........ 85,86
Master of importing vessel, when and to whom to deliver man-
ifest; duty of boarding officer and officer of customs on receiv-
ing manifest.......

Master to deliver to collector original manifest, certified by
boarding officer; to make oath if not so certified-one copy,
only, of manifest to be delivered to officer first coming on
board; original manifest to be exhibited, when........
Master to forfeit five hundred dollars on refusing to deliver
manifest, or on giving false account of destination of vessel..
Boarding officer to forfeit $500 on refusing to certify manifest.
Boarding officer's duty when satisfactory information withheld
by master....

Master and next in command, each to forfeit $1,000 for unlad-
ing vessel before arriving at destination, and without author-
ity.....

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16

91

36

92

If unlading occurs from accident, &c., master to make proof
thereof on oath.......

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71

72

Vessel receiving goods from on board another, except, &c.,
shall be forfeited, and also treble the value of the goods.....
Master of vessel of U. S., when and to whom to exhibit crew
list; duty of officer to whom exhibited-bond for production
of seamen, not forfeited, when........

Account of seamen to be delivered to collector, when-twenty
cents per month, for hospital fund, to be paid..............................
(For form of "account of seamen," and who are to be deemed
seamen, see "Marine Hospital fund.")

Officers and two-thirds of crew of U. S. vessels in foreign trade,
must be citizens, or not subjects of any foreign State....
Master to deliver list of passengers, with manifest or entry-
how made; to be sworn to, and subject to like penalties, as
manifest of cargo...

Certificate of registry, or document in lieu thereof, with papers
granted at port of departure, except, &c., to be produced to
and remain with collector, until a clearance granted........
Oath required by 17th sec. act 31st Dec., 1792, on entry, in
what form to be taken.......

Tonnage duties, when vessel liable, must be paid on entry, and
no permit to unlade to be granted until so paid....................................
Master to make oath of date of sailing of vessel from foreign
port, to be noted on record or registry, and copy furnished
appraisers, when.......

Master of foreign vessel to deposit papers granted at port of
departure with consul of nation to which vessel belongs,
and deliver consul's certificate of deposit to collector-fine in
case of failure to comply; exception to rule; consul's duty;
and fine on offending against regulation.......
Letters on board of vessel to be deposited in post office before
permission to enter or break bulk granted-declaration there-
of by master....

FOREIGN
TRADE.

Master liable to penalty for breaking bulk before delivering let-
ters-customs officers to search for letters, and report to De-
partment-duty of officers taking charge of letter-bag and
letters, &c., supposed to contain dutiable goods....
Master to forfeit $400 on departing or attempting to depart, ex-
cept to more interior district, before report or entry-officers
of revenue cutters to bring back such vessel-penalty not in-
curred when departure happens by accident, &c...........
"More interior district," definition of prohibition comprehends
foreign as well as American vessels...

Master to make report of arrival within twenty-four hours af-
ter arrival, and within forty-eight hours to make further re-
port in writing, under oath-form of oath to manifest.......
Master of vessel having on board distilled spirits, wines, or teas,
to report to surveyor within forty-eight hours, whether at
first port of arrival or not-form of master's report.........
Master not complying fully with the law regulating importation
of spirits, wines, or teas, to forfeit one thousand dollars....
Foreign vessels, when to be exempt from penalties of Naviga-
tion act of March 1st, 1817-masters of vessels of war
employed by a State as packets for carriage of letters, &c.,
only, not required to report and enter.......
Vessels, with goods shown by manifest to be destined for a for-
eign port, may proceed to destination without paying or
securing duties, upon master giving bond not to land goods
in U. S. unless entered and duty paid-period of bond and
cancellation thereof, to be the same as bonds for exportation
from warehouse-form of bond......

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Importing vessel may proceed with goods from district to dis-
trict, when so specified in manifest, paying in each district
the duty on goods there delivered......
Before clearance granted, owners, &c., to deliver manifests of the
parts of the goods shipped by each, &c.......
Vessel, before departing from district at which she first arrives
for another district, with goods on board from a foreign port,
duties on which have not been paid, &c., master to obtain
certified copy of report and manifest-form of certificate....
Within twenty-four hours after vessel's arrival in any other dis-
trict, master to make report, exhibiting copy of first report,
certificate of each collector in whose district goods shall have
been landed, and to give bond for due entry of residue of
cargo-form of bond....

Master subject to penalty for failure to obtain copy of report,
certificate, or to exhibit same.......

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Vessels from a foreign port, obliged by any necessity to put into
a port other than that of her destination, master's and cus-
tom officer's duty in such cases.......
Masters of vessels bound to foreign port, and owners, &c., of
cargo to state on oath true destination of such cargo........
Before clearance granted, master to deliver manifest of all the
cargo; clearance what to specify-form of manifest..
Master to make oath to truth of manifest-form of oath...............

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Clearance to vessel with cargo bound on a foreign voyage,
form of; penalty on master departing without delivering
manifest and obtaining clearance.....

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A copy of tariff of fees allowed by act of August 18, 1856, to
consuls, to be annexed to clearances granted ve sels of United
States; tariff of fees prescribed by the President........
Before granting clearance, collector to compare manifest and
entries with discharging officer's return....
Before clearance granted, master to deliver list of ship's com-
pany, and collector will give him certified copy thereof; mas-
ter also to give bond to exhibit copy, and produce seamen, on

Before clearance, owners of vessel to obtain certified copy of
shipping articles such copy; evidence of contract..........
Bills of health to be given, when; and copy of outward manifest,
when.....

Clearance not to be granted to vessel having on board goods
liable to inspection under the laws of the State, until certificate
of inspection be produced.......

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97

Collecter to deliver, with clearance, the register and other
papers lodged with him on the entry.......

If shipping articles contain any stipulation, &c., contrary to the
law regulating seamen, &c, collector to notify Department..

Entry and delivery of articles belonging to see Entry of
merchandise.

Vessels of, admitted on same terms as vessels of the United
States only when laden with produce, &c., of France.......
Vessels of, direct from Martinique and Guadaloupe, with the
produce of either island, on what terms admitted...........
Vessels of, from Cayenne, in French Guiana, on what terms
admitted.......

Vessels of, from St. Pierre and Miquelon, on what terms ad-
mitted........

Vessels of, bringing fish from Newfoundland, not exempt from

tonnage duties....

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484

Vessels of, with cargoes of fish from the islands Les Petites
Oies, chargeable with tonnage duties.....

Vessels navigating waters on northern, northeastern, and north-
western frontiers of the United States, otherwise than by sea,
must be enrolled and licensed..

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Proceedings and requirements, same as under general law,
regulating issue of enrolment and licenses, except as to form
thereof; forms of enrolment and licenses......
Vessel may be employed in coasting or foreign trade, no cer-
tificate of registry being required; in other respects, liable to
rules, &c., regulating registered vessels on those frontiers...
Manifest of goods by canal boat, railway, or other carriage,
dutiable or free, to be delivered at first port of entry on fron-
tier; manifest to be sworn to......

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If importation made other than by railway, &c., no boat, &c.,
to depart until manifest produced and goods entered........
Invoice to accompany all goods, dutiable or free; to specify
what.....

Invoice must be verified, when; in what form......

Goods must be consigned to a person at place of importation for
purposes of entry, who will produce invoice-forms of entry
according to destination of goods......

Where owner resides in the United States, but is absent at the
time, party making entry to give bond; for production of
owner's oath to invoice, in what form.....
Examination and appraisement to be made, by whom, and how;
appraised value not to be less than that declared on entry.
Additional duty accrues, when......

If appraisement cannot be made for want of information, &c.,
goods to be detained; packages for examination only will be
so detained on bond being given; duties must be paid, or bond
given, before goods delivered...

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Merchandise of the growth, &c., of the United States, exported
to Canada and brought back, to be treated as foreign, and
liable to duty, unless, &c......

Invoices of goods from a place where a United States consul, &c.,
resides, to be verified by such consul. If from a place where
no consul resides, how to be verified....

Value at which goods imported from the Canadas or Mexico, the
growth, &c., of another country, to be appraised; case when
to be submitted to the department....

Delivery of goods before entry, payment of duty, additional
duty, or execution of bond, prohibited; duties to be paid in
specie......

Baggage of persons arriving from adjacent foreign territory to
be actually examined before delivery.......
Foreign merchandise destined for a port in U. S by way of the
St. Laurence, transhipped to one or more vessels, must be
accompanied by certain papers to be entitled to entry.......