collector or survey. or within five miles

ter of vessel.

137. In case there be no collector or surveyor residing In case there is no within five miles of the port of arrival, the master may of the port of ar proceed to unlade his cargo; but he must deliver to the rival, the course to collector or surveyor of the first port at which he afterwards arrives, and within twenty-four hours of his arrival, the certified manifest or duplicate manifests before mentioned, and must note thereon the time when, and the place where, the cargo was discharged, to the truth. whereof he must make oath.

is licensed for the

if a registered ves

one to another

trict

than

adjoining great districts.

138. The master of every ship or vessel of the burden where the vessel of twenty tons or upwards, licensed for the coasting coasting trade, or, trade, bound from one to another great coasting district sel, is bound from other than from a State in one to an adjoining State in great coasting disanother great coasting district, or of a registered vessel between states in bound from one collection district to another collection district, or of a vessel of less than twenty tons burden, licensed for the coasting trade, bound to any collection district other than a collection district in the same or an adjoining State, on the seacoast or navigable waters of the United States, must, previously to his departure, deliver to the collector residing at the port, or, if there be Master to deliver no collector at such port, to the collector of, or a surveyor surveyor, previous residing within, the district, as the one or the other may vessel, duplicate reside nearest to the port where the vessel may be, du- Master to make plicate manifests of the whole cargo on board such vessel, to manifests. to which he must make oath or affirmation according to the following form:

to the collector or

to departure of

manifests of cargo.

oath or affirmation

Where no cargo on board or lading, other than sea

1,

FORM No. 55.

Oath or affirmation of master to manifest.

,

of

-, master (or commander) of the ship (or vessel) called the do swear, (or, if of a religious denomination conscientiously scrupulous of swearing, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,) to the truth of this manifest, and that to my best knowledge and belief all the goods, wares, and merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture therein contained were legally imported, and the duties thereupon paid or secured,

139. If there be no cargo or lading, other than sea stores, master to stores, on board such vessel, the master or commander must mation to the fact. make oath or affirmation that such is the case.

make oath or affir

Registered vessels

having on board

This regulation is not, however, to extend to registered foreign goods on vessels of the United States having on board merchandise

which the duties

have not been paid imported in them from abroad, on which the duties have

or secured, to be

governed by the

collection laws.

provisions of the not been paid or secured according to law; such vessels must govern themselves according to the provisions of the collection laws.

The requirements

of law being com

plied

When these things have been complied with, the colwith, the lector or surveyor will certify the manifests, and grant a

manifest to be cer

tified and permit

ceding case.

Where no cargo is

granted, as in pre- permit as in the preceding case; or if there be no cargo, and the master make oath or affirmation that such is the onward, the per case, the collector or surveyor will grant a permit according to the following form:

prescribed.

FORM No. 56.

Permit for departure of vessel, no cargo being on board.

as the law directs, that there are not laden on any articles or cargo whatever,

board the said

other than sea stores, permission is hereby granted to the

rival of such vessel at port of desti

On the arrival of any such vessel at the port of her Proceedings on ardestination, the master thereof must, within twenty-four nation. hours thereafter, deliver to the collector residing at such port of arrival, if there be one, or to a collector or a surveyor within the district, if either reside within five miles of such port, or within forty-eight hours after his arrival if there be no collector or surveyor residing within five miles, and previous to unlading any part of the cargo, a certified manifest of the whole cargo on board, to the truth of which he must make oath according to the form following:

I,

FORM No. 57.

Oath or affirmation of master to manifest.

affirmation of mas

hibited.

master (or commander) of the ship (or Form of oath or vessel) called of do swear, (or, if scrupu- ter to manifest exlous of swearing, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,) that the certified manifest which I now exhibit contains a true account of the articles comprising the whole cargo of the said and that there were

or have

not, when I sailed from the district of
been since, or now are, any more or other goods, wares, or
merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, or dis-
tilled spirits, (if there be any,) other than sea stores, on
board the said ship (or vessel) than are therein mentioned;
(or, that there were not when I sailed from the district of
or have been since, or now are, any goods, wares,
or merchandise, of foreign growth or manufacture, or dis-
tilled spirits, other than sea stores, on board said ship or
vessel.) So help me God.

the port of arrival

to unlade.

a Where a part only

of cargo is unladed,

endorsement to be

140. The collector or surveyor at the port of arrival Permit granted at will thereupon grant a permit for unlading a part or the whole of such cargo, as may be requested; but in case part only of the cargo is discharged, the collector or surveyor will endorse the articles so discharged on the manifest, and will grant a permit to the master to procceed Permit to proceed with the vessel to the place of her further destination.

made on manifest.

to place of further destination.

Proceedings on ar- 141. If there be no cargo on board, the master must produce a certificate and permit from the collector or sur

rival where there is no cargo on board.

Certificate and per

mit from port of Veyor at the port of departure, according to the following form, and make oath or affirmation that such is the

departure to be produced.

Oath to be taken

by master of ves- case: sel.

as the law directs, that there are not laden on board the any articles or cargo whatever, other than sea

said

Proceedings where

the vessel puts into

Given under my hand at

above mentioned.

the day and year

Collector,

(or surveyor, as the case may be.)

142 In case any master of a vessel employed in trans

a port other than porting goods coastwise shall put into a port other than

that to which she

is bound.

18, 1798.

Sec. 22 Act of Feb. the one to which he is bound, he must, within twenty-four hours after his arrival, if he continue so long, report to the principal officer of the port, his arrival, the place from whence he came, and where he is bound, with an account of the lading on board his vessel.

In case of the loss of manifest of vessel having on board foreign goods, &c., bond to

Sec. 23 Act of Feb. 18, 1793.

143. In case the master of a vessel employed in the coasting trade, having on board goods of foreign growth or be given for duties. manufacture, or distilled spirits, shall have lost or mislaid the certified manifest of his cargo, or the permit received from the collector or surveyor of the district from which he departed, he is to give bond for the payment, within six months, of the duties on said articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled spirits, as though said articles had been imported from a foreign country. Said bond may, however, be cancelled within six months, on producing a certificate from the collector or surveyor of the district from whence the vessel sailed, that such articles were legally exported in such vessel from said district. The bond will be in the following form:

held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the sum of — ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly, by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this

day

The condition of the foregoing obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden

district of

--has imported into the

and merchandise, of foreign growth and manufacture, or
distilled spirits, as the case may be, the duties upon which
are found to amount to
; and whereas it is sug-
gested that the said articles were imported coastwise
from
in the district of — and that the duties
thereon have been already paid or secured; and, also,
that the certified manifest and permit which were obtained
and which ought to accompany the same, have been lost
or mislaid. Now, if the above bounden ——— shall,
within six months from the date hereof, produce to the
collector of the customs for the district of

a cer

that the

tificate from the collector (or surveyor, as the case may be)
at the port of , in the district of
said articles were exported from the said port of
pursuant to the regulations prescribed by law, then this
obligation shall be void and of no effect; but otherwise it
shall remain in force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered,

in presence of

be put in sult.

Bonds of this description if not cancelled in the manner Bonds forfeited to before mentioned, will be reported for suit immediately after the lapse of 20 days from the date of maturity.

monthly returns of

mits granted

or

144. The surveyors, who may certify manifests, or grant Surveyors to make permits, or who may receive manifests or permits, are to mantfests and permake returns thereof at least once in each month to the received. collectors of their respective districts.