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Additional re- mand of any ship or vessel, having on board distilled spirits, port within wines, or teas, shall, within forty-eight hours after his arrival forty-eight hours, of ves as aforesaid, whether the same be at the first port of arrival of sels, &c. hav- such ship or vessel, or not, shall, in addition to the requirements ing on board before mentioned, report, in writing, to the surveyor or officer distilled spirits, wines, or acting as inspector of the revenue of the port at which he shall so arrive, the foreign port or place from which he last sailed, the name of his vessel, his own name, the burthen and denomination of such ship or vessel, and whether a ship or vessel of the United States, or to what other nation belonging, together with the quantity and kinds of spirits, wines, and teas, on board of Casks, vessels, the said ship or vessel, particularizing the number of casks, ves&c. to be par sels, cases, or other packages, containing the same, with their ticularized,&c. marks and numbers, as also the quantity and kinds of spirits, wines, and teas, on board such ship or vessel, as sea stores, on pain of forfeiting and paying the sum of five hundred dollars, and of the loss of the spirits so omitted; and the form of said report shall be as follows, to wit: Report of distilled spirits, wines, and teas, imported in the [here insert the name and denomination of the vessel] built in [here insert where built in the United States, or to what foreign nation belonging] burthen [here insert the tonnage of the vessel] whereof [here insert the name of the master] from [here insert the. foreign port, from which the vessel last sailed] bound to [here insert the port or ports to which destined in the United States.]

or forfeit of 500. dolls. &c.

Form of report
of distilled spi
rits, wines,
and teas.

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forfeit for not said master, or other person having the charge or command of complying with the pro- any such ship or vessel, shall neglect, or omit, to make the said visions of this reports, or either of them, (other than that required to be made

section.

pro

to the surveyor, inspector of the revenue as aforesaid,) and the declaration or declarations, or to take the said oath as required, or shall not fully comply with the true intent and meaning of this section, as the case may be, he shall, for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars.

§ 31. That it shall not be necessary for the master, or person

having the charge or command of any ship or vessel of war, or

Not necessary

of any ship or vessel employed by any prince, or state, as a pub- for ships of war and public packet, for the conveyance of letters and despatches, and lic packets to not permitted, by the laws of such prince or state, to be employ- make report. ed in the transportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, in the way of trade, to make such report and entry as aforesaid.

Bonds to be

taken for the same periods, &c. as bonds

for drawbacks,

§ 32. That it shall be lawful for any ship or vessel to proceed Vessels may with any goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in her, and which proceed with the cargoes, shall, in the manifest first delivered to any officer receiving the brought in same, be reported as destined, or intended, for any foreign port them, &c. to or place, from the district within which such ship or vessel shall foreign ports, the master, first arrive, to such foreign port or place, without paying or se&c. first givcuring the payment of any duties upon such of the said goods, ing bond, &c. wares, or merchandise, as shall be actually re-exported in the Vol. ii. p. 962. said ship or vessel accordingly, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, That the said master, or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel, shall first give bond, with one or more sureties, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties upon the said goods, wares, or merchandise, as the same shall be estimated by the collector and naval officer of the port where the said report shall be made, to the satisfaction of the said collector, with condition Condition of that the said goods, wares, or merchandise, or any part there- the bond. of, shall not be landed within the United States, unless due entry thereof shall have been first made, and the duties thereupon paid, or secured to be paid, according to law; which bonds shall be taken for the same periods, and cancelled in like manner, as bonds hereinafter directed to be given for obtaining drawbacks of duties: And the form of the said bonds shall be as follows, to wit: Know all men by these presents, That we, [here insert &c. the name of the master of the vessel, and the name or names of the sureties,] are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of -, to be paid to the said United States 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, dated this day of in the year of the independence of the United States, and in the year of our Lord one thousand Whereas the following described packages of goods, wares, and merchandise, [here insert the marks, numbers, denomination, and number, of packages, and contents, as far as may be, and, if articles in bulk, the quantity and quality,] imported into the district of, in the [insert the denomination and name of vessel] whereof [insert name] is master, from [insert port or place where from] on the [insert date of vessel's entry] as per report and manifest then delivered by the said master, are now about to be exported and conveyed in the said [insert denomi nation and name of vessel] to the port of [insert name of the port intended for] and whereas the duties that would have become due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise, had the same been unladen here, and not so exported, would have amounted to the aforesaid sum of Now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such, That if the above bounden VOL. I.

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Form of the

bond.

shall and do, within months from the date hereof, produce to the collector of this district the certificates required by law, that the said enumerated [packages of merchandise, or articles in bulk, as the case may be,] have been exported to, and landed at, the aforesaid port of -, or at any other port or place without the limits of the United States, or if neither the whole, nor any part, of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, shall be landed within the limits of the said United States, until due entry thereof shall have been first made, and the duties thereon paid, or secured to be paid, according to law, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Bonds not re- Provided, nevertheless, That such bond shall not be required in quired from vessels putting respect to the goods on board of any ship or vessel which shall in through ne- have put into the United States from necessity, to be made to cessity, &c. appear in manner hereinafter prescribed: And the collector reCollectors receiving such bonds, or any other bonds taken upon the exportation of merchandise, entitled to drawback, is hereby required and enjoined, immediately after the time when, by the conditions. of the same, they ought to be cancelled, to put the same in suit: Provided, The necessary proof shall not have been produced, or further time granted therefor, by the comptroller of the treasury.

&c. to put

them in suit in

default of proof at the time they ought to be

cancelled, &c.

Vessels arriv- 33. That it shall be lawful for any ship or vessel, in which ing with goods any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be brought into the ports, to be de- United States, from any foreign port or place, and which shall livered in dif- be specified in the manifest, verified on oath or affirmation, be

from foreign

ferent dis

tricts, may

proceed, &c.

fore the collector of the port in which such ship or vessel shall first arrive, to be destined for other districts, to proceed with the same, from district to district, within the United States, in Duties in each order to the landing, or delivery, thereof, and the duties on such district accord- of the said goods only as shall be landed in any district, shall be ing to goods paid, or secured to be paid, within such district.

landed, &c.

Before depart

ter to obtain a

&c.

§ 34. That before any ship or vessel shall depart from the disure of vessels trict in which she shall first arrive, for another district, (provided to another dis- such departure be not within forty-eight hours after her arrival trict, the mas within such district,) with goods, wares, or merchandise, brought certified copy in such ship or vessel, from a foreign port or place, the duties of his report whereof shall not have been paid or secured, the master, or perand manifest, son having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall &c. provided, obtain, from the collector of the district from which she shall be about to depart, (who is hereby required to grant the same,) a copy of the report and manifest made by such master, or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, certified by the said collector, to which copy shall be annexed be annexed of a certificate of the quantity and particulars of the goods which goods landed, shall appear to him to have been landed within his district, or of the quantity and particulars of the goods which remain on board, and upon which the duties are to be paid, or secured to be paid, in some other district. The form of which certificate shall be as follows: District of These are to - port of.

A certificate to

& c

Form of the certificate.

. certify, that the within is a true copy of the report and manifest of the cargo of the [insert the denomination and name of the

-

Vessels arriv.

from one dis

within 24

vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master, from [insert the port where from] entered at this port the [insert the day and month of entry] as exhibited on (oath or affirmation) by the said master: That no part of the said cargo, as expressed in such manifest, hath been unladen or landed at this port: (or, as the case may require,) That there hath been unladen and landed at this port, and the duties paid, or secured to be paid, on the following articles, (or) That all the said cargo, as expressed in the said manifest, hath been duly entered and landed in this district, according to law, except the following articles, [here enumerate the marks, numbers, packages, and contents, or, if articles in bulk, the quantities, whether landed, or remaining on board, as the case may require] and that bond hath here been entered as the law directs, for the delivery of the [insert the whole, or remaining part, as the case may require] of the said cargo, at the [insert the port and district of destination.] Witness our hands and seals, this day of A. B., collector, C. D., naval officer.And within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such ship or vessel within any other district, the said ing with goods master, or person having the charge or command of such ship trict at anothor vessel, shall make report or entry, to or with the collector of er, to make resuch other district, producing and showing the said certified Port or entry copy of his said first report, together with a certificate from hours, produce each collector of any other district, within which any of the the certified goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in such ship or vessel, copy of first shall have been before landed, of the quantity and particulars report, &c. of such goods, wares, or merchandise, as shall have been so landed in each district, respectively except in the state of Report in Georgia, where such report shall be made within forty-eight Georgia withhours: Provided always, That the master, or person having the in 48 hours. Master to give charge or command of the said ship or vessel, shall first give bond at the bond, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the col- district he first lector of the district within which the said ship or vessel shall arrives at, for the due entry first arrive, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties on the of the residue, residue of the said goods, according to such estimate as the said collector shall form thereof, with condition that the said residue of such goods shall be duly entered and delivered in such other district or districts of the United States, for which the same shall have been reported to be destined. And the form of the said bond shall be as follows: Know all men by these pre- bond for the sents, That we [here insert the name of the master of the vessel, due entry of and the name or names of the sureties] are held and firmly residue, &c. bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of to be paid to the said United States; 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; dated this day of, in the -year of the independence of the said United States; and in the year of our Lord one thousand

Whereas the

following goods, wares, and merchandise, [here insert the marks, number, denomination, and number of packages, and contents, as far as may be, or, if articles in bulk, the quantity and quality] imported into the district of, in the [insert the denomina

&c.

Condition of

the bond.

Form of the

tion and name of vessel] whereof [insert name] is master, from
[insert name of port, &c.] on the [insert date of vessel's entry]
as per report and manifest then delivered by the said master;
are now intended to be exported and conveyed in the said [in-
sert the denomination and name of the vessel] to the district of
[insert the district or districts where intended to be sen] and
whereas the duties that would have become due on the said
goods, wares, and merchandise, had the same been unladen,
would have amounted to the aforesaid sum of -: Now, there-
fore, the condition of this obligation is such, that if the above
bounden
shall and do, within six months from the
date hereof, produce to the collector of this district the certifi-
cates required by law, that the said enumerated (packages of
merchandise, or other articles in bulk, as the case may be,) have
been duly entered and delivered at the aforesaid district of

or any other port or district of the United States, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force The bond may and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of. And be cancelled by the said bond shall be cancelled or discharged, within six calenthe production of a certificate, dar months from the date thereof, by the production of a certi&c. testifying ficate or certificates from the collector or collectors of the disentry, &c.

trict or districts for which the said goods shall have been reported, testifying the due entry and delivery of the said goods, in such district or districts, or, upon due proof, to the satisfaction of the collector by whom the said bond shall have been taken, and to the naval officer of such port, (if any,) that such entry and delivery were prevented by some unavoidable accident or casualty, and that if the whole, or any part, of the said goods, shall not have been lost, that the same have been duly entered and delivered within the United States. And the form of the certificate aforesaid shall be as follows: District of, port of These are to certify, that there have been unladen and landed at this port, from on board the [insert the denomination bond may be and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master, fron [insert district and port where from] the following packages of merchandise [here detail the several packages, with their respective denominations, their marks, and numbers, and, if any articles in bulk, the quantities delivered] for which the duties have been (paid or secured) at the aforesaid port of [insert the port.] Witness our hands and seals this day of -

Form of certificate upon

which the

cancelled.

the master to

500 dolls. for- A B, collector. C D, naval officer.And if the master, or fait for neglect other person having the charge or command of any such ship or or omission of vessel, shall fail, by his neglect or fault, to obtain the said copy obtain the co- of his said report, from the collector of the district from which pies of report, he shall be so about to depart, or of any certificate which he certificate, &c. ought to obtain as aforesaid, or shall neglect to produce and

Masters of vessels arriving from foreign ports with distilled

show the same to the collector of any other district to which the said ship or vessel shall afterwards proceed, within the time for that purpose bereinbefore specified, he shall forfeit and pay, for every such neglect or omission, five hundred dollars.

§35. That, in addition to the provisions and requirements aforesaid, it shall be the duty of each and every master, or other person having the charge or conimand of any ship or vessel, ar

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