THE i^AYIGATIOB LAA^S THE UNITED STATES. BUREAU OF :NATIGATI0N, 1886. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTINQ OFFICE. 1886. INTRODUCTION. V^A'4 OOCUMENm OEPT. Treasury Department, Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D. C, Angnst 25, 1886. [Resolution of Congress passed July 31, 1886.] Resolved by the House of Represtntatives {the Senate concurrivg), That there be printed 5,000 copies of the uavigatiou and customs collection laws relating to vessels, includ- ing the laws relating to merchant seamen, and the regulation of steam vessels, com- piled by the Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department, of which 1,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 copies for the use of the House of Represent- atives, and 2,000 copies for the u-se of the Bureau of Navigation. lu coQipliance with the foregoing resohition I have prepared this vol- ume, comprising the navigation hiws of the United States, with such statutes as relate to the customs and to merchant seamen. In order to make the book concise and render the difterent subjects more easy of reference, the matter is cla-ssified in twelve parts, as below. Part I. —(1) Vessels: their measurement and documents; (2) entry and clearance -^ (3) yachts and pleasure vessels; (4) tonnage duties; (5) Bureau of Navigation ; (6) abolishment of certain fees. Part II. — (I) Regulation of vessels in foreign trade; (2) regulation of vessels in domestic trade; (3) regulation of vessels in the fisheries; (4) drawbacks on .ship- building materials, &c. Part III.— (I) Transportation of passengers and merchandise ; (2) liability of ship- owners: (3) transportation by steam-vessels ; (4) inspection, &c. ; (5) general pilot laws. Part IV.— (1) Immigration and coolie trade; (2) guano islands; (3) timber ship- ments ; (4) carrying the mail. Part v.— (1) Navigation rule.* and vessels' lights ; (2) collisions — revised interna- tional regulations; (3) wrecks and life-saving stations; (4) storm and weather sig- nals ; (5) fixing a common meridian. Part VI.— (1) Lights and buoys; (2) Coast Survey ; (3) navigable rivers; (4) riv- ers .and harbors. Part VII.— (1) Public health; (2) quarantine; (3) hospitals, &c. Part VIII. — (1) Merchant seamen and their shipment and discharge; (2) log- books. Paut IX. — Miscellaneous acts, amendments, and corrections of the foregoing laws. PartX.— (1) Foreign relations; (2) consular service; (3) extradition; (4) neu- trality. Part XI. — (1) Insurrections and unlawful trade; (2) crimes; (3) remission of pen- alties; (4) piracy and trials ; (5) slave trade ; (6) prize. Part XII.- (1) Customs laws; (2) coUectiou of duties; (3) coins, weights, and measures. The navigation laws proper are embraced in the first nine parts. The laws relating to customs and other subjects intimately connected with shipping are included so far as practicable in Parts X, XI, and XII. An exi)lanatory table precedes the laws and a fully classified index is appended, in which all the laws adopted since the issue of the last edition of the Revised Statutes down to 1886 (first session of the Forty- ninth Congress) may be found by reference to the leading topic alpha- betically arranged. GIFT OF Baucroit LIBRARY JARVIS PATTEX, Commissioner of Navigation. 7^^ NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 3 EXPLANATORY TABLE. Many of the laws relating to matters of navigation having been re- cently re])ealed or amended, it is ditticnlt in some instances to ascertain what is actually in force without reference to both the old laws and the amendatory acts. In such cases both the old statutes and the subse- quent acts changing them have been introduced under the same head so far as i)racticable. As the different sections from the Revised Statutes are not in numer- ical order in the book, the following table is given to show where the statutes and laws that have been changed may be found, and also the page where the repealing or amending act is printed. Explanatory table. Number of section or changed. law 1} li 4530 Revised Statutes 177 Subject or heading. ; Amendment act. ^ J> » a (10) June '20, 1884 4131 Revised Statutes 4490 Revised Statutes Sec. 1, chap. 376, laws 1882. 4691 Revised Statutes 200 87 72 149 Advances and allot- ments. ...do Alien officers Bulkheads Capitation tax Charts May 6, 1882 4612 Revised Statntes. 4.i33 Revised Statutes. 4233 Revised Statutes, Rule xn. 4581 Revised Statutes 4213 Revised Statutes 4.'>76 Revised Statutes 2966 Revised Statutes 4600 Revised Statutes 4578 Revised Statutes 4.58U Revised Statutes 4583 Revised Statutes 4158 Revised Statutes , 2510,2511 Revised Statutes., March 3, 1883 4328 Revised Statutes 105 197 123 125 February 18, 1793 4381 Revised Statutes 4381,4382 Revised Statutes. 44.56 Revised Statutes 4501 Revised Statutes 4592-4.'/J4 Revised Statutes. March 3, 1875 Treatv of Washington (16) June 26, 1884 31 188 376 194 189 189 190 14 291 211 47 23 .59 59 100 171 192 169 .5574 Revised Statutes 4178,4334 Revised Statutes. June 2, 1879 4585-4587 Revised Statutes. March 3, 1875 Chinese laborers Coastwise shipments. Collision, prevention of. 1 Collision, boats on Saint Lawrence. Consular discharges. . Consular fees Crew list Delivery of cargo Deserters Destitute seamen Discharge of seamen. ....do ; Documents | Drawbacks , Drawback on coals .. Enrollment and j license. ... do I Fees ; ....do [ ....do ....do ; ....do , Fees aboli.shed : Fisheries Fishing and whaling j vessels. Guano islands 18,48 i Hail ports. 162 j Health 190 Hospital dues 169 |....do 86i3fS5 (10) June 26, 1884.. June 19, 1886 June 26, 1884 July 9, 1886 June 26, 1884 June 20, 1878, and March 13, 1879. July .5, 1884 (2) June 19, 1886... March 3, 1885 203 III June 19, 1886 j June 26, 1884 June 26, 1884 , June 26, 1884 (24) June 26, 1884.. I (6) June 26, 1884... (9) June 26, 1884... (2) June 26, 1884... (3) June 26, 1884... (2) July 5, 1884 .... (10) June 19, 1886.. (10) June 19,1886.. April 17, 1874 j April 18, 1874 | February 27, 1876..; July 5, 1884 (28) June 26, 1884.. June 26, 1884 Juno 19,1886 (1) June 19, 1886... I March 3, 1883 ! (15) June 19,1886..; April 18,1884 ' (21) June 26, 1884.. Julv 1. 1879 March 3,1875 1 (15) June 26, 1884. .i 200 26 213 212 211 107 205 126 132 201 200 203 121 201 202 200 200 39 63 64, 23 24 210 26 101 204 40 40 211 206 212 26 161 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Explanatory table — Continued. Number of section or law chant-eel. Mav:}, 1880 2872 Re%ised Statutes. '2872 Revised Statutes. 4415 Revised Statutes. 428- vised Statutes....^.. 441^ Revist-d Statutes 4561 Revised Statutes 415:^,4154 Revised Statutes.. 4219 Reviseil Statutes (14) June 2-. 1884 4347 Revised Statut.<8 4252-4277 Revised Statutes (inclusive). (9) June 26, 18-'4 « 2 * :2 Subject or heading. Auicuduient act. as 2776 Revised Statutes Title L, Revised Statutes .. 45S4 Revised Statutes 4214 Revised Statutes. 168 359 359 91 48 41 116 30 5 52 18 211 48 5 12 18 52 189 171 173 197 i^-e 203 44 32 92 92 184 11, 12 35 37 50 65-71 202 340 44 190 Hospital service .... i March 9, 1882...... 168 Inspection (25) June 26, 1884.. 80 ...do July7, 1«82 211 ...do Insert words 'or «» iv8]>ector qt boil- ers" in 25th line. 91 Liability Inatt^ador -this title" read ^' seven pre- ceding sections." 82 Licensed vessels June 26, 1884 26 Lists of vessels (4) Julys, 1884.... 39 Mails Juno 26, 1-84 121 ...do '....do 121 Measurement ' . . . .do 26 Mississippi River ... Julv 12, 1876 210 Names of vessels June 26, 1884 26 Names of vessels, (5) Julys, 1884.... 39 change of. Names of vessels painted on stern. Otti'^ers Official number ....do Pilots and engineers . Regis'ry of bond . ._. . Reports of vessels . . . Sale of vessel Shipping commission- ers. Shipn.ent. of seamen . ....do Slop-chest ....do Steam and sail vessels Steam-pressure S'eam-gauges Steam-vessels Survey of vessel Tonnage Tonnage tax ....do Transportation Transpor t a t i o u of passengers. Transpor t a t i o n of seamen. Unlading vessels Vessels, sail and steam Wages, extra Wreck Wreck appropriations Yachts June 23, 1874 .... June 2(1, 1884 .... (6) June 19, lf83. ....do April 17, 1874 ... Strikeout words i italics Julv 12, 1876 .... (5) June 26. 1884. June 26, 1884 June 9, 1874 (2) June 19, 1886.. (11) June 26, 18>^4. (13) June 19,1-^86. June 30. 1879 January 6, 1874... (14) June 19, 1^86. Julv 7, 1882 (4) June 26, 1884.. Augusts, 1882 (14) June 20, 18i4. (11) June 19, 1886. March 3. 1883 August 2, 1882 (18) June 19, 1886. June 26. 1884 . . . . June 30, 1879.... (8) June 26, 1884 .March 13, 1H75... July 31, 1876 .... March 3, 1883.... 24 26 ! 101 I 46 I 152 201 I* 204 200 205 203 ! 206 ! 24 : 209 i 101 211 201 25 27 28 34 78 205 80 24 202 210 210 33 THE NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED" STATES. PART I. 1. Vessels: theih iMEASUREMENT and documents. •2. Entry and clearance. 3. Yachts and pleasure vessels. 4. Tonnage duties. 5. Bureau of Navigation. 6. Abolishment of certain fees. (Revised Statutes, Title I, chap. 1.) DEFINITION OF A VESSEL. Sec. 3. The word "vessel" includes ever^' description of water-craft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.* 1.— VESSELS: THEIR MEASUREMENT AND DOCUMENTS. (Revised Statutes, Title XLVIII, chap. 1. — Regulation of Commerce and Navigation.) Sec. 4131.* Vessels registered pursuant to law, and no others, except such as shall be duly qualified, according to law, for carrying on the coasting trade and fisheries, or one of them, shall be deemed vessels of the United States, and entitled to the benefits and privileges apper- taining to such vessels; but they shall not enjoy the same longer than * According to a Treasury circular of May 19, 1865, it oven includes rafts. .Justice Merrick (188.i) decided that a dredge was a vessel and the subject of ad- miralty. Vessels entitled to be documented as vessels of the United States are of five classes, as follows : 1. Such as are built in the country and have, after being documented, been wholly owned by citizens of the United States. 2. Such as are built in the country under foreign ownership in whole or in part, noc registered, enrolled, or licensed, but recorded, according to law upon becoming the exclusive property of citizens of the United States. 3. Such as have been captured in war by citizens of the United States, lawfully condemned as a prize and wholly owned by such citizens. 4. Such as have been forfeited for a violation of the laws of the United States and wholly owned by its citizens. 5. Vessels built out of the United States but wrecked within the waters thereof and purchased and repaired by citizens of the United States at an expense of three- fourths of the cost of the vessel when repaired. 5 6 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. tbey sball contiiiTie to be wholly owned by citizens and to be commanded by a citizen of the United States. * And officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases be citizens of the United States. Sec. 4132. Vessels built within the United States, and belonging wholly to citizens thereof, and vessels which may be captured in war by citi.".ens of the United States, and lawfully condemned as prize, or •ivhich may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the lini^ted States, being; wholly owned by citizens, and no others, may be •I'egi^tered ss dilVctcAl in this Title. '*'&EcV4133. Xo vessel shall be entitled to be registered, or, if regis- tered, to the benefits of registry, if owned in whole or in part by any citizen of the United States who usually resides in a foreign country, during the continuance of such residence, unless such citizen be a con- sul of the United States, or an agent for and a partner in some house of trade or copartnership, consisting of citizens of the United States actuallv carrying on trade within the United States. Sec.'4134. 'No vessel shall be entitled to be registered as a vessel of the United States, or, if registered, to the benefits of registry, if owned in whole or in part by any person naturalized in the United States, and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated, or for more than two years in any foreign country, unless such person be a consul or other public agent of the United States. Nothing con- tained in this section shall be construed to prevent the registering anew of any vessel before registered, in case of a sale thereof in good faith to any citizen resident in the United States; but satisfactory proof of the citizenship of ihe person on whose account a vessel may be purchased shall be exhibited to the collector, before a new register shall be granted for such vessel. Sec. 4135. *No vessel which has been recorded or registered as an American vessel of the United States, pursuant to law, and which was licensed or otherwise authorized to sail under a foreign flag, and to have Vessels uot entitled to marine documents may be classed as follows : 1. Vessels built in a foreign country, unless they have been captured and condemned, forfeited for breach of law, or wrecked and become the property of American citizens. 2. American-built vessels sold to foreigners. 3. Vessels not commanded by a citizen of the United States. 4. Vessels owned by citizens who live in a foreign country. 5. Vessels owned by citizens not naturalized. H. Vessels which during the late rebellion sought the protection of a foreign flag. 7. Vessels which, having been seized and condemned by any f(u-eign power, again become the pr perty of citizens of the United State% unless such property be acquired or regained by purchase or otherwise of the owners or their executors or administra- tors. , . ^ • X 11 Marine documents, considered with reference to their nature, are registers, enroll- ments, and licenses. The re:e length according to the above measnreinent is above two hundred feet, and not exceedin<>: two hundred and tifty feet: into fourteen equal parts. Class six. Vessels of which the toniuijie length according to the above measurement is above two hundred and tifty feet: into sixteen equal parts. Then, the hold being suflBcieutly cleared to admit of the required depths and breadths being properly taken, find the transverse area of such vessel at each point of division of the length as follows: Measure the depth at each point of division from a point at a distance of one-third of the round of the beam below such deck : or, in case of a bi'eak, below a line stretched in continuation thereof, to the upper side of the tloor-timber, at the Inside of the limber strake, after de- ducting the average thickness of the ceiling, which is between the bilge- planks and liujber-strake; then, if the depth at the midship division of the length do not exceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into four equal parts; then measure the inside horizontal breadth, at each of the three points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the de])th, extending each measurement to the average ihickness of that part of the ceiling which is between the points of measuremeut ; number these breadths from above, numberiug the upper breadth one, and so on down to the lowest breadth ; multiply the second and fourth by four, and the third by two; add these products together, and to the sum add the first breadth and the last, or tiftli ; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval betw^een the breadths, and the product shall be deemed the transverse area; but if the midship depth exceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into six equal parts, instead of four, and measure as before directed, the horizontal breadths at the five points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the depth; number them from above as before; multiply the second, fourth, and sixth by four, and the third and fifth by two; add these products together, and to the sum add the first breadth and the last, or seventh ; multiply the quantities thus obtained by one- third of the common interval between the breadths, and the product shall be deemed the transverse area. Having thus ascertained the transverse area at each point of division of the length of the vessel, as required above, proceed to ascertain the register tonnage of the vessel in the following manner: Number the areas successively one, two, three, and so forth, number one being at the extreme limit of the length at the bow, and the last number at the extreme limit of the length at the stern; then, whether the length be divided according to the table into six or sixteen parts, as in classes one and six, or any intermediate number, as in classes two, three, four, and five, multii)ly the second, and every even-numbered area, by four, and the third, and every odd-numbered area, except the first and last by two; add these products together, and to the sura add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantities thus obtained by one third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage-deck ; divide this product by one hundred, and the quotient, being the tonnage under the tonnage deck, shall be deemed to be the register tonmige of the vessel, subject to the additions hereinafter mentioned. If there be a break, a poo[), or any other permanent closed-in space on the upper decks, or the spar-deck, available for cargo, or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers or crew, the tonnage of such space shall be ascertained as follows: Measure the internal mean length of such space in feet, and divide it 12 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. into au even number of equal parts of which the distance asunder shall be most nearly equal to those into which the length of the tonnage-deck has been divided; measure at themiddleof its height the inside breadths, namely, one at each end and at each of the ]>oints of division, num- bering them successively one, two, three, and so forth ; then to the sum of the end breadths add four times the sum of the even-numberd breadths and twice the sum of the odd-numbered breadths, except the first and last, and multiply the whole sum by one-third of the common interval between the breadths ; the i)roduct will give the mean horizontal area of such space: then measure the mean height between the planks of the decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area; divide the pro- duct by one hundred, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the tonnage under the tonnage- decks, ascertained as aforesaid. If a vessel has a third deck, or spar deck, the tonnage of the spaace, at the middle of its height, from the i)lank at the side of the stem to the plank on the tim- bers at the stern, and divide the length into the same number of equal parts into which the lenghth of the tonnage-deck is divided ; measure, also at the middle of its height, the inside breadth of the space at each of the points of division, also the breadth of the stem and the breadth at the stern : number them successively one, two, three, and so forth, commencing at the stem ; multiply the second, and all other even-num- bered breadths, by four, and the third, and all the other odd-numbered breadths, except the first and last, by two ; to the sum of these products add the tirst and last breadths, multiply the whole sum by one-third of the common interval between the breadths, and the result will give, in superficial feet, the mean horizontal area of such space; measure the mean height between the plank of the two decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area, and the product will be the cubical contents of the si)ace; divide this i)roduct by one hundred, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the other tonnage of the vessel ascertained as above directed. And if the vessel has more than three decks, the tonnage of each space between decks, above the tonnage-deck, shall be severally ascertained in the manner above described, and shall be added to the tonnage of the ves- sel, ascertained as above directed. In ascertaining the tonnage of open vessels the upper edge of the upper strake is to form the boundary-line of measurement, and the depth shall be taken from an athwartship line, extending from the upper edge of such stake at each division of the length. The register of the vessel shall express the number of decks, the ton- nage under the tonnage-deck, that of the between -decks, above the tonnage-deck ; also that of the poop or other inclosed spaces above the deck, each sei)arately,* In every registered United States vessel the number denoting the total registered tonnage shall be deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her main beam, and shall be so con- tinued; and if it at any time cease to be so continued, such vessel shall no longer be recognized as a registered vessel of the United States. Sec. 4154. In order to as(;ertain the tonnage of any vessel, except as otherwise provided in this Title, and in Title L, the surveyor, or such other person as shall be appointed by the collector of the district to measure the same, shall, if the vessel l3e double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern- • See sec. 4177, page 17. NAVIGATION LAWS OK THE UNITED STATES. 13 post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accouuted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five; the quotient whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such vessel. If such vessel be single-decked, the surveyor, or other person, shall take the length and breadth as above directed, in respect to a double decked vessel, shall deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth and, taking the depth from the under side of the deck-plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide in the same manner, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such vessel. *Sec. 4155. When the several matters hereinbefore required, in order to the registering of any vessel, have been complied with, the collector of the district comprehending the port to which she belongs shall make and keej) in some proper book a registry thereof, and shall grant a cer- tificate of such legistry, as neaily as may be, in the form following: In pursuance of chapter one, Title XLVIII, "Regulation of Com- merce AND Navigation," of the Revised Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name, occupation, and place of abode of the person by whom the oath was made), having taken and subscribed the oath required by law, anti having sworn that he (or she, and if more than one owner, adding the words, "together with," and the name or names, occui)ation or occupations, place or places of abode, of the owner or owners, and the part or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner) is (or are) the only owner (or owners) of the vessel called the (inserting here her name), of (inserting here the port to which she may belong), whereof (inserting here the name of the master) is at present master, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said vessel was (inserting here when and where built), and (inserting here the name and office, if any, of the person by whom she shall have been surveyed or measured) having certified that the said vessel has (inserting here the number of decks) and (inserting here the number of masts), and that her length is (inserting here the number of feet), her breadth (in- serting here the number of feet), her depth (inserting here the number of feet), and that she measures (inserting here her number of tons) ; that she is (describing here the particular kind of vessel, whether shii>, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else, together with her build, and specifying whether she has any or no gallery or head); and the said (naming the owner, or the master, or other per- son acting in behalf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of measurement has been countersigned, as aforesaid) having agreed to the description and n)easurement above specified, and sufficient se- curity having been given, according to law, the said vessel has been duly registered at the port of (naming tlie port where registered). Given under my hand and seal, at (naming the said port), this (insert- ing the i)articular day) day of (naming the month), in the year (specify- ing the number of the year, in words, at length.) Sec. 4150. When the master of such vessel himself makes oath touch- ing his being a citizen, the wording of the certificate shall be varied so as to be conformable to tiie truth of the case. Where a new certificate of registry is granted in consequence of any transfer of a vessel, the words shall be so varied as to refer to the former certificate of registry for her measurement. * In partnership ownership m.iiiwt' iUtcnmeiita shoiiM, as u couveuience and protoc- ti.iu to individual owners, state the specido share of eaoli partner. 14 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 4157. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be provided blank certificates of registry, and such other papers as may be necessary, executed in such manner and with such marks as he may direct. No certificate of registry shall be issued, except such as shall have been so provided and marked. Sec. 4158. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be transmit- ted, from time to time, to the collectors of the several districts, a suffi- cient number of forms of the certificates of registry, attested under the seal of the Treasury and the hand of the Register* thereof, with proper blanks, to be filled by the collectors, respectively, by whom also the certificates shall be signed and sealed, before they are issued; and ■where there is a naval oflScer at any port, they shall be countersigned by him ; and where there is a surveyor, but no naval officer, they shall be countersigned by him. A copy of each certificate issued shall be transmitted to the Kegister, who shall cause a record to be kept of the same. Sec. 4159. Whenever any citizen of the United States purchases or becomes owner of any vessel entitled to be registered, such vessel being w ithin any district other than the one m which he usually resides, such vessel shall be entitled to be registered by the collector of the district where she may be, at the time of his becoming owner thereof, upon his complying with the provisions hereinbefore prescribed, in order to the registry of vessels. And the oath which is required to be taken may, at the option of such owner, be taken either before the collector of the district comprehending the port to which such vessel may belong, or before the collector of the district within which such vessel may be, either of whom is hereby empow^ered to administer such oath. Sec. 4160. Whenever any vessel, registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section, shall arrive within the district compre- hending the port to which she belongs, the certificate of registry, so ob- tained, shall be delivered up to the collector of such district, who upon the requisites of this Title in order to the registry of vessels, being com- plied with, shall grant a new one in lieu of the first. The certificate so delivered up shall forthwith be returned by thecollector who receives the same, to the collector who granted it. If the first-mentioned certificate of registry is not delivered up, as above directed, the owner and the master of such vessel, at the time of her arrival within the district com- prehending the port to which she may belong, shall severally be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the certificate of registry shall be thenceforth void. Sec. 4161. Whenever any vessel entitled to be registered is purchased by an agent or attorney for or on account of a citizen of the United States, such vessel being in a district of the United States more than fifty miles distant, taking the nearest usual route by land, from the one comprehending the port to which, by virtue of such i)urchase, and by force of this Title, such vessel ought to be deemed to belong, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district where such vessel may be, and he is hereby required upon the application of such agent or attorney, to proceed to the registering of the vessel, the agent or attorney first com- plying, on behalf and in the stead of the owner thereof^ with the requi- sites prescribed by this Title in order to the registry of vessels, except that, in the oath taken by the agent or attorney, instead of s\^ earing that he is owner or an owner of such vessel, he shall swear that he is agent or attorney for the owner thereof, and that he has, in good faith, * Commissioner of Navigation. Under act July 5, 1884. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 15 purchased tlie vessel for the person whom he names and describes as the owner thereof. Sec. 4162, Whenever any vessel registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section, shall arrive within the district compre- hending the ]>ort to which she belongs, the certificate of registry so obtaiued shall be delivered uj) to the collector of such district, who, upou the requirements of this Title in order to the registry of vessels being complied with, shall grant a new one in lieu of the first. The cer- tificate, so delivered up, shall forthwith be returned to the collector, who shall transmit the same to the collector who granted it. If the first-mentioned certificate of registry is not delivered up, as above directed, the owner and the master of such vessel, at the time of her arrival within the district comprehending the port to which she may belong, shall severally be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the certificate of registry shall be thenceforth void. Sec. 41(j3. If any of the matters of fact alleged in the oath taken by an agent or attorney to obtain the registry of a vessel which are within the knowledge of the party so swearing, are not true, there shall be a forfeiture of vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, aud furniture, in respect to which tlie same was made, or of the value thereof, to be re- covered, with costs of suit, of the ]ierson by whom such oath was made. Sec. 4164. Whenever it appears, by satisfactory proof, to the Secre- tary of the Treasury, that any vessel has been sold and transferred by process of law, and that the register of such vessel is retained by the former owner, the Secretary may direct the collector of the district to which such vessel may belong to grant a new register, under such sale, on the owners complying with such terms and conditions as are by law required for grauting such papers ; excepting only the delivering up ot the former certificate of registry. But nothing in this section shall be construed to remove the liability of any person to any penalty for not surrendering the papers belonging to any vessel, on a transfer or sale of the same. Sec. 4165. No vessel which is registered, pursuant to any law of the United States, and which is seized or captured and condemned, under the authority of any foreign power, or which by sale becomes the prop- erty of a foreigner, shall be entitled to or capable of receiving a new register, notwithstanding such vessel should afterward become Ameri- can property ; but all such vessels shall be taken and considered, to all intents and jturposes, as foreign vessels. Nothing in this section shall extend to or be construed to affect the i)erson owning any vessel at the time of the seizure or caj)ture of the same, or his executor or administra- tor, or shall prevent such owner or his executor or administrator, in case he regain a ])roperty in such vessel, so condemned, by i)urchase or otherwise, from claiming and receiving a new register for tlie same, as he otherwise might have done.* Sec. 41<)6. When any vessel, registered pursuant to any law of the * MorUjage to an alien : A vessel may be jtiortj^aged to an alien, and if jmrcbased by a citizen on a foreclosure sale, could be ledocuniented. (Decisioti 4887 in 1881.) Sale to foreigner: A vessel is subject to forfeiture, if a subject of any foreign state conies to have an interest in her. and the fact is not made known. Steamboat opened by alien resident : A steamboat owned wholly or in part by an alien resident, to be employed solely in a river or bay of the United .States, may be enrolled or licensed. An iron steamer, enlarged and repaired while abroad, cannot retain her status as a vessel of the United States. {Treasury Decision, 1870.) Nor could a sailing-vessel retain her status as a vessel of the United States, if con- verted into a steamer while abroad by putting in of machinery. {Ibid.) 16 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. United States, shall, while she is without the limits of the United States, be sold or transferred in whole or in part to a citizen c the United States, such vessel on her first arrival in the United Statt > thereafter, shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the United States : Provided^ That all the requisites of law, in order to the registry of vessels, shall be complied with, and a new certificate of reg- istry obtained for such vessel, within three days from the time at which the master or other person having the charge or command of such ves- sel is required to make his final report upon her first arrival afterward. * Sec. 4167. Whenever the certificate of the registry of any vessel is lost, destroyed, or mislaid, the master, or other person having the charge or command thereof, may make oath before the collector of the district where such vessel shall first be after such loss, destruction, or mislaying, in the form following : "I, (inserting here the name of the per- son swearing), being master (or having the charge or command) of the ship or vessel called the (inserting the name of the vessel), do swear (or affirm) that the said vessel hath been, as I verily believe, registered according to law, by the name of (inserting again the name of the ves- sel), and that a certificate thereof was granted by the collector of the district of (naming the district where registered), which certificate has been lost (or destroyed, or unintentionally and by mere accident mis- laid, as the case may be); and (except where the certificate is alleged to have been destroyed) that the same, if found again, and within my power, shall be delivered u)) to the collector of the district in which it was granted." Such oath shall be subscribed by the party making the same; and upon such oath being made, and the other requisites of this Title in order to the registry of vessels being complied with, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district before whom such oath is made, to grant a new register, inserting therein that the same is issued in lieu of the one lost or destroyed. Sec. 4108. Whenever a register is granted in lieu of one lost or de- stroyed, by any other than the collector of the district to which the ves- sel actually belongs, such register shall, within ten days after her first arrival within the district to which she belongs, be delivered up to the collector of such district, who shall, thereupon, grant a new register in lieu thereof. And in case the master or commander shall neglect to deliver up such register within the time above mentioned, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and the former register shall become null and void. Sec. 4169. In every case in which a vessel is required to be registered anew, if she shall not be so registered anew, she shall not be entitled to any of the privileges or benefits of a vessel of the United States. And if her former certificate of registry is not delivered up, except where the same may have been destroyed, lost, or unintentionally mislaid, and an oath thereof shall have been made, as hereinbefore prescribed, the owner of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered, with costs of suit. Sec. 4170. Whenever any vessel, which has been registered, is, in whole or in part, sold or transferred to a citizen of the United States, or is altered in form or burden, by being lengthened or built upon, or from one denomination to another, by the mode or method of rigging or fitting, the vessel shall be registered anew, by her former name, according to the directions hereinbefore contained, otherwise she shall cease to be deemed a vessel of the United States. The former certifi- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 17 cate of registry of such vessel shall be delivered up to the collector to whom application for snch new registr3^ is made, at the time that the same is made, to be by him transmitted to the Register of the Treasury, who shall cause the same to be canceled. In every such case of sale or transfer, there shall be some instrument of writing, in the nature of a bill of sale, which shall recite, at length, the certificate; otherwise the vessel shall be incapable of being so registered anew. Sec. 4171. When the master or person having the charge or com- mand of a registered vessel is changed, the owner, or one of the owners, or the new master of such vessel, shall report such change to the col- lector of the district where the same has happened, or where the vessel shall first be after the same has happened, and shall produce to him the certificate of registry of such vessel, and shall make oath, showing that such new master is a citizen of the United States, and the manner in which or means whereby he is so a citizen. Thereupon the collector shall indorse upon the certificate of registry a memorandum of such change, specifying the name of such new master, and shall subscribe the memorandum with his name; and if other than the collector of the district by whom the certificate of registry was granted, shall transmit a copy of the memorandum to him, with notice of the particular vessel to which it relates; and the collector of the district, by whom the cer- tificate shall have been granted, shall make a like memorandum of such change in his book of registers, and shall transmit a coi)y thereof to the Eegister of the Treasury. If the cliange is not reported, or if the oath is not taken, as above directed, the registry of such vessel shall be void, and the master or person having the charge or command of her shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 4172. If any vessel registered as a vessel of the United States shall be sold or transferred, in whole or in part, by way of trust, confi- dence, or otherwise, to a subject or citizen of any foreign prince or state, and such sale or transfer shall not be made known, as hereinbefore di- rected, such vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited. If such vessel, however, be so owned in part only, and it is made to appear to the jury before whom the trial for such for- feiture is had, that any other owner of such vessel, being a citizen of the United States, was wholly ignorant of the sale or transfer to or own- ership of such foreign subject or citizen, the share or interest of such citizen of the United States shall not be subject to such forfeiture, and the residue only shall be so forfeited. Sec. 4173. Upon the entry of every vessel of the United States from any foreign port, if the same shall be at the port at which the owner or any of the part owners reside, such owner or irdrt owner shall make oath that the register of such vessel contains the name or names of all the persons who are then owners of the vessel ; or if any part of such vessel has been sold or transferred since the granting of such register, that such is the case, and that no foreign subject or citizen has, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any share, by way of trust, confidence, or otherwise, in such vessel. If the owner or any part owner does not reside at the port at which such vessel enters, the master shall make o.ath to the like effect. If the owner, or part owner, where there is one, or the master, where there is no owner, refuses so to swear, such vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. Sec. 4174. Every certificate of registry which is delivered up to a col- lector on the loss, destruction, or capture of a vessel, or the transfer thereof to a foreigner, shall be forthwith transmitted to the Eegister of the Treasury, t(\ be canceled ; who, if the same shall have been deliv- H. Mis. 391 2 18 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ered up to a collector other than of the district in which it was granted, shall cause notice of such delivery to be given to the collector of such district. * Sec. 4175. Whenever the master or owner of a vessel shall deliver up the register of such vessel, agreeably to the provisions of this Title, if to the collector of the district where the same was granted, the collector shall thereupon cancel the bond which shall have been given at the time of granting such register; or if to the collector of any other district, such collector shall grant to themaster, commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment that such register has been delivered to him, and the time when ; and ui)on such receipt being i^roduced to the collector by whom the register was granted, he shall cancel the bond of the party, as if the register had been returned to him. Sec. 4170. The collector of each district shall progressively number the certificates of the registry by him granted, beginning anew at the commencement of each year, and shall enter an exact copy of each cer- tificate in a book to be kept for that purpose ; and shall, once in three months, transmit to the Eegister of the Treasury t cojues of all the cer- tificates which shall have been granted by him, including the number of each. f Sec. 4177. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have power, under such regulations as he shalfprescnbe, to establish and provide a system of numbering vessels so registered, enrolled, and licensed; and each vessel so numbered shall have her number deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her main beam ; and if at any time she shall cease to be so marked, such vessel shall be no longer recognized as a vessel of the United States. §Sec. 4178. The name of every registered vessel, and of the port to which she shall belong, shall be painted on her stern, on a black ground, in white letters, of not less than three inches in length. If any vessel of the United States shall be found without having her name and the name of the port to which she belongs so painted, the owner or owners shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ; recoverable one-half to the person giving the information thereof; the other half to the use of the United States. Sec. 4179. No master, owner, or agent of any vessel of the United States shall in any way change the name of such vessel, or by any device, advertisement, or contrivance deceive or attempt to deceive the * In every case in which a vessel is required to be registered auew, if her former certificate of ref^istry is not delivered up or accounted for, the owner is liable to a penalty of five hiiudied dollars. t Commerce and Navi3, last clause, page 12. ^ Home port: Home port aud hailing place are synonymous terms; the former offi- cial, the latter popular. The statute defines the thing without naming it. The home port of a vessel is that to which it belongs to issue her license and enrollment. (See Decisions -269(5, March 7, lrt7(5; 2H2'.), May 27, 187(i.) Home port of corporalion vessel: It. seems that the home i^ortof a vessel owned by a corporation is tbe port within the same collection district nearest to the principal office of the corporation. (See page 26.) On purchase away from home district : It a citizen becomes owner of a vessel entitled to be registered, and the vessel be in a district other than that of his usual residence, the vessel may be registered by the collector of the district in which the vessel may be at the time of his acquiring ownership, aud the owner may at his option take the oath before that collector or the collector of the district in wbich he so resides. The certificate of registry must be surrendered on the arrival of the vessel in her home district, under penalty of one hundred dollars, severally upon the owner and the master, and the voidaiice of the register. The collector who receives the surrender must forthwith forward the certificate of registry to the collector who granted it. (Revised Statutes, H 4159 aud 4160.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 19 public, or any officer or a^eiit of the United States, or of any State, or any corporation or agent thereof, or any person or i)ersons, as to tlie true name or character of such vessel, on paiu of the forfeiture of such vessel. Skc. 4180. Every vessel built in the United States, and belonging wholly or in part to the subjects of foreijjn i)owers, in order to be en- titU^l to the benefits of a ship built and recorded in the United States, shall be recorded in the office of the collector of the district in which such vessel was built, in the manner following: The builder of every such vessel shall make oath before the collector of such district in man- ner following: "I, (inserting here the name of such builder), of (insert- ir.g here the place of his residence), shipwright, do swear (or affirm) that (describing here the kind of vessel, as whetlier shij), brig, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else) named (inserting here the name of the sliip or vessel), having (inserting here the number of decks), and being in length (inserting liere the number of feet), in breadth (insert- ing here the number of feet), in depth (inserting here the number of feet), and measuring (inserting here the number of tons), having (speci- fying whether any or \)o) gallery, and (also specifying wliether any or no) liead, was built by nie or under my direction at (naming the ])lace, county, and State), in the United States, in the year (inserting here the number of the year)." Which oath shall be subscril)ed by the person uuiking the same, and shall be recorded in a book to be kei)t by the collector for that purpose. Sec. 4181. The collector shall cause the vessel so built to be surveyed or measured, and the person by whom such measurement is made shall grant a certificate thereof, as in the case of a vessel to be registered, which certificate shall be countersigned by the builder, and by an owner or the master or person having the command or charge thereof, or bj some other i)erson being an agent for the owner thereof, in testimony of the truth of the particulars therein contained. Sec. 4182. A certificate of the record, attested under the hand and seal of the collector, shall be granted to the master of every such vessel, as nearly as may be, of the form following: '' In pursuance of chapter one, Title XLVill, ''Regulation OF Commerce and Navigation," of the Kevised Statutes of the United States, I, (insei-fing here the name of the collector of the district), of (inserting here tlie name of the dis- trict), in the United States, do certify that (inserting here the name of the builder), of (inserting here the i)lace of his residence, county, and State), having sworn (or jiffirmed) tliat the (describing tlie ship or ves- sel, as in the certificate of record) named (inserting here her name), whereof (inserting- here the name of the master) is, at ])resent, master, was built at (inserting here the luime of the ]>Iaee, (;ounty, and State where built), l>y him or under his direction, in the year (insnting here the number of the year); and (inserfing here the name of the surveyor, or other person, by whom the measurenxMit shall have been made) hav- ing certified that the said ship or vessel has (inserting here her number of decks), is in length (inserting here the number of feet), in breadth (inserting here the number of feet), in depth (inserting here the number of feet), and measures (inserting hei'e the nurn!)er of tons): And the said builder and (naming and (lescribing tlie owner, or master, or agent for the owner or owners, as the case may be, by whom the said cer- tificate shall have been countersigned) having agreed to the said de- scription and admeasurement, the said vessel has been recorded, in the district of (inserting here the name of the district where record<'d), in the United States. Witness my hand and seal this (inserting here the 20 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. day of the month) day of (inserting here the name of the mouth), in the year (inserting here the number of the year)." Which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the collector, and a duplicate thereof trans- mitted to the Register of the Treasury to be recorded in his office. Sec. 4183. Whenever the master or the name of a vessel so re- corded is changed, the owner, part owner, or consignee of such vessel shall cause a memorandum thereof to be indorsed on the certificate of the record, by the collector of the district where such vessel may be, or at which she shall first arrive if such change took place in a foreign country; and a copy thereof shall be entered in the book of records, a transcript whereof shall be transmitted by the collector to the collector of the district where such certificate was granted, if not the same per- son, who shall enter the same in his book of records, and forward a duplicate of such entry to the Eegister of the Treasury ; and in such case, until the owner, j)art owner, or consignee shall cause the mem- orandum to be made by the collector, in the manner above prescribed, such vessel shall not he deemed a vessel recorded, in pursuance of this Title. Sec. 4184. The master or other person having the command or charge of any vessel, recorded in pursuance of this Title, shall, on entry of such vessel, produce the certificate of such record to the collector of the district where she is so entered ; and in default thereof the vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a recorded vessel. * Sec. 4185. The fees to be allowed and paid to collectors for services pertaining to the registry or record of vessels shall be as follows: For each certificate of registry or record, two dollars ; for each indorsement upon a certificate of registry or record, one dollar ; and for taking any bond required by this Title, twenty-five cents. Sec. 4186. The fees to be allowed and paid to surveyors shall be as follows : For the admeasurement and certifying the same, of auy^ vessel of one hundred tons and under, one cent per ton ; for the admeasure- ment of any vessel above one hundred tons and not exceeding two hun- dred tons, one dollar and fifty cents ; for the admeasurement of any vessel above two hundred tons, two dollars ; for all other services to be performed by such surveyor, on board any vessel of one hundred tons or upward, having on board goods, wares, or merchandise subject to duty, three dollars ; for the like services on board any vessel of less than one hundred tons burden, having on board goods, wares, or merchandise subject to duty, one and a half dollars ; on all vessels not having on board goods, wares, or merchandise subject to duty, two-thirds of a dol- lar. All such fees shall be paid by the master or owner of the vessel in which the services shall be performed to the surveyor by whom they shall be performed, if performed by one oulj^, for his sole benefit ; but if performed by more than one, to him who shall have the first agency, to be divided in equal parts between him and the other or others by whom the services shall also be performed. But the charge for the measurement of tonnage and certifying the same shall not exceed the sum of one dol- lar and fifty cents for each transverse section under the tonnage-deck ; and the sum of three dollars for measuring each between decks above the tonnage-deck ; and the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each poop, or closed-in space available for cargo or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers, or officers and crew, above the upper or spar deck. * Recorded vessels : A vessel built in the United States but not yet documented, be- longing wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign power, cannot obtain marine doc- uments of the United States, because of her foreign ownership ; but whenever she NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 21 Sec. 4187. Every collector or officer who knowingly makes, or is con- cerned in making, any false register or record, or who knowingly grants or is concerned in granting, any false certificate of registry or record of or for any vessel, or any other false document whatever touching the same, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Title, or who designedly takes any other or greater fees than are by this Title allowed, or who receives any voluntary reward or gratuity for any of the services performed, pursuant thereto ; and every surveyor or other person ap- pointed to measure any vessel, who willfully delivers to any collector or naval officer a false description of such vessel, to be registered or re- corded, shall be punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars, and be rendered incapable of serving in any office of trust or profit under the United States. Sec. 4188. If any person authorized and required by this Title to per- form, as an officer, any act or thing, willfully neglects to do or perform the same, according to the true intent and meaning of this Title, he shall, if not subject to the penalty and disqualification prescribed in the preceding section, be punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars for the first offense, and by a like fine for the second offense, and shall thenceforth be rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States. Sec. 4189. Whenever any certificate of registry, enrollment, or license, or other record or document granted in lieu thereof, to any vessel, is knowingly and fraudulently obtained or used for any vessel not entitled to the benefit thereof, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furni- ture, shall be liable to forfeiture. Sec. 4190. No sea-letter or other document certifying or proving any vessel to be the property' of a citizen of the United States shall be issued, except to vessels duly registered, or enrolled and licensed as vessels of the United States, or to vessels which shall be wholly owned by citizens of the United States, and furnished with or entitled to sea-letters or other custom-house docuoieuts. Sec. 4191. Every person who knowingly makes, utters, or publishes any false sea-letter, Mediterranean passport, or certificate of registry, or who knowingly avails himself of any such Mediterranean passport, sea- letter, or certificate of registry, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than live thousand dollars, and, if an officer of the United States, shall thenceforth be incapable of holding au^^ office of trust or profit under the authority' of the United States. Sec. 4192. No. bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall be valid against anj- person other than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons having a(;tual notice thereof, uidess such bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance is recorded in the office of the collector of tlie customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled. shall have passed entriely into ownership of citizens of the United States, she be- comes untitled to documenting as a vessel of the United States, provided the steps necessary to constitute lier a "recorded" vessel have been observed. The builder must make oath of the facts before the collector of the district iu which the vessel was built,. and must countersign the custom-house certiticate of measurement. The latter must also be countersigned by an owner or his authorized agent, or bj' the master. The collector must thereupon issue a certificate of record, keeping a copy thereof in a book. A memorandum of every chaTige of master or of the name of the vessel must be indorsed upon the certificate of record by the collector of the dis- trict where the vessel may be at the time of the change, or into which she shall first arrive. Upon the entrance of the vessel the certificate of record must be produced to the collector of the district. 22 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tlie lieu by bottomry ou any vessel, created during her voyage, by a loan of money or materials necessary to repair or enable ber to prose- cute a voyage, sball not, however, lose its priority, or be in any way aflected by the provisions of this section. * Sec. 4193. The collectors of the customs shall record all such bills of sale, mortgages, hypothecations, or conveyances, and, also, all cerliti- cates for discharging and canceling any such conveyances, in books to be kept for that purpose, in the order of their reception ; noting in such books, and also on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or convey- ance, the time when the same was received; and shall certify ou the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance, or certiticate of discharge or cancellation, the number of the book and page where re- corded; and shall receive, for so recording snch instrument of convey- ance or certificate of discharge, fifty cents; but no bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, conveyance, or discharge of mortgage or other incum- brance of any vessel, shall be recorded, unless the same is duly acknowl- edged before a uotary public or other officer authorized to take acknowl- edgment of deeds. Sec. 4194. The collectors of the customs shall keep an index of such records, inserting alphabetically the names of the vendor or mortgagor, and of the purchaser or mortgagee, and shall permit such index aud books of records to be inspected during office-hours, under such reason- able regulations as they may establish, and shall, when required, furnish to any person a certificate, setting forth the names of the owners of any vessel registered or enrolled, the parts or proportions owned by each, if inserted in the register or enrollment, and also the material facts of * Recording hills, mortgages, cf-c. ; Bills of sale and mortgages are invalicl against sub- nequent grantees or mortgagees, who have no actna] notice, unless the bill of sale be recorded. The record should be at the home port ; that is, the port to which it be- longs to grant permanent marine documents. Foreign-built vessels owned by citizens : The Treasury Department has authorized a certain undefined recognition of vessels which are not entitled to marine documents, although they belong wholly to citizens of the United States, so that they may have "the protection of the authorities and flag of the United States, as the property of American citizens." The regulations on the subject were promulgated before the enactment of the Revised Statutes (to section 4190 of which attention has been called), and while the limitation clause of Chapter XIX, act March 26, 1810, to ves- sels which might ou the 30th of June, 1810, by previous usage, be entitled to sea letters, without being qualified to have marine documents, was of unquestioned force. As they could not have marine documents nor sea letters, it is not apparent under what documents they could be navigated. The passport was designed to be in aid of marine documents, not as a substitute for them. It must have beeu contemplated that they would sail under marine documents granted by the authorities of some other nation ; but the use of the United States flag in such cases would be inappro- priate ; although there would be no inconsistency in giving protection of United States authorities to the vessels as property of citizens of the United States. The regulations of 1874 upon the subject are as follows : Akt. 93. Foreign-built vessels purchased aud wholly owned by citizens of the United States, whether purchased by belligerents or neutrals during a war to which the United States are not a party, or in peace, of foreign owners, are entitled to the protection of the authorities aud flag of the United States, as the property of Amer- ican citizens, although no register, enrollment, license, or other marine document, prescribed by the laws of the United States, can be lawfully issued to such vessels. Art. 94. To enable, however, the owners of a vessel so circumstanced to protect their rights, if molested or questioned, the collector of the customs, though forbidden by law to grant any marine document or certificate of ownership, may lawfully make record of the bill of sale in his ofBce, authenticate its validity in form and sub- stance, aud deliver to the owner a ceitificate to that efiect; certifying, also, that the owner is a citizen of the United States. These facts, thus authenticated, if the trans- fer was in good fiiith, entitle the vessel to protection as the lawful property of a citi- zen of the United States; and the authentication of the bill of sale and of citizenship ■will be prima facie proof of such good faith. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 23 any existing bill of sale, niortgnge, liypotUecation, or otlieriucuiubraiice upon such vessel, reconled since the issuinir of the last register or enroll- ment, viz, the (late, amount of sncli incunibrauee, and from and to whom or in whose favor made. The collector shall receive for each such cer- tificate one dollar. Skc. 4193. The collectors of the customs shall furnish certified copies of such records, on the receipt of fifty cents lor each bdl of sale, mort- gage, or other conveyance. Sec. 4190. All bills of sale of vessels registered or enrolled, shall set forth the jtart oi the vessel owned by each person selling, and the part conveyed to each person purchasing. Chap. 10(i.— Au act to auieiid the act eutitkd "An act iclating to the enrolhuent ami license of certain vessels." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the piovisions of the act relating to the enrollment and license of vessels navigating the western rivers and the waters on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, otherwise than by sea, approved Febru- ary twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty -five, are hereby extended to include all vessels of the United States navigating the waters of the United States. Ajiproved, Ai)ril 17, 1S74. t Chap. 110. — An act lo amend the act entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," passed February eighteen, seventeen hundred and ninety-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress; assembled, That the act to which this is a sui^plement shall not be so construed as to extend the i^rovisions of the said act to canal boats or boats employed on the internal waters or canals of any State ; and all such boats, excepting only such as are * A majority in interest of the owners may appoint or remove the master of a vessel. A change of master of a vessel must be reported to the collector of customs, and an oath of citizenship be taken by the new master, and an indorsement of the change nnide upon the register. Change of master : Any person or body corporate having more than one-half owner- ship otany vessel shall have the same power to remove a master who is also part owner of such vessel as such majority of owners have to remove a master who is not an owner. This section not to apply where there is a valid written agreement sub- sisting by virtue of which su^h master would be entitled to possession, nor in case where a master has possesoion as part owner, obtained before the 19tli day of April. 1872. (Sec. 42.^)0.) Chan (je of ma>itcr abroad : "Cases have occurred in which consular ofMcers have, with the subsequent ai)pioval of the Department of State, removed masters of ves- sels and appointed others in their places to complete the voyage. The exercise of this extreme power has been deemed to be justified by the gross incompetency of the master, endangering the lives of the passengers and crew; his misconduct, or collusion with others to the serious injury of the owners or insurers; or when he has been guilty of flagrant tyranny toward the passengers or crow. In other instances the in- sanity or ]iermUuently disabling illness of the master has called for his removal. The gravity of the [troceedings will suggest to the consular officer that they should be takeu only after careful deliberation and for good and sufficient cause, and that they should be promptly and fully reported to tiie Department." (Regulations for the Consular Service, 1861, ^ 214.) tNo canal- boat, without masts or steam-power, which is required to be registered, licensed, or enrolled and liceused, shall be subject to be libeled in any of the United States courts for the wages of any person who may be employed on board thereof, or in navigating the same. (Sec. 4251.) 24 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. provided with sails or propelliug- macliiuery of their own adapted to lake or coastwise navigation, and exce])tiug such as are employed in trade with the Canadas, shall be exempt from the provisions of the said act, and from the payment of all customs and other fees under any act of Congress.* Approved, April 18, 1874. Chap. 467. — An act to authorize the use of gilt letters for the uames of vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of the act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels." approved December thirty-first, seventeen hundred and ninety- two, is hereby so amended as to al'ow the name of any vessel to be painted upon her stern in yellow or gilt letters. Approved, June 23, 1874. Chap. 54. — An act relating to vessels not propelled by sail or internal motive power of their own and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of title fifty of the Kevised Statutes of the United States shall not be so construed as to require the payment of any fee or charge for the enrolling or licensing of vessels, built in the United States and owned by citizens thereof, not propelled by sail or by internal motive power of their own, and not in any case carrying i)asseugers, whether navigating the in- ternal waters of a state or the navigable waters of the United States, and not engaged in trade with contiguous foreign territory, nor shall this or any existing law becoustrucd to require the enrolling, registering or licensing of any flat boat, barge or like craft for the carriage of freight, not propelled by sail or by internal motive power of its own, on the rivers or lakes of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1879. Chap. 107. — An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the name of vessels under certain circumstances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treas- ury be, and hereby is, authorized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly enrolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same when in his opinion there shall be sufficient cause for so doing. Sec 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish such rules and regulations and i)rocure such evidence as to the age, condition, where built, and pecuniary liability of the vessel as he maj^ deem neces- sary to prevent injury to public or private interests: and when permis- sion is granted by the Secretary he shall cause the order for the change of name to be published at least in four issues in some daily or weekly * The act of April, 1874, chap. 110, does not exempt from the license required by Sec. 4371, K. S., a vessel of more than live tons burden answering to the description of a canal boat which is engaged in trade between difterent ports or districts on navi- gable waters of the United States, and which has never been used on a canal, was not intended to be used there, and does not in its present employment enter a canal. Opinion of Oct. 19, 1875, to that extent overruled. {Opinion of Attorneii-Geveral, Jan. 13, 1879.) It is the use made of the vessel, not its mechanical structure, which deter- mines whether it is or not entitled to exemption allowed by the act. (Ibid.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 25 paper at the i)lace of register; and the cost of procuring evidence and advertisii]g the change of name to be paid by the person or persons de- siring such change ot name. Approved, March 2, 1881. Chap. 398.— An act to provide for deductious from the gi-oss tonnage of vessels of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate anxl House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-one hundred and fii'ty-three of the Eevised Statutes of the United States be amended by inserting before the last paragraph thereof the following words : "That from the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United States there shall be deducted the tonnage of the spaces or compartments oc- cupied by or appropriated to the nse of the crew of the vessel, but the deduction for crew-space shall not, in any case, exceed five per centum of the gross tonnage. And in every such vessel propelled by steam or other power requiring engine-room, there shall also be deducted from the gross tonnage of the vessel the tonnage of the space or spaces actu- ally occupied by or required to be inclosed for the proper working of the boilers and machinery, including the shaft trunk or alley in screw- steamers, with the addition in the case of vessels propelled with paddle- wheels of fifty-per centum, and in the case of vessels propelled by screws of seventy-five per centum of the tonnage of such space, but in no case shall the deductions from the gross tonnage exceed fifty per centum of such tonnage ; and the proper deductious from the gross ton- nagehaviug been made,theremainder shall bedeemed the net or register tonnage of such vessels." " That the register or other official certificate of the tonnage or na- tionality of a vessel of the United States in addition to what is now re- quired by law to be expressed therein, shall state separately the deduc- tions made from the gross tonnage, and shall also state the net or regis- ter tonnage of the vessel. But the outstanding registers or enrollments of vessels of the United States shall not be rendered void by the ad- dition of such new statement of her tonnage, unless voluntarily surren- dered, but the same may be added to the outstanding document, or by an appendix thereto, with a certificate of a collector of customs that the original estimate of tonnage is amended." Sec. 2. That section forty-one hundred and fifty-four of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby is, repealed, and instead thereof the following is substituted, to wit : " Sec. •4151. Whenever it is made to appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that the rules concerning the measuiement for tonr.age of ves- sels of the United States have been substantially adopted by the gov- ernment of any tbreign countiy, he may direct that the vessels of such foreign country be deemed to be of the'tonnage denoted in their certifi- cates of register or other national i)ai)ers, and thereupon it shall not be necessary tor such vessels to be remeasured at any i)ort in the United States; and when it shall be necessary to ascertain the tonnage of any vessel not a vessel of the United States, the said tonnage shall be as- certained in the manner provided by law for the measurement of ves- sels of the United States." Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and di- rected to make all needful regulations to carry into effect the provisions 26 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. of this act, and lie shall establish and promulgate a proj)er scale of fees to be paid for the leadmeasurenieiit of the spaces to be deducted from, the gross tonnage of a vessel, on the basis of tiie last sentence of section forty-one hundred and eighty six of the Revised Statutes, beginning with the words "But the charge for the measurement." Approved, August 5, 1882. Chap. 228. — Au act to amend sections forty-tbree hundred and eighty-one and forty- three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, rela- tive to fees levied and collected from the owners and masters of vessels in doraestio commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraphs numbertd six and s<^ven, respectively, of section numbered forty-three hundred and eighty one be, and the same are hereby, severally amended so as to read as follows : "Sixth, For certifviug manifests and granting a permit for a licensed vessel to proceed from district to < istrict, ten cents." " Seventh. For receiving a certified manifest and granting a permit on the arrival of such licensed vessel, ten cents." Sec. 2. That paragraphs numbered six and eight, respectively, of sections numbered forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be* and the same are hereby, severally amended so as to read as follows : "Sixth. For certifying manifest, including master's oath, and grant- ing permit for vessel to go from district to district, ten cents." "Eighth. For receiving manifest, including master's oath on arrival of a vessel from one collection district to another, whether touching at foreign, intermediate ports or not, ten cents." Sec. 3. That paragraphs numbered seven and nine respectively, of section forty three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 5, 1884. MEANING OF THE WORD "PORT." Sec. 21. That the word "port," as used in sections forty-one hundred and seventy-eight and forty-three hundred and thirty-four of tiie Re- vised Statutes, in reference to painting the name and i)ort of every reg- istered or licensed vessel on the stern of such vessel, shall be construed to mean either the port where the vessel is registered or enrolled, or the place in the same district where the vessel was built or where one or more of the owners reside. (Act of June 20, 1884.) OFFICERS OF VESSELS. Chap. 121. — An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marim and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eeiyresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 27 the United States, except tliat iu cases where, on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage from an Athuitic to a Pacific port of the United States, any snch vessel is for any reason deprived of the services of an officer below the grade of master, his phice, or a vacancy caused by the pro- motion of another officer to snch ))lace. may be supplied by a person not a citizen of the United States until the first return of snch vessel to its home port ; and such vessel shall not be liable to any penalty or peiuil tax for such employment of an alien officer." (Shipping act of Juue 2«, 1884.) TONNAGE TO BE CARVED ON THE MAIN BEAM. Sec. 5. That section forty-one hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes be amended by striking out the last sentence of the last para- graph, and inserting instead the following: ''In every vessel documented as a vessel of the United States the number denoting- her net tonnage shall be deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her mam beam, and shall be so continued : and if the number at any time cease to be continued, such vessel shall be subject to a tine of thirty dollars on every arrival in a port of the United States if she have not her ton- nage number legallv carved or permanently marked." (Act of June 19, 188G.) FINE FOR NOT CARVING OR MARKING OFFICIAL NUMBER ON ^^ESSEL. Sec. 6. That from the close of section forty one hundred and seventy- seven of said statutes the following words shall be stricken out, to wit: "Such vessel shall be no longer recognized as a vessel of the United States;" and in lieu thereof there shall be inserted the words following: "Such vessel shall be liable to a flue of thirty dollars on every arrival in a i)ort of the United States if she have not her [)roper official number legally carved or permanently marked." (Act of June 19, 188{).) TAX ON TONNAGE. Sec. 11. That section fourteen of "An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for other i)urposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 14. That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty cents per ton per annum imposed prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, a duty of three cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate fif- teen cents per ton in any one year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islands, or Kewtoundland; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to ex- ceed thirty cents j)er ton ])er annum, is hereby imi)osed at eacli entry upon all vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any other foreign i)orts, not, however, to include vessels iu distress or not engaged in trade : Provided, That the President of the United States shall suspend the collection of so much of the duty herein imposed, on 28 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. vessels entered from any foreign port, as may be in excess of the ton- nage and light-liouse dues, or otlier equivalent tax or taxes, imposed in said port on American vessels by the government of the foreign country in Avhich sucli port is situated, and shall, upon the passage of this act, and from time to time thereafter as often as it may become necessary by reason of changes in the laws of the foreign countries above men- tioned, indicate by i^roclamation the ports to which such suspension shall apply, and the rate or rates of tonnage-duty, if any, to be collected under such suspension : Provided,! further, That such proclamation shall exclude from the benefits of the suspension herein authorized the ves- sels of any foreign country in whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the United States, or the import or ex- port duties on their cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues, or duties imi)osed on the vessels of the country in which such port is situated, or on the cargoes of such vessels; and sections forty-two hundred and and twenty-three and forty-two hundred and twenty-four, and so much of section forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts with this section, are hereby repealed." Sec. 12. That the President be, and hereby is, directed to cause the Governments of foreign countries which, at any of their ports, impose on American vessels a tonnage-tax or light-house dues, or other equiv- alent tax or taxes, or any other fees, charges, or dues, to be informed of the provisions of the preceding section, and invited to co-operate with the Government of the Ujiited States in abolishing all light-house dues, tonnage-taxes, or other equivalent tax or taxes on, and also all other fees for official services to, the vessels of the respective nations employed in the trade between the ports of such foreign country and the ports of the United States. (Act of June 19, 188G.) 2.— ENTRY AND CLEARANCE.* (Revised Statutes, Title XLVIII, chap. 2.) Sec. 4197. The master or person having the charge or command of any vessel bound to a foreign port, shall deliver to the collector of the district from which such vessel is about to depart, a manifest of all the cargo on board the same, and the value thereof, by him subscribed, and shall swear to the truth thereof; whereupon the collector shall grant a clearance for such vessel and her cargo, but without specifying the par- ticulars thereof in the clearance, unless required by the master or other person having the charge or command of such vessel so to do. If any vessel bound to a foreign port dei)arts on her voyage to such foreign port without delivering such manifest and obtaining a clearance, as hereby required, the master or other person having the charge or com- mand of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for every such offense. Sec. 4198. The oath to be taken by the master or commander of the vessel shall be as follows: District of I, (insert the name), master or commander of the (insert the denomi- nation and name of the vessel), bound from the port of (insert the name of the port or place sailing from) to (insert the name of the port or place * See sees. 4015, 5320, aud 5321. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 29 bound to,) do solemnly, sincerelj', and truly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that the manifest of the cargo on board the said (insert denom- ination and name of the vessel), now delivered by me to the collector of this district, and subscribed with my name, contains, according to tlie best of my knowledge and belief, a full, just, and true account of all the goods, wares, and merchandise now actually laden on board the said ves- sel, and of the value thereof 5 and if any other goods, wares, or mer- chandise shall be laden or put on board the said (insert denomination and name of vessel) previous to her sailing from this port, I will imme- diately report the same to the said collector. I do also swear (or athrm) that I verily believe the duties on all the foreign merchandise therein specified have been paid or secured, according to law, and that no part thereof is intended to be relanded within the United States, and that if by distress or other unavoidable accident it shall become necessary to reland the same, I will forthwith make a just and true re- port thereof to the collector of the customs of the district wherein such distress or accident may happen. So help me God. Sec. 4109. The form of the report and manifest to be delivered to the collector shall be as follows: Report and manifest of the cargo laden at the port of the , master, bound for port on board Marks. Numbers. Packages or arti- cles in bulk. Contents or quan- tities. Value at the port of exportation. * Sec. 4200. Before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign port, the owners, shii)pers, or consignors of the cargo ot such vessel shall deliver to the collector manifests of the cargo, or the parts thereof shii)ped by them respectively, and shall verity the same by oath. Such manifests shall specify the kinds and quantities of the articles shipped respectively, and the value of the total quantity ot each kind of articles ; and the oath to each manifest shall state that it contains a full, just, and true account of all articles laden onboard of such vessel by the owners, shippers or consignors, respectively, and that the values of such articles are truly stated, according to their actual cost, or the values which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation. And before a clearance shall be granted for any such vessel, the master of that vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors of the cargo, shall state, upon oath, to the collector, the foreign port or country in which such cargo is truly intended to be landed. The oaths shall be taken and subscribed in writing. t Sec. 4201. The form of a clearance, to be granted to a ship or vessel on her departure to a foreign port or place, shall be as follows: District of Port of ss. These are to certify all whom it doth concern, that or commander of the burden , master tons, or thereabouts, mounted *See sees. 337 (subdiv. live), 3987, 5564, and 5565. t See Res. of May 8, 1792, Stat, at Large, Vol. I, p. 286. 30 NAVIGATIOX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. with jjnns, iiavijyated witb men, built, and bound for . liaviitj^- on board , bath here entered and cleared his said vessel according to law. Given under our hands and seals, at the cus- tom-house of , this day of , one thousand , and in the year of the Independence of the United States of America. Sec. 4202. The collectors and other officers of the customs shall pay due regard to the inspection laws of the States in which they may re- spectively act, in such manner that no vessel having on board goods lia- ble to iiisi)oction shall be cleared until the master, or other proper per- son, shall liave produced such certificate that all such goods have been duly insi)ectcd, as the laws of the respective States may require to be produced to collectors or other officers of the customs. Sec. 4203. All vessels belonging to the* citizens of the United States, and bound from any port in the United States to any foreign port, or from any foreign jJort to any port in the United States shall, before clearance, receive on board and securely convey all such mails as the Post-Ortice Department of the United States, or any minister, consul, or commercial agent of the United States abroad shall offer, and shall promptly deliver the same to the proper authorities, on arriving at the port of destination, and shall receive for such service such reasonable compeusation as may be allowed by law. Sec. 4204. All vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and bound from any port in the United States to any other port therein, or to any foreign port, or from any foreign port to any port in the United State's, shall, before clearance," receive on board all such bullion, coin, United States notes and bonds and other securities, as the Government of the United States or any department thereof, or any minister, con- sul, vice-consul, or comiuercial or other agent of the United States abroad, shall offer, and shall securely convey and promptly deliver the same to the proper authorities or consignees, on arriving at the port of destination ; and shall receive for such service such reasonable com- pensation as may be allowed to other carriers in the ordinary trans- actions of business. tSEC. 4205. Collectors of the collection-districts withiu the States of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, before allowing a clear- ance to any vessel laden in whole or in part with live-oak timber, shall ascertain satisfactorily that such timber was cut from private lands, or, if froiu i)ublic lands, by consent of the Department of the Navy. Sec. 4200. I'revious to a clearance being granted to any vessel, out- ward bound, the legal fees which shall have accrued on such vessel shall be ])aid at the offices where such fees are respectively payable; and receipts for the same shall be i)roduced to the collector or other officer whose duty it may be to grant clearances, before a clearance is granted. Sec. 4207. Whenever any clearance is granted to any vessel of the United States, duly registered as such, and bound on any foreign voy- age, the collector of the district shall annex thereto, in every case, a coi)y oi" the rates or tariffs of fees which diplomatic and consular officers are entitled, by the regulations prescribed by the President, to receive for their services. Sec, 4208. The master or person having charge or command of any steamboat on Lake Champlain, when going from the United States into * See Act of March 2't, 18G4, chap. 40, sec. 1. t See sec. 2460-2463. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 31 tlie province of Quebec, may deliver a manifest of the cargo on board, and take a clearance from the collector of the district throtifjh which any such boat shall last pass, when leaving the United States, without rejjard to the place from which any such boat shall have commenced her voyage, or where her cargo shall have been taken on board. Sec. 4200. The register, or other document in lieu thereof, together with the clearance and other ])apers granted by the officers of the cus- toms to any foreign vessel, at her departure from the port from which she may have arrived, shall, previous to entry in any ])ort of the United States, be i)roduced to the collector with whom such entry is to be made. It shall be the duty of the master, within forty-eight hours after such entry, to deposit the papers with the consul or vice-consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs, and to deliver to the collector the certifi- cate of such consul or vice-consul that the papers have been so depos- ited. Every master who fails to comply with this regulation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars. Sec. 4210. The preceding section shall not extend to the vessels of foreign nations in whose ports American consuls are not permitted to have the custody and possession of the register and other papers of ves- sels entering the ports of such nation. Sec. 4211. It shall not be lawful for any foreign consul to deliver to the master of any loreign vessel the register and other papers deposited with him pursuant to the provisions of the preceding section, until such master shall produce to him a clearance in due form from the collector of the port where such vessel has been entered. Any consul offending against the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand. * Sec. 4212. Upon the entry of every vessel of the United States from any foreign port, the master thereof shall make return, on oath, showing that he has promptly delivered at such foreign port, all mails placed on board of the vessel under his command before clearance from the United States. And in case the master shall fail to make such oath, showing that he has delivered the mails placed on board his vessel in good faith, the vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. Sec. 4213. It shall be the duty of all owners, agents, consignees, mas- ters, and commanders of vessels to whom any receipt for fees shall be given by any consular officer, to furnish a copy thereof to the collector of the district in which such vessels shall first arrive on their return to the United States. And it shall also be the duty of every collector to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury all such copies of receipts as shall have been so furnished to him, and also a statement of all certified invoices which shall have come to his office, giving the dates of the certifi- cates, and the names of the persons for whom and of the consular officers by whom the same were certified. * See sees. 3976 and 3988. 32 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 3.— YACHTS AND PLEASURE VESSELS.* (Revised Statutes, Title XLVIII, cbap. 2.) Sec. 4214. Tbe Secretary of the Treasury may cause yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure- vessels, and deslg:ued as models of navararclntecture, if entitled to be enrolled as American vessels, to be licensed on terms which will authorize them to proceed from port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign ports, without entering or clearing at the customhouse. Such license shall be in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The owner of any such ves- sel, before taking out such license, shall give a bond, in such form and for such amount'as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, con- ditioned that the vessel shall not engage in any unlawful trade, nor in any way violate the revenue laws of the United States, and shall com- ply with the laws in all other respects. Such vessels so enrolled and licensed shall not be allowed to transport merchandise or carry passen- gers for pay. Such vessels shall, in all respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the provisions of this Title. Sec. 4215. All such licensed yachts shall use a signal of the form, size, and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy ; and the owners thereof shall at all times permit the naval architects in the employ of the United States to examine and copy the models of such yachts. Sec. 4216. Yachts, belonging to a regularly organized yacht club of any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States, shall have the privilege of entering or leaving any port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom house thereof, or paying tonnage tax. Sec. 4217. For the identification of yachts and their owners, a com- mission to sail for pleasure in any designated yacht belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated yacht club, stating the exemptions and privileges enjoyed under it, may be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be a token of credit to any United States official, and to the authorities of any foreign power, for privileges enjoyed under it. Sec. 4218. Every yacht visiting a foreign country under the provis- * Pleasure vessels : The statutes of the United States require no vessel to be docu- mented, unless she be employed in trade, or in the fisheries. (See §$ 4131, 4311, 4371.) Decision 5r>4r> in 1^83. By recent legislation vessels of less than 20 tons may be licensed as yachts; and tbe former legislation is so modified as to prescribe simply that they shall have their " name and port placed on some conspicuous portion of their bulls." The fees for steam inspection and license together are limited to five dollars; and for measure- ment, to ten cents per ton. (Revised Statutes, sec. 4214, as amended March 3, 1883.) ComniiHsion of yacht : To protect and favor pleasure yachts abroad, a commission to sail for pleasure, if any designated yacht belonging to any regularly organized and incori>orated yacht club, may be obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury, through tbe proper custom-bouse official of the port where the yacht shall have been licensed. This is an addition to, and not a substitute for, the enrollment and license, which must be ke|)t valid. On the return of the yacht from abroad the commission must be sur- rendered. (Art. (iO, Regulations, 187*4. Decision 849, 1871.) What cessels must be (ioensed : Vessels of five tons and upward, employed in the coast- ing trade, or in the frontier trade, otherwise than by sea, or in the whale fishery, if under enrollment, or in the cod fishery, or in the mackerel fishery, or used for pleas- ure, if of twenty tons or upward, must have a license. (Sections 4214, 4311, 4318, 4371.) The provision in the act of June 30, 1879, chap. 54, which exempts from enrollment, registration or license, "any flatboat, barge, or like craft forcarriage of freight, not jjropelled by sail or by internal motive power of its own, on the rivei's and lakes of the United States," has reference solely to vessels of that description bnilt within the United States and owned by citizens thereof. It does not extend to foreign-built craft. (Opinion of Attorney-Greueral, September 16, 1880.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 33 ious of the four preceding sectious shall, on her return to the ITnited States, make due entry at the custom-house of the port at which, on such return, she shall arrive. AN ACT to aineud section four thousand two hundred and iouiteeu of the Revised Statutes relating to yachts.* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gonr/ress assembled, That section forty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows : " Sec. 4214. The Secretary of the Treasury may cause yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels, or designed as models of naval architecture, if built and owned in compliance with the pro- visions of sections forty-one hundred and thirty-three to forty-one * It will he seen that the act repeals section forty -two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes by substituting therefor a section diii'ering from that repealed in the following respects : 1. For the words " if entitled to be enrolled as American vessels " it inserts the words " if built and owned in compliance with the provisions of sections forty-one hundred and thirty-three to forty-one hundred and thirty-five." 2. It limits by a' proviso the amount of fees to be collected for the licensing and in- spection of a pleasure vessel or yacht to five dollars, and restricts the fees for ad- measurement of such pleasure vessel or yacht to an amount not exceeding ten cents per ton. The Department has construed the repealed section to be applicable only to yachts that were entitled to enrollmeut by virtue of section 4311, Revised Statutes, as being of twenty tons burden or more, and not applicable to vessels that could be documented only with licenses. This restriction is removed by the foregoing act, and the sole conditions for licensing yachts and pleasure vessels specified in the act are that they shall have been built in the Uaited States aud shall be owned by American citizens. But, unless otherwise instructed, collectors will issue no licenses to yachts or pleasure vessels of a burden of less than five tons net, as ascertained after deduction of exempted spaces in accordance with the provisions of the act of August 5, 18S2. The form of license for such yachts and pleasure vessels will be as follows: {Treasury Circular, March 16, 1883.) Cat. No. 544. Official number: Numerals, ; letters, . THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Yacht Lic;ense. License of a yacht of* , to proceed from port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign portu, without Entering or Clearing at the Custom-house. In pursuance of Chapter Two, Title XLVIII, " Regulations of Commerce and Navi- gation," of the Revi.sed Statutes of the United States, and the act of Congress entitled "An act to amend section 4214 of the Revised Statutes, relating to yachts," approved March 3, 188:J,t , having given bond that the t , called the , whereof the said t , owner , burden tons aud hundredths of a ton. $ , nsed and employed exclusively as a pleasure vessel, and designed as a model of naval architecture, shall not, wiiile this licen.so continues in force, transport merchandise or carry passengers for pay, or engage in any unlawful trade, nor in any way violate the revenue laws of the United States, and shall comply with the laws in all other respects : Liceu.se is hereby granted for the said yacht, called the , to proceed from port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign ports, without entering or clearing __ . — _ ^^ ^ 'Insert "twenty tons and upwanl,' or "less tlian twenty tons." t Insert the names of the owners, with tlie occupation and place of abode of each. t Insert description of yacht, whether sloop, schooner, or whatever else she may be. \ In case of a yacht of twenty tons or upward, insert " asappears by her enrolment, numbered and dated at ." H. Mis. 391 3* 34 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. buiidred ami thirtv-tive, to be licensed on terms which will authorize them to proceed from port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign ports, withont entering or clearing at the custom-house; such license shall be in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- scribe. The owner of any such vessel, before taking out such license, shall give a bond in such form and for such amount as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, conditioned that the vessel shall not en- gage in any trade, nor in any way violate the revenue laws of the United States, and shall comi)ly with tlie laws iu all other respects. Such ves- sels, so enrolled and licensed, shall not be allowed to transport mer- chandise or carry passengers for pay. Such vessels shall have their name and i)ort placed on some conspicuous portion of their hulls. Such vessels shall, in all respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the provisions of this title: Provided, That all charges for license and inspection fees for any pleasure vessel or yacht shall not at the custom-house, but uot to be allowed to transport merchaudise, or carry passeu- gers for pay. This liceuse to continue and be iu force for one year from the date hereof, or until the return of the said yacht from a foreign port, and no longer. Given under my hand and seal, at the port of , in the district of , this day of , in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty . , Collector. , Xuval Officer. The form of commission to be issued to yachts and pleasure vessels will be as fol- lows : Cat. No. 545. COMMISSIOX FOR A PLEASURE YACHT. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Be it known, that whereas the Yacht called the of , whereof is at i)resent master or commander, being rigged and of the burden of tons or thereabouts, her official Bumber being , belonging to an asso- ciation duly incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of , known as the —, hath been duly* licensed according to law, which said yacht is now lying at the port of — , bound for , ou a voyage of pleasure ; aud whereas, , the owner thereof, ha made application for a commission for the said yacht under the provisions of the title hereinafter mentioned : Now, therefore, I, , Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of author- ity in me vested by Chapter Two, Title XLVIII, " Regulations of Commerce and Navi- gation," of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby commission the afore- said yacht, called the , as a vessel of the United States, entitled to proceed from port to port of the United States, aud by sea to foreign ports, without entering or clearing at the custom-house : Provided, That said yacht shall not transport mer- chandise, nor carry passengers for pay, nor engage in any unlawful trade, nor in any way violate the laws of the United States: And provided further, That the said yacht having visited a foreign country, shall, on returning to the United States, make due entry at tlie custom-house of the district within which on such return she shall first arrive, and shall thereui)on surrender this commission ; and so long as the afore- said conditions shall be faithfully observed this commission shall be a token of credit to any United States official at home or abroad, and to the authorities of any power, for the privil(!gos enjoyed under it. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Treasury Department to be affixed, at the City of Washington, on the day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eiglity . , Secretary of the Treasury. Attest : , ComminiiiotH'r of Xarigaiion. * Incaae of a yacht of twenty tons or uptvard, insert "enrolled and." NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 35 exceed five dollars, and for admeasurement shall uot exceed teu cents per ton."' Sec. 2. That the said original section forty-two hundred and fourteen be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, ^larch 3, 1883. 4.— TONNAGE DUTIES.* (Revised Statutes, Title XLVIII, chaps. 3 and 4.) Sec. 4219. Upon vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place there shall be paid duties as follows: On vessels built wUhin the United States but belonging wholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, at the ratnof 30 cents i)er ton ; on other vessels not of the United States, at the rate of 50 cents per ton. Upon every vessel not of the United States, which shall be entered in one district from another district, having- on board goods, wares, or merchandise taken in one district to be delivered in another district, duties shall be paid at the rate of 50 cents per ton. ISTothing in this section shall be deemed in any wise to impair any rights or privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the' United States relative to the duty of tonnage on vessels. On all foreign vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place, to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to enter and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dollars per ton ; and none of the duties on tonnage above mentioned shall be levied on the vessels of any foreign nation if the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the discrim- inating or countervailing duties of such foreign nations, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished ; * * * and any rights or privileges acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty of tonnage on vessels shall not be impaired ; and any vessel any officer of which shall not be a citizen of the United States, shall pay a tax of fifty cents per ton. tSec. 4220. No vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States, trading from one port within the United States to another port within the United States, or employed in the bank, whale, or other fisheries, shall be subject to tonnage or tax duty, if such vessel be licensed, regis- tered or enrolled. tSEO. 4221. In cases of vessels making regular daily trips between any port of the United States and any port in the Dominion of Canada, wholly upon interior waters not navigal>le to the ocean, no tonnage or clearance fees shall be charged against such vessel by the otticers of *See sees. 2931, 2932, 301'>^, :}013, :U10, and 4371. t See sec. 2793. tin all cases of plaiu and obvious conliict between the provisious of the Constitu- tion and the provisious of a statute, not only the Judiciary but every department of the Governtneut required to act upon the subject matter must dttennhie what the law is, and obey the Constitution. — Opinion of Atty.-Gen., IHGl. 36 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. the United States, except upon the first clearing of suck vessel in each vear. "^ ♦ Sec. 4222. No consul or consular agent of the United States shall exact to'nnaue IVes from any vessel of the United States, touching at or near ports iii Canada, on her regular voyage from one port to another within the United States, unless such consul or consular agent shall perform some oflicial services, required by law for such vessel, wheu she shall thus touch at a Canadian ])ort. Sec. 4224. Vessels which pay tonnage duties once in a year shall pay the same either at their first clearance from or entry at, according to (I)riority, a custom house in the United States in each calendarf year. -Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent customs officers from collecting such tonnage duty at the entry of vessels at their re- spective custom-houses during the calendar year if the same has not previously been paid for such year. Sec. 4225. A duty of fifty cents per ton, to be denominated "light money," shall be levied and collected on all vessels not of the United States, which nuiy enter the ports of the United States. Such light- money shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as the tonnage duties. Sec. 4226. The preceding section shall not be deemed to operate upon unregistered vessels, owned by citizens of the United States, and carry- ing a sea-letter, or, other regular document, issued from a custom house of the United States, proving the vessel to be American property. Upon the entry of every such vessel from any foreign port, if the some shall be at the port at which the owner or an> of the part owners reside, such owner or part owner shall make oath that the sea letter or other regular document possessed by such vessel contains the name or names of all the i)ersons who are then the owners of the vessel ; or if any part of such vessel has been sold or transferred since the date of such sea- letter or document, that such is the case, and that no foreign subject or citizen has, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any share, by way of trust, confidence, or otherwise, in such vessel. If the owner or any part owner does not reside at the port or place at which such vessel shall enter, then the master shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner or part owner, where there is one, or the master, where there is no owner, shall refuse to so swear, such vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges granted by this section. Sec. 4227. Nothing contained in this Title shall be deemed in anywise to impair any rights and privileges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the United States relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels, or any other duty on vessels. TAX ON TONNAGE. Sec. II. That section fourteen of "An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and foi- other i)urposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended so as to read as follows: "Se(;. 14. That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty cents per ton per annum imi)osed prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, a duty of three cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate fifteen * See sec. 2793. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 37 cents per tou in any one year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall" be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North xVmerica, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America bordering- on the Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islantls, or Newfoundland ; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to ex- ceed thirty cents per ton per annum, is hereby imposed at each entry upon all vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any other foreign ports, not, however, to include vessels in distress or not engaged in trade: Frorided, That the President of the United States shalfsuspend the collection of so much of the duty herein imposed, on vessels entered from any foreign port, as may be in excess of the tonnage and light-house dues, oV other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed in said port o\i American vessels by the Government of the foreign country iu which such port is situated, and shall, u])on the passage of this act, and from time to time thereafter as often as it may become necessary by reason of changes in the laws of the foreign countries above mentioned, indicate bv proclamation the ports to which such suspension shall apply, and the rate or rates of tonnage-duty, if any, to be collected under such suspension : Provided, further, That snch proclamation shall exclude from the benefits of the suspension herein authorized the vessels of any foreign country iu whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imi)osed on vessels of the United States, or the import or export duties on their cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues, or duties imposed ou the vessels of the country iu which such port is situated, or on the cargoes of such vessels; and sections forty two hundred and twenty- three and forty-two hundred and twenty four, and so much of section forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Eevised Statutes as coutiicts with this^ section, are hereby repealed." (Act of June 19, 1880.) DISCRIMINATING TONNAGE DUTIES. Sec. 4228. Upon satisfactory proof being given to the President, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imi)Osts are imposed or levied in the i)orts of such nation upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures^ or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from any foreign country, the President may issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreign discriminatingduties of tonnage and impost within the^United States are susi)euded and discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of such foreign nation, and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the United States from such foreign nation, or from any other foreign country; the suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the Pres- ident, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels, belonging to citizens of the United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued, and no longer. Sec. 4220. No other or higlier rate of duties shall be imposed or col- lected on vessels of Prussia, or of her dominions, from whencesoever coming, nor on tlieir cargoes, howsoever composed, than are or may be payable on vessels of the United States, and their cargoes. Sec. 4230. The pre(5eding section shall continue and be in force dur- ing the time that the equality for whi<;h if provides shall, in all respects, be reci[)r()cated in the ports of Prussia and her dominions; and if at 38 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. auy time hereafter tbe equality shall not be reciprocated in the ports of Prussia and her dominions, the President may issue his proclamation, declaring- that fact, and thereupon the section preceding shall cease to be in foice. Sec. 41*31. From Spanish vessels coming- from any port or place in Si>ain or lier colonies, where no discriminating- or countervailing duties on tonnage are levied ujjou vessels of the United States, or from any other i)ort or i)lace to and with which vessels of the United States are ordinaiily i)ermitted to go and trade, there shall be exacted in the ports of the United States no other or greater duty on tonnage than at the time may be exacted of vessels of the United States. Sic. 4232. The mail steamships employed in the mail-service between the United States and Brazil shall be exemi)t from all ])ort-charges and customhouse dues at the port of departure and arrival in the United States if, and so long as, a similar immunity from port-charges and custom-house dues is granted by the government of Brazil. EEFUND OF TAX OR PENALTIES. Sec. 2C. That whenever any fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge arising under the laws relating- to vessels or seamen has been paid to any collector of customsor consular officer, and application has been made within one year from such payment for the refunding or re- mission of the same, the Secretary of the Treasury, if on investigation be finds that such tine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge was ille- gally, improperly, or excessively imposed, shall have the power, either before or after tlie same has been covered into the Treasury, to refund so much of such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge as he may think ])roper, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated. 5.— BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Rejrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the De- partment of tlie Treasury of the United States a Bureau of Na\'igation, under the immediate charge of a Commissioner of Navigation, Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Navigation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have general superintendence of the commercial marine and merchant seamen of the United States, so far as vessels and seamen are not, under existing laws, subject to the supervision of any othei- officer of the Government. He shall be spe- cially cliarged with the decision of all questions relating to the issue of registers, enrollments, and licenses of vessels, and to the filing and preservation of those documents; and whenever in title forty-eight or fifty of the Kevised Statutes any of the above-named documents are re(]uired to be surrendered or returned to the Register of the Treasury, such reveil July '>, 18."^4, authorized the estahlisbment of a Bureau of Navigatiou in the Treasury Department, and charged a Connnissioner with its control and management, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Tri'asury, it is hereby ordered that said Commissioner shall have power to give in- structions, over his own signature as Commi»isioner of Navigation, to collectors of cu.stonis in all matters essential to the fullilhnent of the duties with which he is charged in the second, third, foiuth, and tifth sections of said act, and address over his own signature all persons with whom in his judgment it may be necessary to communicat<^ in furtherance of the ol)jects for which said Bureau was established, and he will so organize his office that the duties prescribed in the act may be most proinjitly and etticiently perfornit'd. 40 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. The duties relatinj; to navij^ation hitherto assigned to the Register of the Treasury bavin.-- h»'en devolved ui)on him, he will sigu, as Commissioner of Navigation, the certificates of registry of vessels as authorized and re([uired hy section 4158 of the Revised Statutes^ ami he will cause to be transmitted the requisite supply ot forms of such instruments to collectors of customs; but he will treat as valid and still in force all such outstanding instruments as hear the signature of the Register of the Treasury, and will allow the issues of such instruments with the Register's signature till new' ones with his own ofHcial signature can he supplied to collectors. The Commissioner of Navigation shall supervise the action of shipping commis- sioners as devolved upon the Secretary of the Treasury hy the tenth section of the shipping act approved June '2(i, lt'84, and, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall regulate the mode of conducting business in their offices, and perform such otlier duties pertaining to the care of seamen as would devolve upon the Secre- taiy of the Treasury by virtue of the provisions of the said act or Title LIII of the Revised Statutes. He will also give instructions to the collectors of customs in regard te the docu- menting of vessels and their clearance, entry, and movements, and the collection of tonnage duties therefrom as far as they may be required by the provisions of said shipping act and Titles XXXIV and XLVIII of the Revised Statutes. He shall issue also to collectors of customs such instructions in regard to the entry of vessels into ports subject to quarantine as may be required hy the puhlic health and permitted by Title LVIII of the Revised Statutes. In all cases in which it is necessary for the head of the Bureau of Navigation to communicate with the head of a Departmeut, he will make such communication through the Secretary of the Treasury. For the guidance of the Conuiiissioner o£ Navigation in respects not necessary to be here enumerated, he is referred to the act itself, herewith published. CHAS. J. FOLGER, Secretary. 6.— ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FEES. Sec. 1. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on aud after July first, eighteen hundred aud eighty-six, uo fees shall be charged or col- lected by collectors or other oflQcers of customs, or by inspectors of steam-vessels or shipping commissioners, for the following services to vessals of the United States, to wit: Measurement of tonnage and cer- tifying the same ; issuing of license or granting of certificate of registry, record, or enrollujent, including all indorsements on the same and bond and oath ; indorsement of change of master; certifying and receiving manifest, including master's oath and permit ; granting permit to ves- sels licensed for the fisheries to touch and trade; granting certificate of payment of tonnage dues; recording bill of sale, mortgage, hypotheca- tion, or conveyance, or the discharge of such mortgage or hypotheca- tion ; furnishing certificate of title ; furnishing the crew-list, including bond; certificate of protection to seamen; bill of health ; shipping or discharging of seamen, as provided by title fifty-three of the Kevised Statutes and section two of this act ; apprenticing boys to the merchant service; inspecting, examining, and licensing steam vessels, including inspection certificate and copies thereof; and licensing of master, engi- neer, pilot, or mate of a vessel; and all provisions of laws authorizing or requiring the collection of fees for such services are repealed, such repeal to take effect July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Col- lectors or other officers of customs, inspectors of steam-vessels, and ship- ping commissioners who are paid wholly or partly by fees shall make a detailed report of such services, and the fees provided b}- law, to the NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 41 Secretary of the Treasury', under sncli regulations as that officer may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall allow and i)ay, Irom any money in the Treasury not otherwise' appropriated, said officers such compensation for said services as each would have received prior to the passage of this act ; also such compensation to clerks of ship- ping commissioners as would have been paid them had this act not passed: Provided, That such services have, in the opinion of the Secre- retary of the Treasury, been necessarily rendered. (Act of June 19, 1886.) ANNUAL STATEMENT OF MERCHANT VESSELS. Seo. 340. The chief of the Bureau of Statistics* shall (also) prepare an annual statement of vessels registered, enrolled and licensed, under the laws of the United States, together with the class, name, tonnage and place of registry of each vessel, and such other information as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem proper to embody therein. * Transferred to the Commissioner of Navigation by act of Jnly 5. 1884, which re- iiuires additional data. See page 39. PART II. 1. Regulation ok vessels in foreign trade. ■2. Regulation of vessels in domestic trade. 3. Regulation of vessels in the fisheries. 4. Drawbacks on ship-building materials, &c 1.— REGULATION OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN TRADE. (Revised Statutes, Title XLIX.) Sec. 4306. Every vessel of tbe United States, going to any foreign country, shall, before slie departs from tbe United States, at tbe re- quest of tbe master, be furnisbed by tbe collector for tbe district wbere sucb vessel may be, witb a passport, tbe form for wbicb sball be prescribed by tbe Secretary of State. In order to be entitled to sucb |)assp()rt, tbe master of every sucb vessel sball be bound, witb suflicient sureties, to tbe Treasurer of tbe United States, in tbe penalty of two thousand dollars, conditioned tbat tbe passport sball not be applied to tbe use or protection of any other vessel than tbe one described in it; and that, in case of tbe loss or sale of any vessel bavinjj sucb passport, tbe same sball, within three months, be delivered up to the collector from whom it was received, if tbe loss or sale take place within tbe United States; or within six months, if tbe same shall happen at any place nearer than the Cape of Good Hope; and within eigbteen months, if at a more distant place. Sec. 4307. If any vessel of tbe United States sball depart therefrom, and sball be bound to any foreign country, other than to some port in America, without such passport, the master of sucb vessel sball be lia- ble to a penalty of two hundred dollars for every sucb oliense. Sec. 4308. Evety unregistered vessel owned by a'citizen of tbe United States, and sailing witli a sea-letter, going to any foreign country, shall, before she dejiartsfrom the United States, at tbe request of the master, be furnished by the collector of tbe district wbere such vessel may be witb a passport, for which the master sball be subject to tbe rules and conditions ])rescribed for vessels of tbe United States. Sec. 4300. rCvery master of a vessel, belonging to citizens of tbe United States, wlio sball sail from any port of the United States, shall, on bis arrival at a foreign l>ort, deposit bis register, sea-letter, and Mediterranean pass])ort with tbe consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vicecoinmercial agent, if any there be at sucb port; and it shall be tbe duty of such consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice com- 4.3 44 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. niercial auent, on such master or connnander producing to him a clear- ance froni the proper officer of the i)ort where his vessel may be, to deliver to the master all of his papers, if such master or comiuander has complied with the provisions of law relating to the discharge of sea- men in a foreign country, and to the payment of the fees of consular officers. Skc. 4310. Every master of any such vessel who refuses or neglects to deposit the i)apers as required by the preceding section, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by such consul, vice consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, in his own name, for the benefit of the United States, in any court of compe- tent iurisdiction. 2.— REGULATION OF VESSELS IN DOMESTIC TRADE. (Revised Statutes, Title L.) ♦Sec. 4311. Vessels of twenty tons and upward, enrolled in pursuance of this Title, and having a license in force, or vessels of less than twenty tons, which, although not enrolled, have a license in force, as required by this Title, and no others, shall be deemed vessels of the United States entitled to the privileges of vessels employed in the coasting- trade or fisheries. Sec. 4312. In order for the enrollment of any vessel, she shall pos- sess the same qualifications, and the same requirements in all respects shall be complied with, as are required before registering a vessel ; and the same powers and duties are conferred and imposed upon all officers, respectively, and the same proceedings shall be had, in enrollment of vessels, as are prescribed for similar cases in registering; and vessels enrolled, with the masters or owners thereof, shall be subject to the same requirements as are prescribed for registered vessels. [Amended.] Sec. 4313. Enrollments and licenses for vessels owned by any incor- porated company may be issued in the name of the president or secre- tary of such comi)any ; and such enrollments or licenses shall not be vacated or affected by any sale of shares of stock in such company. Sec. 4314. Previously to granting enrollment and license for any ves- sel, owned by any comi)any, the president or secretary of such company shall swear to the ownership of such vessel, by such company, without designating the names of the persons composing such company : which oath shall be deemed sufficient, without requiring the oath of any other person interested oi» concerned in such vessel. Sec. 4315. Upon the death, removal, or resignation of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning any steamboat or ves- sel, a new enrollment and license shall be taken out for such steamboat or vessel. Sec. 431(5. Any steamboat employed or intended to be employed only in a river or bay' of the United States, owned wholly or in part by an alien resident within the United States, may be enrolled and licensed, as if the same belonged to a citizen of tlie United States, subject to all [tjhe provisions of this Title, except that, in such case, no oath shall be required that the boat belongs to a citizen of the United States. "See act of Dec. 31, 1792, chap. 1, sec. 5. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 45 Sec. 4317. Sucli resident alien, owner of any steamboat, upon appli- cation for enrollment or license, shall give bond to the collector of the district, for the use of the United States, in the penalty of one thou- sand dollars, with sufficient surety, conditioned that the boat shall not be employed in other waters than the rivers and bays of the United States. Sec. 4:U8. Any vessel of the United States, navigating the waters on the northern, nort'ieastern, and northwestern frontiers, otherwise than by sea, shall be enrolled and licensed in such form as other vessels ; such enrollment and license shall authorize any such vessel to be em- ployed either in the coasting or foreign trade on such frontiers, and no cer'tiiicate of registry* shall be required for vessels so employed. Such vessel shall be, in every other respect, liable to the regulations and penalties relating to registered and licensed vessels. f Sec. 4319. The record of the enrolhnent of a vessel shall be made, and an abstract or copy thereof granted, as nearly as may be in the following form: f"] Enrollment. In conformity to Title L,' ' Kegula- TiON OF VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE,' of the Revised Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name of the person, with his occupation and place of abode, by whom the oath or affirmation is to be made.) having taken and subscribed the oath (or affirmation) required by law, and having sworn (or affirmed) that he (or she, and if more than one owner adding the words ' together with,' and the name or names, occupation or occupations, place or places of abode [,J of the owner or owners, and the part or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner) is (or are) a citizen (or citizens) of the United States, and sole owner (or owners) of the ship or vessel called the (inserting here her name), of (inserting here the name of the pent to which she may belong), whereof (inserting here the name of the master) is at present nuister, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was (inserting here when and where built), and (inserting here the name and office, it any, of the person by whom she shall have been surveyed and measured), having certified that the said ship or vessel has (insert- ing here thenumber of decks), and (inserting here the number of masts), and that her length is (inserting here the number of feet), her breadth (inserting here the number of feet), her (lei)th (inserting here the num- ber of feet), and that she measures (inserting here her luunber of tons); that she is (describing here the particular kind of vessel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else, together with her build, and specifying whether she has any or no gallery or head), and the said (naming the owner or the master, or other person acting in beiialf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of measurement shall have been countersigned), having agreed to the •description and meas- urement above si)ecified, and sufjficient security having been given ac- cording to the said Title, the said ship or vessel has been duly en- rolled at the port of (naming the port where enrolled). Given under my haiul and seal, at (na?ning the said port), this (inserting the particular day) day of (naming the month), in the year (specifying the number of the year, in words, at length)." Sec. 4320. In order to the licensing of any vessel for carrying on the coasting-trade or fisheries, the husband, or managing owner, together with the master thereof, with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the collector granting the same, shall become bound to pay to the United States, if such vessel be of the burden of five tons and less than twenty 'See soc. 4220 -See soc. 4220. + See acts of Feb. 18, 179:5, chap. 8, sec. 2, ami July 2d, IrffiO, chap. 27, sec. 5. 46 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. tons, the sum of one lunulied dollars ; and if twenty tons and not ex- ceediiio- thirty tons, the sum of two hundred dollars; and if above thirty tons and not exceeding sixty tons, the sum of five hundred dol- lars;" and if above sixty tons, the sum of one thousand dollars, in case it shall appear, within'two years from the date of the bond, that such vessel has been employed "in any trade whereby the revenue of the United States has been" defrauded", during the time the license granted to such vessel remained in force. The master of such vessel shall also swear that he is a citizen of the United States, and that such license shall not be used for any other vessel or any other employment than that for which it is specially granted, or in any trade or business where- by the revenue of tlie Uni"ted States may be defrauded; and if suck vessel be less than twenty tons burden, the husband or managing owner shall swear that she is wholly the property of citizens of the United States; whereupon it shall be the duty of the collector of the district comprehending the port whereto such vessel may belong to grant a license. Sec. 43:^1. The form of a license for carrying on the coasting-trade or fisheries shall be as follows : "License for carrying on the (here insert ' coasting trade,' 'whale- fishery,' ' mackerel-fishery,' or ' cod-fishery,' as the case may be). " In pursuance of Title L, ' Regulation of vessels in domestic COMMERCE,' of the Revised Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name of the husband or managing owner, with his occupation and place of abode, and the name of the master, with the place of his abode), having given bond that the (insert here the description of the vessel, whether ship, brigantiue, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else she may be), called the (insert here the vessel's name), whereof the said (naming the master) is master, burden (insert here the number of tons, in words) tons, as appears by her enrollment, dated at (naming the district, day, month and year, in words at length, but if she be less than twenty tons, insert, instead thereof, 'proof being had of her ad- measurement') shall not be employed iu any trade, while this license shall continue iu force, whereby the revenue of the United States shall be defrauded, and having also sworn (or affirmed) that this license shall not be used for any other vessel, or for any other employment, than is herein si)ecified, li'cense is hereby granted for the said (inserting here the description of the vessel) called the (inserting here the vessel's name,) to be employed in carrying on the (inserting here 'coasting-trade,' 'whale-fishery,' ' mackerel-fishery,' or ' cod-fishery', as the case may be), for one year from the date hereof, and no longer. Given under my hand and seal at (naming the said district), this (inserting the particu- lar day) day of (namiiTg the mouth), in the year (specifying the number of the year in words at length"). Sec. 4322. The collectors of the several districts may enroll and license any vessel that may be registered, upon such registry being given up, or may register any vessel that may be enrolled, upon such enrollment and license being given up. Sec;. 4323. ^Vhen any vessel shall be in any other district than the one to which she belongs, the collector of such district, on the ajiplica- tion of the master thereof, and ui)on his taking an oath that, according to his best knowledge and belief, the property remains as expressed in the register or enrollment proposed to be given up, and ui)on his giving the boiuls required for granting registers, shall make the exchange of an enrollment for a register or a register for an enrollment; but in every such case, the collector to whom the register or enrollment and license may be given up shall transmit the same to the Register of the NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 47 Treasury; and the register, or eiirollinent and license, granted in lieu thereof, shall, witliin ten days after the arrival of such vessel within the district to which she belongs, be delivered to the collector of the district, and be by him canceled. If the master shall neglect to deliver the register or enrollment and license within such time, he shall be liable to a i)enalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 4324. Ko license, granted to any vessel, shall be considered in force any longer than such vessel is owned, and of the description set forth in such license, or for carrying on any other business or employ- ment than that for which she is specially licensed. Sec. 4325. The license granted to any vessel shall be given up to the collector of the district who may have granted the same, within three days after the expiration of the time for which it was granted, in case such vessel be then within the district, or if she be absent at that time, within three days from her first arrival Avithin the district afterward, or if she be sold out of the district, within three days after the arrival of the master within any district, to the collector of such district, tak- ing his certificate therefor ; and if the master thereof shall neglect or refuse to deliver up the license, he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. Sec. 4326. If such license, however, shall have been previously given up to the collector of any other district, as authorized by this Title, and a certificate thereof under the hand of such collector be produced by such master, or if such license be lost, or destroyed, or uninten- tionally mislaid so that it cannot be found, and the master of such vessel shall make and subscribe an oath that such license is lost, de- stroyed, or unintentionally mislaid, as he verily believes, and that the same, if found, shall be delivered up, as is herein reqnired, then the penalty prescribed in the preceding section shall not be incurred. If such license shall be lost, destroyed, or unintentionally mislaid, before the expiration of the time for which it was granted, upon the like oath being made and subscribed by the master of such vessel, the collector, upon application being made therefor, shall license such vessels anew. Sec. 4327. The owner of anj' licensed vessel may return such license to the collector who granted the same, at any time within the year for which it was granted; and thereupon the collector shall cancel the same, and shall license such vessel anew, upon the application of the owner, and upon the conditions hereinbefore required being complied with. Sec. 4328. Whenever it becomes necessary for the owner of any ves- sel of the United States navigating the western rivers or the waters on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States otherwise than by sea, and being in a district other than that to which such vessel belongs, to procure her enrollment and license, or license, or renewal thereof, the same proceedings may be had in the dis- trict in which the vessel then is as are required by law on ap}>lication for such enrollment and license, or license, or renewal thereof, as the case may be, in the district to which such vessel belongs, excei)ting the giving of bond and the enrollment and issuance of license ; and the officer befoie whom such proceeding is had shall certify the same to the collector of the district to which such vessel belongs, who shall there- upon, on the owner giving bond as required in other cases, duly enroll the vessel and issue license in the same form as if the application had originally been made in his office ; and sftall either deliVer the license to the owner, or forward it by mail to the officer who certified to him the preliminary proceedings ; and in the latter case, such officer shall deliver the license to the owner or master of the vessel. 48 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 4329. Whenever it appears, by satisfactory proof, to the Secre- taay of the Treasury that any vessel has been sold and transferred by process of law, and that the certificate of enrollment or license of such vessel is retained by the former owner, the Secretary may direct the collector of the district to which such vessel belongs to grant a new cer- tiUcate of enrollment or license, on the owner's, under such sale, com- plying with such terms and conditions as are bylaw required for grant- ing of such pajters, excepting only the delivering up of the former certifi- cate of enrollment or license. But nothing in this section shall be con- strued to remove the liability of any person to any penalty for not sur- rendering up the papers belonging to any vessel, on a transfer or sale of the same. * Sec. 4330. No license, or enrollment and license, nor renewal of either, shall hereafter be issued to any vessel until the collector to whom application is made for the same is satisfied, from the oath of the owner or master, that all equipuients and repairs, made in a foreign port within the year immediately preceding such application, have been duly accounted for, and the duties accruing thereon duly paid; and if such owner or master shall refuse to take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel. shall be seized and iorfeited. Sec. 4331. Before any vessel, of the burden of five tons, and less than twenty tons, shall be licensed, the same measurement shall be made of such vessel, and the same provisions observed relative thereto, as are to be observed in case of measuring vessels to be registered or enrolled ; but ill all cases, where such vessel or any other licensed vessel shall have been once measured, it shall not be necessary to measure such vessel anew^, for the purpose of obtaining another enrollment or license, unless such vessel shall have undergone some alteration as to her burden, subsequent to the time of her former license. Sec. 4332. In every case where the collector is by this Title directed to grant any enrollment, license, certificate, permit or other document, the naval officer residing at the port, if there be one, shall sign the same •, and every surveyor who certifies a manifest, or grants any per- mit, or who receives any certified manifest, or any permit, as is provided for iu this Title, shall make return thereof monthly, or sooner, if it can conveniently be made, to the collector of the district where such sur- veyor resides. Sec. 4333. The collector of each district shall progressively number the license by him granted, beginuiug anew at the commencement of each year, and shall make a record thereof in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall, once iu three months, transmit to the Keg- ister of the Treasury copies of the licenses which shall have been so granted by him ; and also of such licenses as shall have been given up or returned to him, respectively, in pursuance of this Title. Whenever any vessel is licensed or enrolled anew, or being licensed or enrolled is afterward registered, or being registered is afterward enrolled or li- censed, she shall, in every such case, be enrolled, licensed, or registered by her former name. Sec. 4334. Every licensed vessel shall have her name, and the port to which she belongs, painted on her stern, in the manner prescribed for registered vessels ; and if any licensed vessel be found without such ]»ainting, the owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dol- lars. Sec. 4335. Whenever the nnaster of any licensed vessel, ferry-boats excepted, is changed, the new master, or, in case of his absence, the *See sees. 3114 aucl 3115. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 49 owner or one of the owners thereof, shall report snch ehanue to the col- lector residinji- at the i)ort where the same hai>i)ens, if there be one; otherwise, to the collector residinji' at any port where such vessel next arrives, who, njKtn the oath of snch new master, or, in case of his absence, of the owner, that snch master is a citizen of the CTnited States, and that such vessel shall not, while snch license continues in force, be emploved in any manner whereby the revenue of the United States may be detVanded, shall indorse such chan |on]t lum- ber or timber of any kind eut on that portion of the American territory, in the State of ]\Iaine, watered by the river Saint John and its tribu- taries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the ])rovince of New Brunswick, that then, and in that case, tlie President of the United States may, by proclama- tion, suspend all rights of carrying provided for by this section for such period as such exi)ort or other duty may be levied. * See Report of Coniniissioners on Revision of the Statutes, vol. 2, p. 2090, sec. 37. tSee Treaty of Washiugton, Art. XXXI. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 51 Sec. 4348.* The sea-coast and navigable rivers of the United States shall be divided into three great districts: the first to include all the collection-districts on the sea coast and navioal)le rivers, between the eastern limits of the United States and the southern limits of Georgia; the second to include all the collection districts on the sea-coast and navigable rivers between the river Terdido and the Kio Grande; and the third to inclnde all tlie collection-districts on the sea const and navigable rivers between the sonthern limits of Georgia and the river Perdido.t * See sec. 3977. tTlie old coasting law, which was enacted prior to the pnrciiase of Florida fron» Spain, provided for two jireat coasting districts, hut when that Territory was annexed Florida wascall.d the third coasting district, a_nd since that time the Atlantic coast has been divided into three great coasting districts.* A vessel of twentv tons burden or upwards, licensed for the coasting trade, bound from one collection' district to another within the same great coasting district, or between a State in one and an adjoining State in another great district, or a vessel of less than twenty tons burden, licensed tor the coasting trade, bound from a collection district in one State to a collection district in the same or an adjoining State on the sea-coast or navigable waters of the United States, in ballast or having on board goods, wares, or merchandise of the growth or product of the United States only, except distilled spirits or distilled spirits not exceeding 500 gallons, or wine in casks not exceeding 2r)0 gallons, or wine in bottles not exceeding 100 dozen, or sugar in casks or boxes not exceeding :<,000 pounds, or tea in chests or boxes not exceeding 500 pounds, or coffee in casks or bags not exceeding 1,000 ponnds, or foreign merchan- dise in packages as imported, not exceeding in value ,$400, or foreign merchandise of any kind, including any or all of the articles before mentioned, the aggregate value of which does not exceed $>S00, the duties upon which have been paid or secured, may proceed from one place to another, within the limits aforesaid, without delivering a manifest theieof, or obtaining from any officer of the customs a permir, to the port. The master of a vessel of the burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed for the coasting trade, bound from one collection district to another within the same great coasting district, or from a State in one to an adjoining State in another great coasting district; or of a vessel ol less than twenty tons burden, licensed for the coasting trade, bound from a collection district in one State to a collection district in the same or an adjoining S ate, on the sea-coast or navigable waters of the United States, having on board any of the articles of foreign growth or manufacture oi distilled spirits, exceeding the quantities or value before mentioned, or any or all of said arti- cles, exceeding in the aggregate .$800 in value, must, previous to the departure of the vessel, make out and suliscribe duplicate manifests of the whole cargo on board. The master of every vessel of the burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed for the coasting trade, bound from one to another great coasting district, except from a State ill one trf an adjoining State in another great coasting 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 sea- coast or navigable waters of the United States, must, previously to his departure, deliver to the collector residing at the port, or, if there be no collector at such port, to the collector of, or a surveyor residing within, the district nearest the port where the vessel may be, duplicate manifests of the cargo on board such vessel, to which he must make oath or aftinnation. All registered vessels engaged in the coasting trade, bound from one collection dis- trict to another collection district, are subjtet to the same regulations as to their movenu'iits and the delivery of manifests as licensed vessels under twenty tons bur- den. The regnlati.")4, If any such vessel, destined as mentioned in the preceding section, shall depart from the ])ort where she may then be, having dis- tilled spirits, or goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign growth or man- ufacture on board, without complying with the requirements of the l)rece(ling section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dolhus ; or, if the lading be of goods the growth or manu- facture of the United States only, or if such vessel have no cargo, and she depart without the several things required in the ])receding section being complii d witli, the master shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dol- lars. Sec. 4355. The master of every vessel under twenty tons burden licensed to carry on the coasting trade, arriving at any district of the United States from any district other than a district in the same or au adjoining State on the sea-coast, or on a navigable river, and of every vessel of the burden of twenty tons and upward arriving from a district other than a district within the same great district, or from a State adjoining such great district, shall deliver to the collector residing at the p(n^t where she may arrive if there be one, otherwise to the collector or surveyor in the district comj)rehending such port, as the one or the otiier may reside nearest thereto, if the collector or surveyor reside at a distance not exceeding fi\e miles, within twenty four hours, or, if at a greater distance, within forty eight hours next after his arrival, and previous to the unlading any of the goods broughr in such vessel, the iDanifesi of the cargo, if there be anv, certified by the collector or sur- veyor ot the «listiict from whence she last sailed ; and shall make oath, before the colle(;tor or surveyor, that there was not when he sailed from the district where his manifest was certified, and has not been since, and is nor then any more or other aierchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled s))irits, if there be any, other than sea-stores, on board su(;h vessel, than is therein mentioned; and if there be none such, he shall so swear; and if there be no cargo on board, he shall pro«>. Nothing in this Title shall be so construed as to oblige the master of any vessel of less than twenty tons burden, licensed for carry- ing on the coasting traerson of ])r()ved scientific and practical acquaintance with the fishes of the coast, and who shall serve without additional salary. Sec. 4397. The heads of the several Executive Dei)artmeuts shall cause to be tendered all necessary and practicable aid to the commis- sioner iu the prosecution of his investigations and inquiries. * There is no coimna after the word liabh; iu the Act of June 19, 1813, cbap. 2, sec. 2, first clause. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 63 4.— DRAWBACKS ON SHIP-BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC. MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS. (Revised Statutes, Title XXXIII.) Sec. 2513. All lumber, timber, liemj), mauila, and iron and steel rods, bars, si)ikes, nails, and V^olts, and copi)er and composition metal, which may be necessary for the construction and equipment of vessels built in the United States, for the i)urpose of being employed in the foreigu trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of tlie United States, and finished after the sixth day of June, eighteen hun- dred and seventy-two, may be imported in bond, under such regula- tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may ])rescrihe; and upon ])roof that such materials have been used for such purpose, no duties shall be i)aid thereon. But vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year, except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed. MATERIALS FOR REPAIR OF VESSELS. Sec. 2514. All articles of foreigu production needed for the repair of American vessels engaged exclusively iu foreign trade may bt^ with- drawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as. the Secretary of [the] Treasury may prescribe. MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OR EQUIPMENT.* (Revised Statutes, sec. 2510, substituted bj^ chai). 121 of 1883 for sec. 2513, Revised Statutes.) All lumber, timber, hemp, mauila, wire rope, and iron and steel rods^ bars, spikes, nails, aud bolts, and copper and composition metal which may be necessary for the construction and equipment of vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership or for the pur- pose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, after the l)assage of this act, may be imported in bond under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such materials have been used for such purpose no duties shall be paid thereon. MATERIAL FOR REPAIR. (Revised Statutes, 2571, substituted by chap. 121 of 1883, for sec. 2514.) All articles of foreigu production needed for repair of American ves- sels engaged exclusively iu foreigu trade may be withdrawn from bonded warehouse free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury maj' prescribe. *Certaiu materials for the construction of vessels to be employed iu foreign trade may be withdrawn from bonded warehouse without payment of duty ; but the vessel nceiving the benefit must not be employed in the coastwise trade for more thau two months iu any one year without payment of the duties on which the rebate is allowed. J'esseU with imported ftigiiies : A domestic hull might receive an engine of foreign manufacture, imported complete, jirovided it conformed to Title LII, Revised Statutes, as to steam vessels, without prejudice to documenting as a vessel of the United States. {Tt-casurtj decision in 1882.) €4 XAyiGA.TION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ]int vessels receiving the benefit of tliis section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than tuo months in any one year, except ui)on the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed: Provided, That ves- sels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States. DRAAVBACK ON BUILDING MATERIAL. "When a vessel is built in the Uuited States, for foreign account, wholly or ])artly 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 brawbackso allowed shall, however, be retained for the use of the United States by the col- lector paying the same. (Act of June 26, 1884, sec. 17.) FREE WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPLIES. All articles of foreign production needed, and actually withdrawn from bonded warehouses for sup))lies, not including equipment of ves- sels of the United States engaged in the loreigu 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 Trea>ury may prescribe. (Same act, sec. 16.) DRAWBACK ON BITUMINOUS COAL. Sec. 10. That the provision of Schedule N of "An act to reduce in- ternal revenue taxation, and for other purposes," approved March third, ■eighteen hundred and eighty-three, allowing a drawback on imported bituminous coal used for fuel on vessels propelled by steam, shall be ■construed to apply oulv to vessels of the United States. (Act of June 10, 1886.) ARTICLES WITHDRAWN FOR CONSTRUCITION AND REPAIR OF FISHING AND AVHALING VESSELS. Sec. 15. That the provisions of sections twenty -five hundred and ten and twenty-five hundred and eleven of the Eevised Statutes, as the sections of Title thirty-three are numbered in "An act to reduce inter- nal revenue taxation, and for other purposes," a])proved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the provisions of section sixteen of "An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other pur- poses," ai)proved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, shall apply to the construction, equipment, repairs, and supplies of vessels of the United States emjdoyed in the fisheries or in the whaling business, in the same manner as to vessels of the United States en- gaged in the foreign trade. (Act of June 19, 1886.) PART III. 1. Transportatiox of passengers and merchandise. 2. Liability of ship-owners. 3. Steam-vessels. 4. Inspection. 5. General pilot laws. 1.— TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND MERCHANDISE. (Revised Statutes, Title XL VIII, chap. 6.) Sec. 4252. No master of auy vessel owned iu whole or lu part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel, at any foreign port or place other than for- eign contiguous territory of the United States, passengers contrary to the provisions of this section, with intent to bring such passengers to the United States and leave such port or place and bring such passen- gers or any number thereof, within the jurisdiction of the United States. Tlie number of such passengers shall not be greater than in the proportion of one to every two tons of such vessel, not including children under the age of one year in the computation, and computing two children over one and under eight years of age as one passenger. The spaces appropriated for the use of such passengers, and which shall not be occui)ied by stores or other goods, not the personal baggage-of such passengers, shall be iu the following proportions : On the main and poop decks or platforms, and in the deck-houses, if there be any, one ))assenger for each sixteen clear superficial feet of deck, if the height or distance between the decks or platforms shall not be less than six feet;. aud on the lower deck, not being an orlop deck, if any, one passenger for eighteen such clear superficial feet, it the height or distance between the decks or platforms shall not be less than six feet, but so as that no passenger shall be carried on any other deck or platform, nor upon any deck where the height or distance between decks is less than six feet. But on board two-deck ships, where the height between the decks is seven and one half feet or more, fourteen clear superficial feet of deck shall be the proportion required for each passenger. The term "con- tiguous territory," as used in this section, shall not be held to extend to any port or place connecting with any interoceanic route through Mex- ico. Sec. 4253. Whenever the master of any such vessel takes on board of the same, at any foreign port or place, other than such contiguous terri- tory, any greater number of passengers than in the proportion to the space or to the tonnage prescribed "in the preceding section, with intent to bring such passengers to the United States, and leaves such port or 65 H. Mis. 391 5 6artments allotted to such passengers below deck, firmly secured to the deck or combings of the hatch, with two doors, the sills of which shall be at least one foot above the deck, so constructed that one door or window in such house may at all times be left open for ventilation. All vessels so employed, and having the capacity to carry one hundred and fifty such i)assengers or more, shall have two such houses ; and the stairs or ladder leading down to such apartments shall be furnished with a hand-rail of wood or strong rope ; but booby- hatches may be substituted for such houses. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. G7 Sec. 4257. Every such vessel so employed in transporting- ])asseii<>er8 between the United States and Enrope, and liaving space according to law for more tlian one hundred such passengers, shall have at least two ventilators to i)urify each ajtartment occupied by such i)assengers; one of which shall be inserted in the alter pait, and the other iti the for- ward part of the apartment, and one of them shall have an exhausting- caj) to carry oti" the foul air, and the other a receiving cap to carry down the fresh air. Such \entilators shall have a ca])acity ])roi)()rtioned to the size of the apartments to be purified, uamely : If the apartments will lawfully authoi'ize the reception of two hundred such passengers, the cai)acity of each of such ventilators shall be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the (^lear, and in proportion for larger or smaller apartments. All such ventilators shall rise at least four feet six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, and be of the most approved form and construction. If it ai)pears from the report to be made and approved, as i)rovided in section forty-two hundred and sev- enty-two, that such vessel is equally well ventilated by any other means, such other means of ventilation shall be deemed to be a compliance with the provisions of this section. Sec. 4258. Every vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers, and engaged in transporting them between the United States and Eu- rope, shall have for their use on deck, housed and conveniently ar- ranged, at least one camboose or cookiug-rauge, the dimensions of which shall be equal to fourfeet long and one foot six inches wide for every two hundred passengers ; and provision shall be made in the same manner, in this ratio, for a greater or less number of passengers ; but nothing in this section shall take away the right to make such arraugemeuts for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. Sec. 4259. The master and owner of any such vessel so employed which sjiall not be provided with the house or houses over the passage- ways, or with the ventilators, or with the cainbooses or cooking-ranges with the houses over them, required by this Title, shall severally be lia- ble to a i^tiualty of two hundred dollars for each and every violation of, or neglect to conform to, each of these requirements, to be recovered by suit in any circuit or district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such vessel may arrive, or from which she may be about to deitart, or at any place within the jurisdiction of such courts, wherever the owner or master of such vessel may be found. Sec. 4200. All vessels so employed in transporting passengers be- tween the United States and Europe shall have on board, for the use of such i)assengers, at the time of leaving the last port whence such vessel shall sail, ^^nill secured under deck, for each passenger, at least twenty pounds of good navy bread, fifteen ])Oundsof rice, fifteen jiounds of oat- meal, ten j)ounds of wheat-flour, fifteen pounds of pease and beans, twenty pounds of potatoes, one ])int of vinegar, sixty gallons of fresh water, ten pounds of salted pork, and ten i)ounds of salt beef, free of bone, all to be of good quality. At places where either rice, oatmeal, wheat-flour, or pease and beans cannot bei)rocured, of good quality and on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of theother last-named articles may be increased and substituted therefor; and, in case pota- toes cannot be procured on reasonable terms, one pound of either of such articles may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes. The masters of such vessels shall deliver to each passenger at least one-tenth part of such provisions weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, and at least three quarts of water daily. 68 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 42G1. If the i)asseugeis on board of any such vessel in which the provisious aud water trohibiting the introduction thereof into such limits, for sale, use, or consun)ption therein. Sec. 4281. If any shipper of platiua, gold, gold dust, silver, bullion, or other precious metals, coins, jewelry, bills of any bank or public body, diamonds, or other precious stones, or any gold or silver in a numn- factured or unmanufactured state, watches, clocks, or time pieces of any description, trinkets, orders, note-, or securities for payment (f money, stamps, maps, writings, title-deeds, i)rintings, engravings, pictures, gold or silver plate or plated articles, glass, china, silks in a manufact- ured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with any other material, furs, or lace, or any of them, contained in any parcel, or package, (u^ trunk, shall lade the sauu^ as freight or baggage, on any vessel, without at the time of such lading giving to the master, clerk, agent, or owner of such vessel receiving the same a written notice *See sec. r)35".i-53.J5. tSee Act of March 3, 1851, ch. 43, sec. 4. 72 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. of the true character and value thereof, and having the same entered on the bill of lading therefor, the master and owner of such vessel shall not be liable as carriers thereof in any form or manner; nor shall any such master or owner be liable for any such goods beyond the value and according to the character thereof so notified and entered. Chap. :>74. — An act to regulate the carriage of passeugers by sea. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for the master of a steamship or other vessel whereon emigrant pas- seugers, or passengers other than cabin passengers, have been taken at auy port or place in a foreign country or dominion (ports and places in foreign territory contiguous to the United States excepted) to bring such vessel and passengers to any port or place in the United States unless the compartments, spaces, and accommodations hereinafter men- tioned have been provided, allotted, maintained, and used for and by such passengers during the entire voyage ; that is to say, in a steam- ship, the compartments or spaces, unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods, shall be of suflicieut dimensions to allow for each and every pas- senger carried or brought therein one hundred cubic feet, if the com- partment or space is located on the main deck or on the first deck next ■below the main deck of the vess^el, and one hundred and twenty cubic feet for each passenger carried or brought therein if the compartment ■or space is located on the second deck below the main deck of the vessel; and it shall not be lawful to carry or bring passeugers on any deck -other than the decks above mentioned. And in sailing-vessels such passengers shall be carried or brought only on the deck (not being an orlop (leek) that is next below the main deck of the vessel, or in a poop or deck-house constructed on the main deck ; and the compartment or space, unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods, shall be of sufficient dimensions to allow one' hundred and ten cubic feet for each and every passenger brought therein. And such passengers shall not be carried or brought in any betweendecks, nor in any compartment, space, poop, or deckhouse, the height of which from deck to deck is less than six feet. In computing the number of such passengers carried or brought in any vessel, children under one year of age shall not be included, and two children between one and eight years of age shall be counted as one passenger; and any person brought in such vessel who shall have been, during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked or in dis- tress on the high seas, or have been picked up at sea from any boat, raft, or otherwise, shall not be included in such comjjutation. The master of a vessel coming to a port or place in the United States in vio- lation of either of the jnovisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and if the number of passengers other than cabin passengers carried or brought in the vessel, or in any compartment, space, ])oop, or deck house thereof, is greater than the number allowed to be carried or brought therein, respectively, as hereinbefore prescribed, the said master shall be lined fifty dollars for each and every pass^enger in excess of the proper number, and may also be imprisoned not ex- <;eeding six months. Sec. 2. That in every such steamship or other vessel there shall be a sufficient number of berths for the proper accommodation as hereinafter provided, of all such i)assengers. There shall not be on any deck nor NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 73 in any compartment or space occupied by such passengers more than two tiers of berths. The berths shall be properly constructed, and be separated from each other by partitions, as berths ordinarily are sepa- rated, and each berth shall be at least two feet in width and six feet in length; and the interval between the Hoor or lowest part of the lower tier of berths and the deck beneath them shall not be less than six inches, nor the interval between each tier of berths, and the interval between the uppermost tier and the deck above it, less than two feet six inches; and each berth shall be occupied by not more than one passenger over eight years of age ; but double berths of twice the above-mentioned width may be provided, each double berth to be occupied by no more and by none other than two women, or by one woman and two children under he age of eiglit years, or by husband and wife, or by a man and two of his own children under the age of eight years, or by two men personally acquainted with each other. xVll the male passengers upwards of four- teen years of age who do not occupy berths with their wives shall be berthed in the fore part of the vessel, in a compartment divided off from the space or spaces ap])ropriated to the other passengers by a substantial and well-secured bulkhead ; and unmarried female passengers shall be berthed in a compartment sei)arated from the spaces occupied by other passengers by a substantial and well-constructed bulkhead, the opening or communication from which to an adjoining passenger s])ace shall be so constructed that it can be closed and secured. Families, however, shall not be separated except with their consent. Each berth shall be numbered serially, on the outside berth-board, according to the number of passengers that may lawfully occupy the berth ; and the berths occu- pied by such passengers shall not be removed or taken down until the expiration of twelve hours from the time of entry, unless previously in- spected within a shorter period. For any violation of either of the pro- visions of this section the master of the vessel shall be liable to a fine of live dollars for each passenger carried or brought on the vessel. Sec. 3. That every such steamship or other vessel shall have ade- quate i)rovisions for affording light and air to the passenger-decks and to the compartments ami spaces occupied by such passengers, and with adequate means and appliances for ventilating the said compartments and s|)aces. To compartments having sufficient space for fifty or more of such passengers at least two ventilators, each not less than twelve inches in diameter, shall be provided, one of which ventilators shall be inserted in the forward part of the compartment, and the other in the after part thereof, and shall be so constructed as to ventilate the com- partment; and an-ways 74 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. or ladders shall be securely coiistnujted, and be provided with hand- rails or strong rope, and, when the weather will permit, such passengers shall have the use of each hatcliway situated over the compartments or spaces appropriated to their use; and every vessel carrying or bring- ing such passengers shall have a properly located and constructed ca- boose and cooking-range, or other cooking apparatus, the dimensions and capacity of which shall I e sufficient to provide for properly cooking and preparing the food of all such passengers. In every vessel carry- ing or bringing such passengers there shall be at least two water-closets or privies, and an additional water-closet or privy for every one hun- dred male passengers on boaid, fV.r the exclusive use of such male pas- sengers, and an additional water closet or privy for every fifty female liassengers on bof^rd, for the exclusive use of the female passengers and young children on board. The aforesaid water-closets and privies shall be properly enclosed and located on each side of the vessel, and shall be separated from passengers' spaces by substantial and properly- constructed partitions or bulkheads; and the water-closets and privies shall be kei)t and maintained in a serviceable and cleanly condition throughout the voyage. For any violation of either of the provisions of this section, or for any neglect to conform to the requirements thereof, the master of tlie vessel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hun- dred and fifty dollars. Sec. 4. An allowance of good, wholesome, and proper food, with a rea- sonable quantity of fresh provisions, which food shall be equal in value toone andahalf navyrationsof tbeUnited States,and of fresh water,not less than four quarts per day, shall be furnished each of such pas- sengers. Three meals shall be served daily, at regular and stated hours, of which hours sufficient notice shall be given. If any such passengers shall at any time during the voyage be put on short allowance for food and water,* the master of the vessel shall pay to each passenger three dollars for each and every day the passenger may have been put on short allowance, except in case of accidents, where the captain is obliged to put the passengers on short allowance. Mothers with infants and young children shall be furnished the necessary quantity of whole- some milk or condensed milk for the sustenance of the latter. Tables and seats shall be provided for the use of passengers at regular meals. And for every willful violation of any of the provisions of this section the master of the vessel shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five huudn d dollars, and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. The enforcement of this penalty, however, shall not affect the civil responsibility of the master and own- ers of the vessel to such passengers as may have suffered from any neg- ligence, breach of contract, or default on the part of such master and owners. Sec. 5. That in every such steamship or other vessel there shall be properly iuiilt and secured, or divided off" from other spaces, two coni- I^artments or spaces to be used exclusively as hospitals for such pas- sengers, one for men and the other for women. The hospitals shall be located in a space not below the deck next below the main deck of the vessel. The hospital spaces shall in no case be less than in the pro- portion of eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty such i)assengers who are carried or brought on the vessel, and such hosi)itals shall be supplied with proi)er beds, bedding, and utensils, and be kept so supplieorts of the Dominion of Canada or the ports of ^lexico. 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. Sec. 24. That section twenty -nine hundred and sixty-six of the Re- vised 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 fol- lows: "Sec. 29G6. When merchandise shall be imported into any port of the United Statutes from any foreign country in vessels, and it shall ap- pear 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 iu 80 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. bonded warehouse; and wheu 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." Sec. 25. That section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto the following: " Wheu the license to unload between the setting and rising of the sun is granted to a sailing vessel under this section, a fixed, uniform, and reasonable compensation may be allowed to the iiispector or inspect- ors for service between the setting and rising of the sun, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to be received by the collector from the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel, and to be paid by him to the inspector or inspectors." 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 des- ignated 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." Sec. 30. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby rei)ealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Apinoved, June 26, 1884. TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS COASTWISE IN FOREIGN VESSELS. Sec. 8. That foreign vessels found transporting passengers between places or ports in the United States, when such passengers have been taken on board in the United States, shall be liable to a tine of two dol- lars for every i)assenger landed. (Act of June 19, 1886.) 2.— LIABILITY OF SHIP-OWNERS, &C. Sec. 4282. No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put ou board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neg- lect of such owMier. Sec. 4283. The liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzle- ment, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or ))ut on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, lost, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of tl freight then pending. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 81 Sec. 4284. Wheuever any such embezzlement, loss, or destniction is suft'ered by several freighters or owners of goods, wares, merchandise, or any property whatever, on the same voyage, and the whole value of the vessel, and her freight for the voyage, is not sutlicient to make com- pensation to each of them, they shall receive compensation from the owner of the vessel, in proportion to their respective losses; and for that purpose the freighters and owner[s]* of the i)roperty, and the owner of the vessel, or any of them, may take the appropriate proceedings in any court, for the purpose of apportioning the sum for which the owner of the vessel may be liable among the parties entitled thereto. Sec. 4U85. It shall be deemed a sufficient compliance on the part of such owner with the requirements of this Title relating to his liability for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction of any property, goods, or merchandise, if he shall transfer his interest in such vessel and freight, for the benefit of such claimants, to a trustee, to be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction, to act as such trustee for the person who may i)rove to be legally entitled thereto ; from and after which transfer all claims and proceedings against the owner shall cease. Sec. 4286. The charterer of any vessel, in case he shall man, victual, and navigate such vessel at his own expense, or by his own i)rocure- ment, shall be deemed the owner of sucli vessel within the meaning of the provisions of this Title relating to the limitation of the liability of the owners of vessels ; and such vessel, when so chartered, shall be liable in the same manner as if navigated by the owner thereof. Sec. 4287. Nothing in the five x)receding sections shall be construed to take away or aft'ect the remedy to which any party may be entitled, against the master, officers, or seamen, for or on account of any embez- zlement, injury, loss, or destruction of merchandise, or property, put on board any vessel, or on account of any negligence, fraud, or other mal- versation of such master, officers, or seamen, respectively, nor to lessen or take aw^ay any responsibility to which any master or seaman of any vessel may by law be liable, notwithstanding such master or seaman may be an owner or part owner of the vessel. Sec. 4288. Any person shipping oil of vitrol,unslackedlime, inflamma- ble matches, or gunpowder, in a vessel taking cargo for divers persons on freight, without delivering, at the time of shipment, a note in writing, exi)ressing the nature and character of such merchandise, to the master, mate, officer, or person in charge of the lading of the vessel, shall be liable to the United States in a penalty of one thousand dollars. But this section shall not apply to any vessel of any description whatsoever used in rivers or inland navigation. Sec. 4289, The provisions of this Title relating to the limitation of the liability of the owners of vessels, shall not apply to the owners of any canal-boat, barge, or lighter, or to any vessel of any description whatsoever used in rivers or inland navigation. Sec. 18. That the individual liability of a ship-owner, shall be limited to the i)roi)ortion of any or all debts and liabilities that his individual share of the vessel bears to the whole; and the aggregate liabilities of all the owners of a vessel on account of the same shall not exceed the value of such vessels and freight pending: rrovidcd, That this pro- vision shall not affect the liability of any owner incurred previous to the passage of this act, nor prevent any claimant from joining all the owners in one action ; nor shall the same apply to wages due to per- sons employed by said ship-owners. (Act of June 20, 1884.) H. Mis. 391 G 82 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF VESSELS. Sec. 4. That section forty-two hundred and eigfhty-nine of the Revised Statute.^ be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4l'S9. The provisions of the seven preceding sections, and of section eii;hteen of an act entitled 'An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for other purposes,' approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, relating to the limitations of the lia- bility of the owners of vessels, shall apply to all sea going vessels, and also to all vessels used on lakes or rivers or in inland navigation, in- cluding canal-boats, barges, and lighters." (Act June 19, 1886.) 3.— TRANSPORTATION BY STEAM-VESSELS. (Title LII, chap. 2.) Sec. 4463, No steamer carrying passengers shall depart from any port unless she shall have in her service a full complement of licensed ofticers and full crew, sufticient at all times to manage the vessel, in- cluding the proper number of watchmen. But if any such vessel, on lier voyage, is deprived of the services of any licensed officer, without the consent, fault, or collusion of the master, owner, or any person in- terested in the vessel, the deficiency may be temporarily supplied, until others licensed can be obtained. Sec. 4464. The inspectors shall state in every certificate of inspection granted to steamers carrying passengers, other than ferry-boats, the number of passengers of each class that any such steamer has accom- modations for, and can carry with prudence and safety. Sec. 4465. It shall not be lawful to take on board of any steamer a greater number of passengers than is stated in the certificate of inspec- tion ; and for every violation of this provision the master or owner shall be liable, to any person suing for the same, to forfeit the amount of passage-money and ten dollars for each passenger beyond the number allowed. Sec. 4466. If any passenger-steamer engages in excursions, the in- spectors shall issue to such steamer a special permit, in writing, for the occasion, in which shall be stated the additional number of passengers that may be carried, and the number and kind of life-saving appliances that shall be provided for the safety of such additional passengers ; and they shall also, in their discretion, limit the route and distance for such excursions. Sec. 4467. The master of every passenger-steamer shall keep a cor- rect list of all the passengers received and delivered from day to day, noting the places where received and where landed, which record shall be opened* to the insjiection of the inspectors and officers of the cus- toms at all times ; and the aggregate number of passengers shall be furnished to inspectors as often as called for; but on routes not exceed- ing one hundred miles, the number of passengers, if kept, shall be suffi- cient. Sec. 4468. Every nuister of any passenger-steamer who fails, through negligence or design, to keep a list of passengers, as required by the preceding section, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. * See act last cited, sec. 49. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 83 Sec. 44G9. The penalties imposed by sectious forty-four hundred and sixty live and forty-four hundred and sixty-eight shall be a lien upon the vessel in each "case ; but a bond may, as provided in other cases, be given to secure the satisfaction of the juhtha, benzine, benzole, coal-oil, crude or refined pe troleum', or other like explosive burning fluids, or like dangerous arti cles, shall be carrieilots of su(!h vessels shall answer all reasonable inquiries, and shall give all the information in their power in regard to any such vessel so visited, ami her machinery for steaming, and the manner of managing both. Sec. 4407. Whenever a supervising inspector ascertains to his satis- faction that any master, nuite, engineer, pilot, or owner of any steam- vessel fails to perlbrm his duties according to the provisions of this Title, he shall report the facts in wiiting to the board of local inspectors in the district where the vessel was ins]»ected or belongs; and, if need be. he shall cause the negligent or otfending party to be prosecuted; and if tiu' supervising inspector has good reas(Ui to Ijelieve there has been, through negligen(;e or any other cause, a failure of the board which in- spected the vessel to do its duty, he shall rei)ort the facts in writing to the Secretary of the Treasury ; who shall cause immediate investigation 90 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. into tlie truth of tbe coinplaiut, and, if he deems the cause sufficient, shall remove any officer found delinquent. Sec. 4408. The supervising inspectors shall see that the several boards of local inspectors wirhin their respective districts execute their duties faitliiullj', promptly, and, as far as jjossible, uniformly in all places, by following out the provisions of this Title according to the true intent and meaning thereof; and they shall, as far as practicable, harmonize differences of opinion existing in diflerent local boards. Sec. 4409. The supervising inspector shall visit any collection-districts in which there is at any time no board of inspectors, and within which steam-vessels are owned and [or]* employed. Each supervising-inspector shall have full power in any such district, or in any district where, from distance or other cause, it is inconvenient to resort to the local board, to ins])ect any steam-vessel and the boileis of such steamer, and to grant certificates of approval, and to do and perform all the duties imposed upon local boards. Sec. 4410. Each supervising inspector shall report, in writing, at the annual meetings of the board, the general business transacted in his district during the year, embracing all violations of the laws regulating steam-vessels, and the action taken in relation to the same, all investi- gations and decisions by local inspectors, and all cases of appeal, and the result thereof; and the board shall examine into all the acts of each supervising inspector and local board, and all complaints made against the same, in relation to the performance of their duties under the law, and the judgment of the board in each case shall be entered upon their journal ; and the board shall, as far as possible, correct mistakes where they exist. Sec. 4411. The board of supervising inspectors shall establish such regulations as may be necessary to make known in a proper manner, to local inspectors, the names of all persons licensed under the provisions of this Title, the names of all persons from whom licenses have been withheld, and the names of all whose licenses have been suspended or revoked ; also the names of all steam-vessels neglecting or refusing to make such repairs as may be ordered pursuant to law, and the names of all that have been refused certificates of inspection. Sec. 4412. The board of supervising inspectors shall establish such regulations to be observed by all steam-vessels in passing each other, as they shall from time to time deem necessary for safety; two printed copies of such regulations, signed by them, shall be furnished to each of such vessels, and shall at all times be kept posted up in conspicuous places in such vessels. Sec. 4413. Every pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam- vessel who neglects or willfully refuses to observe the regulations established in j)ursuance of the i)receding section, shall be liable to a penalty of fitty dollars, and for all damages sustained by any passenger, in his person or baggage, by such neglect or refusal. Sec. 4414. There shall be, in each of the following collection-districts, one iusi)ector of hulls and one inspector of boilers ; who shall be entitled to the following salaries, to be paid annually, under the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury: In the districts of New York and New Orleans, to a salary of two thousand two hundred dollars a year each. In the districts of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buffalo, Saint Louis, Louisville, Ciucinnati, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, •See Act of Feb. ^8, 1871, chap. 100, sec. 27. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 91 Cbicago, Milwaukee, Huron, aud Galeua, to a salary of two thousand dollars a year each. In the district of Michigan, to a salary of nine hundred dollars a year. In the districts of Mobile, Memphis, and Cleveland, to a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars a year each. In the districts of Willamette,*t New London, Norfolk, Charleston,. Savannah, Galveston, Albany, Wheeling, Nashville, Portland, |iii Maine,]t and Evansville, to a salary of one thousand two hundred dol- lais a year each. In the districts of Puget Sound, A])alachicola, Oswego, Burlington, and SnpeVior, to a salary of eight hundred dollars a year each. And in addition, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint in such districts, where their services are actually required, assistant inspectors, at a salary, for the district of New York, of two thousand dollars a year each; and for all other districts, at a salary not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars a year each; and he may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars a year to each person so appointed. Every inspector shall be paid for his actual and reasonable traveling expenses, at the rate of ten cents per mile, incurred in the performance of his dutyj together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instruc- tions as shall be given by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 4415. Whenever any vacancy occurs in any local board of in- spectors, or whenever local inspectors are to be appointed for a new district, the supervising inspectors shall notify the collector or other chief officers of the customs for the district, and the judge of the district court for the district in which such appointment is to be made, who^ together with the supervising inspector, shall meet together as a board of designators, and fill the vacant or new inspectorship. Such board, or the major part thereof, when designating an inspector of hulls, shall select a person of good character and suitable qualifications and attain- ments to perform the services required of inspectors of hulls, and who, from his practical knowledge of ship building and navigation and the uses of steam in navigation, is fully competent to make a reliable esti- mate of the strength, sea-worthiness, and other qualities of the hulls of steam vessels and their equipment, deemed essential to safety of life in their navigation ; and when designating an inspector of boilers, shall select a person of good character and suitable qualifications and attain- ments to perform the services required of inspectors of boilers, who, from his knowledge and experience of the duties of an engineer employed m navigating vessels by steam, and also of the construction and use of boil- ers, and machinery, and appurtenances therewith connected, is liable [ablejl to form a reliable 0]union of the strength, form, workmanship, and suitableness of boilers and machinery to be employed without hazard to life, from imperfection in the mateiial, workmanship, or arrangement of any ])art of such apparatus for steaming. No ai)pointment of an in- spector of hulls shall be made without the concurrence of the supervis- ing inspector. The inspectors of hulls and the inspector of boilers thus designated, when approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, from the date of designation, constitute a board of local inspectors. * Substituted for "Portland, iu the district of Oregon." tSee Act of Feb. 28, 1«71, chap. 100, sec. G'^. t See act last cited, sec. 11. 92 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATE8. Sec. 441G. No person interested, either directly or indirectly, in any patented article re(iuired to be used on any steamer by tiiis Title, or who is a member of any association of owners, masters, engineers, or pilots of steamboats, or who is directly or indirectly i)ecuniarily interested in anv steam-vessel, or who has not the qualifications and requirements prescribed by tins Title, or who is intemi)erate in his habits, shall be eligible to hold the office of either supervising or local inspector, or to discharge the duties thereof; and if any such person shall attempt to exercise the functions of the office of either inspector, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars, and shall be dismissed from office. Sec. 4417. The local inspectors shall, once in every year, at least, upon application in writing of the master or owner, carefully inspect the hull of each steam-vessel within their resi)ective districts, and shall satisfy themselves that every such vessel so submitted to their inspec- tion is of a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be em- ployed, has suitable accommodations for passengers and the crew, and is in a condition to warrant the belief that she may be used in naviga- tion as a steamer, with safety to life, and that all the requirements of law in regard to fires, boats, pumps, hose, life preservers, floats, anchors, cables, and other things, are faithfully complied with ; and if they deem it expedient, they may direct the vessel to be put in motion, and may adopt any other suitable means to test her sufficiency and that of her ■equipment. Sec. 4418. The local inspectors shall also inspect the boilers of all steam-vessels before the same shall be used, and once at least in every year thereafter. They shall subject all boilers to the hydrostatic pres- sure ; and shall satisfy themselves by thorough examination that the boilers are well made, of good and suitable material ; that the openings for the ])assage of water and steam, respectively, and all pipes and tubes exposed to heat, are of proper dimensions and free from obstruction; that the spaces between and around the flues are sufficient ; that the flues are circular in form; that the fire line of the furnace is at least two inches below the prescribed minimum water-line of the boilers ; that the arrangement for delivering the feed-water is such that the boilers can- not be injured thereby; and that such boilers and machinery, and the appurtenances, may be safely employed in the service proposed in the written application, without peril to life. They shall also satisfy them- selves that the safety-valves are of suitable dimensions, sufficient in number, and well arranged ; and that the weights of the safety-valves are properly adjusted, so as to allow no greater pressure in the boilers than the amount prescribed by the inspection certificate; that there is a sufficient number of gauge-cocks pro])erly inserted, and, to indicate the pressure of steam, suitable steam-registers that will correctly record each excess of steani carried above the prescribed limit and the highest point attained; and that there are reliable low- water gauges; and that the fusible metals are properly inserted so as to fuse by the heat of the fur- nace, whenever the water in the boilers falls below its prescribed limits; and that adequate and certain provision is made for an ample supply of water to feed the boilers at all times, whether such vessel is in motion or not, so that in high-pressure boilers the water shall not be less than four inches above the top of the flues ; and that means for blowing out are provided, so as to thoroughly remove the mud and sediment from all parts of the boilers, when tliey are under pressure of steanj. In sub- jecting to the hydrostatic tests boilers usually designated and known as *See sec. 4420. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 93 high-pressure boilers, the inspectors shall assume one hunrded aud ten pounds* to the square inch, as the maximum pressure allowable as a working power lor a new boiler of forty-two inches in diameter, made in the best manner, of inspected iron plates, one-fourth of an inch thick^ and of a quality required by law, anil shall rate the working-power of all high pressure boilers, whether old or new, according to their strength, compai ed with this standard ; and in all cases the test api)lied shall exceed the working-power allowed, in the ratio of one hundred and sixty- five to one hundred and ten. In subjecting to the hydrostatic tests boilers usually designated and known as low-pressure boilers, the in- spectors shall allow as a working-power for each new boiler, a pressure of only three-fourths the number of pounds to the square inch to whichit has been subjected by the hydrostatic test, and for which it has been found to be sufficient. Should the inspectors be of the opinion that any boiler, by reason of its construction or material, will not safely allow so high a working i>ressure as is above described, they may, for reasons to be stated specially in their certificate, fix the working-pressure of such boiler at less than three-fourths of the test-pressure. All boilers used on steam-vessels and constructed of iron or steel plates, inspected under the i^rovisions of section forty-four hundred and thirty, shall be sub- jected to a hydrostatic test, in the ratio of one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch to one hundred pounds to the square inch of the work- ing steam-])ower allowed. !No boiler or pipe, nor any of the connections therewith, shall be approved, which is made, in whole or in part, of bad material, or is unsafe in its form, or dangerous from defective workman- ship, age, use, or other cause. Sec. 44:19. One of the safety valves may, if in the opinion of the local inspectors it is necessary to do so, and the steam-registers shall, be taken wholly from the control of all persons engaged in navigating such vessel and secured by the inspectors. .' | Sec. 4420. In applying the directions of the preceding section [4418] to steamboats used exclusively for towing and carrying freight on the Mis- sissippi River aud its tributaries, the local inspectors shall substitute, for such boats, one hundred and fifty pounds of steam-pressure in place of one hundred and ten» pounds for the standard pressure upon stan3. Every collector or other chief officer of the customs shall retain on file all original certificates of the inspectors required to be de- livered to him, and shall give to the master or owner of the vessel therein named three certified copies thereof; two of which shall be placed by such master or owner in conspicuous places in the vessel where they will be most likely to be observed by passengers and others, and there "kept at all times, framed under glass ; and the other shall be retained by such master or owner, as evidence of the authority thereby conferred. Skc. 4424. Whenever any passenger is received on board any steam- vessel not having the certified copies of the certificate of approval placed and kept as required by this Title, or whenever any passenger steam-vessel receives or carries any gunpowder on board, not having a certificate authorizing the same, and a certified copy thereof placed and kept as required, or shall carry any gunpowder at a place or in a man- ner not authorized by such certificate, snch steam-vessel shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense. *!Sec. 4425. Every inspector who willfully certifies falsely touching any steam-vessel, as to her hull, accommodations, boilers, engines, ma- <;hinery,or their appurtenances, or any of her equipments, or any matter or thing contained in any certificate signed and sworn toby him, shall be punished by fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprison- ment for not more than six months, or both. Sec. 4426. The hull and boilers of every ferry-boat, canal-boat, yacht, or other small craft of like character, propelled by steam, shall be in- spected under the provisions of this Title. Such other provisions of law for the better security of life, as may be applicable to such vessels, shall, by the regulations of the board of supervising inspectors, also be required to be compiled with, before a certificate of inspection shall be granted ; and no such vessel shall be navigated without a licensed engi- neer and a licensed pilot. Sec. 4427. The hull and boiler of every tug-boat, towing-boat, and freight-boat shall be inspected, under the provisions of this Title; and the inspectors shall see that the boilers, machinery, and appurtenances of such vessel are not dangerous in form or workmanship, and that the safety-valves, gauge-cocks, low-water alarm-indicators, steam-gauges, and fusible plugs are all attached in conformity to law ; ami the officers navigating such vessels shall be licensed in conformity with the provis- ions of this Title, and shall be subject to the same provisions of law as officers navigating passenger-steamers. Sec. 4428. Every boiler manufactured to be used on steam-vessels, and made of iron or steel plates shall be constructed of i)lates that have been stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Title. Sec. 4429. Every person who constructs a boiler, or steanr-pipe con- necting the boilers, to be used on steam- vessels, of iron or steel plates which have not been duly stamped and inspected according to the pro- visions of this Title, or who knowingly uses any defective, bad, or faulty * See sec. 54b2. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 95 iron or steel in the construction of such boilers ; or who drifts any rivet- hole to nuike it i^ome fair ; or wlio delivers any such boiler for use, kuow- ino- it to be imperfect in its tines, flanging', riveting, bracing, or in any ■other of its ])arts, shall be fined one thousand dollars, one half for the use of the informer. Nothing in this Title shall be so construed as to l)reveut from being used, on any steamer, any boiler or steam-generator Avhich may not be constructed of riveted iion or steel plates, when the board of supervising inspectors have satisfactory evidence that such boiler or steam-generator is equal in strength, and as safe from explosion, as a boiler of the best quality constructed of riveted iron or steel i)lates. Se(!. 4430, Every iron or steel plate used in the construction of steam- boat-boilers, and which shall be subject to a tensile strain, shall be in- spected in such manner as shall be prescribed by the board of sup»^rvis- ing inspectors and apj)roved by the Secretary of the Treasury, so as to enable the inspectors to ascertain its tensile strength, honiogeneousness, toughness, and ability to withstand the effect of repeated heating and cooling; and no iron or steel plate shall be used in the construction of such boilers which has not been inspected and approved under those rules. Sec. 4431. Every plate of boiler iron or steel, made for use in the con- struction of steamboat-boilers, shall be distinctly and permanently stamped by the manufacturer thereof, and, if practicable, in such places that the marks shall be left visible when such plates are worked into boilers, with the name of the manufacturer, the place where manufact- ured, and the number of pounds tensile strain it will bear to the sec- tional square inch ; and the inspectors shall keep a record in their office of the stamps upon all boiler-plates and boilers which they inspect. Sec. 4432. Every person who counterfeits, or causes to be counter- feited, any of the marks or stamps prescribed for boiler iron or steel I)lates, or who designedly stamps, or causes to be stamped falsely, anj^ such plates ; and every person who stamps or marks, or causes to be stamped or marked, any such iron or steel plates with the name or trade-mark of another, with the intent to mislead or deceive, shall be lined two thousand dollars, one half to the use of the informer, and may, in addition thereto, at the discretion of the court, be imprisoned not exceeding two years. Sec. 4433. The working steam-pressure allowable ou boilers con- structed of plates inspected as required b^'this Title, when single-riveted, shall not produce a strain to exceed one-sixth of the tensile strength of the iron or steel plates of which such boilers are constructed ; but where the longitudinal laps of the cylindrical parts of such boilers are double- riveted, and the rivet-holes for such boilers have been fairly drilled in- stead of punched, an addition of twenty i)er centum to tlie working- pressure provided for single-riveting may be allowed : Proinded, That all other parts of such boilers shall correspond in strength to the addi- tional allowances so made ; and no split-calking shall in any case be permitted. Sec. 4434. aI^o boiler to which the heat is applied to the outside of the shell thereof shall be constructed of irou or steel i)lates of more than twenty six one-hundredths of an inch in thickness, the ends or heads of the boilers only ex(;epted; and every such boiler employed on steam-vessels navigating rivers flowing into the Crulf of Mexico, or their tributaries, shall have not less than three inches space between and around its internal flues. Sec. 443.J. The feed-water shall be delivered into the boilers in such manner as to prevent it from contracting the metal, or otherwise injur- ing the boilers. And when boilers are so arranged on a vessel that there Is employed a water-connecting pipe through which the water may 96 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. pass from one boiler to another, there shall also be i)rovided a similar steam connection, having- an area of oi)eniug into each boiler of at least one sqnare inch for every two square feet of effective heating-surface contained in any one of the boilers so connected, half the flue and all other lire surfaces being computed as effective. Adequate provision shall be made on all steam-vessels to prevent sparks or flames from be- ing driven back from the tire-doors into the vessel. Sec. 4430. Every boiler shall be])rovided with a good, well constructed safety valve or valves, of such number, dimeusious, ami arrangements as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors, and shall also be ]U'ovided with a sufticient number of gauge cocks and a reliable low^-water indicator that will give alarm when the water falls below its prescribed limits ; and in addition thereto there shall be inserted, in a suitable manner, in the flues, crown sheet, or other parts of the boiler most exposed to the heat of the furnace when the water falls below its prescribed limits, a i)lug of good Banca tin. Sec. 4437. Every person who intentionally loads or obstructs, or causes to be loaded or obstructed, in any way or manner, the safety-valve of a boiler, or Avho employs any other means or device whereby the boiler may be subjected to a greater pressure than the amount allowed by the certificate of the inspectors, or who intentionally deranges or hinders the operation of any machinery or device employed to denote the state of the water or steam in any boiler, or to give warning of approaching danger, or who intentionally permits the water to fall below the prescril3ed low-water line of the boiler, and every person con- cerned therein, directly or indirectly, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned not exceeding five years. Pilots and officers of steamers. Sec. 4438. The boards of local inspectors shall license and classify the masters, chief mates, engineers, and pilots of all steam-vessels. It shall be unlawlul to employ any person, or for any person to serve as a master, chief mate, engineer, or pilot on any steamer, who is not licensed by the inspectors; and any one violating this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense. Sec. 4439. Whenever any person applies to be licensed as master of a steam-vessel, the inspector shall make diligent inquiry as to his charac- ter, and shall carefully examinethe applicant, as well as the proofs which he presents in support of his claim, and if they are satisfied that his capacity, experience, habits of life, and character are such as to warrant the belief that he can be safely intrusted with the duties and responsi- bilities of the station tor which he makes apidication, they shall grant him a license authorizing him to discharge such duties on any such ves- sel for the term of one year ; but such license shall be suspended or re- voked, upon satisfactory^ proof of bad conduct, intemperate habits, in- capacity, inattention to his duties, or the willful violation of any pro- vision of this Title. Sec. 4440. Whenever any person applies for authority to be employed as chief mate of si cam vessels, the inspector[sj* shall require satisfac- tory evidence of the knowledge, exi)erience, and skill of the applicant in lading cargo, and in handling and stowage of freight, and shall ex- amine him as to his knowledge and ability in navigation and managing such vessels, and all other duties pertaining to his station; and if satis- fied of his qualifications and good character, they shall grant him a * See act last cited, sees. IG and 17. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 9T license, autlioriziiiff liim to perform sucli duties for the term of one year;^ but such license shall be susi)ended or revoked upon satisfactory proof of bad conduct, intemperate habits, unskillfulness, or want of knowl- edge of the duties of his station, or the willful violation of any provis- ion of this Title. Sec. 4411. Whenever any person applies forautliority to perforin the duties of en^-iueer of any steam-vessel, the iuspector[s]* shall examine the applicant as to his knowledge of steam-machinery, and his experience as an engineer, and also the proofs which he produces in support of his- claim; and if, upon full consideratiou, they are satislied that his char-^ acter, habits of life, knowledge, and experience in the duties of an en- gineer are all such as to authorize the belief that he is a suitable and safe person to be intrusted with the powers and duties of such a station, they shall grant him a license, authorizing him to be employed in such duties for the term of one year, in which they shall assign him to the- appropriate class of engineers ; but such license shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory proof of negligence, unskillfulness, intemper- ance, or the willful violation of any provision of this Title. Whenever complaint is made again any engineer holding a license authorizing him to take charge of the boilers and machinery of any steamer, that he has, through negligence or want of skill, permitted the boilers in his charge to burn or otherwise become in bad condition, or that he has not kept his engine and machinery in good working order, it shall be the duty of the insi)ectors, ui)on satisfactory proof of such negligence or want of skill, to revoke the license of such engineer and assign him to a lower grade or class of engineers, if they find him fitted therefor. t Sec. 4442. Whenever any person claiming to be a skillful ]>ilot of steam-vessels otters himself for a license, the inspectors shall make diligent inquiry as to his character and merits, and if satisfied, from personal examination of the applicant, with the proof that he offers that he ])ossesses the requisite knowledge and skill, and is trustworthy and faithful, they shall giant him a license for the term of one year to pilot any such vessel within the limits i)rescribed in the license; but such license shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory evidence of negligence, unskillfulness, inattention to the duties of his station, or intemperance, or the willful violation of any ])rovision of this Title.- Sec. 4443. Where the master or mate is also pilot of the vessel, he shall not be required to hold two licenses to perform such duties, but the license issued shall state on its face that he is authorized to act in such double capacity. Sec. 4444. No State or municipal government shall impose upon pilots of steam- vessels any obligation to procure a State or other license in ad- dition to that issued by the United States, or any other regulation which will i:i,pede such pilots in the performance of the duties required by this Title ; nor shall any pilot charges be levied by any such author- ity upon any steamer j)iloted as provided by this Title ; and in no case shall the fees charged for the pilotage of any steam-vessel exceed the customary or legally established rates in the State where the same is performed. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to annul or affect any regulation estalWished by the laws of any State, requiring vessels entering or leaving a port in any such State, other than coastwise steam- vessels, to take a pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of such State, or of a State situate upon the waters of such State. * See act last cited, .sees. 16 auectors, the sum often dollars; and every chief mate, engineer, and pilot of an in- ferior giade shall pay, for every certificate so granted, the sum of five dollars. Such fees shall be paid over to the chief officer of the customs in such nuinner and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secietary of the Treasury. Sec. 4451).^ Every supervising and local inspector of steamboats shall execute a proper bond, to be ai)proved by the Secretary of the Treas- ury, in such form and upon such conditions as the Secretary may pre- scribe, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the payment in the manner provided by law of all moneys that may be re- ceived b> him. Sec. 4400. The Secretary of the Treasury shall procure for the sev- eral su|»ervising inspectors and local boards of inspectors such instru-^ ments, stationery, printing, and other things necessary for the use of their respective offices as may be required therefor. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 101 Sec. 4401. The salaries of the supervising inspector-general, of all snpervising- inspectors, local inspectors, assistant inspectors, and clerks, provided for by this Title, together with their traveling and other ex- penses when on oftieial duty, and all instruments, books, blanks, sta- tionery, furniture, and other things ne(;essary to carry into effect the provisions of thistitU', sliall be i)aiil for, under the direction of the Sec- retary of the Treasury, out of the revenues received into the Treasury from the inspection of steam- vessels, and the licensing of the oihcers of such vessels, which revenues, or so much of them as may be necessary for these purposes, shall be permanently ai)propriated therefor. Seo. 44(52. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make such regulations as niav be necessary to secure the ]:)roi)er execution of this Title. Chap. 107.— An act to authorize tlio employment of certain aliens as engineers and pilots. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreHentativeH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thar any alien who, in the man- ner jirovided for by law, has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who shall have been a permanent resident of the United States for at least six months immediately prior to the grant- ing of such license, may be licensed, as if already naturalized, to serve as an engineer or pilot upon any steam vessel subject to inspection nnder the ])rovisions of the act entitled "An act to provide for the better secu- rity of life on board of vessels propelled, in whole or in part, by steam, and tor other purposes," approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Api)ioved, April 17, 1874. FEES.* Sec. 28. Before issuing any inspection certiiicate'to any steamer tli6 collector or other chief otlicer of customs for the port or district shall demand and receive from the owners thereof, as a compensation for the insuection and examinations made for the year, the following sums, in addition to the fees for issuing enrollments and licenses now allowed by law, according to the tonnage of the vessel: For eacii steam-ves-sel of one hundred tons or under, ten dollars; and for each and every ton in excess of one hundred tons, five cents, in lieu of the fees now provided bv law. (Act of June 20, 1884.) STEAM-GAUGES. Sec. 14. That section forty-four hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by striking out from the nineteenth and following lines thereof the words "and, to indicate the pressure of steam, suitable steam-registers that will correctly lecord each excess of steam carried above the i)rescribed limit, and the highest jtoint attained," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "ami suitable steam-gauges to indicate the pressure of steam." (Act of June 19, 1886.) *See section 1 of act of June 19, lS>i6 (paj^e 40), abolisblus certain fees. 102 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 5.— GENERAL PILOT LAWS.* Sec. 4235. Until further provision is made by Congress, all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such i)ilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively enact for the purpose. Sec. 4236. The master of any vessel coming into or going out of any port situate upon waters which are the boundary between two States, may employ any pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of either of the States bounded on such waters, to pilot the vessel to or from such i)ort. Sec. 4237. No regulations or provisions shall be adopted by any State which shall make any discriniiuatiou in the rate of pilotage or half-pilot- age between vessels sailing between the ports of one State and vessels sailing between the ports of different States, or any discrimination against vessels propelled in whole or in i)art by steam, or against national vessels of the United States; and all existing regulations or provisions making any such discrimination are annulled and abrogated. * See sections 443^ to 444G, iuclusive, page 96, for Steamboat Pilot Laws. PART IV 1. immighatiox and coolie tkadk. 2. Guano islands. 3. Timber shipments, 4. Carrying the mails. 1.— IMMIGRATION AND COOLIE TRADE. (Revised Statutes, Title XXIX.) Sec. 2158. No citizeu of tlie United States, or foreigner coining into or residing witbiu tbe same, shall, lor himself or for any other person, either as master, factor, owner, or otherwise, build, equip, load, or other- wise prepare, any vessel, registered, enrolled, or licensed, in tbe United States, for tbe purpose of procuring from any port or place the subjects of China, Japan, or of any other oriental country, known as "coolies,'^ to be transported to any* foreign port, or place, to be disposed of, or sold, or transferred, for any time, as servants or apprentices, or to be held to service or labor. Sec. 2159. If any vessel, belonging in whole or in part to a citizen of the United States, and registered, enrolled, or otherwise licensed therein, be employed in the "cooly trade," so called, contrary to the provisious- of the ])receding section, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, fnrnitnre.and other appurtenances, shall be forfeited to the United States, and shalL be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned in any of the circuit courts or district courts of the United States for the district where the- vessel may be found, vseized, or carried. Sec. 2100. Every person who so builds, fits out, equips, loads, or- otherwise ])repares, or who sends to sea, or navigates, as owner, master,, factor, agent, or otherwise, any vessel, belonging in whole or in part to- a citizen of the United States,\)r registered, enrolled, or licensed within, the satne, knowing or intending that such vessel is to be or may be em- ployed in that trade, contrary to the provisions of section twenty-one hundred and fifty eight, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thou- sand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year. Sec. 21GL Every citizen of tbe Ignited StJitcs who, contrary to the- provisions of section twenty-one hundred and fifty eight, takes on board of any ves.sd, or receives or transports any such subjects as are de- scribed in that section, for tlie i)urpose of disposing of them in anyway as therein prohibited, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thou- sand dollars and Vie imprisoned not exceeding one yeai-. Sec. 21G2. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to apply to any volnntary emigration of the subjects specified in section twenty-onehuu- dred and fifty-eight, or to any vessel carrying such person as passenger 103 104 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. on board the siuiie, but a certificate shall be prepared and si{?ned by the consul or consular ag'ent of the United States residing at the port from which such vessel may take her de])nrtnre, containing the name of such person, and setting forth the fact of his voluntary emigration ft-om suck port, which certificate shall be given to the master of such vessel; and the same shall not be given until such consul or consular agent is first personally satisfied by evidence of the truth of the facts therein con- tained. Sec. 21G3. The President is empowered, in such way and at such time as he may judge proper, to direct the vessels of the IJnited States, and the masters and comaianders thereof, to examine all vessels navigated or owned in whole or in part by citizens of the United States, and reg- istered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws thereof, whenever, in the judgment of such master or commanding oflflcer, reasonable cause exists to believe that such vessel has on board any subjects of China, Japan, or other oriental country, known as "coolies;" and, upon suflicient proof that such vessel is employed in violation of the preceding pro- visions, to cause her to be carried, with her officers and crew, into any port or district within the United States, aiid delivered to the marshal of such district, to be held and disposed of according to law. Sec. 21G4. No tax or charge shall be imposed or enforced by any State upon any person immigrating thereto from a foreign country, which is not equally imposed and enforced upon every person immigrat- ing to such State from auy other foreign country. CHINESE LABOREKS. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represcntativefi of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That from and after the expira- tion of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten 5 ears next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to tiie United States be, and the same is hereby, sus- pended ; and during such sus])ension it shall not be lawful for any Chi- nese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said Dinety davs, to remain within the United States. Sec. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, fiom any foreign port oi' ])lace, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laboier so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. Skc. ?y. That the two foregoing sections shall not ajiply to Chinese laborers who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of Xo- vembei, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the same before the ex])ii-ation of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and who shall pro])ly to the case of any master whose vessel, being bound to a i)ort not within the United States, shall come -within the jurisdiction of the United States by reason of being in dis- tress or in stiess of weather, or touching at any port of the United NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 105 States on its voyajie to any foreign port or place: Provhlcd, That all Chinese laborers brought on such vessel shall depart with the vessel on leaving ]»()rt. Sec. 4. That for the purpose of properly identifying Chinese laborers who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and in order to furnish them with the pro])er evidence of their riglit to go from and come to the United States of their free will and accord, as provided by the treaty between the United States and China dated JS^ovember seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, the collector of customs of the district from which any such Chinese laborer shall dei)art from the United States shall, in person or by deputy, go on board each vessel having on board any such Chinese laborer and cleared or about to sail from his district for a foreign port, and on such vessel make a list of all such Chinese laborers, which shall be entered in registry-books to be kept for that puri)ose, in which shall be stated the name, age, occu- pation, last place of residence, physical marks or peculiarities, and all facts necessary for the id(mtification of each of such Chinese laborers, which books shall be safely kept in the custom-house ; and every such Chinese laborer so departing from the United States shall be entitled to, and shall receive, free of any charge or cost upon application there- for, from the collector or his deputy, at the time such list is taken, a certificate, signed by the collector or his deputy and attested by his seal of office, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, which certificate shall contain a statement of the name, age, occupation, last place of residence, personal description, and facts of identification of the Chinese laborer to whom the certificate is issued, corresponding with the said list and registry in all particulars. In case any Chinese laborer after having received such certificate shall leave such vessel before her departure he shall deliver his certificate to the master of the vessel, and if such Chinese laborer shall fail to return to such vessel be- fore her departure from port the certificate shall be delivered by the master to the collector of customs for cancellation. The certificate herein ])rovided for shall entitle the Chinese laborer to whom the same is issueortation. If the certiticate be sought for the purpose of travel for curiosity, it shall also state whether the ai>i)Iicant intends to pass through or travel within the United States, together with his financial standing in the country from which such certificate is de- sired. The certificate provided for in this act, and the identity of the person named therein shall, before such person goes on board any ves- sel to proceed to the United States, be vised by the indorsement of the diplomatic representatives of the United States in the foreign country from which said certificate issues, or of the consular representative of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in the certificate is about to dei)art: and such diplomatic representative or consular representative whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duty, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truth of the stateujents set forth in said certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. Such certificate vised as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the collector of customs of the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States whenever law- fully demanded, and shall be the sole evidence i)ermissible on the part of tlie person so i)roducing- the same to establish a right of entiy into the United States; but said certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the Uinted States authorities.'' Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as Ibllows : Sec. 8. That the master of any vessel arriving in the Unit.-d States from any foreign i)ort or place shall, at the same time he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the tiiue of making a report of the entry of the vessel pursuant to law, in addition to the other matter required to be re])orted, and before landing, or permitting to land, any Chinese passengers, deliver and report to the collector of customs of the district iu which such v^essels shall have ar- 110 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. rived a separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on board liis vessel at any foreign port or place, and all such passengers on board tbe ves- sel at that time. Such list shall show the names of such passengers (and if accredited officers of the Chinese or of any other foreign Govern- ment, traveling on the business of that Government, or their servants, with a note of such facts), and the names and other particulars as shown by their respective certificates; and such list shall be sworn to by the master in tbe manner required by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo. Any refusal or wilful neglect of any such master to comply with the provisions of this section shall incur the same penalties and ibrfeit- ure as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a mani- fest of the cargo." Section ten of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 10. That every vessel whose master shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district of the United States into which such vessel may enter or in which she may be found." Section eleven of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 11. That any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause to be brought into the United States by land, or who shall aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any ves- sel, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand Dollars, and im- prisoned for a term not exceeding one year Section twelve of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows." " Sec. 12. That no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the United States by land without producing to the proper officer of cus- toms the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking to land from a vessel. And any Chinese person found unlawfully withiu the United States shall be caused to be removed tljerefrom to the country from whence he came, aud at the cost of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States aud found to be one not lawfully entitled to be or to remain in the United States; and in all such cases the per- son who brought or aided in bringing such person to the United States shall be liable to the Government of the United States for all necessary exi)enses incurred in such investigation and removal; and all peace oflicers of the several States and Territories of the United States are hereby invested with the same authority as a marshal or United States marshal in reference to carrying out the j)rovisious of this act or the act of which this is amendatory, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, and shall be entitled to like compensation to be audited and paid by the same.officers. And the United States shall pay all costs and charges for the maintenance and return of any Chinese per son having the certificate prescribed by law as entitling such Chinese l)erson to come into the United States who may not have been per- mitted to land from any vessel by reason of any of the provisions of this act." Section thirteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 13. That this act shall not apply to diplomatic and other officers of the Chinese or other Governments traveling upon the business of that Government, whose credentials shall be taken as equivalent to the certificate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them and their body NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Ill aucl liouseliold servants from the provisions of this act as to other Chi- nese persons" Section fifteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 15. That the provisions of this act shall apply to all subjects of China and Chinese, whether subjects of China or any other foreign power; and the words Chinese laborers, wherever used in this act shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining Sec. 10. That any violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of the act of which this is amendatory, the punishment of which is not otherwise herein provided for, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by fine not exceeersou shall ieinove,or cause or prooiue to be removed, or aid, or as- sist, or beeiuployed in removing- from anysncli lands wbicli have been re- served or ])iircbased, any live-oak, or red eedar trees, or f)ther timber, unless duly authorized so to do, by order, in writing', of a competent ofiicer, and for the use of the Navy of the United States : or if any per- son shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or aid, or assist, or be em- ployed in cuttin<: any live-oak or redcedar trees, or other timber, on, or shall remove, or cause or ))rocure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be em])]oyed in removing- any live-oak or red cedar trees, or other tim- ber fiom \u)\ other lands of the United States, ac(iuired, or hereafter to be accjuired, with intent to export, (lisi)ose of, use or emjdoy the same in any manner whatsoevej', other than for the use of the Navy of the United States; every such ])erson shall pay a tine not less than triple the value of the trees, or timber so cut, destroyed or removed, ami shall l)e im- prisoned not exceeding twelve months. (See sec. 4751.) Seo. 2402. If the master, owner, or cousigiiee of any vessel shall knowingly take on board any timber cut on lands which have been reserved, or purchased as in the precedinji- section prescribed, without proper authority, and f\)r the use of the Navy of tiie United States: or shall take on board any live oak, or red-cedar timber cut on any other lauds of the United States, with intent to transport the same to any l)ort or i)lace within the United States, or to exi)ort the same to any foreign country, the vessel on board of which the same shall be taken, transported, (.r seized, shall, with her tackle, apparel and furniture, be wholly forfeited to the United States, and the captain, or master of such vessel wherein the same was exported to any foreign country against the i)rovisions of this section shall forfeit and ])ay to the United States a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. (See sec. 4751.) Sec. 2403. It shall be the duty of all collectors of the Customs within the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, before allow- ing a clearance to any vessel laden in whole, or in part with live-oak timber, to ascertain satisfactorily that such timber was cut from private lands, or if from public ones, by consent of the Navy Department; and it is also made the duty of alfofficers of the customs, and of the laud officers within those States, to cause prosecutions to be reasonably in- stituted against all persons ktiowu to be guilty of depredations on, or injurious to the live-oak growing on the public lands. (See sees. 4205, 4751.) 4.— CAERYING THE MAILS. CONTRACTS FOR CARRYING THE MAIL. (Revised Statutes, Title XLVl, cliaj). 8.) . Sec. 3041. Before making any contract for carrying the mail, other than those liereinafterexcep'ted, the Postnnister-General shall give public notice by advertising once a week for six weeks in oneor more, not exceed- ing five,' newspai>ers published in the State orTerritory where theservice is to be i)erformed, one of which shall be published at the seat of gov- ernment of such State or Territory; aiul such notice shall describe the route, the time at which the mail is to be made up, the tinu^ at which it is to be delivered, and the frequency of the service; and the Postmaster- General shall direct, by si)ecial order in each case, the newspapers iu II. Mis. 301 8 114 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. which mail let till f;\s, or other jjroposaLs relative to the business of his Department, shall be a(Ivertise42. The Postmaster-General may enter into contracts for car- rying the mail, with railway companies, without advertising- for bids therefor. Sec. ;i94."3. The Postmaster-General may contract with the owner or master of any steamboat plying upon the waters of the United States, or of any steamship or other vessel plying between ports of ihe United States, for carrying the mail for any length of time less than four years, and without advertising for proposals therefor, whenever Ihe ])ublic interest and (convenience will thereby be promoted; l)ut the ])rice paid for such service shall in no case be greater than the average price paid under the last preceding or then existing regular contract on the same route. Seo. .'3049. All contracts for carrying the mail shall be in the name of the United States, and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder tendering sufilcient guarantees f.u- faithful i)erformauce, without other reference to the mode of trans])ortation than maybe necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and security thereof; but the Postmaster-General hsall not be bound to consider the bid of any person who has willfully or negligently failed to perlbrm a former contract. Sec. 3951. After any regular bidder or contractor for the trans])orta- tiou of the mail upon any route shall have failed to enter into contract^ and commence the i)erformance thereof as herein provided, the Post- master-General shall proceed to contract with the next lowest bidder for such service, who will enter into a contract and perform the same unless the Postmaster-General shall consider such bid too high, in which case he shall re-advertise such service. And in all cases of regular contracts hereafter made the contract may, in the discretion of the Postmaster- General, be continued in force beyond its express terms for a period not exceeding six mouths, until a new contract with the same or other contractors shall be made by the Postmaster-General. The Postmas- :)er-General may contract, without advertisement, for a period not to exceed twelve months, for the carriage of the mail on such route during the time that shall necessarily elapse between the failure of cither of the accepted bidders to enter into a contract and the time when the next accepted bidder under the old or a new advertisement shall enter ui)on his contract; and the difference between the price pro- liosed in the accepted bid and that paid for intermediate service shall be charged to the failing bidder or bidders, and may be recovered in the name of the United States for the use of the Post Office Depart- ment, in an action on the case. And when the contract shall be made and concluded, the difference between the accei)ted bid of the failing bidders and the amount i)ayable under the contract for the service of two years shall be forthwith charged against the failing bidder or bid- ders ; and an action for such sum in the nature of liquidated damages shall accrue to the United States for the use of the Post-Ofifice Depart- ment immediately u])on the execution of the tinal contract. And both causes of action mentioned in this section may" be joined in one suit. Sec. 3953. Uereafter all bidders upon every mail-route for the trans- portation of the mails uj)on the same, where the annual com])ensation lor the service on such route at the time exceeds the sum of live thou- sand dollars, shall accompany their bids with a certitied check or draft, payable to the order of the Postmaster General ui)on some solvent ational bank, which check or draft shall not be less than five per NAVIGATION LAWS OF THK UNITED STATES. 115 centum ou the amount of the annual pay on such route at the time such bid is made ; and in case of new service, not less than live per centuat of the amount of one yeai^'s ])ay proposed in such bid, if the bid exceed five ihousand dollars per annum. In (;ase any bidder, on being awarded any such contract, shall fail to execute the same, with f^ood and sufficient sureties, according to the terms on which such bid was made and acce])ted, and enter upon the performan(;e of the service to tUe satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, such bidder shall forfeit the amount so deposited to the United States, and the same shall forthwith be paid into the Treasury for the use of the Post-Office Departn>ent;. but if su(;h contract shall be duly executed ami the service entered upon to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General, such draft or check so depttsited shall be returned to the bidder. Sec. SO.IO. No contiact for carryin<;- the mail shall be made for a longer- term than four years, and no contract for carrying the mail ou the seau shall be made for a longer term than two years. Sec. 3957. Whenever, by reason of any error, omission, or other cause, any route which should properly be advertised for the regular letting is omitted, it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to advertise the same as soon as the error or omission shall be discovered, and the ])roi)osals for such route shall be 0])eued as soon as possible after the other ])roposals in the same contract section; and the contract made under such sui)plementary advertisement shall run, as nearly as possible, from the beginning to the end of the regular contiact term, and, during the time necessarily lost by reason of such error, omission, or other cause, the Postmaster General shall provide for the carrying of the mail on such route at as low rate as possible, without advertising. Sec. 3958. Whenever it becomes necessary to change the terms of an existing contract for carrying the mail otherwise than as provided in the preceding section, notice thereof shall be given and proceedings had thereon the same as at the letting of original contracts. Sec. 3959. No pers(m whose bid for carrying the mail is accepted shall receive any i)ay until he has executed his contract according to law and the regulations of the Department. Sec. 3900. Compensation for additional service in carrying the mail shall not be in excessof the exact pro])ortion which the original compen- sation bears to the original service ; and when any such additional service is ordered, the sum to be allowed therefor shall be expressed in the order and entered upiui the books of the Department; and no compensation shall be paid for any additional regular service rendered before the is- suing of such order. Sec. 3901, No extra allowance shall be made for any increase of ex- pedition in carrying the mail unless thereby the emi)loyment of addi- tional stock and carriers is made necessary, and in such case the additional comi)ensation shall bear no greater ])roportion totheadditional stock and carriers necessarily employed than the compensation in the original contract bears to the stock and carriers necessarily employed in its exe- cution. Sec, 30G2. The Postmaster-General may make deductions from the pay of contractors, for failures to perform service according to contract, and impose fines ui)on them for other delinquencies. He may deduct the price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed ; and not exceeding three times the price if the ftiilure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier. Sec. 3903. No contractor for transporting the mail within or between the United States and any foreign country shall assign or transfer his contract, and all such assignments or transfers shall be null and void. 116 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. CARRYING THE MAIL. (Revised Statutes, Title XLVI, chap. 9.) Sec. 3065. The Postuiaster-General shall in'ovide for carrying the mail on all post roads established by law, as ofteu as lie, haviug due regard to productiveness and other circuinstauces, may think proper. Sec. 3960. The I'ostmaster-Geueral shall cause a mail to be carried from the nearest ])ost-office on any established post-road to the court- house of any county in the United States which is without a mail. Sec. 3967*. The Postmaster General may contract for carrying the mail on the navigable canals of the several States, when, in his o})inion, the public interest or convenience requires it. Sec. 3968. The Postmaster-General may contract for carrying the mail on any plank-road in the United States, when the public interest or con- venience requiies it. Sec. 3969. The Postmaster-General may cause the mail to be carried in any steamboat or other vessel used as a packet on any of the waters of the United States. Sec. 3970. The Postmaster-General may, if he deem it for the public interest, make contracts for any period not exceeding one year, for car- rying the mails in steamships between any of the ports of the United States. Sec. 3971. The Postmaster-General may enter into contracts for ex- tending the line of i)osts to supply mails to post-offices not on any estab- lished route, and, as a compensation for carrying the mail under such contracts, may allow not exceeding two-thirds ot the salary paid to the postmaster at such special offices. Sec. 3975. The Postmaster-General may, when he deems it advisable, contract for the transportation of the mails to and from any post-office; but where such service is perfornif-d over a route not established by law, he shall report the same to Congress at its meeting next thereafter, and such service shall cease at the end of the next session of Congress, unless such route is established a post-route by Congress. Sec. 3976. The master of any vessel of the United States bound from any ])ort therein to any foreign port, or from any foreign port to any port of the United States, shall, before clearance, receive on board and securely convey all such mails as the PostOffice Department, or any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad, shall offer ; and he shall promptly deliver the same, on arriving at the port of desti- nation, to the proper officer, for which he shall receive two cents for every letter so delivered ; and upon the entry of every such vessel re- turning from any foreign port, the master thereof shall make oath that he has promptly delivered all the mail placed on board said vessel be- fore clearance from the United States ; and if he shall fail to make such oath the vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. Sec. 3977. The master of any steamboat passing between ports or places in the United States, and'arriving at any such port or idace where there is a post-office, shall deliver to the i)ostmaster, within three hours after his arrival, if in the day-time, and if at night, within two hours after the next sunrise, all letters and packets brought by him, or within his power or control and not relating to the cargo, addressed to or des- tined for such port or place, for which he shall receive from the post- master two cents for each letter or packet so delivered, unless the same NAVIGATIOX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 117 is caniert under a contract for carrying the mail ; and for every failure to so deliver such letters and packets, the master or owner of the steam- boat shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars. Sec. 397S. The PostniasterGeneral may i»ay, to the master or owner of any vessel not rejiularly employed in carrying the mail, two cents for each letter carried by such vessel between ports or jilaces in the LTnited States, or from any foreign port to any port in the United States; but all such letters shall be deposited in the post-office at the port of arri- val. Sec. 3080. Every route-agent, postal clerk, or other carrier of the mail shall receive any mail-matter presented to bim, if properly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next post office at which he arrives; but no fees shall be allowed him therefor. Sec. 3987. No vessel dei)arting from the United States for any for- eign i)ort shall receive on board or convey any letter or packet originat- ing in the United States which has not been regularly received from the post office at the port of departure, and which does not relate to the cargo of such vessel, except as provided in section three thousand nine hundred and ninety-three; and every collector, or other officer of the port empowered to grant clearances, shall require from the master of such ves-el, as a condition of clearance, an oath that he has not received on board, has not under his care or control, and will not receive or con- vey any letter or packet contrary to thn provisions of this section. Sec. 3988. No vessel arriving within any port or collection- Sec. 3999. Any special agent of the Post-Office l)ei)artinent, collec- tor, or other customs officer, or United States marshal or his deputy, may at all times seize all letters and bags, i)ackets or parcels, contain- ing' letters which are being carried eontniry to law on board any vessel or on any post-ioute, :ind convey the sume to the neaiest i)ost ottice, or mav, by the direction of the Postmaster (leneral or Secretary of the Treasury, detain them until two months after the final deteruiinatiou of all suits and proceei ])aid by him, and the amount thereof shall be collected in the United States as other post- age, on the delivery of the letters, and repaid to said consul, or credited on his account at the State Department. Sec. 4015, The Postmaster-General, under the direction of the Presi- dent of the United States, is hereby authorized and empowered to charge upon, and collect from, all letters and other mailable matter car- ried to or from any port of the United States, in any foreign packet- ship or other vessel, the same rate or rates of charge \oy Ainerican post- age which the government to which such foreign packet or other vessel belongs imposes ui)on letters and other mailable mattei- conveyed to or from such foreign country in American i)ackets or other vessels as the postage of such government, and at any time to revoke the same; and all custom-house otticers and other United States agents designated or ai)pointed for that i)uri»ose shall enforce or carry into ettect tiie forego- ing i)rovision, and aid or assist in the collection of such jmstage, and to that end it shall be lawful for such otticers ami agents, on suspicion of fraud, to ojien and examine, in the i»resence of two or more respectable persons, being citizens of the United States, any package or packages supposed to contain mailable matter fonml on Ixiaid such packets or Other vessels or elsewhere, and to prevent, if necessary, such [.ackets or 120 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. otlier vessels from entering, breaking balk, or making: clearance until such letters or other mailable matter are duly delivered into the United States post-office. SPECIAL, LOCAL, AND ROUTE AGENTS. (Revised Statutes, chap. 1'^.) Sec. Sec. 4017. Special agents; their salary and al- 402L Agents on Isthmus of Panama, &c. lowance. 4022. Agents on mail-steamers to foreign 4018. When special agents to give bond. ports. 4019. Assistant Postmasters-General, &c., 4023. Postal agencies in Chinaand Japan. as special agents. 1 4024. Route-agents. 4020. Railway-service agents and their | 4025. Clerks in railway post-offices. pay. Sec. 4017. The Postmaster-General may employ two special agents for the Pacitic coast, and such number of other special agents as the good of the service and the safety of the mail may require. Such agents shall be entitled to a salary at the rate of not more than one thousand six hundred dollars a year each, and shall each be allowed for traveling and incidental expenses, while actually employed in the service, a sum not exceeding five dollars a day. Sec. 4018. Whenever a special agent is required to collect or disburse any public money, he shall, before entering upon such duty, give bond in such sum and form, and with such security, as the Postmaster-Gen- eral may approve. Sec. 4019. The Postmaster-General may employ, when the service re- quires it, the Assistant Postmasters General and superintendents in his Department as special agents; and he may allow them therefor not ex- ceeding the amount expended by them as necessary traveling expenses while so employed. Sec. 401^0. The Postmaster General may appoint two agents to super- intend the railway postal service, each of whom shall be paid out of the appropriation for the transportation of the mail, a salary at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars a year, with an allowance for travel- ing and incndental ex])enses, while actively employed in the service, of not more than live dollars a day ; and the Sixth Auditor shall charge to the appropriation tor mail transportation the salary and per diem of the assistant sui)erinteiidents of the postal railway-service; and to the ap- propriation tor the free delivery system the salary and per diem of the special agent detailed for that service; and the salary and per diem of the special agents employed in the money order service shall be paid out of the i)roceeds of that service. Sec. 4021. The Postmaster General may estalilish resident mail-agen- cies at the ports of Pnnamaand Aspinwall, in New Granada; Havana, in Cuba ; at Saint Thomas, and at such other foreign ports at which United States mail steamers touch to land and receive mails, as may, in his judgment, ))ronu)tethe efficiency of the foreign mail service; and may ]tay the agents employed by him at such ports, out of the appro- priation for transportation of the mail, a reasonable comi)ensation for their services, and the necessary expenses for office tent, clerk-hire, office-furniture, and other incidentals, to be allowed him at each of such agencies. Sec. 4022. The Postmaster-General may appoint an agent in charge of the mail on board of each of the mail-steamers on the routes between San Francisco, Japan, and China; between San Francisco and Honolulu, in NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 121 the Hawaiiau Islands, and between New York and Kio Janeiro, who shall be allowed, out of the })pi)iopriation for transportation of the mail, a salary of two thousand dollars a year each. Sec. 4023. The rostmaster-General may establish, in connection with the mail-steamship service to Japan and China, a general postal agency at Shanghai, in Ciiina, or at Yokohama, in Japan, with such branch agencies at any other ports in China and Jai)an as he shall deem neces- sary for the prompt and efficient management of the postal service in those countries; and he may pay the postal agents employed thereat a reasonable compensation for their services, in adilition to the necessary expenses for rent, furniture, clerk hire, anil incidental expenses. Sec. 4024:. The Postmaster-General may employ as many route-agents as may be necessary for the prompt audsafe transportation of the mail, each of whom shall be paid, out of the appropriation for transportation of the mail, a salary at the rate of not less than nine hundred nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars a year each. Sec. 4025. The Postmaster-General may appoint clerks for the pur- pose of assorting and distributing the mail in railway post-offices, each of whom shall be paid, out of the appropriation for transportation of the mail, a salary at the rate of not more than one thousand four hundred dollars a year each to the head clerks, nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars a year each to the other clerks. (Act of June 20, 1884.) REPEAL OF SECTIONS S976 AND 4203, REVISED STATUTES. 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 thej' 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. (Act of June 20, 1884.) PART Y. 1. Navigatiox rules and vessels' lights. 2. Collisions— REVISED international regulations. 3. Wrecks and life-saving stations. 4. Storm and weather signals. 5. Fixing a common meridian. 1.— NAVIGATION RULES AND VESSELS' LIGHTS. (Revised Statutes, chap. 5.) Sec. 4233. The followiDg rales for preventing collisions on the water shall be followed in the navigation of vessels of the Navy and of the mercantile marine of the United States : STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS. Kule one. Every steam-vessel which is nnder sail, and not under steam, shall be considered a sail-vessel ; and every steam -vessel which is under steam, whether under sail or not, shall be considered a steam- vessel. LIGHTS. Rule two. The lights mentioned in the following rules, and no others, shall be carried in all weathers, between sunset and sunrise. Eule three. All ocean-going steamers, and steamers carrying sail, shall, when under way, carry — (A) At the foremast head, a bright white light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark niglit, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least live miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and un- broken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the comijass, and so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side. (B) On the starboard side, a green light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance ot at least two miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and so tixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abatt the beam on the starboard side. 124 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. (C) On the port side, a red light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The green and red lights shall be fitted with inboard screens, project- ing at least three feet forward from the lights, so as to prevent them from being seen across the bow. Rule four. Steam- vessels, when towing other vessels, shall carry two bright white masthead lights vertically, in addition to their side lights, so as to distinguish them from other steam- vessels. Each of these mast- head lights shall be of the same character and construction as the mast- head lights prescribed by Rule three. Rnle five. All steam-vessels, other than ocean-going steamers and steamers carrying sail, shall, when under way, carry on the starboard and port side lights of the same character and construction and in the same position as are prescribed for side-lights by Rule three, except in the case provided in Rule six. Rule six. River-steamers navigating waters tlowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries, shall carry the following lights, namely : One red light on the outboanl side of the jmrt smoke-pipe, and one green light on the outboard side of the starboard smoke-pipe. Such lights shall show both forward and abeam on their respective sides. Rule seven. All coasting steam-Vessels, and steam-vessels other than ferry-boats and vessels otherwise expressly provided for, navigating the bays, lakes, rivers, or other inland waters of the United States, except those mentioned in Rule six, shall carry the red and green lights, as prescribed for ocean going steamers ; and, in addition thereto, a central range of two white lights ; the after-light being carried at an elevation of at least fifteen feet above the light at the head of the vessel. The head light shall be so constructed as to show a good light through twenty points of the compass, namely : from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side of the vessel; and the after light so as to show all around the horizon. The lights for ferry boats shall be regu- lated by such rules as the board of supervising inspectors of steam- vessels shall prescribe. Rule eight. Sail-vessels, under way or being towed, shall carry the same lights as steam-vessels under way, with the exception of the white mast-head lights, which they shall never carry. Rule nine. Whenever, as in caseof small vessels during bad weather, "the green and red lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kei)t on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel, ready for instant exhibition, and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their res])ective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so th;it the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, they shall each be painteort side of the other. Eule nineteen. If two vessels under steam fjre crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other. Eule twenty. If two vessels, one of which is a a sail-vessel and the other a steam-vessel, are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steam-vessel shall keep out of the way of the sail-vessel. Rule twenty-one. Every steam-vessel, when approaching another ves- sel, so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if nec- cessary, stop and reverse ; and evejy steam-vessel shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed. Rule twenty -two. Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out of the way of the last-mentioned vessel. Rule twenty-three. Where, by Rules seventeen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-two, one of two vessels shall keep out of the way, the other shall kee]) her course, subject to the qualifications of Rule twenty four. Rule twenty-four. In construing and obeying these rules, due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special circum- stances which may exist in any i)articular case rendering a departure from them necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. Sec. 4234. Collectors, or other chief ofiicers of the customs, shall re- quire all sail-vessels to be furnished with proi)er signal-lights, and every such vessel shall, on the approach of any steam vessel during the night- time, show a lighted torch u])on that point or quarter to which such steam-vessel shall be a])proaching. Every such vessel that shall be nav- igated without complying with the provisions of this and the preceding section, shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer ; for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable, and may be seized and })roceeded against by way oif libel, in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the oflense. 2. -COLLISIONS— REVISED INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS. AN ACT to adopt the "Revised luternatioual Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea." Beit enacted by the tSenate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following "Revised International Rules and Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea" shall be followed in the navigation of all ])ublic and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and in all coast waters of the United States, excei>t such as are otherwise provided for, namely: "Article 1. In the following rules every steamship which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing-ship, and every steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 127 "RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS. "Art. 2. The lights meutioned iu tlie following- articles numbered three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven, and no others, shall be carried iu all weathers, from sunset to sunrise. "Art. 3. A sea going steamship, when under way, shall carry — "(a) On or in front of the foremast, at a lieight above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the breadth of tlie ship exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light, so constructed as to show a uniform and unbrokeu light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light teu points on each side of the ship, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a char- acter as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a dis- tance of at least five miles. "(?>) On the starboard side a green light, so constructed as to show a uniform and unbrokeu light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles. "(c) On the port side a red light, so constructed as to show a uni- form and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visi- ble on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles. "(^Z) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow. "Art. 4. A steamship when towing another ship shall, in addition to her side-lights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, so as to distinguish her from other steamships. Each of these lights shall be of the same construc- tion and character, and shall be carried in the same position, as the white light which other steamships are required to carry. "Art. 5 {a) A ship, whether a steamship or a sailingship, which from any accident is not under command, shall at night carry, iu the same position as the white light which steamships are required to carry, and if a steamship, in place of that light, three red lights in globular lan- terns, each not less tban ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles and shall by day carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter. " (b) A ship, wiiether a steamshii) or a sailing-ship, employed in laying or iu picking uj) a telegraph cable, shall at night carry, in the same posi- tion as the white light which steamships are required to carry, and if a steamship, in place of that light, three lights m globular lanterns, each not less than ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line, over one another, not less than six feet apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle lightshall be white, and they shall be of such a character that the red lights shall be visible at the same distance as the white light. By day she shall carry, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than* six feet apart, in front of but not lower than her 128 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THIO UNITED STATES. foremastbead, three sba])es not less than two feet in diameter, of wbicb tbe top and bottom sball be globubir in sbape and red in color, and tbe middle one diamond in sbape and wbite. "(c) Tbe sbips referred to in tbis article wben not making any way tbrougb tbe water sball not carry tbe side-ligbts, bnt wben making way sball carry tbem "(r?) Tbe ligbts and shapes required to be shown by tbis articfe are to be taken by other sbips as signals that tbe shij) showing tbem is not under command, and cannot therefore get out of tbe way. Tbe signals to be made by sbii)s in distress and requiring assistance are contained in article twenty-seven. "Art. 0. A sailing sbij) under way or being towed sball carry the same lights as are i)rovided by article three for a steamsbij) under way, with tbe exception of the wbite light, which she shall never carry. "Art. 7. Whenever, as in tbe case of small vessels during bad weather, tbe green and red side lights cannot be fixed, these lights sball be kejit on deck, on their res]>ective sides of the vessel, ready for use, and shall, on the api>roacb of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufQcient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on tbe port side nor the red light on the starboaid side. To make tbe use of these portable ligbts more certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they re- spectively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens. "Art. 8. A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing-ship, wben at anchor, sball carry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not ex- ceeding twenty feet above tbe bull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less than eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all round tbe horizon at a distance of at least one mile. "Art. 9. A pilot vessel, wben engaged on her station on pilotage duty, sball not carry the ligbts required for other vessels, but sball carry a white light at the masthead, visible all round tbe horizon, and shall also exhibit aiiare-up light or a iiare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes. A pilot vessel, when not engaged on her station on pilotage duty, sball carry lights similar to those of other ships. "Art. 10. Open boats and fishing-vessels of less than twenty tons net registered tonnage, wben under way, and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry tbe colored side-lights; but every such boat and vessel sball in lieu thereof have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on tbe one side and a red glass on the other side, and on approaching to or being ap- proached by another vessel such lantern sball be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that tbe green light shall not be seen on the ])ort side nor the red light on tbe starboard side. "The following portion of tbis article applies only to fishing-vessels and boats wben in the sea off tbe coast of Europe lying north of Cape Finisterre : "(a) All fishing-vessels and fishing-boats of twenty tons net registered tonnage or upward, when under way and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in tbe water, sball carry and show the same lights as other vessels under way. "(Z>) All vessels when engaged in fishing with drift-netfe shall exhibit two white lights from any part of tbe vessel where they can be best seen. Such lights sball be placed so that the vertical distance between NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 129 tlieni shall be not less than six feet and not more than ten feet, and so that the horizontal distance between tlieni, measured in a line with the keel of the vessel, shall be not less than five feet and not more than ten feet. The lower of these two lights shall be the more forward, and both of them shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to show all around the liorizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, for a distance of not less than three miles. "((;) All vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of drag-nets shall exhibit, from some part of the vessel where the}' can be best seen, two lights. One of these lights shall be red and the other shall be white. The red light shall be above the white light, and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less than six feet and not more than twelve feet; and the horizontal distance between them, if any, shall not be more than ten feet. These two lights shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be visible all around the horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, the white light to a distance of not less than three miles and the red light of not less than two miles. "((?) A vessel employed in line-fishing, with her lines out, shall carry the same lights as a vessel when engaged in fishing with drift-nets. "(e) If vessel, when fishing with a trawl, dredge, or any kind of drag- net, becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, she shall show the light and make the fog-signal for a vessel at anchor. "(/) Fishing- vessels and open boats may at any time use a flare-up in addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry and show. All flare-up lights exhibited by a vessel when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of drag-net shall be shown at the after-part of the vessel, excepting that if the vessel is hanging by the stern to her trawl, dredge, or drag-net they shall be exhibited from the bow. "(hissachusetts, Virginia, and Xorth Carolina, at such points as he may deem necessary, for the saving of life and property on said coasts : Provided, That all life-saving stations hereafter erected, shall be erected under the supervision of two captains of the revenue service, to be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be under his direction. * See sec. 22:i, page 143. 134 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Chap. 344. — An act to provide for the eRtablishment of life-saviug stations and houses of refuge upon the sea and lake coasts of the United States, and to promote the efficiency of the life-saving service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretarj^ of the Treasury is hereby authorized to establish life-saving stations, life-boat stations, and lionses of refuge, for the better preservation of life and property from shipwreck, at or in the vicinity of the following named points upon the sea and lake coasts of the United States, namely: ON THK COAST OF DELAWARE. Cai)e Henlopeu, a complete life-saving station ; Indian Eiver, a com- plete life-saving station. ON THE COAST OF MARYLAND. Green Kun Inlet, a comi)lete life-saving station. ON THE COAS'l OF VIKGINIA. Chincoteague, a complete lite-saving station ; Watchapreague Inlet, a comjdete life-saving station ; Hog Island, a complete life-saving station } Sandy Shoal Island, a complete life-saving station ; Smith's Island, a complete life-saving station. ON THE COAST OF FLORIDA. About eighteen miles north of Indian Hive.r Inlet, a house of refuge j Gilbert's Bar, a house of refuge; near Orange Grove, a house of refuge j between Hillsborough and New Eiver Inlet, a house of refuge ; about ten miles south of New Eiver Inlet, a house of refuge. ON THE COAST OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Neah Bay, a life-boat station ; Shoalwater Bay, a life-boat station j Cape Disappointment, a life-boat station. ON THE COAST OF OREGON. Cape Arago, a life-boat station. ON THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. Humboldt Bay, a life- boat station ; Point Eeyes, a life-boat station ; X^etween Point Lobos and Point San Pedro, a life-boat station ; Point Concepcion, near the light house, a life boat station. ON THE COAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. Mexico Bav, about seven miles westward of Stony Point, a complete life-saving station ; Mexico Bay. about seven miles eastward of Nine Mile Point, a complete life-saving station; Oswego, a life-boat station; Charlotte, a life-boat station. ON THE COAST OF LAKE ERIE. Buffalo, a life-boat station ; Presque Isle, a complete life-saving sta- tion ; Fairport, a life-boat station ; Cleveland, a life-boat station ; Mar- blehead, (Sandusky,) a lifeboat station. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 135 ON THE COAST OF LAKE HURON. Point aux Barques, a complete life-saving station ; Tawas, a complete life-saving station; Sturgeon Point, a comi)lete life-saving station; North Point, Thunder Bay, a life-boat station ; Forty-Mile Point, a complete life-saving station. ON THE COAST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. Beaver Island, a life-boat station ; North Manitou Island, a life-boat station, Point aux Bee Scies, a complete life-saving station; Grande Pointe au Sauble, a complete life saving station. Grand Haven, a life- boat station ; Saint Joseph's, a life boat station ; Chicago, a life-boat station; Grot^se Point a complete life-saving station; Eacine, a life- boat station ; Milwaukee, a life-boat station ; Sheboygan, a life-boat station ; Twin Kivers Point, a life-boat station. ON THE COAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. Between White Fish Point and Point au Sauble, four complete life- saving stations. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever, in his opinion, it may become necessary for the proper ad- ministration of the life saving service, and the protection of the public property at the stations and houses of refuge herein authorized to be established, to ap})oint one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware and Virginia, one for the coast of Florida, one for the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one for the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, and one for the coast of Lake Michigan, and also a keeper for each of said stations and houses of refuge ; and the said superintendents shall have the powers and perform the duties of inspectors of customs. Sec. 3. That the compensation of each of the superintendents, to be appointed under the provisions of the preceding section, shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum, and the compensation of the keepers shall not exceed two hundred dollars per annum, except that those em- ployed at the houses of refuge on the Florida coast shall re!^ide in said houses and receive a compensation at the rate of forty dollars per month. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant to the superintendent of the coast of Long Island and Ilhode Island, who shall perform the duties required of the sui)er- intendent at the life-saving stations within the State of Rhode Island, and reside on Block Island, and for his services he shall receive an annual salary of live hundred dollars. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to emi)loy crews of experienced surfmen at such of the stations herein denoniinated complete stations and at such of the life-boat stations on the Pacific coast as he mav deem necessary and ]>roper, for such periods, and at such compensation, not to exceed forty dollars per mouth, as he may deem necessary and reasonable. Sec. G. That the Secretary of the Treasury may accept the services of volunteer crews of anv of the life-boat stations herein authorized, who shall be subject to the rules and reguUitions governing the lite- saving service; and a list of the names of each crew shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of the Tr.-asury. Such volunteers shall receive no compensation except a sum of not more than ten dollars each for every occasion upon which they shall have been instrumental in saving 136 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. human life, and such of the medals herein authorized as they may be entitled to under the provisions hereinafter made : Provided, That no payment shall be made to any person who shall not Ijave actually par- ticipated in the efforts to save the life or lives rescued. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be ])repared medals of honor, with suitable devices, to be distin- guished as life-saving medals of the first and second class, which shall be bestowed upon any persons who shall hereafter endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavouring to save lives from ])erils of the sea, within the United States, or upon any American vessel : Provided, That the medal of the first class shall be confined to cases of extreme and heroic daring; and that the medal of the second class shall be given in cases not sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal of the first class : Provided, also, That no award of either medal shall be made to any person until sufiHcieut evidence of his deserving shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury and entered upon the records of the Department. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make all necessary regulations for the government of the life saving service not inconsistent with law. Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Treasury is herel\y authorized to dispose of, to the best advantage, after due condemnation by board of survey, such articles or materials belonging to the life-saving service as may, from loug continued use or other cause, become unserviceable and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury. Sec. 10. That from aud after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, whenever any vessel of the United States has sus- tained or caused any accident involving the loss of life, the material loss of proi)eity, or auy serious injury to any person, or has received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency, the man- aging owner, agent, or master of such vessel shall within five days after the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as pos- sible, send, by letter to the collector of customs of the district wherein such vessel belongs or of that within which such accident or damage occurred, a report thereof, signed by such owner, agent, or master, stat- ing the name and official number (if any) of the vessel, the jiort to which she belongs, the place where she was, the nature and probable occasion of the casualty, the number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo ; and shall furnish, upon the request of either of such collectors of customs, such other informa- tion concerning the vessel, her cargo, and the casualty as may be called for; and if he neglect or refuse to comply with the foregoing require- ments after a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 11. That whenever the managing owner or agent of auy vessel of the United States has reason, owing to the non-appearance of such vessel, or to any other circumstance, to apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall, as soon as conveniently may be, send notice, in writ- ing, to the collector of customs of the port to which said vessel belonged, of such loss, and the probable occasion thereof staling the name and the official number (if auy) of the vessel, and the names of all persons on board, so far as the same can be ascertained, and shall furnish, upon re- quest of the collector of such port, such additional information as he may be able ; and if he neglect to comply with the above reciuireincnts within a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one huudred dol- lars. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 137 Sec. 12. That it shall be the duty of the collectors of customs to im- mediately transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury such reports and iuformatiou as they may receive under the provisions of the two pre- ceding- sections, and they shall also report to the Secretary of the Treas- ury any neglect or refusal on the part of the managing owner, agent, or master of any vessel of the United States to comply with the require- juents thereof. Sec. 13. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application therefor, remit or mitigate any penalty provided for in this act, or dis- continue any prosecu tion to recover the same, upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper, and shall have authority to ascer- tain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and under such regulations as he may think proper; all penalties hereinbefore ])rovided shall be prosecuted by indictment or information before the proper dis- trict court for the use of the United States. Approved, June 20, 1874. Chap. 265.— Au act to organize the Life-Saviug-Service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ury is hereby authorized to establish additional life-saving and life- boat stations at or near the following-named points upon the sea and lake coasts of the United States, namely : One complete life-saviug station at Cranberry Isles, Maine; one complete life-saving station at or near Scituate, Massachusetts ; one complete life-saving station at or near Watch Hill, Khode Island ; one comjilete life-saving station on the coast of Delaware between Cape Henlopen and Indian River; two complete life-saving stations on the coast of Maryland, to be located, one between Indian River and Green Run, and one between Green Run and Chinco- teague; fifteen complete life-saving stations on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, ten of them to be located at intermediate points between the existing stations, three between the southernmost existing station and Hatteras Inlet, one at or near Cape Lookout, and one at or near Cape Fear Roint ; five complete life-stations on the coast of Texas, to be located, one at or near Sabine Pass, one on Galveston Island, near west end, one at or near PassCavallo, one at or near Aranzas Pass, and one at Brazos Santiago, and one life boat station on Galveston Island, near east end ; two comi)lete life-saving stations on the coast of Lake Michi- gan, to be located, one at or near Sleeping Bear Point, and one at or near Bayley's Harbor, and four life-boat stations to be located, one at or near Manistee, one at Ludington, one at or near Muskegan, and one at Kenosha ; one life-boat station on the coast of Lake Superior, at or near the mouth of Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal; two complete life-saving stations on the coast of Lake Huron, one ator near Port Austin and one on Middle Island, and a life-boat station ator near Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge ; and on the coast of California, a life- boat station at Bolinas Bay, in jdace of that authorized to be established at Point Reyes bv the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four', entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of lite- saving stations and houses of refuge u]>on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, and to promote the etticiency of the Life Saving Serv- ice": and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, when- ever, in his opinion, ii may become necessary for the proper administra- 138 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. tion of tlie Life-Saving Service and the protection of the i)ublic property at the stations, to appoint a district superintendent for the coast of the United States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, whose compensation shall be at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, and also a keeper for each of the stations hereby authorized to be established. Sec. 2. That the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the establishment of life-saving and life-boat stations are hereby made available for the pavment of the expenses of the establish- ment of the stations herein authorized. Sec. 3. That all moneys received from tiie sale of old stations and equii)Qients and other material condemned by a board of survey as un- serviceable maybe expended in rebuilding or improving and equipping stations. Sec. 4. That hereafter the compensation of the keepers of life-saving and life-boat stations and houses of refuge shall be at the rate of four hun- dred dollars per annum ; and they shall have the powers of inspectors of customs, but shall receive no additional compensation tor duties per- formed as such : Promded., That said keepers shall have authority and be required to take charge of and protect all property saved from ship- wreck at which they may be present, until it is claimed by parties legally authorized to receive it, or until otherwise instructed to dispose of it by the Secretary of the Treasury; and keepers of life-saving stations shall be required to reside continually at or in the immediate vicinity of their respective stations. Sec. 5, That hereafter the life-saving stations upon the sea and gulf coasts at which crews are employed shall be manned and the stations opened for active service on the first day of September in each year, and so continue until the first day of May succeeding, and upon the lake coasts from the opening to the close of navigation, except such stations as, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, are not necessary to be manned during the full period specified; and the crews shall reside at the stations during said periods. Sec. 0. That the President of the United States may, by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who shall be familiar with the various means employed In the Lile-Saving-Service for the sav- ing of life and property from shipwrecked vessels, as general superin- dent of the Life Saving- Service, who shall, under the immediate direc- tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, have general charge of the serv- ice and of all administrative matters connected therewith, and whose compensation shall be at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint an assistant to the general superintendent, whose compensation shall be two thou- sand five hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the general superintendent to supervise the organization and government of the employees of the service ; to prepare and revise regulations therefor as may be necessary; to fix the number and compensation of surfmen to be employed at the several stations within the provisions of law ; to supervise the expendi- ture of all appropriations made for the su])portaud maintainanceof the Life-Saving-Service; to examiue the accounts of disbursements of the district superintendents, and to certify the same to the accounting-offi- cers of the Treasury Department ; to examine the property returns of the keepers of the several stations, and see that all public property thereto belonging is properly accounted for; to acquaint himself, as far as practicable, with all means employed in foreign countries which may seem to advantageously afi'ect the interests of the service, and to cause NAUIGATION LA\V8 OF THE UNITED STATES. 139 to be properly iiivestip^iited all plans, devices, nud inventions for the improvement of life-saving apparatus for use at the stations, which may appear to be meritorious and available; to exercise supervision over the selection of sites for new stations the establishment of which may be authorized by law, or for old ones the removal of which may be made necessary by the encroachment of the sea or by other causes ; to ])re- pare and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury estimates for the sup- port of the service; to collect and comi)ile the statistics of marine disas- ters contemplated by the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; and to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, for trans- mission to Congress, an annual report of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated for the maintenance of the Life Saving Service, and of the operations of said service during the year. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury may detail such officer or officers of the Revenue Marine Service as may i)e necessary, to act as inspector and assistant inspectors of stations, who shall perform such duties in connection with the conduct of the service as may be required of them by the general sui)erintendent. Sec. 9. That upon the occurrence of any shipwreck within the scope of the operations of the Life-Saving Sej'vice, attended with loss of life, the general superintendent shall cause an investigation of all the cir- cumstances connected with said disaster and loss of life to be made, with a view of ascertaining the cause of the disaster, and whether any of the officers or employees of the service have been guilty of neglect or misconduct in the piemises ; and any officer or clerk in the employment of the Treasury Department who may be detailed to conduct such in- vestigation, or to examine into any alleged incompetency or misconduct of any of the officers or employees of the Life-Saving Service, shall have authority to administer an oath to any witness attending to testify or de])Ose in the course of such investigation. Sec. 10. That section six of said act of June twentieth, eighteen hun- dred and seventy-four, is so amended as to extend the compensation of the enrolled members of volunteer crews of life-boat stations therein named to occasions of actual and deserving service at any shipwreck, or in the relief of any vessel in distress, and that such persons as may volunteer to take the place of any absent or disabled enrolled members of a crew, and who shall be accepted by the keeper, may be paid there- for, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, a sum not to ex- ceed eight dollars ea(!h on every such occasion: Provided, Tliat all crews and volunteers employed under authority of this act who maybe present at a wreck shall b3 required to use their utmost endeavors to save life and ]»roperly care for the bodies of such as may perish, and, when such efforts are no longer necessary, to save i)roperty and protect the same, under the direction of the senior keeper present or of the su- perintendent of the district, until the arrival of persons legally author- ized to take charge; and for the time employed in so saving and i)ro- tecting proi)erty volunteers shall be entitled to compensation not to ex ceed three dollars per day each, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 11. That the enrolled members of the crews of life-boat stations may be called out for drill and exercise in the life-boat and Hfe-saving apparatus as often as the general su[)erintendent may determine, not to ex(!eed twice a month, for each day's attendance at which they shall be entitled to the sum of three dollars each. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to bestow the life-saving medal of the second class ui)on persons making 140 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. such signal exertions in rescuing and succoring the shipwrecked, aud saving persons from drowning, as, in his opinion, shall merit such recog- uition. Approved, June 18, 1878. Chap. 117. — An act to promote the efficiency of the Life-Saving Service, and to en- courage the saving of life from sliipwreclc Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to establish additional life-saving sta- tions aud houses of refuge upon the sea and lake coasts of the United States as follows, namely : ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. A life saving statiou at or near Damariscove Island, Maine; one at or near Hunniwells Beach, Maine; one at or near the entrance to Port- land Harbor, Maine; one at or near the entrance to Portsmouth Har- bor, New Hampshire ; one on Cape Ann, Massachusetts ; one between Cohasset and Scituate Harbors, Massachusetts ; one at or near Wood End, and one in the vicinity of Peaked Hill Bars, Cape Cod, Massachu- setts ; two in the neighborhood of Nantucket and adjacent islands, Massachusetts; one at or near Brentou's Point or Beaver Tail, Ehode Island; one on Brigantiue Beach and one on Seven-Mile Beach, New Jersey; one at or near Lewes, Delaware; five on the coast between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles, at such points between existing stations as the General Superintendent of the Life Saving Service uiay recommend ; one between stations numbered seventeen and eighteen, and one between station numbered twenty-one and twenty-two, one about three miles southwest of Hatteras Inlet, on the coast of North Carolina ; six houses of refuge on the eastern coast of Florida, and two life saving stations on the Atlantic coast of Florida, one near Key West and one near Jupiter Inlet, and one on the Gulf coast west of Apalachicola Kiver, at such points as the General Superintendf^nt of the Life-Saving Service may recommend ; two life-saving stations on the coast of South Carolina, to be located by the General Superintendent at or near the ports of George- town and Charleston ; a life-saving station at or near Quiutana, Texas. ON THE COAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. A life-saving statiou at or near Grand Marais, Michigan. ON THE COAST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. A life-saving station at or near Frankfort, Michigan ; one at or near Pent Water, Michigan ; one at or near- the mouth of White Elver, Michigan ; one at or near Holland, Michigan ; one at or near South Haven, Michigan ; one at or near Michigan City, Indiana; one at or near Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wisconsin. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to discontinue any life-saving or life-boat station or house of refuge when- ever in his judgment the interests of commerce and humanity no longer require its existence Sec. 3. That the General Superintendent may transfer the apparatus, NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 141 apjiliaiices, equipments, and supplies of any discontinued station or house of refuge to such other stations or houses of refuge as may need them, and may also transfer any portion of the apparatus, appliances, equipments, and su])i)lies, of one station or house of refuge to another whenever in his judgment the interests of the service may require it. Sec. i. That hereafter all district superintendents of life-saving sta- tions shall be disbursing otticers and paymasters for their resi)ective districts, and shall give such bonds as the Secretary of the Treasury may require, and shall have the powers and perform the duties of in- spectors of customs ; and the compensation of the superintendents in the districts herein named shall be as follows : For the first district embracing the coasts of Maine and New Hamp- shire, fifteen hundred dollars per annum. For the second district, embracing the coast of Massachusetts fifteen hundred dollars per annum. For the third district, embracing the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the fourth district, embracing the coast of New Jersey, eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the fifth district, embracing the coast between Delaware and Ches- apeake Bays, fifteen hundred dollars per annum. For the sixth disrrict, embracing the coast between Obesapeake Bay and Cape Fear River eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the seventh district, embracing the eastern coast of Florida and the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, twelve hundred dollars per annum. For the eighth district, embracing the coast of the United States bor- dering on the Gulf of Mexico, fifteen hundred dollars per annum. For the ninth district, embracing the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the tenth district, embracing the coasts of Lakes Huron and Su- perior, eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the eleventh district, embracing the coast of Lake Michigan, eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the twelfth district, embracing the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars per an- num. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint and fix the annual compensation of the several keepers of all stations and houses of refuge at such rate as he may deem just and proper: Provided, That the compensation of any keei)er shall not ex- ceed eight hundred dollars per annum; and the Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to fix the pay of the men employed at the dilierent stations, provided the same shall not exceed fifty dollars per month Sec. 6. That crews may be employed at any of the life saving or life boat stations on the Pacific coast during such portion of the year as the general superintendent may deem necessary. Sec. 7. That if anv keeper or member of a crew of a life-saving or life-boat station shall be so disabled by reason of any wound or injury received or disease contracted in the Life-Saving Service in the line of dutv as to unfit him for the performance of duty, such disability to be determined in such manner as shall be prescribed in the regulations of the service, he shall be continued ui)on the rolls of the service ami en- titled to receive his full pay during the continuance of such disability, not to exceed the i)eriod of one year, unless the general superintendent shall recommend, upon a statement of facts, the extension of the period 142 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. through a portion or the whole of another year, and said recomineuda- tion receive the api)roval of the Secretary of the Treasury as just and reasonable; but in no case shall said disabled keeper or member of a crew be continued upon the rolls or receive p;iy for a longer period than two years. Sec. 8. That if any keeper or member of a crew of a life saving or life boat station shall hereafter die by reason of perilous service or any wound or injury received or disease contracted in the life-saving service in the line of duty, leaving a widow, or a child or children under six- teen years of age, such widow and child or children shall be entitled to receive, in equal portions, during a period of two years, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, the same amount payable (piarterly, as far as practicable, that the husband or father would be entitled to receive as pay if he were alive and contin- ued in the service: rronded, That if the widow shall re-marry at any time during the said two years, her portion of said amount shall cease to be paid to her from the date of her remarriage, but shall be added to the amount to be paid to the remaining beneticiaries under the pro- visions of this section, if there be any; and if any child shall arrive at the age of sixteen years during the said two years, the i)ayment of the portion of such child shall cease to be paid to such child from the date on which such age shall be attained, but shall be added to the amount to be paid to the remaining beneficiaries, if tbere be any. Sec. 9. That the life-saving medals of the first and second class au- thorized by the provisions of the seventh section of the act of July twentietli, eighteen huiulred and seventy-four, shall be hereafter desig- nated as the gold and silver life-saving medal respectively, and any person who has received or may hereafter receive either of said medals under the provisions of said section, or the twelfth section of the act of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and who shall again perform an act which would entitle him to a medal of the same class under said provisions, shall receive, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to award, in lieu of a second medal, a bar, suitably inscribed, of the same metal as the medal to which said person would be entitled, to be attached to a ribbon of such description as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, which may be fastened to the medal already bestowed upon said person ; and for every such additional act an additional bar may be added. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, whenever any per- son becomes entitled to a bar representing a gold medal, to award him, in addition to said bar, such taken as it is customary to award in ac- knowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from shipwreck. Sec. 10. That the appointment of district superintendents, inspect- ors, and keepers and crews of life-saving stations shall be made solely with reference to their fitness, and without reference to their political or paity affiliations. Sec. 11. That this act shall take effect from and after its ])assage. Approved, May 4, 1882. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 143 4.— STORM AND WEATHER SIGNALS. (Revised Statutes, Title VI.) Sec. 220. The transpoi tatiou of troops, munitions of war, equipments, military property and stores tbronghout the United States, shall be under the immediate control and supervision of the Secretary of War and such agents as he may apj)oint. Sec. 221. The Secretary of War shall provide for taking meteorolog-. leal observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea coast, by magnetic telegrapli and marine signals, ot the ai)proach and force of storms. Sec. 222. The Secretary of W^ar sUall provide, in the system of obser- vations and reports in charge of the Chief Signal-Officer of the Army for such stations, reports and signals as may be found necessary for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests. Sec. 223. The Secretary of War is authoriz^ed to establish signal sta- tions at light-houses and at such of the life-saving stations on the lake or sea-coast as may be suitably located for that purpose, and to connect the same with such points as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the signal service by means of a suitable telegraph-line in cases where no lines are in oi)eration, to be constructed, maintained and worked under the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, or the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury : and the use of the life-saving stations as signal stations shall be subject to such regulations as may be agreed upon by said officials. 5.— FIXING A COMMON MERIDIAN. Chap. 3t0.— An act to authorize the President of the United States to call an inter- national conference to fix on and recommend for universal adoi)tion a common prime meridian to be used in the reckoning of longitude and in the regulation of time throughout the world. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reirresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized and requested to extend to the governments of all nations in diplomatic relations with our own an invitation to api)oint delegates to meet delegates from the United States in the city of W^ashington, at such time as he may see fit to designate, for the pur- pose of fixing upon a meridian proper to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the globe; and that the President be authorized to appoint delegates, not exceeding three in number, to represent the United States in su(;h international conference. Approved, August 3, 1882. Note. — In accordance with the above act a congress was held at Washington in the year ine'A, composed of delegates from Austria, Rrazil, Chili, Columbia, Costa Rica, Germany, Great Britain, France, Guatemala, Hawaii, Italy, .Japan, Siberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russia, San Domingo, Salvador, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, and Venezuela, at which all the represeutatives but those of Brazil, Trance, and San Domingo voted for Greenwich as a meridian proper for a common zero of longitude, &c. PART VI. 1. Lights and buoys. 2. Coast Survey. 3. Navigable rivers. 4. Rivers and harbors. 1.— LIGHTS AND BUOYS.* (Revised Statutes, Title LV.) Sec. 4653. The Presideut shall appoint two officers of the Navy, of high rank, two officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, and two civilians of high scientific attainments, whose services may be at the disposal of the President, together with an officer of the Navy and an officer of engineers of the Army, as secretaries, who shall constitute the Light-House Board. Sec. 4054. The Secretary of the Treasury shall be ex-officio presideut of the Light House Board. Sec. 4055. The Light-House Board shall elect, by ballot, one of their number as chairman of the board, who shall preside at their meetings, when the president is absent, and shall perform such acts as may be pre- scribed by the rules of the board. Sec. 4G5G. The Light-House Board shall meet, for the transaction of business, on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and Decem- ber. But the Secretary of the Treasury may convene the board when- ever, in his judgment, the exigencies of the service require it. Sec. 4G57. The Light-House Board may adopt such regulations for the government of their meetings as they judge expedient. Sec. 4658. The Light-House Board shall be attached to the office of the Secretary- of the Treasury, and under his superintendence shall dis- charge all administrative duties relating to the construction, illumina- tion, in8i)ectiou, and sui)erintendence of light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks, and their appendages, ami embracing the security of foundations of works already existing, procuring illuminating and other ai)i)aratus, sui)plies, and materials /o [ofj all kinds lor build- ing, and for rebuilding wheu necessary, and keeping in good repair the light-houses, light- vessels, beacons, and buoys of the United States ; and shall liave the charge and custody of all the archives, books, docu- ments, drawings, models, retuins, apparatus, and other things apper- taining to the Light-House Establishment. Sec. 4659. The Light-House Board shall furni.sh, upon the requisition of the Secretary of the Treasury, all the estimates of expense whi«h the *See sec. 5358. 145 H. Mis. 391 10 146 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. several branches of the light-house service may require, and such other inforiuation as may be required, to be hiid before Congress at the com- mencement of each session. *Sec. 4()t)(). The Light-House Board is authorized, wheneveran appro- priation has been or may be made by Congress for a new light house, the proper site for which does not belong to the United States, to pur- chase the necessary laud, provided the purchase-money be paid from the amount appropriated for such light-house. Sec. 4G(J1. ISo light-house, beacon, public i)iers, or landmark, shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States. Sec. 40G2. A cession by a State of jurisdiction over a ])lace selected as the site of alight-house, or other structure or work of the Light- House Establishment, shall be deemed sufhcient within the preceding section, notwithstanding it contains a reservation that process issued under au- thority of such State may continue to be served within such place. And notwithstanding any such cession of jurisdiction contains no such reservation, all ])rocess may be served and executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made. Sec. 4003. Whenever preliminary surveys are required to ascertain the necessity for any light-house, light-ship, beacon, or other warning to vessels, tiie erection of which is or may be authorized by law, or to determine the ])roper site for the same, or to ascertain more fully what the public exigency requires, the Secretary of the Treasury may cause the necessary examinations and surveys on the sea-board to be made under the direction of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and those on the northwestern lakes to be made under the direction of the Corps of Engineers. In all cases in which adverse reports are maiers, breakwaters, or other structures or works built or made by the United States in aid of commerce or navigation, are used, occupied, or injured by a corporation or an individual, and the extent and mode of such" use, occupation, or injury, and the facts touching the same. Any person who shall wilfully aiid unlawfully injure any pier, breakwater, or other work of the United States for the improvement of rivers or har- bors, or navigation in the United States, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. Approved, August 14, 1876. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 153 Sec. 4. Wherever hereafter the uavijyatioii of any river, lake, harbor, or bay, or other navij^^able water of the United States, shall be obstructed or endangered by any sunken vessel or water-craft, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, upon satisfactory information thereof, to cause reasonable notice, of not less than thirty days, to be given, personally or by publication, at least once a week in the newspaper published near- est the locality of such sunken vessel or craft, to all persons interested in such vessel or craft, or in the cargo thereof, of the purpose of said Secretary, unless such vessel or craft shall be removed as soon thereafter as practicable by the parties interested therein, to cause the same to be removed. If such sunken vessel or craft and cargo shall not be removed by the i)arties interested therein as soon as practicable after the date of the giving of such notice by publication, or after such personal service of notice, as the case may be, such sunken vessel or craft shall be treated as abandoned and derelict, and the Secretary of War shall proceed to re- move the same. Such sunken vessel or craft and cargo and all property therein wben so removed shall, after reasonable notice of the time and place of sale, be sold to the highest bidder of bidders for cash, and the proceeds of such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of a fund for the removal of such obstructions to navigation, under the direction of the Secretary of War, and to be paid out for that purpose on his requisition therefor. The provisions of this act shall apply to all such wrecks whether removed under this act or under any other act of Congress. Such sum of money as may be neces- sary to execute this section of this act is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of War. Approved, June 14, 1S80. Chap. 231. — An act for the jjovernnient and control of the harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- sage of this act, and until the completion of the work of construction the Secretary of War is directed to assume full control over the harbor of refuge on Lake Huron at Sand Beach, Michigan, now in course of construction by the United States Government, and of the piers, break- waters, docks, wharves, buildings, and other improvements made by the United States appertaining to said harbor of refuge, and to facili- tate the use thereof, including the channels of and approaches to said harbor of refuge, so far as may be necessary to the protection and use of said harblace of their first confinement. Such removals shall be at the expense of the United States. Chap. 66. — An act to prevL-ut the introduction of contagious or infectious dibcases- into the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houne of Representatives of the United States of America in (Jon{/ress assembled, That no vessel or vehicle coming from any foreijiu port or country where any contaf;ious or infe(;tious disease 'may exist, and no vessel or vt4iicle conveying any person or persons, merchandise or animals, atiected with any infectious or onta- gious disease, shall enter any port of the United States or pass the boundary line between the United States and any foreign country, con- trary to the quarantine laws of any one of said United States, into or through the jurisdiction of which said vessel or vehicle may i)ass, or to which it is destined, or except in the manner and subject to the regula- tions to be ])rescribed as hereinafter i)rovided. Sec. 2. That wiieuever any infectious or contagious disease shall ap- pear in any foreign port or country, and whenever any vessel shall leave any infected foreign port, or, having on board goods or passengers com- ing from any i>lace or district infected with cliolera or yellow fever, shall leave any foreign port, bound for any port in the United States, the consular officer, or other representative of the United States at or near- est such foreign port shall immediately give information thereof to the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, and shall report to him the name, the date of departure, and the port of destina- tion of such vessel; and shall also make the same report to the health officer of the port of destination in the United States, and the consular officers of the United States shall make weekly reports to him of the sanitary condition of the ports .it which they are respectively stationed ; and the said Surgeon-Oeneral of the Marine-Hospital Service shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be charged with the execution of the i)rovisions of this act, and shall frame all needful rules and regulations for that purpose, which rules and regulations, shall be subject to the approval of the President, but such rules and regulations shall not contlict with or impair any sanitary or quarantine laws or regulations of any State or municipal authorities now existing or which may hereafter be enacted. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the medical officer.^; of the Marine- Hospital Service and of customs-officers to aid in the enforcement of the national quarantine rules and regulations established under the preced- ing section; but no additional compensation shall hi- allowml said offi- cers by reason of such services as they may be recpiired to perform under this act, excei)t actual and necessary traveling expen.ses. Sec. 4. That the Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service shall, upon receipt of information of the dei)arture of any vessel, goods, or passengers from infected places to any i>ort in the United States, immediately notify the proi)er State or municipal and United States officer or officers at the threatened |)oit of destination of the vessel, and shall prepare and transmit to the medical officers of the Marine Hospital Service, to collectors of customs, and to the State and municipal health 160 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. authorities in the Uuited States, weekly abstracts of the consular saui- tary reports aud other pertinent intormation received by him. Sec. 5. That wherever, at any port of the United States, any State or municipal quarantine system may now, or may hereafter exist, the officers or agents of such system shall, ui)on the application of the respect- ive State or municipal anthorities, be authorized and empowered to act as ofticers or agents of the national quarantine system, and shall be clothed with all the powers of United States officers for quarantine pur- poses, but shall receive no pay or emoluments from the United States. At all other ports where, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, it shall be deemed necessary to establish quarantine, the medical officers or other agents of the Marine-Hospital Service shall perform such duties in the enforcement of the quarantine rules and regulations as may be assigned them by the Surgeon General of that service under this act: Provided, That there shall be no interference in any manner with any quarantine laws or regulations as they now exist or may here- after be adopted under State laws. Sec. 6. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 29, 1878. Chap. 202.— Au act to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagiou.s diseases into the Uuited States, and to establisli a National Board of Health. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established a National Board of Health to consist of seven members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than one of whom shall be appointed from any one State, whose compensation, during the time when actually engaged in the perform- ance of their duties under this act, shall be ten dollars per diem each and reasonable expenses, and of one medical officer of the Army, one medical officer of the Navy, one medical officer of the Marine Hospital Service, and one officer from the Department of Justice, to be detailed by the Secretaries of the several Departments and the Attorney General, respectively, and the officers so detailed shall receive no com])ensation. Said board shall meet in Washington within thirty days after the pas- sage of this act and in Washington or elsewhere from time to time upon notice from the president of the board, who is to be chosen by the mem- bers thereof, or upon its own adjournments, and shall frame all rules and regulations authorized or required by this act, aud shall make or cause to be made such special examinations and investigations at any i)laceor places within the United States, or at foreign ports, as they may deem best, to aid in the execution of this act and the promotion of its objects. Sec. 2. Tlie duties of the National Board of Health shall be to obtain information upon all matters affecting the public health, to advise the several departments of the government, the executives of the several States, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, an all ques- tions submitted by them, or whenever in the opinion of the board such advice may tend to the preservation and improvement of the public health. Sec. 3. That the Board of Health with the assistance of the Academy of Science, which is hereby requested and directed to cooperate with them for that purpose, shall report to Congress at its next session a full statement of its transactions, together with a plan for a national public NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 161 health organization, which plan shall be prepared after consultation with the principal sanitary organizations and the sanitarians of the sev- eral States of the United States, special attention being given to the subject of (piarantine, both maritime and inland, and especially as to reguhitions which should be established between State or local systems of quarantine and a national quarantine system. Sec. 4. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries and expenses of said board and to carry out the purposes of this act. Approved, jNIareh 3, 1879. Chap. 61.— An act to provide offlce-iooras for the National Board of Health, and for the publication of its reports aud papers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the iSenate and House of Reprefientatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the jSTational Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to procure suitable and sufficient offices in the city of Washington for the transaction of its bus- iness, at a rental not to exceed the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. And said board is also authorized to pay the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars for the rent of building num- ber fourteen hundred aud five G street, northwest, in the city of Wash- ington, used by the Xatioual Board of Health for offices, from the third day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the third day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Sec. 2. That the necessary printing of the National Board of Health be done at the Government Printing Office, upon the requisition of the Sec- retary of the board, in the same manner and subject to the same provis- ions as other public printing for the several departments of the govern- ment : Provided, That the cost of said printing shall not exceed the sum often thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 3. That the National Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to have printed and bound ten thousand copies of the report of the Board of Medical Experts created by former act of Congress, which report shall include the report of Doctors Bemiss and Cochran and Engi- neer Hardee, upon the yellow-fever epidemic of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight ; six thousand copies of the same to be furnished the House of Kepresentatives, two thousand copies to the Senate, and the residue to the National Board of Health : Provided, That the cost of publication and binding said report shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars. And the said board is hereby author- ized to pay Doctors Bemiss and Cochran and Engineer Hardee ten dol- lars per day, for the preparation of their said report, for the period of two months : Provided, That the same shall be completed and submitted to the board within that time. Sec. 4. That the National Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Frank J. Taylor, for services as stenographer to the Board of Medical Experts in reporting evidence of medical men and others touching the causes, introduction, and spread of epidemic diseases within the United States, and for preparing the same for publication, the sum of five hundred and forty dollars, said sum being the amount allowed him by the Committee on Epidemic Diseases. Sec. 5. That the chief clerk of the National Board of HealtJi shall act as disbursing agent for the board, and shall give bond, conformably to H. Mis. 391 11 162 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. sectiou one hundred and seventy six of the Revised Statutes, for the faithful performance of that duty, and for such service he shall receive three hundred dollars per annum, in addition to his salary as chief clerk, and the Board of Health may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, pay to his secretary such sum, in addition to his pay as a mem- ber of the board, as it may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dol- lars per month. Sec. 6. That section three of the act approved June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases within the United States", be amended as follows : At the end thereof insert : "And the Board of Health shall have power, when they may deem it necessary with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Treasury as a means of preventing the importation of contagious or infectious diseases intothe United States, or into one State from another, to erect temporary quar- antine buildings and to acquire on behalf of the United States titles to real estate for that purpose, or to rent houses, if there be any suitable, at such points and places as are named in such section". Sec. 7. That all the money hereinbefore authorized to be expended and all contracts made and liabilities incurred by the National Board of Health shall be paid out of the appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars made in the act of Congress entitled "An act to prevent the in- troduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States", approved June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Approved, July 1, 1879. 2.-QUARANTINE. Chap. 11. — An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any merchant ship or vessel from any foreign port where any contagious or infectious disease exists, to enter any port of the United States except in accordance with the provisions of this act, and all rules and regula- tions of State boards of health and all rules and regulations made in pursuance of this act; and any such vessel which shall enter, or attempt to enter, a port of the United States, in violation thereof, shall forfeit 1 o the United States a sum, to be awarded in the discretion of the court, not exceeding one thousand dollars, which shall be a lien upon said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district courts of the United States. And in all such proceedings the United States district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United States, and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of tlie revenue laws of the United States. Sec. 2. All such vessels shall be required to obtain from the consul, vice-consul, or other consular ofldcer of the United States at the port of departure, or from the medical officer, where such officer has been detailed by the Presideut for that purpose, a certificate in duplicate setting forth the sanitary history of said vessel, and that it has in all respects complied with the rules and regulations in such cases prescribed for securing the best sanitary condition of the said vessel, its cargo, passengers, and crew 5 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 163 and said consular or medical officer is required, before j-ranting: such certiticate, to be satisfied tlie matters and things therein stated are true; and for his services in that behalf he sliall be entitled to deunind and receive such fees as shall by lawful regulation be allowed, to beaccounted for as is re(iuired in other cases. That upon the reH of AtVy-Gen., 1796.) ^ , The master of a vessel is a "mariner" within the meaning of sections 3 and 4 of the act of Feb. 26, ItiO'-i.— {Opinion AtVy-Gen., ApL, 1866.) He is entitled, if a citizen of the U. S., to additional wages on being di.scharged m a foreign port, as in the case of a like discharge of any other seaman or mariner. — 172 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. of customs to wliom such business shall be committed, shall, for all pur- poses, be deemed a shipping-corn missiouer within the meaning of this Title. Sec. 4504. Any person other than a commissioner under this Title, who shall perform or attempt to perform, either directly or indirectly, the duties which are by this Title set forth as j)ertnining- to ashipynng- commissioner, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars. Nothing in this Title, however, shall prevent the owner, or consignee, or master of any vessel except vessels bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port, other than vessels engaged in trade between the United States and the British North American pos- sessions, or the West India Islands, or the republic of Mexico, and ves- sels of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, from performing, himself, so far as his vessel is concerned, the duties of shipping-commis- sioner under this Title. Whenever the master of any vessel shall engage his crew, or any part of the same, in any collection-district where no shipping-commissioner shall have been appointed, he may perform for himself -the duties of such commissioner. Sec. 4505. Any shipping commissioner may engage clerks to assist him in the transaction of the business of the shipping-oftice, at his own proper cost, and may, in case of necessity, depute such clerks to act for him in his official capacity ; but the s-hipping-commissioner shall be held responsible for the acts of every such clerk or deputy, and will be per- sonally liable for any penalties such clerk or deputy may incur by the violation of any of the provisions of this Title; and all acts done by a clerk, as such deputy, shall be as valid and binding as if done by the shipping-commissioner. Sec. 4506. Each shipping-commissioner shall provide a seal with which he shall authenticate all his official acts, on which seal shall be engraved the arms of the United States, and the name of the port or district for which he is commissioned. Any instrument, either printed or written, purporting to be the official act of a shipping-commissioner, and purporting to be under the seal and signature of such shipping- commissioner, shall be received as presumptive evidence of the official character of such instrument, and of the truth of the facts therein set forth. Sec. 4507. Every shipping-commissioner shall leavse, rent, or procure, at his own cost, suitable premises for the transaction of business, and for the preservation of the books and other documents connected there- with ; and these premises shall be styled the shipping-commissioner's office. Sec. 4508. The general duties of a shipping-commissioner shall be: First. To afford facilities for engaging seamen by keeping a register of their names and characters. Second. To superintend their engagement and discharge, in manner prescribed by law. Third. To provide means for securing the presence on board at the proper times of men who are so engaged. Fourth. To facilitate the making of apprenticeships to the sea serv- ice. Fifth. To perform such other duties relating to merchant seamen or merchant ships as are now or may hereafter be required by law. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 173 SHIPiVIENT. (Revised Statutes, chap. 2.) Sec. •loOO. Every shinpiug-coinmissioner appointed under this Title shall, if applied to' for the purpose of apprenticing boys to the sea-serv- ice, by any master or owner of a vessel, or by any person legally quali- fied, give kuch assistance as is in his power for fticilitating the making of such apprenticeships; but the shipping-commissioner shall ascertain that the Itoy has voluntarily consented to be bound, and that the parents or guardian of such boy have consented to such apprenticeship, and that he has attained the age of twelve years, and is of sufficient health and strength, and that the master to whom such boy is to be bound is a proper i)erson for the purpose. Buch apprenticeship shall terminate wheu the apprentice becomes eighteen years of age. The shipping- commissioner shall keep a register of all indentures of apprenticeship made before him. Sec. 4510. The master of every foreign-going vessel shall, before car- rying any api)rentice to sea from any place in the United States, cause such apprentice to appear before the shipping-commissioner before whom the crew is engaged, and shall produce to him the indenture by which such apprentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments thereof, if any ; and the name of the apprentice, with the date of the indenture and of the assignment or assignments thereof, if any, shall be entered on the agreement; which shall be in the form[,] as near as may be[,J given in the table marked "A" in the schedule annexed to this Title; and no such assignment shall be made without the approval of a commissioner, of the apprentice, and of his parents or his guardian. For any violation of this section, the master shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 4511. The master of every vessel bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port other than vessels engaged in trade between the United States and the British North American possessions, or the West India Islands, or the republic of Mexico, or of any vessel of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlan- tic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an agreement, in writing or in print, with every sea- man whom he carries to sea as one of the crew, in the maimer hereinafter mentioned ; and every such agreement shall be, as near as may be, in the form given in the table marked A, in the schedule annexed to this Title, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before any seamen signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars : First. The nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the in- tended voyage or engagement, and the port or country at which the voyage is to terminate. Second. The number and description of the crew, specifying their re- spective employments. Third. The time at which each seaman is to be on board, to begin work. Fourth. The capacity in which each seaman is to serve. Fifth. The amount of wages which each seaman is to receive. Sixth. A scale of the provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman. Seventh. Any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of provisions, or other lawful punishments for miscon- 174 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. duct, which may be sanctioned by Confjress as proper to be adopted, and which the; parties a^ree to adopt. Eighth. Any stipuhitions in reference to advance and allotment of waj^es, or other matters not contrary to law. Sec. 4512. The following rules shall be observed with respect to agreements: First. Every agreement except such as are otherwise specially pro- vided for, shall be signed by each seaman in the presence of a shipping- commissioner. Second. When the crew is first engaged the agreement shall be signed in duplicate, and one part shall be retained by the shipping- commis- sioner, and the other part shall contain a special place or form for the description and signatures of persons engaged subsequently to the first departure of the ship, and shall be delivered to the master. Third. Every agreement entered into before a shipping-commissioner shall be acknowledged and certified under the hand and official seal of such commissioner. The certificate of acknowledgment shall be in- dorsed on or annexed to the agreement; and shall be in the following form : "State of , County of : "On this day of , personally appeared before me, a shipping-commissioner in and for the said county, A. B,, C. D., and E. F., severally known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument, who each for himself acknowledged to me that he had read or had heard read the same ; that he was by me made ac- quainted with the conditions thereof, and understood the same; and that, while sober and not in a state of intoxication, he signed it freely and voluntarily, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned." Sec. 4513. The preceding section shall not apply to masters of vessels where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or result of a cruise or voyage, nor to masters of coastwise nor to masters of lake-going vessels that touch at foreign ports; but seamen may, by agreement, serve on board such vessels a definite time, or, on the return of any vessel to a port in the United States, may re- ship and sail in the same vessel on another voyage, without the pay- ment of additional fees to the shipping-commissioner, bj' either the seamen or the master. Sec. 4514. If any person shall be carried to sea, as one of the crew on board of any vessel making a voyage as hereinbefore specified, without entering into an agreement with the master of such vessel, in the form and manner, and at the place and times in such cases required, the ves- sel shall be held liable for each such offense to a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars. But the vessel shall not be held liable for any person carried to sea, who shall have secretly stowed away himself without the knowledge of the master, mate, or of any of the officers of the vessel, or who shall have falsely personated himself to the master, mate, or officers of the vessel, for the purpose of being carried to sea. Sec. 4515. If any master, mate, or other officer of a vessel knowingly receives, or accepts, to be entered on board of any merchant- vessel, any seaman who has been engaged or supplied contrary- to the provisions of this Title, the vessel on board of which such seaman shall be found sliall, for every such seaman, be liable to a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars. Sec. 4516. In case of desertion, or of casualty resulting in the loss of one or more seamen, the master may ship a number equal to the number of whose services he has been deprived by desertion or casualty, I NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 175 and report the same to the United States consul at the first i)ort at which he shall arrive, without incurring the penalty prescribed by the two preceding sections. Sec. 4517. Every master of a merchant-vessel who engages any sea- man at a place out of the United States, in which there is a consular officer or commercial agent, shall, before carrying such seaman to sea, procure the sanction of such ofiicer, and shall engage seamen in his presence; and the rules governing the engagement of seamen before a shipping-commissioner in the United States, shall apply to such engage- ments made before a consular ofiicer or commercial agent; and upou every such engagement the consular ofiicer or commercial agent shall indorse upon the agreement his sanction thereof, and an attestation to the ettect that the same has been signed in his presence, and otherwise duly made. Sec. 4518. Every master who engages any seaman in any place in which there is a consular officer or commercial agent, otherwise than as required by the preceding section, shall incur a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars, for which penalty the vessel shall be held liable. Sec. 4519. The master shall, at the commencement of every voyage or engagement, cause a legible copy of the agreement, omitting signa- tures, to be placed or posted up in such part of the vessel as to be ac- cessible to the crew ; and on default shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 4520. Every master of any vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward, bound from a port in one State to a port in any other than an adjoining State, except vessels of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an agree- ment in writing or in print, with every seaman on board such vessel except such as shall be apprentice or servant to himself or owners, de- claring the voyage or term of time for which such seaman shall be shipped. Sec. 4521. If any master of such vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward shall carry out any seaman or mariner, except apprentices or servants, without such contract or agreement being first made and signed by the seamen, such master shall pay to every such seaman the highest price or wages which shall have been given at the port or place where such seaman was shipped, for a similar voyage, within three months next before the time of such shipping, if such seaman shall perform such voyage; or if not, then ft r such time as he shall continue to do duty on board such vessel; and shall moreover be liable to a pen- alty of twenty dollars for every such seaman, recoverable, one-half to the use of the person prosecuting for the same, and the other lialf to the use of the United States. Any seaman who has not signed such a contract shall not be bound by the regulations nor subject to the pen- alties and forfeitures contained in this Title. Sec. 4522. At the foot of every such contract to ship upou such a vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward, there shall be a memo- randum in writing of the day and the hour on which the seamen who ship and subscribe shall render themselves on board to begin the voy- age agreed upon. If any such seaman shall neglect to render himself on board the vessel, for which he has shipped, at the time mentioned in such memorandum, and if the master of the vessel shall, on the day on which such neglect happened, make an entry in the log-book of such vessel, of the name of such seaman, and shall in like manner not« 176 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. the time tbat lie so uegleeted to render himself, after the time appointed, every such seaman shall forfeit for every hour which he shall so neglect to render himself, one day's pay, according- to the rate of wages agreed upon, to be deducted out of his wages. If any such seaman shall wholly neglect to render himself on board of such vessel, or having rendered himself on board, shall afterward desert and escape, so that the vessel proceed to sea without him, he shall be liable to pay to the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel, a sum equal to that paid to him by advance at the time of signing the contract, over and besides the sum so advanced, both which sums shall be recoverable in any court, or before any justice of anv State, city, town, or county within the United States, which, by the laws thereof, have cognizance of debts of equal value, against such seamau or mariner, or his surety or sureties, in case he shall have given surety to proceed (on) the voyage. Sec. 4523. All shipments of seamen made contrary to the provisions of any act of Congress shall be void ; and any seaman so shipped may leave the service at any time, and shall be entitled to recover the high- est rate of wages of the port from which the seaman was shipped, or the sum agreed to be given him at his shipment. WAGES AND EFFECTS. (Revised Statutes, chap. 3.) Sec. 4524. A seaman's right to wages and provisions shall be taken to commence either at the time at which he commences work, or at the time specified in the agreement for his commencement of work or pres- ence on board, whichever first happens. Sec. 4525. iko right to wages shall be dependent on the earning of freight by the vessel ; but every seamau or apprentice who would be entitled to demand and receive any wages if the vessel on which he has served had earned freight, shall, subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case, be entitled to claim and recover the same of the master or owner in personam, notwithstanding that freight has not been earned. But in all cases of wreck or loss of vessel, proof that any seaman or ajiprentice has not exerted himself to the utmost to save the vessel, cargo, and stores, shall bar his claim. Sec. 4526. In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the wreck or loss of the vessel, such seamau shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period. Sec. 4527. Any seaman who has signed an agreement and is after- ward discharged before the commencement of the voyage or before one month's wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such dis- charge, and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum equal in amount to one month's wages as compensation, and may, on adducing evidence satisfactory to the court hearing the case, of having been improperly discharged, recover such compensation as if it were wages duly earned. Sec. 4528. Xo seamau or apprentice shall be entitled to wages for any period during which he unlawfully refuses or neglects to work when required, after the time fixed by the agreement for him to begin work, nor, unless the court hearing the case otherwise directs, for any period NATIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 177 (luring which he is lawfully imprisoned for any offense committed by him. Sec. '152'.). The uuister or owner of every vessel making voyages from a port on the Atlautie to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall pay to every seaman his wages, within two days after the ternnuation of the agreement, or at the time such seaman is dischaiged, whichever first happens; and, in the case of vessels making foreign voyages, within three days after the cargo has been delivered, or within five days after the seainau's discharge, whichever first happens; and in all cases the seaman shall, at the time of his discharge, be entitled to be paid, on account, a sum equal to oue fourth part of the balance due to him. Every master or owner who neglects or refuses to maiie payment in manner hereinbefore mentioned, without sufficient cause, shall pay to the seaman a sum not exceeding the amount of two days' pay for each of the days, not exceeding ten days, during which payment is delayed beyond the respective periods; which sum sluill be recoverable as wages in any claim made before the court. But this section shall not apply to the masters or owners of any vessel the seamen on which are entitled to share in tlie profits of the cruise or voyage. Sec. 4530. Every seaman shall be entitled to receive from the master of the vessel to which he belongs, one third part of the wages which shall be due to him at every port where such vessel shall unlade aud deliver her cargo before the voyage is. ended, unless the contrary be exi)ressly stipulated in the contract; and as soon as the voyage is ended, aud the cargo or ballast is fully discharged at the last port of delivery, he shall be entitled to the wages which shall be then due. Sec. 4531. All stipulatious for the allotment of any part of the wages of a seaman, during his al)sence, which are made at the commencement of the voyage shall be inserted in the agreement, and shall state the amounts and times of the payments to be made, and the persons to whom such payments are to be made. Sec. 4532. No advance of wages shall be made, or advance security given to any person, but to the seaman himself, or to his wife or mother; aud no advance of wages shall be made, or advauce security given, un- less the agreement contains a stipulation for the same, and an accurate statement of the amount thereof; and no advance wages or advance security shall be given to any seaman, except in the presence of the shipping-commissioner. Sec. 4533. If any advance of wages is made or advance security given to any seaman in any such manner as to constitute a breach of any of the provisions of the two preceding sections, the wages of such seaman shall be recoverable by him, as if no such advance had been made or promised ; and in the case of any advance security so given, no person shall be sued thereon, unless he was a party to such breach. Sec. 4534. Whenever any advance security is discounted for any sea- man, such seaman shall sign or set his mark to a receii)t indorsed on the security, stating the sum actually paid or accounted for to him by the person"discounting the same ; aud if the seauian sails in the vessel from the port of departure mentioned in the security, and is then duly earning his wages, or is previously discharged with the consent of the master, but not otherwise, the i)erson discounting the security may, ten days after the final departure of the vessel from the port of departure men- tioned in the security, sue for aud recover the amount promised by the securitv, with costs, either from the owner or from any agent who has drawn or authorized the drawing of the security ; aud in any such pro- ceeding It shall be sufficient for such person to prove that the security H. Mis. 391 12 178 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. \ras given by the owner or master, or some other authorized agent, and that the same was discounted to and receipted by the seaman ; and the seaman shall be presumed to have sailed in the vessel from such port, and to be duly earning his wages, unless the contrary is proved. Sec. 4535. is^o seaman shall, by any agreement other than is provided by this Title, forfeit his lien upon the ship, or b(^ dei)rived of any rem- edy for the recovery of his wages to which he would otherwise have been entitled; and every stipulation in any agreement inconsistent with any provision of this Title, and every stipulation by which any seaman con- sents to abandon his right to his wages in the case of the loss of the ship, or to abandon any right which he may have or obtain in the nature of salvage, shall be wholly inoperative. Sec. 4536. No wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice shall be subject to attachment or arrestment from any court ; and every payment of wages to a seaman or apprentice shall be valid in law, not- withstanding any previous sale or assignment of wages, or of any at- tachment, incumbrance, or arrestment thereon ; and no assignment or sale of wages, or of salvage, made prior to the accruing thereof, shail bind the party making the same, except such advance securities as are authorized by this Title. Sec. 4537. No sum exceeding one dollar shall be recoverable from any seaman, by any one person, for any debt contracted during the time such seaman shall actually belong to any vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman engaged shall be ended. Sec. 4538. Whenever any seaman or apprentice belonging to or sent home on any merchant vessel, whether a foreign-going or domestic ves- sel, employed on a voyage which is to terminate in the United States, dies during such voyage, the master shail take charge of all moneys, clothes, and effects which he leaves on board, and shall, if he thinks fit, cause all or any of such clothes and effects to be sold by auction at the mast or other public auction, and shall thereupon sign an entry in the official log-book, and cause it to be attested by the mate and one of the crew, containing the following ])articulars: First. A statement of the amount of money so left by the deceased. Second. In case of a sale, a description of each article sold, and the sum received for each. Third. A statement of the sum due to deceased as wages, and the to- tal amount of deductions, if any, to be made therefrom. Sec. 4539. In cases embraced by the preceding section, the following rules shall be observed: First. If the vessel proceeds at once to any port in the Cnited States, the master shall, within forty eight hours after his arrival, deliver any such effects remaining unsold, and pay any money which he has taken charge of, or received from such sale, and the balance of wages due to the deceased, to the shipping commissioner at the port of destination in the United States. Second. If the vessel touches and remains at some foreign port before coming to any port in the United States, the master shall report the case to the United States consular officer there, and shall give to such offi- cer any information he requires as to the destination of the vessel and probable length of the voyage; and such officer may, if he considers it expedient so to do, require the effects, money, and wages to be deliv- ered and paid to him, and shall, upon such delivery and payment, give to the master a receipt ; and the master shall within forty-eight hours after his arrival at his port of destination in the United States produce the same to the shipping-commissioner there. Such consularofficer shall, NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 179 iu auy such case, indorse and certify upon the agreement with the crew the particnhirs with respect to such delivery and payment. Third. It the consuhir officer does not require such payment and de- livery to be made to him, the master shall take charge of the effects, money, and wages, and shall, within forty-eight hours after his arrival at his port of destination in the United States, deliver and pay the same to the shipping-commissioner there. Fourth. The master shall, in all cases in which any seaman or appren- tice dies during the voyage or engagement, give to such officer or ship- ping-commissioner an account, in such form as they may respectively require, of the effects, money, and wages so to be delivered and i)aid; and no deductions claimed in such account shall be allowed unless ver- itied by an entry iu the official log-book, if there be any; and by such other vouchers, if any, as may be reasonably required by the officer or shipping-commissioner to whom the account is rendered. Fifth. Upon due compliance with such of the provisions of this sec- tion as relate to acts to be done at the port of destination in the United States, the shipping-commissioner shall grant to the master a certificate to that effect. No officer of customs shall clear any foreign-going vessel without the production of such certificate. Sec. 4540. Whenever any master fails to take such charge of the money or other effects of a seaman or apprentice during a voyage, or to make such entries in respect thereof, or to procure such attestation to such entries, or to make such payment or delivery of any money, wages, or effects of any seaman or apprentice dying during a voyage, or to give such account in respect thereof as is above directed, he shall be account- able for the money, wages, and effects of the seaman or apprentice to the circuit court in whose jurisdiction such port of destination is sit- uate, and shall pay and deliver the same accordingly; and he shall, in addition, for every such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than treble the value of the money or effects, or, if such value is not as- certained, not more than two hundred dollars ; and if any such money, wages, or effects are not duly paid, delivered, and accounted for by the master, the owner of the vessel shall pay, deliver, and account for the same, and such money and wages and the value of such effects shall be recoverable from him accordingly; and if he fails to account for and pay the same, he shall, in addition to his liability for the money and value, be liable to the same penalty which is incurred by the master for a like offense ; and all money, wages, and effects of any seaman or ap- prentice dying during a voyage shall be recoverable in the courts and by the modes of proceeding by which seamen are enabled to recover wages due to them. Sec. 4541. Whenever any such seaman or apprentice dies at auy place out of the United States, leaving any money or effects not on board of his vessel, the consular officer of the United States at or near- est the place shall claim and take charge of such money and effects, and shall, if bethinks tit, sell all or any of such effects, or any effects of any deceased seaman or api)rentice delivered to him under the jtrovis- ions of this Title, and shall quarterly remit to the district judge for the Jt district embracing the port from which such vessel sailed, or the port B where the voyage terminates, all moneys belonging to or arising from H' the sale of the effects or paid as the wages of auy deceased seamen or ^^ apprentices which have come to his hands; and shall render such ac- ^m counts thereof as the district judge requires. ^K Sec. 4542. Whenever any seaman or apprentice dies in the United 180 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ter or owner of auy vessel iu which he has served, any unpaid wages or eftects, sucli master or owner shall pay and deliver, or account for the same, to the shipping commissioner at the port where the seaman or apprentice was discharged, or was to have been discharged. Sec. 4543. Every shi])ping- commissioner iu the United States shall, within one week from the date of receiving- auy such money, wages, or eftects of any decteased seaman or apprentice, i)ay, remit, or deliver to the circuit court of the circuit in which he resides, the money, wages, or effects, subject to such deductions as may be allowed by the circuit court for expenses incurred in respect to such money and effects ; and should any commissioner fail to pay, remit, and deliver the same to the circuit court, within the time hereinbefore mentioned, he shall incur a penalty of not njore than treble the value of such money anlace of his discharge, in the form maiked Table B in the schedule annexed to this Title; and every master who fails to sign and give to such seaman such certificate and discharge, shall, for each such offense, incur a penalty not exceed- ing fifty dollars. But whenever the master shall discharge his crew or any part thereof in any collection district where no shii»])ing-commis- sioner has been appointed, he may perform for himself the duties of such commissioner. Sec. 4552. The following rules shall be observed with respect to the settlement of wages : First. Upon the completion, before a shipping commissioner, of any discharge and settlement, the master or owner and each seaman, respectively, in the presence of the shipping-commissioner, shall sign a mutual release of all claims for wages in respect of the past voyage or engagement, and the shipping-commissioner shall also sign and attest it, and shall retain it in a book to be kej^t for that purpose, provided both the niastei- and seamen assent to such settlement, or the settle- ment has been adjusted by the shipping commissioner. Second. Such release, so signed and attested, shall operate as a mutual discharge and settlement of all demands for wages between the I)arties thereto, on account of wages, in resi^ect of the past voyage or engagement. Thiid. A copy of such release, certified under the hand and seal of slich shii)ping-commissioner to be a true copy, shall be given by him to any i)arty thereto requiring the same, and such copy shall be receiv- able in evidence upon any future question touching such claiujs. and shall have all the effect of the original of which it purports to be a copy. Fourth. In cases in which discharge and settlement before a ship- ping-commissioner are required, no payment, receipt, settlement, or discharge otherwise made shall 0})erate as evidence of the release or satisfaction of any claim. Fifth. Upon payment being made by a nmster before a shii)ping-com- missioner, the shipi)ing commissioner shall, if required, sign and give to such master a statement of the whole amount so paid; and such statement shall, between the master and his employer, be received as evidence that he has made the payments therein mentioned. Sec. 4553. Upon every discharge effected before a shipping-commis- sioner, the nuister shall make and sign, in the form given in the table marked "B," in the schedule annexed to this Title, a report of the con- duct, cliaraciter, and qualifications of the persons discharged; or may state in such form, that he declines to give any opinion u{)on such par- ticulars, or upon any of them; and the commissioner shall keep a regis- ter of the same, and shall, if desired so to do by any seanmn, give to him or indorse on his certiticate of discharge a copy of so much of such report as concerns him. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 183 PROTECTION AND RELIEF. (Revised Statutes, chap. 5.) Sec. 4554. Every shijiping-coinuiissioiier shall hear and decide any question whatsoever between a master, consignee, agent, or owner, and any of his crew, which both parties agree in writing to submit to him; and eveiy award so made by him shall be binding on both parties, and shall, in' any legal proceedings which n\ay be taken in the matter, before any court of justice, be deemed to be conclusive as to the rights of parties. And any document under the hand and official seal of a commissioner purporting to be such submission or award, shall be prima-facie evidence thereof. Sec. 4555. In any proceeding relating to the wages, claims, or dis- charge of a seaman, carried on before any shipping-commissioner, under the provisions of this Title, such shipping-commissioner may call upon the owner, or his agent, or u[)on the master, or any mate, or any other member of the crew, to i)roduce any log-books, papers, or other docu- ments in their possession or power, respectively, relating to any matter in question in such proceedings, and may (;all before him and examine any of such persons, being then at or near the [)lace, on any such mat- ter : and every owner, agent, master, mate, or other member of the crew who, when called upon by the shipping-commissioner, does not l^roduce any such books, i>apers, or documents, if in his possession or power, or does not appear and give evidence, shall, unless he shows some Reasonable cause for such a default, be liable to a penalty of not more than oiu? hundred dollars for each offense; and, on application made by the shipiiing-commissioner, shall be further punished, in the discretion of the court, as in other cai.es of contempt of the process of the court. Sec. 455G. If the mate or first officer under the master, and a major- ity of the crew of any vessel, bound on a voyage to any foreign ])ort, shall, after the voyage is begun, and before tlie vessel shall have left the land, discover tlnit the vessel is too leaky, or is otherwise unlit in her crew, body, tackle, apparel, furniture, provisions, or stores, to proceed on the intended voyage, and shall require such unfitness to be inquired into, the master shall, upon the request of the mate or other officer and sucii majority, foithwith proceed to or stop at the nearest or most con- venient port or place where such inquiry can be made, and shall there apply to the judge of the district court of that judicial district, if he shall there reside, or if not, to some justice of the peace of the city, towu, or place, taking with him two or more of the crew who shall have made such request. Sec. 4557. The judge or justice shall, upon such application of the master or commander, issue his precept directed to three persons in the neigiiborhood, the most skillful in maritinu- atfairs that can be ])rocured, recpiiring them to repair on board such vessel, and to examine the same in res[)ect to the defects and insufficiencies complained « f , and to make report to him, tlie judge or justice, as the case nuiy be, in writing under th.'ir hands, or the liands of two of them, whether in any or in what re- spect the vessel is unfit to proceed on the intemled voyage, and what addition of men, i)rovisions, or stores, or what repairs or alterations in the body, tackle, or api)arel will be necessaiy ; and upon such report the judge or justice shall adjudge, and shall indorse on the report his judgment, whether the vessel is tit to proceed on the intended voyage; and if not, whether such repairs cau be made or deficiencies supplied 184 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. where the vessel then lies, or whether it is necessary for her to return to the port from whence she first sailed, to be there retitted; and the mas- ter and crew shall in all things conform to the jadgineut. The master or commander shall, in the first instance, pay all the costs of such view, report, and judgment, to be taxed and allowed on a fair copy thereof, certified by the judge or justice. But if the complaint of the crew sliall appear, ui)on the rei)ort and judgment, to have been without foundation, the master or commander, or the owner or consignee of such vessel, shall dedu(;t the amount thereof, and of reasonable damages for the de- tention, to be ascertained by the judge or justice, out of the wages grow- ing due to the complaining seamen. Sec. 4558. If after judgment that such vessel is fit to proceed on her intended voyage, or after procuring sucli men, provisions, stores, repairs, or alterations as may be directed, the seamen, or either of them, shall refuse to proceed on the voyage, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to commit, by warrant under his hand and seal, every such sea- man who refuses[, J to the common jail of the county, thereto remain with- out bail or mainprise until he has paid double the sum advanced to him at the time of subscribing the contract for the voyage, together with such reasonable costs as are allowed by the justice, and inserted in the warrant: and the sureties of such seaman, in case he has given any, shall remain liable for such payment; norshailany such seaman be dis- charged upon any writ of habeas corpus or otherwise, for want of any form of commitment, or other previous proceedings, until such sum is paid by him or his surety, if sufbcient matter be made to appear, upon the return of such habeas corpus, and an examination then had, to de- tain him for the causes hereinbefore assigned. ■' Sec. 4559. Upon a complaint in writing, signed by the first, or the second and third officers and a majority of the crew, of any vessel while in a foreign poi t, that such vessel is in an unsuitable condition to go to sea, because she is leaky, or insufficiently supplied with sails, rigging, anchors, or any other equipment, or that the crew is insufticient to man her, or that her provisions, stores, and supplies are not, or have not been, during the voyage, sufficient and wholesome, thereupon, in any of these or like cases, the consul or a commercial agent who may discbarge any duties of a consul, shall appoint two disinterested, competent, practical men, acquainted with maritime affairs, to examine into the causes of complaint, who shall, in their report, state what defects and deficiencies, if any, they find to be well founded, as well as what, in their judgment, ought to be done to i)ut the vessel in order for the continuance of her voyage. Sec. 4560. The inspectors appointed by any consul or commercial agent, in pursuance of the preceding section, shall have full power to examine the vessel and whatever is aboard of her, so far as is pertinent to their inquiry, and also to hear and receive any other ])roofs which the ends of justice may require ; and if, upon a view of the whole proceed- ings, the consul or otlier commercial agent is satisfied thei ewith, he may approve the whole or any part of the rejiort, and shall certify such ap- proval ; or if he dissents, he shall certily his reasons for dissenting. Sec. 4561. Tlie inspectors in their report shall also state whether, in their opinion, the vessel was sent to sea unsuitably provided in any im- portant or essential particular, by neglect or design, or through mistake or accident, and in case it was by neglect or design, and the consul or other commercial agent approves of such finding, he shall discharge such of the crew as require it, each of whom shall be entitled to three mouths' pay in addition to his wages to the time of discharge ; but if, in the NAVIGATION LA\YS OF THE UNITED STATES. 185 opinion of the inspectors, the defects or deficiencies found to exist have been the result of niistalce or accident, and could not, in the exercise of ordinary care, have Ix^en known and provided against before the sailing of the vessel, and the master shall, in a reasonable time, remove or rem- edy the causes of complaint, then the crew shall remain and discharge their duty ; otherwise they shall, upon their request, be discharged, and receive each one month's wages in addition to their pay up to the time of discharge. Sec. 4.502. The master shall pay all such reasonable charges for in- spection under such complaint as shall be officially certified to him under the liand of the consul or commercial agent; but in case the inspectors report that the complaint is without any good and sufficient cause, the nuister may retain trom the wages of the com[)lainants, in proportion to the pay of each, the amount of such charges, with such reasonable damages for detention on that account as the consul or commercial agent directing the inquiry may officially certify. Sec 4563. Every master who refuses to pay such wages and charges shall be liable to each person injured thereby[,]iudamages, to be recov- ered in any court of the United States in the district where such delin- quent may reside or be found, and in addition thereto be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars for each offense. Sec. 4504. Every vessel belonging to a citizen of the Uuited States, bound on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, shall, at the time of leaving the last port from whence she sails, have on board, well secured under deck, at least sixty gallons of water, one hundred pounds of salted tlesh meat, and one hundred pounds of wholesome ship- bread, for every person on board such vessel, besides such other provisions, stores, and live-stock as shall by the master or passengers be put on board, and in like proportion for shorter or longer voyages. Sec. 4505. Any three or more of the crew of any merchant-vessel of the United States bound from a port in the United States to any for- eign port, or being of the burroceedings. Sec. 4566. If the officer to whom any such complaint, in regard to the provisions or the water, is made, certifies in such statement that 186 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. there was uo reasonable oroiuul for such eoin})hiint, eacli of the parties so coinphiiuiug' shall be liable to forfeit to the master or owner, out of his Avages, asum not exceeding one week's wages. Sec. 4567. If any seamen, while on board any vessel, shall state to the master that they desire to make complaint, in accordance with the two preceding sections, in regard to the provisio* s or the water, to a competent officer, against the master, the master shall, if the vessel is then at a place where there is any such officer, so soon as the service of the vessel will permit, and if the vessel is not then at such a place, so soon after her first arrival at such place as the service of the vessel will permit, allow such seamen, or any of them, to go ashore, or shall send them ashore, in proj)er custody, so that they may be enabled to make such complaint; and shall, in default, be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 4508. If, during a voyage, the allowance of any of the provisions which any seaman has, by his agreement, stipulated for, is reduced, ex- cept in accordance with any regulations for reduction by way of pun- ishment, contained in the agreement, and also for any time during which such seaman willfully, and without sufficient cause, refuses or neglects to perforni his duty, or is lawfully under confinement for mis- conduct, either on board or on shore ; or if it is shown that a:jy of such provisions are, or have been during the voyage, bad in quality, and unfit for use, the seaman shall receive by way of compensation for such reduction or bad quality, according to the time of its continuance, the following sums, to be paid to him in addition to and to be recoverable as wages : First. If his allowance is reduced by any quantity not exceeding one- third of the quantity specified in the agreement, a sum not exceeding fifty cents a day. Second. If his allowance is reduced by moi^i than one-third of such quantity, a sum not exceeding one dollar a day. Third. In respect of bad quality, a sum not exceeding one dollar a day. But if it is shown to the satisfaction of the court before which the case is tried, that any provisions, the allowance of which has been re- duced, could not be procured or supplied in sufficient quantities, or were unavoidably injured or lost, and that proper and equivalent substitutes were supplied in lieu thereof, in a reasonable time, the court shall take such circumstances into consideration, and shall modify or refuse com- pensation, as the justice of the case may require. Sec. 4569. Every vessel belonging to a citizen of the United States, bounsistence and passa. The collectors of the districts of the United States shall, from time to time, nuike known the provisions of the two preceding sec- tions to all masters of vessels of the United States entering or clearing at their several offices. The master of every such vessel shall, before he is admitted to an entry by any such collector, be required to declare on oath whether any of the crew of the vessel under his command have been imi)ressed or detained, in the course of his voyage, and how far he has comi)lied with the directions of the preceding section. Every mas- ter who willfully neglects or refuses to make the declarations herein re- 192 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. quired, or to perform the duties eujoiued by the precediug- section, sball be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. The collectors shall pros- ecute for any forfeiture that may be incurred under this section. *Sec. 4591. The collector of every ])ort of entry in the United States shall send a list of the seamen to whom certificates of citizenship hav^e been granted, once every three months, to the Secretary of State, to- gether with an account of such impressments or detentions, as shall appear,' by the protests of the masters, to have taken place. " ' FEES OF SHIPPING-COMMISSIONERS. (Revised Statutes, clia|). 6.) Sec. 4592. Fees not exceeding the sums specified in the tables marked "C" and "D'' in the schedule annexed to this Title, shall be payable upon all engagements and discharges and apprenticeships effected be- fore any shipping-commissioner. Each shipping-commissioner shall cause a scale of the fees payable to be i)repared,and to be conspicuously placed in the shipping-oiiice, and may refuse to proceed with any en- gagement or discharge unless the fees payable thereon are first paid. Sec. 4593. Every owner, consignee, agent, or master of a vessel en- gaging or discharging any seaman in a shipping-ofiice, or before a ship- Ijing-commissioner, shall pay to the shipping-commissioner the whole of the fees hereby made payable in respect of such engagement or dis- charge; and may, for the purpose of in ])art reimbursing himself, de- duct, in respect to each such engagement or discharge, from the wages of all persons except apprentices, so engaged or discharged, and retain, any sums not exceeding the sums specified in that behalf in the Table marked "E" in the schedule annexed to this Title. Sec. 4594. In no case shall the salary, fees, and emoluments of any officer appointed under this Title be more than five thousand dpllars per annum; and any additional fees shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 4595. Every shipping-commissioner, and every clerk or employed in any shipping-oftlce, who demands or receives any remuneration what- ever, either directly or indirectly, for hiring or supplying any seaman for any merchant-vessels, excepting the lawful fees payable under this Title, shall, for every such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars. discipline, offenses, and punishments. (Revised Statutes, chap. 7.) Sec. 4590. Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged, or any apprentice to the sea-service, commits any of the following offenses, he shall be punishable as follows: First. For desertion, by imprisonment for not more than three months, and by forfeiture of all or any i)art of the clothes or effects he leaves on board, and of all or any part of the wages or emoluments which he has then earned. * See sec. 2174. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 193 Second. For ueglectiiig and refusing, without reasonable cause, to join bis vessel, or to proceed to sea in liis vessel, or for absence without leave at any time within twenty-four honrs of the vessel sailing from any port, either at the commencement or dnring the i)rogress of any voyage ; or for absence at any time without leave, and without sufficient reason, from his vessel, or from his duty, not amounting to desertion, or not treated as such by the master; by imprisonment for not more than one mouth, and also, at the discretion of the court, by forfeiture of his wages, of not more than two days' pay, and, for every twenty-four hours of absence, either a sum not exceeding six days' pay, or any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute.' Third. For quitting the vessel without leave after her arriv^al at her port of delivery, and before she is placed in security, by forfeiture out of his wages of not more than one month's pay. Fourth. For willful disobedience to any lawful command, by impris- onment for not more than two months, and also, at the discretion of the court, by forfeiture out of his wages of not more than four days' pay. Fifth. For continued willful disobedience to lawful commands, or con- tinued willful neglect of duty, by imprisonment for not more than six months, and also, at the discretion of the court, by forfeiture, for every twenty-four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect, of either a sum not more than twelve days' pay, or sufficient to defray any ex- penses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute. Sixth. For assaulting any master or mate, by imprisonment for not more than two years. Seventh. For combining with any others of the crew to disobey law- ful commands, or to neglect duty, or to impede navigation of the vessel, or the progress of the voyage, by imprisonment for not more than twelve months. Eighth. For willfully damaging the vessel, or embezzling or will- fully damaging any of the stores or cargo, by forfeiture out of his wages, of a sum equal in amount to the loss thereby sustained, and also, at the discretion of the court, by imprisonment for not more than twelve months. Ninth. For any act of smuggling of which he is convicted, and where- by loss or damage is occasioned to the master or owner, he shall be lia- ble to pay such master or owner such a sum as is sufficient to re-imburse the master or owner for such loss or damage ; and the whole or any part of his wages may be retained, in satisfaction or on account of such lia- bility ; and he shall also be liable to imprisonment for a period of not more than twelve months. Sec. 4597. Upon the commission of any of the offenses enumerated in the preceding section, an entry thereof shall be made in the official log- book, and shall be signed by the master, and by the mate or one of the crew ; and the offender, if still in the vessel, shall, before her next arrival at any port, or if she is at the time in port, before her departure there- from, either be furnished with a coi)y of such entry, or have the same read over distinctly and audibly to him, and nuiy thereupon nmke such reply thereto as he thinks fit; and a statement that a copy of the entry has been so furnished, or the same has been so read over, together with the reply, if any, ukkIc by the offender, shall likewise be entered and signed in the same manner. In any subsequent legal proceedings the entries hereinbefore required shall, if practicable, be produced or proved, and in default of such production or proof, the court hearing the case may, at its discretion, refuse to receive evidence of the offense. H. mIs. 391 13 194 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 4598. If any seaman who sLall Lave signed a contract to per- form a voyage sball, at any port or ])lace, desert, or shall absent him- self from such vessel, without leave of the master, or ofScer command- ing in the absence of the master, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace within the United States, upon the complaint of the master, to issue his warrant to apprehend such deserter, and bring him before such justice; and if it then appears that he has signed a contract within the intent and meaning of this Title, and that the voyage agreed for is not finished, or altered, or the contract otherwise dissolved, and that such seaman has deserted the vessel, or absented himself without leave, the justice shall commit him to the house of correction or com- mon jail of the city, town, or place, to remain there until the vessel shall be ready to i)roceed on her voyage, or till the master shall require liis discharge, and then to be delivered to the master, he payiug all the cost of such commitment, and deducting the same out of the wages due to such seaman. Sec. 4599. Whenever, either at the commencement of or during any voyage, any seaman or apprentice neglects or refuses to join, or deserts from or refuses to proceed to sea in, any vessel in which he is duly en- gaged to serve, or is found otherwise absenting himself therefrom with out leave, the master, or any mate, or the owner, or consignee, or ship- ping-commissioner, may, in any place in the United States, with or without the assistance of the local public officers or constables, who are hereby directed to give their assistance if required, and also at any place out of the United States, if and so far as the laws in force at such place will permit, apprehend him without first procuring a warrant; and may thereupon, in any case, and shall in case he so requires and it is practicable, convey him before any court of justice or magistrate of any State, city, town, or county, within the United States, authorized to take cognizance of otienses of like degree and kind, to be dealt with according to the provisions of law governing such cases ; and may, for the purpose of conveying him before such court or magistrate, detain him in custody for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours, or may, if he does not so require, or if tliere is no such court at or near the place, at once convey him on board. If such apprehension appears to the court or magistrate before whom the case is brought to have been made on improper or on insufficient grounds, the master, mate, consignee, or shipping-commissioner who makes the same, or causes the same to be made, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars; but such penalty, if inflicted, shall be a bar to any action for false im- prisonment. *Sec. 4G09. It shall be the duty of consular officers to reclaim desert- ers and discountenance insubordination by every means within their power ; and where the local authorities can be usefully employed for that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end, in the most effectual manner. In all cases where deserters are appre- hended, the consular officer shall inquire into the facts; and if he is satisfied that the desertion was caused by unusual or cruel treatment, the seaman shall be discharged, and receive, in addition to his wages to the time of the discharge, three months' pay; and the officer dis- charging him shall enter upon the crew-list and shipping-articles the cause of disciiarge, and the particulars iu which the cruelty or unusual treatment consisted, and subscribe bis name thereto, officially. * The consul has no authority to demand and receive from the master of a vessel the money and eft'ects belonging to a deserter from the vessel. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 195 Sec. 46(H. Whenever any person harbors or secretes any seaman be- longing to any vessel, knowing him to belong thereto, he shall be liable to pay ten dollars for every day daring whieh he continues so to harbor or secrete such seaman, recoverable one-half to the use of the i)ersou persecutinf/ [prosecuting]* for the same, the other half to the use of the Unied States. f Sec. 4G02. Any master of, or any seaman or apprentice belonging" to, any merchant vessel, who, by willful breach of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, does any act tending to the immediate loss or destruction, of, or serious damage to such vessel, or tending immediately to endan- ger the life or limb of any i)erson belonging to or on board of such ves- sel; or who, by willful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by rea- son of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do any lawful act pro])er and requisite to be done by him for preserving such vessel from immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage, or for preserving any person be- longing to or on board of such ship fiom immediate danger to life or limb, shall, for every such ofl'ense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment fgr not more than twelve months. Sec. 4G03. Any question concerning the forfeiture of, or deductions from, the wages of any seaman or api)rentice, may be determined in any proceeding lawfully instituted with respect to such wages, notwithstand- ing the otfense in respect of which such question arises, though herebj' made punishable by imprisonment as well as forfeiture, has not been made the subject of any criminal proceeding. Sec. 4G04. All clothes, effects, and wages which, under the provisions of this Title, are forfeited for desertion, shall be applied, in the first in- stance, in ])ayment of the expenses occasioned by such desertion, to the master or owner of the vessel from which the desertion has taken place, and the balance, if any, shall be paid by the master or owner to any shipping-commissioner resident at the port at which the voyage of such vessel terminates ; and the shi]>ping-commissioner shall account for and pay over such balance to the judge of the circuit court within one mouth alter the commissioner receives the same, to be disposed of by him in the same manner as is prescribed for the disposal of the money, effects, and wages of deceased seamen. ^Yhenever any master or owner neg- lects or refuses to pay over to the shipping-commissioner such balance,, he shall be liable to a penalty of double the amount thereof, recovera- ble by the commissioner in the same manner that seamen's wages are recovered. In all other cases of forfeiture of wages, the forfeiture shall be for the benefit of the master or owner by whom the wages are pay- able. Sec. 4G0o. Whenever in any proceeding relating to seamen's wages it is shown that any seaman or apprentice has, in the course of the voy- age, been convicted of any offense by any competent tribunal, and rightfully punished therefor, by imprisonment or otherwise, the court hearing the case may direct: a part of the wages due to such seamen [seaman] t, not exceeding fifteen dollars, to be applied in reimbursing any costs i)roi)erly incurred by the master in procuring such conviction and punishment. Sec. 4G()G. Every person who, not being in the United States service, and not being duly authorized by law for the pur])ose, goes on board any vessel about to arrive at the place of her destination, before her *See Act of July 20, 1790, chap. 29, sec. 4. + See sec. 5347. t See Act of June 7, 1872, cliap. 322, sec. 57. 196 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. actual aiTival, and before she has been completely moored, without per- mission of the master, shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and by imprisonment for not more than six months ; and the master of such vessel may take any such person so going on board into custody, and deliver him u]) forth- with to any constable or police-officer, to i)e by him taken before any justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to the provisions of this Title. Sec. 4G07. If, within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any vessel at any port in the United States, any person, then being on board such vessel, solicits any seaman to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire, or takes out of such vessel any effects of any seaman, except under his personal directiott, and with the permission of the master, he shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months. Sec. 4608. No seaman in the merchant-service shall wear any sheath- knife on shipboard. It shall be the duty of the master of any vessel registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States, and of the person entering into contract for the employment of a seaman upon anj' such vessel, to inform every person ofl'ering to ship himself of the provisions of this section, and to require his compliance therewith, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each omission, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ; one half for the benefit of the informer, and the other half for the benefit of the fund for the relief of sick and dis- abled seamen. Sec. 4609. If any person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or other person seeking employment as a seaman, or from any person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever other than the fees hereby authorized, for providing him with employ- ment, he shall, for every such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. Sec, 4610. All penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Title, for the recovery whereof no specific mode is hereinbefore provided, may be re- covered, with costs, in any circuit court of the United States, at the suit of any district attorney of the United States, or at the suit of any person by information to any district attorney in any port of the United States, where or near to where the offense is committed or the offender is found; and if a conviction is had, and the sum imposed as a penalty by the court is not paid either immediately after the conviction, or within such period as the court at the time of the conviction appoints, it shall be lawful for the court to commit the offender to prison, there to be imprisoned for the term hereinbefore provided in case of such of- fense, the commitment to be terminable ujion payment of the amount and costs ; and all penalties and forfeitures mentioned in this Title for which no special application is provided, shall, when recovered, be i)aid and applied in manner following: So much as the court shall determine,* and the residue shall be paid to the court and be remitted from time to time, by order of the judge, to the Treasury of the United States, and appropriated as provided for in section forty-five hundred and>forty-five : * In the bill (H. R. 2044) to authorize the appointmeut of shipping commissionei-s, as reported in the House, March 20, 1872, this clause reads as follows : "So much as the court shall determine, but not exceeding one-half, shall be paid to the informer or person upon whose discovery and information the same shall be recovered, and the residue shall be paid," &c. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 197 Provided ahciiys, That it shall be lawful for the court before wbich any proceeding shall be instituted for the recovery of any pecuniary penalty' imposed by this act, to mitigate or reduce such i)enalty as to such court shall ai)pear just and reasonable; but no such penalty shall be reduced to less than one third of its original amount: Frovided ulso^ That all proceedings so to be instituted shall be commenced within two years next after the commission of the offense, if the same shall have been committed at or beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, or within cue year if committed elsewhere, or within two mouths after the return of tile offender and the complaining party to the United States ; and there shall be no appeal from any decision of any of the circuit courts, unless the amount sued for exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars. SEC.4G1I. Flogging on board vessels of commerce is hereby abolished. Sec. 4612. In the construction of this Title, every person having the command of any vessel belonging to auj^ citizen of the United States shall be deemed to be the " master" thereof ; and every person (appren- tices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any ca- pacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a " seaman ;'^ and the term "vessel" shall be understood to comprehend every de- scription of vessel navigating on any sea or channel, lake or river, to which the provisions of this Title may be applicable, and the term "owner" shall be taken and understood to comprehend all the several persons, if more than one, to whom the vessel shall belong. SCHEDULE. Table A. FORM OF articles OF AGREEMENT. United States of America. (Date and place of first signature of agreement, including name of shipping-of&ce.) It is agreed between the master and seamen or mariners of the , of which • is at present master, or whoever shall go for master, now bound from the port of , , to , j (here the voyage is to be described, and the places named at which the vessel is to touch, or if that cannot be done, the general nature and probable length of the voyage is to be stated.) And the said crow agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest, and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their re- spective duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said nmster, or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their superior officersiu everything relating to the vessel, and filestores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on shore; and in consid- eration of which service, to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to i)ay the said crew, as wages, the sums against their names respectively exi)ressed, and to supply them with jirovisions according to the annexed scale. And it is hereby agreed that any embezzlement, or willful or negligent Time of service. a 5 .2 li i 1 i ■p. 1 1 1 1 •1 1 a t p. 1 i •< i . fi o += < 99 § 1 >•- 1 1 .1 1 n a 1 1 1 .S 3" 1 .3 j^OTE. — In the place for signatures and descriptions of men engaged ;after the first departure of the ship, the entries are to be made as above, -except that the signatures of the consul or vice-consul, officer of cus- toms, or witness before whom the man is engaged, is to be substituted for that of the shipping-master. ACCOUNT OF APPRENTICES ON BOAED, Christian and sur- name of appren- tice in full. Date of registry of indenture. Port at which in- denture was reg- istered. Port at which as- „„ jv „,„„. ' .sign ment was reg- asMgnment. j .^-^^,^^_ S Date of register of 1 SCALE OF PROVISIONS TO BE ALLOWED AND SERVED OUT TO THE CREW DURING THE VOYAGE. » , Lbs.\ Lbs. Sunday 1 , 1^ Monday 1 Tuesday 1 IJ Wedne.sday 1 , Thuisdav.' ...! 1 i li Friday [ 1 ' Saturday i 1; IJ Lbs. Lbs.l Fts. .A:i Ozs. k ii O m Ozs. Ozs. i 2 h 2 h 2 ! 4 2 1 * 2 ^ 2 i * 2 qts.^ (Here any stipulation for changes, or substitution of one article for -another, may be inserted.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 199 SUBSTITUTES. One ounce of coffee, or cocoa, or chocolate, may be substituted for one quarter ounce of tea; molasses for sugar, the quantity to be one- half more: one pound of potatoes or yams, one-half pound flour or rice ; ojue-third pint of pease or one-quarter i>int of barley may be substituted fo]r each other. When fresh meat is issued, the proportion to be two pojuuds per man per day, in lieu of salt meat. Flour, rice, aud pease, bejef and pork, nuiy be substituted for each other, and, for potatoes, oujious uu\y be bubstituted. Table B. certificate of discharge. a a 1 1 geor -Sis a ; >> ll a "2 a i ¥ 1 •r a 1' 5 % 2 o i li 1« 1 1 ■■s 1 1 1 ^ : S. H a ^ ^ « o Q ^ a ^ ^ j 1 1 ^ i 1 1 I certify that the above particulars are correct, aud that the above- named seamau was discharged accordingly. Bated day of , eighteen hundred aud . (Signed) , Master. (Couutersigued) , Seaman. Given to the above-uamed seaman in my presence this day of , eighteen hundred aud . (Sigued) .— 7-— .-' Shipping-Commissioner. Table C. fees, (seamen.) Fee ])ayable on engaging crew, for each member of the crew, (except apprentices) -"^2 00 Fee payable on discharging crew, for each member of crew dis- ch arged ^^ Table D. . FEES, (APPRENTICES.) For each boy apprenticed to the merchant service, including the indenture $5 00 200 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Table E. deduction from wages of seamen. In ]>artial repayment of tbe fees payable in Table G, in respect of engagements, from the wages of each member of the crew, twenty-five cents. Ill respect of discharges, from the wages of each member of the crew, twenty-five cents. Chap. 260. — An act iu refereuce to the operations of the shipping commissioners' act, approved June seventh eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That none of the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of shipping com- missioners by the several circuit courts of the United States to super- intend the shipping and discharge of seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for the further jirotection of seamen" shall apply to sail or steam vessels engaged in the coastwise trade, except tlie coastwise trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, or in the lake-going trade touching at foreign ports or other- wise, or in the trade between the United States and the British North American possessions, or in any case where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or result of a cruise, or voyage. Approved, June 9, 1874. MERCHANT SEAMEN. (Act of J line 26, 1834.) Sec. 2. That section forty -five hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 4580. Upon the application of the master of any vessel to a consular officer to discharge a seaman, or upon the application of any seaman for his own discharge, if it appears to such officer that said sea- man has completed his shipping agreement, or is entitled to his dis- charge under any act of Congress or according to the general princi- ples or usages of maritime law as recognized in the United States, such officer shall discharge said seaman, and require from the master of said vessel, before such discharge shall be made, payment of the wages which may then be due said seaman ; but no payment of extra wages shall be required by any consular officer upon such discharge of any seaman except as provided in this act." Sec. 3. That section forty-five hundred and eighty-three of the Ee- vised Statutes be amended' so as to read as follows : " Sec. 4583. Whenever on the discharge of a seaman in a foreign coun- try, on his complaint that the voyage is continued contrary to agree- ment, the consular officer shall be satisfied that such voyage has been designedly and unnecessarily prolonged in violation of the articles of shipment, or whenever a seaman is discharged by a consular officer iu consequence of any hurt or injury received in the service of the vessel, NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 201 such consular officer shall require the payment by tiie master of one month's wages for such seaman over and above the wa^es due at the time of discharge." Sec. 4. That section forty-five hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4r)Gl. Tbe inspectors in their report shall also state whether, in their opinion, the vessel was sent to sea unsuitably provided in any important or essential i)articular, by neglect or design, or through mis- take or accident ; and in case it was by neglect or design, and the con- sular officer approves of such finding, he shall discharge such of the crew as request it, and shall require the payment by the master of one month's wages for each seaman over and above the wages then due. But if, in the opinion of the inspectors, the defects or deficiencies found to exist have been the result of mistake or accident, and could not, in the exercise of ordinary care, have been known and provided against before the sailing of the vessel, and the master shall, in a reasonable time, remove or remedy the causes of complaint, then the crew shall re- main and discharge their duty." Sec. 5. That section forty-five hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows : '' Sec. 4582. Whenever a vessel of the United States is sold in a for- eign country, and her company discharged, it shall be the duty of the master to produce to the consular officer the certified list of his ship's company, and also the shipping articles, and to pay to said consular offi- cer for every seaman so discharged one month's wages over and above the wages which may then be due to such seaman ; but in case the mas- ter of the vessel so sold shall, with the assent of said seaman, provide him with adequate employment on board some other vessel bound to the port at which he was originally shipped, or to such other port as may be agreed upon by him, then no payment of extra wages shall be required." Sec. 6. That section forty- six hundred of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 4G00. It shall be the duty of consular officers to reclaim de- serters and discountenance insubordination by every means within their power, and where the local authorities can be usefully employed for that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end in the most effectual manner. In all cases where deserters are appre- hended the consular officer shall inquire into the facts ; and if he is sat- isfied that the desertion was caused by unusual or cruel treatment, he shall discharge the seaman, and require the master of the vessel from which such seaman is discharged to pay one month's wages over and above the wages then due; and the officer discharging such seaman shall enter upon the crew-list and shi])ping articles the cause of dis- charge, and the particulars in which the ciuelty or unusual treatment consisted, and the facts as to his discharge or re-engagement, as the case may be, and subscribe his name thereto officially." Sec. 7. That section forty-five hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 4581. If any consular officer, when discharging any seaman, shall neglect to require the i)ayment of aiul collect the arrears of wages and extra wages required to be paid in the case of the discharge of any seaman, he sliall be accountable to the United States to the full amount thereof. If any seaman, after his discharge, shall have incurred any expense for board or other necessaries at the place of his discharge, be- fore shipping again, or for transportation to the United States, such 202 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. expeuse shall be paid out of the arrears ot wages and extra wages re- ceived bv the consular officer, which shall be retained for that purpose and the balance only paid over to such seamen." Sec. 8. That section forty-five hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes be hereby repealed. Sec. 0. That section forry-five hundred and seventy eight of the Re- vised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 4578. All masters of vessels of the United States, and bound to some port of the same, are required to take such destitute seamen on board their vessels, at the request of consular officers, and to transport them to the port in the United States to which such vessel may be bound, on such terms, not exceeding ten dollars for each person for voyages of not more than thirty days, and not exceeding twenty dol- lars for each person for longer voyages, as may be agreed between the master and the consular officer ; and said consular officer shall issue certificates for such transportation, which certiticates shall be assigna- ble for collection. If any such destitute seaman is so disabled or ill as to be unable to perform duty, the consular officer shall so certify in the certificate of transportation, and such additional compensation shall be paid as tlie First Comptroller of the Treasury shall deem proper. Every such master who refuses to receive and transport such seamen on the request or order of such consular officer shall be liable to the United States in a i)enalty of one hundred dollars for each seaman so refused. The certificate of any such consular officer, given under his hand and official seal, shall be presumptive evidence of such refusal in any court of law having jurisdiction for the recovery of the penalty. No master of any vessel shall, however, be obliged to take a greater number than one man to every one hundred tons burden of the vessel on any one voyage." " Sec. 10. That it shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages before leaving the port at which such seaman may be engaged in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such advance wages to any other person, or to pay any person, other than an officer authorized by act of Congress to collect fees for such service, any remuneration for the shipment of seamen. Any person paying such advance wages or such remuneration shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be pun- ished by a tine not less than four times the amount of the wages so ad- vanced or remuneration so paid, and may be also imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court. The payment of such advance wages or remuneration shall in no case, except as herein provided, absolve the vessel, or the master or owner thereof, from full payment of wages after the same shall have been actually earned, and shall be no defense to a libel, suit, or action for the recovery of such wages: Provided^ That this section shall not apply to whaling- vessels: And provided further, That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stipu- late in his shipping agreement for an allotment of any i)ortion of the wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, but to no other person or corporation. And any person who shall falsely claim such relationship to any seaman in order to obtain wages so allotted shall, for every such oftense, be punishable by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, oi imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court. This section shall apply as well to foreign ves- sels as to vessels of the United States ; and any foreign vessel the mas- ter, owner, consignee, or agent of which has violated this section, or in- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 203 duced or connived at its violation, shall be refused a clearance from any port of the United States. Skc. 11. That every vessel mentioned in section forty-five hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes shall also be provided with a slop chest, which shall contain a coiupleinent of clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, including boots or shoes, hats or caps, under clothing an. That a master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage a seaman at any port in the United States, in the manner provided by law, to serve on a voyage to any port, or for the round trip from and to the i)ort of departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination. The master of a vessel making regular and stated trips between the 204 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. CJuited States and a foreign country may engage a seaman for one or more round trips, or for a definite time, or on the return of said vessel to the United States may reship such seaman for another voyage in the same vessel, in the manner ])rovided by law, witliout the i)ayment of additional fees to any ofTicer for such reshipnient or re- engagement. Sec. 20. That every master of a vessel in the foreign trade may en- gage any seaman at any port out of the United States, in the manner provided by law, to serve for one or more round trips from and to the port of departure, or for a detinite time, whatever the destination ; and the master of a vessel clearing from a port of the United States with one or more seamen engaged in a foreign port as herein provided shall not be required to reship in a port of the United States the seamen so engaged, or to give bond, as required by section forty-five hundred and seventy-six of the Eevised Statutes, to produce said seamen before a boarding officer on the return of said vessel to the United States. SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS. (Act of June 26, 1884.) Sec. 27. That section forty-five hundred and one of the Revised Stat- utes is hereby amended so as to read as follows : " Sec. 4501. The Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint a commis- sioner for each port of entry, which is also a port of ocean navigation, and which, in his judgment, may require the same; such commissioner to be termed a shipping commissioner, and may, from time to time, re- move from office any such commissioner whom he may have reason to believe does not properly perform his duty, and shall then provide for the proper performance of his duties until another person is duly ap- pointed in his place: Provided, Th^t Shipping Commissioners now in office shall continue to perform the duties thereof nntil others shall be appointed in their places. Shipping Commissioners shall monthly ren- der a full, exact, and itemized account of their receipts and expenditures to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall determine their compensa- tion, and shall from time to time determine the number and compensa- tion of the clerks appointed by such commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the limitations now fixed by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall regulate the mode of con- ducting business in the shipping offices to be established by the ship- ping commissioners as hereinafter provided, and shall have full and complete control over the same, subject to the provisions herein con- tained ; and all expenditures by shipping commissioners shall be audited and adjusted in the Treasury Department in the mode and manner provided for expenditures in the collection of customs. All fees of Shipping Commissioners shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and shall constitute a fund which shall be used under the dire(;tion of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the compensation of said Commissioners and tlieir clerks and such other expenses as he may find necessary to ensure the proper administration of their duties. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 205 SHIPMENT OF SEAMEN IN THE COASTING TKADE. (Act of June 19, 1886.) Sec. 2. That sliipping conimissionors may ship aiifl discbai-oe crews for any vessel enoaoed in the coastwise trade, or the trade between the United States and tlie Dominion of Canada, or Newfonndland, or the West Indies, or the Kepnblic of Mexico, at the request of the mas- ter or owner of such vessel, the shipping and discharging fees in such cases to be one-half that prescribed by section forty-six hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes, for the purpose of determining the com- pensation of shii)ping commissioners. Sec. 3. That section ten of the act entitled "Au act to remove cer- tain burdens on the American mercbaDt marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended by striking out the words " That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stip- ulate in his shipping agreement for an allotment of any portion of the wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, but to no other person or corporation," and inserting in lieu thereof the fol- lowing: "That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stipulate in his shipping agreement for an allotment of all or any portion of the wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, or to an original creditor in liquidation of any just debt for board or clothing which he may have contracted prior to engagement, not exceeding ten dollars per month for each month of the time usually required for the voyage for which the seaman has shipped, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, but no allotment to any other person or corporation shall be lawful." And said section ten is further amended by striking out all of the last paragraph after the words " vessels of the United States," and inserting in lieu of such words stricken out the following : "And any master, owner, consignee, or agent of any foreign vessel who has violated this section shall be liable to the saine penalty that the master, owner, or agent of a vessel of the United States would be for a similar violation." TRANSPORTATION OF DESTITUTE AMERICAN SEAMEN. Sec. 18. Section nine of " Au act to remove certain buidens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign-carry- ing trade, and for other purposes," approved June 26, 1884, is hereby amended in the eighth line by inserting after the words "and a con- sular otticer" the following: " When the transportation is by a sailing vessel; and the regular steerage-passenger rate, not to exceed two cents per mile, when the transportation is by steamer." And the said section is further amended by adding at the end the following: " or to take any seaman having a contagious disease." (Act of June 19, 188G.) Note.— Allotnipnts to oriffinal creditors, under section 3 of the act, on account of food or clothing owed for by the seaman at the time of his engagement, cannot be made to exceed ten dollars jier month for the time usually reciuired for the voyage for ■which he has shipped. The allotment must be specilied in ihe shipping agreement, the amount thereof per month and the number of months for which it is to be paid being expressly stipulated. To render such allotments uniform, it is directed that 206 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. they shall not be allowed for period.s exceedinj schedule, respectively : mentioned in the following SCHEDULE OF VOYAGES FOR SAILING VESSELS. [For steam vessels on foreign voyages the allotment may be one-half of the amount allowed sailing vessels. ] Number Allotments of or advances months. not to exceed i $5 1 10 34 35 i 5 \l 12 15 2 20 4 40 IJ 15 24 20 3 30 34 35 14 15 n 12 3 30 34 35 4 40 3 30 3 30 34 35 1 10 4 5 Coasting voyages, except between the Atlantic and Pacific ports, including voj-ages fiom first coasting district to Atlantic ports in the Dominion of Canada. Voyages between ports iu second and third coasting districts to Atlantic ports ill the Dominion of Canada. Between ports on Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Between Pacific ports and British Columbia. Between ports in first and third coasting districts and ports in Europe. Between ports in first and third coasting distiicts and ports on the Mediter- ranean east of Sicily, and Black Sea. Between ports in second coasting district and ports in Europe. Between ports on Pacific coast and ports in Europe. Between ports on Pacific coast and ports-in Sandwich Isles. Between ports on Pacific coast and ports in New Zealand, Tahiti, Australia, &c. Between ports on Pacific coast and ports in China, Philippine Isles. Java, &c. Between ports on Pacific coast and Mauritius, Calcutta, and Bombay. Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and North and West African ports down to and including Cape of Good Hope and adjacent islands. Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and West Indies and Central America. Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and east coast of Africa, Mauntius, and Madagascar. . Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and East Indies, including Singa- pore and Java. ,T„.,. Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and China and Japan and Philippine Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and Australia and New Zealand. Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coasts and ports on east coast of South America. , -. c. ii Between ports on Atlantic or Gulf coast.s and ports on west coast ot isouth America, Central America, and Mexico. Between ports in first and third coasting districts and Mexico. Between ports in second coasting district and Mexico. {Treasury circular June 21, 1886.) FISHING AND WHALING VESSELS — SLOP-CHESTS ON. Sec. 13. That section eleveii of "Au act to remove certain burdens on the Amerioan merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, shall not be construed to apply to vessels engaged in the whaling or fishing business. (Act of June 19, 188G.) NATURALIZATION OF SEAMEN. (Revised Statutes, Title XXX.) Sec. 2174. Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and shall have served three years on board of a merchant- vessel of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court, and the production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct during that time, together with the cer- tificate of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, be admitted NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 207 a citizf u of the United States ; and every seaman, being- a foreigner, sluill, after bis declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and after he shall have served such three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for the purpose of manning and serving on board any merchant-vessel of the United States, anything to the con- trary in any act of Congress notwithstanding; but such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an American citizen, be deemed such, after the filing of his declaration of intention to become such citizen. 2.— LOGBOOKS. (Revised Statutes, Title XLVIII.) Sec. 4290. Every vessel making voyages from a port in the United States to any foreign port, or being of the burden of seventy-five tons, or upward, from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall have an official log-book ; and every master of such vessel shall make, or cause to be made therein, entries of the following mat- ters, that is to say : First. Every legal conviction of any member of his crew, and the punishment inflicted. Second. Every oftense committed by any member of his crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a forfeiture, together with such statement concerning the reading over such entry, and con- cerning the reply, if any, made to the charge, as is required by the pro- visions of section forty-five hundred and thirty [ninety-seven]. Third. Every oflense for which punishment is inflicted on board, and the punishment inflicted. Fourth. A statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of each of his crew ; or a statement that he declines to give an opinion of such ])articulars. Fifth. Every case of illness or injury happening toany member of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the medical treatment. Sixth. Every case of death happening on board, with the cause thereof. Seventh. Every birth happening on board, with the sex of the infant, and the names of the jjarents. Eighth. Every marriage taking place on board, with the names and ages of the parties. Ninth. The name of every seaman or apprentice who ceases to be a member of the crew otherwise than by death, with the place, time, man- ner, and cause thereof. Tenth. The wages due to any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage, and the gross amount of all deductions to be made there- from. Eleventh. The sale of the effects of any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage, including a statement of each article sold, and the sum received for it. Sec. 4i.'9l. Every entry hereby required to be made in the official log- book shall be signed by the master and by the ma;e, or some other one of the crew, and every entry in the official log-book shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates, and, if not made on the 208 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. same day as the occurrence to which it relates, shall be made aud dated so as to show the date of the occurrence, and of the entry respecting it ; and in no case shall any entry therein, in respect of any occurrence hap- pening- previously to the arrival of the vessel at her final port, be made more than twenty-four hours after such arrival. Sec. 4292. If in any case the official log-book is not kept in the man- ner hereby required, or if any entry hereby directed to be made in any such log-book is not made at the time and in the manner hereby di- rected, the master shall, for each such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars ; and every person who makes, or procures to be made, or assists in making, any entry in any official log- book in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the vessel at her final port of discharge, more than twenty-four hours after such arrival, shall, for each offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred and fifty dollars. PART IX. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS. AMENDMENTS, AND CORRECTIONS OF THE FOREGOING LAWS. Explanatory lahle. Section changed. I Page of I section changed. Subject. Amendment ! ^^g« f „„f amend- ''^'- ment act. Act March 2. ]881 211 4349, Kevised Statutes 52 43R1, Revised Statutes 1 59 4J90, Kevised Statutes 87 4691, Kevised Statutes 149 4691, Revised Statutes 149 5574. Revised Statutes ' 111 Act February 28, 1871 ! 82 Act May?, 1871 50 Section 1, chapter 376, Laws of 1882 . 72 Change of vessel's name [ Jul j' 5, Vessels on river Mississippi...! July 12, Fees Feli. 27, Bulkheads Julv 9, Charts j June 20, Charts Mar. 13, Guano islands I Apr. 18, ] Steam pressure Jan. 6, " Fisheries Mar. 3, Capitation tax June 26, Steam vessels i July 7, Wreck I Mar. 3,: Wreck appropriation July 31,] 1885 40 1876 210 1876 210 1886 213 1878 211 1879 211 1874 212 1874 209 1873 211 1884 212 1882 211 1875 210 1876 210 AN ACT relating to the limitation of steam pressure of vessels used exclusively for towing and carrying freight on the Mississippi Eiver and its tributaries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisious of au act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of life ou vessels pro- pelled in whole or in part by steam," &c., approved February twenty- eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, so far as they relate to the limitation of steam pressure of steamboats, used exclusively for towing and carrying freight on the Mississippi Kiver and its tributaries, are hereby so far modified as to substitute for such boats one hundred and fifty pounds of steam pressure in place of one hundred and ten pounds, as i)rovided in said act for the standard pressure upon standard boilers of forty-two inches diameter, and of plates of one-quarter of an inch iu thickness; and such boats may, on the written permit of the supervising iu8i)ector of the district in which such boats shall carry on their busi- ness, be permitted to carry steam above the standard pressure of one hundred and ten ])ounds, but not exceeding the standard pressure of one hundred and tifty pounds to the .square inch. Approved, January G, 1874. AN ACT niakiug appropriation for sundry civil expense-s of the Government for the tiseal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. [See page i 37. J And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase, iu be- H. Mis. 391 U* 209 210 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. half of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for life-saving or life-boat stations, houses of refuge and sites for pier-head beacons, the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress. # * * * * * * Approved, March 3, 1875. AMENDS SECTION 4349 REVISED STATUTES. Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of sections forty-three hundred and forty-nine, forty-three hundred and fifty, forty- three hundred and fifty-one, forty-three hundred and fifty-two, forty-three hundred and fifty-three, forty-tiiree hundred and fifty-four, forty-three hundred and filty-five, and forty-three hundred and fifty-six of the Ee- vised Statutes, requiring the master of every vessel licensed to carry on the coasting-trade, laden in part with foreign merchandise or dis- tilled spirits, to procure a permit from the customs officer of the port at which his vessel was laden, authorizing him to proceed to his port of destination, and also to procure a permit from the port of destination for the unlading of his cargo, shall not be held to include vessels en- gaged in the navigation of the Mississippi River or tributaries above the port of I^ew Orleans. Approved, July 12, 1876. AN ACT makiug appropriations for aundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending Jnne thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes. And the person in immediate charge of the Life-Saving Service, un- der the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make a report anuuall^^ to the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the manner in which all moneys appropriated for the maintenance of said Service shall have been ex])ended, and setting forth specifically the operations of said Service during the year ; and said report shall be transmitted to Con- gress with the papers accompanying the Annual Finance Eeport. ******* Approved, July 31, 1876. COMPENSATION OF SUEVEYORS. Where a surveyor certifies a manifest, or grants a permit, or receives a certified manifest and grants a permit, the fees arising therefrom shall be received by him solely for his use; and all other fees arising by virtue of this section shall be received and accounted for by the collec- tor, or, at his option, by the naval officer, where there is one, and where there is a collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall be equally divided, monthly, between tbe said oflicers ; and where there is no naval officer, two-thirds to the collector and the other third to the surveyor; and where there is only a collector he shall receive the whole amount thereof; and where there is more than one surveyor in any district, each of them shall receive his proportional part of such fees as shall arise at the port for which he is appointed ; and in all cases where the NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 211 toimjige of auy ship or vessel shall be ascertained by any person ay)- poiuted for that purpose, such person shall be paid a reasonable com- pensation therefor out of the fees aforesaid, before any distiibution thereof as aforesaid. (Act of February 27, 1877, amending section 4381, R. S.) Be it enacted., &c. [Section l.j [Par. 1.] That Senators, Eepresentatives, and Delegates to the House of Kepresentatives shall each be entitled to not more than ten charts published by the Coast Survey, for each regular session of Con- gress. R. S. § 4691, 1878, June 20, ch. 359, § 1, par. 5. [See page 149.] [Par. 5.] That the charts published \>j the Coast Survey, shall be sold at the office at Washington, at the price of the printing and paper thereof, and elsewhere at the same price with the average cost of deliv- ery added thereto. And hereafter there shall be no free distribution of such charts except to the Departments of the United States and to the several States and officers of the United States requiring them for public use, in accordance with the act of June third, eighteen hundred and forty- four. (1) E. S., § 4691, 1879, March 3, ch. 182 [see page 149]. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to chauge the name of vessels under certain circumstances. Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ury be, and hereby is, authorized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly enrolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same, when, in his opinion, there shall be sufficient cause for so doing. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish such rules and regulations and procure such evidence as to the age, condition^ where built, and pecuniary liability of the vessel as he may deem neces- sary to prevent injury to public or private interests; and when per- mission is granted by the Secretary, he shall cause the order for the change of name to be published at least in four issues in some daily or weekly paper at the i)lace of register; and the cost of procuring evi- dence and advertising the change of name to be paid by the person or persons desiring such change of name.* AN ACT to create a district for the inspection of hulls and boilers of steam-vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the inspection of hulls and boilers of steam-vessels there is hereby created a local board of inspectors to be located at Gallipolis, Ohio, in which there shall be one inspector of hulls and one ins])eclor of boilers, one of whom shall be transferred from the office of the local board of inspectors at Cincinnati^ Ohio, and onefrom the office of the local board ofinsppctors nt Whoolincr. " See act July 5, leW4, page 4U.| 212 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. West Virginia, each of whom shall receive per aunum the same com- pensation he may be receiving at the time of the passage of this act; and thereafter in case of a vacancy in the office of inspector of hulls or in the office of inspector of boilers, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in section forty-four hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes. Approved, July 7, 1882. rincipals, exercising the powers and performing the duties within the limits of their consulates or commercial agencies respectively, the former at the same ports or places, and the latter at ports or places different from those at which such priuciiials are located respectively. Third. "Vice-consuls" and " vice-commercial agents" shall be deemed to denote consular officers, who shall be substituted, temporarily, to fill the places of consuls-general, consuls, or commercial agents, when they shall be temporarily absent or relieved from duty. Fourth. " Consular officer " shall be deemed to include consuls-general, consuls, commercial agents, deputy consuls, vice consuls, vice-commercial agents, and consular-agents, and none others. Fifth. "Diplomatic officer" shall be deemed to include ambassadors, envoys extraordinary, ministers plenipotentiary, ministers resident, commissioners, charges d'affaires, agents, and secretaries of legation, and none others. Sec, 1G84. To entitle any charge d'affaires, or secretary of any lega- tion or embassy to any foreign country, or secretary of any minister plenipotentiary, to compensation, they shall respectively be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; but in the recess of the Senate the President is authorized to make such api)ointments, which shall be submitted to the Senate at the next ses- sion thereafter, for their advice and consent; and no compensation shall be allowed to any charge d'affaires, or any of the secretaries here- inbefore described, who shall not be so appointed. * The «oininauder of an American vessel is required to deliver his register and other ship's papers to the consul at a foreign port only in cases where he is compelled to make entry at the custom-house. — {Opinion Altorney-General, 1858.) 218 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 1685. For such time as any secretary of legation shall be law- fully authorized to act as charge d'affaires ad interim at the post to which he shall have been appointed, he shall be entitled to receive com- pensation at the rate allowed by law for a charge d'affaires at such post; but he shall not be entitled to receive, for such time, the compensation allowed for his services as secretary of legation. Sec. 1C86. When to any diplomatic office held by any person there is superadded another, such i^erson shall be allowed additional compensa- tion for his services, in such superadded office, at the rate of fifty per centum of the amount allowed by law for such superadded office, and for such time as shall be actually and necessarily occupied in making the transit between the two posts of duty, at the commencement and termi- nation of the period of such superadded office, and no longer ; and such superadded office shall be deemed to continue during the time to which it IS limited by the terms thereof. Sec. 1687. All fees collected at any of the legations shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury, and held subject to his draft, or other directions. Sec. 1688. ^o person in the diplomatic service of the United States shall wear any uniform or official costume not previously authorized by Congress. consular officers. (Reviseil Statutes, chap. 2.) Sec. 1689. The various provisions of this Title which are expressed in terms of general application to any particular classes of consular officers, shall be deemed to apply as well to all other classes of such officers, so far as may be consistent with the subject-matter of the same, and with the treaties of the United States. Sec. 1690. Consuls-generals, consuls, and commercial agents, appointed to the ports and places specified in Schedules B and C, are entitled to annual salaries respectively, at the rates specified therein. And when- ever the President thinks proper to appoint a consul to auy port or place named in the Schedules B and C for a commercial agency instead of such commercial agent, or vice versa, and an appointment is made accordingly, the compensation for such consular officer shall be the same in any such case as that fixed for such port or place in the sched- ule embracing the same ; or whenever the President thinks the public interests will be subserved by appointing to auy such port or place a consul-general instead of a consul or commercial agent, and an appoint- ment is made accordingly, the compensation for such consul-general shall be the same as that fixed for such port or place in the schedule embracing the same. Sec. 1691. No consul-general or consul shall be permitted to hold the office of consul-general or consul at auy other consulate, or exercise the duties thereof. Sec. 1692. The President is authorized to appoint three interpreters of the Chinese language, who shall be entitled to compensation for their services, respectively, at a rate not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars a year, to be determined by the President, and to assign such interpreters. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 219 from time to time, to such consulates iu China and with such duties as he may think ])roi)er. Sec. 1G93. The salary of the interpreter at the consulate of Bangkok, in Siani, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars a year: and no salary shall be allowed the marshal at that consulate. Sec. i<)94. The President is authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interest may so require, to discontinue the consulate of the United States at Trinidad de Cuba, and to appoint at Cienfueg'os, in that island, a consul with the same salary and emoluments as those now allowed by law to the consul at Trinidad de Cuba. Sec. 1695. The President is authorized to define the extent of country to be embraced within any consulate or commercial agency, and to pro- vide for the appointment of vice-consuls, vice-commercial agents, dep- uty consuls, and consular agents, therein, in such manner and under such regulations as he shall deem proper; but no compensation shall be allowed for the servicesof any such vice-consul, or vice-commercial agent, beyond nor except out of the allowance made by law for the principal consular officer in whose place such appointment shall be made. No vice-consul, vice-commercial agent, deputy consul, or consular agent, shall be appointed otherwise than under such regulations as have beeu or may be ])rescribed by the President. Sec. 1G90. The only allowance to any vice-consulate or consular agency for expenses shall be an amount sufficient to pay for stationery and postage on official letters. Sec. 1G97. Every consul-general, consul, and commercial agent, before he receives his commission or enters upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond to the United States, with such sureties, who shall be per- manent residents of the United States, as the Secretary of State shall approve, in a penal sum not less than one thousand dollars, and in no case less than the annual compensation allowed to such officer, and not more than ten thousand dollars, and in such form as the President shall prescribe, conditioned for the true and faithful accounting for, paying over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, effects, books, records, papers, and other property which shall come to his hands, or to the hands of any other person to his use as such consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, under any law now or hereafter enacted; and for the true and faithful performance of all other duties now or hereafter law- fully imposed upon him as such consul-general, consul, or commercial agent. Tlje bonds herein mentioned shall be deposited with the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Sec. 1098. Every vice-consul shall, before he enters on the execution of his trust, give bond, with such sureties as shall be approved by the Secretary of State, in a sum of not less than two thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful dis- charge of the duties of his office according to law, and for truly account- ing for all moneys, goods, and effects which may come into his i)osses- sion by virtue of his office. The bond shall be lodged in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 1G99. No consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, embraced in Schedule B, shall, wlnle he holds his office, be interested in or trans- act any business as a merchant, factor, broker, or other trader, or as a clerk or other agent for any such i)erson to, from, or within the port, place, or limits of his consulate or commercial agency, directly or indi- rectly, either in his own name, or in the name or through the agency of any other person; and he shall, in his official bond, stii)ulate, as a con- dition thereof, not to violate this prohibition. 220 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 1700. All consular officers whose respective salaries exceed oue tbousaiKl dollars a year, shall be subject to the prohibition against trans- acting business contained in the preceding section. And the President may extend the i)rohibition to any consul or commercial agent not em- braced in Schedules B and C, and to any vice-consul or vice-commercial agent, deputy consul, or consular agent, and may require such officer to give a bond not to violate the same. Sec. 1701. Every consul-general, consul, or commercial agent who vio- lates the prohibition against transacting business, required to be in- serted in his official bond, shall be liable to a penalty therefor, for the use of the United States, equal in amount to the annual compensation specified for him in Schedule B, which may be recovered in an action of debt at the suit of the United States, either directly for the penalty, as such, against such consul-general, or consul, or commercial agent, or upon his official bond, as liquidated damages, for the breach of such condition against such consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, and his sureties, or any one or more of them; and in every such case all such actions shall be open to the United States for the collection of such penalty till the same shall be collected in some one of such actions ; and evervsuch penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. ' Sec. 1702. The compensation of consuls whose annual salaries do not, under existing law, exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, shall, when the fees collected at the consulates where they are located and paid into the Treasury of the United States amount to three thousand dollars, be two thousand dollars a year. Sec. 1703. Every vice-consul and vice-commercial agent shall be en- titled, as compensatioi for his services as such, to the whole or so much of the compensation of the principal consular officer in whose place he shall be appointed, as shall be determined by the President, and the residue, if any, shall be paid to such principal consular officer ; and every consular agent shall be entitled, as compensation for his serv- ices, to such fees as he may collect under the regulations prescribed by the President governing the subject of fees, or to so much thereof as shall be determined by the President ; and the principal officer of the consulate or commercial agency within the limits of which such consu- lar agent shall be appointed shall be entitled to the residue, if any, in addition to any other compensation allowed him by law for his services therein. Sec. 1704. The President is authorized, whenever he shall think the public good will be promoted thereby, to appoint consular clerks, not exceeding thirteen in number at any one time, who shall be citizens of the United States, and over eighteen years of age at the time of their appointment, and shall be entitled to compensation for their services respectively at a rate not exceeding one thousand dollars a year each, to be determined by the President ; and to assign such clerks, from time to time, to such consulates and with such duties as he shall direct. Sec. 1705. Before the appointment of any such consular clerk shall be made, it shall be satisfactorily shown to the Secretary of State, after due examination and report by an examining board, that the applicant is qualified and tit for the duties to which he shall be assigned; and such report shall be laid before the President. And no clerk so ap- pointed shall be removed from office, except for cause stated in writ- ing, which shall be submitted to Congress at the session first following such removal. Sec. 1706. The President may allow consuls-generals, consuls, and NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES 221 commercial agents, who are uot allowed to trade, actual expenses of office- rent, not to exceed, in any case, twenty per centum of the amount of the annual compensation allowed to such officer, whenever he shall think there is sufficient reason therefor. *Sec. 1707. Consuls and vice consuls shall have the right, in the ports or i)laces to which they are severally appointed, of receiving the protests or declarations which captains, masters, crews, passengers, or merchants, who are citizens of the United States, may respectively choose to make there: and also such as any foreigner may choose to make before them relative to the personal interest of any citizen of the United iStates, Copies of such acts duly authenticated by consuls or vice-consuls, under the seal of their consulates, respectively, shall be received in evidence equally with their originals in all courts in the United States. Sec. 1708. Every consular officer shall keep a detailed list of all sea- men and mariners shii)ped and discharged by him, specifying their names and the names of the vessels on which they are shipped and from Avhich they aie discharged, and the payments, if any, made on account of each so discharged; also of the number of the vessels arrived and departed, the amounts of their registered tonnage, and the number of their seamen and mariners, and of those Mho are protected, and whether citizens of the United States or not, and as nearly as possible the na- ture and value of their cargoes, and where produced, and shall make returns of the same, with their accounts and other returns, to the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Sec. 1709. It shall be the duty of consuls and vice consuls, where the laws of the country permit: First. To take possession of the personal estate left by any citizen of the United States, other than seamen belonging to any vessel, who shall die within their consulate, leaving there no legal representative, partner in trade, or trustee by him appointed to take care of his eflects. Second. To inventory the same with the assistance of two merchants of the United States, or, for want of them, of any others of their choice. Third. To collect the debts due the deceased in the country where he died, and pay the debts due from his estate which he shall have there contractero<'iirP aiMl tran-*init to th<' Df^nartnient of State ', * tiee stc, 14oo. 222 NAVIGATION LAM^S OF THE UNITED STATES. authentic commercial information respecting such countries, of such character, and in such manner and form, and at such times as the De- partment may from time to time prescribe. Sec. 1713. Every consular officer shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, as often as shall be required, the prices current of all articles of merchandise usually exported to the United States from the port or place in which he is stationed. Sec. 1715. No consular officer shall certify any invoice unless he is satisfied that the person making oath thereto is the person he represents himself to be, that he is a credible person, and that the st;itemeuts made under such oath are true; and he shall, thereui^on, by his certificate^ state that he was so satisfied. Sec. 1716. The fee provided by law for the verification of invoices by consular officers shall, when paid, be held to be a full payment for fur- nishing blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making, signing, and sealing the certificate of the consular officer there- to; and any consular officer who, under pretense of charging for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation of such declaration or certificate, charges or receives any fee greater in amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or who demands or re- ceives for any official services, or who allows any clerk or subordinate to receive for any such service any fee or reward other than the fee pro- vided by law for such service, shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars; and shall be removed from his office. Sec. 1717. That no consular officer of the United States shall hereaf- ter grant a certificate for goods, wares, or mercliandise shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, which have passed a consulate after purchase for shipment. Sec. 1718. Whenever any master or commander of a vessel of the United States has occasion for any consular or other official service, which any consular officer of the United States is authorized by law or usage officially to perform, and for which any fees are allowed by the rates or tariffs of fees, he shall apply to the consular officer at the con- sulate or commercial agency where such service is required to perform such service, and shall pay to such officer the fees allowed for such serv- ice by the rates or tariffs of fees. And every such master or com- mander who omits so to do shall be liable to the United States for the amount of the fees lawfully chargeable for such services when actually performed. All consular officers are authorized and required to retain in their possession ail the papers of such vessels, which shall be depos- ited with them as directed by law, till payment shall be made of all de- mands and wages on account of such vessels. Sec. 1719. No consular officer, nor any person under any consular officer shall make any charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any com- pensation, by way of commission or otherwise, for receiving or disburs- ing the wages or extra wages to which any seaman or mariner is entitled who is discharged in any foreign country, or for any money advanced to any such seaman or mariner who seeks relief from any consulate or commercial agency: nor shall any consular officer, or any person under any consular officer, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any profit derived from clothing, boarding, or otherwise supplyingor sending home any such seaman or mariner. Such prohibition as to profit, however, shall not be construed to relieve or prevent any such officer who is the owner of or otherwise interested in any vessel of the United States, from transporting in such vessel any such seaman or mariner, or from receiv- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 223 ing or being interested in such reasonable allowance as may be made for such transi)ortation by law. Seo. 1720. American vessels running regularly by weekly or monthly trips, or otherwise, to or between foreign ports, shall not be required to pay fees to consuls for more than four trips in a year. Sec. 1721. The fee for certifying invoices to be charged by the con- sul-general for the British North American Provinces, and his subordi- nate consular ofticers and agents, for goods not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, shall be one dollar. Sec. 1722. No consul, vice-consul, or consular agent in the Domin- ion of Canada, shall be allowed tonnage fees for any services, actual or constructive, rendered any vessel owned and registered in the United States that may touch at the Canadian port; and in the collection of official fees they shall receive foreign moneys at the rate given in the Treasury schedule of the value of foreign coins. Sec. 1723. Whenever any consular officer collects, orknowiugly allows to be collected for any service, any otheror greater fees than are allowed by law for such service, he shall, besides his liability to refund the same, be liable to pay to the person by whom or in whose behalf the same are paid, treble the amount of the unlawful charge so collected, as a penalty^ to be recovered with costs, in any proper form of action, by such person for his own use. And in any such case the Secretary of the Treasury may retain out of the compensation of such ofifier, the amount of such overcharge, and of such penalty, and charge the same to such officer in account, and may thereupon refund such unlawful charge, and pay such penalty to the person entitled to the same if he shall think proper so to do. Sec. 1724. Every consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, men- tioned in Schedules B and C, or vice-consul, or vice-commercial ageut^ appointed to perform the duty of any such officer mentioned in Sched- ules B and C, who omits to collect any fees which he is entitled to charge for any oflScial service, shall be liable to the United States therefor, as if be had collected the same; unless, upon good cause shown therefor^ the Secretary of the Treasury shall think proper to remit the same. Sec. 1725. All such consuls-general, consuls, commercial agents, and consular agents, as are allowed for their compensation the whole or any part of the fees which they may collect, and all such vice-consuls and vice-commercial agents appointed to perform the duties of such consuls- general, consuls, and commercial agents as are allowed for their com- pensation the whole or any part of such fees, shall make returns in such manner as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, of all such fees as they or any person in their behalf so collect. Sec. 172G. Every consular officer shall give receipts for all fees col- lected for his official services, expressing the particular services for which the same were collected. Sec. 1727. Every consular officer shall number all receipts giveu by him for fees received for official services, in the order of their dates, be- ginning with number one at the commencement of the period of his serv- ice, and on the first day of January in every year thereafter. He shall also register in a book to be kept by him for that purpose all fees so re- ceived by him, in the order in which they are received, specifying each item of service and the amount received therefor, from whom, and the dates when received, and if for any service connected with any vessel, the name thereof, and indicating what items and amounts are embraced in each receipt given by him therefor, and numbering the same accord- ing to the number of the receipts respectively, so that the receipts and 224 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. register shall correspond with each other ; and he shall, in such register, specify the name of the person for whom, and the date when he shall grant, issue, or verify any passport, certify any invoice, or perform any other ofticial service in the entry of the receipt of the fees therefor, and also number each consular act so receipted for with the number of such receipt, and as shown by such register. Sec. 1728. Every consular officer, in rendering his account of fees received shall furnish a full transcript of the register which he is re- quired to keep, and make oath that, to the best of his knowledge, the same is true, and contains a full and accurate statement of all fees re- ceived by him, or for his use, for his official services as such consular officer, during the period foi- which it purports to be rendered. Such oath may be taken before any i)erson having authority to administer oaths at the port or place where the consular officer is located. If any such consular officer willfully and corruptly coiumits perjury, in any such oath, within the intent and meaning of any act of Congress now or hereafter made, he may be charged, proceeded against, tried, and con- victed, and dealt with in the same manner, in all respects, as if such oflensehad been committed in the United States, before any officer duly authorized therein to administer or take such oath, aud shall be sub- ject to the same punishment and disability therefor as are or shall be prescribed for such oflense. Sec. 1729. All fees collected by any consul or commercial agent not mentioned in Schedule B or C, or by any vice-consul or commercial agent appointed to perform their duties, or by any other person in their behalf, shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury in the manner prescribed by the tive preceding sections. Sec. 1730. Consuls-general, consuls, and commercial agents, not em- braced in Schedules B and C, shall be entitled, as compensation for their services, to such fees as they may collect under the regulations pre- scribed by the President governing the subject of fees. Sec. 1731. It shall be the duty of all consular officers at all times to keep posted up in their offices, respectively, in a conspicuous place, and subject to the examination of all persons interested therein, a copy of such rates or tariffs as shall be in force. Sec. 1732. AVhenever the fees collected by or in behalf of any consul or commercial agent, not mentioned in Schedule B or C, amount to more than twenty-live hundred dollars in any one year, over and above such expenses of office-rent aud clerk hire as are approved by the Secretary of State, of which return shall be made to the Secretary of the Treasury, the excess for that year shall be held subject to the draft or other directions of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 1733. All moneys received for fees at any vice-consulates or con- sulate agencies of the United States, beyond the sum of one thousand dollars in any one year, aud all moneys received by any consul or consul- general from consular agencies or vice consulates in excess of one thou- sand dollars in the aggregate from all such agencies or vice consulates, shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury, and held subject to his draft or other directions. Sec. 1734. Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true and just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who neglects to pay over any balance of such moneys due to the United States at the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next succeeding quarter, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement of the pub- lic moneys, aud shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 225 one year and by a fine of not more than two tlionsand dollars, and shall be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the United States. Sec. 1735. Whenever any consular officer willfully neglects or omits to perform seasonably any duty imposed upon him by law, or by any order or instruction made or given in pursuance of law, or is guilty of any willful malfeasance or abuse of power, or of any corrupt conduct in his oflSce, he sliall be liable to all persons injured by any such neglect^ or omission, malfeasance, abuse, or corrupt conduct, for all damages occasioned thereby ; and for all such damages, he and his sureties upon his official bond shall be responsible thereon to the full amount of the penalty thereof, to be sued in the name of the United States for the use of the person injured. Such suit, however, shall in no case prejudice, but shall be held in entire subordination to the interests, claims, and demands of the United States, as against any officer, under such bond\>. for every willful act of malfeasance or corrupt conduct in his office. Sec. 1736. If any consul or commercial ag-.'ut neglects or omits to per- form, seasonably, the duties imposed upon him by the laws regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the reclamation of deserters^ on board or from vessels in foreign ports, or is guilty of any malversa- tion or abuse of power, he shall be liable to any injured person for all damage occasioned thereby; and for all malversation and corrupt con- duct in office, he shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and not less than one, and by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and not less than one thousand. Sec. 1738. jSTo consular officer shall exercise diplomatic functions, or hold any diplomatic correspondence or relation on the part of the United States, in, with, or to the government or country to which he is ap- pointed, or any other country or government, when there is in such country any officer of the United States authorized to perform diplo- matic functions therein ; nor in any case, unless expressly authorized by the President so to do. Sec. 1739. For such time as any consular office shall be authorized to perform diplomatic functions, in the absence of the regular diplomatic officer in the country to which he shall be appointed, he shall be entitled^ in addition to his compensation as such consular officer, to receive com- pensation for his services while so authorized, at the rate which would be allowed for a secretary of legation in such country. PROVISIONS common TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS. (Revised Statutes, chap. 3.) Sec. 1740. No ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipo- tentiary, minister resident, commissioner, charg^ d'affaires, secretary of legation, assistant secretary of legation, interpreter to any legation or consulate, or consul general, consul, or commercial agent, mentioned in Schedules B and C, shall be entitled to compensation for his services, except from the time when he reaches his post and enters upon his offi- cial duties to the time when he ceases to hold such office, and for such time as is actually and necessarily occupied in receiving his instructions, not to exceed thirty days, and in making the direct transit between the place of his residence, when appointed, and his post of duty, at the commencement and termination of the period of his official service, for H. Mis. 391 15 226 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ■which be shall in all cases be allowed and paid, except as hereinafter Dientwned. And no person shall be deemed to hold any such office after his successor is appointed and actually enters upon the duties of his office at his post of duty, nor after his official residence at such post has teriuiuated if not so relieved. But no such allowance or payment sk&M be made to any consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, not fetnbraced in Schedules B and C, or to any vice-consul, vice-commercial :agent, deputy consul, or consular agent, for the time so occupied in receiving instructions, or in such transit as aforesaid; nor shall any such officer as is referred to in this section be allowed compensation for the time so occupied in such transit, at the termination of the period of his official service, if he has resigned or been recalled therefrom for :any malfeasance in his office. Sec. 1741. No ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipoten- tiary, minister resident, commissioner, charge d'affaires, secretary of legation, assistant secretary of legation, interpreter for any legation or consulate, or consul-general, consul, or commercial agent mentioned in schedules B and O, or consular agent, shall be absent from his post or the performance of his duties for a longer period than ten days at any one time, without the permission previously obtained of the President. Sec. 1742. No diplomatic or consular officer shall receive salary for the time during which he may be absent from his j)ost, b^" leave or otherwise, beyond the term of sixty days in any one year; but the time equal to that usually occupied in going to and from the United States in case of the return, on leave, of such diplomatic or consular officer to the United States may be allowed in addition to such sixty days. Sec. 1743. The compensation allowed by law to the various diplo- matic and consular officers shall be in full for all the services rendered and personal expenses incurred by the persons respectively for whom such comi>ensation is provided, of whatever kind such services or per- sonal expenses may be, or by whatever treaty, law, or instructions they are required ; and no allowance, other than such as is so provided, shall be made in any case for the outfit or return home of any such officer or person. Sec. 1744. No compensation provided for any officer mentioned in section sixteen hundred and seventy-five, or for any assistant secretary of legation, or any appropriation therefor, shall be applicable to the payment of the compensation of any person appointed to or holding any such office who shall not be a citizen of the United States; nor shall any other compensation be allowed in any such case. Sec. 1745. The President is authorized to prescribe, from time to time, the rates or tariffs of fees to be charged for official services, and to designate what shall be regarded as official services, besides such as are expressly declared by law, in the business of the several lega- tions, coirsulates, and commercial agencies, and to adapt the same, by such differences as may be necessary or proper, to each legation, con- sulate, or commercial agency ; and it shall be the duty of all officers and persons connected with such legations, consulates, or commercial agencies to collect for such official services such and only such fees as may be prescribed for their respective legations, consulates, and com- mercial agencies, and such rates or tariffs shall be reported annually to Congress. Sec. 1746. All fees collected by diplomatic and consular officers for and in behalf of the United States shall be collected in the coin of the United States, or at its representative value in exchange. Sec. 1747. All fees collected by the consuls-general, consuls, and NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 227 commercial agents mentioned in Schedules B and C, and by vice-con- suls and vice-commercial agents ai)|)ointed to perform their duties, or by any other persons iu their behalf, shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury-, and held subject to his draft, or other direc- tions. Sec. 1748. The President is authorized to provide at the public expense all such stationary, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs, as he shall think necessary for the several legations, consulates, and commercial agencies, in the transaction of their busi- ness. Sec. 1749. Whenever any diplomatic or consular ofiScer of the United States dies iu a foreign country in the discharge of his duty, there shall be paid to his widow, or, if no widow survive him, then to his heirs at law, a sum of money equal to the allowance now made to such ofiicer for the time necessarily occupied in making the transit from his post of duty to his residence in the United States. Sec. 1752. The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations, and make and issue such orders and instructions, not inconsistent with the Constitution or any law of the United States, in relation to the du- ties of all diplomatic and consular officers, the transaction of their busi- ness, the rendering of accounts and returns, the payment of compensa- tion, the safe keeping of the archives and public property in the hands of all such officers, the communication of information, and the i)roeure- nient and transmission of the products of the arts, sciences, manufact- ures, agriculture, and commerce, from time to time, as he may think conducive to the public interests. It shall be the duty of all such officers to conform to such regulations, orders, and instructions. FLAG AND SEAL. (Revised Statutes, Title XX.) Sec. 1793. The seal heretofore used by the United States in Congress assembled is declared to be the seal of the United States. *Sec. 1794. The Secretary of State shall keep such seal, and shall make out and record, and shall affix the same to, all civil commissions for offieersof theUnited States, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone. But the seal snail not be affixed to any commission before the same has been signed by the President of the United States, nor to any other instrument, without the special warrant of the President therefor. 3.— EXTRADITION. (Revised Statutes, Title LXVI.) Sec. 5275. Whenever any person is delivered by any foreign gov- ernment to an agent of the United States, for the purpose of being brought within the United States and tried for any crime of which he is duly accused, the President shall have power to take all necessary measures for the transportation and safe-keeping of such accused per- See sec. 203. 228 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. son, and for his security against lawless violence, until the final con- clusion of his trial for the crimes or offenses specified in the warrant of extradition, and until his final discharge from custody or imprison- ment for or on account of such crimes or offenses, and for a reasonable time thereafter, and may employ such portion of the laud or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as may be neces- sary for the safe-kee[)ing and protection of the accused. Sec. 5280. On application of a consul or vice consul of any foreign government having a treaty with the United States stipulating for the restoration of seamen deserting, made in writing, stating that the per- son therein named has deserted from a vessel of any such government, while in any port of the United States, and on proof by the exhibition of the register of the vessel, ship's roll, or other official document, that the person named belonged, at the time of desertion, to the crew of such vessel, it shall be the duty of any court, judye, commissioner of any cir- cuit court, justice, or other magistrate, having competent power, to issue warrants to cause such person to be arrested for examination. If, on examination, the facts stated are found to be true, the person arrested not being a citizen of the United States, shall be delivered up to the consul or vice-consul, to be sent back to the dominions of any such gov- ernment, or, on the request and at the expense of the consul or vice- consul, shall be detained until the consul or vice-consul finds an oppcr- tunity to send him back to the dominions of any such government. No person so arrested shall be detained more than two months after his ar- rest; but at the end of that time shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again molested for the same cause. If any such deserter shall be found to have committed any crime or offense, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the case shall be depending, or may be cognizable, shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sen- tence shall have been carried into effect. 4.— NEUTRALITY.* (Revised Statutes, Title LXVII.) Sec. 5281. Every citizen of the United States who, within the terri- tory or jurisdiction thereof, accepts and exercises a commission to serve a foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, in war, by land or by sea, against any prince, state, colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three years. Sec. 5282. Every person who, within theterritory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another per- son to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service *A vessel and cargo, when perhaps owned by neutrals, may be condemned as enemy property because of the employment of the vessel in enemy trade, and because of an attempt to violate a blockade and to elude visitation and seach. — {The Baigorry,2 Wallace, 474.) A vessel sailing from a neutral port, with intent to violate the blockade, is liable to capture and condemnation as prize from the time of sailing. — {Opinion Attorney- Gentral.) To justify a vessel of a neutral in attempting to enter a blockaded port, she must be in distress as to render her entry a matter of absolute and uutrollable necessity. — (^liid.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 229 of any foreign prince, state, colony, district or peojjle, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marqne, or privateer, shall be deemed guilty of high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years. Sec. 5283. Every person who, witliin the limits of the United States, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm, or procures to be fit- ted out and armed, or knowingly is concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming, of any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be era- ployed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with wliom the United States are at peace, or who issues or delivers a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, for any vessel, to the intent that she may be so em- ployed, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years. And every such vessel, with her tackle, api)arel, and fur- niture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited; one-half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States. Sec. 5284. Every citizen of the United States who, without the limits thereof, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm, or procures to be fitted out and armed, or knowingly aids or is concerned in furnish- ing, fitting out, or arming any private vessel of war, or privateer, with intent that such vessel shall be employed to cruise, or commit hostili- ties, ui)on the citizens of the United States, or their property, or who takes the command of, or enters on board of any such vessel, for such intent, or who purchases any interest in any such vessel, with a view to share in the profits thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a high misde- meanor, and fined not more than ten thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than ten years. And the trial for such oft'ense, if committed without the limits of the United States, shall be in the district in which the offender shall be apprehended or first brought. Sec. 5285. Every person who, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, increases or augments, or procures to be increased or augmented, or knowingly is concerned in increasing or augmenting, the force of any ship of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, which, at the time of her arrival within the United States, was a ship of war, or cruiser, or armed vessel, in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or belonging to the subjects or cit- izens of any siicli prince or state, colony, district, or people, the same being at war with any foreign i)rince or state, or of any colony, district, or jieople, with whom the United States are at peace, by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by clianging t]u)s<^ on board of her for guns of a larger caliber, or by adding thereto any equipment solely applicable to war, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and be imi)ris- oned not more than one year. Sec. 5280. Every i)erson who, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begins, or sets on foot, or provides or prei)ares the means for any military expedition or eiit('ri)ri.^e, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of" any foreign )»riiH;e or state, or of any colony, district, or ])eople, with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be 230 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years. Skc. 5287. The district court shall take cognizance of all complaints by whomsoever ins ituted in cases of captures made within the waters of the United States or within a marine league of the coasts or shores thereof. In every case in which a vessel is fitted out and armed, or attempted to be fitted out and armed, or in which the force of any ves- sel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel is increased or augmented, or in which any military expedition or enterprise is begun or set on foot, contrary to the provisions and prohibitions of this Title; and in every case of the capture of a vessel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States as before defined ; and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States is disobeyed or resisted by any person having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or of any subjects or citizens or any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, it shall be lawful for the President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such vessel, with her prizes, if any, in order to the execution of the prohibitions and i)enalties of this Title, and to the re- storing of such prizes in the cases in which restoration shall be adjudged; and also for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such ex- pedition or enterprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the United States against the territories or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace. Sec. 5288. It shall be lawful for the President, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be neces- sary to compel any foreign vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States, she ought not to remain within the United States. Sec. oi:S9. The owners or consignees of every armed vessel sailing ont of the ports of the United States, belonging wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall, before clearing out the same, give bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, including her armament, conditioned that the vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or com- mit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace. Sec. 52U(). The several collectors of the customs shall detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about to depart the United States, the cargo of which principally consists of arms and munitions of war, when the number of men ship[)ed on board, or other circumstances, render it i)iobal)le tiiatsuch vessel is intende33 234 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. cease aud be unlawful 80 loug as such a condition of hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from such State or section into the other parts of the United States, or proceeding- from other parts of the United States to such State or sec- tion, by land or water, shall, together with the vessel or vehicle con- veying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, be forfeited to the United States. Sec. 5302. Whenever any part of a State not declared to be in insur- rection is under the control of insurgents, or is in dangerous proximity to places under their control, all commercial intercourse therein and therewith shall be subject to the prohibitions and conditions of the pre- ceding section for such time and to such extent as shall become neces- sary to protect the public interests, and be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President. Sec. 5303. The provisions of this Title in relation to commercial in- tercourse shall ai)ply to all commercial intercourse by and between per- sons residing or being within districts within the lines of national mili- tary occupation in the Slates or parts of States declared in insurrection, whether with each other or with persons residing or being within dis- tricts declared in insurrection and not within those lines ; and all per- sons within the United States, not native or naturalized citizens thereof, shall be subject to the same prohibitions, in all commercial intercourse with inhabitants of States or parts of States declared in insurrection, as citizens of States, not declared to be in insurrection. Sec. 5304. The President may, in his discretion, license and permit commercial intercourse with any part of such State or section, the in- habitants of which are so declared in a state of insurrection, so far as may be necessary to authorize supplying the necessities of loyal persons re- siding in insurrectionary States, within the lines of actual occupation by the military forces of the United States, as indicated by published order of the commanding general of the department or district so occupied; and, also, so far as may be necessary to authorize persons residing within such lines to bring or send to market in the loyal States any products which they shall have produced with their own labor or the labor of freedraen, or others employed and paid by them, pursuant to ruUs relating thereto, which may be established under proper authority. And no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be taken into a State declared in insurrection, or transported therein, except to and from such places and to such monthly amounts as shall have been previously agreed upon, in writing, by the commanding general of the department in which such places are situ- ated, and an officer designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose. Such commercial intercourse shall be in such articles and for such time and by such persons as the President, in his discretion, may- think most conclucive to the public interest; and, so far as by him li- censed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations i)rescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 5305. The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint such officers at ]ilaces where officers of the customs are not now authorized by law as may be needed to carry into effect such licenses, rules, and regula- tions. In all cases where officers of the customs, or other salaried offi- cers, are a])i)ointed by him to carry into effect ^•uch licenses, rules, and regulations, such officer shall be entitled to receive one thousand dol- lars a year for his services, in addition to his salary or compensation under any other law. But the aggregate compensation of any such offi- cer shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars in any one year. Sec. 530G. Every officer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 235 and every sutler, soldier, marine, or other person, wlio takes, or causes to be taken into a State declared to be in insurrection, or to any other point to be thence taken into such State, or who transports or sells, or otherwise disposes of therein, any goods, wares, or merchandise what- soever, except in pursuance of license and authority of the President, as provideil in this Title, or who makes any false statement or repre- sentation upon which license and authority is granted for such trans- portation, sale, or other disposition, or who, under any license or author- ity obtained, willfully and knowingly transports, sells, or otherwise disposes of any other goods, wares, or merchandise than such as are in good taith so licensed and authorized, or who willfully and knowingly transports, sells, or disposes of the same, or any portion thereof, in vio- lation of the terms of such license or authority, or of any rule or regu- lation prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the same, or who is guilty of any act of embezzlement, of willful misappropriation of public or private money or property, of keeping false accounts, or of willfully making any false returns, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years. Violations of this section shall be cognizable before any court, civil or military, competent to trv the same. Sec. 5307. It'shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, to institute such investigations as may be necessary to de- tect and prevent frauds and abuses in any trade or transactions which may be licensed between inhabitants of loyal States and of States in insurrection. And the agents making such investigations shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, and to make examinations on oath. Sec. 5308. Whenever during any insurrection against the Govern- ment of the United States, after the President shall have declared by proclamation that the laws of the United States are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, by combinations too powerful to be sup- pressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in the marshals by law, any person, or his agent, attorney, or em- plove, purchases or acquires, sells or gives, any property of whatsoever kind or description, with intent to use or employ the same, or suffers the same to be used or employed in aiding, abetting, or promoting such insurrection or resistance to the laws, or any person engaged therein; or being the owuer of any such property, knowingly uses or employs, or consents to such use or employment of the same, all such property shall be lawful subject of prize and capture wherever found ; and it shall be the duty of the President to cause the same to be seized, confiscated, and condemned. Sec. 5309. Such prizes and capture shall be condemned in the district or circuit court of the United States having jurisdiction of the amount, or in admiralty in any district in which the same may* be seized, or into which they may be taken and proceedings first instituted. Skc. 5310. No property seized or taken upon any of the inland waters of tiie United States by the naval forces thereof shall be regarded as maritime prize; but all" property so seized or taken shall be promptly delivered to the proper officers of the courts. Sec. 5311. The Attorney-Genera!, or the attorney of the United States for any judicial district iii which such property may at the time be, may institute the proceedings of condemnation, and in such case they shall » See Act of Augast 6, 1861, chap. 60, sec. 2. 236 NAVIGATIOJf LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. be wholly for the benefit of the United States; or any person may file an information with such attorney, in which case the proceedings shall be for the use of such informer and the United States in equal parts. Sec. 5312. The Secretary of tlie Treasury is authorized to prohibit and prevent the transportation in any vessel, or upon any railroad, turn- pike, or other road or means of transportation within the United States, of any property, whatever may be the ostensible destination of the same, in all cases where there are satisfactory reasons to believe that such property is intended for any place in the possession or under the con- trol of insurgents against tlie United States, or that there is imminent danger that such pro])erty will fall into the possession or under the con- trol of such insurgents; and he is further authorized, in all cases where he deems it expedient so to do, to require reasonable security to be given that property shall not be transported to any place under insurrection- ary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort to such insurgents; and he may establish all such general or special reg- ulations as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the purposes of this section; and if any i)roi)erty is transi)orted in violation of this act, or of any regulation of the Secretary of the Treasury, established in pursuance thereof, or if any attempt shall be made so to transport any, it shall be forfeited. Sec. 5313. All persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from buying or selling, trading, or in any way deal- ing in captured or abandoned property, whereby they shall receive or expect any i^rofit, benefit, or advantage to themselves, or any other jier- son, directly or indirectly connected with them; and it shall be the duty of such person whenever such property comes into his ])ossession or custody, or within his control, to give notice thereof to some agent, ap- pointed by virtue of this Title, and to turn the same over to such agent without delay. Any oflScer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, or any sutler, soldier, or marine, or other person who shall vio- late any provision of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years. Violations of this section shall be cognizable before any court, civil or military, comi)etent to try the same. Se(^ 5314. Whenever the President shall deem it impracticable, by reason of unlawful combinations of ])ersons in opposition to the laws of the United States, to collect the duties on imports in the ordinary way, at any port of entry in any collection-district, he may cause such duties to be collected at any port of delivery in the district until such obstruction ceases; in such case the surveyor at such port of delivery shall have the powers and be subject to all the obligations of a collector at a port of entry. The Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, shall also appoint such weighers, gangers, measurers, inspectors, appraisers, and clerks as he may deem necessary, for the faithful execution of the revenue laws at such port of delivery, and shall establish the limits within which such port of delivery is consti- tuted a port of entry. And nil the provisions of law regulating the issue of marine pai)ers, the coasting-trade, the warehousing of imi»orts, and the collectU)u of duties, shall apply to the ports of entry thus con- stituted, in the same manner as they do to ports of entry established by law. Sec. 5315. Whenever, at any port of entry, the duties on imports can- not, in the judgment of the President, be collected in the ordinary waj', or by the course i)rovided in the i^receding section, by reason of the NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 237 cause mentioned therein, he may direct that the custom house for the district be established in any secure i)hice within the district, either on land or on board any vessel in the district, or at sea near the coastj and in such case the collector shall reside at such place, or on ship- board, as the case may be, and there detain all vessels and cargoes arriving within or approaching the district, until the duties imposed by law on such vessels and their cargoes are paid in cash. But if the owner or consignee of the caigo on board any vessel thus detained, or the master of the vessel, desires to enter a port of entry in any other district where no such obstructions to the execution of the laws exist, the master may be permitted so to change the destination of tlie vessel and cargo in his manifest; whereupon the collector shall deliver him a written i)ermit to proceed to the port so designated. And the Secre- tary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, sliall make proper regulations for the enforcement on shipboard of such provisions of the laws regulating the assessment and collection of duties as in his judgment niay be necessary and practicable. S'ec. 5310. It shall be unlawlul to take any vessel or cargo detained under the preceding section from the custody of the proper ofiBcers of the customs, unless by process of some court of the United States ; and in case of any attempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo by any force, or combination, or assemblage of persons, too great to be over- come by the officers of the customs, the President, or such person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, may employ such ])art of the Army or Navy or militia of the United States, or such force of citizen volunteers as may be necessary, to prevent the removal of such vessel or cargo, and to protect the officers of the customs in retaining the cus- tody thereof. Sec. 5317. Whenever, in anycollection-district, the duties on imports cannot, in the judgment of the President, be collected in the ordinary way, nor in the manner provided by the three preceding sections, by reason of the cause mentioned in section fifty-three hundred and four- teen, the President may close the port of entry in that district ; and shall in such case give notice thereof by proclamation. And thereupon all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges incident to ports of entry shall cease and be discontinued at such port so closed until it is opened by the order of the President on the cessation of such obstructions. Every vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any merchandise liable to duty, which attempts to enter any port which has been closed under this section, shall, with her tackle, ap- parel, furniture, and cargo, be forfeited. Sec. 5318. In the execution af laws providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, the President, in addition to the reve- nue-cutters in service, may employ in aid thereof such other suitable vessels as may, in his judgement, be required. Sec. 5319. Prom and after fifteen days after the issuing of the proc- lamation, as provided in section fifty-three hundred and one, any ves- sel belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of such State or part of a State whose inhabitants are so declared in a state of insurrection, found at sea, or in any port of the rest of the United States, shall be forfeited. Sec. 5320. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refuse a clearance to any vessel or'^other vehicle laden with merchandise, des- tined for a foreign or domestic port, whenever he shall have satisfactory ■ reason to believe that such merchandise, or any part thereof, what- ever may be its ostensible destination, is intended for ports in possession 238 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. or under control of insurgents against the United States ; and if any. vessel for which a clearance or permit has been refused by the Secre- tary of the Treasury, or by his order, shall depart or attempt to depart for a foreign or domestic port without being duly cleared or permitted, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited. Sec. 5321. Whenever a permit or clearance is granted for either a foreign or domestic port, it shall be lawful for the collector of the customs granting the same, if he deems it necessary, under the circum- stances of the case, to require a bond to be executed by the master or the owner of the vessel, in a peiuilty equal to the value of the cargo, and with sureties to the satisfaction of such collector, that the cargo sUall be delivered at the destination for which it is cleared or permitted, and that no part thereof shall be used in affording aid or comfort to any person or parties in insurrection against the authority of the United States. Sec. 5322. In all cases wherein any vessel, or other property, is con- demned in any proceeding by virtue 'of any laws relating to insurrec- tion or rebellion, the court rendering judgment of condemnation shall, notwithstanding such condemnation, and before awarding such vessel, or other proi)erty, or the proceeds thereof, to the United States, or to any informer, first provide for the payment, out of the proceeds of such vessel, or other property, of any boua-fide claims which shall be tiled by any loyal citizen of the United States, or of any foreign state or power at peace and amity with the United States, intervening in such pro- ceeding, and which shall be duly established by evidence as a valid claim against such vessel, oi- other property, under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof not declared to be in insurrection. No such claim shall be allowed in any case where the claimant has knowingly participated in the illegal use of such ship, vessel, or other property. This section shall extend to such claims only as might have been enforced specifically against such vessel, or other property, in any State not declared to be^in insurrection, wherein such claim arose. 2.— CRIMES. GENERAL PROVISIONS. (Revised Statutes, Title LXX, chap. 1.) Sec. 5330. Whenever, by the judgment of any court or judicial officer of the United States, in any criminal proceedings, any person is sen- tenced to two kinds of punishment, the one pecuniary and the other corporal, the President shall have full discretionary power to pardon or remit, in whole or in part, either one of the two kinds, without, in any manner, impairing the legal validity of the other kind, or of any portion of either kind, not pardoned or remitted. CRIMES ARISING WITHIN THE MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JURIS- DICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. (Revised Statutes, chap. 3.) Sec. 5344. Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person employed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence, or in- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 239 attention to bis duties on such vessel, the life of any person is destroyed, and every owner, inspector, or other public officer, through whose fraud, connivance, misconduct, or violation of law, the life of any person is destroyed, shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter, and, upon convic- tion thereof before any circuit court of the United States, shall be sen- tenced to confinement at hard labor for a period of not more than ten years. Sec. 5347. Every master or other officer of any American vessel on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and mari- time jurisdiction of the United States, who, from malice, hatred, or re- venge, and without justifiable cause, beats, wounds, or imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any cruel and unusual punishment, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than five years, or by both. *Sec. 5353. Every person who knowingly transports, or delivers or causes to be delivered, nitroglycerine, nitroleum or blasting-oil, or nitrated oil, or powder mixed with any such oil, or fiber saturated with any such substance or article, on board any vessel or vehicle whatever, employed in conveying passengers by land or water between any place in a foreign country and any place within the United States, or between a place in one State,Territory, or district of the United States and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars ; one-half to the use of the informer. * Sec. 5354. When the death of any person is caused by the explo- sion of any quantity of such articles, or either of 'them, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle, to be transported in viola- tion of the preceding section, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, every person who knowingly placed or aided, or permitted the placing of such articles upon such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, is gudty of manslaughter, and shall suffer imprisonment for a period not less than two years. * Sec. 5355. Every person who knowingly ships, sends, or forwards any quantity of the articles mentioned in section fifty three hundred and fifty-three, or who transports the same by any mode of conveyance upon land or water, between any of the places si)ecified in that section, un- less such articles be securely inclosed, deposited, or packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of Paris, or other non-explosive material when saturated with such oil, and separated from all other substances, and the outside of the package be marked, printed, or la- beled in a conspicuous manner with the words " Nitro g-lycbrine; DANGEROUS," shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars ; one-half to the use of the in- former. Sec. 5358. Every person who plunders, steals, or destroys any money, goods, merchandise, or other effects, from or belonging to any vessel in distress, or wrecked, lost, stranded, or cast away, upon the sea, or upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks of the sea, or in any other place within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States; and every person who willfully obstructs the escape of any person endeav- oring to save his life from such vessel, or the wreck thereof; and every person who holds out or shows any false light, or extinguishes any true • See sec. 4278-4280. 240 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. light, with intent to bring any vessel, sailing upon the sea, into danger, or distress, or shipwreck, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years.* Sec. 5363. Every master or commander of any vessel belonging, iu whole or part, to any citizen of the United States, who, during his being abroad, maliciously and without justifiable cause forces any officer or mariner of such vessel on shore, in order to leave liim behind in any foreign port or place, or refuses to bring home again all such offi- cers and mariners of such vessel whom he carried out with him as are in a condition to return and willing to return, when he is ready to pro- ceed on his homeward voyage, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not more than six months. FORGERIES, FRAUDS, ETC. (Revised Statutes, cliap. 5.) Sec. 5417. Every person who forges, counterfeits, or falsely alters any certificate of entry made or required to be made in pursuance of law by any officer of the customs, or who uses such forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered certificate, knowing the same to be forged, counter- feited, or falsely altered, shall be punished by a fine of not more thau ten thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years. Sec. 5423. If any i^erson falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any instrument in imitation of, or purporting to be, an abstract or offi- cial copy, or certificate of the recording, registry, or enrollment of any vessel, in the office of any collector of the customs, or a license to any vessel, for carrying on the coasting trade, or fisheries of the United States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea-letter, or clear- ance, granted for any vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document, granted by any col- lector or other officer of the customs, by virtue of his office ; or passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any such false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered instrument, abstract^ official copy, certificate, license, pass, passport, sea-letter, clearance, permit, debenture, or other official document herein specified, knowing the same to be false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered, with an intent to defraud, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years. Sec. 5441. Every person who willfully does any act or aids or advises in the doing of any act relating to the 'bringing in, custody, preserva- tion, sale, or other disposition of any property captured as prize, or relating to any documents or papers connected with the property, or to any deposition or other document or paper connected with the pro- ceedings, with intent to defraud, delay, or injure the United States or any captor or claimant of such property, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than five years, or both. * See sees. 4674 and 4676. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 241 * Sec. 54:41*. Every consul, vH-e-coiisul, coininercial ai^ont, or vice- coiiiniereiiil aji,vi)t, who knowingly and laUely certifies to any invoice, or other |)ai)ers to which his certificate is by hiw authorized or recjuired, shall be punished by a tine of not more than ten- thousaiul dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not more than three years. Se('. 54:43. Every person who willfullv conceals or destioys any in- voice, book, or paper relating- to any merchandise liable to duty, which has been or may be imported into the United States from any fbreinu l)ort or country, after an inspection thereof has, been demanded by the collector of any collection,-district, uv at any time conceals or destroys auy such invoice, book, or paper for the purpose of supi)ressin;Lj any evidence of fraud therein contained, shall be punished by a fine of not more than live thousand dollars, or by imi)risonment not more than two years, or both. Sec. 5444. Every officer of the levenue who, by any means what- ever, knowin-ily admits or aids in admitting- to entiy any goods, waies, or merchandise, upon i)ayment of less than the amount of duty legally due thereon, shall be removed from office, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not more than two years. Sec. 5445. Every ])ersou who, by any means whatever, knowingly effects, or aids in effecting any entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise at less than the true weight or uu-asure theieof, or ui)on a false classifi- cation thereof as to (juality or value, or 1^- the payment of less than the anu)unt of duty legally due thereon, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or be imi)risoned not more than two years, or both. Sec. 5440. Every person who dis[)Ossesses or rescues, or attemi)ts to dispossess or rescue, any property taken or detained, by any officer or other person under the authority of any revenue law of the United States, or aids or assists therein, shall be imprisoned not more than twelve months, and fined not more than three hundred dollars. Sec. 5447. Every person who forcibly assaults, resists, opi)oses, pre- vents, impedes, or interferes with any officer of the customs, or his deputy, or any person assisting him, in the executiou of his duties, or any [/erson authorized to make searches or seizures, in the executiou of his duty, or who rescues or attempts to rest!ue, or causes to be res- cued, any property which has been seized by auy person so authorized, or who, before, at, or after such seizure, in order to prevent the seizure or securing of auy goods, wares, or merchandise by auy i)ersou so au- thorized, staves, breaks, throws overboard, d"stroys, or removes the same, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month nor more than one year, or both ; and every person who discharges any di^a^ll^- weapon at any pi'rson authorized to make searches or seizures, or uses any deadly or dangerous wea[)on in resisting him in the execution of his duty, with intent to commit a bodily injury upon him, or to deter or prevent him from discharging his duty, shall be iiuprisone0.j. All the penalties and forfeitures which may be incurj-ed for offenses again.st this Title may be sued for, i)rosecuted, and recov- ered in such court, aud be disposed of in such manner, as any penalties and forfeitures which may be incurred for offenses against the laws re- lating to the collection of duties, except when otherwise expressly pre- scribed. 246 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 5.— SLAVE TRADE. (Revised Statutes, Title LXXI.) Sec. 5557. The President is authorized, when he deems it expedient, to man and employ any of the armed vessels of the United States to cruize wherever he may judge attempts are making to carry on the slave-trade, by citizens or residents of the United States, in contraven- tion of laws' prohibitory of the same; and, in sucli case, he shall instruct the commanders of such armed vessels to seize, take, and bring into any port of the United State, to be proceeded against according to law,%dl American vessels, wheresoever found, which may have on board, or which may be intended for the purpose of taking on board, or of transporting, or may have transported any negro, nutlatto, or l^erson of color, in violation of the provisions of any act of Congress lirohibiting the traffic in slaves. Sec. 5558. The proceeds of all vessels, their tackle, apparel, and fur- niture, and the goods and effects on board of them, which are so seized, prosecuted, and contlemned, shall be divided equally between the United States and the ofticers and men who seize, take, or bring the same into port for condemnation, whether such seizure be made by an armed ves- * sel of the United States or revenue cutter thereof; and the same shall be distributed as is provided by law for the distribution of prizes taken from an enemy. Sec. 5561. The President is authorized to make such regulations and arrangements as he may deem expedient for the safe-keeping, support, and removal beyond the limits of the United States, of all such negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color, as may be delivered and brought within their jurisdiction ; and to appoint a proper person residing upon the coast of Africa as agent, for receiving the negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave-trade, by commanders of United States armed vessels. Sec. 5502. A bounty of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the offi- cers and crews of the commissioned vessels of the United States,* or revenue-cutters, for each negro, mulatto, or i)erson of color, who may be, as hereinbefore provided, delivered to the marshal or agent duly appointed to receive such person ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is required to pay, or cause to be paid, to such officers and crews, or their agent, such bounty for each person so delivered. » Sec. 5504. Every owner, master, or factor of any foreign vessel, clearing out for any of the costs or kingdoms of Africa, or suspected to be intended for the slave-trade, and the suspicion being declared to the officer of the customs by any citizen, on oath, and such information being to the satisfaction of the officer, shall first give bond with sufficient sure- ties, to the Treasurer of the United States, that none of the natives of Africa, or any other foreign country or place, shall be taken on board such vessel, to be transported or sold as slaves, in any other foreign port or place whatever, within nine months thereafter. Sec. 5505. The forfeitures which may hereafter be incurred under any of the preceding provisions, and which are not otherwise expressly dis- posed of, shall accrue and be one moiety thereof to the use of the infor- mer and' the other moiety to the use of the United States, except where the prosecution is first instituted on behalf of the United States in which case the whole shall be to their use. Sec. 5560. It may be lawful for the President to enter into contract NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 247 with any persou, society, or body-corporate, for a term uot exceeding live years, to receive from tlje United States, tlirougli their duly constituted agent upon the coast of Africa, all negroes, niulattoes, or persons of color, delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave- trade, by commanders of the United States armed vessels, and to pro- vide such negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color with comfortable clothing, shelter, and provisions, for a period not exceeding one year from the date of their being landed on the coast of Africa, at a price in no case to exceed one hundred dollars for each person so clothed, shel- tered, and provided with food; and any contract so made may be re- newed by the President from time to time as found necessary, for periods uot to exceed five years on each renewal. Sec. doGS. It may be lawful for the President to enter into arrange- ment, by contract or otherwise, with one or more foreign governments having possessions in the West Indies or other tropical regions, or with their duly constituted agent, to receive from the IJuited States, for a term not exceeding five years, at such place as may be agreed upon, all negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color, delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave-trade, by commanders of United States armed vessels, and to provide them with suitable instruction, and with comfortable clothing and shelter, and to employ them, at wages under such regulations as may be agreed upon, for a period not exceed- ing five years from the date of their being lauded at the place agreed upon. 6.— PRIZE. (Revised Statutes, Title LIV.) Sec. 4613. The provisions of this Title shall apply to all captures made as prize by authority of the United States, or adopted and ratified by the President of the United States. Sec. 4614. The term "vessels of the Navy," as used in this Title, sliall include all armed vessels ofticered and manned by the United States, and under the control of the Department of the Navy. Sec. 4615. The commanding officer of any vessel making a capture shall secure the documents of the ship and cargo, including the log- book, with ail other documents, letters, and other i)apers found on board, and make an inventory of the same, and seal them up, and send them, with the inventory, to the court in which proceedings are to be had, with a written statement that they are all the papers found, and are in the condition in which they were found ; or explaining the absence of any documents or i)apers, or any change in their condition. He shall also send to such court, as witnesses, the master, one or more of the other officers, the supercargo, purser, or agent of the prize, and any ])erson found on board whom he may suppose to be interested in, or to have knowledge respecting, the title, national character, or desti- nation of the prize. He shall send the prize, with the documents, papers, and witnesses, under charge of a competent prize-master and prize- crew, into i)ort for adjudication, exi)laining the absence of any usual witnesses ; and in the absence of instructions from superior authority as to the port to which it shall be sent, he shall select such port as he shall deem most convenient, in view of the interests of probable clanuauts, as well as of the captors. If the captured vessel, or any part of the 248 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. captured property, is not in condition to be sent in for adjudication, a survey sliall be had tliereon and an appraisement made by persons as competent aiul imi)artial as can be obtained, and tlieir reports shall be sent to the court in which proceedings are to be had; and such prop- erty, unh^ss api)ropriated for tlie use of riie Government, shall b^ sold by the authority of tlie conmiandinj:- officer present, and the proceeds deposited with "the assistant treasurer of the United States most acces- sibh' to such court, and subject to its order in the cause. Qv.G. 4016. If any vessel of the United States shall claim to share in a prize, either as having made the capture, or as having been within sig- nal distance of the vessel or vessels uuikiug the capture, the con)mand- ing otticer of such vessel shall nuike out i\ written statement of his claim, with the grounds on which it is founded, the principal facts tending to show what vessels made the ca])ture, and what vessels were within. signal distance of those making the capture, with reasonable particularity as to times, rize-])roperty ; and at least one of the others shall be a member of the bar of the court, of not less than thr6e years' standing, and acquainted with the taking of depositions. Sec. 4623. The marshall shal safely keep ail prize-property under warrant from the court, and shall report to the court any cargo or other property that he thinks requires to be unladen and stored, or to be sold. He shall insure prize-property, if in his judgment it is for the interest of all concerned. He shall keep in his custody all persons found on board a prize and sent in as witnesses, until they are released by the prize commissioners or the court. If a sale of property is ordered, he shall sell the same in the manner required by the court, and collect the purchase-money, and forthwith deposit the gross proceeds of the sales with the assistant treasurer of the United States nearest the place of sale, subject to the order of the court in the particular cause ; and each marshalshall forward to the Secretary of the Navy, whenever and as often as the Secretary of the Navy may require it, a full statemeut of the condition of each prize and of the disposal made thereof. Sec. 4624. Whenever any captured vessel, arms, munitions, or other material are taken for the use of the United States before it comes into the custody of the prize court, it shall be surveyed, appraised, aud in- ventoried, by persons as competent and impartial as can be obtained, aud the survey, appraisement, and inventory shall be sent to the court in which proceedings are to be had ; and if taken afterward, sufficient * See sees. 361 and 363-365. XAAqGATIOX LAWS OF TliE UNITED STATES. 249 notice shall tirst be given to enable tlie court to bave the i)roi)erty ap- ])i'aise(l for the protection of tlie rights of the claimants and captors. In all cases of prize-i)roperty taken for or appropriated to the use of the Government, the Department for whose use it is taken or api)roi)riated shall deposit the value thereof with the assistant treasurer of the United States nearest to the place of the session of the court, subject to the ortures of the vessels to which he is attached, until regularly discharged therefrom. Sec. 4034. Whenever a decree of condemnation is rendered, the court shall consider the claims of all vessels to participate in the proceeds, and for that purpose sliall, at as early a stage of the cause as i)ossible, order testimony to be taken tending to show what part should be awarded to the cai)tors, and what vessels are entitled to share; and such testimony may be sworn to before any judge or commissioner of the courts of the United States, consul or commercial agent of the United States, or notary ])ublic, or any officer of the Navy highest in rank, reasonably accessible to the deponent. The court shall make a decree of distribution, determining what vessels are entitled to share in the i)rize, and whether tlie prize was of superior, equal, or inferior force to the vessel or vessels making the capture. The decree shall recite the amount of the gross proceeds of the prize subject to the order of the court, and the amount deducted therefrom for costs and expenses, and the amount remaining for distribution, and whether the whole of such residue is to go to the captors, or one half to the captors, and one-half to the United States. Sec. 4035. A bounty shall be paid by the United States for each per- son on board any ship or vessel of war belonging- to an enemy at the commencement of an engagement, which is sunk or otherwise destroyed in such engagement by any ship or vessel belonging to the United States or which it may be necessary to destroy in consequence of injuries sus- tained in action, of one hundred dollars, if the enemy's vessel was of in- ferior force, and of two hundred dollars, if of equal or superior force, to be divided among the offii;ers and crew in the same manner as prize- money; aiul when the actual number of men on board any such vessel cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, it shall be estimated according to the complement allowed to vessels of its class in tiie Navy of the United States ; and there shall be paid as bounty to the Criptors of any vessel of war captured from an enemy, which they may be instructed to de- stroy, or which is immediately destroyed for the i)ublic interest, but not in consequence of injuries received in action, lifty dollars for every per- son who shall be on boattl at the time of such capture. Sec. 4037. Notwithstanding any ai)peal to the Supreme Court, the district court may make and execute all necessary orders for the cus- tody and disi)Osal of the prize-j)roperty; and in case of appeal from a decree of condemnation, may still i)roceed to make a decree of distribu- tion so far as to determine what share of the prize shall go to the cap- tors, and what vessels are entitled to participate therein. Sec. 4038, The court may require any party, at any stage of the cause, and on claiming an ai)peal,'to give security for costs. Sec. 4039. All costs and all expenses incident to the bringing in, cus- tody, preservation, insurance, sale, or other disjjosal of prize property, when allowed by the court, shall be a charge upon such property, and 252 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. sball be paid from tlie proceeds thereof, unless tlie court shall decree restitution free from such charge. Sec. 4040. No payments shall be made for any prize-fund, excei)t upon the order of the court. All charges for work and labor, materials furnished, or money paid, shall be supported by affidavit or vouchers. The court ruay, at any time, order the payment, from the deposit made with the assistant treasurer in the cause, of any costs or charges accrued and aHowed. When the cause is finally disposed of, the court shall make its order or orders on the assistant treasurer to pay the costs and charges allowed and unpaid; and in case the final decree shall be for restitution, or in case there shall be no money subject to the order of the couit in the cause, any costs or charges allowed by the court, and not i)aid by the claimants, shall be a charge upon, and be paid out of, the fuiul for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States is a party or interested. Sec. 4041. The net amount decreed for distribution to the United States, or to vessels of the Navy, shall be ordered by the court to be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to be distributed according- to the decree of the court. The Treasury Department shall credit the Navy Department with each amount received to be distributed to \es- sels of the Navy ; and the persons entitled to share therein shall be sev- erally credited" in their accounts with the Navy Department with the amounts to which they are respectively entitled. In case of vessels not of the Navy, and not controlled by any Department of the Go^^erumeut, the distribution shall be made by the'court to the several parties enti- tled thereto, and the amounts decreed to them shall be divided between the owners and the ship's company, according to any written agreement between them, and in the absence of such agreement, one-half to the owners and one half to the shi])'s company, according to their respective rates of pay on board; and the court may appoint a commissioner to make such distribution, subject to the control of the court, who shall make due return of his doings, with proof of actual payments by him, and wlio shall receive no other compensation, directly or indirectly, than such as shall be allowed him by the court. In case of vessels not of the Navy, but controlled by either Executive Department, the whole amount decreed to the captors shall be divided among the ship's comi)any. Sec. 4042. All ransom-money, salvage, bounty, or proceeds of con- demned property, accruing or awarded to any vessel of the Navy, shall be distributed and paid to the officers and men entitled thereto in the same manner as prize-money, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 4043. Every assignment of prize or bounty money due to i)er- sons enlisted in the naval service, and all i)owers of attorney or other authority to draw, receipt for, or transfer the same, shall be void, unless the same be attested by the captain, or other cf)mmanding officer, and the paymaster. Sec! 4044. The clerk of each district court shall render, to the Secre- tary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy, a semi annual state- ment of all tlie sums allowed by the court, and ordered to be paid, within the previous half-year, to the district attorney and prize-commis- sioners for services, and to marshals for fees and commissions; and he shall, in all ])rize-causes in the district, for the purpose of the final de- cree of distribution, ascertain and keep an account of the amount de- posited with the assistant treasurer, subject to the order of the court, in each ])rize-cause, and the amounts ordered to be paid therefrom as costs and charges, and the residue for distribution; and shall send NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. J,i)0 copies of all final decrees of distribution to the Secretary of the Treas- ury and the Secretary of the Navy ; and shall draw the orders of the court for the payment of all costs and allowances, and for the distril)U- tion of the residue. For these services he shall he entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five dollars in each prize-cause, which shall be in full for the services required by this section. Sec. 4G45. The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary ex- penses for the custody, care, ])reservation, insurance, sale, orotiier dis- posal of the prize-property, aiul for executing- any order of the court respecting the same, and shall have a conimission of one-quarter of one per ceiilum on vessels, and of one-half of one per centum on all other prize ])ro[)erty, calculated on the gross proceeds of each salii ; and if, after he has ha. Fees of special counsel in prize-cases incurred or author- ized by any Department, or for the defense of captors against deuumds for damages made by claimants in the district court, not paid by claim- See 8CC8. 361 and 363 365. 254 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ants, uor from the prize-fund in the particular cause, and audited and allowed by the Department incurring or authorizing them, and by the Solicitor of the Treasury, shall be a charge upon, and paid out of, the funds appropriated for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States is a party or interested. Sec. 4G50. The auctioneers employed to make sales of prize-property shall be entitled to receive commissions by a scale to be established by the Secretary of the Navy, not to exceed, in any case, one-half of one per centum on any sum exceeding ten thousand dollars on vessels, nor one per centum on that sum on other prize-property, which shall be in full for expenses, as well as for services ; and in case no such scale shall be established, they shall be entitled to receive such compensation as the court shall deem just under the circumstances of each case. Sec. 4651. Whenever the court shall allow fees to any witness in a prize-cause, or fees for taking evidence out of the district in which the court sits, and there is no money subject to its order in the cause, the same shall be paid by the marshal, and shall be repaid to him from any money deposited to the order of the court in the cause ; and any amount not so repaid the marshal shall be allowed as witness-fees paid by him in cases in which the United States is a party. Sec. 4652. When any vessel or other property shall have been cap- tured by any force hostile to the United States, and shall be recaptured, and it shall appear to the court that the same had not been condemned as prize before its recapture, by any competent authority, the court shall award a meet and competent sum as salvage, according to the circumstances of each case. If the captured property belonged to the United States, it shall be restored to the United States, and there shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States the salvage, costs, and expenses ordered by the court. If the recaptured property belonged to persons residing within or under the protection of the United States, the court shall adjudge the property to be restored to its owners, upon their claim, on the payment of such sums as the court may award as salvage, costs, and expenses. If the recaptured property belonged to any person permanently resident within the territory and under the protection of any foreign prince, government, or state in amity with the United States, and by^the law or usage of such prince, government, or state, the property of a citizen of the United States would be restored under like circumstances of recapture, it shall be adjudged to be re- stored to such owner, upon his claim, upon such terms as by the law or usage of such prince, gov^ernment, or state would be required of a citi- zen of the United States under like circumstances of recapture; or when no such law or usage shall be known, it shall be adjudged to be re- stored upon the payment of such salvage, costs, and expenses as the court shall order. The whole amount awarded as salvage shall be de- creed to the captors, and no part to the United States, and shall be distributed as in the case of proceeds of property condemned as prize. JS^othing in this Title shall be construed to contravene any treaty of the United States. PART XII. 1. Customs laws. 2. collectiox op duties, 3. Coins, weights, and measures. 1.— CUSTOMS LAWS. DUTIES UPON IMPORTS. (Revised Statutes, Title XXXIII.) Sec. 2491. All persons are prohibited from importiiig into the United States, from any foreign country, any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing-, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other repre- sentation, figure or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article of an immoral nature, or any drug- or med- icine, or any article whatever, for the prevention of conception, or for causing unlawful abortion. No invoice or package whatever, or any part of one, in which any such articles are contained shall be admitted to entry ; and all invoices and packages whereof any such ar- ticles shall compose a part are liable to be proceeded against, seized, and forfeited by due course of law. All such prohibited articles in the course of importation shall be detained by the officer of customs, and proceedings taken against the same as prescribed in the following- sec- tion: Provided, That the drugs hereinbefore mentioned, when imported in bulk and not put up for any of the purposes hereinbefore specilied, are excepted from the operation of this section. Sec. 2492 [1785]. Whoever, being an ofticer, agent, or employee of the Government of the United States, shall knowingly aid or abet any per- son engaged in any violation of any of the provisions of law prohibiting importing, advertising-, dealing in, exhibiting, or sending or receiving by mail obscene or indecent publications or representations, or means for preventing conception or procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and shall for every offense be punishable by a tine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both. Sec.2493 [2492]. Aiiyjudgeof anydistrict or circuit court of the United States, within the proper district, before whom complaint in writing of any violation of the preceding sections is nlade, to the satisfaction of such judge, and founded on knowledge or belief, and, if upon belief, setting forth the grounds of such belief, and supported by oath or affirmation of the complainant, may issue^ conformably to the Constitu- tion, a warrant directed to the marshal, or any deputy marshal, in the proper district, directing him to search for, seize, and take possession 255 256 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. of any such article or thing' hereinbefore mentioned, and to make due and immediate return thereof to the end that the same may be con- demned and destroyed by iH'oceediugs, which shall be conducted in" the same manner as other proceedings in the case of municipal seizure, and with the same right of appeal or writ of error. Sec. 2494. The importation of neat cattle and the liides of neat cattle from any foreign country into the United States is i)rohibited : Pro- vided^ That the operation of this section shall be suspended as to any foreign country or countries, or any i)artsof such country or countries, whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall ofticially determine, and give public notice thereof, that such importation will not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty, to make all neces- sary orders and regulations to carry this law into effect, or to suspend the same as therein provided, and to send copies thereof to the i)roper officers in the United States, and to such officers or agents of th.' United States in foreign countries as he shall judge lu'cessary. Sec. 2495. Any ])ersou conxicted of a willful violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section shall be lined not exceeding tive hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 249(). No watches, watch-cases, watch-movements, or ]>arts of watch- movements, or any other articles of foreign manufticture, which shall copy or simulate the name or trade mark of any domestic manu- facture, shall be admitted to entry at the custom-houses of the United States, unless such domestic manufacturer is the importer of the same. And in order to aid the ofificei-s of the customs in enforcing this ]uohibi- tion, any domestic manufacturer who has adopted trade-marks may require liis name and residence and a description of his tradenmrks to be recorded iu bookt; which shall be kept for that ourpose in the Depart- ment of the Treasury, under such regulations as the Secretary of the ' Treasury shall presciibe, and may furnish to tlie De])artment facsimiles of such trade marks; and thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more coi)ies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proi)er officer of the customs. Sec. 2497. No goods, wares, or merchandise, u)dess in cases ]»rovided for by treaty, shall be im[>orted into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or uumufacture; or from which such goods, wares, or merchaudisie can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation. All goods, wares, or mer- chandise imported contrary to this section, and the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in like manner, and under the same regu- lations, restrictions, and pio\isions as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several Revenue Laws. Sec. 2498. The preceding section shall not apply to vessels, or goods, wares, or merchandise, imported in vessels of a foreign nation which does not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the United States. Sec. 2499. There shall be levied, collected, and paid on each and NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 257 every nou-enumerated article which bears a similitude, either in mate- rial, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any arti- cle enumerated in this title as charoeable with duty, the same rate of duty which is levied and charged on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned ; and if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated arti- cles on which different rates are chargeable, there shall be levied, col- lected, and paid on such non-enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest duty ; and on all articles manufactured from two or more materials the duty shall be assessed at the highest rates at which the component ma- terial of chief value may be chargeable. If two or more rates of duty should be applicable to any imported article, it shall be classified for duty under the highest of such rates: Provided, That non-enumerated articles similar in material and quality and texture, and the use to which they may be api)lied, to articles on the free list, and in the manufacture of which no dutiable materials are used, shall be free. Sec. 2500. Upon the reimi)ortation of articles once exported of the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States, upon which no intern;d tax has been assessed or paid, or ui)on which such tax has been paid and refunded by allowance or drawback, there shall be levied, col- lected, and paid a duty equal to the tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws upon such articles Sec. 2.501 [2502]. A discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imi)osed by law, shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, and merchandise which shall be imported on vessels not of the United States ; but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise which shall be imported in ves- sels not of the United States, entitled, by treaty or any act of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States. Sec. 2502 [2503]. There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles imi)orted from foreign countries, and mentioned in the schedules herein contained, the rates of duty which are, by the schedules, re- spectively prescribed, namely: Schedule A— Chemical Products. Glue, twenty per centum ad valorem. Beeswax, twenty per centum ad valorem. Gelatine and all similar prejiarations, thirty per centum ad valorem. Glycerine, crude, brown or yellow, of the specific gravity of one and twenty-five hundredths or less at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahren- heit, not ])uritied by refining or distilling, two cents per pound. Glycerine, Tefined, five cents i)er pound. Fish-glue or isinglass, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Phosphorus, ten cents ])er pound. Soap, hard and soft, all which are not otherwise specially enumerated or provided for in this act, and castile soap, twenty per centum ad valo- rem. Fancy, perfumed, and all descriptions of toilet soap, fifteen cents per pound. Sponges, twenty per centum ad valorem. Sumac, ground, three-tenths of one cent per pound, and sumac ex- tract, twentv per centum ad valorem, H. Mfs. 391 17 258 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Acid, acetic, acetous, or pyroligueous acid, not exceeding the specific gravity of one and fortj^-seven one-thousandths, two cents per pound ; exceeding the specific gravity of one and forty-seven one-thousandths, ten cents per pound. Acid, citric, ten cents per pound. Acid, tartaric, ten cents per pound. Camphor, refined, five cents per pound. Castor beans, or seeds, fifty cents per bushel of fifty pounds. Castor oil, eighty cents per gallon. Cream of tartar, six cents per pound. Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substitute, or British gum, one cent per pound. Extract of hemlock, and other bark used for tanning, not otherwise enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Glucose, or grape sugar, twenty per centum ad valorem. Indigo, extracts of, and carmiued, ten per centum ad valorem. Iodine, resublimed, forty cents per pound. Licorice, paste or roll, seven and one-half cents per pound; licorice juice, three cents per pound. Oil of bay-leaves, essential, or bay rum essence or oil, two dollars and fifty cents per pound. Oil, croton, fifty cents per pound. Oil, flaxseed or linseed, and cotton-seed oil, twenty-five cents per gal- lon, seven and one-half pounds weight to be estimated as a gallon. Hemp-seed oil and rape seed oil, ten cents per gallon. Soda and potassa, tartrate, or rochelle salt, three cents per pound. Strychnia, or strychnine, and all salts thereof, fifty cents per ounce. Tartars, partly refined, including lees crystals, four cents per pound. Alumina, alum, patent alum, alum substitute, sulphate of alumina, and aluminous cake, and alum in crystals or ground, sixty cents per hundred pounds. Ammonia, anhydrous, liquefied by pressure, twenty per centum ad valorem. Ammonia aqua, or water of ammonia, twenty per centum ad valorem. Ammonia, muriate of, or sal ammoniac, ten per centum ad valorem. Ammonia, carbonate of, twenty per centum ad valorem. Ammonia, sulphate of, twenty per cent ad valorem. All imitations of natural mineral waters and all artificial mineral waters, thirty per centum ad valorem. Asbestos, inanufactured, twenty five per centum ad valorem. Baryta, sulphate of, or barytes, unmanufactured, ten per centum ad valorem. Baryta, sulphate of, or barytes, manufactured, one-fourth of one cent per ])ound. Refined borax, five cents per pound. Pure boracic acid, five cents per pound ; commercial boracic acid, four cents per pound ; borate of lime, three cents per pound; crude borax, three cents per i)ound. Cement, Roman, Portland, and all others, twenty per centum ad valorem. Whiting and Paris white, dry, one-half cent per pound ; ground in oil, or putty, one cent per pound. Prepared chalk, i)recipitated chalk, French chalk, red chalk, and all other chalk preparations which are not si)ecially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Chromic acid, fifteen per centum ad valorem. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 259 Ohromate of potash, three cents per ])oiiud. Bichromate of potash, three cents i)er pound. Cobalt, oxide of, twenty per centum ad valorem. Copper, sulphate of, or blue vitriol, three cents per pound. Iron, suli)hate of, or copi)eras, three-tenths of one cent per pound. A.cetate of lead, brown, four cents per pound. Acetate of lead, white, six cents per pound. White lead, when dry or in pulp, three cents per pound ; when ground or mixed in oil, three cents per })Ouud. Litharge, three cents per pound. Orange mineral, and red lead, three cents per pound. Nitrate of lead, three cents per pound. Magnesia, medicinal, carbonate of, five cents per pound. Magnesia, calcined,- ten cents per pound. Magnesia, sulphate of, or Epsom salts, one-half of one cent per pouad. Potash : Crude, carbonate of, or fused, and caustic potash, twenty per centum ad valorem. Chlorate of, three cents per pound. Hydriodate, iodide and iodate of, fifty cents per pouud. Prussiate of, red, ten cents per pound. Prussiate of, yellow, five cents per pound. Nitrate of, or saltpetej, crude, one cent per pound. Nitrate of, or refined saltpeter, one and one-half cents per pound. Sulphate of. twenty per centum ad valorem. Soda: Soda-ash, one-quarter of one cent per pound. Soda, sal, or soda crystals, one-quarter of one cent per pound. Bicarbonate of, or super-carbonate of, and salaratus, calcined or pearl ash, one and one-half cents per jDound. Hydrate or caustic, one cent per pound. Sulphate, known as salt cake, crude or refined, or niter cake, crude or refiner!, and Glauber's salt, twenty per centum ad valorem. Soda, silicate of, or other alkaline silicate, one-half of one cent per pound. Sulphur: Kefined, in rolls, ten dollars per ton. Sublimed, or flowers of, twenty' dollars per ton. Wood-tar, ten per centum ad valorem. Coal tar, crude, ten per centum ad valorem. Coal-tar, products of, such as naphtha, benzine, benzole, dead oil, and pitch, twenty per centum ad valorem. All coul-tar colors or dyes, by whatever name known, and not spe- cially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. All preparations of coal-tar, not colors or dye, not specially enumer- ated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Logwood and other dyewoods, extracts and decoctions of, ten per centum ad valorem. Ultramarine, five cents per pound. Turpentine, spirits of, twenty cents per gallon. Colors and i)aints, including lakes, whether dry or mixed, or ground with water or oil, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. The i)igment known as bone black, and ivory-drop black, and bone char, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 260 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Ocber, and ocbery earths, umber and umber earths, and sienna and sienna earths, when dry, one-half of one cent per pound ; when ground in oil, one and one half cents per pound. Zinc, oxide of, when dry, one and one-fourth cent per pound. Zinc, oxide of, when ground in oil, one and three-fourths cent per pound. All preparations known as essential oils, expressed oils, distilled oils, rendered oils, alkalis, alkalouls, and all combinations of any of the fore- going, and all chemical compounds and salts, by whatever name known, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty-live per centum ad valorem. Preparations : all medicinal i)reparations known as cerates, conserves, decoctions, emulsions, extracts, solid or fluid; infusions, juices, lini- ments, lozenges, mixtures, mucilages, oiutmp.nts, dleo resins, \n\\s, plas- ters, powders, resins, suppositories, sirups, vinegars, and waters, of any of which alcohol is not a component part, and which are not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad va- lorem. All barks, beans, berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, and bulbus roots, and excrescences, such as nutgalls, fruits, flowers, dried fibers, grains, gums, and gum-resins, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds (aromatic, notgarden seeds), and seeds of morbid growth, weeds, woods used expressly tor dyeing, and dried insects, any of the foregoing of which are not edible, but which have been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem. All non-dutiable crude minerals, but which have been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manu- facture, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem. All ground or powdered spices not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, five cents per pound. All earth or clays, unwrought or unmanufactured, not specially enu- merated or provided for in this act, one dollar and fifty cents per ton. All earths or clays, wrought or manufactured, not specially enu- merated or provided for in this act, three dollars per ton; china clay, or kaoline three dollars per ton. Proprietary pre])arations,towit: All cosmetics, pills, powders, troches, or lozenges, sirups, cordials, bitters, anodynes, tonics, plasters, liniments, salves, ointments, pastes, droits, waters, essences, spirits, oils or prepa- rations or compositions recouimended to the public as proprietary arti- cles, or prepared according to some private formula, as remedies or specifics for any disease or diseases, or aflections whatever, afl'ecting the human or animal body, including all toilet preparations whatever, used as applications to the hair, mouth, teeth, or skin, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifty per centum ad valorem. Alcoholic preparations: Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne water, two dollars per gallon and fifty per centum ad valorem. Distilled spirits, containing fifty per centum of anhydrous alcohol, one dollar per gallon. Alcohol, containing ninety-four per cent, anhydrous alcohol, two dol- lars per gallon. Alcoholic compounds, not otherwise specially enumerated or provided NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 261 for, two dollars per gallon for the alcohol contaiued and twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Chloroform, fifry cents per pound. Collodion, and allcomi)oundsofpyroxyliue, by whatever name known, fifty cents per pound ; rolled or in sheets, but not made up into articles, sixty cents per pound, and when in finished or partly finished articles, sixty cents i)er pound and twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Ether, sulphuric, fifty cents per pound. Hoffman's anodyne, thirty cents per pound. Iodoform, two dollars per pound. Acid, tannic, and tannin, one dollar per pound. Ether, nitrous, spirits of, thirty cents per pound. Santoniue, three dollars per pound. Amylic alcohol, or fusel oil, ten per ceutum ad valorem. Oil of Cognac, or oenantic ether, four dollars per ounce. Fruit ethers, oils, or essences, two dollars and fifty cents per pound. Oil or essence of rum, fifty cents per ounce. Ethers of all kinds, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one dollar per pound. Coloring for brandy, fifty per centum ad valorem. Preparations : All medicinal preparations known as essences, ethers, extracts, mixtures, spirits, tinctures, and medicated wines, of which al- cohol is a component part, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifty cents per pound. Varnishes of all kinds, forty per ceutum ad valorem; and on spirit varnishes, one dollar and thirty-two cents additional per gallon. Opium, crude, containing nine per cent, and over of morphia, one dol- lar per pound. The importation of opium, containing less than nine per cent, morphia is hereby prohibited. Opium, prepared for smoking, and fill other preparations of opium not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten aration.s of opium, not specially enu- merated or provided for in this act, forty per centum ad valorem. Morphia or morphine, and all salts thereof, one dollar per ounce. ScnEDrLE B.— Earthenware and Glassware. Brown earth^'nware, common stoneware, gas-retorts, and stoneware not ornamented, twenty five per centum ad valoren). China, ])orcelain, parian, and bisque, earthen, stone, and crockery ware, including plaques, ornaments, charms, vases, and statuettes, painted, printed, or gilded, or otherwise decorated or ornamented in any manner, sixty j)er centum ad valorem. China, porcelain, parian, and bisque ware, plain white, and not orna- mented or de(!orated in any manner, fifty five per centum ad valorenj. All other earthen, stone, and crockery ware, white, glazed, or edged, composed of earthy or mineral substances, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifty five per centum ad valorem. Stoneware, above the capacity of ten gallons, twenty per centum ad valorem Encaustic tiles, thirty five per centum ad valorem. 262 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Brick, fire brick, and roofiug and paving- tile, not specially enumer- ated or provided lor in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Slates, slate pencils, slate chimney-pieces, mantels, slabs for tables, and all other manufactures of shite, thirty per centum ad valorem. Eooflng-slates, twenty five i)er centum ad valorem. Green and colored glass bottles, vials, demijohns and carboys (cov- «ered or uncovered), pickle or preserve jars, and other plain, molded, or pressed green and colored bottle glass, not cut, engraved, or painted, •and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one cent per pound ; if filled, and not otherwise in this act provided for, said articles shall pay thirty per centum ad valorem in addition to the duty on the contents. Flint and lime glass bottles and vials, and other plain, molded, or pressed fiint or lime glassware, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, forty i)er centum ad valorem ; if filled, and not otherwise an this act provided lor, said articles shall pay, exclusive of contents, forty per centum ad valorem in addition to the duty on the contents. Articles of glass, cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, silvered, or gilded, not including plate-glass, silvered, or looking-glass plates, forty-five per centum ad valorem. All glass'bottles, and decanters, and other like vessels of glass, shall, if filled, pay the same rates of duty, in addition to any duty chargeable ound; comprising round iron not less than three-fourths of one inch in diameter, and square iron not less than three-fourths of one inch square, one cent per pound; comprising flats less than one inch wide, or less than three-eighths of one inch thick; round iron less than three fourths of one inch and not less than seven sixteenths of one inch in diameter, and square iron less than threefourths of one inch square, one and one tenth of one cent per pound: Provided /Hint all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms less finished than iron in bars, and more advanced than pig-iron, except (tastings, shall be rated as iron in bars, and pay a duty accordingly: and none of the above iron shall pay a less rate of duty than thirty-five i)er centum ad valorem: Provided further, That all iron bars, blooms, billets, or sizes or shapes of any 264 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. kind, in the manufacture of which charcoal is used as fuel, shall be sub- ject to a duty of twenty -two dollars per ton. Iron or steel tee rails, weighing not over twenty-five pounds to the yard, nine-tenths of one cent per pound ; iron or steel flat rails, punched, eight-tenths of one cent per pound. Kound iron, in coils or rods, less than seven-sixteenths of one inch in diameter, and bars or shapes of rolled iron not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one and two-tenths of one cent per pound. Boiler or other plate iron, sheared or unsheared, skelp-irou, sheared or rolled in grooves, one and one-fourth cents per pound; sheet iron, common or black, thinner than one inch and one half and not thinner than number twenty wire gauge, one and one-tenth of one cent per pound ; thinner than number twenty wire gauge and not thinner than number twenty-five wire gauge, one and two-tenths of one cent per pound ; thinner than number twenty -five wire gauge and not thinner than number twenty-nine wire gauge, one and five-tenths of one cent per pound ; thinner than number twenty-nine wire gauge, and all iron coni- merciallv known as common or black taggers iron, whether put up in boxes or bundles or not, thirty per centum ad valorem : And provided, That on all such iron and steel sheets or plates aforesaid excepting on what are known commercially as tin-plates, terne- plates, and taggers- tin and hereafter provided for, when galvanized or coated with zinc or spelter or other metals, or any alloy of those metals, three-fourths of one cent per pound additional Polished, planished, or glanced sheet-iron, or sheet-steel, by whatever name designated, two and one-half cents per pound: Provided, That plate or sheet or taggers iron, by whatever name designated, other than the polished, planished, or glanced herein provided for, which has been pickled or denned by acid, or by any other material or process, and which is cold rolled, shall pay one quarter cent per pound more duty than the corresponding gauges of common or black sheet or taggers iron. Iron or steel sheets, or plates, or taggers iron, coated with tin or lead, or with a mixture of which these metals is a component part, by the dip- ping or any other process, an I coiuuiercially known as tin plates, terne plates, and taggers tin, one cent per pound ; corrugated or crimped sheet iron or steel, one and four-tenths of one cent per pound. Hoop, or band, or scroll, or other iron, eight inches or less in width, and not thinner than number ten wire gauge, one cent per pound; thinner than number teu wire gauge and not thinner than number twenty wire gauge, one and two-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty wire gauge, one and four tenths of one cent per pound: Pro- vided, That all articles not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, whether wholly or partly manufactured, made from sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron herein provided for, or of which such sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron sfiall be the material of chief value, shall pay one-fourth of one cent per pound more duty than that imposed on the iron from which they are made, or which shall be such material of chief value. Iron and steel cotton ties, or hoops for baling purposes, not thinner than number twenty wire gauge, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Cast-iron pipe of every description, one cent per pound. Oast-iron vessels, plates, stove-plates, andirons, sadirons, tailors' irons, hattei's' irons, and castings of irons, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one and one-quarter of one cent per pound. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 265 Cnt nails and spikes, of irou or steel, one and one-quarter of one cent per pound. Cut tacks, brads, or sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thou- sand, two and one-half cents per thousand ; exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, three cents per pound. Iron or steel railway fish-plates, or splice-bars, one and one-fourth of one cent per pound. Malleable irou castings, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two cents per pound. Wrought iron or steel spikes, nuts, and washers, and horse, mule, or ox shoes, two cents per pound. Anvils, anchors or parts thereof, mill-irons and mill-cranks, of wrought irons and wrought-iron for ships, and forgings of iron and steel, for ves- sels, steam-engines, and locomotives, or parts thereof, weighing each twenty-five pounds or more, two cents per pound. Iron or steel rivets, bolts, with or without threads or nuts, or bolt- blanks, and finished hinges or hinge-blanks, two and one-half of one cent per pound. Iron or steel blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, track-tools, wedges, and crowbars, two and one-half of one cent per i^ouud. Irou or steel axles, parts thereof, axle-bars, axle-blanks, or forgings for axles, without reference to the stage or state of manufacture, two and one-half of one cent per pound. Forgings of iron aud steel, or forged iron, of whatever shape, or in whatever stage of manufacture, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two and one-half cents per pound. Horseshoe-nails, hob-nails, and wire-nails, and all other wronght-irou or steel nails, not specially enumerateer i)onn(l in addition to the rates imposed on the wire of whicli it is made. Steel, not specially ennmerated or provided for in this act, forty-five per centum ad valorem : Provided, That all metal i>roduced from iron or its ores, which is cast and malleable, of whatever description or form, without regard to the i)ercenta8e of carbon contained therein, whether produced by cementation, or converted, cast, or made from iron or its ores, by the crucible, Bessemer, pneumatic, Tliomas Oilchrist, basic, Siemeiis-Martin, or open-hearth ])rocess, or by the equivalent of either, or by the combination of two or more of the j^rocesses, or their equiva- lents, or by any fnsion or other process which ])rodnces from iron or its ores a metal either granular or fibrous in structure, which is cast and malleable, excepting- what is known as malleable iron castings, shall be classed and denominated as steel. No allowance or reduction of duties for partial loss or damage in con- sequence of rust or of discoloration shall be made upon any description of iron or steel, or upon any i)artly manufactured article of iron or steel, or upon any manufacture of iron and steel. Argentine, albata, or German silver, unmanufactured, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Copper, imported in the form of ores, two and one-half cents on each pound of fine copper contained therein ; regains of and black or coarse copper, and copper cement, three and one-half cents on each pound of fine copper contained therein ; old copper, tit only for remanufacture, clippings from Jiew copper, and all composition metal of which copper is a component material of chief value not specially enumerated or pro- vided for in this act, three cents per pound ; copper in plates, bars, in- gots, Chili or other pigs, andin other forms, not manufactured, or enum- erated in this act, four centsperpound ; in rolled plates, called brazier's copper, sheets, rods, pipes, and copper bottoms, and all manufactures of copper, or of which copper shall be a component of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty-five per ceutum ad valorem. Brass, in bars or i)ig, old brass, and clippings from brass or Dutch metal, one and one-half cent per pound. Lead ore, and lead dross, one and one-half cent i)er pound. Lead, in pigs and bars, molten and old refuse lead run into blocks and bars, and old scrap lead, fit only to be remanufactured, two cents per pound. Lead, in sheets, pipes, or shot, three cents per pound. iS'ickel, in ore, matte, or other crude form not ready for consumption in the arts, fifteen cents i>er pound on the nickel contained therein. Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy of any kind in which nickel is the element of chief value, fifteen cents i)er pound. Zinc, spelter, or tutenegue, in l)iocks or i)igs, and old worn-out zinc, fit only to be remanufactured, one and one-half cent i)er pound; zinc, spelter, or tutt'uegne in sheets, two and one half cents per pound. Sheathing, or yellow metal, not wholly of copper, nor wholly nor in part of iron, ungalvanized, in sheets, forty-eight inches long and four- teen inches wide, and weighing from fourteen to thirty-four ounces per square foot, thirty five ])er centum ad valorem. Antimony, as regnlus or metal, ten i)er centum ad valorem. Bronze powder, fifteen per centum ad valorem. Cutlery, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty- five per centum ad valorem. Dutch or bronze metal, in leaf, ten per centum ad valorem. 268 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Steel plates, engraved, stereotype plates, aud new types, twenty- five per centum ad valorem. Gold-leaf, one dollar and fifty cents per package of five hundred leav( s. Hollow-ware, coated, glazed, or tinned, three cents per pound. Muskets, rifles, and other tire-arms, not specially enumerated or pro- vided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. All sporting breech loading shot-guns, and pistols of all kinds, thirty- five per centum ad valorem. Forged shot-gun barrels, rough bored, ten per centum ad valorem. Keedles for knitting or sewing machines, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Needles, sewing, darning, knitting, and all others not specially enu- merated or provided for in this act, twenty- Ave per centum ad valorem. Pen knives, pocket-knives, of all kinds, and razors, fifty per centum ad valorem ; swords, sword-blades, aud side-arms, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Pens, metallic, twelve cents per gross ; pen-holder-tips and pen-holders, or parts thereof, thirty per centum ad valorem. Pins, solid head or other, thirty per centum ad valorem. Britannia ware, and plated and gilt articles and wares of all kinds, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Quicksilver, ten per centum ad valorem. Silver leaf, seventy-five cents per package of five hundred leaves. Type-metal, twenty per centum ad valorem. Chromate of iron, or chromic ore, fifteen per centum ad valorem. Mineral substances in a crude state and metals uuwrought, not spe- cially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem Manufactures, articles, or wares, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, composed wholly or in part of iron, steel, copper, lead, nickel, pewter, tin, zinc, gold, silver, platinum, or any other metal, and whether partly or wholly manufactured, forty-five per centum ad valorem. Schedule D. — Wood and Wooden Wares Timber, hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves, twenty per centum ad valorem. Timber, squared or sided, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one cent per cubic foot. Sawed boards, plank, deals, and other lumber of hemlock, white-wood, sycamore, and bass-wood, one dollar per one thousand feet, board meas- ure; all other articles of sawed lumber, two dollars per one thousand feet, board measure. But when lumber of any sort is planed or finished, in addition to the rates herein provided, there shall be levied and paid for each side so planed or finished, fifty cents per one thousand feet, board measure. And if planed on one side and tongued and grooved, one dollar per one thousand feet, board measure. And if planed on two sides, and tongued and grooved, one dollar and fifty cents per one thousand feet, board measure. Hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, wagon-blocks, ore-blocks, gun- blocks, heading-blocks, aud all like blocks or sticks, rough-hewn or sawed only, twenty per centum ad valorem. Staves of wood of all kinds, ten per centum ad valorem. Pickets aud palings, twenty per centum ad valorem. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 269 Laths, fifteen cents per one thousand pieces. Shingles, thirty-five cents per one thousand. Pine chipboards, two dollars per one thousand. Spruce clapboards, one dollar and fifty cents per one thousand. House or cabinet furniture, in piece or rough, and not finished, thirty per centum ad valorem. Cabinet ware and house furniture, finished, thirty five per centum ad valorem. Casks and barrels, empty, sugar-box shooks, an:l packing-boxes, and packing box shooks, of wood, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem. Manufactures of cedar wood, granadilla, ebony, mahogany, rose wood, and satin wood, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Manufactures of wood, or of which wood is the chief component part, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty-five per cen- tum ad valorem. Wood, unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Schedule E. — Sugar. All sugars not above No. 13 Dutch standard in color shall pay daty on their polariscopic test as follows, viz: All sugars not above ifo. 13 Dutch standard in .color, all tank bot- toms, sirups of canejuiceorof beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above seventy five degrees, shall pay a duty of one and forty -hundredths cent per pound, and for every additional degree or fraction of a degree shown by the polariscopic test, they shall pay four-hundredths of a cent per pound additional.* All sugars above No. 13 Dutch standard in color shall be classified by the Dutch standard of color, and pay duty as follows, namely: u fAll sugar above No. 13 and not above No. 16 Dutch standard, two and seventy five hundredths cents per pound. All sugar above No. 1(3 and not above No. 20 Dutch standard, three cents per pound. All sugars above No. 20 Dutch standard, three and fifty-huudredths cents per })Ound. Molasses testing not above fifty-six degrees by the polariscope, shall pay a duty of four cents per gallon ; molasses testing above fifty-six de- grees, shall pay a duty of eight cents per gallon Sugar candy, not colored, five cents per pound. All other confectionery, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, made wholly or in part of sugar, and on sugars after being re- fined, when tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, valued at thirty cents per i)oun(l or less, ten cents per pound. Confectionery valued above thirty cents per pound, or when sold by the box, i)acka'ge, or otherwise than by the pound, fifty per centum ad valorem. Schedule F. — Tobacco. Cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots of all kinds, two dollars and fifty cents per pound and twenty-five per centum ad valorem; but paper *As to melada or concrete, see act March 3, ld75, section 3. 270 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. cigars and cigarettes, iucluding wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties as are hereiu imposed u\)ou cigars. Leaf tobacco, of which eighty-five i)er cent, is of the requisite size and of the necessary fineness of texture to be suitable for wrappers, and of which more than one hundred leaves are required to weigh a pound, if not stemmed, seventy-five cents per pound; if stemmed, one dollar per pound. All other tobacco in leaf, unmanufactured, and not stemmed, thirty five cents per pound. Tobacco-stems, fifteen cents per pound. Tobacco, manufactured, of all descriptions, and stemmed tobacco, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, forty cents per pound. Snuff" and snuff-flour, manufactured of tobacco, ground, dry, or damp, and pickled, scented or otherwise, of all descriptions, fifty cents per pound. . T 1 ^ • Tobacco, unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided tor in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem. Schedule G.— Provisions. Animals, live, twenty per centum ad valorem. Beef and pork, one cent per pound. Hams and bacon, two cents per pound. Meat, extract of, tiventy per centum ad valorem. Cheese, four cents per pound. Butter, and substitutes therefor, four cents per pound. Lard, two cents i)er pound. Wheat, twenty ceuts per bushel. Eye and barley, ten cents per bushel. Barley, pearled, patent, or hulled, one half cent per pound. Barley malt, per bushel of thirty-four pounds, twenty cents. Indian corn or maize, teu cents per bushel. Oats, ten cents per bushel. Corn-meal, ten cents per bushel of forty-eight pounds. Oat-meal, one-half cent per pound. Eye flour, one-half cent per pound. Wheat-flour, twenty per centum ad valorem. Potato or corn starch, two ceuts per pound; rice search, two and a half cents per pound; other starch, two and a half cents per pound. Eice, cleaned, two and one-fourth cents per pound ; uncleaned, one and one-half cents per ])ound. Paddy, one and one-fourth cents per pound. Eice-flour and rice-meal, twenty per centum ad valorem. Hay, two dollars per ton. Honey, twenty cents per gallon. Hops, eight cents per pound. Milk, preseived or condensed, twenty per centum ad valorem. Fish: Mackerel, one cent per pound. Herrings, pickled or salted, one-half of one cent per pound. Salmon, pickled, one cent per pound; other fish, pickled, in barrels, one cent per pound. Foreign-caught fish, imported otherwise than in barrels or half bar- rels, whether fresh, smoked, dried, salted, or pickled, not specially enumerated or i)rovided for in this act, fifty cents per hundred pounds. Anchovies and sardines, packed in oil or otherwise, in tin boxes NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 271 measunn.j? not more than five inches long, four inches wide, and three and oue-lialf inches deep, ten cents per whole box ; in half boxes, meas- uring not more than five inches long, four inches wide, and one and five-eighths deep, five cents each ; in quarter boxes measuring not more than four inches and three-quarters long, three and one-half inches wide, and one and a quarter deep, two and one-half cents each; when imported in any other form, forty per centum ad valorem. Fish preserved in oil, except anchovies and sardines, thirty per centum ad valorem. Salmon, and all other fish, prepared or preserved, and prepared meats of all kinds, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Pickles and sauces, of all kinds, not otherwise specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Potatoes, fifteen cents per bushel of sixty pounds. Vegetables, in their natural state, or in salt or brine, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem. Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of all kinds, not otherwise pro- vided for, thirty per centum ad valorem. Chicory root,' ground or unground, burnt or prepared, two cents per pound. Vinegar, seven and one-half cents per gallon. The standard for vine- gar shall be taken to be that strength which requires thirty-five grains of bi-carbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce Troy of vinegar; and all import duties that may by law be imposed on vinegar imported from foreign countries shall be' collected according to this standard. Acorns, and dandelion root, raw or prepared, and all other articles used or intended to be used as coffee, or as substitutes therefor, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two cents per pound. Chocolate, two cents per pound. Cocoa, prepared or manufactured, two cents per pound. Fruits: Currants, Zaute or other, one cent per pound. Dates, idums, and prunes, one cent per pound. Figs, two cents per pound. Oranges, in boxes of capacity not exceeding two and one-half cubic feet, twenty-five cents per box; in one half boxes, capacity not exceed- ing one and one-fourth cubic feet, thirteen cents per half box; in bulk, one dollar and sixty cents per thousand ; in barrels, capacity not exceed- ing that of the one hundred and ninety-six pounds flour-barrel, fifty-five cents per barrel. Lemons, in boxes of capacity not exceeding two and one-half cubic feet, thirty cents per box ; in one-half boxes, capacity not exceeding one and one-fourth cubic feet, sixteen cents per half box; in bulk, two dollars per thousand. Lemons and oranges, in packages, not specially enumerated or pro- vided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Limes and grapes, twenty per centum ad valorem. Raisins, two cents per pound. Fruits, preserved in their own juices, and fruit-juice, twenty per cen- tum ad valorem. Comfits, sweotmeats, or fruits preseved in sugar, spirits, sirup, or molasses, not otherwise specified or provided for in this act, and jellies of all kinds, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Nuts: 272 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Nuts: Almouds, fiv^e eents per poiiud ; shelled, seven and one half cents per pounds; filberts, and walnuts, of all kinds, three cents per pound. Peanuts or ground beans, one cent per pound; shelled, one and one- half cent per pound. Nuts, of all kinds, shelled or unshelled, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two cents per pouod. Mustard, ground or preserved, in bottles or otherwise, ten cents per pound. Schedule H. — Liquors. Champagne, and all other sparkling wines, in bottles containing each not more than one quart and more than one pint, seven dollars per dozen bottles ; containing not more than one pint each and more than one half pint, three dollars and fifty cents per dozen bottles ; containing one-half i)int each, or less, one dollar and seventy-five cents per dozen bottles; in bottles containing more than one quart each, in addition to seven dollars per dozen bottles, at the rate of two dollars and twenty- five cents ]>er gallon on the quantity in excess of one quart bottle. Still wines, in casks, fifty cents per gallon; in bottles, one dollar and sixty cents per case of one dozen bottles contaiuing ach not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty -four bottles containing each not more than one i)int; and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles shall be subject to a duty of five cents per pint or frac- tional part thereof; but no separate or additional duty shall be collected on the bottles: Provided, That any wines imported containing more than twenty-four per centum of alcohol shall be forfeited to the United States: Provided further, That there shall be no allowance for breakage, leakage, or damage on wines, liquors, cordials, or distilled spirits. Vermuth, the same duty as on still wines. "Wines, brandy, and other spirituous liquors imported in bottles, shall be packed in packages containing not less than one dozen bottles in each package; and all such bottles, except as specially enumerated or provided for in this act, shall pay an additional duty of three cents for each bottle. Brandy, and other sjnrits manufactured or distdled from grain or other materials and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two dollars per proof gallon ; each and every gauge or wine gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proof gallon ; and the standard for determining the proof of brandy and other spirits or liquors of any kind imported shall be the same as tha t which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue; but any brandy or other spirituous liquors imported in casks of less capacity than fourteen gal- lons shall be forfeited to the United States. On all compounds or i)reparations of which distilled spirits aj-e a component part of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, there shall be levied a duty not less than that imposed upon distilled spirits. Cordials, liquors, arrack, absinthe, kirschwasser, ratafia, and other similar spirituous beverages or bitters, containing spirits, and not spec- ially enumerated or provided for in this act, two dollars per proof gallon. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in pro- portion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof; and NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 273 all imitations of brandy or spirits or wines imported by any names whatever shall be subject to the liiohest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles resi)ectively intended to be represented, and in no case less than one dolhii- per gallon. Bay-rum, or bay-water, whether distilled or comi)ounded, one dollar per gallon of first proof, and in proportion for any greater strength •than first i)roof. Ale, porter, and beer, in bottles or jugs of glass, stone, or eartlien ware, thirty five (;euts per gallon; otherwise than in bottles or jugs of glass, stone, ov earthen ware, twenty cents jier gallon. (jringer-ale or ginger-beer, twenty per centum arinted, five cents per square yard : Provided, That on all cotton cloth not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch^ counting the warp and filling, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over eight cents per square yard; bleached, valued at over ten cents per scjuare yard ; dyed, colored,, stained, i)ainted, or printed, valued at ovi-r thirteen cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of forty per centum ad valorem. On all cotton cloth exceeding two hundred threads to the s(iuare inch, counting the warp and filling, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or piinted, four cents per sqnare yard ; if bleached, five cents per square yard ; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, six cents per square yard : Provided, That on all such cotton cloths not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over ten cents per square yard; bleached, valued at over twelve cents per square yard; and dyed, colore I, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over fifteen H. Mis. 391 18 274 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. cents per ^qnare yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of lorty per centum ad valorem. On stockings, hose, half-hose, shirts, and drawers, and all goods made on knitting machines or frames, composed wholly of cotton, and not herein otherwise i)rovided for, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On stockings, hose, half-hose, shirts, and drawers, fashioned, nar- rowed, or sh;ii)ed wholly or in i)art by knitting machines or frames, or knit by hand, and composed wholly of cotton, forty per centum ad valo- rem . Cotton cords, braids, gimps, galloons, webbing, goring, suspenders, braces, and all manufactures of cotton, not specially enumerated or i)ro- vided for in this act, and corsets,of whatever material composed, thirty- five per ci ntum ad valorem. Cotton laces, embroideries, inserting, trimmings, lace window curtains, cotton damask, hemmed handkerchiefs, and cotton velvet, forty per centum ad valorem. Spool-thread of cotton, seven cents per dozen spools, containing on each spool not exceeding one hundred yards of thread ; exceeding one hundred yards on e ich spool, for every additional one hundred yards of thread' or fractional part thereof in excess of one hundred yards, seven cents per dozen. Schedule J. — Hemp, Jute, and Flax Goods. Flax straw, five dollars per ton. Flax, not hackled or dressed, twenty dollars per ton. Flax, hackled, known as "dressed line," forty dollars per ton. Tow, of flax or hemp, ten dollars per ton. Hemj), manila and other like substitutes for hemp not specially enu- metated or provided for in this act, twenty-five dollars per ton. Jute butts, five dollars per ton. Jute, twenty per centum ad valorem ; sunn, sisal grass, and other vegetable substances, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifteen dollars per ton. Brown and bleached linens, ducks, canvas, paddings, cot bottoms, diapers, crash, huckabacks, handkerchiefs, lawns, or other manufact- ures of flax, jute, or hemp, or of which flax, jute, or hemp shall be the component material of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Flax, hemp, and jute yarns, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Flax or linen thread, twine, and pack thread and all manufactures of flax, or of which flax shall be the component material of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, forty per centum ad valorem. Flax or linen laces and insertings, embroideries, or manufactures of linen, if embroidered or tamboured in the loom or otherwise, by machin- ery or with the needle or other process, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem. Burlaps, not exceeding sixty inches in width, of flax, jute, or hemp, or of which flax, jute, or hemp, or either of them, shall be the compo- nent material of chief value (except such as may be suitable for bag- ging for cotton), thirty per centum ad valorem. Oil-cloth foundations, or floor cloth canvas, or burlaps exceeding sixty inches in width, made of flax, jute, or hemp, or of which flax, jute, or hemp, or either of them, shall be the component material of chief value, forty per centum ad valorem. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 275 Oil-cloths for floors, stamped, painted, or printed, and on all other oil cloth (excejtt silk oi'l cloth), and on water-proof cloth, not otherwise provided for, forty i>er centnm ad valorem. Gnnny cloth, not ba<;ging-, valued at ten cents or less per square yard, three cents per j)ound ; valued at over ten cents per square yard, four cents per pound. Bags and bagging, and like manufactures, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act (except bagging for cotton), composed wholly or in part of flax, hemp, jute, gunny cloth, gunny bags, or other ma- terial, forty i)er centum ad valorem. Bagging for cotton, or other manufactures not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, suitable to the uses for which cotton bagging is applied, composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, jute butts, flax, gunny bags, gnnny cloth, or other material, and valueIace whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be thirty cents or less per pound, ten cents per i)ouud ; wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence ex- ported to the ITnited States, excluding charges in such port, shall ex- ceed thirty cents per pound, twelve cents per pound. Wools of the second class, and all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, the value whereof, at the last i)ort or place wh.ence ex- ported to the United States, excluding (diarges in such port, shall be thirty cents or less per ponnd, ten cents per pound ; wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last i)ort or place whence exi)orted to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed thirty cents per ponnd, twelve cents ])er ])ound. Wools of the third class, the value whereof, at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be twelve cents or less per pound, two and a half cents per pound; wools of the same class, the value whereof, at the last port or place whence exj)orted to the United States, excluding charges in such poit, shall exceed twelve cents per jjound, five cents per pound. Wools on the skin, the same rates as other wools, the quantity and value to be ascertained under such rules as the Secretary of the Treas- ury may prescribe. Woolen rags, shoddy, mungo, waste, and flocks, ten cents per ])ound. Woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every description, made wholly or in jmrt of wool, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding eighty cents per pound, thirty-five cents per ])ouud and thirty-five per centum ad va- lorem ; valued at above eighty cents per pound, thirty-five cents per pound, and in addition thereto forty per centum ad valorem. Flannels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, and all goods made on knitting-frames, balmoials, woolen and worsted yarns, and all manu- factures of every description, comi)osed wholly or in part of worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, (except such as are com- posed in part of wool), not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding thirty cents jier ])ound, ten cents per l^ouud; valued at above thirty cents per pouiui, and not exceeding forty cents i)er i)ound, twelve cents per pound; valued at above forty ceutsper pound, and not exceeding sixty cents ])er pound, eighteen cents l)er pound; valued at above sixty cents per pound, and not exceeding eighty cents per pound, twenty-lour cents per pound; and in addition thereto, upon all the above Jiamed articles, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at above ei^ylity cents per pound, thirty-five cents per ])Ound, and in addition theieto lorty per centum ad valorem. Bunting, ten cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, thirty- five ])er centum ad valorem. Women's and childien's diess goods, coat linings, Italian cloths, aud goods of like description, conii)osed in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, valued at not exceeding twenty cents NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 277 per square yard, live cents i>er square yard, and in addition th«'r(?to, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at above twenty cents per square yard, seven cents per square yard, and forty i)er centum ad va- lorem ; if composed wholly of wool, woisted, the hair of the al|)aca, i>oat, or other animals, oi of a mixture of them, nine cents ])er square yard and forty per centum ad valorem, but all such goods with selvedges, made wholly or in i)art of other materials, or with threads of other ma- terials intnJduced for the i)nrpose of changing- the classification, shall be dutiable at nine cents per square yard and forty per centum ad va- lorem : Provided, That all such goods weighing over four ounces per square yard shall pay a duty of thirty five cents per pound and forty per centum ad valorem. ( ■iothing, ready-made, and wearing app;irel of every description, not specially enumerated or i)rovided for in this act, and balmoral skirts, and skirting, and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes, composed wludly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, made up or mamifactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or m:inufactnrer. exce^jt knit goods, forty cents per pound, and in addition thereto, thirty five per centum ad valorem. Cloaks, dolmans, jackers, talmas, ulsters, or other outside garments for ladies' and childrens' apparel and goods of similar descrii)tion, or used for like purposes, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer (except knit goods), forty-five cents per pound, and in addition thereto forty per centum ad valorem. \Vel)bings. gorings, suspenders, braces, beltings, bindings, braids, galloons, fringes, gimi)s, (iords, cords and tassels, dress trimmings, head nets, buttons, or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms for tassels or ornaments, wrought by hand, or braided by machinery, made of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, .^oat, or other animals, or of which wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, oi other animals is a component material, thirty cents i)er pound, and in addition thereto, fltty per ceut- um ad valorem. Aubusson, Axminister, and chenille cari)ets, and carpets woven whole for rooms, forty-five cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, thirty per centum ad valorem. Saxony, Wilton, and Tournay velvetcari)ets, forty-five cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, thirty i)er centum ad valorem. Brussels carpets, thiity cents per square yard, and in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. Patent velvet and tajH'stry velvet carpets, printe[)apers exclusively, fiiteen i)er centum ad valoreui. Paper, manufactures of, or of which paper is a couiponent material, not si)ecially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifteen per centum ad valoreui. Sheathing paper, ten per centum ad valorem. Pai)er boxes, and all other fan<;y boxes, thirty-five per centum ad va- loiem. Pajier envelopes, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Paper-hangings and [)aper for screens or fire-boards, paper antiqua- rian, demy, drawing, elephant, foolscap, imi)erial, letter, note, aud all other i)aper not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty- five i)er centum ad valorem. Pulp, dried, for paper-makers' use, ten per centum ad valorem. Schedule N.— Sundries. Alabastar and si)ar statuary and ornaments, ten per centum ad valo- rem. Baskets and all other articles composed of grass, osier, palm leaf, whalebone, or willow, or straw, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 279 Btacls, aii«l bead oniaiiients of all kinds, except amber, fiity per cen- tum ad valorem. Blackinji- of all kinds, twenty-five per oeutnin ad valorem. Bladdi'vs. mjuiufactuves of, twenty-five i)er centum ad valorem. Bone, horn, ivory, or vegetable ivory, all m:niufactures of, not specially eiiuiiieiated or provided for in tliis act, thirty ])er eenlum ad valorem. Bonnets, liats, and hoods for men, women, and cliildreu, com])Osed of chip, grass, palm-leaf, willow, or straw, or any other vegetable substance, hair, whalebone, or other material, not specially enumerated or pro- vided for in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem. Bouillons, or cannetille, metal threads, fil6, or gespinst, twenty-five per centum ad valoiem. Bristles, fifteen cents per pound. Brooms of all kind, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Brushes of all kinds, thirty per centum ad valorem. Bulbs and bulbous roots, not medicinal, er centum ad valorem. Precious stones of all kinds, ten per centum ad valorem. Rags, of whatever majterial composed, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valore ii. Eattans and reeds, manufactured, but not made up into completed articles, ten per centum ad valorem. Salt, in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages, twelve cents per one hundred pounds ; in bulk, eight cents per one hundred pounds : Pro- vided.! That exporters of meats, whether packed or smoked, which have been cured in the United States with imported salt, shall, upon satis- factoiy proof, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall ])rescribe, that such meats have been cured with imported salt, have refunded to them from the Treasury- the duties paid on the salt so used in curing such exported meats, in amounts not less than one hun- dred dollars: And provided further., That imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries, aud in curing fish on the shores of the navigable waters of the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe ; and upon proof that the salt has been used for either of the purposes stated in this proviso, the duties on the same shall be remitted. Scagliola, and composition tops for tables or for other articles of fur- niture, thirty five per centum ad valorem. Seal inji- wax, twenty per centum ad valorem. Shells, whole or i^arts of, manufactured, of every description, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Stones, unmanufactured or undressed, freestone, granite, sandstone, and all building or monumental stone, except marble, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, one dollar per ton ; and upon stones as above, hewn, dressed, or polished, twenty per centum ad va- lorem. Strings: All strings of catgut, or any other like material, other than strings for musical instruments, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Tallow, one cent per pound. Teeth, manufactured, twenty per centum ad valorem. Umbrella aud i)arasol ribs, and stretcher frames, tii)S runners, handles, or other ])arts thereof, when made in whole or chief part of iron, steel, or any otlier metal, forty per centum ad valorem ; umbrellas, parasols, and shades, when covered with silk or alpaca, fifty per centum ad valo- rem ; all other umbrellas, forty ])er centum ad valorem. Unibiellas, parasols,aud sunshades, frames and sticks for, finished or NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 283 iinfiiiislieil, not specially euumerated or provided for iu this act, thirty per cent mil ad valorem A>'a!^te, all uot siiecially enumerated or provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem. AVatcbes, watch-cases, watch-movements, partsof watches, and watch materials, not siiecially enumerated or provided for iu this act, twenty- five per centum ad valorem. lVel)bin<>-, composed of cotton, flax, or any other materials, not spe- cially enumerated or provided for iu this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. The Free List Sec. 2503. The following articles when imported shall be exempt from duty: Albumen, iu any form or condition ; lactariue. Aconite. Ambergris Aiiiiato, roncou, rocou, or Orleans, and all extracts of Balm of Gilead. Blood, dried. Bones, crude, not manufactured, burned, calcined, ground, or steamed. Bone dust and bone-ash for manufacture of phosphate and fertilizers. Carbon, animal, fit for fertilizing only. Guano, manures, and all substances expressly used for manure. Musk, crude, in natural pod. Civit, crude. Cochineal. Dyeing or tanning : Articles in a crude state used in dyeing or tan- ning, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Fish-skins. Hide-cuttings, raw, with or without hair, and all glue-stock. Hoofs. Horns, and partsof horns, unmanufactured, and horns strips and tips. Ipecac. Fisli-sounds or fish-bladders. Leather, old scraps. Leeches. Rennets, raw or prepared. Argal, or Argol, or crude Tartar. Assafoetida. Barks, Cinchona, or other barks, used in the manufacture of quinia. Brazil paste. Cami)hor, crude. Cassia, Cassia buds. Cassia Vera, unground. Charcoal. Cinnamon, and chips of, unground. Cloves and clove stems, unground. Cocculus iudicus. Cudbear. Curry and Curry i)owder. Cutch. Dividivi. Dragon's blood. Ergot. 284 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Gambler. Ginger- root, ungroiiud. Indigo and artiticial indigo. Iodine, crude. Jalap. Kelp. Lac dye, crude, seed, button, stick, and shell. Lac spirits. Lemon juice and lime juice. Licorice root, unground. Litmus, prepared or not prepared. Ma(;e. Madder, and munjeet or Indian madder, ground or prepared, and ex- tracts of. Manna. Myrobolan. Orcbil, or orchil liquid. Kutmegs. Nux vomica. Ottar of roses. Salaciiie. Oils: Almond Amber, crude and rectified Ambergris. Anise, or anise seed. Aniline, crude. Aspic, or spike lavender. Bergamot. Cajeput. Carraway. Cassia and cinnamon. Cedrat. Chamomile. Citronella, or lemon grass. Civet. Fennel. Jasmine, or jasimine. Juglandium. Juniper. Lavender. Lemon. Limes. Mace. Neroli, or orange flower. Orange. Palm and cocoanut. Poppy. Rosemary or antlioss. Sesame or sesamum-seed, or bene. Thyme or origanum, red or white, valerian. Pepper, unground, of all kinds. Pimento, unground. Saffron and safflower, and extract of, and saffron cake. Selep, or saloup. Storax, or styrax. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 285 Turnieric. Tnii)eiitiiie, Venice. Yalonia. Vegetable and mineral wax. Wood ashes, and lye of, and beet-root ashes. Acids used for medicinal, chemical, or inannfacturing- purposes, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Alizarine, natural or artificial. Agates, unmanufactured. Apatite. Asbestos, unmaiuifactured. Arsenic. Antimony ore, crude sulphide of. Arsenic, sulphide of, or orpimeut. Arseniate of aniline. Baryta, carbonate or witherite. Bauxite. Aniline salts or black salts and black tares. Bromine. Cadmium. Calamine. Cerium. Cobalt, as metallic arsenic. Chalk and clitfstone, unmanufivctured. Feldspar. Cryolite or kryolitb. Iridium. Kieserite. Kyanite or cyanite, and kainite. Lime, citrate of. Lime, chloride of, or bleaching powder. Magnesium. Magnesite, or native mineral carbonate of magnesia. Manganese, oxide and ore of. Mineral waters, all not aitificial. Osmium. Palladium. Paraffine. Phosi)bates, crude or native, for fertilizing purposes. Potash, muriate of. Plaster of Paris or sulphate of lime, unground. Quinia, sulphate of, salts of. and cinchonidia. Soda, nitrate of, or cubic nitrate. Strontia, oxide of, an«l proto-oxide of strontian, and strontianite, or mineral carbonate of strontia. Sulphur, or brimstone, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Sulphur lac or precipitated. Tripoli. Uranium, oxide of, verdigris or subacetate of coi)per. Drugs, barks, beans, berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, and bulbous roots and excresences, such as nut galls, fruits, llowers, dried fibers; grains, gums and gum-resin; herbs," leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, routs, and stems ; spices, vegetables, seeds aromatic, and seeds of morbid growth ; weeds^ woods used exi)ressly for dyeing, and dried insects — any of the foregoing, of which are not edible and are in a crude state, and not 28G NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. advanced iu value or condition b^^ refining or grinding, or bj- other process of manufactare,aud not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Vaccine virus. Crude minerals, not advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other |)rocess of manufacture, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Sundries. Aluminium. Amber beads and gum. Animals, brought into the United States temporarily, and for a period not exceeding six months, for the purpose of exhibition or competition for prizes offered by any agricultural or racing association ; but a bond shall be first given in accordance with the regulations. Animals, specially imported for breeding purposes, shall be admitted free upon proof thereof satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, and under such regulations as he may prescribe; and teams of animals, including their harness and tackle and the vehicles or wagons actually owned by persons emigrating from foreign countries to the United States with their families, and in actual use for the purpose of such emigration, shall also be admitted free of duty, under such regulations as the Sec- retary of the Treasury may prescribe. Asphaltum and bitumen, crude. Arrowroot. Articles imported for the use of the United States, provided that the price of the same did not include the duty. Bamboo reeds, no further manufactured than cut into suitable lengths for walking sticks or canes, or for sticks for umbrellas, i^arasols, or sun- shades. Bamboo, unmanufactured. Barrels of American manufacture, exported filled with domestic pe- troleum, and returned empty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and without requiring the filling of a declaration at time of export of intent to return the same empty. Articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, when returned in the same condition as exported. Casks, barrels, car- boys, bags, and other vessels of American manufacture, exported filled with American products, or exported empty and returned tilled with foreign products, including shooks when returned as barrels or boxes; but proof of the identity of such articles shall be made under regula- tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and if any of such articles are subject to internal tax at the time of exportation, such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation and not re- funded.* Bed-feathers and downs. Bells, broken, and boll metal broken and tit only to be remanufactured. Birds, stuflVnl. Birds, and land and water fowls. Bismuth. Bladders, crude, and all integuments of animals not specially enumer- ated or i)rovided for in this act. Bologna sausages. Bolting cloths. * Bags — see section 7, act of February 8, Iti75. I NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 287 Books, etignivinj^s, bound or unbound, etchings, maps, and charts, which shall have been printed and niauufactured more than twenty years at the date of importation. Books, maps, and charts imported by authority or for use of the United States or for the use of the Library of Congress ; but the duty shall not have been included in the contract of price paid. Books, nmps, and charts specially imported, not more than two co]>ies in any one invoice, in good faith, for the use of any society incorporated or established for philosophical, literary, or religious purposes, or for the encouragement of the tine arts, or tor the use or by order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning- in the United States. Books, professional, of persons arriving in the United States. Books, household ett'ects, or libraries, or parts of libraries, in use, of l)ersons or families from foreign countries, if used abroad by them not less than one year, and not intended for any other person or persons, nor ibr sale. Breccia, in blocks or slabs. Brime. Brazil pebbles for spectacles, and pebbles for spectacles rough. Bullion, gold and silver. Burgundy ])itch. Burr stone, in blocks, rough or unmanufactured, and not bound up in mill stones Cabinets of coins, medals, and all other collections of antiquities. Castor or castoreum. Catgut strings, or gut-cord, for musical instruments. Catgut or whip-gut, unmanufactured. Coal, anthracite. Coal stores of American vessels, but none shall be unloaded. Cobalt, ore of. Cocoa, or cacao, crude, and fiber, leaves, and shells of. Coffee. Coins, gold, silver, and copper. Coir and coir yarn. Copper, old, taken from the bottom of American vessels compelled by marine disaster to repair in foreign ports. Copper, when imi)orted for the United States Mint. Coral, marine, unmanufactured. Cork- wood, or cork-bark, unmanufactured. Cotton. Curling-stones, or quoits. Cuttle-fish bone. l)ianu)nds, rough or uncut, including glaziers' diamonds. Diamond dust or bort. Dyeing- or tanning articles, in a crude state, used in dyeing or tan- ning, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Eggs. Esparto or Spanish grass, and other grasses, and pulp of, for the manufacture of paper. Emery ore. Fans, common palm-leaf. Farina. Fashion-plates, engraved on steel or on wood, colored or plain. Felt, adhesive, for sheathing vessels. Fibiin, in all forms. Fire-wood. 288 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Fisl), fresli, for itnniediate coiKsiuDption. Kisb, lor bait. Flint, Hi Fossils. Frait -plants, tropical and semi-tropical, for the purpose of propaga- tion or cultivation. Fruits, green, ripe, or dried, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. Furs, undressed. Far-skins of all kinds, not dressed in any manner. Glass, broken pieces, and old glass which cannot be cut for use, and fit only to be reman ufactured. G-lass-pIate or disks, unwrought, for use in the manufacture of optical instruments. Goat skins, raw. Gold-beaters' molds, and gold-beaters' skins. Gold-size. Grease, for use as soap-stock only, not specially enumerated or pro- vided for. Gunny bags, and gunny cloth, old or refuse, fit only for remanufact- uring. Gut, and woim gut, manufactured or unmanufactured. Guts, salted Gutta percha, crude. Hair, horse or cattle, and hair of all kinds, cleaned or uncleaned, drawn or undrawn, but unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act; of hogs, curled for beds and mattresses, and not fit for bristles. Hide rope. Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, and skins, except shee|>-skins with the wool on, Angora goat skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured, asses' skins, raw or unmanufactured. Hones and whetstones. Hop-roots, for cultivation Hop-noles. Ice. India-rubber, crude, and milk of. India-malacca joints, not further manufactured than cut into suitable lengths for the manufactures into which they are intended to be con- verted. Ivory, and vegetable ivory, unmanufactured. Jet, unmanufactured. Joss-stick, or joss light. Junk, old. Lava, unmanufactured. Life-boats and life saving apparatus, specially imported by societies incorporated or established to encourage the saving of human life. Lithographic stones, not engraved. Loadstones. Logs, and round, unmamifactured timber, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, ami ship timber, and ship planking. Maccaroni and vermicelli. Magnets. Manuscri])ts. Marrow, crude. Marsh-mallows. Medals of gold, silver, or copper. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 289 Meerschaum, crude or raw. Mica and mica waste. Models of iuventious and other improvements in the arts ; but no article or articles shall be deemed a model or improvements which can be fitted for use. Moss, sea- weeds, and all other vegetable substances usedfor beds and mattresses. Newspai)ers and periodicals. Nuts, cocoa, and Brazil or cream. Oakum. Oil-cake Oil, spermaceti, whale, and other fish oils of American fisheries, and all other articles the produce of such fisheries. Olives, green or prei)ared. Orange and lemon peel, not preserved, candied, or otherwise pre- pared. Ores, of gold and silver. Palm nuts and palm-nut kernels. Paper- stock, crude, of every description, including all grasses, fibers, rags of all kinds, other than wool, waste, shavings, clippings, old paper, sope ends, waste rope, waste bagging, gunny bags, gunny cloth, old or refuse, to be used in making, and fit only to be converted into paper, and unfit for any other manufacture, and cotton waste, whether for paper stock or other purposes. Parchment. Pearl, mother of. Personal and household eifects, not merchandise, of citizens of the United States dying abroad. Pewter and britaunia metal, old and fit only to be remanufactured. Philosophical and scientific apparatus, instruments, and preparations, statuary, casts of marble, bronze, alabaster, or plaster of Paris, paint- ings, drawings, and etchings, specially imported in good faith for the use of any society or institution incorporated or established for relig- ious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or en- couragement of the fine arts, and not intended for sale. Plants, trees, shrubs, and vines of all kinds not otherwise provided for, and seeds of all kinds, except medicinal seeds not specially enumer- ated or provided for in this act. Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, seed cane, and seeds im])orted by the Department of Agriculture or the United States Botanical Garden. Platina, unmanufactured. Platinum, unmanufactured, and vases, retorts, and other apparatus, vessels, and parts thereof, for chemical uses. Plumbago. Polishing stones. Puln. Pumice and pumice stone. Quills, prepared or unprepared. Kailroad ties, of wood Pattans and reeds, unmanufactured. Regalia and gems, statues, statuary, and specimens of sculpture, where specially iu) ported in good faith for the use of any society incor- porated or established for pliilosophical, literary, or religious purposes, or for the encouragement of the line arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school, seminary of learning, or ])ublic library iu the United States. H. Mis. 391 19 290 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. lioot- flour. Kotten stoue. Sago, sago crude, and sago flour. Saur-kraut. Sausage-skins. Sea-weed, uot otherwise provided for. Seed of the sugar beet. Shark skins. Shells of every description, uot manufactured Shingle-bolts and stave bolts, provided that heading bolts, shall be held and construed to be included under the term stave bolts. Handle-bolts. Shrimps, or other shell fish. Silk, raw, or as reeled from the cocoon, but not doubled, twisted, or advanced in manufacture in any way. Silk cocoons and silk waste. Silk-worms' eggs. Skeletons, and other preparations of anatomy. Skins, dried, salted or pickled. Snails. Soap-stocks. Sodium. Sparterre, for making or ornamenting hats. Specimens of natural history, botany, and mineralogy, when imported for cabinets, or as objects of taste or science, and not for sale. Spunk, Spurs and stilts, used in the manufacture of earthen, stone, or crock- ery ware. Straw, unmanufactured. Sugar of milk. Sweei)ings of silver and gold. Tamarinds. Tapioca, cassava, or cassada. Tea. Tea plants. Teasels. Teeth, unmanufactured. Terra alba, aluminous. Terra japonica. Tin ore, bars, blocks, or pigs, grain or granulated. Touquin, Tonqua or Tonka beans. Tortoise and other shells, unmanufactured. Turtles. Types, old, and fit only to be remanufactured. Umbrella sticks, crude, to wit, all partridge, hair wood, pimento, orange, myrtle, and all other sticks and canes in the rough, or no fur- ther manufactured than cut into lengths suitable for umbrella, parasol, or sunshade sticks or walking-canes. Yellum. Wafers, unmedicated. Wearing apparel, in actual use, and other personal effects (uot mer- cbandise), professional books, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment of persons arriving in the United States. But this exemption shall not be construed to include machinery or other articles imported for use in any manufacturing establishment, or for sale. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 291 Whalebone, unmanufactured. Woods, poplar, or other woods, for the manufacture of paper. Woods, namely, cedar, liguum-vitic, lancewood, ebony, box, grana- dilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood, and all cabinet woods, unmanu- factured. Works of art, painting, statuary, fountains, aud other works of art, the production of American artists. J^ut the fact of such ])roduction must be verified by the certificate of a consul or minister of the United States indorsed upon the written declaration of the artist ; i)aiutings, statuary, fountains, and other works of art, imported expressly for the presentation to national institutions, or to any State, or to any municipal corporation, or religious corporation or society. Yams. Zafter. Sec. 2504 [2507]. Whenever any vessel laden with merchandise in whole or in part subject to duty has been sunk in any river, harbor, bay, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and within its"^ limits, for the period of two years, and is abandoned by the owuer thereof, any person who may raise snch vessel shall be permitted to bring any merchandise recovered therefrom into the port nearest to the place where such vessel was so raised, free from the payment of any duty thereupon, aud without being obliged to enter the same at the cus- tom-house : bnt under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasnry mav prescribe. Sec. 2505.— The produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon the Saint John River aud its tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed or hewed in theProviuceof New Brunswick by American citizens, the same being uuraauutactured in whole or in part, which is now ad- mitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas- ury- shall, from time to time prescribe. Sec. 250G.— The produce of the forests of the State of Maine upon the Saint Croix River and its tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed in the Province of New Brunswick by American citizens, the same being uumanufoctured in whole or in part, and having paid the same taxes as other American lumber on that river, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretarv of the Treasury shall from time to time, prescribe. [2509.] Sec. 2507.— Machinery for repair may be imported into the United States without payment of duty, under bond, to be given in double the appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn and exported after said ma- chinery shall have been repaired ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud, and secure the iden- titv and character of all such importations when again withdrawn aud exported, restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six mouths from the date of the impor- tation. [2511.] Sec. 2508.— All paintings, statuary, and photographic pictures im- ported into the United States for exhibition by any association duly authorized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, for the promotion and encouragement of science, art, or industry, and not in- tended for sale, snail be admitted free of duty, under such reguia lions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. But bonds shall be 292 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. given for the payment to the Uuited States of such duties as ma.y be imposed by law upon any and all of such articles as shall not be re- exported within six mouths after such importation. Sec. 2509. — All works of art, collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, science, or manufactures, photographs, works in terra-cotta, Parian, pottery, or porcelain, and artistic copies of antiquities in metal or other material, hereafter imported in good faith for permanent exhi- bition at a fixed place by any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts or science, and not intended for sale, nor for any other purpose than is hereinbefore expressed, and all such articles, imported as aforesaid, now in bond, and all like articles imported in good faith by any society or association for the purpose of erecting a pnblic monument, and not for sale, shall be admitted free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Pro- vided, That the parties importing articles as aforesaid shall be required to give bonds, with suflicient sureties, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasnry may prescribe, for the payment of lawful duties which may accrue should any of the articles aforesaid be sold, transferred, or used contrary to the provisions and intent of this act. [2512.] Sec. 2510. — All lumber, timber, hemp, manila, wire rope, and iron and steel rods, bars, spikes, nails, and bolts, and copper and composition metal which may be necessary for the construction and equipment of vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership or for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, after the passage of this act, may be imported in bond under such fegula- tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and uj^on proof that such materials have been used for snch purpose, no duties shall be paid thereon. But vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year, except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed : Provided, That vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States. [2513.] Sec. 2511. — All articles of foreign production needed for the repair of American vessels engaged exclusively in foreign trade may be with- drawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, nnder such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. [2514.] Sec. 2512. — That no duty shall be levied or collected on the importa- tion of peltries brought into the Territories of the United States by Indians, nor on the proper goods and elfects, of whatever nature, of Indians passing or repassing the boundary -line aforesaid, unless the game be goods in bales or other large packages unusual among Indians, which shall not be considered as goods belonging to Indians, nor be en- titled to the exemption from duty aforesaid. [2515.] * Sec. 2513. — There shall belevied, collected, and paid on the importa- tion of all raw or unmanufactured articles, not herein enumerated or provided for, a duty of ten per centum ad valorem ; and all articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not herein enumerated or provided for, a duty of twenty per centnm ad valoroni Sec. 7. — That sections twenty-nine hundred and seven and twenty-nine hundred and eight of the Eevised Statutes of the United States and * Sections 2513 and 2514 become 2510 ami 2511 in new law. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 293 section foiirteeu of the act entitled "An act to amend the cnstoms rev- enue laws, and to repeal nioities," approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same are hereby, re- pealed, and hereafter none of the charges imposed by said sections or any other provisions of existing law shall be estimated in ascertaining the value of goods to be imported, nor shall the value of the usual and necessary sacks, crates, boxes, or covering, of any kind be estimated as part of their value in determining the amount of duties for which they are liable: Provided, That if any packages, sacks, crates, boxes, or cov- erings of any kind shall be of any material or form designed to evade duties thereon, or designed for use otherwise, than in the bona fide transportation of goods to the United States, the same shall be subject to a duty of one hundred per centum ad valorem upon the actual value of the same. Sec. 8.— That section twenty-eight hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended and shall on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be as follows : Sec. 2841.— Whenever merchandise imported into the United States is entered by invoice, one of the following oaths, according to the nature of the case, shall be administered by the collector of the i)ort, at the time of entry, to the owner, imi)orter, consignee, or agent : Provided, That if any of the invoices or bills of lading of any merchandise imported in said vessel, which should otherwise be embraced in said entry, have not been received at the date of the entry, the affidavit may state the fact, and thereupon such merchandise of which the invoices or bills of lading are not produced shall not be included in such entry, but may be entered subsequently. OATH OF CONSIGNEE, IMPORTER, OR AGENT. I. do solemnly and truly swear (or affirm) that the in- voice and bill of lading now presented by me to the collector of — are the true and only invoice and bill of lading by me received, of goods, ■wares, and merchandise imported in the , whereof is master, from , for account of any person whomsoever for whom I am authorized to enter the same; that the said invoice and bill of lading are in the state in which they were actually received by me, and that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any other in- voice or bill of lading of the said goods, wares, and merchandise; that the entry now delivered to the collector contains a Just and true account of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, according to the said invoice and bill of lading; that nothing has been, on my part, nor to mv knowl- edge, on the part of any other i)erson, concealed or suppressed, whereby the United States may be defrauded of any i)art of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise; that the said invoice and the declaration therein are in all respects true, and were made by the person by whom the same ])nrports to have been made, aninnino^ at the middle of the bay, between Mount Hope and Common Fence Point, runnino- southwesterly through the middle of Bristol Ferry, and continuing such course until it strikes a point of equal distance from Khode Island to Prudence Island, from thence northwnrdly on a straight line to the westernmost part of Naliaut Point, and from thence to the western shore of Bullock's Point; in which Bristol and Warren shall be the port of entry, and Barrihgton a port of delivery. Third. The district of Providence; to comprise all the waters and shores northward of a line running nearly a northeast course from the south end of Warwick Neck to the south end of Rumstick Point at high-water mark, and so much of the waters of the Narragansett Bay, and the shores, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plan- tations, as are within the county of Kent, including the port of East Greenwich, and that part of Warwick lying upon Greenwich Bay; in which Providence shall be the port of entry, and Patuxet and East Greenwich ports of delivery.- Sec. 2532. There shall be in the collection-districts in the State of RhodQ Island the following ofticers : First. In the district of Newport, a collector, who shall reside at New- port. Second. In the district of Bristol and Warren, a collector, who shall reside at Bristol. Third. In the district of Providence, a collector and an appraiser, who shall reside at Providence. Sec. 2533. There shall be in the State of Connecticut five collection- districts, as follows : First. The district of Stonington; to comprise all the waters and shores from the west line of Mystic River, includiiig the villages of Portersville and Noank, in the town of Groton, to the east lineof Paw- catuck River, including the town of Westerly, in Rhode Island, as bounded on the third day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two; in which Stonington shall be the port of entry, and Pawcatuck River, in the town of Westerly, a port of deliv^ery. Second. The district of New London ; to comprise all the waters and shores from the west line of Mystic River to and including the town of Lyme, as bounded on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred; in which New London shall be the port of entry, and Norwich, Groton, and Lyme ports of delivery. Third. The district of Middletown; to comprise the waters and shores of the towns of Saybrook, Killingsworth, Haddam, East Haddam, Mid- dletown, Chatham,'Weathersfield, Glastenbury, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, and East Windsor, as bounded on the second day of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine ; in which Middletown shall be the port of entry, and Saybrook, Killingsworth, Haddam, East Haddam, Middletown,' Chatham, Weatherstield, Glastenbury, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, and East Windsor, ports of delivery. Fourth. The district of New Haven; to comprise the waters and shores from the west line of the district of ^Middletown westerly to Housatonic River; in which New Haven shall be the port of entry, and Guilford, Branford, ]Milford, and Derby ports of delivery. Fifth. The district of Fairfield; to comprise all the waters and shores in the State of Connecticut west of the district of New Haven ; in 302 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. which *Fairfield shall be the port of entry, and Norwalk, Stratford, Stamford, and Greenwich ports of delivery. Sec. 2534. There shall be in the collection districts of the State of Connecticut the following officers: First. In the district of Stoningtou, a collector, who shall reside at Stoniugtou. Second. In the district of ^ew London, a collector, who shall reside at IS'ew London. Third. In the district of Middletown, a collector, who shall reside at Middletown. Fourth. In the district of Xew Haven, a collector, who shall reside at Kew Haven. Fifth. In the district of Fairfield, a collector, who may reside at Fair- field or * Bridgeport. Sec. 2535. There shall be in the State of New York ten collection- districts, as follows : First. The district of Sag Harbor ; to comprise all the waters and shores within the two points of land called Oyster Pond Point and Mon- tauk Poiut; in which Sag Harbor shall be the port of entry, and Green- port a port of delivery. Second. The district of the city of New York ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State of New York, and of the counties of Hudson and Bergen in the State of New Jersey, not included in other districts; in which New York shall be the port of entry, and New Windsor, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Esopus,Kinderhook, Albany, Hud- son, tTroy, Ehiuebeck Landing, Cold Spring, and tPort Jefferson ports of delivery ; and Jersey City a port of entry and delivery with an as- sistant collector to act under the collector at New York. [In addition to the other territory embraced therein, all that part of the county of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, and the waters adjacent, now within the collection district of Newark, N. J., east of Newark Bay and Hackensack River.] Third. The district of Champlain ; to comprise all the waters and shores of Lake Champlain and the rivers connected therewith within the State of New York, and to extend westwardly along the northern boundary-line of the State to the river Saint Lawrence ; in which Platts- burgh shall be the port of entry, and Whitehall and Fort Covington ports of delivery. Fourth. The district of Oswegatchie ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the river Saint Lawrence within the State of New York from the western boundary of the district of Champlain to the western bound- ary of the county of Saint Lawrence as bounded on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and eleven; in which Ogdensburgh shall be the port of entry. Fifth. The district of Cape Vincent ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the river Saint Lawrence from the western boundary of the county of Saint Lawrence as bounded on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and eleven, and all the waters and shores of Lake Ontario, and the rivers and waters connected therewith, within the jurisdiction of the United States, and within the State of New York, to the western extremity of Hungry Bay; in which Cape Vincent shall be the port of entry. I * Bridgeport is the actual place of residence of the collector ; see sec. 2640, first clause. t No surveyors appear to be provided for these ports. (See Act March 3, 1825, chap. 96, sec. 1, and August 31, 1852, chap. 115, sec. 3.) NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 303 Sixth. The district of Oswego ; to comprise all the waters and sliores of Lake Ontario, and the rivers and waters connected therewith, witliin the jurisdiction of the United Slates, and within the State of Kew York, from the western extremity of Hungry l^ay to the western extremity of Sodus Bay, including all the rivers and waters emptying into that bay: in which Oswego shall be the port of entry. Seventh. The district of Genesee ; to comprise all the waters and shores of Lake Ontario, and the rivers and waters connected therewith, within the iurisdiction of the United States, and within the State of Kew York, "from the western extremity of Sodus Bay, but excluding all the rivers and waters emptying into that bay, to the eastern extremity of Oak Orchard Creek; in which the river Genesee* shall be the port of entry. Eighth. The district of Niagara; to comprise all the waters and shores of Lake Ontario and the river Niagara, and the rivers connected there- with, within the jurisdiction of the United States, and within the State of New York, from the eastern extremity of Oak Orchard Creek to the channel of Touawanda Creek ; iu which Suspension Bridge shall be the port of entry. Ninth. The district of Buffalo Creek ; to comprise all the waters and shores of Lake Erie or the river Niagara, within the State of New York, from Touawanda Creek to the eastern shore of Cattaraugus Creek; in which Buffalo shall be the port of entry. Tenth. The district of Dunkirk ; to comprise the waters and shores of the counties of Cattaraugus and Chautauqua, as bounded on the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the harbors, rivers, and waters ou the southern shore of Lake Erie, within the State of New York, west of and including Cattaraugus Creek and the shores on each side of that creek, and west along the shore and ter- ritory bordering on Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania State line, and the islands in the lake contiguous thereto ; in which Dunkirk shall be the port of entry ; and Barcelona, Silver Creek, and Cattaraugus Creek, ports of delivery. Sec. 253G. There shall be in the collection-districts of the State of New York the following oflicers : First. In the district of Sag Harbor, a collector, who shall reside at Sag Harbor ; and a surveyor, who shall reside at Greenport. Second. In the district of New York, a collector, an assistant collector, a naval ofiQcer, a surveyor, one appraiser, and ten assistant appraisers, who shall reside at the port of New York ; one assistant (jollector, who shall reside at Jersey City,t and shall have i)Ower to enter and clear vessels iu like manner as the collector at New York is authorized by law to do, and shall act in conformity to such instructions as he shall from time to time receive from the collector of New York ; a surveyor, to act also as collector, who shall reside at Albany ; a surveyor at each of the ports of Cold Spring, on the north side of Long Island, and Port Jef- ferson, who shall reside at their respective ports. Third. In the district of Champlain, a collector, who shall reside at Plattsburgh ; a deputy collector, who shall reside at Rouse's Point ; a deputy collector, who shall reside at Whitehall ; and the President may appoint not exceeding two surveyors, who shall reside at such places as he may deem proper. Fourth. In the district of Oswegatchie, a collector, who shall reside at Ogdensburgh. • Qn : Rocliester ? t See sec. 4340. « 304 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Fifth. In the district of Cape Vincent, a collector, who shall reside at Cape Vincent. Sixth. In the district of Oswego, a collector, who shall reside at Oswego. Seventh. In the district of Genesee, a collector, who shall reside on the Genesee River* h jk* Eighth. In the district of ]N^iagara, a collector, who shall reside at Sus])ensiou Bridge. Ninth. In the district of BnflPalo Creek, a collector, who shall reside at Buffalo ; and an appraiser. Tenth. In the district of Dunkirk, a collector, who shall reside at unkirk ; and for each of the ports o Cattaraugus Creek, a deputy collector. Sec. 2537. All cargoes chargeable with duties intended for delivery at the port of Greenport, in the State of New York, shall be entered and the duties paid at the port of Sag Harbor, before permission shall be granted to discharge the same at Greenport. Sec. 2538. The Secretary of the Treasury may, on the nomination of the appraiser, appoint such number of examiners at the port of New York as the Secretary may in writing determine to be necessary, to aid each of the assistant appraisers in the examination, inspection, and appraise- ment of merchandise. Sec. 2539. The Secretary of the Treasury shall also appoint, on the nomination of the appraiser at the port of N"ew York, the clerks, verifi- ers, samplers, openers, packers, and messengers employed in the ap- praiser's office, or in any of the departments thereof, and shall limit and fix their number. Sec. 2540. All merchandise chargeable with duties intended for de- livery at the port of Cold Spring, on the north side of Long Island, in the State of New Y^ork, or at the port of Port Jefi'erson, in that State, shall be entered and the duties paid at the port of New Y^ork, before permission shall be granted to discharge the same at Cold Spring or Port Jefierson. Sec. 2541. There shall be in the State of New Jersey six collection- districts, as follows : First. The district of Newark; to comprise all the waters and shores of that part of the State of New Jersey lying north and east of Eliza- beth and Staten Island, extending eastward as far as the mouth of the Kill Van Kull, where it empties into the bay of New York ; including all the waters and shores of Newark Bay and the rivers and bays tribu- tary thereto, the northern shore of the strait or passage known as Kill Van Kull, and all that part of the western shore of the strait or pas- sage known as Staten Island Sound, or Arthur Kill, which lies north of the northern bunndar^^-line of the town of Rahway, as bounded on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine ; in which Newark shall be the i)ort of entry, and Elizabeth a port of delivery. Second. The district of Perth Amboy ; to comprise all the waters and shores within the State of New Jersey from the northern boundary-line of the town of Rahway, as bounded on the twenty-second day of Feb- ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to Barnegat Inlet ; in which Perth Amboj' shall be the port of entry, and New Brunswick and Mid- dletown Point ports of delivery. Third. The district of Little Egg Harbor ; to comprise all the waters * Qu : Rochester ? NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 305 aud shores from Barneg:at Inlet to Brigantine Inlet, including both j in wiiicli Tiickertou shall be the port of entry. Fourth. The district of Great Egg Harbor; to comprise all the waters and shores of the river of Great hlgg Harbor, and along the sea-coast from Brigantine Inlet to Cape May.* Fifth. The district of Bridgeton; to comprise the waters and shores of the Delaware Bay and River within the State of New Jersey, from Cape May to aud including the county of Gloucester, as bounded on the second day of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, except the I)ort of Camden ; in which Bridgeton shall be the i)ort of entrj', and Salem and Port Elizabeth, on Maurice Kiver, ports of delixery. Sixth. The district of Burlington; to comprise all the waters aud shores of the Delaware Eiver within the State of New Jersey north- ward of the northern boundary of the county of Gloucester, as bounded on the second day of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine; in which Burlington shall be the port of entry, and Lamberton the port of delivery, t Sec. 2542. There shall, be in the collection-districts of the State of New Jersey the following officers : First. In the district of Newark, a collector, who shall reside at New- ark. Second. In the district of Perth Amboy, a collector, who shall reside at Perth Amboy. Third. In the district of Little Egg Harbor, a collector, who shall re- side at Tucker ton. Fourth. In the district of Great Egg Harbor, a collector, who shall re- side at such place within the district as may be designated by the Sec- retary of the Treasury. Fifth. lu the district of Bridgeton, a collector, who shaU reside at Bridgeton. Sixth. In the district of Burlington, a collector, who shall reside at Lamberton. Sec. 2543. There shall be in the State of Pennsylvania three collec- tion-districts, as follows : First. The district of Philadelphia ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the Delaware- Kiver, and the rivers and waters conuected there W'ith, within the State of Pennsylvania, and the port of Camden, in New Jersey ; in which Philadelphia shall be the port of entry, ami Camden and Chester ports of delivery. Second. The district of Erie ; to comprise all the waters aud shores of Lake Erie, and the rivers and waters connected therewith, within thc^ jurisdiction of the United States and within the State of Pennsylvania ; in which Erie shall be the port of entry. Third. The district of Pittsburgh ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the Ohio Kiver and the rivers and waters connected there- with, within the State of Pennsylvania; iu which Pittsburgh shall be the port of entry. Sec. 2544. There shall be in the collection-districts of the State of Pennsylvania the following officers : First. In the district of Philadelphia, a collector, a naval officer, a surveyor, two appraisers, and two assistant appraisers, who shall reside at the port of Philadelphia ; a special examiner of drugs, medicines, and * Barifaiiitowu hnviiig Iwen di'siguatcd by tlic Secretary, uuder the next section, as the residence of tlit- collector, is, virtually, the port of entry. t Lamberton, being by the next section made the residence of the collector, would seem to be the leIarch, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; in which (ialveston shall be the port of entry, and Sabine, Velasco, and Houston ports of delivery. Second. The district of Saluria; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State from and including the counties of Matagorda and Wharton as bounded on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to the county of Refugio as bounded on the twenty-eighth day of July, 314 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. eighteen liimdred aud forty-seven; in which *lndianola shall be the port of entry, and Matagorda, Oopano, Lavaca, and San Antonio, ports of delivery. Third. The district of Corpus Christi; to comprise all the waters and shores within the counties of Xueces, Zapata, Duval, Enciuao, Webb, La Salle, McMulIen, Live Oak, Bee, Refugio, and San Patricio, as bounded on the twenty-eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- six; in which Corpus Christi shall be the port of entry, and Aransas a port of delivery. Fourth. The district of Brazos de Santiago ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State south of the district of Corpus Christi; in which Brownsville shall be the port of entry. t Fifth. The district of Paso O.el I^orte; to comprise the county of EI Paso, in Texas, aud the Territory of New Mexico as bounded on the second day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four; in which El Paso shall be the port of entry. Sec. 2579. There shall be, in the collection-districts in the State of Texas, the following officers: First. In the district of Galveston, a collector, who shall reside at Galveston ; a deputy collector, who shall reside at Sabine, and shall exercise such powers as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in pursuance of law; a surveyor, who shall reside at Velasco, and a sur- veyor who shall reside at Houston. Second. In the district of Saluria, a collector, who shall reside at In- dianola, a surveyor who shall reside at Matagorda, and a surveyor who shall reside at Lavaca, [and] a surveyor, who shall reside at Copano. Third. In the district of Corpus Christi, a collector, who shall reside at Corpus Christi. Fourth. In the district of Brazos de Santiago, a collector, who shall reside at Brownsville; and a deputy collector, who shall reside at Brazos de Santiago, and shall have the power to enter and clear vessels. Fifth. In the district of Paso del Norte, a collector, who shall reside at El Paso. tSEC. 2580. The Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint inspectors of the customs to reside at San Antonio, Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, aud San Elizario, or at such other points as he may designate, not exceeding four in number, upon the routes by which goods entered and bonded and withdrawn from warehouse may, in pursuance of law, be exported to Mexico ; and such inspectors shall make a report semi- annually to the Secretary of the Treasury of all the trade that passes under inspection, stating the number of packages, description of goods, their value, and the names of the exporters. § Sec. 2581. All merchandise transported in bond tothe port of Browns- ville from any other port of the United States, by Brazos Harbor, may, on arrival in that harbor, be transshipped under such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in other vessels for transportation by the Rio Grande to Brownsville ; and all merchandise imported into the district by Brazos Harbor, from any foreign country, may in like manner be transshipped to Brownsville as provided for goods, wares, and merchandise transshipped in bond. Sec. 2582. There shall be in the State of California two collection- districts, as follows : First. The district of San Diego; to comprise all the waters and * See sec. 3004. tSee sec. 19-^8. i See sees. 3003 and 3004. ^ See sec. 3002. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 315 shores of the couuties of Sauta Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardo, and San Diego ; in which San Diego, on the Bay of San Diego, shall be the sole port of entry, and* San Pedro and Santa Barbara ports of delivery. Second. The district of San Fraacisco ; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State north of the counties of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Bernardo, in which San Francisco shall be the port of entry, and Eureka and Vallejo ports of delivery. Sec. 2583. There shall be in the collection-districts of California the following officers : First. In the district of San Diego, a collector, who shall reside at San Diego, and two inspectors, to be appointed by the collector, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the ports of San Pedro and Santa Barbara. Second. In the district of San Francisco, a collector, a naval officer^ a surveyor, who shall reside at San Francisco, two appraisers, two assist- ant appraisers, and aspecial examiner of drugs, medicines, and chemicals; a deputy collector who shall resid e at Eureka, a deputy collector who shall reside at Vallejo, an inspector at Monterey, an inspector at Sacra- mento, an inspector at Beuicia, and an inspector at Stockton. Sec. 2584. Any vessel of five hundred tons, or over, coining from or going to sea, may proceed directly to or from the port of Vallejo, and report through the deputy collector at that port to the collector of customs at San Francisco. Sec. 2585. Any vessel of one hundred tons or over, coming from or going to sea, may proceed directly to or from either the port of Eureka or the port of Wilminfjton,\ and report through the deputy collector of such port to the collector of customs at San Francisco. Sec. 258G. There shall be in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington four collection-districts, as follows : First. The southern district of Oregon, to comprise all the waters and shores of tliat part of the State of Oregon lying south and east of the north bank of the Siuslaw Kiver; in which Coos Bay, in Coos County, shall be the port of entry, and EUensberg, at the mouth of Rogue Kiver, Port Orford, and Gardner, on the Umpqua River, ports of delivery. Second. The district of Oregon ; to comprise all the waters and shores- lying north and east of the north bank of the Siuslaw River to the forty- sixth and a half degree of north latitude, and west of the coast range of mountaius to the forty-eighth degree of north latitude, except that portion situated above the junction of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers and drained by those rivers and their tributary waters; in which Astoria shall be the port of entry! Third. The district of ^Villamette; to conii)rise all the waters and shores lying north and east of the north bank of Siuslaw River to the forty-sixth and a half ublic expense for that purpose ; and where disagreements or errors are dis(;overed, to report the same to the collector; and to obey and execute such direc- tions as he may receive for correcting the same, agreeably to the stand- ards. tSEC. 2028. At ports to which surveyors ouly are appointed, the sur- veyor shall perform all the duties enjoined upon survey(n\s by the pre- ceding section ; and shall also receive and record the copies of all mani- fests transmitted to him by thecolle.^.tor; shall record all permits granted by the collector, distinguishing the gauge, weight, measure, and quality of goods specified therein ; and shall take care that no goods be unladen or delivered from any ship or vessel without a proper permit for that purpose. Sec. 2()'J9. In case of the disability or death of a surveyor, the col- lector of the district m,iy authorize some fit person to perform his duties- and exercise his powers"; and the powers of the person so authorized shall continue until a successor is duly appointed, and ready to enter upon the execution of his office. Sec. 2630. Every collector of the customs shall have authority, witli the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to emjdoy within his dis- trict such number of propei persons as deputy collectors of the customs- as he shall deem necessary; and such deputies are declared to be ofiicers- of the customs. And in cases of occasional and necessary absence, or of sickness, any collector may exercise his powers and perform his du- ties bv deputy,' duly constituted under his hand and seal, and he shall be answerable for the acts of such deputy in the execution of such trust. Sec. 2C31. In case of the sickness or unavoidable abseiuie of any col- lector or surveyor of customs from his office, he may, witii the approval of the Secretarv of the Treasury, authorize some officer or clerk under him to act in his pla(;e, and to discharge all the duties required by law of such collector or surveyor in his capacity as disbursing agent; and the official bond given by the i>rincipal of the office shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the person appointed to act in his place in such cases. Sec. 2G32. Every naval officer and surveyor, in cases of occasional and • See sees. 2887-2890. t See sees. 4344-4346. 324 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. necessary absence, or of sickuess, and not otlierwise. may respectively extTcise and perform / signee for tlie owuer or owners of aii.y vessel, or of any cargo or lading- 011 board tlie same ; nor shall any such jierson import, or be con^'erned direi^tly or indirectly in the imi)ortation of any merchandise for sale into- the United States. Every person who violates this section shall be^ liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars. *Sec. 2G.i9. Every collecror, naval officer, and surveyor shall k^ep ac- curate accounts of all fees and official emoluments received by him, and' of all expenditures, specifying exjienditures for rent, fuel, stationery, and clerk hire, and shall annually, within ten days after the thirtieth day of June, transmit the same, \eritied by oath, to the Commissioner of Customs, who shall annually lay an abstract of the same before Con- gress. Every collector, naval officer, or surve\ or who omits or neglects to keei> such account, or to transmit the same so verified, shall beliable to a ]^enalt\ of not more than five hundred dollars. Sec. Ii04(). Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors shall attend iu person at the ports to which they are resi)ectively ajipointed : and shall keep fair and true accounts and records of all their tninsactions, as- officers of the customs, in such manner and form as may from time to time be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and shall at all times submit their books, ])apers, and accounts to the inspectiou of sucb per- sons as may be appointed for that purpose; and shall once in every month, or oftener if they shall l)e required, transmit their accounts for settlement to the officer or officers whose duty it shall be to make suck settlement. And if any collector, naval officer, or surveyor shall omit to keep fair and t)ue accounts, or shall refuse to submit forthwith his- books, papers, and accounts to inspection as required by law, or if any collector shall omit or refuse to render his accounts for settlement, for a- term exceeding three months after the same shall have been required by the jiroper officer, the delinquent officer shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. Sec. 2G41. Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall account to the Treasury for all his emoluments, and also for all the expenses in- cident to his office. Such accounts, as well of expenses a^ of emolu- ments, shall be rendered on oath, at such tiuiesand in su(;h forms, and, shall be supported by such i^rools, as shall be i)rescribtd by the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Sec. 2G42. The services i)erforjned by occasional inspectors shall be- particularly detailed in the accounts to be transmitted to the Treasury^ and certified by the naval officer or surveyor of the district. If there be^ any, as to the necessity for and performance of such services. Sec. 204.3. Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall, together with his ac(;ounts of the expenses incident to his office, rende)- a list of the clerks emjjloyed by him, stating the rate of com])ensafion allowed to each, and the duties which they severally perform; and also an account of the sums i)aid for stationery, official or contingent expenses, fuel, and office-rent, stating the purposes for which the ])remises rented are ap- l)lied. Sec. 2044. The collector ol cnstonis of each of the distiicts on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiersshall remler. with his^ accounts of the expenses incident to his office, a list of the clerks and other officers of the customs em[)loyt-d by him, stating the rate of com- pensation allowed to each, the duties they severally perform, and also an account of the sums })aid for stationeiy, fuel, and all other ofiice ex- penses, including office rent; for all of which expenses he shall submit *See sec. 2641. 326 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. an estimate each mouth in advance, and sLall state tbe purposes for which any premises are used ; and shall also render an accurate account of all fees and commissions collected by him. Sec. 2C45. All accounts for salary, compensation, and emoluments shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. Sec. 2()40. All blank books, blanks, and stationery of every kind re- ■quired by collectors and other officers of the customs shall, so soon as they can be prepared for delivery, h\ or under the direction of the Sec- retary of the Treasury, be furnished to them for the use of their respect- ive offices, upon requisition made by them, and the expense of such books, blanks, and stationery shall be paid out of the appropriation for defraying- the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. * Sec. 2647. Every collector of customs, every naval officer, and every surveyor performing or having performed the duties of a collector, shall render a quarter yearly account, under oath, to the Secretary of the Treasury, in «uch form as the Secretary shall prescribe, of all sums of money by each of them respectively received or collected for fines, pen- alties, or forfeitures, or for seizure of merchandise, or upon compro- mises made upon any seizure; or on account of suits instituted for frauds against the revenue laws ; or for rent and storage of merchan- dise, which may be stored in the public store-houses, and for which a rent is paid beyond the rents paid by the collector or other such officer; or for custody of goods iu bonded warehouses; anr)3. Tlie Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, when €ver he shall think it advantageous to the public service, to abolish or suspend tlie office of naval officer, or any other subordinate office, iu any collection-district of the United States, except in Koston, Xew York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Portland in iMaine, and San Francisco, and to assign the duties of the office or any other subor- dinate office so aboli-hed or sus])ended to a deputy collector or inspector of the custom>! ; and so much of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures as would otherwise inure to either of such naval officers shall, after the discontinuance of their offices, respectively, be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and there credited to the fund for defraying the ex- penses of collecting the revenue from customs. Sec. 2654. There shall be allowed and paid for the use of the collectors the following fees : First. To each collector for every entrance of any vessel of one hun- dred tons burden and ujiward, two dollars and a half. Second. For every clearance of any vessel of one hundred tons burden and upward, two dollars and a half. Third. For every entrance of any vessel under the burden of one hundred tons, one dollar and a half. Fourth. For every clearance of any vessel under one hundred tons burden, one dollar and a half. Fifth. For every post entry, two dollars. Sixth. For every iiermit to land goo(is, twenty cents. Seventh. Por every bond taken othcially, forty cents. Eighth. For every permit to load goods for exportation, which are entitled to drawback, tliiity cents. Ninth. For every debenture or other official certificate, twenty cents. Tenth. For every bill of health, twenty cents. Eleventh. For every official document, registers excepted, required by any merchant, owner, or master of any vessel not elsewhere enumer- ated, twenty cents. [Amended by act .lune V.), 1SS(), Sec. l.J Sec. 2(J5o. Where a naval officer is appointed to the same i>ort, the fees allowed by the i)receding section shall be e(]ually divided between the collector and the naval officer ; except the exi)ense of fuel, office rent, and necessary stationei-y for the collectors of Salem and Beverly, Boston and Charlestown, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, Jialtimore, Nor- *See sees. 249, *2.j1, 253, aud 254 (last clause). tSee sec. 253, relative to Secretary's i^ower to discontinue ports of delivery. 328 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. folk and Portsmontli, which shall be i)aid, three-fourths by the collectors^ and the other fourth by the respective naval officers in those districts. And all fees shall, at the option of the collector, be either received by him or by the naval officer, the party receiving to account monthlir with the other for his share thereof. Sec. 2(!.jG. All fees arising on the exportation of any merchandise on which drawback is allowed, shall be equally shared among the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, where there are such officers at the port where the fees are paid, to be accounted for monthly, l)y the collector or naval officer who siiall receive the same ; where there is no naval officer, such fees shall be divided equally between tlie collector and the surveyor who may have been concerned in attending to such exportation ; and the surveyors shall pay their proiK>rtion ot the expenses of stationery and printing. Sec. 2(!57. There shall be allowed to the surveyors or inspectors of the revenue for ports the siuii of two cents and one-fourth for every certifi- cate to accomi)any foreign distilled spirits, and three cents and three- fourths for every certificate to accompany wines, issued within their ports respectively ; and to the dei>uties of the insi)ectors, the sum of thii-e cents and tijree-fourths for every cask, or package, of foreign dis- tilled spirits or wines, by them marked and returned to their respective principals ; and tor gauging wines whereon duties are payable according to the value thereof, nine cents ior eveiy cask actually gauged. Sec. 2()~)S. For every entry of goods at any custonihouse on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, a fee of fifty cents shall be charged by the collector, and accounted for to the Government. Sec. 2G5J). There shall also be allowed to the several officers hereafter mentioned the following allowances and i)ercentages, viz : To the col- lector for the district of Savannah, one i>er centum ; to the collector for the district of jMarblehead, twoand one half per centum; to the collector for the district of VViscasset, two per centum; to the collectors for the districts of Baltimore and l'hiladeli)hia, three-eighths of one per centum; to the collector for the district of Charleston, three-quarters of one per centuni ; to the colle(;tor for the district ot Providence, one and one-quarter per centnm ; to the collector for the district of Portland and Falmouth, three quarters of one per ct-ntum ; to the collector for the district of Salem and Beverly, ti\e-eighths ot one per centum; to the collectors for the districts of Middletown and Newburyi)ort, three per centum; to the collectors for the districts of Saco and Saint Mary's, three per centum; to the collectors for the districts of Kennebunk, Kewport, and New London, two and a half per centum; to the collectors for the districts of l>ath, Biistol, New Haven, and Alexandria, two i)er centum ; to the colle(;tor for the district of Portsmouth, New Uampshire, one and three fourths per centuu); to the collectors for the districts of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Petersburgh and Kichmond, one and three- fourths per centum ; to the collector for the district of New Orleans, one per centum ; to the collector foi the district of Boston and Charlestowu, one fifth ofone])er centnm; to the collector for the district of New York, one-sixth of one i)er centum; and to the collectors of all other districts for which no ])r()vision is otherwise made, three ])er centum, on all moneys by them respectively received on account of duties upou imports or tonnage and marine hospital dues. Sec. 2GG0. In addition to the fees and allowances otherwise provided, the colle<;tor for the district of Passamaquoddy shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars a year; the collector for the district of Sag Harbor, NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 329 four buDdred dollars a year; the collectors for tlie districts of Annap- olis, York, Waldoboronjrh, Saco, P^d^artown, Fairfield, Tai)i)ahannock, and Georgetown in Soiitli Carolina, two hnndred and fifty dollars a year each ; tlie collectors for tlie districts of Wiscasset and Yorktown, two hundred dollars a year each ; the collectors for the districts of Fall River I Plymouth], Castiue, Frenchman's Bay, and Burlington, New Jersey, one hundred ami fifty dollars a year each; the collectors for the districts of Machias, Great JEgg Harbor, Little Egg Harbor, Perth Amboy [Glou- cester, Nantucket], and Bridgeton, two hundred and fifty dollars a year each. . Skc. 2001. The collector for the district of Mobile shall receive, m ad- dition to his other fees and emoluments, a salary of two hundred and fiftv dollars a year. Seo. 2()(>2. The collector for the district of Pearl hiver shall receive, in addition to the fees and other emoluments established by law, a sal- ary of two hundred and fifty dollars a year. Sec. 26(>3. The collectors for the districts of Saint Mary's and Key West shall, in addition to the fees and emoluments allowed by law, receive a salary of five hundred dollars a year, each, and three per centum commissions, and no more, on all moneys received and paid by them on account of duties on imports or tonnage. Sec. 2(164. The collectors for the districts of Saint John's and Fer- uandina shall receive, in addition to the fees and emoluments allowed by law, a salary of five hundred dollars a year, each, and throe per centum commissions, and no more, on all moneys received and paid by them on account of duties on imports or tonnage. Sec. 2065. The collector for the district of Teche shall receive a salary of one thousand er centum on all money's collected and accounted for by them respectively, on account of duties on imi)orts, tonnage, and ma rine-hospital 4. The assistant collector api)ointed at New York shall re- ceive a salary of five thousand dollars a year, ami shall ]>ertbrm such duties and exercise such powers now devolved on the collector as may be assigned to him by that officer; and all the official acts of such as- sistant, in pursuance of such assignment, shall be as valid in law as if performed by the collector himself. The collector shall be responsible for the official acts of such assistant, and no additional appropriation shall be made for the payment of his compensation. Sec. 2095. The assistant collector at Jersey City, in New Jersey, shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars a year in full for all the serv- ices to be by him i)erformed, and in lieu of commissions and fees. Sec. 2000. The assistant collector at Camden, in New Jersey, shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars a year in full for all services to be by him ])erformed, and in lieu of commissions and fees. Sec. 2097. Tiiedei)uty collectors at New York, Boston, Philadelphia^ Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland in Maine, and San Francisco, shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year each, payable out of the apjtropriation for expenses of collecting tlie revenue from customs. Sec. 2098. The deputy collectors at Eureka, and Vallejo, in Califor- nia, shall receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars a year each. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. o38 Sec. 2G99. The deputy collector at Potomac sluill receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year. Sec. 2700. The dei)nty collector at Shreveport shall receive a salary to be determined by the Secretary of the Tieasury, not exceeding filieeu hundred doHars a year. Sec. 2701. Tlie dei)nty collector at Saint Panl shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars a year, which shall include his otHcial emolu- menls of all kinds. And he shall be rcqnired, in addition tohisdntics as deputy collector, to perform the duties of inspector, without addi- tional compensation. Skc. 2702. The dei)ury collectors at ElUmhtrg [Ellensberrovided by law, the surveyor at Eastport shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars a year; the surveyors at Portsmouth in New Hampshire, New- bury] ort, Gloucester, and Fredericksburgh, in Virginia, two hundred and fifty dollars a year each ; the surveyors at Portland in Maine, and Savannah, one hundred and fifty dolhirs a year each ; the surveyors of such ports as may be established by the President, and for whom no other salaries are provided, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol- lars a year each. Sec. 2707. The surveyors at the ports in the district of New Orleans, when no other provision is made by law, shall receive, in aay and relative rank of first, second, and third lieutenant, respectively. Sec. 2751. The commissioned officers of the revenue-cutter service shall be ap])ointed by the President, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate. Sec. 2752. No person shall be appointed to the office of captain, first, second, or third lieutenant, of any revenue-cutter, who does not adduce competent proof of proficiency and skill iu navigation and seamanship. Sec. 2753. The compensation of the officers of the revenue-cutter serv- ice shall be at the following rates while on duty: Captains, twenty-five hundred dollars a year each. First lieutenants and chief engineers, eighteen hundred dollars a year each. Second lieutenants and first assistant engineers, fifteen hundred dol- lars a year each. Third lieutenants and second assistant engineers, twelve hundred dollars a year each. And at the following rates while on leave of absence or while waiting orders : Captains, eighteen hundred dollars a year each. First lieutenants and chief engineers, fifteen hundred dollars a year each. Second lieutenants and first assistant engineers, twelve hundred dol- lars a year each. Third lieutenants and second assistant engineers, nine hundred dol- lars a year each. Sec. 275i. The wages of petty officers and seamen of the revenue cut- ter service shall not exceed the average wages paid for like services on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, respectively, iu the merchant service. Sec. 2755. Each officer of the revenue-cutter service, while on duty, shall be entitled to oue IS^avy ration per day. Sec. 2756. The Secretary of the Treasury may cause contracts to be made for the supply of rations for the officers and men of the revenue- cutters. *Sec. 2757. The revenue-cutters shall, whenever the President so directs, co-o[)erate with the Xavy, during which time they shall be under the direction of the Secretary of the Kavy, and the expenses thereof shall be defrayed by the Xavy Department. Sec. 2758. The Secretary of the Treasury may direct the performance of any service by the revenue-vessels which, in his judgment, is necessary for the protection of the revenue. Sec. 2759. The revenue-cutters on the northern and northwestern lakes, ivhen put iu commission, shall be specially charged with aiding vessels in distress on the lakes. Sec. 2700. The officers of the revenue-cutters shall respectively be deemed officers of the customs, and shall be subject to the direction of such collectors of the revenue, or other officers thereof, as from time to * See sees. 1492, 4741, 5557 aud 5558. H. Mis. 391 22 338 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. time shall bo. desifjuated for that purpose. They shall go on board all vessels which arrive within the United States or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound for the (Juited States, and search and exam- ine the same, and every part thereof, and shall demand, receive, and cer- tify the manifests required to be on board certain vessels, shall affix and put proper fastenings on the hatches and other communications with the hold of any vessel, and shall remain on board such vessels until they arrive at the port or place of their destination. Sec. 2761. The master of any revenue cutter shall make a weekly return to the collector, or other officer of the district under whose direction it is placed, of the transactions of the cutter, specifying the vessels that have been boarded, their names and descriptions, the names of the masters, from what port or place they last sailed, whether laden or in ballast, to what nation belonging, and whether they have the necessary manifests of their cargoes on board, and generally all such matters as it may be necessary for the officers of the customs to know. Sec. 2762. The officers of revenue-cutters shall perform, in addition to the duties hereinbefore prescribed, such other duties for the collec- tion and security of the revenue as from time to time shall be directed by the Sc^cretary of the Treasury, not contrary to law. Sec. 27G3. The collector of each district may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, provide and employ such small open row and sail boats, and persons to serve in them, as shall be necessary for the use of the surveyors and inspectors in going on board of vessels and otherwise, for the better detection of frauds. Sec. 2764:. The cutters and boats employed in the service of the rev- enue shall be distinguished from other vessels by an ensign and pend- ant, with such marks thereon as shall be prescribed by the President. If any vessel or boat, not employed in the service of the revenue, shall, within the jurisdiction of the United States, carry or hoist any pendant or ensign prescribed for vessels in such service, the master of the vessel so offending shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 2765. Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination does not bring-to, on being required to do so, or on being chased by any cut- ter or boat which has displayed the pendant and ensign prescribed tor vessels in the revenue service, the master of such cutter or boat may fire at or into such vessel which does not bring-to, after such pendant and ensign has been hoisted, and a gun has been tired by such cutter or boat as a signal ; and such master, and all persons acting by or under his direction, shall be indemnified from any penalties or actions for damages for so doing. If any person is killed or wounded by such firing, and the master is prosecuted or arrested therefor, he shall be forthwith admitted to bail.* ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. (Revised Statutes, chap. 4.) * Sec. 2766. The word "merchandise," as used in this Title, may include goods, wares, and chattels of every description capable of being imi)orted. Sec. 2767. The word " port," as used in this Title, may include any See sec. 4843, first subdivision. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 339 place from which iiierchaudise can be shipped for importation, or at which nierchiuulise <'an be imported. Sec. 2708. The word ''master," as used in this Title, may include any person having the chief charge or command of the employment and navigation of a vessel. Sec. 2700. In cases where the forms of oflficial documents, as prescribed hy this Title, shall be substantially complied with and observed, accord- ing to the true intent thereof, no penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred by a deviation therefrom. Sec. 2770. It shall not be lawful to make entry of any vessel which shall arrive within the (Jnited States, from any foreign port, or of the cargo on board such vessel, elsewhere than at one of the ports of entry designated in chapter oue of this Title; nor to unlade the cargo, or any part thereof, elsewhere than at one of the ports of delivery therein des- ignated, except that every port of entry shall be also a port of delivery [.] This section shall not prevent the master or commander of any vessel from making entry with the collector of any district in which such ves- sel may be owned, or from which she may have sailed on the voyage from which she shall then have returned. Sec. 2771. Vessels which are not vessels of the United States shall be admitted to unlade only at ports of entry established by law ; and no such vessel shall be admitted to make entry in any other district than in the one in which she shall be admitted to unlade. Sec. 2772. The master of every vessel bound to a port of delivery only, in any district, shall first come to at the port of entry of such district, with his vessel, and there make report and entry in writing, and pay all duties required by law, port fees and charges, before such vessel shall proceed to her port of delivery. Any master of a vessel who shall pro- ceed to a ])ort of delivery contrary to such directions shall be liable to a }>ena]ty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. Sec. 2773. If any vessel, having arrived within the limits of any col- lection-district, from any foreign port, departs, or attempts to depart from the same, unless to proceed on her way to some more interior dis- trict to which she may be bound, before report or entry shall have been made by the master with the collector of some district, the master shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars; and any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or commander of any revenue-cutter may cause such vessel to be arrested and brought back to the most convenient port of the United States. If, however, it is made to appear by the oath of the master, and of the person next in command, or by other sufficient proof to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within which such ves- sel shall afterward come, or to the satisfaction of the court in which the prosecution for such penalty may be had, that the departure or attempt to dei)art was occasioned by stress of weather, i)ursuit or duress of ene- mies, or other necessity, the penalty imposed by this section shall not be incurred. Sec. 2774. Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any vessel, from any foreign port, at any port of the United States established by law, at which an otiicer of the customs resides, or within any harbor, inlet, or creek thereof, if the hours of business at the office of the chief officer of the customs at such i)ort will permit, or as soon therealter as such hours will permit, the master shall repair to such office, and make report to thechief officer, of the arrival of the vessel; and heshall, with- in forty-eight hours after such arrival, make a further report in writing, to the collector of tlie district, which report shall be in the form, and shall contain all the particulars required to be inserted in, and verified 340 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. like, a mauifest. Every master who sliall neglect or omit to make either of such reports and declaratioDS, or to verity any such declaration as re- quired, or shall not fully comply with the true intent and meaning of this section, shall, for each oflen8e,be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. Sec. 2775. The master of any vessel having on board distilled spirits, or wines, shall, within forty-eight hours after his arrival, whether the same be at the first i>ort of arrival of such vessel or not, in addition to the requirements of the preceding section, report in writing to the sur- veyor or officer acting as inspector of the revenue of the port at which be" has arrived, the foreign port from which he last sailed, the name of his vessel, his own name, the' tonnage and denomination of such vessel, and to what nation belonging, together with the quantity and kinds of spirits and wines, on board of the vessel, particularizing the number of casks, vessels, cases, or other packages containing the same, with their marks and numbers, as also the quantity and kinds of spirits and wines, on board such vessel as sea-stores, and in default thereof he shall be liable to a penalty of tive hundred dollars and any spirits omitted to be reported shall be forfeited. Sec. 2776. Any vessel may proceed with any merchandise brought in her, and, in the manifest delivered to the collector of the customs, re- ported as destined for any foreign port, from the district within which such vessel shall iirst arrive to such foreign port without paying or se- euring the payment of any duties upon such merchandise as shall be actually re-exported in the vessel. Hut the manifest so declaring to re- export such merchandise shall be delivered to such collector within forty- sight hours after the arrival of the vessel. And the master of such ves- sel shall give bond as required by the next section. [See Act June 26, 1884.] Sec. 2777. The master of any vessel so destined for a foreign port shall give bond, with one or more sureties, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties upon the merchandise, as the same shall be estimated by the collector and naval officer of the port where the report shall be made, to the satisfaction of the collector, with condition that the merchandise, or any part thereof, shall not belauded within the United States, utdess due entry thereof shall have been tirst made and the duties thereupon paid, according to law. Such bond shall be taken for the same period, and canceled in like manner, as a bond given for obtaining drawback of duties. No such bond shall oe required in respect to merchandise on board of any vessel which has i)ut into the United States from a neces- sity, shown as prescribed in section twenty-seven hundred and seventy- three. Sec. 2778. The collector receiving any bond conditioned for the pay- ment of duties upon merchandise reported as destined for a foreign port, in case the same shall be landed within the United States, or any other bonds taken upon the exportation of merchandise entitled to drawback, shall immediately after the time when by the conditions of the same they ought to be canceled, put the same in suit, provided the proof of the occurrence of such a necessity as excuses a landing of such goods within the United States has not been produced, or further time granted therefor by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2779. Any vessel in which any merchandise is brought into the United States from any foreign port, and which is spec-itiedin the mani- fest verified before the collector of the port in which such vessel first arrives, to be destined for other districts, may proceed with the same from district to district within the United States, in order to the land- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 341 ing or delivery thereof; and the duties on such of the merchandise only as shall be landed in any district shall be paid within such district. Sec. 2780. Before any vessel departs from the district in which she shall tirst arrive for another district, jirovided such dei)arture is not within forty-eight hours after her arrival within such district, with mer- chandise brought in such vessel from a foreign ])ort on which the duties have not been paid, the master shall obtain from the collector of the district from which she is about to depart, who is hereby required to grant the same, a copy of the report and manifest made by such master, certified by the collector, to which co])y shall be annexed a certificate of the quantity and particulars of the merchandise which appears to him to have been lauded within his district, or of the quantity and particu- lars of the merchandise which remains on board and upon which the duties are to be paid in some other district. Sec. 2781. Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such vessel within any other district, the master shall make report or entry to or with the collector of such other district, producing and showing the cer- tified copy of his first report, together with a certificate from each col- lector of any other district within which any of the merchandise, brought in such vessel, has been landed, of the quantity and particulars of such merchandise as has been lauded in each district respectively. Sec. 2782. The master shall, however, first give bond, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within whicli the vessel first arrives, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties on the residue of the merchandise, according to such estimate as the collector shall form thereof, with condition that the residue of such merchandise shall be duly entered and delivered in another district for which the same has been reported to be destined. Sec. 2783. The bond shall be canceled or discharged within six cal- endar months from the date thereof, by the production of certificates from the collectors of the districts for which the merchandise has been reported, showing the due entry and delivery of the merchandise in such districts, or upon due pi oof to the satisfaction of the collector by whom the bond was taken, and to tbe naval otticer of the poit, if any, that such entry and delivery were i)revented by some unavoidable accident or casualty, and if the whole or any part of the merchandise has not been lost, that it has been duly entered and delivered within the United States. Sec. 2784. If the master of any such vessel fails by his neglect or fault to obtain the co])y of his report from the collector of the di.>>trict from which he is about to de[)art, or any certificate which lie ought to obtain, or neglects to exhibit the same to the collector of any other district to which the vessel afterward proceeds, within the time for that i)urpose allowed, lie shall l^e liable to a penalty, for every such neglect or omis- sion, of five hundred dollars. Sec. 2785. The owner or consignee of any merchandise on board of any such vessel, or, in case of his absence or sickness, his known agent or factor in his name, shall, within fifteen days alter the report of the master to the collector of the district for wlii(;li such merchandise shall be destined, make entry thereof in writing with the collector, and shall in such entry specify tlie name of the vessel and of her master, in which, and the i)ort or place from which such merchandise was imported, the particular marks, numbers, denomination, and prime cost, iucluding charges of each particular i)ackage or ])arcel whereof the entry shall consist, or, if in bulk, the quantity, quality, and prime cost, including charges thereof, particularly specifying the species of money in which. 342 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. the invoices thereof are made out. Such entry shall be subscribed by the person making- it, if the owner or consig^nee, in his own name, or, if another person, in his name as agent or factor, for the owner or con- signee. The person making such entry shall also produce to the col- lector and naval officer, if any, the original invoices of the merchandise, or other documents received in lieu thereof, or concerning the same, in the same state in which they were received, with the bills of lading for the same ; which invoices shall be signed by the persons in the offices of the ct)llector and naval officer who have compared and examined them. Sec. 2786, The entries to be made by any importer, consignee, or agent, under the preceding section, shall be verified by the oath of the person making the same. Sec. 2787. Whenever any entry is made with the collector of any dis- trict, of merchandise imported into the United States subject to duty, by any agent, factor, or i)erson, other than the i)erson to whom it belongs, or to whom it is ultimately consigned, the collector shall take a bond with surety from such agent, factor, or person, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with condition that the actual owner or consignee of such merchandise shall deliver to the collector a fall and correct account of the merchandise imported by him, or for him on his own account, or consigned to his care, in the same manner and form as required in respect to an entry previous to thelanding of merchandise; which account shall be verified by a like oath, as in the case of an entry, to be taken and subscribed before any judge of the United States, or the judge of any court of record of a State, or before any collector of the customs. In case of the payment of the duties at the time of entry, by any factor or agent, on the merchandise entered by him, the condition of tbe bond shall be to produce the account of the proper owner, or consignee, verified in manner as before directed, within ninety days from the date of such bond. Sec. 2788. Where the particulars of any merchandise are unknown, in lieu of the entry prescribed by section twenty-seven hundred and eighty-five, an entry thereof shall be made and received according to the circumstances of the case ; the party making the same declaring upon oath all that he knows or believes concerning the quality and i)ar- ticulars of the nu^rchandise, and that he has no other knowledge or in- formation concerning the same. Sec. 2789. Whenever an entry of merchandise is imperfect, for want of invoices, bills of lading, or for any other cause, the collector shall take the merchandise into his custody, until the quantity, quality, or value thereof, as the case may require, can be ascertained. Sec. 2790. The register, or other document in lieu thereof, together with the clearance and other papers granted by the officers of the cus- toms to a vessel at her dei)arture from the port iiom whence she may have arrived, Mediterr.inean passports excepted, shall previous to entry be produced to the collector with whom such entry is to be made, and shall lemain in his office ; and on the clearance of such vessel the regis- ter and other documents shall be returned to the nmster or owner of such vessel. Sec. 2791. It shall nor be necessary for thenuisterof any vessel of war, or of any vessel employed by any i>iin('e, or state, as a ])ublic packet for the conveyance of letters and dispatches, and not i)ermitted by the laws of such prince or state to be employed in tlie transportation of mer- chandise, in the way of trade, to make report and entry. Sec. 2792. Vessels used exclusively as ferry-boats carrying passengers, baggage, and merchandise, shall not be required to enter and clear, nor NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 343 shall the masters of such vessels be required to present manifests, or to pay entrance or clearance fees, or fees for receiving- or certifying mani- fests, bnt they shall, u[)on arrival in the United States, be required to report such baggage and merchandise to the proper ofticer of the cus- toms according to law. Sec. 27*.);;. Enrolled or licensed vesselsengaged in the foreign and coast- ing tradeon tlie northern, northeastern and northwestern frontiers of the United States, departing from or arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in anotlicr district, and also touching at intermediate for- eign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the i)ayment of entry and clearance fees, or tonnage tax, as if from or to foreign ports; but such vessels shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear. Sec. L'7t)4. Every importer of distilled spirits or wines, or person to whom (listiHed spirits or wines are consigned, shall make a separate and additional entry thereof, specifying the name of the vessel, and her nnis- ter, ill wliich, and the place from which, such spirits or wines were im- ported, together with the quantity and quality thereof, and a particular detail of the casks or receptacles containing the same, with their marks and numbers ; such entry shall be subscribed by the person making the same, for himself, or in behalf of the person to whom such entry is made, and shall be certified by the collector, before whom it is made, as a true copy, and conformable to the general entry before directed, iu respect to all distilled spirits and wines therein contained; such entry thus certified shall be transmitted to the surveyor or officer acting as inspector of the revenue for the port where it is intended to commence the delivery of such sjurits or wines. Sec. 2705. In order to ascertain what articles ought to be exempt from duty as the sea-stores of a vessel, the master shall particularly specify the articles, in the report or manifest to be by him made, designating them as the sea-stores of such vessel ; and in the oath to be taken by such master, on making such report, he shall declare that the articles so specified as sea-stores are truly such, and are not intended by way of merchaudise or for sale ; whereupon the articles shall be free from duty. Sec. 271)0. Whenever it appears to the collector to whom a report and manifest of sea stores are delivered, together with the naval offi(!er, where there is one, or alone, where there is no naval officer, thar the quantities of the articles, or any part thereof, reported as sea-stores, are excessive, the collector, jointly with the naval officer, or alone, as the case may be, may in his discretion estimate the amount of the duty on such excess; which shall be tbrtliwith paid by the master, to the col- lector, on ])ain of forfeiting the value of such excess. Sec. 27!)7. If any other or greater quantity of articles are found ou board such vessel as sea stores than are specified in an entry of sea- stores, or if any of the articles are landed without a permit first obtained from the collector, and naval officer if any, for that purpose, all such articles as are not included in the rei»ort or manifest by the unister, and all which are landed without a ])ermit, slndl be forfeited, and may be seizetl ; juid the master shall moreover be liable to a penalty of treble the value of the articles omitted or landed. Sec. 271)8. The master of any vessel proi)elled by steam, arrixing at any port in the United ^itates, may retain all the coal such vessel mtiy have on board at the time of her arrival, and may i)roceed with such coal to a foreign port, without being reipiired to land the same in the United States, or to pay any duty thereon. Sec. 27D9. In order to ascertain what articles ought to be exempted as the wearing apparel, aud other personal baggage, and the tools or 344 NAVIGA.TION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. implements of a mecbauical trade only, of persons who arrive in the United States, due entry thereof, as of other merchandise, but separate and distinct from that of any other merchandise, imported from a for- eign port, shall be made with the collector of the district in which the articles are intended to be landed by the owner thereof, or his agent, expressing the persons by whom or for whom such entry is made, and particularizing the several packages, and their contents, with their marks and numbers; and the person who shall make the entry shall take and subscribe an oath before the collector, declaring that the entry subscribed by him and to which the oath is annexed contains, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a just and true account of the contents of the several packages mentioned in the entry, specifying the name of the vessel, of her master, and of the port from which she 1ms arrived; and that such packages contain no merchandise whatever other than wearing apparel, personal baggage, or, as the case may be, tools of trade, specifying it ; that they are all tlie property of a person named who has arrived, or is shortly expected to arrive in the United States, and are not directly or indirectly imported for any other, or intended for sale. Sec. 2800. Whenever the person making entry of any articles as wear- ing apparel, i)ersonal baggage, tools, or implements, is not the owner of them, he shall give bond with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in a sum equal to the duties on like articles imported subject to duty, upon the condition that the owner of the articles shall, within one year, personally make an oath such as is prescribed in the preceding section. Sec. 2801. On'Comi>liance with the two preceding sections, and not otherwise, a permit shall be granted for lauding such articles. But whenever the collector and the naval officer, if any, think proper, they may direct the baggage of any person arriving within the United States to be examined by the surveyor of the port, or by an inspector of the customs, who shall make a return of the same; and if any articles are contained therein which in their opinion ought not to beexemi)ted from duty, due entry of them shall be made and the, duties thereon paid. Sec. 2802. Whenever any article subject to duty is found in the bag- gage of any person arriving within the United States, which was not, at the time of making entry for such baggage, mentioned to the col- lector before whom such entry was made, by the person making entry, such arti<;le shall be forfeited, and the person in whose baggage it is found shall be liable to a penalty of treble the value of such article. Sec. 280.3. Any baggage or personal effects arriving in the United States, in transit to any foreign country, may be delivered by the par- ties having it in charge to the collector of the proper district, to be by liim retained without the payment or exaction of any import duty, and to be delivered to such parties on their departure for their foreign des- tination, under such rules, regulations, and fees as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. * Sec. 280t. No cigars shall be imported unless the same are packed in boxes of not more than Ave hundred cigars in each box ; and no entry of any imported cigars shall be allowed of less quantity than three thou- sand in a single package;, and all cigars on importation shall be placed in public store or bonded warehouse, and shall not be removed there- from until the same shall have been inspected and a stamp aflixed to each box indicating such inspection, with the date thereof. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to provide the requisite * See sec. 2504, Schedule D, ![ 3 and 4. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 345 stamps, and to make all necessary regulations for carrying the above provisions of law into effect. Sec. 2805. All oatlis to be taken upon making of any of the reports or entries, or respecting anj' of the acts mentioned in this cliapter, whether by a master of any vessel, or the owner or consignee of any merchandise, his factor or agent, or by any other person, shall be ad- ministered by the collector, or officer to or with whom the report or entry is made, and shall be reduced to writing, and subscribed by the person taking and by the person administering the oath. Sec. 2806, No merchandise shall be brought into the United States, from any foreign port, in any vessel unless the master has on board manifests in writing of the cargo, signed by such master. Sec. 2807. Every manifest required by the preceding section shall contain : First. The name of the ports where the merchandise in such mani- fest mentioned were taken on board, and the ports within the United States for which the same are destined ; particularly noting the mer- chandise destined for each port respectively. Second. The name, description, and build of the vessel; the true admeasurement or tonnage thereof; the port to which such vessel be- longs ; the name of each owner, according to the reg'ister of the same j and the name of the master of such vessel. Third. A just and particular account of all the merchandise, so laden on board, whether in packages or stowed loose, of any kind or nature whatever, together with the marks and nnmbers as marked on each package, and the number or quantity and description of the packages in words at length, whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, keg, case, bale, pack, truss, chest, box, band-box, bundle, parcel, cask, or package, of any kind or sort, describing the same by its usual name or denomination. Fonrth. The names of tlie persons to whom such packages are respect- ively consigned, agreeably to the bills of lading signed for the same, unless when the goods are consigned to order, when it shall be so ex- pressed ill the manifest. Fifth. The names of the several passengers on board the vessel, dis- tinguishing whether cabin or steerage passengers, or both, with their baggage, specifying the number and description of packages belonging to each respectiv«dy. Sixth. An account of the sea-stores remaining, if any. Sec. 2808. If merchandise shall be imported, destined to be delivered in different districts or ports, the quantities and packages so destined to be delivered shall be inserted in successive order in the manifest; and all spirits and wines constituting the whole or any i)art of the cargo of any vessel shall also be inserted in successive order, distinguishing the ports to which the same may be destined, and the kinds, qualities, and (inantities thereof. Sec. 2800. If any merchandise is brought into the United States in any vessel whatever from any foreign port without having such a mani- fest on board, or which shall not be included or described in the mani- fest, or shall not agree therewith, the master shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of such merchandise not included in such manifest; and all such merchandise not included in the manifest belonging or consigned to the master, mate, officers, or crew of such vessel, shall be forfeited. Sec. 2810. Whenever it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or to the major part of them, where 346 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. those officers are establisbed at any port, or to the satisfaction of the collector aloue, where either of the other of the officers are [isj not estab- lished, or to the satisfaction of the court in which a trial shall be had coucernino- such forfeiture, that no part of the cargo of any vessel with- out proper manifests was unshi;)ped, after it was taken on board, except such as shall have been particuhuiy si)ecified and accounted for in the report of the master, and that the manifests have been lost or mislaid, without fraud or collusion, or were defaced by accident, or became in- correct by mistake, no forfeiture or peiudty shall be incurred under the lireceding section. Sec. 2811. Every master of any vessel laden with merchandise, and bound to any port in the United States, shall, on his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within any ot the bays, harbors, i)orts, rivers, creeks, or iulets thereof, upon demand, produce the manifests in writing, which such master is required to have on board his vessel, to such officer of the customs as first comes on board his vessel, for inspec- tion, and shall deliver to such officer true copies thereof, which copies shall be provided and subscribed by the master, and the officer to whom the original manifests have been produced shall certify upon the back thereof that the same were produced, and the day and year on which the same were so produced, and that such copies were to him delivered and by hi in examined with the original manifest; and shall likewise certify upon the back of such co[»ies the day and year on which the same were delivered, and shall forthwith transmit such copies to the respective collectors of the several districts, to which the goods by such manifests appear respectively to be consigned. Sec. 2812. The master of any such vessel shall in like manner pro- duce to the officer of the customs who first comes on board such vessel, upon her arrival within the limits of any collection-district in which the cargo, or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged or landed, for his inspection, such manifest : and shall also deliver to him true copies thereof, such copies also to be provided and subscribed by the master, the production of which manifests and the delivery of which copies shall also be certified by the officer of the customs, upon the back of the original manifests, with the particular day and year when such manifests were produced to such officer, and when he so received the copies thereof ; and such officer is required forthwith to transmit the copies of the manifest to the collector of the district ; and the mas- ter shall afterward deliver the original manifests so certified to the col- lector. When any manifest shall be i>roduced, upon which there shall be no certificate from any officer of the customs as before mentioned, the master producing the same shall be required to make oath that no officer has applied for, and that no indorsement has taken place on, any manifest of the cargo of such vessel. Sec. 2813. The master of any such vessel siiall not be required to make delivery of more than one copy of each manifest to the officer who shall first come on board of such vessel, within four leagues of the coast of the United States, and one other coi)y to such officer as shall first come on board within the limits of any collection-district, for which the cargo of such vessel, or some part thereof, is destined, nor to make de- livery of any such copy to any other officer; but it shall be sufficient, in respect to any such other olficer, to exhibit to him the original mani- fests and the certificates thereupon. Sec. 281 4. If the master of any vessel laden with merchandise, and bound to any i)()rt in the United States, fails upon his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within the limits of any collection- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 347 district, where the cargo of such vessel, or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged, to produce such manifests as are heretofore required, in writing-, to the proper officer ui>on demand therefor, or to deliver such copies tliereof, according to the directions of the i)receding sections, or if he fails to give an account of the true destination of the vessel, which he is herebj' required to do, upon request of such officer, or gives a false account of such destination, in order to evade the production of the manifests, the master shall for every such neglect, refusal, or ottense, be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars. If any officer first coming oil board, in each case, sliall neglect or refuse to cer- tify on the back of such manifests the i)rodaction thereof, and the de- livery of such copies respectively as are directed to be delivered to such officer, such officer shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Sec. 2815. The officers who may apply to the master of any such ves- sel, respecting anvof the provisions in the preceding sections, and who shall not receive full satistaction tlierein, are hereby required to make a return in writing of the name of th^ vessel and master so offending, in any or all of the particulars required, as soon as possible, to the col- lector of the district to which such vessel shall be considered to be bound. Sec. 281C. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from any foreign country into the port of Albany, upon the Hudson Eiver, in NeV York, such merchandise may be entered at any port of entry and thereafter transported to Albany, ui)on compliance with sections twen- ty-eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty- one, inclusive. Sec. 2817. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from auv foreign country into the port of Augusta, upon the Savannah Kiver, in Georgia, such merchandise may be entered at the port of Savannah and thereafter transported, either by the river or by railroad, to Augusta, upon compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty-five to twentv-eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive. Sec. 2818. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from anv foreign countrv into' the port of Pilatka, upon the Saint John's River, in Florida, such merchandise may be entered at Saint John's, and tliere- after transjjorted to Pilatka upon compliance with sections twenty- eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive. Sec. 2819. When any merchandise is intended to be imported trom any foreign country tothe port of Bayport, in Florida, such merchan- dise may be entered at Saint Marie's [Cedar Keys], and thereafter trans- ported to Bayport, upon compliance with sections twenty-eiglit hundred and twentv-five to twenty-eight liundred and thirty-one, inclusive. Sec. 2820. When any'merchandise is intended to be imported from anv foreign country into the port of Selina, uj.on the Alabama Kiver, in Alabama, such inercliandise may be entered [at] Mobile, and there- after transported to Selma, ui)on compliance with sections twenty- eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive. Sec. 2821. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from anv foreign countrv into the port of Houston,* tq^on Trlnitij .River [Buffalo Bavou], in Texas, such meichandise may be entered at the port of Galveston and thereafter trans])oited to Houston, upon compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eiuht hun- dred and thirty-one, inclusive. ' Houston is situate ou Buffalo Baj-ou. 348 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 2822. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from any foreign country into either of the following ports of delivery, being ports upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, namely, Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania; Wheeling, in West Virginia; Cincinnati, in Ohio; Louisville, in Kentucky; Saint Louis, in Missouri; [and] j^ashville, iu Tennessee; and Natchez, in Mississippi,* such merchandise may be en- tered at the port of Kew Orleans, or at either of such ports of entry on the sea-board as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and thereafter transported to the port of delivery for which the same is intended, by such inland routes as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, under such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as he may prescribe, in compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, and subject to the forfeitures and ])enalties therein mentioned. Sec. 2823. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from any foreign country into either of the following ports of delivery, namely: Parkersburgh, in West Virginia; Paducah, in Kentucky; Saint Joseph and Kansas City, in Missouri; Memphis, in Tennessee, Alton, Galena, Quincy, and Cairo, in Illinois; Evansville, New Albany, Madison, and Jefl'ersonville, in Indiana ; Keokuk, Dubuque, and Bur- lington, in Iowa; Leavenworth, in Kansas, and Omaha, in Nebraska, such merchandise may be entered at the port of New Orleans, and thereafter transported to the ])ort of delivery for which the same is intended, in compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty- five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, and subject to the forfeitures and penalties therein mentioned. Sec. 2824. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from any foreign country into the i)ort of Vallejo, in California, such mer- chandise may be entered at the port of San Francisco and thereafter transi)orted to Vallejo, upon couipliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty-tive to twenty eight hundred and thirty-one, inclu- sive: ('xcei)t that the powers and duties assigned by those sections to the surveyors of the ports of delivery, shall, at Vallejo, be exercised and performed by the deputy collector. Sec. 2825. The imi>orter of any merchandise destined for any of the ports mentioned in the nine preceding sections shall deposit in the cus- tody of the surveyor of such port of delivery a schedule of the goods so intended to be imported, with an estimate of their cost at the place of exportation, whereupon the surveyor shall make an estimate of the amount of duties accruing on the same, and the importer or consignee shall give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the sur- veyor, in double the amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the payment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertained as herein- after directed; and the surveyor shall forthwith notify the collector at the port of entry for the collection-district to which such port of de- livery is attached, of the same, by forwarding to him a copy of bond and schedule. Sec. 282<). The im]iorter, or his agent, may enter merchandise at the port of entry for the collection-district into which it is to be imported in the usual manner; and the collector shall grant a permit for the landing thereof, and cause the duties to be ascertained as in other cases, the goods remaining iu the custody of the collector until reshipped for the place of destination. The collector shall certify to the surveyor at such place the amount of such duties, which the surveyor shall enter * See sees. 2566, 2567, and 2H32. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 349 on the margin of tbe bond given to secnre tbe same; and the merchan- dise shall be delivered by the collector to the agent of the importer or consignee, dnly authorized to receive the same, for shipment to the place of destination. Sec. 2827. The master or conductor of every vessel or vehicle in which such merchandise shall be transported, shall, previously to departure from the port of entry, deliver to the collector du|)licate manifests of such merchandise, specifying the marks and numbers of every case, bag, box, chest, or ))ackage, containing the same, with the name and place of residence of every importer or consignee of such merchandise, and the quantity shipped to each, to be by him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear, and that tlie merchandise has been re- ceived on board his vessel or vehicle, stating the name of the agent who shipped the same; and the collector shall certify the facts, on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master, with a permit thereto annexed, authorizing him to proceed to the place of his desti- nation. Sec. 2828. If any vessel or vehicle having such merchandise on board shall depart from the port of entry without having comj^lied with the provisions of the preceding section, the master or conductor thereof shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Sec. 2829. The master or conductor of any such vessel or vehicle arriving at either of the jwrts named in sections twenty-eight hundred and sixteen to twenty-eight hundred and twenty-four, inclusive, on board of which merchandise shall have been shipped at such port of entry, shall, within eighteen hours next after the arrival, aud previously to unloading any part of such merchandise, deliver to the surveyor of such port the manifest of the same, certified by the collector, at the port of entry, aud shall make oath before the surveyor that there was not, when he departed from the port of entry, any more or other mer- chandise on board such boat, vessel, or vehicle so imported thau is therein mentioned. If the master of such vessel or vehicle shall neg- lect or refuse to deliver the manifests within the time herein directed, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. Sec. 2830. The surveyor at the port of delivery shall cause the casks, bags, boxes, chests, or i>ackages, to bo inspected, and compared with the manifests, and the same being identified he shall grant a permit for unloading the same, or such jtart thereof as the master or conductor shall request ; and when a part only of such merchandise is intended to be landed the surveyor shall make an indorsement on the back of the manifests, designating such part, specifying the articles to be landed, and shall return the manifests to the master or conductor, indorsing thereon his permission to such vesstd or vehicle to i)roceed to the place of its destination. Sec. 2831. The collector at such port of entry shall permit no entry to be made of merchandise, where the duty on the same shall exceed the amount of the bond dei>osited with the surveyor, nor shall the sur- veyor reci^ive the boiul of any jjcrson for a sum less than fifty dollars. When the bond has been completed, and the actual amount of duty ascertained and certified on the margin, the surveyor of the port where the bond is taken shall collect said duties and pay tbe same into the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 2832. All vessels i)roceeding to the ports of Xatchez or Vicks- burgh from any foreign port shall stop and report their arrival at the port of New Orleans ; and before any such vessel shall proceed on her vovage to Natchez or Yicksburgh the collector for the district of New 350 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Orleans shall ordfr on board any such vessel a custom-house officer, who shall remain on board such vessel until her arrival at Natchez or Vicksburgh. Such custom-house officer shall take possession of and safely keep all the papers belon,<>in^ to such vessel having relation to the freight or cargo on board, which papers he shall deliver to the col- lector at Natchez or Vicksbnrgh immediately after his arrival at that port; and any such vessel, which shall depart from New Orleans without such custom-house officer on board, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties provided for by law for a violation of the rev^enue laws. Sec. 2883. The expenses of the custom-house officer who may be put on board any such vessel bound for Natchez or Vicksbnrgh at New Or- leans, from the time of his being put on board until his return to New Orleans, shall be paid by the owner of such vessel. Seo. 2834. The master of any vessel bound to any district in Con- necticut, through or by the way of Sandy Hook, shall, before he passes the port of New York, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector for the district of New York a true manifest of the cargo on board such vessel. The master of any vessel bound to the district of Burlington, shall, before he passes the port of Philadelphia, and imme- diately after his arrival, deposit with the collector thereof a like mani- fest ; and the collector shall, after registering the manifest, transmit the same, duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made ; and the collectors and surveyors, respect- ively, may, whenever they judge it to be necessary for the security of the revenue, put an inspector of the customs on board any vessel, to accompany the same until her arrival at the first port of entry or deliv- ery, in the district to which such vessel may be destined. If the master of any vessel shall neglect or omit to deposit a manifest as herein pre- scribed, or shall refuse to receive an inspector of the customs on board, as the case requires, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered with cost of suit, one-half for the use of the officer with whom such manifest ought to have been deposited, and the other half to the use of the collector of the district to which such vessel may be bound. If, however, the manifest shall, in either of the above cases, have heen previously delivered to any officer of the customs, pursuant to the provisions hereinafter made in that behalf, the depositing of a manifest shall not be necessary. Sec. 2835. Vessels bound up James Eiver, in the State of Virginia, shall not be required to stop in Hampton Koads to deposit a manifest with the collector at Norfolk. But the niMster of the revenue-cutter stationed at Norfolk shall, under the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury, board all such vessels, and indorse their manifests, and place an officer on board of each vessel bound up James Kiver, having a cargo from a foreign port. If, however, there is no revenue-cutter on that station for the purpose of boarding vessels, or when the state of the weather may be such as to render it impracticable to send an officer on board any vessel bound up James River, having a cargo from a foreign port, the captain shall deposit, with the surveyor at Hampton, a copy of the manifest of the cargo on board such vessel. Sec. 2830. The master of any vessel arriving within the districts of Petersburgh or Kichmond, laden with merchandise, belonging or con- signed to persons resident within both the districts, shall make entry of such vessel, in manner already j^rescribed by law, with the collector of that district wherein the owner or consignee, or the husband or acting manager of such vessel, shall actually reside; and the master shall, at the time of making the entry, deliver a duplicate manifest of the cargo NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 351 to the collector, whose duty it shall then be to certify the same as a true copy, and to transmit it to' the collector of the other district, and the delivery of such merchandise shall be authorized by permits from the collector of each district, respectively, in which the same has been duly entered according to law. No importer, owner, or consignee of merchan- dise, residing in either district, shall, however, be admitted to make an entry of such merchandise with the collector of the district in which such importer, owner, or consignee does not reside. All entries, more- over, for merchandise, made by agents, for persons residing in other districts, shall be made with the collector of the district in which such vessel may discharge. * Sec. 2837. All invoices shall be made out in the weights or measures of the country or place from which the importation is made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual weights or measures of such mer- chandise, without any respect to the weights or measures of the United States. Sec. 2838. All invoices of merchandise subject to a duty ad valorem shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importation shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual cost of such merchandise, in such foreign currency or currencies, without any respect to the value of the coins of the United States, or of foreign coins, by law made current within the United States, in such foreign place or country. Sec. 2839. If any merchandise, of which entry has been made in the office of a collector, is not invoiced according to the actual cost thereot at the place of exportation, with a design to evade payment of duty, all such merchandise, or the value thereof, to be recovered of the person making entry, shall be forfeited. Sec. 2840." In every case in which a collector shall suspect that any merchandise is not invoiced at a sum equal to that for which it has usually been sold in the place or country from whence it was imported, he shall take the merchandise into his possession, and retain the same with reasonable care, at the risk and expense of the owner or consignee, until its value at the time and place of importation has been ascertained, as in the case of damaged merchandise, or of merchandise not accom- panied with an invoice, and until the duties arising, according to such valuation, have been iniid, or secured to be paid. But in case of a prosecution for forfeiture, such appraisement shall not exclude other proof, upon the trial, of the actual cost of the merchaudise at the place of exportation. Sec. 2841. Whenever merchandise imported into the United States is entered bv invoice, one of the following oaths, according to the nature of the case, shall be administered by the collector of the port, at the time of entry, to the owner, importer, consignee, or agent. [See act ^"larch 4, 1883, amending oaths, &c.] Oath of consignee, importer, or agent. T, , do solemnly and truly swear (or afiBrm) that the invoice and bill of lading now presented by me to the collector of , are the true and only invoice and bill of lading by me received, of all the goods, wares, and n'^ierchandise imported in the , whereof is master, from ' , for account of any person whomsoever, for whom I am au- thorized to enter the same; that the said invoice and bill of lading are See sees. 5443 and 5445. 352 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. iu the state in which they were actually received by me, aud that I do not know nor believe iu the existence of any other invoice orbill of lading of the said goods, wares, aud merchandise ; that the entry now delivered to the collector contains a just and true account ot the said goods, wares, and merchandise, according to the said invoice aud bill of lad- ing ; that nothing has beeu, on my part, nor to my knowledge on the part of auy other person, concealed or suppressed, whereby the United States may be defrauded of auy part of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise, and that if, at auy time hereafter, I discover any error in the said invoice, or in the account now rendered of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, or receive any other invoice of the same, I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district. Aud I do further solemnly and truly swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge aud belief, (insert the name and resi- dence of the owner or owners,) is (or are) [the owner (or owners)] of the goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in the annexed entry; that the invoice now produced by me exhibits the actual cost, (if purchased,) or fair market-value, (if otherwise obtained,) at the time or times, and place or places, when or where procured, (as the case may be,) of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, all the charges thereon, aud no other or different discount, bounty, or drawback, but such as has beeu actually allowed on the same. Oath of owner in cases where merchandise has been actually purchased I, , do solemnly and truly swear (or affirm) that the entry now delivered by me to the collector of , contains a just and true ac- count of all the goods, wares, aud merchandise imported by or cou- sigued to me, in the , wliereof is master, from ; that the invoice which 1 now produce contains a just and faithful account of the actual cost of the said goods, wares, aud merchandise, of all charges thereon, including charges of purchasing, carriages, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, putting up, and packing, and no other discount, drawback, or bounty, but such as has been actually allowed on the same ; that I do not know nor believe iu the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I do further sol- emuly and truly swear (or affirm) that I have not, iu the said entry or invoice, concealed or suppressed anything whereby the United States may be defrauded of any part of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, aud merchandise; and that if, at any time hereafter, I discover auy error in the said invoice, or in the account now produced of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, or receive any other invoice of the same, I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district. Oath of manufacturer or owner iu cases where merchandise has not been actually purchased. I, , do solemnly and truly swear (or affirm) that the entry now delivered by me to the collector of , contains a just aud true account of all the goods, wares, aud merchandise imported by or consigned to me, in the , whereof is master, from ; that the said goods, wares, and merchandise were not actually bought by me, or by my agent, iu the ordinary mode of bargain and sale, but that, nevertheless, the invoice which I now produce contains a just and faithful valuation NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 353 of the same, at their fair market- value, including- charges of purchasing, carriages, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, putting up, and pacldng, at the time or times, and pUice or places, when and where procured for my account, (or for account of myself and partners ;) that the said invoice contains also a just and faithful account of all charges actually paid, and no other discount, drawback, or bounty but such as has been act- ually allowed on the said goods, wares, and merchandise ; that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading, other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I do further solemnly and truly swear (or affirni) that I have not, in the said entry or invoice, concealed or suppressed anything whereby the United States may be defrauded of anv part of the diity lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchan- dise, and that if, at any time hereafter, I discover any error in the said invoice, or in the account now produced, of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, or received any otherinvoiceof thesame, I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district. Sec. 2842. No merchandise subject to ad -valorem duty imported into the United States, and belonging to a ])erson residing in the United States, but at the time absent from the place where the merchandise is intended to be entered, shall be admitted to nn entry, unless the im- porter, consignee, or agent, shall previously give bond, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with sutii- cient sureties, to produce, within four months, to the collector of the port where the merchandise may be, the invoice of the same, duly certi- fied, according to the circumstances of the case, by the oath of the owner, or one of the owners ; which oath shall be administered by a collector, if there is any in the place where the owner may be ; or, if there is none, by some public oflicer duly authorized to administer oaths. '*Sec. 2843. No merchandise subject to ad-valorem duty belonging to a person not residing at the time in the United States, and who shall have actually purchased the same, shall be admitted to entry, unless the invoice is verified by the oath of the owner, or one of the owners, certi- fying that the merchandise was actually purchased for his account, or for account of himself and partners in the purchase; that the invoice annexed thereto contains a true ami faithful account of the actual cost thereof, and of all charges thereon, and that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks, are contained in the invoice, but such as have been actually allowed on the same. Such oath shall be administered by a consul or commercial agent of the United States, or by some public officer duly authorized to administer oaths in the country where the merchandise was purchased ; and the same shall be duly certified by the the consul, commercial agent, or public officer ; and when such oath is administered by an officer other than a consul or commercial agent of the United States, such official certificate shall be authenticated by such a consul or commercial agent. Sec. 2844. If there is no consul or comnu^rcial agent of the United States in the country from which such merchandise was imported, the authentication retiuired by the preceding section shall be executed by a consul of a nation at the tinu' in amity with the United States, if there is any such residing there ; and if there is no such consul in the country the authentication shall be made by two respectable merchants, if any there be, residing in the port from which the merchandise shall have been imported. * See sees, l/lii, 1717, ami r)44'^ H. Mis. 391 23 354 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES Sec. 2845. No merchaiKlise subject to atl-valorein duty belonging- to a person not residing at tbe time in the United States, who has not acquired thesamein the ordinary mode of bargain and sale, or belonging to the manufacturer, in whole or in part, of the same, shall be admitted to entry, unless the invoice thereof is verified by the oath of the owner, or of one of the owners, administered and authenticated in tlie mode prescribed in the two ])receding sections, and certifying that the invoice contains a true and faithful account of the merchandise, at its fair market- value, at the time and place when and where the same was procured or manufactured, as the case may be, and of all charges thereon ; and that the invoice contains no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks, but such as have been actually allowed. Sec. 2846. Whenever merchandise subject to ad-valorem duty belongs to the estates of deceased persons or of persons insolvent who have as- signed the same for the benefit of their creditors, the oaths to invoices may be administered to the executor or administrator, or to the assignee, of such i^ersons. Sec. 2847. Whenever merchandise subject to ad-valorem duty is imported belonging to a person not residing in the United States, not accompanied with an invoice verified and authenticated as required by the preceding sections, or whenever it is not practicable to make such oath, or whenever there is an immaterial informality in the oath or authenticaiion taken, or whenever the collector of the port at which the merchandise is has certified his opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury that no fraud was intended in the invoice of the merchandise, the Sec- retary of the Treasury may admit the same to an entry. •But he shall in no case admit any merchandise to an entry where there is just ground to suspect that a fraud on the revenue was intended. Sec. 2848. The consignee, importer, or agent shall, previous to an entry allowed under the preceding section, give bond, the form whereof shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with sufiicieut sureties, to produce the invoice, if the same be practicable, duly veri- fied and authenticated, within eight months from the time of entry, if the merchandise was imported from any port on this side, and within eighteen mouths, if from any port beyond the Cape of Good Hope, or Cape Horn, or from the Cape of Good Hope. Sec. 2849. In all cases where merchandise subject to ad-valorem duty belongs in part to a person residing in the United States, and in part to a person residing out of the Unitetl States, the oath of one of the owners residing in the United States shall be sufficient to admit the same to an entry. In all cases, however, where the merchandise was manufactured, in whole or in part, by any one of the owners, residing out of the United States, the same shall not be so admitted to an entry, unless the invoice has been verified and authenticated by such manufacturer in the manner prescribed in section twenty-eight hundred and forty-five. Sec. 2850. Whenever the invoice of merchandise belonging to a person not residing in the United States has not been duly verified and authenticated, and, upou ai)plication to the Secretary of the Treasury, the merchandise has been refused an entry, the same shall be deemed suspected. tSEC. 2851, For every verification of an invoice and certificate before a consul or commercial agent, such consul or commercial agent shall * See sec. 2850 ; also Act of March 1, 1823, cliap. 21, sec. 12. (See act June 22, 1874.) tSee sees. 1716 aud 1721. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 355 be entitled to (leiiiand and receive from tlie i)erson makiuo- the t^aine, a fee of two dollars and fifty cents. But each shipper shall have the right to include all articles shipped by him in the same invoice. Sec. 2852. When any merchandise is admitted to an entry upon invoice, the collector of the port in which the same is entered shall certify the same under his otiicial seal ; and no other evidence of the value of such merchandise shall be admitted on the part of the owner thereof, in any court of the United States, except in corroboration of such entry. Sec. 2853. All invoices of merchandise imported from any foreign country shall be made in triplicate, and signed by the person owning or shipping such merchandise, if the same has actually been purchased, or by the manufacturer or owner thereof, if the same has been procured otherwise than by purchase, or by the duly authorized agent of such purchaser, manufacturer, or owner. [See act June 10, 188().( Sec. 2854. All such invoices shall, at or before the shipment of the merchandise, be produced to the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent of the United States nearest the place of shipment, for the use of the Unired States, and shall have indorsed thereon, when so produced, a declaration signed by the purchaser, manufacturer, owner, or agent, setting forth that the invoice is in all respects true ; that it contains, if the merchandise mentioned therein is subject to ad-valorem duty, and was obtained by i)urchase, a true and full statement of the time when and the place where the same was purchased, and the actual cost thereof, and of all charges thereon ; and that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in the invoice but such as have actually been allowed thereon; and when obtained in any other manner than by purchase, the actual nmrket-value thereof at the time and i)lace when and where the same was procured or manufactured; and, if subject to specific duty, the actual quantity thereof; and that no dif- ferent invoice of the merchandise, mentioned in the invoice so produced, has been or will be furnished to any one. If the merchandise was actually purchased, the declaration shall also contain a statement that the currency in which such invoice is made out is the currency which was actually ])aid for the merchandise by the purchaser. Sec. 2855. The person so juoducing such invoice shall at the same time declare to >uch consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent the port in the United States at which it is intended to make entry of , merchan- dise ; whereupon the consul, vice consul, or commercial agent shall indorse upon each of the triidicates a certificate, under his hand and official seal, stating that the invoice has been i)roduced to hiu), with the date of such jjroduction, and the name of the person by whom the same was produced, and the ]K)rt in the United States at which it shall be the declared intention to make entry of the merchandise therein mentioned. The consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent shall then deliver to the person producing the same, one of the triidicates, to be used in making entry of the merchandise; shall file another in his office, to be there carefully preserved ; and shall, as soon as ])racticable, transmit the lemaining one to the collector of the port of the United States at which it shall be declared to be the intention to make entry of the merchandise. [See act .June H>, 1880.] Sec. 285(>. In case of merchandise imi)orted from a foreign country adjacent to the United States, the declaration in the two preceding sections required, may be made to, and the certificate indorsed by, the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent at or nearest to the port of clearance for the United States. £56 NA.VIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 2857. Wlieiiever, from a clianjre of the destination of any mer- chandise, after the production of the invoice thereof to the consnl, vice- consul, or commercial agent, or from other cause, the triplicate trans- mitted to the collector of the port to which such merchandise was orig- inally destined, is not received at the port where the same actually ar- rives, and where it is desired to make entry thereof, the merchandise may be admitted to an entry on the execution by the owner, consignee, or agent, of a bond, with sufficient security, in double the amount of duty apparently due, conditioned for the payment of the duty which shall be found to be actually due thereon. The collector of the port where such entry shall be made shall immediately notify the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent to whom such invoice has been pro- duced, to transmit to such collector a certified copy thereof; and such consul, vice consul, or commercial agent shall transmit the same accord- ingly without delay; and the duty shall not be finally liquidated until such triplicate, or a certified coi)y thereof, shall have been received. Such liquidation, however, shall not be delayed longer than eighteen months from the time of making such entry. Sec. 2858. Whenever, from accident or other cause, it has become impracticable for the person desiring to make entry of any merchandise, to produce, at the time of making such entry, any invoice thereof, as hereinbefore required, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treas- ury to authorize the entry of such merchandise upon such terms and in accordance with such general or special regulations as he may prescribe. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby invested with the like powers of remission in cases of forfeiture arising under the foregoing provisions as in other cases of forfeiture under the revenue laws. Sec. 2859. The six preceding sections shall not apply to countries where there is no consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent of the United States. And whenever the value of the imported merchandise does not exceed one hundred dollars, the collector may admit it to entry without the production of the triplicate invoice, and without submitting the question to the Secretary of the Treasury, if he is satisfied that the neglect to produce such invoice was unintentional and that the impor- tation was made in good faith, and without any purpose of defrauding or evading the revenue laws. Sec. 2800. Except as allowed in the four preceding sections, no mer- chancise imported from any foreign place or country shall be admitted to an entry unless the invoice presented in all respects conforms to the requirements of sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three, twenty- eight hundred and fifty-four, and twenty-eight hundred and fifty five, and has thereon the certificate of the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent in those sections specified, nor unless the invoice is verified at the time of making such entry by the oath of the owner or consignee, or of the authorized agent of the owner or consignee, certifying that the invoice and the declaration thereon are in all respects true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to have been made, nor, unless the triplicate transmitted by the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent to the collector has been received by him. * Sec. 2861. No consular officer of the United States shall grant a certificate for merchandise shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, which have passed a consulate aftei" purchase for ship- ment. Sec. 2862. All consular oflficers are hereby authorized to require, See sec. 1717, duplicate. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 357 before certifying any invoice nnder the ])rovisions of the preceding- sections, satistactory evidence, either by the oath of the person pre- senting such invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct and true. In the exercise of the discretion hereby given, the consular officers shall be governed by such general or special regulations or instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State. Sec. 28G3. All consuls and commercial agents of the United States having any knowledge or belief of any case or practice of any person who obtains verification of any invoice whereby the reveaue of the United States is or may be defrauded, shall report the facts to the col- lector of the port where the revenue is or may be defrauded, or to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 28G4. If any owner, consignee, or agent of any merchandise shall knowingly make, or attempt to make, an entry thereof by means of any false invoice, or false certificate of a consul, viceconsnl, or commercial agent, or of any invoice which does not contain a true statement of all the particulars'hereinbefore required, or by means of any other false or fraudulent document or paper, or of any other false or fraudulent prac- tice or api)liance whatsoever, such merchandise or the value thereof shall be forfeited. Sec. l*8()5. It anv person shall knowingly and willfully, with intent to defraud the revenue of the United States, smuggle, or clandestinely introduce into the United States, any goods, wares, or merchandise, sub- ject to duty by law, and which should have been invoiced without pay- ing or accounting for the duty, or shall make out or pass, or attempt to pass, through the custom-house, any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice, every such' person, his, her, or their aiders and abettors, shall be guilty of a uiisdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dt)llars, or imprisoned for any term of time not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. L'8GG. From'the date of the President's proclamation, declaring that he has evidence that the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, the Parliament of Canada, and the legislature of Prince Edward's Island have passed laws on their part to give eSect to the provisions of the treatv of ^Yashington of :May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as contained in articles eighteen to twenty-five inclusive, and article thirty of said treaty, and so long as said articles remain in force, accord- ing to the terms and conditions of article thirty-third of said treaty, all goods, wares, or merchandise arriving at the i)orts of New York, Bos- ton, and Portland, and any other ports in the United States which have been, or mav from time to'time be, specially designated by the President of the Unite\l States and destined for Her Britannic Majesty's posses- sions in North America, maybe entered at the proper custom house and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the terri- tory of the United States, under such rules, regulations, and conditions for' the protection of the revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may, from time Co time, prescribe ; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the pavmentof duties, from such possessions, through the terri- tory of the Uni'^ted States, for export from the said ports of the United States. 358 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. UNLADING. (Revised Statutes, chap. 5.) Sec. 28G7. If after tlie arrival of auy vessel laden with merchandise and bound to the United States, witLiin the limits of any collection- district, or within four leagues of the coast, any part of the cargo of such vessel shall be unladen, for any purpose whatever, before such vessel has come to the proper place for the discharge of her cargo, or soDie part thereof, and has been there duly authorized by the ))roper otficer of the customs to unlade the same, the master of such vessel and the mate, or other person next in command, shall respectively be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each such offense, and the mer- chandise so unladen shall be forfeited, except in case of some unavoid- able accident, necessity, or distress of weather. In case of such una- voidable accident, necessity, or distress, the master of such vessel shall give notice to, and, together with two or more of the officers or mariners on board such vessel, of whom the mate or other i)erson next in com- mand shall be one, shall make proof upon oath beibre the collector, or other chief ofticer of the customs of the district, within the limits of which such accident, necessity, or distress happened, or before the col- lector, or other chief ofiicer of the collection -district, within the limits of which such vessel shall first afterward arrive, if the accident, necessity, or distress happened not within the limits of any district, but within four leagues of the coast of the United States. The collector, or other chief ofiicer, is hereby authorized and required to administer such oath. Sec. 2868. If any merchandise, so unladen from on board auy such vessel, shall be put or received iuto any other vessel, except in the case of such accident, necessity, or distress, to be so notified and proved, the master of any such vessel into which the merchandise shall be so put aud received, and every other person aiding and assisting therein, shall be liable to a i)enalty of treble the value of the merchandise, aud the vessel in which they shall be so put shall be forfeited. Sec. 2869. The collector jointly with the naval officer, if any, or alone where there is none, shall, according to the best of his or tlieir judg- ment or information, make a gross estimate of the amount of the duties on the merchandise to which the entry of auy owner or consignee, his factor or agent, shall relate, which estimate shall be indorsed ui)on such entry and signed by the officer making the same. The amount of the estimated duties having been first paid, or secured to be paid, pursuant to the provisions of this Title, the collector shall, together with the naval officer, where there is one, or alone where there is none, grant a permit to land the merchandise, whereof entry has been so made, and then, and not before, it shall be lawful to land the merchan- dise. Sec. 2870. All permits shall specify, as particularly as may be, the merchandise to be delivered, namely, the number and description of the packages, whether trunk, bale, chest, box, case, pipe, hogshead, barrel, keg, or any other packages whatever, with the mark and number of each package, and, as far as circumstances will admit, the contents thereof, together with the names of the vessel aud master, in which and the place from whence they were imported ; aud no merchandise shall be delivered by any inspector or other ofiicer of the customs that does not fully agree with the description thereof in such permit. Sec. 2871. The collector of customs, with the concurrence of the naval officer, where there is one. of any port at which a steamship from a for- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 359 eigrn ])ort or place may arrive, upon or after the issuing of a general order, shall grant, upon proper application therefor, a special license to unlade the cargo of said vessel at night, that is to say, between sunset and sunrise, but before any such special license is granted, the master, agent, or consignees of the vessel shall execute and deliver to the col- lector a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by him, conditioned to indemnify and save the collector harndess from any and all losses and liabilities which may occur or be occasioned by reason of the grant- ing of such special license. x\nd any liability of the master or owner of any such steamshii) to the owner or consignee of any merchandise landed from her shall not be affected by the granting of such special license or of any general order, but such liability shall continue until the merchan- dise is properly removed from the dock whereon the same may be landed. The collector, under such general regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, shall fix a uniform and reasonable rate of com- pensation for like service, to be paid by the master, owner, or consignee, whenever such special licen-e is granted, and shall collect and distribute the same among the inspectors assigned to superintend the unlading of the cargo. Sec. 2872. Except as authorized by the preceding section, no mer- chandise brought in any vessel frooi any foreign port shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the United States but in open day— that is to say, between the rising and the setting of the sun— excejjt by special license from the collector of the i)ort, and naval officer of the same, where there is* one, for that purpose, nor at any time without a permit from the collector, and naval officer, if any, for such unlading or delivery. [See Act June 26, 1884.] Sec. 2873. If any merchandise shall be unladen or delivered from any vessel contrary to the preceding section, the master of such vessel, and every other person who shall knowingly be concerned, or aiding therein, or in removing, storing, or otherwise securing such merchandise, shall each be liable to a penalty of four huuermit granted for that puri)ose, the master of the vessel from which the same shall have been so landed shall for every such olfense be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, and the spirits or wines so landed shall be forfeited. Sec. 2884. All distilled spirits, and wines, shall be lauded under the inspection of the surveyor, or other officer acting as insi)ector of the revenue for the port, and such of the inspectors of the customs as shall be deputed by him for that purpose, and not otherwise, on pain of for- feiture thereof, for which puri)ose the officer shall at all reasonable times 362 NAVIGATIOX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. attend. This shall not, however, be construed to exclude the inspection of any officer of the customs, as now or heretofore i)racticed. Sec. 2885. Tiie officers of inspection of any port wliere distilled spirits or wines shall belauded, shall, ni)on the landing thereof, and as soon as the casks, vessels, and cases containing' the same shall be inspected, gauged, or measured, brand or otherwise mark in dnrable characters, the several casks, vessels, and cases containing the same, and the marks shall express the nnmber of casks, vessels, or cases, whether of spirits or wines, marked by each officer respectively, in each year, in progressive numbers for each of the articles; also the port of importation, the name of the vessel, and the surname of the master; also each kind of spirits or wines, for which different rates of duty are or shall be imposed, the number of gallons in each cask or case, and the rate of proof if si)irits; also the name of the surveyor or chief officer of inspection for the port, and the date of importation; of all which particulars the chief officers of inspection shall keep fair and correct accounts, in books to be pro- vided for that purpose. Sec. "JSSG. On the sale of any cask, vessel, or case, which has been or shall be marked as containing distilled spirits or wines, and which has been emptied of its contents, and prior to the delivery thereof to the purchaser, or any removal thereof, the marks and numljers, which shall have been set thereon by or under the direction of any officer of inspec- tion, shall be defaced and obliterated in the presence of some officer of inspection or of the customs, who shall, on due notice being given, at- tend for that purpose, at which time the certificate which ought to ac- company such chest, vessel, or case, shall also be returned and canceled. Every i>erson who shall obliterate, counterfeit, alter, or deface any mark or number placed by an officer of inspection upon any cask, vessel, or case, containing distilled spirits or wines, or any certificate thereof; or who shall sell or in any way alienate or remove any cask, vessel, or case, which has been emptied of its contents, before the marks and numbers, set thereon pursuant to the provisions of the preceding section, shall have been defaced or obliterated, in presence of an officer of inspection ; or who shall neglect or refuse to deliver th.' certificate issued to accom- pany the cask, chest, vessel, or case, of which the marks and numbers shall have been defaced or obliterated in manner aforesaid, on being thereto required by an officer of inspection or of the customs, shall for every such offense be liable to a i)enalty of one hundred dollars, with costs of suit. * Sec. 2887. If any package whatever which has been so reported is wanting, and not found on board such vessel, or if the merchandise on board such vessel does not otherwise agree with the report or manifest delivered by the master of any such vessel, in every such case the mas- ter shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars; except that if it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or to the major part of them where those officers are es- tablished at any [tort, or to the satisfaction of the collector alone where neither of the others is established, or in case of trial for the penalty, to the satisfaction of the court, that no part whatever of merchandise of such vessel has been unshipped, landed, or unladen since it was taken on board, except as specified in the report or manifest, and pur- suant to ))ermits, or that the disagreement is by accident or mistake, in such case the penalty shall not be inflicted. But in all such cases the master of any vessel shall be required and shall make a post entry 'This sectioji should follow next after sw. '^890. ''See also sec. 2627, subdivision six.") NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 363 or addition to the rei)ort or manifest by him delivered of any and all merchandise omitted to be included and reported in such manifest; and it shall not be lawful to j^rant a i)ermit to unlade any such merchandise so omitted befoiesucii post entry or addition to such report or manifest has been made. Sec. 288S. When the delivery of merchandise from on board of any vessel is completed, co])ies of the accounts or entries which have been kept or made thereof, by the officer charged with the deliveries, shall be returned to the collector of the district, and the naval ofiBcer, if any, within three days after such delivery has been comi)leted, if at the port where such ofticer resides, and if at any other port as soon as the nature of the case will admit, not exceeding fifteen days. The accounts or en- tries to be so retnrned shall comprise all deliveries made ])nrsnant to permits, and all ])ackages or merchandise sent to the public stcn^es; also each and every package remaining on board of such vessel for the purpose of being exjtorted therein to a foreign port, or to some other district of the United States. Sec. 2S89. Such returns shall be signed by the inspectors res])ect- ively under whose superintendence the deliveries have been made; and, after examination, and on being found correct, shall be countersigned or certified by the surveyor of the port, if any, at the port where the deliveries have been made. The returns shall be transmitted by him to the naval officer, if any ; who shall compare the same with the mani- fests and entries in his i)ossession; and if auj- difference appears, the particulars thereof shall be noted by indorsement on the returns; and if uo difference appears, it shall be so noted by like indorsements. The naval officer shall transmit the returns to the collector of the district; and on being returned to the collector, shall be by him compared with the manifests and entries of the merchandise, which have been made by the owner, consignee, or his factor or agent ; and if any difference ap- pears, the same shall be noted by indorsement on such manifests, speci- fying the particulars thereof; and if no difference ai)i)ears, it shall be noted by like indorsement, that the delivery corresponds with theentrN' or entries thereof. Tlie indorsement or memorandum shall, in each case, be subscribed by the officer by whom the comparison was made. Sec. 2890. The weighers, gangers, and measurers, employed in the service of the revenue, shall, within three days after any vessel is dis- charged, make returns of the articles by them respectively weighed, gauged, or measured, out of such vessel. Such returns shall be made by the weighers, gangers, and measurers, in books to be prepared by them for that puri)ose, and kept in the custom-houses.* Sec. 2891. If aqy vessel fiom any foreign port, comi)elled bj' distress of weather, or other necessity, shall put into any port of the United States, not being destined for the same, the master, together with the mate or person next in command, may, within twenty-four hours after her arrival, make protest in the usual form upon oath, before a notary public or other person duly authorized, or before the collector of the district where the vessel arrives, setting forth the cause or cir(;umstances of such distress or necessity. Such ])rotest, if not nuide before the collector, shall be i)roduced to him, and to the naval officer, if any, and a copy thereof lodged with him or them. The master sliall also, within forty- eight hours after such arrival, make report in writing to the col- lector, of the vessel and her cargo, as is directed hereby to be done in other cases. And if it api)ear to the collector, by the certificate of the * See note to sec. 28H7. 364 NAVIGATION LAWS OF TEE UNITED STATES. wardens of the port, or otber officers usually charged with, and accus- tomed to ascertain the condition of vessels arriving in distress, if any, or by the certificate of two reputable merchants, to be named for that ])urpose by the collector, if there are no such wardens, or other officers duly qualified, that there is a necessity for unlading the vessel, the col- lector and naval officer, if any, shall grant a permit for that purpose, and sliall appoint an inspector to oversee such unlading, who shall keep an account of the same, to be compared with the report made by the master of the vessel. Sec. 2892. All merchandise so unladen from any vessel arriving in distress shall be stored under the direction of the collector, who, upon request of the master of such vessel, or of the owner thereof, shall, together with the naval officer, where there is one, and alone where there is none, grant permission to dispose of such part of the cargo as may be of a perishable nature, if any there be, or as may be necessary to defray the expenses attending such vessel and her cargo. But entry shall be made therefor, and the duties paid. Sec, 2893. In case the delivery of the cargo does not agree with the report thereof, made by the master of such vessel so arriving in dis- tress, and if the difference or disagreement is not satisfactorily accounted for in manner prescribed by this Title, the master of such vessel shall be liable to such penalties as in other like cases are prescribed. Sec. 2s94. The merchandise, or the remainder thereof, which shall not be disposed of, may be reladen on board the vessel so arriving in distress, under the inspection of the officer who superintenderotected by trade-mark be appraised at a less foreign market-value than the like goods not so protected ; and no sale or pretended sale of such goods shall be held to lix the value of the same. Sec. 2914. The standard by which the color and grades of sugar are to be regulated, shall be selected and furnished to the collectors of such ports of entry as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, and in such manner as he may deem expedient. Sec. 2915. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, by regulation, pre- scribe and require that samples froui packages of sugar shall be taken by the proper offlcers, in such manner as to ascertain the true quality of such sugar; and the weights of sugar imported in casks or boxes shall be marked distinctly by the custom-house weigher, by scoring the figures indelibly on each package. Sec. 291G. For the i)urpose of carrying into effect the classification of wool and hair of animals, prescribed by Schedule L, Title "Duties UPON lMPORTS,"a sufficient number of distinctive samples of the various kinds of wool or hair embraced in each of the three classes named, se- lected and prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, and duly verified by him, the standard samples of which shall be retained in the Treasury De]>artment, shall be deposited in the custom- houses and elsewhere, as he may direct ; which samples shall be used by the proper officers of the customs, to determine the class to which any imported wool or hair belongs. Sec. 2917. The standard for vinegar shall be taken tolje that strength which requires thirty-five grains of bicarbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy of vinegar; and all import duties that may be im{)osed by law on vinegar imported from foreign countries shall be collected ac- cording to this standard. Sec. 2918. The Secretary of the Treasury may, under the direction of the President, adopt such hydrometer as he may deem best calculated to promote the public interest for the purpose of ascertaining the proof of liquors; and, after such adoption, the duties imposed by law upon distilled spirits shall be collected according to proof ascertained by any hydrometer so adopted. Sec. 2919. For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight, instead of by measuring; and sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of corn, fifty six pounds of rye, forty-eight pounds of barley, thirty-two pounds of oats, sixty pounds of pease, and forty-two pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel. Se(\ 2920. In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not contain the w^eight, or quantity, or measure of merchandise, now weighed, or measured, or gauged, the same shall be weighed, gauged, or measured at the expense of the o\\ner, agent, or consignee. Sec. 2921. If, on the opening of any package, a deficiency of any arti- cle shall be found, on examination by the appraisers, the same shall be certified to the collector on the invoice, and an allowance for the same be made in estimating the duties. Sec. 2922. The appraisers, or the collector and naval officer, as the case may be, may call before them and examine upon oath, any owner, importer, consignee, or other person, touching any matter or thing which they may deem material in ascertaining the true market-value or whole- sale i)rice of any mei'chaudise imported, and require the production, on NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 369 oath, to the collector or to anj^ permauent appraiser, of any letters, ac- counts, or invoices, in his possession relating to the same. All testi- mony in writing, or depositions, taken by virtue of this section, shall be filed in the collector's office, and preserved for future use or reference, to be trausmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury when he shall require the same. Sec. 2923. If any person so called shall neglect or refuse to attend, or shall decline to answer, or shall, if required, refuse to answer in writ- ing any interrogatories, and subscribe his name to his deposition, or to produce such papers, when so required by an appraiser or collector and naval officer, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ; and if such person be the owner, importer, or consignee, the appraisement which the appraisers, or collector and naval officer, where there are no legal appraisers, may make of the merchandise shall be tinal and con- clusive. Sec. 2924. Any person who shall willfully and corruptly swear falsely on an examination before any appraiser, or collector and naval officer, shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and if he is the owner, importer, or consignee, the merchandise shall be forfeited. Sec. 2925. Whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, it may be necessary in order to carry into full effect the laws for the collection of the revenue, he may authorize the collector of any district into which merchandise, subject to duty, may be imported, to require the owner, importer, or consignee of such merchandise, to give bond, in a sum not exceeding the value of such merchandise, that he will produce or cause to be produced, within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the Secretary, such proof as the Secretary maj^ deem necessary, and as is in the power of the owner, importer, or consignee, to obtain, to enable the collector to ascertain the class or description of manufacture, or rate of duty, to which such merchandise is justly liable. Sec. 2920. All merchandise, of which incomplete entry has been made, or an entry without the specification of particulars, either for want of the original invoice, or for any other cause, or which has received dam- age during the voyage, shall be conveyed to some warehouse or store- house, to be designated by the collector, in the parcels or packages con- taining the same, there to remain with due and reasonable care, at the expense and risk of the owner or consignee, under the care of some proper officer, until the particulars, cost, or value, as the case may re- quire, shall have been ascertained either by the exhibition of the origi- nal invoice thereof, or by appraisement, at the option of the owner, importer, or consignee; and until the duties thereon shall have been paid, or secured to be paid, and a ])ermit granted by the collector for the delivery thereof. Sec. 2927. In respect to articles that have been damaged during the voyage, whether subject to a duty ad valorem, or chargeable with a specific duty, either by number, weight, or measure, the appraisers shall ascertain and certify to wliat rate or percentage the merchandise is dam- aged, and the rate of i)ercentage of damage, so ascertained and certified, shall be deducted from the original amount, subject to a duty ad valo- rem, or from the actual or original number, weight, or measure, on which specific duties would have been c()(ni)ute(l. Xo allowance, how- ever, for the damage on any merchandise, that has been entered, and on which the duties have been i)ai(l or secured to be paid, and for which a permit has been granted to the owner or consignee thereof, and which may on examining the same prove to be damaged, shall be n)a(l('. unless proof to ascertain such damage shall be lodged in the customliouse of H. Mis. 391 24 370 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. the port where such merchandise has been landed, within ten days after the huKlin^ of such merchandise. Sec. 2928. Before any merchandise which may be taken from any wreck shall be admitted to an entry, the same shall be appraised ; and the same proceedings shall be ordered and executed in all cases where a reduction of duties shall be claimed on account of damage which any merchandise shall have sustained in the course of the voyage; and in all Crises where the owner, importer, consignee, or agent shall be dissat- isfied with such api)raisement, he shall be entitled to the privileges of appeal as provided for in this Title. Sec. 2929. The principal appraisers shall revise and correct the report of the assistant ai)praisers as they may judge proper, and report to the collector their decision thereon. If the collector deems any appraise- ment of goods too low, he may order a re-appraisement, either by the principal appraisers, or by three merchants designated by him for that purpose, who shall be citizens of the United States; and may cause the duties to be charged accordingly. Sec. 2930. If the iniporter, owner, agent, or consignee, of any mer- chandise shall be dissatisfied with the appraisement, and shall have complied with the foregoing requisitions,* he may forthwith give notice to the (collector, in writing, of such dissatisfaction ; on the receipt of which the collector shall select one discreet and experienced t merchant to be associated with one of the general appraisers wherever practica- ble, or two discreet and experienced t merchants, citizens of the United States, familiar with the character and value of the goods in question, to examine and appraise the same, agreeably to the foregoing provis- ions; and if they shall disagree, the collector shall decide between them; and the appraisement thus determined shall be final and be deemed to be the true value, and the duties shall be levied thereon accordingly. Sec. 2931. On the entry of any vessel, or of any merchandise, the decision of the collector of customs at the port of importation and entry, as to the rate and amount of duties to be paid on the tonnage of such vessel or on such merchandise, and the dutiable costs and charges thereon, shall be final and conclusive against all ])ersons interested therein, unless the owner, master, commander, or consignee of such ves- sel, in the case of duties levied on tonnage, or the owner, importer, con- signee, or agent of the merchandise, in the case of duties levied on mer- chandise, or the costs and charges thereon, shall, within ten days after the ascertainment and liquidation of the duties by the proi)er officers of the customs, as well in cases of merchandise entered in bond as for con- suuiptiou, give notice in writing to the collector on each entry, if dissat- isfied with his decision, setting forth therein, distinctly and specifically, the grounds of his objection thereto, and shall within thirty days after the date of such ascertainment and liquidation, appeal therefrom to the Secretary of the Treasury. The decision of the Secretary on such ap- peal shall be final and conclusive; and such vessel, or merchandise, or costs and charges, shall be liable to duty accordingly, unless suit shall be brought within ninety days after the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury on such appeal for any duties which shall have been paid be- fore the date of such decision on such vessel, or on such merchandise, or costs or charges, or within ninety'' days after the ijayment of duties paid after the decision of the Secretary. | No suit shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any duties alleged to have been errone- * See sees. 2y>2 and 292:}. t See sec. 2945. t See sec. 3011-3014. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 371 ously or illegally exacted, until the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury shall have been first had on such appeal, unless the decision of the Secretary shall be delayed more than ninety days from the date of such appeal in case of an entry at any port east of the Rocky Mount- ains, or more than five months in case of an entry west of those mount- ains. ^ Sec. 2932. The decision of the respective collectors of customs as to all fees, charges, and exactions of whatever character, otiier than those relat- ing to the rate and amount of duties to be paid on the tonnage of any ves- sel, or on merchandise and the dutiable costs and charges thereon, claimed by tlieui or by any of the officers under them, in the i)erformauce of their official duty,'8hail be final and conclusive against all persons interested in such fees, charges, or exactions, unless the like notice that an appeal will be taken from such decision to the Secretary of the Treasury shall be given within ten days from the making of such decision, and unless such appeal shall actually be taken within thirty days from the making of such decision ; and the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be fiiuil and conclusive upon the matter so appealed, unless suit shall be brought for the recovery of such fees, charges, or exactions, within tbe period as provided for in the i)receding section in regard to duties. No suit shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any such fees, costs, and charges, alleged to have been erroneously or ille- gally exacted, until the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury shall have been first had on such appeal, unless such decision of the Secretary shall be delayed more than ninety days from the date of such appeal in case of an en\ry at any port east of the Rocky Mountains, or more than five months in case ot an entry west of those mountains. Sec. 2933. All drugs, medicines, medicinal preparations, including medicinal essential oils and chemical preparations, used wholly or in part as medicine, imported from abroad, shall, before passing the cus- tomhouse, be examined and appraised, as well in reference to their quality, purity, and fitness for medical purposes, as to their value and identity specified in the invoice. Sec' 2934. All medicinal preparations, whether chemical or otherwise, usually imported with the name of the manufacturer, shall have the true name of the manufacturer and the place where they are prepared, per- manently and legibly affixed to each parcel by stamp, label, or other- wise; and all medicinal jireparations imported without such names so affixed shall be adjudged to be forfeited. Sec. 2935. If, on examination, any drugs, medicines, medicinal prep- arations, whether chemical or otherwise, including medicinal essential oils, are found, in the opinion of the examiner, to l)e so far adulterated, or in any manner deteriorated, as to render them inferior in strength and purity to the standard established by the United States, Pklinburgh, London, French, and German pharmacopceias and dispensatories, and thereby improper, unsafe, or dangerous to be used for medicinal pur- poses, a return to that effect shall be made upon the invoice, and the articles so noted shall not pass the custom house, unless, on a re-exami- nation of a strictly analytical character, called for by the owner or con- signee, the return of the examiner shall be found erroneous, and it is declared as the result of such analysis, that the articles may properly, safely, and without danger, be used for medicinal puri)oses. Sec. 293G. The owner or consignee shall at all times, when dissatisfied with the examiner's return, have the privilege of calliuir, at his own $ See sec. 30l2f-3014. 372 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. expense, for a re-examinatiou ; aud the collector, upon receiving a deposit of such sum as he may deem sufficient to defray such expense, shall procure some competent analytical chemist possessing the confi- dence of the medical profession, as well as of the colleges of medicine and pharmacy, if any such institutions exist in the State in which the collection-district is situated, [to make]* acareful analj^sis of the articles in- cluded in the return, and a report upon the sameunder oath, Jn case this report, which shall be final, shall declare the return of the examiner to be erroneous, and the articles to be of the requisite strength and purity, according to the standards referred to in the next preceding section, the entire invoice shall be passed without reservation, on pay- ment of the customary duties. Sec, 2937. If the examiner's return, however, shall be sustained by the aualj^sis and report, the articles shall remain in charge of the col- lector, and the owner or consignee, on payment of the charges of storage, and other expenses necessarily incurred by the United States, and on giving a bond with sureties satisfactory to the collector to land the articles out of the limits of the United States, shall have the privi- lege of re-exporting them at any time within the period of six months after the report of the analysis ; but if the articles shall not be sent out of the United States within the time specified, the collector, at the exjjiration of that time, shall cause the same to be destroyed, and hold the owner or consignee responsible to the United States for the pay- ment of all charges, in the same manner as if the articles had been re- exported. t Sec. 2938. One of the assistant appraisers at the port of Xew York, to be appointed with special reference to his qualifications for such duties, shall, in addition to the duties that may be required of him hj the appraiser, perform the duties of a special examiner of drugs, medi- cines, chemicals, and so forth. Sec. 2939. The collector of the port of Xew York shall not, under any circumstances, direct to be sent for examination and appraisement less than one package of every invoice, and one package at least out of every ten packages of merchandise, and a greatei- number should he, or the appraiser, or any assistant appraiser, deem it necessary. When the Secretary of the Treasury, however, from the character and description of the merchandise, may be of the opinion that the examination of a less proportion of packages will ampl^- protect the revenue, he may, by special regulation, direct a less number of ])ackages to be examined. Sec. 2940. The Secretary of the Treasury may, on the nomination of the appraiser, appoint such number of examiners at the port of !Xew York as the Secretary may in writing determine to be necessary, to aid each of the assistant appraisers in the examination, inspection, and ap- praisement of merchandise. No person shall be appointed such exami- ner who is not, at the time of his appointment, practically and thoroughly acquainted with the character, quality, and value of the article in the examination and appraisement of which he is to be employed ; nor shall any such examiner enter upon the dischai'ge of his duties, assuch, until he sliall have taken and subscribed an oath faithfully and diligently to discharge such duties. Sec. 2941. No appraiser, assistant appraiser, examiner, clerk, verifier, sampler, messenger, or other person employed in the departments of appraisal at the port of New York, or any of them, shall engage or be * These words are omitted in the original act. (See Act of Jnue 26, 1848, chap. 70, stc. 4.) tSee sees. 2611 and 2731. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 373 mployed in any commercial or mercantile business, or act as agent for any person engaged in such business, during the term of his appoint- ment. Sec. 2942. All provisions relating to the duties of appraisers, or to any proceedings consequent or dependent ui)on the action of such ap- praisers and not inconsistent with the provisions relating to the ap- praiser and assistant appraisers at the port of New York, shall be con- strued to apply to them. Sec. 2943. One of the assistant appraisers at the port of New York shall be detailed by the appraiser for the supervision of the depart- ment for the examination of merchandise damaged on the voyage of im- portation, and as far as practicable to make examinations and appraisals of such or any other merchandise as the appraiser may direct, and in all cases truly to report to him the extent of such damage, or the true value of the merchandise appraised, as the case may be, according to law ; such report to be subject to revision, correction, and approval by the appraiser, and to be transmitted to the collector in the same manner as other appraisals. Sec. 2944. If at any time, from an increase of importation, or from any other cause, there shall be found upon thefloors of the public stores in the city of New York an accumulation of merchandise awaiting appraisement, the appraiser shall, under regulations established by the Secretary of the Treasury, direct the assistant appraisers, and others associated with them in this branch of the public business, to devote time beyond the usual business liours, in each day, during daylight, to their resi)ective duties, so that the business of appraisement may be faithfully and more promptly dispatched. * Sec. 2945. Any merchant who shall be chosen by the collector to make any appraisement required under any act respecting imports and tonnage,'and who shall, after due notice of such choice has been given to him in writing, decline or neglect to assist at such appraisement, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, and to the costs of prosecution therefor. t Sec. 294G. Wiien merchandise is entered at ports where there are no appraisers, the mode hereinbefore prescribed of ascertaining the foreign value thereof shall be carefully observed by the revenue officers to whom is committed the estimating and collection of duties. Sec. 2947. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority to direct the appraisers for any collection-district to attend in any other collection- district for the purpose of appraising any merchandise imported therein. Sec. 2948. No portion of the additional duties provided by this Title shall be deemed a:)ne, penalty, or forfeiture, for the purpose of being distributed to any officer of the customs, but the whole amount thereof, when received, shall be paid directly into the Treasury. t Sec. 2949. The Secretary of the Treasury from time to time shall establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, to secure a just, faithful, and impartial appraisal of all merchandise imported into the United States, and just and proper entries of such actual market-value or wholesale price thereof, and of the square yards, parcels, or other quantities, as the case may require, and of such actual market-value or wiiolesale price of each of them. The Secretary of the Treasury shall report all such rules and regulations, with the reasons therefor, to the then next session of Congress. * Compare sec, 2610. (See also sees. 2609 and 29:?0.) t See sec. 2609. J See sec. 252 for conipaiisou with tins section. 374 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 2950. The certificate of any oue of the appraisers of the dutiable vahie of any imported merchandise required to be appraised, shall be deemed to be the appraisement of such merchandise required by law to be made by such appraisers. Where merchandise shall be entered at ports where there are no appraisers, the certificate of the revenue officer to whom is committed the estimatihg and collection of duties of the dutiable value of any merchandise required to be appraised, shall be deemed and taken to be the appraisement of such mejchandise required by law to be made by such officer. ^ Sec. 2951. Wherever the word " ton " is used in this chapter, in refer- ence to weight, it shall be construed as meaning twenty hundred- weight, each hundred-weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois. Sec. 2952. The words " value" and '< valued," usod in this chapter, shall be construed as meaning the true market-value of merchandise in the principal markets of the country from whence exported at the date of exportation. Sec. 2953. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the leasing or hiring of such buildings oraccommodationsasmay be required for the use of the United States appraisers for the due examination and appraisal of imported merchandise at the ports where such officers are provided by law, nor to prohibit the leasing or hiring by collectors of the customs, for short periods, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, of such stores as may be required for customhouse purposes at anj" of the smaller revenue ports of the United States. the bond and warehouse SYSTEM.* (Revised Statutes, chap. 7.) Sec. 2954. The Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, lease such warehouses as he deems necessary for the storage of unclaimed goods, or goods which for any other reason are required by law to be stored by the Government. Sec. 2955. No leases shall be entered into by the United States for any warehouses for the storage of warehoused or unclaimed merchandise at any port where there may exist any private bonded warehouses: Frovided, That such buildings may be leased as may be required for the use of appraisers for the examination and ai)praisal of imported mer- chandise at ports where such officers are provided bylaw ; and collectors may lease, for short periods, at any of the smaller i)orts, such stores as may be required for custom-house purposes, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2956. All warehouses hired by the collector, naval officer, or surveyor, shall be on public account, and paid for b\' the collector as such, and shall be appropriated exclusively to the use of receiving foreigu merchandise, subject, as to the rates of storage, to regulation by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2957. No collector or other officer of the customs shall enter into any contract or agreement for the use of any building to be there- after erected as a public store or warehouse, and qo lease of any building to be so used shall betaken for a longer period than three years, nor shall rent be paid, in whole or in part, in any case, in advance. Sec. 2958. Cellars and vaults of stores for the storage of wines and * See sees, 251, 2816-28:U, and 3433-3434. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 375 distilled spirits onl}-, aud yards for the storarovisions of any act regulating imports and tonnage, the same shall be deposited in the public ware house, and shall there remain, at the expense aud risk of the owner until such invoice is produced. Nothing herein contained shall be understood to prohibit the sale of such quantities of merchandise so stored as nmy be necessary to discharge the duties thereon, and all in- tervening charges, at the time or times when such duties shall become due and payable. Sec. 2964. In all cases of failure or neglect to pay the duties witlrn 376 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. the period allowed by law to the importer to make eutry thereof, or whenever the owner, importer, or consignee shall make entry for ware- housing the same, in writing, in such form and supported by such proof as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the merchan- dise shall be taken possession of by the collector, and deposited in the public stores, or in other stores to be agreed on by the collector or chief revenue officer of the port, and the importer, owner, or consignee, such stores to be secured under the joint locks of the inspector and importer, there to be kept with due and reasonable care, at the charge and risk of the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and subject at all times to their order, upon payment of the proper duties and expenses, to be ascertained on due entry thereof for warehousing, and to be secured by a bond of the owner, importer, or consignee, with surety to the satis- faction of the collector, in double the amount of the duties, and in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Sec. 2965. Unclaimed merchandise required by existing laws to be taken possession of by collectors of the customs may be stored in any public warehouse owned or leased by the United States, or in any private bonded warehouse authorized by this Title, and all charges for storage, labor, and other expenses accruing on any such merchandise, not to exceed in any case the regular rates for such objects at the port in question, must be paid before delivery of the goods on due entry thereof by the claimant or owner; or if sold as unclaimed goods, to realize the import duties, the charges shall be paid by the collector out of the proceeds of the sale thereof before paying such proceeds into the Treasury as required by existing laws. 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 theentry of Sec. 2967. Merchandise imported into the port of Louisville, and des- tined for Jefferson ville, may be landed and warehoused at Jefierson- ville, under tbe custody and control of the surveyor of the port of Louis- ville. Sec. 2968. The Secretary of the Treasury may extend the privileges of the provisions relating to warehouses, and the regulations of the Treasury Department relating thereto, to the port of Albany. Sec. 2969. All merchandise of which the collector shall take posses- sion under the provisions relating to the time for the discharge of a vessel's cargo shall be kept with due and reasonable care at the charge and risk of the owner. Sec. 2970. Any njerchandise deposited in bond in any public or pri- vate bonded warehouse may be withdrawji for consumption within one year from the date of original importation on payment of the duties and charges to which it may be subject by law at the time of such with- drawal; and after the expiration of one year from the date of original importation, and until the expiration of three years from such date, any merchandise in bond may be withdrawn for consumption on payment NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 377 of the duties assessed ou the orio'iiial entry and charges, and an addi- tional duty of ten per centum of the amount of such duties and charges. Sec. 2971. All merchandise which may be deposited in public store or bonded warehouse may be withdrawn by the owner for exportation to foreign countries ; or may be transshipped to any port of the Pacific or western coast of the United States at any time before the expiration of three years from the date of original importation; such goods on arrival at a Pacific or western port to be subject to the same rules and regulations as if originally imported there. Any goods remaining in public store or bonded warehouse beyond three years shall be regarded as abandoned to the Government, and sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury. In computing this period of three years, if such expor- tation or transshipment of any merchandise shall, either for the whole or any part of the term of three years, have been prevented by reason of any order of the President, the time during which such exportation or transshipment of such merchandise shall have been so ])revented shall be excluded from the computation. Merchandise withdrawn for exportation shall be subject only to the payment of such storage and charges as may be due thereon. Sec. 2972. The Secretary of the Treasury, in case of any sale of any merchandise remaining in public store or bonded warehouse beyond three years, may pay to the owner, consignee, or agent of such mer- chandise, the proceeds thereof, after deducting duties, charges, and expenses, in conformity with the provision relating to the sale of mer- chandise remaining in a warehouse for more than one year. Sec. 2973. If any merchandise shall remain in public store beyond one year, without payment of the duties and charges thereon, except as hereinbefore })rovided, then such merchandise shall be appraised by the appraisers, if there be any at such port, and if none, then by two merchants to be designated and sworn by the collector for that purpose, and sold by the collector at public auction, on due public notice thereof being first given, in the manner and for the time to be prescribed by a general regulation of the Treasury Department. At such public sale, distinct printed catalogues descriptive of such merchandise, with the appraised value affixed thereto, shall be distributed among the persons present at such sale. A reasonable opportunity shall be given before such sale, to persons desirous of purchasing, to inspect the quality of such merchandise. The proceeds of such sales, after deducting the usual rate of storage at the port in question, with all other charges and expenses, including duties, shall be paid over to the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and proper receipts taken for the same. Sec. 2974. The overplus, if any there be, of the proceeds of such sales, after the payment of storage, charges, expenses, and duties, remaining unclain)ed Ibr the space of ten days after such sales, shall be paid by the collector into the Treasury of tlie United States; and the collector shall transmit to the Treasury Department, with the overplus, a copy of the inventory, api)raisement, and account of sales, specifying the marks, numbers, and descriptions of the packages sold, their contents, and api)raised value, the name of the vesse.l and master in which, and of the i)ort whence, it was imported, and the time when, and the name of the i)erson to whom such merchandise was consigned in the manifest, and the duties and charges to wliich the several consignments were re- spectively subject ; and the receipt or certificate of the collector shall exonerate the master of any vessel in which such merchandivse was im- jiorted, from all claim of the owner thereof, who shall, nevertheless, on 578 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. due proof of his interest, be entitled to receive from the Treasury the amount of any overplus paid into the same under the provisions of this Title. Sec. 2975. All merchandise of a perishable nature, and all gunpow- der and explosive substances, except fire-crackers, deposited in any pub- lic or private bonded warehouse, shall be sold forthwith. Sec. 2976. Any collector of the customs is authorized, under such di- rections and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to sell, upon due notice, at public auction, any unclaimed merchandise deposited in public warehouse whenever the same may from depreciation in value, damage, leakage, or other cause, in the opin- ion of such collector, be likely to prove insufficient, on a sale thereof, to pay the duties, storage, and other charges if suffered to remain in public store for the period allowed by law in the case of unclaimed mer- chandise. Sec. 2977. Merchandise ui)on which duties have been paid may re- main in warehouse in custody of the officers of the customs at the ex- pense and risk of the owners of such merchandise, and if exported di- rectly from such custody to a foreign country within three years, shall be entitled to return duties. But proper evidence of such merchandise having been landed abroad shall be furnished to the collector by the importer, and one per centum of the duties shall be retained by the Gov- ernment. * Sec. 2978. No merchandise subject to duty shall be entered for draw- back, or exported for drawback, after it is withdrawn from the custody of the ofticers of the customs, except as provided in section 3025. Sec. 2979. If the owner, importer, consignee, or agent of any mer- chandise on which the duties have not been paid, shall give to the col- lector satisfactory security that the merchandise shall be landed out of the jurisdiction of the IJnited States, in the manner required by the laws relating to exportations for the benefit of drawback, the collector and naval officer, if any, on an entry to re-ex[)ort the same, shall, upon payment of the appropriate expenses, x>ermit the merchandise, uuder the inspect:ion of the proper ofiflcers, to be shipped without the payment of any duties thereon. Sec. 2980. No merchandise shall be withdrawn from any warehouse in which it may be deposited, in a less quantity tlian in an entire pack- age, bale, cask, or box, unless in bulk ; nor shall merchandise so im- ported in bulk be delivered, except in the whole quantity of each parcel, or in a quantity not less than one ton weight, unless by si)ecial author- ity of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2981. Whenever the collector or other chief officer of the cus- toms of any port shall be notified in writing bj^ the owner or consignee of any vessel or vehicle, arriving from any foreign port, of a lien for freight on any merchandise inii)orted in such vessel or vehicle, and re- maining in his custody, such officer may refuse the delivery of such mer- chandise from any public or bonded warehouse, or other place in which the same shall be dei)osited, until proof to his satisfaction shall be pro- duced that the freight due thereon has been paid or secured ; but the rights of the United States shall not be prejudiced thereby, nor shall the United States or its officers be in any manner liable for losses con- sequent upon such refusal to deliver. If merchandise so subject to a lien, regarding which notice has been filed, shall be forfeited to the United States and sokl, the freight due thereon shall be paid from the * See sees. 3025 and 3036. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 379 proceeds of such sale in the same manner as other charges and expenses authorized by law to be i)aid therefrom, are paid. [Amended by sec. 10, act Jnne"lO, 1880, 7>osf.| Sec. 2982. The privilege of purchasing supplies from the public ware- houses duty free, shall be extended, under such regulations as the Sec- retary of the Treasury shall prescribe, to the vessels of war of any na- tion in ports of tlie United States which may reciprocate such privilege toward the vessels of war of the United States in its ports. Sec. 2983. In no case shall there be any abatement of the duties or allowance made for any injury, damage, deterioration, loss, or leakage sustained by any merchandise, while deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse. Sec. 2981. The Secretarj^ of the Treasury is hereby authorized, upon production of satisfactory proof to him of the -AiituaX indiifitn/ [injury] or destruction, in whole or in part, of any merchandise, by accidental tire, or other casualty, while the same remained in the custody of the officers of the customs in any public or private warehouse under bond, or in the appraisers' stores undergoing appraisal, in pursuance of law or regula- tions of the Treasury Department, or while in transportation under bond from the port of entry to any other port in the United States, or while in the custody of the officers of the customs iind not in bond, or while within the limits of any port of entry, and before the same have been landed under the supervision of the officers of the customs, to abate or refund, as the case may be, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of impost duties paid or accruing thereupon ; and likewise to cancel any warehouse bond or bonds, or enter satisfaction thereon in whole or in part, as the case may be. Sec. 2985. Any person convicted of altering, defacing, or obliterating any mark which has been placed by any officer of the revenue on any package of warehoused merchandise shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for every such offense. Sec. 2986. If any importer or proprietor of any warehoused merchan- dise, or any person in his employ, shall, by any contrivance, fraudulently open the warehouse, or shall gain access to the merchandise, excei)t in the presence of the proper officer of the customs, acting in the execution of his duty, such i-.nporter or proprietor shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars for every such offense. Sec. 2987. If any warehoused merchandise shall be fraudulently con- cealed in or removed from any public or private warehouse, the same shall be forfeited to the United States; and all persons convicted of fraudulently concealing or removing such mei-(;han(lise, or of aiding or abetting such concealment or removal, shall be liable to the same penalties as are imposed for the fraudulent introduction of merchandise into the United States. * Sec. 2988. The collectors of the several ports of the United States shall make quarterly reports to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to such general instructions as the Secretary may give, of all merchan- dise remaining in the warehouses of their respective ports, specifying the quantity and descr ption of the same. Sec. 2989. The Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time estab- lish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the due execution of the provisions of this chapter and to secure a just ac- countability under the same, as he may deem to be expedient and necessary. * See sec. 2GG. 380 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 2998. Auy person maliciously opening, breaking-, or entering by anv means whatever, any car, vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or pack- age containing any such merchandise so delivered for transportation, or removing, injuring, breaking, or defacing any lock or seal placed upon such car^ vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package, or aiding, abetting, or encouraging any other person or persons so to remove, break, injure, or deface such locks or seals, or to open, break, or enter such car, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to remove or cause to be removed unlawfully any merchandise therein, or in any manner to injure or defraud the United States ; and any person receiving any merchandise unlawfully removed from any such car, vessel, or vehicle, knowing it to have been so unlawfully removed, shall be guilty of felony, and in addition to any penalties heretofore prescribed shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years. Sec. 2999. For the purpose of better guarding against frauds upon the revenue on foreign merchandise transported between the ports of the Atlantic and those of the Pacific overland through any foreign ter- ritory, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint special sworn agents as inspectors of the customs, to reside in such foreign territory where such merchandise may be landed or embarked, with power to superintend the landing or shipping of all merchandise, passing coastwise between the ports of the United States on the Pacific and the Atlantic. It shall be their duty, under such regulations and instructions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to guard against the perpetration of frauds upon the revenue. The compensation paid to such inspectors shall not in the aggregate exceed five thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 3000. Any merchandise, duly entered for warehousing, may be withdrawn under bond, without payment of the duties, from a bonded warehouse in any collection-district, and be transported to a bonded warehouse in any other collection-district, and rewarehoused thereat ; and any such merchandise may be so transported to its destination wholly by land, or wholly by water, or partially by land and partially by water, over such routes as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and may likewise be conveyed over any foreign territory, the government of which may have, or shall by treaty stipulations grant, a free right of way over such territory. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to remit, in whole or in part, on such conditions and under such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may prescribe, the aduitional duty secured by the bond given for the transportation of merchandise from a port in one collection-district to a port in another collection-district i)rescribed by the preceding section: Provided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the failure to transport and deliver the merchandise aforesaid ac- cording to the conditions of the bonds occurred without willful neg- ligence or fraudulent intent on the part of the obligors. Sec. 3001. The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe the form of the bond to be given for the transportation of merchandise from a port in one collection-district to a port in another collection-district as pro- vided in the preceding section; also the time for such delivery; and for a failure to transport and deliver within the time limited auy such bonded merchandise to the collector at the designated port, a duty of double the amount to which such merchandise would be liable shall be collected, which duty shall be secured by such bond, or the merchandise may be seized antl forfeited for such failure, and any steam or other vessel, or vehicle, transporting such bonded merchandise, the master, owner, or conductor of which shall fail to deliver the sanu' to the collector at the NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 381 designated port, shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture. [And the Sec- retary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to remit, in whole or in part, on such conditions and under such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may prescribe, the additional duty secured by the bond given lor the transportation of merchandise from a port in one collection- district to a port in another collection-district prescribed by the preced- ing section: Provided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the failure to transport and deliver the merchandise aforesaid according to the conditions of the bonds occurred without willful negligence or fraudulent intent on the part of the obligors.] Sec. 3002. Any imported merchandise in the original packages which shall have been duly entered and bonded, in pursuance of the provisions relating to warehouses, may be withdrawn from warehouse for immedi- ate exportation, without payment of duties, to Chihuahua, in Mexico, by the route of the Arkansas River, through Van Buren, or by the route of the Red River, through Fulton, or by the route of the Missouri River, through Independence, or by such other routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at * Brownsville, in tne district of Brazos de Santiago, or imported and bonded at any other port of the United States, and trans- ported thence in bond, and duly rewarehoused at * Brownsville, may be withdrawn from warehouse for immediate exportation, without payment of duties, to ports and places in Mexico, by land or water, or partly by land and partly by water, or by such routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 3003. Any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded in any port of the United States may be withdrawn from warehouse with- out payment of duties, for immediate exportation for San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua, in Mexico, through the port of Lavaca, in the collection-district of Saluria, in the State of Texas, and be trans- shipped inland, thence to San Antonio, in that State, and from the lat- ter place to the destinations in Mexico, either by way of Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Xorte, or San Elizario, all on the Rio Grande; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe such regu- lations, not inconsistent with law, as he may deem proper and necessary, respecting the packing, marking, inspection, proof of due delivery iit their foreign destinations of the imports authorized by this and the fore- going section to be exported from warehouse to ports and places iu Mexico, and for tlie due protection in other respects of the public revenue. Sec. 3004. Imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at a port of the United States, and withdrawn from warehouse in accordance with existing law, for exportation for San Fernando, Paso del Xorte, and Chihuahua, in Mexico, may pass through Indianola, the port of entry for the district of Saluria, in Texas, under such regulations as the Sec- retary of the Treasury sluill prescribe, as well as through the port of Lavaca, Sec. 300,j. All merchandise arriving at the ports of Xew York, Bos- ton, Portland in Maine, or any other port specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and destined for i)laces in the adjacent Brit- ish provinces, or arriving at the port of * Brownsville in Texas, or any other port specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and ' Not a port. (See sec. -^578, subdivisiou four; also Act June 16, 1800, chap. 124.) + See note to sec. 300*2. 382 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. destined fur places iu the republic of Mexico, may be entered at the cus- tom-houso, and conveyed, in transit, through the territory of the United States, without the payment of duties, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Sec. 3006. Imported merchandise in bond, or duty paid, and products or manufactures of the United States, may, with the consent of the proper authorities of the British provinces or republic of Mexico, be transported from one port iu the United States to another port therein, over the territory of such provinces or republic, by such routes, and under such rules,' regulations, and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the merchandise so transported shall, U])on ariival in the United States from such provinces or republic, be treated in regard to the liability to or exem])tion from duty, or tax, as if the transportation had taken place entiiely within the limits of the United States. Sec. 3(>07. Kailroad-cars or other vehicles laden with merchandise, sealed by a customs oflicer, passing, under the provisions of the preced- ing section and the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, from one port in the United States to another therein, through foreign con- tiguous territory, shall be exempt from the payment of any fees for re- ceiving or certifying manifests thereof. Sec. 3008. No merchandise exported to Mexico or the British North American Provinces shall be voluntarily landed or brought into the United States; and any so lauded or brought into the United States shall be forfeited ; and the same proceeding shall be had for its condem- nation, and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales, as in other cases of forfeiture of merchandise illegally imported. Every })er»on concerned iu the voluntary landing or bringing such merchandise into ths United States shall be^liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars. PAYMENT. (Revised Statutes, chap. 8.) * Sec. 3009. All duties upon imports shall be collected in ready money, and shall be paid in coin or coin certificates or in United States notes, payable on demand, authorized to be issued prior to the twenty-fifth Iday of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and by aw receivable in payment of public dues. (See act February 28, 1878.J Sec. 30L0. All money paid to any collector of the customs, or to any person acting as such, for unascertained duties or for duties paid under protest against the rate or amount of duties charged, shall be placed to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, and shall not be held by the collector, or person acting as such, to await any ascertainment of duties, or the result of any litigation in relation to the rate or amount of duty legally chargeable and collectible in any case where money is so paid. f Sec. 3011. Any person who shall have made payment under protest and in order to obtain possession of merchandise imported for him, to any collector, or person acting as collector, of any money as duties, when such amount of duties was not, or was not wholly, authorized by law, may maintain an action in the nature of an action at law, which * See sees. 254, 3048, (last clause,) 3473, 3694, and Title XXXIX, "Legal Tender." i See sees. 2931 and 2932. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 383 shall be triable by jury, to ascertain tbe validity of such demand aud payment of duties, and to recover back any excess so paid, lint no recovery shall be allowed in such action unless a j)rotest and appeal shall have been taken as prescribed in section twenty-nine hundred and thirty-one. * Sec. 3012. Xo suit shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of duties allejied to have been erroneously or illegally exacted by col- lectors of customs, unless the plaintiff, within thirty days after due no- tice of the appearance of the defendant, either in person or by attorney, serves on the defendant or his attorney a bill of particulars of the plaiutiti's demand, giving the name of the importer or importers, the description of the mercbandise, and place from which imported, the name of the vessel, or means of importation, the date of the invoice, the date of the entry at the custom-house, the precise amount of duty claimed to have been exacted in excess, the date of payment of said du- ties, the day and year on which protest was filed against the exaction thereof, the date of appeal thereon to the Secretary of the Treasury, and date of decision, if any, on such appeal. And if a bill of particu- lars, containing all the above-mentioned items, be not served as afore- said, a judgment of non pros, shall be rendered against the i)laintifl:' or plaintiffs in said action. *Sec. 3012i. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that, in any case of unascertained duties, or duties or other moneys paid under protest and ajjpeal, as hereinbefore provided, more money has been paid to the collector, or person acting as such, than the law requires should have been paid, the Secretary of the Treasury shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the person entitled to the overpayment, directing the Treasurer to refund the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. * Sec. 3013. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Sec- retary of the Treasury that more moneys have been paid to the collector of customs, or others acting as such, than the law requires, and the party has failed to comply with the requirements relating to appeals to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that such non-compliance with the requirements as above stated was owing to circumstances beyond the control of the importer, consignee, or agent making such payments, he may draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the person entitled to the overpayment, directing the Treasurer to refund the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3014. In all proceedings brought by the United States in any court for due recovery as well of duties upon imports alone as of i)enal- ties for the non-payment thereof, the judgment shall recite that the same is rendered for duties, and such judgnient, interest, and costs shall be payable in the coin by law receivable for duties, and the execution issued on such judgment shall set forth that the recovery is for duties, and shall require the marshal to satisfy the same in the coin by law receivable for duties; and in case of levy u])on andsaleof the])roperty of the judgment debtor, the marshal shall refuse i)ayment from any ])ur- chaser at such sale in any other money than that specified in the execu- tion. * See sees. 2931 and 2932. 384 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. DRAWBACK.* (Revised Statutes, chap. 9.) - Sec. 3015. A drawback of duties, as prescribed by law, shall be al- lowed and paid on all merchandise imported into the United States, in respect to all such merchandise as shall be exported to any foreign port other than the dominions of any foreign state immediately adjoining to the United States, either from the district of original importation, or from certain other districts | ; and all duties, drawbacks, and allowances which shall be payable, or allowable, on any specific quantity of mer- chandise, shall be deemed to apply in proportion to any greater or less quantity, except as herein otherwise provided. Sec. 3016. No merchandise imported shall be entitled to a drawback of the duties paid, unless the duties so paid shall amount to fifty dol- lars at least ; nor unless they [it] shall be exported in the original casks, cases, chests, boxes, trunks, or other packages in which they were [it was] imported, withoutdiminution or change of the articles which were therein contained, at the time of importation, in quantity, quality, or value, nec- essary or unavoidable wastage or damage only excepted. Sec. 3017. No drawback of tbe duties shall be allowed on merchan- dise entitled to debenture under existing laws, unless such merchandise shall be exported from the United States within three years from the date of the imi)ortatiou of the same. One per centum on the amount of all drawbacks allowed shall be retained for the use of the United States by the collectors paying such drawbacks, respectively. Sec. 3018. All drugs, medicines, and chemical preparations entered for exportation and deposited in warehouse or public store, may be exported by the owner thereof in the original package, or otherwise, subject to such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 3019. There shall be allowed on all articles wholly manufactured of materials imported, on which duties have been paid[,] when exported, a drawback equal in amount to the duty paid on such materials, and no more, to be ascertained uuder such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Seciretary of the Treasury. Ten per centum on the amount of al[lj drawbacks so allowed shall, however, be retained for the use of the United States by the collectors paying such drawbacks respect- ively. Sec. 3020. Where fire-arms, scales, balances, shovels, spades, axes, hatchets, hammers, plows, cultivators, mowing-machines, and reapers, manufactured with stock [s] or handles made of wood grown in the United States, are exported for benefit of drawback under the preceding section, such articles shall be entitled to such drawback m all cases where the imported material exceeds one-half of the value of the ma- terial used, and/ where cans, manufactured in whole or in part of im- ported material, filled with products grown or produced in the United States, are exported for benefit of such drawback, the same shall, in all cases, be entitled to the drawback provided for in the preceding section where the imported material used in the manufacture of such cans shall equal seventy per centum of the value of all material used in the manufacture thereof. Sec. 3021. Railroad-iron, partially or wholly worn, may be imported into the United States without payment of duty, under bond to be with- " See internal-revenue drawback, sees. 3329, 3330, 3386, and .3441-3443. t See sees. 2977 and 2978. X See sec. 3036. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 385 (Irawu and exported after saeh railroad-iron sball have been repaired or reinanutactured. Tlie Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be neces- sary to protect the revenue against fraud, and secure the identity, character, and weight of all such importations when again withdrawn and exported, restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more of than six months from the date of the importation. Sec. 3022. Imported salt in bond maybe used in curing lish, taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and upon proof that the salt has been used in curing fish, the duties on the same shall be remitted. Sec. 3023. Upon all merchandise gaugeable by law, hereafter exported, upon which drawback or return duty is allowed, and upon all merchan- dise gaugeable by law, withdrawn from bonded warehouses for export, there shall be collected by the collectors of the several ports ten cents per cask. Sec. 3024. Upon all weighable articles hereafter exported, upon which a drawback or return duty is allowed, and upon all weighable merchandise withdrawn from bonded warehouses for export, there shall be collected by the collectors of the several ports three cents per hun- dred pounds, to be determined by the returns of the weighers. *Sec.3025. Noreturnof the dutiesshallbe allowed on the export of any merchandise after it has been removed from the custody and control of the Government, except in the cases provided in sections three thousand and nineteen, three thousand and twenty, three thousand and twenty- two, and three thousand and twenty-six. Sec. 302G. There shall be a drawback on foreign saltpeter, manufact- ured into gunpowder in the United States and exported therefrom, equal in amount to the duty paid on the foreign saltpeter from which it shall be manufactured, to be ascertained under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and no more. The word "saltpeter" as used in this section shall be construed to mean the element of niter, so used, whether it be the nitrate of potash or the nitrate of soda. Ten per centum on the amount of drawbacks so allowed shall, however, be retained for the use of the United States by the- collectors paying such drawbacks respectively. EC. 3027. No part of the additional or discriminating duty imposed by aw on merchandise on account of its importation in foreign vessels shall be allowed to be drawback, but the whole shall be retained. Sec. 3028. Where articles are imported in bulk they shall be exported in the packages, if any, in which they were landed ; for which purpose the ofacer delivering the same shall return the packages they may be put into, if any, with their marks and numbers, and they shall not be entitled to drawback, unless ex]»orted in such packages, which shall be deemed the packages of original importation, nor unless they fully agree with the return made by the officer. Sec. 3029. It shall be lawful for the exporter of any liquors in casks, or any unrefined sugars, to fill up the casks or packages out of other casks'" or packages included in the same original importation, or into new casks or packages corresponding therewith, to be marked and numbered as the original casks or packages, in case the original casks ~~ * See sec. 3036. H. Mis. 391 25 386 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. or packages shall, in the opinion of the officer appointed to examine the same, be so injured as to be rendered unfit for exportation, and in no other case. The filling- up or change of package must, however, be done under the inspection of a ])roper officer, api)ointed for that purpose by the collector and naval officer, where any, of the port from which such liquors or unrefined sugars are intended to be exported ; and the draw- back on articles so filled up, or of whi(;h the packages have been changed, shall not be allowed without such inspection. Sec. 3030. When the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, of any merchandise entitled to debenture, may wish to transfer the same into packages, other than those in which the merchandise was originally imported, the collector of the port where the same may be shall permit the transfer to be made, if necessary for the safety or preservation thereof. Sec. 3031. Due notice of the wish to make such transfer, in writing, setting forth sufficient cause for the transfer, shall be given to the col- lector^ who shall appoint an inspector of the revenue to ascertain if the allegation be true, and, if found correct, to superintend the transfer, aud'to cause the marks and numbers upon the original packages to be inscribed upon the packages into which the merchandise shall be trans- ferred. Sec. 3032. Every importer, owner, consignee, agent, or exporter, who shall enter merchandise for imi)ortation, or for exportation, or trans- portation from one i)ort to another, with the right of drawback, shall deposit with the collector the original invoice of such merchandise, if not before deposited with the collector, and in that case an authenti- cated copy thereof, to be filed and preserved by him in the archives of the custom-house, which shall be signed by such importer, owner, con- signee, agent, or exporter, and the oath to be made on the entry of such merchandise shall be annexed thereto. Sec. 3033. It shall be the duty of the collector to cause all merchan- dise entered for re-exportation, with the right of drawback, to be in- spected, and the articles thereof compared with their respective invoices, before a permit shall be given for lading the same; and where the merchandise so entered shall be found not to agree with the entry it shall be forfeited. Sec. 3034. All merchandise, subject to ad-valorem duty, and intended for exportation, with benefit of drawback, which shall be transported from one district to another, shall be accompanied by a copy from the invoice, of the cost thereof, certified by the collector of the district from which it may have been last reshipped, which certified copy shall be produced to the collector of the district from Avhich such merchandise is intended to be exported ; and such merchandise, as well as all such merchandise subject to ad-valorem duty, as shall be exported from the district into which it may have been originally imported, shall be in- spected by the appraisers at the time of exportation, in the same man- ner as on the importation of such merchandise ; and if the same is found not to correspond with the original invoice, the merchandise shall be subject to forfeiture. Sec. 3035. The collector shall direct the surveyor, where any, to in- spect, or cause to be inspected, the merchandise notified for exporta- tion, and if it is found to correspond fully with the notice and proof con- cerning the same, the collector, together with the naval officer, if any, shall grant a permit for lading the same on board of the vessel named in such notice and entry. Such lading shall be performed under the su- perintendence of the officer by whom the same has been so inspected; and NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 387 the exporter sbiill make oatli that the uiercliaiulise, so uoticed for expor- tation, and laden on board .such vessel, previous to the clearance there- of, or within ten days after such clearance, is truly intended to be ex- l)orted to the place whereof notice has been given, and is not intended to be relauded within the United States; otherwise the merchandise shall not be entitled to the benefit of drawback. Sec. 3036, All merchandise imported into the United States, the du- ties on which have been paid, or secured to be paid, may be transported by land, or partly by land and partly by water, or coastwise, from the district into which it was imported to any port of entry and exported from such i)ort of entry with the benefit of drawback. Sec. 3037. Whenever the exporter eiiteriu.y- any merchandise, for the benefit of drawback, shall not have completed such entry, by taking the oath or giving- the bond required by the existing laws, within the period prescribed by law, but shall offer to complete the entry after the expi- ration of the period, the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon applica- tion to him made, by the exporter, setting forth the cause of his omission, under oath, and accompanied by a statement of the collector of all the circumstances attending the transaction within the knowledge of such collector, if he shall be satisfied that the failure to complete the entry Avas accidental, without any intention to evade the law or defraud the revenue, direct the entry to be completed, aud the certificates or deben- tures, as the case may be, to issue in the same manner, as if such eutr^ had been completed within the period prescribed by the existing laws of the United States. Sec, 3038. All debentures shall be issued and made payable to the original importer of the merchandise, entered for exportation, whenever the same shall be requested, in writing, by the exporter, and not other- wise. In res])ect to any merchandise, on which the duties shall have been paid prior to an eutry for exportation, the debeuture for the amount of the drawback of such duties shall be made payable in fifteen days, to be computed from the time of signing the bond, to be given as herein- after directed. Sec, 3030, Whenever payment of any debenture is refused by the col- lector of the district where it was granted, for a longer time than three days, after the same shall have become payable, such refusal to be proved in the same manner as the non-payment of a bill of exchange, the pos- sessor or assignee of such debeuture may bring suit thereupon against the persou to whom it was originally granted or against any indorser thereof. Sec, 3040, Debentures shall be assignable by delivery and indorse ment of the parties who may receive the same. Sec. 3041, Where any merchandise is exported from any other dis- trict than the one into which it was originally imported, the collector of such district, togetiier with the naval officer thereof, where there is one, shall grant to the exporter a certificate, expressing that such merchan- dise was exi)orted from such district, with the marks, numbers, and de- scriptions of the packages and their contents, the names of the master and vessel in which and the port to which it was exported, and by whom, aud the names of the vessel and master in which it was brought, and by whom shipped at the district from whence it came, and the amount of the drawback to which it is entitled. Such certificate shall entitle the possessor thereof to receive from the collector of the district with whom the duties on the merchandise were paid* a debenture or deben- tures, for the amount of the drawback expressed in the certificate, paya- 388 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ble at tbe same time, and in like manner as is herein directed for deben- tures on mercbandivse exported from the port of original importation. Sec. 3042. The collector may refnse to grant such debenture, in case it shall appear to hina that any error has arisen, or any fraud has been committed; and in case of snch refusal, if the debeuture claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars, it shall be the duty of the collector to rep- resent the case to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall determine whether snch dc-benture shall be granted or not. In no case, moreover, of an exportation of goods shall a drawback be paid, until the duties on the importtition thereof shall have been first received. Sec. 3043. Before the receipt of any debenture, in case of exportation from tbe district of original importation, and in case of exportation from any other district before the receipt of any such certificate, as is hereinbefore required to be granted, the person applying for such deben- ture or certificate shall, previous to such receipt, and before the clear- ance of the vessel in which the merchandise was laden for exportation, give bond, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, who is to grant such debenture or certificate, as the case may be, in a sum equal to double the amount of th<' sum for which such debeuture or certificate is granted, conditioned that snch merchandise, or any part thereof, shall not be relanded in any port within the limits of the IJnited States, and that the exporter shall produce, within the time herein lim- ited, the ])roofs and certificates required of such merchandise having been delivered without such limits. Sec. 3044. All bonds which may be given for any merchandise ex- ported from the United States, and on which any drawback of duties or allowance shall be payable, in virtue of such exportation, shall and may be discharged, and not otherwise, by producing within one year from the date thereof, if the exportation be made to any port of Europe or America, or within two years, if made to any part of At-ia or Africa, a certificate uuder the hand of the consignee at the foreign port to whom the merchandise shall have been addressed, therein particularly setting forth aud describing the articles so exported, their marks, numbers, description of ])ackages, the uumber thereof, aud their actual contents, and declaring that the same have been received by them from on board the vessel, specifying the names of the master and vessel from which they were so received ; and where such merchandise is not consigned or addressed to any particular person at the foreign port to which the vessel is destined, or may arrive, but where the master, or other person on board such vessel may be the consignee of such merchandise, a cer- tificate from the person to whom such merchandise may be sold or deliv- ered, by such master or other person, shall be produced to the same effect as that required if the peison receiving the same were originally intended to be the consignee thereof. Sec. 3045. In addition to such certificate, it shall be necessary to pro- duce a certificate under the hand and seal of the consul or agent of the United States, residing at the place, declaring either that the facts stated in the certificate of such consignee, or other person, are to his knowledge true, or that such certificate is deserving of full faith and credit; which certificates of the consignee, or other person, and consul or agent, shall, in all cases, as respects the landing or delivery of the merchandise, be confirmed by the oath of the master and mate, if living, or, in case of their death, by the oath of the two principal surviving ofti- cers of the vessel in which the exportation shall be made. Where there is no consul or agent of the United States residing at the place of deliv- ery, the certificate of the consignee, or other person hereinbefore re- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 589 quired, shall be confirmed by the certificate of two reputable Americau merchants residing at tlie place, or if tlieie are uo such American mer- chants, then bv the certificate of two rejiutable foreion merchants, tes- tifying- that the several facts stated in such consignee or other person's certificate, are, to their knowledge, just and true, or that such certificate is, iu their opiuion, worthy of full tiiith and credit ; and such certificate shall also be supported by the oath of the nuister and mate, or other principal officers of the vessel, in manner as before prescribed. The oath of the master and mate, or other i)riucipal ofiUcers, shall, iu all cases, when taken at a foreign port, be takeu and subscribed before the consul or agent of the United States residing at such foreign port, if anv such consul or ageut reside thereat. Sec. 304G. It shall be lawful for the consuls or agents of the United States, residing at the foreign ports, to demand twenty-five cents for administering each oath and one dollar for granting each certificate re- quired by the preceding section, and if any consul or ageut shall de- mand otiier or greater'fees than are thus allowed, his bond shall be forfeited. Sec. 3047. In cases of loss by sea, or by capture or other unavoidable accident, or when, from the uature of the trade, the proofs and certifi- cates before required are not, and cannot be, procured, the exporter shall be allowed to adduce to the collector of the port of exportation such other i)roofs as they [he] may have, and as the nature of the case will admit ; which ])roofs shall, with a statement of all the circumstances at- tending the tranaction within the knowledge of such collector, be transinitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall have power to allow a further reasonable time for obtaining such inoofs ; or if he be satisfied with the truth and validity of the proofs adduced, to direct the bond of such exporter to be canceled. If the amount of such bond shall not exceed the i)enal sum of two hundred dollars, the collector, with the naval officer, where there is one, and alone, when there is none, may, pursuant to such rules as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, admit such proof as may be adduced ; and if they deem the same satisfactory, cancel such bond accordingly. Sec. 3048. So much money as may be necessary for the payment of debentures or drawbacks and allowances which may be authorized and pavable, is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the Treasury, to\)e expended under the lace specified in such notice, he shall sell at public auction the property so seized, and shall deposit the proceeds, after deducting the actual ex- penses of such seizure, publication, and sale, in the Treasury of the United States, as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The collector, however, shall hav^e power to adjourn such sale from time to titDe for a period not exceeding thirty days in all. Sec. 3078. Any person claiming to be interested in the jn-operty sold under the provisions of the preceding section may, within three mouths after such sale, apply to the Secretai\v of the Treasury for a remission of the forfeiture and a restoration of the proceeds of such sale, and the same may be granted by the Secretary ui)on satisfactory proof, to be furnished in such manner as he shall direct, that the applicant, at the time of the seizure and sale. of the property in question, did not know of the seizure, and was in such circumstances as j)revented him from knowing of the same, and that such forfeiture was incurred without will- ful negligence or any intention of fraud on the part of the owner of such property. Sec. 3079. If no application for such remission or restoration shall be made within three months after such sale, the Secretary of the Treasury shall then cause the proceeds of such sale to be distributed in the same NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 395 manner as if such i)roperty had been coudemned and sold in pursuance of a decree of a competent court. ^c. 3080. Whenever seizure shall be made of any property which, in the opinion of the appraisers, is liable to perisli or waste, or to be greatly reduced in value by keepinir, or which cannot be kept without great disproportionate expense, whether such property consists of live animals or merchandise, and when the property thus seized shall not exceed five hundred dollars in value, and when no claim shall have been interposed therefor as is hereinbefore provided, the ai>praisers, if re- quested by the collector or principal ofticer making the seizure, at the time when such appraisal is made, shall certify on oath in their ap- praisal their belief that the property seized is liable to speedy deteri- oration, or that the expenses of its keeping will largely reduce the net proceeds of the sale ; and in case the appraisers thus certify, such collector or other officer may proceed to advertise and sell the same at auction, by giving notice for such time as he may think reasonable, but not less than one week, of such seizure and intended sale, by advertise- ment as is hereinbefore provided ; and the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, subject, nevertheless, to the payment of such claims as shall be presented within three months fropa the day of sale, and allowed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 3081. The collectors of the several districts of the United States, in all cases of seizure of any merchandise for violation of the revenue laws, the appraised value of which, in the district wherein such seizure shall be made, does not exceed one thousand dollars, are hereby au- thorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to release such merchandise on ])ayment of the appraised value thereof. Sec. 3082, If any person shall fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the United States, or assist in so doing, any merchandise, contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, bu^', seli, or in any manner facilitate the tmnsportation, concealment, or sale of such merchandise after importation, knowing tlie same to have been imported contrary to law, such merchandise shall be forfeited and the offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both. Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of such goods, such possession shall be deemed evidence sufficient to authorize conviction, utdess the defend- ant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury. Sec. 3083. Whenever any seizure shall be made for the purpose of enforcing any forfeiture, the collector or other person causing such seiz- ure to be made shall immediately give information thereof to the Soli- citor of the Treasury. * Sec. 3084. The several collectors of (uistoms shall report within ten days to the district attorney of the district in which any fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be incurred ibr the violation of any law of the United States relating to the revenue, a statement of all the facts and circum- stances of the case within their knowledge, or which may come to their knowledge Iron) time to time, stating tlie names of the witnesses, and the i)rovisions of the law believed to be violated, and on which a reliance may be had tor condemnation or conviction. If any collector shall in any case fail to rei)ort to the proi)er district attorney, as prescribed in this section, such collector's right to any compensation, l)enetit, or al- lowance in such case shall be forfeited to the United States, and the same may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be awarded * See sec. S.'W. 396 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. to such persons as may make complaint and prosecute tbe same to judg- ment or conviction. * Sec. 3085. District attorneys, upon receiving tlie rejiort of a collector, shall cause suit and prosecution to be commenced and prosecuted with- out delay for the fines and personal penalties by law in such case pro- vided, unless upou inquiry and examination they shall decide that a conviction cannot probably be obtained, or that the ends of public jus- tice do not require that a suit or prosecution should be instituted, in which case they shall report the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury for his direction. For expenses incurred and services rendered in pros- ecutions for such fines and personal penalties, they shall receive such allowance as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem just and reason- able, upon the certificate of the judge before whom sucli prosecution was had. Sec. 3086. All merchandise or property of any kind seized under the provisions of any law of the United States relating to the customs, shall, unless otherwise provided for by law, be placed and remain in the cus- tody of the collector or other principal officer of the customs of the district in which the seizure shall be made, to abide adjudication by the proper tribunal, or other disposition according to la"^. Sec. 3087. The collector within whose district any seizure shall be made or forfeiture incurred for any violation of the duty laws is hereby enjoined to cause suits for the same to be commenced without delay, and prosecuted to effect; and is, moreover, authorized to receive from the court within which such trial is had, or from the proper officer thereof, the sum recovered, after deducting all proper charges to be allowed by the court ; and on receipt thereof he shall pay and distribute the same without delay, according to law. Sec. 3088. Whenever a vessel, or the owner or master of a vessel, has become subject to a penalty for a violation of the revenue laws of the United States, such vessel shall be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel to recover such penalty. Sec. 3089. Whenever a seizure, condemnation, and sale of merchan- dise takes place within the United States, and the value thereof is less than two hundred and fifty dollars, that part of the forfeiture which accrues to the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be a|)plied to the payment of the cost of the prosecution. Sec. 3090. Prom the proceeds of fines, penalties, and forfeitures in- curred under the provisions of the laws relating to the customs, there shall be deducted such charges and expenses as are by law in each case authorized to be deducted ; and in addition, in case of the forfeiture of imported merchandise of a greater value than five hundred dollars on which duties have not been paid, or in case of a release thereof, upon payment of its appraised value, or of any fine or composition in money, there shall also be deducted an amount equivalent to the duties in coin upon such merchandise, including the additional duties, if any; which shall be credited in the accounts of the collector as duties re- ceived ; and the residue of the proceeds shall be paid into the Treasury of the United Statis, and distributed, under the direction of the Secre- tary, in the manner following, to wit: one-half to the United States; one-fourth to the person giving the information which has led to the seizure, or to the recovery of the fine or penalty, and if there be no in- former other than the collector, naval officer, or surveyor, then to * See sec. 838. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 397 the officer making the seizure; and the remaiiiiug one-fourth to be equally divided between theoollec'or, naval officer, and surveyor, or such of them as are appointed for the district in which the seizure has been made, or the fine or penalty incurred, or if there be only a collector, then to such collector. But where any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, in- curred by virtue of the laws relating to customs, shall be recovered in consequence of any information given by an officer of a revenue-cutter, the proceeds thereof shall, after the legal deductions, including the de- ductions herein authorized, have been made, be disposed of as follows One-fourth to the United States; one-fourth to the officers of the cus- toms, as hereinbefore provided ; and the remainder to the officers of such revenue-cutter, to be divided among them in proportion to their pay. [Superseded by act June 22, 1874, post.] Sec. 3091. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the district judge for any judicial district in the United States, by com- plaint and affidavit, that any fraud on the revenue has been committed by any person interested, or in any way engaged, in the importation or entry \jf merchandise at any port within such district, the judge shall forthwith issue his warrant directed to the marshal of the district, requiring the marshal, by himself or deputy, to enter any place or prem- ises where any invoices, books, or papers are deposited relating to the merchandise in respect to which such fraud is alleged to have been com- mitted, and to take possession of such books or papers and produce them before the judge. [See act June 22, 1874.] Sec. 3092. :Ko warrant for such seizure shall be issued, unless the com- plaint shall set forth the character of the fraud alleged, the nature of the same, and the importations in respect to which it was committed, and the papers to be seized. The warrant issued on such complaint, with report of service and proceedings thereon, shall be returned as other warrants to the district court of the judicial district within which such judge presides. [See act June 22, 1884.] Sec. 3093. Any invoices, books, or papers seized under the provisions of the two preceding sections shall be subject to the order of tlie judge, who shall allow the examination of the same by the collector of customs of the port into which the alleged fraudulent importation has been made, or by any officer duly authorized by the collector. Such invoices, books, or papers may be retained by the judge as long as, in his opinion, the retention thereof may be necessary. [See act June 22, 1874.] Sec. 3094. Nothing contained in this Title shall be construed to ex- empt the masters or owners of vessels from making and subscribing any oaths required by any laws of the United States not immediately relat- ing to the collection of the duties on the importation of merchandise into the United States. PEOVISIONS APPLYING TO COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. (Revised Statutes, cliap. 11.) Sec. 3095. Except into the districts hereinbefore described on the northern, northwestern, and western boundaries of the United States, adjoining to the Dominion of Canada, or into the districts adjacent to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, subject to the payment of duties, shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port in any other manner than by sea, nor in any vessel of 398 NAVIGATION LA^YS OF THE UNITED STATES. less than thirty tons burdeu, aj>reeably to the admeasurement directed for ascertaining- the tonnage of vessels ; or lauded or unladen at any other port than is directed by this Title, uuder the penalty of seizure and forfeiture of all such vessels, and of the merchandise imported therein, lauded or unladen in any other manner. Sec. 3090. All persons may import any merchandise of which the im- portation shall not be entirefy prohibited, into the - wholly or in i)art to a snbject of a for- eign conntry, and shall be taken thence to a foreign port to bereladenaud reshipped to any other port in the United States on such frontiers, either by the same or any other vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one port of the United States to another port of the United States, in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a snbject of any foreign i)()wer, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage-duty of fifty cents per ton on her admeasurement. Sec. 3111. If any vessel enrolled or licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern front- iers of the United States shall touch at any port in the adjacent British provinces, and the master of such vessel shall purchase any merchandise for the use of the vessel, the master of the vessel shall report the same, with cost and quantity thereof, to the collector or other ofticer of the customs at the first port in the United States at which he shall next arrive, designating them as " sea-stores; " and in the oath to be taken by such master of such vessel, on making- such report, he shall declare that the articles so specified or designated "sea stores" are truly intended for the use exclusively of the vessel, and are not intended for sale, trans- fer, or private use. If any other or greater quantity of dutiable articles shall be found on board such vessel than are specified in such report or entry of such articles, or any part thereof shall be landed without a per- mit from a collector or other officer of the customs, such articles to- gether with the vessel, her apparel, tackle, and furniture, shall be for- feited. Sec. 3112. If, ujion examination and inspection by the collector or other officer of the customs, such articles are not deemed excessive in quantity for the use of the vessel, until an American port may be reached by such vessel, where such sea stores can be obtained, such articles shall be declared free of duty ; but if it shall be found that the quantity or quan- tities of such articles, or any ])art thereof so reported, are excessive, it shall be lawful for the collector or other ofticer of the customs to esti- mate the amount of duty on such excess, which shall be forthwith paid by the master of the vessel, on i)enalty of paying a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than four times the value of such excess, or such master shall be punishable by im])risonment for not less than three months, and not more than two years. Sec. 311."). Articles purchased for the use of or for sale on board any such vessel, as saloon stores or sup])lies, shall bedeemed merchandise, and shall be liable, when purchased at a foreign port, to entry and the pay- ment of the duties found to be due thereon, at the first port of arrival of such vessel in the United States; and for a failure on the part of the saloon-keeper or person purchasing or owning such articles to report, make entries, and ])ay duties, as hereinbefore required, such articles, together with the fixtures and other merchandise, found in such saloon or on or about such vessel l)elonging to and owned by such saloon-keeper or other person interested in such saloon, shall be seized and forfeited, and such saloon-keeper or other person so purchasing and owning shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not mor« H. Mis. 391— 2G 402 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. than fivehiiudred, aud shall be i)unishable by impiisoniiieiit for not less than three months, and not more than two years. Sec. 3114. The equipments, or any part thereof, including- boats, pur- chased for, or the expenses of repairs made in a foreign country upon a vessel enrolled and licensed under the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, or a vessel intended to be employed in such trade, shall, on the first arrival of such vessel in any port of the United States, be liable to entry and the payment of an ad-valorem duty of fifty per centum on the cost thereof in such foreign country ; and if the owner or master of such vessel shall willfully and knowingly neglect or fail to report, make entry, and pay duties as herein required, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be seized and forfeited. Sec. 3115. If the owner or master of such vessel shall, however, fur- nish good and suflScient evidence that such vessel, while in the regular course of her voyage, was compelled, by stress of weather or other cas- ualty, to put into such foreign port and purchase such equipments, or make such repairs, to secure the safety of the vessel to enable her to reach her port of destination, then it shall be competent for the Secre- tary of the Treasury to remit or refund such duties, and such vessel shall not be liable to forfeiture, and no license or enrollment and license, or renewal of either, shall hereafter be issued to any such vessel until the collector to whom application is made for the same shall be satisfied, from the oath of the owner or master, that all such equipments and repairs made within the year immediately preceding such application have been duly accounted for under the provisions of this and the pre- ceding sections, and the duties accruing thereon duly paid ; and if such owner or master shall refuse to take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall be seized and forfeited. Sec. 3116. The master of every vessel enrolled or licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, except canal-boats employed in navigating the canals within the United States, shall, before the departure of his vesisel from a port in one collection-district to a portin another collection-district, present to the collector at the port of depart- ure duplicate manifests of his cargo, or, if he have no cargo, duplicate manifests setting forth that fact; such manifests shall be subscribed and sworn to by the master before the collector, who shall indorse thereon his certificate of clearance, retaining one for the files of his ofl&ce; the other he shall deliver for the use of the master. Sec. 3117. If any vessel so enrolled or licensed shall touch at any intermediate port of the United States, and there discharge cargo taken on board at an American port, or at such intermediate ports shall take on board cargo destined for an American port, the master of such ves- sel shall not be required to report such lading or unlading at such inter- mediate ports, but shall enter the same on his manifest obtained at the original port of departure, which he shall deliver to the collector of the port at which the unlading of the cargo is completed, within twenty-four hours after arrival, and shall subscribe and make oath as to the truth and correctness of the same. Sec. 3118. The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed shall, before departing from a port in one collection -district to a i)lace in another collection-district, where there is no custom-house, file his manifest, and obtain a clearance in the same manner, and make oath to the manifest, which manifest and clearance shall be delivered to the i)roper ofiicer of NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 403 •customs at the port at which the vessel uext arrives after leaving the place of destination specified in the clearance. Sec. 3119. Xothing contained in the three preceding sections shall «xenpt masters of vessels from reporting, as now required bj' law, any merchandise destined for any foreign ])ort. No permit shall be required for the unlading of cargo brought from an American port. Sec. 31150. No merchandise taken from any port in the United States on the northern, northeastern, or northwestern frontiers thereof, to a port in another collection-district of the United States on such frontiers, in any vessel, shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the United States, but in open day, that is to say, between the rising and setting of the sun, except by special license from the collector or other principal oflHcer of the port for the purjiose. The owner of every vessel whose master or manager shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, make such regulations as to him shall seem necessary and expedient for unloading at and clearance from any port or place on such frontiers of ships or vessels at night. And the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to make such regulations as shall enable vessels engaged in the coasting trade between ports and places upon Lake Michigan exclusively, and laden with American productions and free merchandise only, to unlade their cargoes without previously obtaining a permit to unlade. Sec. 3121. The master of any vessel with cargo, passengers, or bag- gage from any foreign port, shall obtain a permit and comply with ex- isting laws, before discharging or landing the same. Sec. 3122. The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed, destined with a cargo from a place in the United States, at which there may be no custom-house, to a port where there may be a custom-house, shall, within twenty-four liours after arrival at the port of destination, deliver to the proper officer of the customs a manifest, subscribed by him, set- ting forth the cargo laden at the place of departure, or laden or unladen at any intermediate port, or place, to the truth of which manifest he shall make oath before such officer. If the vessel, however, have no ■cargo, the master shall not be required to deliver such manifest. Sec. 3123. Steam-tugs duly enrolled and licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and north- western frontiers of the United States, when exclusively employed in towing vessels, sliall not be required to report and clear at the custom- house!^ When such steam-tugs, however, are employed in towing rafts or other vessels without sail or steam motive-power, not required to be enrolled or licensed under existing laws, they shall be required to re- port and clear in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided in similar cases for other vessels. Sec. 3124. The manifests, certificatesof clearance, and oaths, provided for by the eight preceding sections, shall be in such form, and prepared, filled up, and executed in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe. Sec. 3125. If the master of any enrolled or licensed vessel shall neg- lect or fail to comply with any of the i)rovisions or requirements of the nine preceding sections, such master shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of twenty dollars for each and every failure or neglect, and for which sum the vessel shall be liable, and may be summarily proceeded against, by way of libel, in any district court of the United States. 404 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 312G. Auy vessel, on beiiifj duly registered in pursuance of the laws of the United States, may engage in trade between one port in the United States and one or more ports within the same, with the privilege of touching at one or more foreign ports during the voyage^ and laud and take in thereat merchandise, [)assengers and their bag- gage, and letters, and mails. All such vessels shall be furnished by the collectors of the ports at which they shall take in their cargoes iu the United States, with certified manifests, setting fortii the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such mer- chandise as is entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse; and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any part of the United States from any foreign port at which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing for the delivery of manifests of cargo and passengers taken on board at such foreign port, and all other laws regulating the report and entry of vessels from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties therein prescribed. Sec. 3127. Any foreign merchandise taken in at one port of the United States to be conveyed in registered vessels to any other port within the same, either under the provisions relating to warehouses, or under the laws regulating the transportation coastwise of merchandise entitled to drawback, as well as any merchandise not entitled to drawback, but on which the import duties chargeable by law shall have been duly paid, shall not become subject to auy import duty by reason of the vessel in which they may arrive having touched at a foreign port during the voyage. Sec. 3128. When any merchandise shall be imported from Canada into the United States, in any steamboat on Lake Champlain, and the merchandise shall have been duly entered, the duties thereon paid at the office of the collector of any district adjoining Lake Champlain, it shall be lawful to land such merchandise in the same or any other dis- trict adjoining Lake Champlain. Sec. 3129. The Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, provided the latter shall be satisfied that similar privi- leges are extended to vessels of the United States in the colonies herein- after mentioned, is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe to protect the revenue from fraud, to permit vessels laden with the products of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward ['s] Island, or either of them, to lade or unlade at any port within any collection-district of the United States which he may designate ; and if any such vessel entering a port so designated, to lade or unlade, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the regulations so prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, such vessel, and the owner and master thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as if no authority under this section had been granted to lade or unlade in such port. Note. — No sectious numbered 3130 to 3139, iuclusive, are found iu the Revised Stat- utes as printed. Au act to provide for the separate entry of packages contained in one importation. Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Represenfativcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a separate entry may be made of one or more packages contained in an importation of packed NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 405 packajjes consigned to one importer or consignee, and concerning which packed packages, no invoice, or statement of contents or values, has been received. Every such entry shall contain a declaration ot the whole number of parcels contained in such original packed package; and shall embrace all the goods, wares, and merchandise imported in one vessel at one time for one and the same actual owner, or ultimate consignee. Sec. 2. That the importer, consignee, or agent's oath prescribed by section twenty-eight hundred forty-one of the Revised Statutes, is hereby modified for the purposes of this act, so as to require the im- porter, consignee, or agent to declare therein that the entry contains an account of all the goods imported in the whereof is master, from for account of , which oath so modified, shall in each case, be taken on the entry of one or more packages contained in an original package. But nothing in this act contained shall be construed to relieve the importer, consignee, or agent from producing the oath of the owner or ultimate consignee in every case, now required by law ; or to provide that an importation may con- sist of less than the whole number of parcels contained in any packed package, or packed packages consigned in one vessel at one time, to one importer, consignee or agent. Sec. 3. That all provisions of law inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved May 6, 1876. Chap. 193— Au act to auieud the customs-revenue laws and to repeal naoieties. Be it enacted by the Seiiote and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conqress assembled, That the thirty-ninth section ot the act entitled "An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes," approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and the second section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the dis- position of the proceeds of fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred un- der the laws relating to the customs, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same are herebv, rei)ealed. Sec. 2. That all provisions of law under which moieties of any fines, penalties, or forfeitures, under the customs-revenue laws, or any share therein, or commission thereon, are paid to informers, or officers of cus- toms, or other officers of the United States, are hereby repealed ; and from and after the date of the passage of this act the i)roceeds of all such fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be paid into the Treasury of the Ignited States. Sec. 3. Tliat it shall hereafter be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money s|)ecifically appropriated by Congress, to make suitable compensation in certain cases under the customs-revenue laws; as hereinafter provided, and not otherwise ; and for the purpose of making such comi)ensation for the next fiscal year, the sum of one hun- dred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise api)ropriated ; and he shall annually report to Congress, in detail, all payments by him for such purpose. Sec. -4. That whenever any officer of tlie customs or other person shall detect and seize goods, wares, or merchandise, in the act of being smug- gled, or which have been smuggled, he shall be entitled to such com- pensation therefor as the Secretary of the Treasury shall award, not ex- 406 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ceeding in amount one-half of the net proceeds, if any, resulting from such seizure, after deducting all duties, costs, and charges connected therewith : Provided, That for the purposes of this act smuggling shall 1)6 construed to mean the act, with intent to defraud, of bringing into the United States, or, with like intent, attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles without passing the same, or the package con- taining the same, through the custom-house, or submitting them to the officers" of the revenue for examination. And whenever any person not an officer of the United States shall furnish to a district attorney, or to any chief officer of the customs, original information concerning any fraud upon the customs-revenue, perpetrated or contemplated, which shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred, whether by importers or their agents, or by any officer or person employed in the customs-service, such compen- sation may, on such recovery, be paid to such person so furnishing information as shall be just and reasonable, not exceeding in any case the sum of five thousand dollars ; which compensation shall be paid under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money appropriated for that purpose. Sec. 5. That in all suits and proceedings other than criminal arising under any of the revenue-laws of the United States, the attorney representing the Government, whenever, in his belief, any business- book, invoice, or paper, belonging to or under the control of the de- fendant or claimant, will tend to prove any allegation made by the United States, may make a written motion, particularly describing such book, invoice, or paper, an»l setting forth the allegation which he ex- pects to prove; and thereupon the court in which suit or proceeding is jDeuding may, at its discretion, issue a notice to the defendant or claimant to produce such book, invoice, or paper in court, at a day and hour to be specified in said notice, which, together with a copy of said motion, shall be served formally on the defendant or claimant by the United States marshal by delivering to him a certified copy thereof, or otherwise serving the same as original notices of suit in the same court are served; and if the defendant or claimant shall fail or refuse to pro- duce such book, invoice, or paper in obedience to such notice, the allegations stated in the said motion shall be taken as confessed unless his failure or refusal to produce the same shall be explained to the satis- faction of the court. And if produced, the said attorney shall be permitted, under the direction of the court, to make examination (at which examination the defendant or claimant, or his agent, may be present) of such entries in said book, invoice, or paper as relate to or tend to prove the allegation aforesaid, and may offer the same in evidence on behalf of the United States. But the owner of said books and papers, his agent or attorney, shall have, subject to the order of the court, the custody of them, except pending their examination in court as afore- said. Sec. C. That no payment shall be made to any person furnishing information in any case wherein judicial proceedings shall have been instituted, unless his claim to compensation shall have been established to the satisfaction of the court or judge having cognizance of such proceedings, and the value of his services duly certified by said court or judge for the information of the Secretary of the Treasury; but no certificate of the value of such services shall be conclusive of the amount thereof. And when anj^ fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be collected without judicial proceedings, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, before directing payment to any person claiming such compen- NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 407 satiou, require satisfactory proof that such person is justly entitled thereto. Sec. 7. That except in cases of smuggling- as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for any officer of the United States, under any pretense what- ever, directly or indirectly, to receive, accept, or contract for any por- tion of the money which may, under any of the provisions of this or any other act, accrue to any such person furnishing information ; and any such officer who shall so receive, accept, or contract for any portion of "the money that may accrue as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceed- ing five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall not be thereafter eligi- ble to any office of honor, trust, or emolument. And any such person so furnishing information as aforesaid, who shall pay to any such officer of the United States, or to any person for his use, directly or indirectly, any portion of said money, or any other valuable thing, on account of or because of such mouey, shall have a right of action against such officer or other person, and his legal representatives, to recover back the same, or the value thereof. Sec. 8. That no officer, or other person entitled to or claiming com- pensation under any provision of this act, shall be thereby disqualified from becoming a witness in any action, suit, or proceeding for the re- covery, mitigation, or remission thereof, but shall be subject to exami- nation and cross-examination in like manner with other witnesses, without being thereby depriv^ed of any right, title, share, or interest in any fine, penalty, or forfeiture to which such examinatiou may relate ; and in every such case the defendant or defendants may appear and testify and be examined and cross-examined in like manner. Sec. 9. Tliat except in the case of personal effects accompanying the passenger, no importation exceeding one hundred dollars in dutiable value shall be admitted to entry without the production of a duly-cer- tified invoice thereof as required by law, or of an affidavit made by the owner, importer, or consignee, before any officer authorized to admin- ister oaths, showing why it is impracticable to produce such invoice. Sec. 10. That no entry shall be made in the absence of a certified invoice, upon affidavit as aforesaid, unless such affidavit be accom- panied by a statement, in the form of an invoice or otherwise, showing either the actual cost of the merchandise included in such importation, or, to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the depo- nent, the foreign market value thereof; which statement shall be veri- fied by the owner, importer, consignee, or agent desiring to make entry of the merchandise, and which oath shall be administered by the col- lector or his deputy. Sec. 11. That before such oath is taken, it shall be lawful for the col- lector or deputy administering- the same to question the deponent touch- ing the sources of his knowledge, infornuition, or belief in the premises, and to require him to make oath to the same, and to produce any letter or paper, in his possession or under his control, which nuiy assist the officers of the customs in ascertaining the dutiable value of the imi)ort{i- tion, or any part thereof ; and in default of such production, when so requested, such owner, importer, consignee, and agent shall be there- after debarred from ])roducing any such letter or paper for the purpose of avoiding- any penalty or forfeiture incurred under this act, unless he shall show to the satisfaction of the court that it was not in his power to produce the same when so demanded. Sec. 12. That any owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person 408 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. who shall, with intent to defraud the revenue, make, or attempt to make, any entry of imported merchandise, by means of any fraudulent or false invoice, affidavit, letter, or paper, or by means of any false state- ment, written or verbal, who shall be guilty of any willful act or omission by means whereof the United States shall be deprived of the lawful duties, or any portion thereof, accruing upon the merchandise, or any portion thereof, embraced or referred to in such invoice, afiQdavit, letter, paper, or statement, or affected by such act or omission, shall, for each offense, be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both ; and, in addition to such fine, such merchandise shall be forfeited ; which forfeiture shall only apply to the whole of the merchandise in the case or package containing the particular article or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or alleged fraud relates ; and anything contained in any act which provides for the forfeiture or confiscation of an entire Invoice in consequence of any item or items contained in the same being undervalued, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 13. That any merchandise entered by any person or persons vio- lating any of the provisions of the preceding section, but not subject to forfeiture under the same section, may, while owned by him or them, or while in his or their possession, to double the amount claimed, be taken by the collector and held as security for the payment of any fine or fines incurred as aforesaid, or may be levied upon and sold on execution to satisfy any judgment recovered for such fine or fines. But nothing herein contained shall prevent any owner or claimant from obtaining a release of such merchandise on giving a bond, with sureties satisfactory to the collector, or, in case of judicial proceedings, satisfactory to the court, or the judge thereof, for the payment of any fine or fines so in- curred: Provided, hoicever, That snch merchandise shall in no case be released until all accrued duties thereon shall have been paid or secured. Sec. 14. That wherever any statute requires that, to the cost or market- value of any goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, there shall be added to the invoice thereof, or, upon the entry of such goods, wares, and merchandise, charges for inland-transportation, commissions, port-duties, expenses of shipping, export-duties, cost of packages, boxes, or other articles containing such goods, wares, and merchandise, or any other incidental expenses attending the packing, shipping, or exportation thereof from the country or place where pur- chased or manufactured, the omission, without intent thereby to defraud the revenue, to add and state the same on such invoice or entry shall not be cause of a forfeiture of such goods, wares, and merchandise, or of the value thereof; but in all cases where the same, or any i)art thereof, are omitted, it shall be the duty of the collector or appraiser to add the same, for the purpose of duty, to such invoice or entry, either in items or in gross, at such price or amount as he shall deem just and reason- able, (which price or amount shall, in the absence of protest, be conclu- sive,) and to impose and add thereto the further sum of one hundred per centum of the price or amount so added; which addition shall con- stitute a part of the dutiable value of such goods, wares, and merchan- dise, and shall be collectible as provided by law in respect to duties on imports. Sec. 15. That it shall be the duty of any officer or ])erson employed in the customs-revenue service of the United States, upon detection of any violation of the customs-laws, forthwith to make complaint thereof to the collector of the district, whose duty it shall be promptly to report NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 409 the same to the district Httoniey of the district in which such frauds shall be committed. Immediately upon the receipt of such complaint, f, in his judgment, it can be sustained, it shall be the duty of such dis- trict attorney to cause investigation into the facts to be made before a United States commissioner having jurisdiction thereof, and to initiate proper proceedings to recover the tines and penalties in the premises, and to prosecute the same with the utmost diligence to tinal judgment. Sec. 16. That in all actions, suits, and proceedings in any court of the United States now pending or hereafter commenced or prosecuted to enforce or declare the forfeiture of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or to recover the value thereof, or any other sum alleged to be forfeited by reason of any violation of the provisions of the customs revenue laws, or any of such provisions, in which action, suit, or proceeding an issue or issues of fact shall have been joined, it shall be the duty of the court, on the trial thereof, to submit to the jury, as a distinct and separate proposition, whether the alleged acts were done with an actual inten- tion to defraud the United States, and to require upon such proposition a special finding by such jury; or, if such issues be tried by the court without a jury, it shall be the duty of the court to pass upon and decide such proposition as a distinct and separate finding of fact ; and in such cases, unless intent to defraud shall be so found, no fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be imposed. Sec. 17. That whenever, for an alleged violation of the customs-reve- nue laws, any person who shall be charged with having incurred any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or disability other than imprisonment, or shall be interested in any vessel or merchandise seized or subject to seizure, when the appraised value of such vessel or merchandise is not less than one thousand dollars, shall present his petition to the judge of the dis- trict in which the alleged violation occurred, or in which the property is situated, setting forth, truly and particularly, the facts and circum, stances of the case, and praying for relief, such judge shall, if the case- in his judgment, requires, proceed to inquire, in a summary manner into the circumstances of the case, at such reasonable time as may be fixed by him for that purpose, of which the district attorney and the collector shall be notified by the petitioner, in order that they may attend and show cause why the petition should be refused. Sec. 18. That the summary investigation hereby provided for may be held before the judge to whom the petition is presented, or, if he shall so direct, before any United States commissioner for such district, and the facts appearing thereon shall be stated and annexed to the petition, and, together with a certified copy of the evidence, transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon have power to mitigate or remit such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or remove such disability, or any part thereof, if, in his opinion, the same shall have been incurred without willful negligence or any intention of fraud in the person or persons incurring the same, and to direct the prosecution, if any shall have been instituted for the recovery thereof, to cease and be discon- tinued upon such terms or conditions as he may deem reasonable and just. Sec. 19. That it shall not be lawful for any officer or officers of the United States to comj^romise or abate any claim of the United States arising under the customs laws, for any fine, penalty, or forfeiture in- curred by a violation thereof; and any officer or person who shall so compromise or abate any such claim, or attempt to make such compro- mise or abatement, or in any manner relieve or attempt to relieve from such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, 410 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. on conviction thereof, shall suffer imprisonment not exceeding ten years, and be fined not exceeding ten thousand doUars: Provided, hoicever^ That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to remit any tines, penalties, or forfeitures, or to compromise the same, in accordance with existing law. Sec. 20. That whenever any application shall be made to the Secre- tary of the Treasury for the mitigation or remission of any tine, pen- alty, or forfeiture, or the refund of any duties, in case the amount in- volved is not less than one thousand dollars, the applicant shall notify the district attorney and the collector of customs of th^ district in which the duties, fine, penalty, or forfeiture accrued ; and it shall be the duty of such collector and district attorney to furnish to the Secre- tary of the Treasury all practicable information necessary to enable him to protect the interests of the United States. Sec. 21. That whenever any goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been eutered and passed free of duty, and whenever duties upon any imported goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been liquidated and paid, and such goods, wares, and merchandise shall bave been delivered to the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, such entry and passage free of duty and such settlement of duties shall, after the expiration of one year from the time of entry, in the absence of fraud and in the absence of protest by the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, be final and con- clusive upon all parties. Sec. 22. That no suit or action to recover any pecuniary penalty or forfeiture of property accruing under the customs revenue laws of the United States shall be instituted unless such suit or action shall be com- menced within three years after the time when such penalty or forfeit- ure shall have accrued : Provided, That the time of the absence from the United States of the person subject to such penalty or forfeiture, or of any concealment or absence of the property, shall not be reckoned within this period of limitation. Sec. 23. That in lieu of the salaries, moieties, and perquisites of what- ever name or nature, and commissions on disbursements, now paid to and received by the collectors, naval officers, and surveyors connected with the customs service in the several collection districts of the United States hereinafter named, there shall be paid, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-lour, an annual salary as follows : To the collector of the district of New "York, twelve thousand dollars. To the collectors of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massa- chusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each eight thousand dol- lars. To the collectors of the district of San Francisco, California ; Balti- more, Maryland; and New Orleans, Louisiana, each seven thousand dollars. To the collector of the district of Portland and Falmouth, Maine, six thousand dollars. To the naval officer for the district of New York, eight thousand dol- lars. To the naval officers of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Mas- sachusetts; and San Francisco, California ; and Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, each five thousand dollars. To the surveyor of the port of New York, eight thousand dollars. To the surveyors of the ports of Boston, Massachusetts ; and San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thou- sand dollars. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 411 Sec. 24. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time to time, make such regulations as he may deem necessary for the conduct and management of the bonded warehouses, general order stores, and other depositories of the imported merchandise throughout the United States; all regulations or orders issued by collectors of customs in regard thereto shall be subject to revision, alteration, or revocation by him ; and no warehouse shall be bonded and no general-order store established with- out his authority and approval. And it shall be the duty of the Sec- retary of the Treasury, in granting permits to establish general-order warehouses, to require such warehouse or warehouses to be located contiguous, or as near as may be, to the landing places of steamers and vessels from foreign ports ; and that no officer of the customs shall have any personal ownership of, or interest in, any bonded warehouse or general-order store. Sec. 25. That public cartage of merchandise in the custody of the Government shall be let after not less than thirty days' notice of such letting to the lowest responsible bidder giving sufficient security, and shall be subject to regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treas- ury. Sec. 26. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis- ions of this act are hereby repealed ; that nothing herein contained shall affect existing rights of the United States; and in all cases in which prosecutions have been actually commenced for forfeitures incurred, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to make compensation, as provided in the fourth section of this act, to the persons who would, under former laws, have been entitled to share in the distribution of such forfeitures. Ai)proved, June 22, 1874. An act to provide for the admiuistration of the oath of office to collectors and other officers of the cnstoms in the district of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That until the formal organiza- tion of the Territory of Alaska, the oath of office required by law to be taken by a collector, or other officer of the customs in Alaska, may be taken before the judge ot any circuit or district court of the United States. [May 2, 1878. J OIPORTED LIQUOR STAMPS, ETC. Sec. 11. That all distilled spirits, wines, and malt liquors, imported in pipes, hogsheads, tierces, bairels, casks, or similar packages, shall be first placed in public store or bonded w^arehouse, and shall not be removed therefrom until the same shall have been inspected, marked, and branded by a United States customs ganger, and a stamp affixed to each package, indicating the date and particulars of such inspection^ and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe the the form of, and provide the requisite number of stamps, and to nuike all regulations which he may deem necessary and proper for carrying the foregoing requirements into effect. Any pipe, hogshead, tierce, barrel, cask, or other package withdrawn from public store or bonded warehouse after the thirtieth day of June, 412 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, purporting to contain imported liquor, found without having thereon the stamp hereby required, shall be, with its contents, forfeited to the United States. And whenever any cask or package of imported distilled spirits of not less than five wine-gallons is filled for shipment, sale, or delivery on the premises of any wholesale liquor-dealer, the same shall be stamped with a spe(!ial stamp for imported spirits, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has prescribed, or may hereafter prescribe in the case of domestic distilled spirits. Sec. 12. That every person who empties or draws off, or causes to be emptied or drawn off, the contents of any package of imported liquors stamped as above required, shall, at the time of such emptying, efface, obliterate, and destroy the stamp thereon, and also all other marks or brands which shall have been placed tliereon in accordance with the law or regulations concerning imported liquors; (Rep.) [and DO cask or other package, such as is hereinbefore mentioned, in which distilled spirits, wines, or malt liquors have been imported, shall be used to contain domestic distilled spirits under penalty of the forfeiture of such re-used cask or package and the contents thereof] Every cask or other package from which the stamp for imported liquors required by this act to be placed thereon shall not be ettaced, obliterated, or destroyed, on emptying such package, shall l)e forfeited, and the same may be seized by any officer of internal revenue where- ever found ; and all the provisions and penalties of section thirty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to empty casks or packages from which the marks, brands, or stamps have not been effaced or obliterated, and relating to the re- moval of stamps from packages, and to having in possession any stamps so removed, shall apply to the stamps for imported spirits herein pro- vided for, and to the casks or other packages on which such stamps shall have been used. Sec. 13. That if any person shall purchase or sell, with the imported liquor stamp herein required remaining thereon, or any of the marks or brands which shall have been placed thereon in accordance with the laws or regulations concerning imported liquors remaining thereon, any eask or other package, after the same has been once used to contain imported liquors, and has been emptied; or if any person shall use or have in possession such cask or package, with any imitation of such marks or brands, for the purpose of placing domestic distilled spirits therein for sale; (Rep.) [or shall for such purpose manufacture, use, or have in possession any cask or package made in imitation of, or intended to be in the similitude of, such imported casks or packages, with any imitation of sucii marks or brands thereon], every such cask or pack- age, with its contents, if any, shall be forfeited to the United States. Ami every such person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars for every such cask or package so purchased, sold, (Rep.) [manufacturedj, used, or had in possession. Approved, March 1, 1879. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a deputy-collector at Lake Charles, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre ary be, and he NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 413 is hereby, authorized to appoint a deputy-collector at Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, State of Louisiana, who shall have power to enter and clear all vessels coming to that port. [February 24, 1880.] Chap. 189. — An act to regulate the compensatiou of night inspectors of customs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the compensation to inspectors of customs employed under existing law for service at night may be increased by the Secretary of the Treasury at such ports as he may think it advisable so to do to a sum not exceeding three dol- lars for each night's service. Sec. 2. That all acts or part of acts being inconsistent with the above act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 10, 1880. Chap. 190. — An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other jjurposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Th?it when any merchandise, other than explosive articles, and articles in bulk not provided for in section fourof this act, imported at the ports of ^ew York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Portland and Bath, in Maine, Chicago, Port Huron, Detroit, New Orleans, Norfolk, Charleston Savannah, Mobile, Galves- ton, Pensacola, Florida, Cleveland, Toledo, and San Francisco, shall appear by the invoice or bill of lading and manifest of the importing vessel to be consigned to and destined for either of the ports specified in the seventh section of this act, the collector at the port of arrival shall allow the said merchandise to be shipped immediately after the entry prescribed in section two of this act has been made. Sec. 2. That the collector at the port of first arrival shall retain in his office a permanent record of such merchandise so to be forwarded to the port of destination, and such record shall consist of a copy of the invoice and an entry whereon the duties shall be estimated as closely as possible on the merchandise so shipped, but no oaths shall be, required on the said entry. Such merchandise shall not be subject to appraisement and liquidation of duties at the port of first arrival, but shall undergo such examination as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem necessary to verily the invoice ; and the same examination and appraisement thereof shalf be required and had at the port of destination as would have been required at the port of first arrival if such merchandise had been entered for consumption or warehouse at such port. Sec. 3. That such merchandise shall be delivered to and transported by common carriers, to be designated for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to and by none others ; and such carriers shall be responsible to the United States as common carriers for the safe delivery of such merchandise to the collector at the port of its destination; and before any such carriers shall be permitted to receive and transport any such merchandise, they shall become bound to the United States in bonds of such form and amount, and with such conditions, not inconsist- ent with law, and such security as the Secretary of the Treasury shall require. 414 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sec. 4. Thatsectious twenty-eigbt huudred and fifty-three and twenty- ■eight hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same are hereby, so amended as to require that all invoices of merchandise imported from any foreign country and intended to be trans- ported without appraisement to any of the ports mentioned in the seventh section of this act, shall be made in quadruplicate; and that the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent, to whom the same shall be produced, shall certify each of said quadruplicates under his hand aud official seal in the manner required by section twenty-eight hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes, aud shall then deliver to the person producing the same two of the quadruplicates, one to be used in making entry at the port of first arrival of the merchandise in the United States, and one to be used in making entry at the port of destination, file another in his office, there to be carefully preserved and as soon as practicable trans- mit the remaining one to the collector or surveyor of the port of final destination of the merchandise : Provided, however. That no additional fee shall be collected on account of any service performed under the re- ort of entry. " Fourth. The district of WiUaniette; to comprise all the waters and shores lying norih and east of the north bank of the Salmon River to the forty-sixth and one-half degree of north latitude, and west of the C()ast Range of mountains to the forty eightli degr^ e of north latitude, above the Jnnetions of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, and draiiied by those rivers and their tiibutary wat'-rs, and all other por- tions of said State diained by snid Willamette River or its tributaries; in whicli Portland shall be the port of entry. "Fifth The district of Puget Sound; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington not included in the districts of the southern district of Oregon, Ynqnina, Oregon, and Willamette; in which Port Townsend shall be the port of entry." Sec. 2. That section twenty-tive hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows; "Sec. 2587. There shall be in the collection districts in the State of Oregon and the Territory of Washington the following officers: '' First. In the southern district of Oregon, a collector, who sh:ill re- side at Fn)])ire City, and three deputy collectors, who n)ay be a])pointed by the collector, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, aiid of whom one shall reside at EUensburg, one at Port Orford, and one at Gaidner. "Second. In the district of Yaquina, a collector, who shall reside at Yaqnina, and who shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year, with the fees allowed by law, and a commission on all customs money collected and accounted f u' by him, such salary, fees, and coin- nnssioiis not to exceed the sum of two thousand tive hundred dollars per year. "Third. In the district of Oregon, a collector, who shall reside at Astoria. "Fourth, In the district of Willamette, a collector and an api)raiser, who shall reside at Portland. "Fifth. In the district of i^nget Sound, a collector, who sliall reside at Port Townsend." Api>roved, April 25, 1882. CUAP. 22'A. — An act to aniPiid sections tweutv-livii lumdrcd and eij^hty-two, twenty- five hinuh'ed anector to be appointed by the collector, with the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the port of Crescent City." That section twenty-six hundred and seven of the Kevised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows : Sec. Twenty-six hundred and seven. — At the Port of Wilmington, in the district of Wilmington, and at the port of San Diego, in the dis- trict of San Diego, and at the port ol Eureka, in the district of Hum- boldt, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to appoint such inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, a;nd other ofticers as may be necessary for the collection of the revenue of those ports. Also such inspectors as he may deem necessary to enforce the custom laws along the boundary between the Republic of Mexico and the counties of Sau Diego and San Bernardino." That section twenty-six hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Stat- utes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows : " Sec. Twenty-six hundred and eighty-four. — The collector of the dis- trict of San Diego shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year ; the collector of the district of Wilmington shall receive a sal- ary of twenty-five hundred dollars a 3'ear, and the deputy collector of said district shall receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars a year ; and the collector of the district of Humboldt shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year. Approved, June 10, 1882. NAVIGATION LAW8 OF THE UNITED STATES. 421 Chap. 447.— All ;ict to auiemlthe first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty eiglit of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title thirty-four, collec- tion of duties on imports. Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first subdivision of section twentv-tive liundred aiid sixty ei^ht of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by striking therefrom the words "in Missouri" following? the words "Saint Lonis," and by adding- to said subdivision of said section as follows : "Saint-Louis as used in this sec- tion, shall include Saint Louis, in Missouri, and East-Saint Louis, in Illinois; and the surveyor and acting- collector for the port of Saint Louis may receive goods, issue landing certificates to carriers, and issue orders to inspectors of customs to open cars containing goods and pack- ages, and generally do and perform all acts necessary to be done and performed by him "in East Saint Louis, in Illinois, as well as in Saint Louis in Missouri. Ai)i>roved, August 7, 18S2. Chav. 142.— An ait 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejrrcsentatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 : Sec;, 5, That merchandise transported under the provisions of this act sliall 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 i)assenger 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 l)e imported in bo.xes or i)ackages too large to be included within the safes or trunks so i»rescribed, such merchandise nniy be transported under the provisions of this act by such express conipanies in a sei)arate comiiartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from tuue to time be prescribed by the Secre- tary of the Treasury ; and merchandise such as ])ig iron, si)eigle-iron, scrap-iron, iron ore," railroa*! iron, and similar articles commonly trans- ported upon i»lattbrm or tlat cars, may be transported under the pro- visions of this ai-t upon such platform or fiat cars ; and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be'ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinarv railroad scales may l)e used for such i)urpose ; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper i)oints along the designated routes, or upon any ed be- tween the ports of first 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 422 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. cars, after due inspection by customs officers, shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to i)roceed further, or from low water, ice, or other una- voidable obstruction to navigation ; and in no case shall there be per- mitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise, Sec. 6. That merchandise so destined for immediate transportation shall be transferred, under proper supervision, directly from the im- porting vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle specified in the entry pro- vided for in Section two of this act," Approved, July 2, 1884. 3,— COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. (Kevised Statutes, Title XXXVII.) Sec. 3563. The money of account of the United States shall be ex- pressed in dollars or units, dimes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and mills or thousandths, a dime being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mill the thousandth part of a dollar; and all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation. Sec. 3564. The value of foi eign coin as expressed in the money of ac- count of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 3565. In all payments by or to the Treasury, whether made here or in foreign countries, where it becomes necessary to compute the value of the sovereign or pound sterling, it shall be deemed equal to four dollars eighty-six cents and six and one-half mills, and the same rule shall be api)lied in appraising merchandise imported where the value is, by the invoice, in sovereigns or pounds sterling, and in the construction of contracts payable in sovereigns or pounds sterling; and this valuation shall be the par of exchange between Great Britain and the United States; and all contracts made afier the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, based on an assumed par of exchange with Great Britain of fifty-four pence to the dollar, or four dollars forty-four and foui -ninths cents to the sovereign or jjound ster- ling, shall be null and void. Sec. 3566, All foreign gold and silver coins received in payment for moneys due to the United States shall, before being issued in circula- tion, be coined anew. Sec. 3567. The pieces commonly known as the quarter, eighth, and sixteenth of the Spanish pillar-dollar, and of the Mexican dollar, shall be receivable at the Treasury of the United States, and its several offices, and at the several post-offices and land-ofiices, at the rates of valua- tion following: the fourth of a dollar, or piece of two reals, at twenty cents ; the eighth of a dollar, or i)iece of one real, at ten cents ; and the sixteenth of a dollar, or half-real, at five cents. Sec. 3568. The Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, may prescribe such regulations as are necessary and j)roper, to secure the transmission of the coins mentioned in the preceding section to the Mint for recoinage, and the*return or distribu- * Fee Act February 21, 1857, cbap. 56. sec. 2. NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 423 tioii of the proceeds thereof, when deemed expedient, and may prescribe such forms of account as are appropriate and applicable to the circum- stances. The exi)enses incident to such transmission or distribution, and of recoinage, shall be charged against the account of silver profit and loss, and the net profits, if any, shall be paid, from time to time, into the Treasury. Sec. 35G9. It shall be lawfnl throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system ; and no con- tract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system. Sec. 3570. The tables in the schedule hereto annexed shall be recog- uized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United Stages, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system; and the tables may lawfully be used for computing, determining, and expressing in customary weights and measures the weights and measures of the metric system. MEASURES OE LENGTH. Metric denominations and values. Equivalents in denominations in use. Myriameter 10, 000 meters. 1,000 meters. 6. 2137 miles. 0. 62137 miles, or 3,280 feet and 10 inches. 328 feet and 1 inch. 393. 7 inches. 39. 37 inches. 3. 937 inches. 0. 3937 inche*. 0. 0394 inche«. Hectometer 100 meters. Meter Decimeter Centimeter Millimeter 1 meter. lu- of a meter. r Ji; of a meter. . 1^50 of a meter. MEASURES OF CAPACITY. Metric denominations and values. Equivalents in denominations in use. Num. of liters. Cubic measure. Dry measure. Liquor or wine measure. Kilolitor, or stere. Hectoliter .. / Dekaliter '. Liter Deciliter ; Centiliter ! Milliliter ; 1,000 I 1 cubic meter. ! cub. yards . •jV of a cubic meter ; 2 bushels and 3.35 pecks 10 cubic decimeters , 9.08 quarts 1 cubic decimeter 0.908 quarts T>5 of a cubic decimeter...] 6. 1022 cub. inch[esl 10 cubic centimeters 0.6102 cub. inch 1 cubic centimeter 0.061 cub. inch 264. 17 gallons. 26.417 gallons. 2.6417 gallons. 1.0567 quarts. 0. 845 gill.T 342 4133 6 4161 14 4161 14 4162 15 4162 15 426 INDEX. Subject. Section E. S. or act CoDgress. Page. Agent — Continued. Forfeiture of vessel for false swearing by For owner of recorded vessel to countersign certificate of measureuient Of vessels to furnish collectors copy of consular receipts. Diplomatic Agents of United States abroad, vessel owned by, may be registered Agreement — With crew of fishing- vessel for shares, of fish, &c... Penalty for violating, by fishermen Recovery of shares of fish under Vessels liable for, &c Discharge of vessel on giving bond for judgment Agreements with seamen. (See Shipping articles.) Aix- la- Ch apet le, consul at, salary of Clearance from ports in, of vessels laden with live- oak timber Collection district, port of entry and delivery in Officers in Restrictions on clearance of vessels laden with live oak from parts of Alaska: Nationalization of vessels owned by residents of Regulat ion of coasting trade with Albany, K. Y. : Port of delivery Surveyor in, to act as collector and reside at Entry of goods for Warehouse privileges, &c., extended to Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Salaries of Albemarle, N. C. : Collection district Collector in, residence of Alexandria, Va. : Collection district and port of entry Collector and surveyor to reside at Algiers, consul at, salary of • Alien seamen, how, may be admitted United States citizens. Allotment of Allotment of wages. (See Seamen.) Alna, Me., port of delivery Alton. 111.: Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of American Colonization Society, vessels of, subject to laws re lating to carriage of passengers : Amesbitry, Mass., port of delivery Amoor J\iver, commercial agent at, salary of , Amoy, consul at, salary of Amsterdam, consul at, salary of Annapolis, Md. : Collection district and port of entry Customs officers in, residence of Antiscorbutics — Shall be served on merchant vessels | Penalty for neglect to serve Antwerp, consul at, salary of Apalavlncohi, Fla. : I Collection district President may designate port of entry in Collector in, residence of Act June sec. 3 4163 4181 4213 1674 4134 4391 4392 4393 4393 4394 2463 2r)64 2565 4205 4140 I 4358 ! 2535 2536 2816 2968 4414 4414 2555 2556 2552 2553 1690 2174 19, '86, 2517 4271 2527 1690 1690 2548 2549 4569 4570 2562 2562 2563 310 310 310 INDEX. 427 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. JpaJachicola — Continued. luKpector of hulls and boilers for Salaries of Jjpia, commercial agent at, salary of Appeal — From appraisement of wrecked and damaged imports. From appraisement of imports, notice of, to wbom given, proceedings From decision of collector as to rate, &c., of duties on imports and tonnage As to fees, Sec - - | From examiner's return of imported drugs, medicines, &c Retund of duties and moneys paid under protest and appeal Refund in case of failure to comply with requirements relating to luspiction of steam-vessels, to snrpervising inspectors on refusal or suspension, »&c., of license Appraisal : Col.octor to appoint merchants to make Penalty for not assisting at Of goods suspected to be undervalued Provisions relating to No delivery of imported goods without How made, in addition to entries .- -- Designation of packages for number, examination, for- feiture, remission - Mode 6f, of manufactures of wool, unfinished When duties to be levied on market value Of goods subject to ad valorem duty, and of parcels not manufactured in country of exportation. According to value of goods at time of exportation Additions to market-value to obtain dutiable value When value exceeds 10 per cent, of invoice value Of diflerent values invoiced at average price Of different qualities in same package Of wool of ditiereut qualities in same bale Of kid and other gloves Deficiency in package found on When liual Of goods damaged and taken from wrecks, apj)eals Revisiou of report of When owner is dissatisfied with Of drugs, medicines, &c At New York When Secretary of the Treasury may make special regu- lations for Officers, &c., jfuiployed in department of, at New York, not to engage in mercantile business Of damaged merchandise to be made by assistant ap- praiser at New York When increase of importation, extra hours to be de- voted to, at New York At ports where no api)raisers What customs oHlcers may lease or hire bnildiugs for purpose of Of property seized under customs laws In prize cases, where property cannot be sent into port for adjudication Report of appraisers to be sent into court Of property taken for use of United States Of property delivered on stipulation 4414 4414 ! 1690 I 2928 j 2930 I 2931 2932 2936 3012i 3013 i 4452 ' 2609 2610 , 2840 2899,2953 2«99 2900 2901 290-2 ' 2904 ; 2905 i 2906 ' 2907 2909 2910 2911 2912 2913 2921 2923 292C , 2929 2930 I 2933 2939 2941 2943 2944 2946 2953 3074 4615 4615 4624 4626 90 90 218 370 370 370 371 371 383 383 319 319 351 -374 365 365 365 366 366 366 366 367 367 367 367 367* 367 370 370 370 371 372 372 372 373 373 373 374 247 247 248 249 428 INDEX. Subject. Appraisers of customs — For Alabama At Baltimore, Md At Boston, Mass Clerks, &c. , in office of At Charleston, S. C For Indiana and Illinois ■ For Louisiana • For Maine For Michigan For New York Officers and employes in, office of For Ohio At Portland, Oreg At Philadelphia, Pa Clerks and employes in office of For Rhode Island At San Francisco, Cal At Savannah, Ga For Virginia For Wisconsin Appointment by President of four general, with cei'- tain duties Salary of, at New York At Providence, Norfolk, Portland, Me., Buffalo, Chi- cago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Evansville, Milwaukee, Louisville, Cleveland, San Francisco, Portland, Oreg., Memphis, and Mobile At Savannah and Charleston Of general, at New York Of four general, traveling expenses Of local and general, at Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, and New Orleans Merchant, compensation of ■ Oath of, and of merchant appraisers At New York Eevision of assistant appraiser's report by, at New York Additional compensation of, at San Francisco Duties of, when imported articles omitted in entry Duty of, in estimating value and quantity of imports, and manufactures of wool unfinished When, to adopt best article in package as fixing value. Wool of different qualities in same bale, &c., how appraised by How tocertify deficiency in package, &c., to collector. To examine upon oath owners, cSrc, as to value, and require production of paj>ers To certify rate of damage To revise report of assistants, &c., reappraisement by, how ordered At New \"ork not to engage in m.ercantile business What provisions to apply to - To revise, &.C., report of assistant appraiser to inspect damaged goods When to direct exti'a labor of officers When to attend in other districts What deemed to be certificate of Powers of, to lease or hire buildings, &c Buildings to be leased for use of To appraise goods remainiug in public store btiyond one year, pi-eparatory to sale Goods entitled to drawback, when to be inspected by . Dutiesof, in case of property seized, &c., perditflui com- pensation of When to certify deterioration, &c., of articles seized .. Section R. S. or | Page. act Congress. 2.565 311 2549 30(5 2529 300 2530 300 ■ 2558 309 2602 318 2569 312 2518 297 2600 318 2536 303 2538,2539 304 2604 318 2587 316 2544 305 2545 306 2532 301 2583 315 2560 309 2553 307 2598 317 2608 319 2729 335 2730 335 2724 335 2726 335 2727 335 2728 335 2725 335 2614 320 2614 320 2615 .320 2746 336 2901 365 2902 366 2911 367 2912 367 2921 368 2922 368 2927 369 2929 370 2941 372 2942 373 2943 373 2944 373 2947 373 2950 374 2953 374 2955 374 2973 1 377 3034 1 386 3074 393 308(1 395 INDEX. 429 iliject. Apprentices to sea-nervlce : Shippiug eoinmissiouers sball procure liuleiitures of, shall be produced to commissioners Shipping-articles of vessels in coasting-trade not to be signed i>,v Wages not to depend on freight earnings Not subject to attachment Disposa 1 of effects of deceased Rules of i)rocedure Penalty for neglect Duty *»f consuls, &.c Payment of wages, &c . on death of, in United States.. Of deceased, delivery of wages, »S:c., to circuit court .. Distribution of, by court Disposal of, when miclaimed Fees for shipping Who shall ])ay, Ac Penalty for taking illegal Offenses and punishment of \ Arrest of, for desertion Penalty for drunkenness and neglect of duty Enforcement of forfeitures of Part of wages to pay for expense of conviction of Form of account of Appropriations — Permanent, for salaries of steamboat-inspection officers. Of fund for sick and disabled and destitute seamen . . . . Authority of Light-House Board to purchase sites for light-houses Expense of substituting light-houses on pile founda- t ions Arrest — Customs officers, when to board vessels and make, &c. When to demand assistance in making ; penalty for re- fusal Of vessels arriving and departing from port before making report or entry Of wages of seamen, not legal An-ivnl of vessels : Report by masters after In district other than of Jlrst Aapinuall : Consul at, salary of Resident mail-agent at. authorized Assault — Upon officers, puuishnieut of seamen for Upon customs officer, &c., in execution of duty Assignee, when to make oath to invoices in customs cases .. Assignment — Of indentures of apprentices to sea-service Of wages, not to prevent payment to seamen Of prize or bounty nxmey by persons in naval service.. Assistant appraisers of customs — At Boston, Mass At Maine At New York At Philadelphia, Pa At San Francisco, Cal Oaths of, at New York, Boston. Philadelphia, and San Francisco Reports ot; at New York Salary of, at New York At Bo'ston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Port- land, and San Francisco Section R. S. or | Page. act Congress. ; 4.509 173 4r,io 173 4520 175 4.52.5 176 4.536 178 4538 178 4539 178 4.540 179 4541 179 4542 179 4543 180 4544 180 4545 180 4592 192 4.593 192 4.595 192 4596 192 4.599 194 4602 195 4603 195 4605 195 4612 197 4461 101 . 4.545 180 4660 146 4668 147 3059 391 3071 393 2773 339 4536 178 2774. 2775 :'.39, 340 2781 341 1690 218 4021 120 459() 192 5447 241 2846 354 4510 173 4536 178 4643 252 2529 300 2518 297 2536 303 2544 3C5 2583 315 2615 • 320 2615 320 2731 335 430 INDEX. Subject. Assistavt apjjraisers of customs — Continued. At New York, one to exaniiue tirngs. &c Not to engage in nifrcanfile business One to inspect and appraise damaged goods, report of . Lal)or beyond usual hours Assistant collectors of customs — At New York At Jersey City Powers and duties of At Camden, N. J., powers of At New York, salary and duties of --. At Jersey City, N. J., salary of At Camden, N.J " Astoria, Uraj. : Port of entry , Collector to reside at Duties of collector at, in cases of vessels bound for Portland Vessels arriving at - Athens: Consul at. salary of Attachment of wages of seamen, not legal Auction at mast, when eli'ects of deceased seamen may be sold at - Augusta, Ga. : Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Goods for, where entered Avx Ca.,es, consul at, salary of , Section E. S. or act Congress. Baggage : Entry of imported "When not by owner, bond required Examination and search of, dutiable articles in, per- mit to land, &c Concealing dutiable articles in, penalty In transit to foreign country to be delivered to collector. Search of Of passengers from contiguous foreign countries, in- spection of When customs officer to retain, &c., forfeiture of Bahia, consul at, salary of Bail : Otlficers of revenue-cutter service, when admitted to — Of seamen committed on refusal to sail, &c Baltimore, Aid.: Lollection district and port of entry Customs officers in, residence of Inspectors of hulls and boilers ibr Salaries of Bangkok : Consul at, salary of Interpreter at consulate of, salary of; marshal of, no salary Bangor, Me.: Collection district, port of entry Collector and deputy collector iu, residence of Barcelona, ^^. Y.: Port of delivery Deputy collector at Barcelona, Spain, consul at, salary of Barges, passenger, iu tow of steamers, provision for se- curity of life on ; penalty for violating provisions... Barmen, consul at, salary of 2941 2943 2944 2535, 2536 253K 2536 2544 2694 2695 2586 2587 2588 2590 1690 4536 4538 2559 2560 2817 2799 2800 2801 280-2 2803 3064 3100 3101 1690 2765 4558 2548 2549 4414 4414 Page. 303 302. 303 303 305 332 332 332 2517 2518 2535 2536 4492 1690 INDEX. 431 Subject. Barnsiahh, Masn. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to rebide at Barrhujinn, R. I. , port of delivery Basle, consul at, salary of Batuvia, consul at, salary of Bath, Me.: Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Bay of Inland!^, consul at, salary of Bayou iSuint John, La. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties c.f Vessels bound for, what to do 'J"o uulade at, after making report, &c Departing from, for foreign ports, how cleared Bayport, Fla. : Port of delivery - Surveyor to reside at Merchandise for, where entered Beaufort, JV. C. : Collection district and port of entry ; when port of en- try may be changed Collector in, to reside at port of entry Beaufort, S. C. : Colletion Materials for construction or repairs of Beirut, consul general at, salary of Belfast, Ireland, consul ar, salary of Belfast, Me. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Benedict, Md., port of delivery Benicia, Val., insi)ector of customs to reside at Benzine and benzole — Not to be carried on steam passenger-vessels How jiacked and marked lor shipment Pcnali.N for shipping contrary to law Berkley, Muss. , port of del i very Bermuda Hundred, Fa.: Port of entry to extend from Richmond and Manches- ter, Va. , to Surveyor to reside at .- Berths — For vessels carrying passengers Penalty for violating regulations Berwick, Me.: Port of delivery Goods for, mav be entered, &c., at Portsmouth, N. II. < or York, Me Bills of hulinfi : When to be produced to collectors of customs, itc ... When entry of goods imperfect for want of Bills of sale— ' Of ves.sel to recite certificate of registry at length Not valid unless recorded To be recorded by collectors of customs Certificates discharging, to be recorded What record of, to be kept in books Section R. S. or act Congress. 2527 2.^)29 2.531 1690 1690 2517 2.518 1690 2.'>(;h -5(i9 2r.70 2571 2575 2562 2563 2819 Page. 300 300 218 218 296 297 218 311 312 312 313 313 310 310 347 2555 2556 308 308 2557 2558 309 309 4661 4662 4663 4666 1690 1690 146 146 146 146 218 218 2517 2518 2548 2583 296 297 306 315 4472 4475 4476 .2527 83 84 84 298 2552 2553 307 307 4255 4255 66 66 2522 298 2524 298 2785 2789 341 . 342 4170 4192 4193 4193 4193 16 21 22 22 22 432 INDEX. Subject. JJiUs of sale — Coutiuu.'d. What to be certified ou Fee for recording Not to be recorded uuless acknowledged Collectors to keep index of records Index and record open to inspection Collectors to furnish certificate relating to Fee for such certificate Fee for furnishing certified copy of record Interest of each owner to be named Fees for recording, &c Birmingham, consul at, salary of Birtlis happening on vessel to be recorded in log-book Blasting oil — Not to be shipijed on passenger- vessel or vehicle How packed and marked for shipment State regulation of transportation of Block Islavd : Appointment of keepers of life-saving stations on coast of Employment of crews of surfmen on Supervision of life-saving station on Blue Hill, Me. , port of delivery Boarding oncers — Shall report violations of provisions respecting crew- lists, &-C Crew-list and crew to be produced to and examined &c., by A - Boarding vessels by unauthorized persons prohibited; pen- alty — Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam- vessels : How constituted Yearly meetings of, at Washington Other meetings of, when to be held To establish regulations Kegulations to have force of law, when To assign supervising inspectors to districts To establish regulations for steam-vessels passing each other Penalty on pilot, engineer, master, &c., not observing regulati on s For security of life ou yachts, ferry and canal boats For carrying petroleum May require fire-extinguishers To prescribe life-boats for river-passenger steamers .. . To decide what life-boats, rafts, preservers, &c., shall be Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Penalty for violating such regulations Instruments for security of life to be appaoved by To prescribe regulations for security of life on passen- ger barges, &c Boats : Small open, when to be employed by collector of cus- toms Not employed in revenue service, carrying ensign, Arc, penalty for Or lighters not masted, or if masted, not decked, em- ployed in harbor For river passenger steamers For lake, ocean, &c., steamers Penalty for not carrying , Boats on the Saint I>awrence 4193 4193 4193 4194 4194 4194 4194 4195 4196 4382 1690 4290 4278 4279 4280 4247 4247 4248 2517 4575 Bonded goods. (See Transportation of merchandise.) 4405 4405 4405 4405, 4411 4405 4405 4412 4413 4426 4472 4479 4481 4488 4489 4491 4492 4385 4481 4488 4489 Act June 19,'8(), sec. 16. 218 207 71 71 71 133 133 133 188 195 61 85 86 86 132 INDEX. 433 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page Bonded and warehouse system : Provisions concerning Bonds : When masters of vessels to give re-exportation ; na- ture of When and by whom to put, in suit Navigation, for registry of vessel Conditions of -- Cancellation of, on surrender of certificate For passport for vessel in foreign commerce By alien owner, resident in United States, to secure 'enrollment and license of river, &.c., steamboat , By husband or master to secure license for coasting or fishing vessel - - For enrollment, or license, or renewal of vessels in an- other district To secure judgment against steam-vessel carrying more than lawful number of passengers Boofh Bay, Me., port of delivery Bordeaux, consul at, salary of Boston, Mass. : Port of entry Customs officers to reside at Clerks and employes in office of appraiser of customs, how appointed, number and compensation of Inspectors of hulls and boilers for collection district of Their salaries Boston and Charlesiown, Mass.: Collection district Officers, residence of Additional iuspectoi's for Boulogne, consul at, salary of Bounty — To be paid for persons on board vessels of enemy de- stroyed To be divided in same manner as prize-money When number on board cannot be ascertained, how to be estimated Sum to be paid in other cases of vessels destroyed Awarded to vessels, how distributed Branford, Conn., port of delivery Brashear, La. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Brazilian tnail steamships : Exempted from port charges, &c Duration of such exemption Brazos de Santiago, Tex, : Collection district. .'. Dei)iity collector to reside at, powers of Transshipment of merchandise from Brazos Harbor to Brownsville Breach of duty, penalty for, on merchant vessels Brinaisi, consul at, salary of Bristol, Mt. , port of deli very Bristol and Warren, /»'. /. ; Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside in Bristol Brilinh Sorth America : Consular fees for certifying certain invoices in Imi)oi ts from, entered," &c., at certain ports, to what ports transported for benefit of drawback, &c What imports may be exported from warehouse and transported to, «fec H. Mis. 391 28 3954,3008 374,382 r 76, 2777 2778 4145 4146 4175 4306 4317 4328 4469 2517 1690 2527 2529 2530 4414 4414 2527 2529 4635 4635 4635 4635 4642 2533 2568 2569 340 340 8 8 18 43 45 46 47 83 296 218 298 300 300 90 90 298 300 319 218 251 251 251 251 252 301 311 312 4232 4232 38 38 2578 2579 313 314 2581 4602 1690 2517 314 195 219 296 2531 2532 300 301 1721 223 3053 390 3054 390 434 Subject. Uritish North America -Continued. What imports may l)e exjiorted to Provisions concerning lading and unlading of vessels from British provinces : Im])orted merchandise for, arriving at certain ports, how entered and conveyed Imports and domestic products, &c., how transported over territory of , Merchandise exported to, not to be lauded in United States ; penalty British vessels — May engage in coasting-trade on Saint Lawrence and Great Lakes, when Suspension of privilege, when Brownsville, Tex. : Port ot entry Collector to reside at Transshipment of merchandise to, by Brazos Harbor.. Brunstvirk, Ga. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Collector at, may grant permits to unload vessels in Savannah collection district and appoint inspectors for such vessels Brunsivick, Me. , port of delivery Bucksport, Me. , port of delivery Buenos Ayres, consul at, salarv of Buffalo, N. Y. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Additional inspector's for district of "Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Inspectors of hulls and boilers for district Their salaries Buffalo Creek, N. Y. : Collection district Collector and ajipraiser in, residence of Builder — Of vessels to engage in cooly trade, penalty upon Of recorded vessels, oath of, to retain record To countersign certificate of measurement Bureau of Navigation established in the Treasury Depart- ment Buoys : Materials for construction or repair of, how to be pro- cured On coasts, bays, &c., how to be colored and numbered Burlington : Inspectors of hulls and boilers for district of Their salaries Burlington, Iowa : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Burlington, N.J. : Collection district and port of entry Collector in, residence of Burlington, Ft. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Cadiz, consul at, salary of Cairo, III. : Port of doliverv in district of New Orleans Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 3056 390 3129 404 3005 381 3006 382 3008 382 4347 4347 50 50 2578 2579 2581 313 314 314 2559 2560 307 309 2561 2517 2517 1690 309 296 296 218 2535 2536 2605 2606 4414 4414 302 303 31,9 319 90 90 2535 2536 302 303 2160 4180 4181 103 19 19 Act July 5, '84 39 4666 4678 146 148 4414 4414 90 90 2568 2569 311 312 2541 2542 304 305 2525 2526 298 298 1690 218 2568 311 INDEX. 435 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. of Cairo, III. — Continued. Surveyor to reside at, dut Calais, Me. : Port of delivery Depu ty collector to reside at May eater and clear vessels, &c Calcutta, cousnl-geueral at, salary of Callao, consul at, salary of Camhoose — For vessel carrying other tban cabin passengers be tween Europe and United States Penalty for failure to provide CamhrUhje, Mass. , port of delivery Camhridye, Md., port of delivery ■ Camden, Mt., port of delivery Camden, X. J. : Port of delivery in Philadelphia collection district.. Assistant collector to reside at ; duties Enrollment and license of vessels by Campheiie — Not to be carried on steam passenger vessel How packed and marked for shipment Penalty lor shipping, contrary to law Canada, Dominion of: Consular officers not to collect tonnage fees from vessels touching at ports of Certain fish and fish-oil, produce of fisheries of, free of duty Merchandise imported from, in steamers on Lake Cham- plain, when and in what districts maybe landed Lading and unlading of vessels from Vessels of, may engage in coasting-trade on lakes, &c., under treaty of Washington, when Suspension of privilege by President Exemption from tonnage duties of certain vessels on inland waters tradiug with Canal-hoals: Steam, exempted from provisions regulating steam- vessels Without masts or steam-power Cancellation — Of certificates of registry of vessels where new issued. Of certificates of registry of lost, &c., vessels Of bond for registry of vessel ■ Candia, consul at, salary of Canton, consul at, salary of Caxie Cod: Appointment of keepers for life-saving stations at Eiii))loyment of crews of surfmen at Cajye Ilaiitien, consul at, salary of Crtj>e of Good Hope, duties on articles produced east of Cape Porpoise, Me. , port of deli very Cape Town, consul at, salary of Cape I'incent, X. Y.: CoUection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Captains of vessels. (See Masters.) Captors — Of prizes proper, shares of How distributed Captures : As prize, provisions concerning property employed in aid of Insurrection, when subject of, &c - • Proceedings in cases of, on account of use, &c., in aid of rebellion, where may be had, and how instituted 2569 •2517 2518 2521 1690 1690 4258 4259 2527 2548 2517 2543 2544 4341 4472 4475 4476 1722 2503 3128 3129 4347 4347 4221 312 296 297 298 218 218 67 67 298 306 296 305 305 49 83 84 84 223 283 404 404 35 4400 Act Apr. 18, '74 88 23 4170 4174 4175 1690 1690 16 17 18 218 218 4247 4247 1(590 2502 2517 1690 133 133 218 2.^7 2'.«) 218 2535 2536 302 303 4630 4631 250 250 4613, 4652 5308 247-254 235 5309,5311 235 436 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Captures — Continued. Doing any act relating to bringing in, custody, sale, &c., of property captured as prize, or documents, &.C., with iuteiit to defraud, &c., United States or any cajitor Cargo — Of vessels arriving from foreign ports, -wliere to be en- tered and unloaded Penalty for unlading without permit; exceptions, &c- Of vessels in distress, of perishable nature, &c., when aud how disposed of When delivery of, does not agree with master's report, penalty , - Of vessels seeking jioit in distress, not disposed of, how reladen, charges, &c Of Spanish vessels seeking port in distress, provisions concerning unlading aud relading of Articles separate from, customs officers what to do, penalty for breaking seal, &c Carondelct Canal, La. : Vessels for Bayou Saint John may unlade at, after mak- iug report, «fec Departing from, for foreign jtorts, how cleared Carrying mail — On established post-roads shall be provided for To court-houses shall be provided for On navigable canals . . : On plank roads In steamboats, &c In steamships To officers not on established routes On routes not established by law On vessels in foreijjn trade On steamboats not in regular mail service On vessels not in mail service Eoute agents, &lc., engaged in, to receive certain let- ters, r>thf>r (1i>strift, A^o. nennltv 4375 2784 2«86 2950 3044 .3045 3116 3124 3041 3043 3047 5417 4553 4588 4591 1690 2535 2536 2605 Act Mar. 2, '81 2557 2558 4414 4286 25^7 2533 2527 2529 1690 2552 3553 2549 4343 2543 2544 2601 2602 2605 2606 4414 4414 58 341 Accoiupauying casks of imported spirits, wben to be canceled, refusing to deliver, penalty Of appraiser of customs and revenue officer, what 362 374 Of consiguee, &c., of exported merchandise, when to 388 Of consul, officer verifying same, confirmation of Of clearance of vessels on northern, &c., frontiers. 3«8 402 403 For debenture of goods exported from district other 387 Of exportation, bond to be given for delivery of mer- 388 Of landing of exported merchandise, when cannot be 389 Forging, al'tering, &c., certificate of entry, knowingly 240 Cei-tificate of character— 182 Certificate of citizenship shall be furnished to seamen ; 191 T.iat nf tn Spprptsirv nf State . . ..... . • 192 (See Citizeiiship.) Certificate of enrollment. (See Vessels.) Certificate of ivifpection. (See Inspection of steam vessels.) Certificate of license. (See Vessels.) Certificate of ownership. (See Vessels.) Certificate of record of vessels. (See Vessels.) Certificate of registry of vessels. (See Vessels.) 218 Chamjylain, N. Y. : 302 303 319 Change of name of vessel Charleston, S. C. : 24 309 309 90 Charterer of vessel deemed owi-er, when Chatham Alass port of deli verv • -• - -- 81 298 301 Chelsea, Mass.— 298 300 218 Cherrystone, Va. : 307 Collector to reside at .- . ...... .. 307 Chesapeake City. Md.: Deiuit v col lector of customs to reside at 306 49 Chester, Pa. : Port of delivery 305 305 Chicago, III. : 318 Collector and appraiser to reside at . ... . 318 Additional inspectors for district of Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for 319 319 90 Their salaries 90 438 INDEX. Subject. Section E. S. or act Cougress. Chinese immigration • Cienfuegos, consulate at, may be established ; salary of consul Civeinnati, Ohio : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor and appraiser, duties of Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Circuit courts : Admission of alien seamen to citizenship by .. power of, to appoint, remove, and regulate shippiug commissioners Masters of vessels to be accountable for effects of de- ceased seamen to Shipping commissioners shall pay proceeds of effects, &c., of deceased seamen to - Distribution by, of proceeds of deceased seamen's ef- fects, &c Disposal by, of proceeds of deceased seamen's effects, &c., when unclaimed Jurisdiction of, in penalties, &c., under Title Merchant Seamen Circuit judges, to fix, &c., bonds of shipping commissioner.. Citizens of United States : Not to build, equip, &c., vessels for transporting cool- ies Forfeiture of vessels belonging to, engaged in the cooly trade Penalty for building, navigating, &c., vessels of, era- ployed in cooly trade Penalty of, for receiving on board or transporting cool- Examination and seizure of suspected vessels of Alien seamen may become, in what manner Commanders and ofiQcers of vessels of United Stales must be Vessels of the United States must be owned by Usually residing abroad, registry of vessels owned by, when Citizenship: Admission of alien seamen to Certificates of, to be furnished to seamen by collectors, Lists,pf, to be furnished by collectors to Secretary of Treasury City Point, Va., port of entry, to extend from Petersburg to, &c '. Clearancrs, blank, to be kept for sale by certain collectors of customs Clearance of vessels — From certain ports, laden with live-oak timber, con- ditions of Ship's papers to be returned upon Ferry-boats not required to clear On northern, &c., frontiers In foreign and coasting trade, departing for ports where no custom-house . In foreign trade, not to be granted until mails have been received Oath as to letters required before granting Bound to foreign port, how granted Penalty on mast er for departing without Oath by master to obtain Form of report and manifest to obtain Manifests of shippers to obtain Page. Act May 6, '82 ActJuly5,'84 1694 2568 2.^69 2606 2174 4501 4540 4543 4544 4.545 4610 4502 2158 2159 2160 2161 2163 2174 4131 4131 4133 2174 4588 4591 2552 2648 2463 2790 2792 3116 3118 104 107 219 311 312 319 206 171-204 179 180 180 180 196 171 103 103 103 103 104 206 5 5 191 192 307 3987 4197 4197 4198 4199 4200 113 349 342 402 402 116 117 28 28 28 29 29 INDEX. 439 Subject. Clearance of vessels — Continued. Oath of master, owner, shippers, and consignors, be- fore granting Form of oath Not to be granted — Until State inspection laws complied with Until mails received on board Until bullion, coin, securities, &c., of United States ottered by Government received on board Not granted to vessels from certain ports laden with live-oak timber until, &c Not to be granted until all fees paid Rates of fees of consular and diplomatic officers to be attached to Of steamboat going from Lake Champlaiuto Province of Quebec Of foreign vessel to be produced on entrj' Penalty on master failing to produce.. Exception as to vessels of certain nations Production of, to foreign consul to obtain papers Penalty on foreign consul delivering papers, without production of Licensed yachts exempt from, when Foreign yachts exempt from, when Fees for (see Fees) Nor to btt granted until master has furnished crew- list Secretary of Treasury may refuse, to vessel suspected • to be bound for insurrectionary ports ; attempting | to depart, «&c., without forfeiture When bond may be taken upon, that cargo shall not j be used in aid of insurrection - j Falsely making, forging, altering, &c., uttering true any false, &c Cleveland, Ohio : Collector and appraiser of customs Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for ... Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Clothing, seamen's: Vessels shall carry, for winter use To be forfeited for desertion Disposal of, when forfeited by desertion Coal : Of steam vessels, exempt from duty Imported, where stored Drawback on Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 4200 4201 29 29 4201 4203 29 30 4204 30 4205 4206 30 30 4573 Coal and sail : Time for unlading extended to vessels laden with Coal oil — Not to be carried on steam passenger vessels How packed and marked for shipment Penalty for shipping, contrary to law Coasting di'slricts, coast of the United States divided into three great Coasting steam vessels, to carry what lights , Coasting trade : Enrolled, &c., vessels engaged in, on northern, Sec, frontiers, not liable to entry fees, &c Vessels qualified to carry on the, deemed vessels of the United States Vessels, belonging to citizens engaged in, e.vemptfrom tonnage duties What vessels may engage in Enrolled and licensed vessels on northern, «&c., frontier mav engage in 30 4208 30 4209 31 4209 31 4210 31 4211 31 4211 31 4214 32 4216 32 381,4382 59 5320 237 5:m 238 5423 240 2604 2006 4414 318 319 90 4572 4.596 4604 187 192 195 2798 2958 Act June 19, '86 sec. 10. 343 374 64 2881 361 4472 4475 4476 84 83 84 4348 4^33 51 123 2793 343 4131 5 4220 4311 35 44 4318 45 440 INDEX. Subject. Coasting trade — Coutiuued. Form of enrollment for vessels engaged in Licensed to engage in, Low obtained Bond for Form of license Enrollment and license of vessels for — At Jersey City At Camden, N. J At Wilmington, N. C At Chesapeake City, Md At ports authorized l)y Secretary of the Treasury At Cold Spring, Greenport, and Port JeflFerson Foreign vessels not to engage in British vessels may engage in, on Saint Lawrence Elver and Great Lakes Suspension of privilege by Presiden t Suspension of, when export duty levied ou timber cut in Maine and Hoated to sea in New Brunswick Between neighboring districts, manifests and permits for ..i Penalty for departing without manifest, «fcc Delivery of manifest before unlading Penalty for non-delivery Between remote districts, manifests and permits for. .. Penalty for departing without manifest, &c Delivery of manifest before unlading Penalty for non-delivery Between Long Island and Ehode Island, privileges of vessels in Between Alaska and other districts, how regulated Masters of certain vessels engaged in, to carry manifests. Penalty for not exhibiting, &.c Eegistered vessels engaged in, subject to provisions governing licensed vessels Vessels in putting into port other than destination, to report, &c Penalty for not reporting, &c Penalty on vessel carrying on, not enrolled or licensed. . Forfeiture of, and of merchandise Coasters exempt from the provisions of shipping com- missioner's act Shipment of seamen in Section E. S. or act Congress. Coast of United States divided into three great districts Coast Survey : Preliminary surveys, under direction of Superintendent. President authorized — To cause survey of coasts of United States to be made. To cause banks and shoals beyond twenty leagues, «&c., to be examined Appropriations for, how to bo expended Officers of Army and Navy employed in ; departments of work ; no extra pay Maps, books, apparatus, &c., belonging to the United States ; employment of astronomers, «S:c Use of public vessels in actual service Officers of Army and Navy to be employed in, as far as t practicable ■ Allowance for subsistence to officers and men Salary of superintendent Eeport to Congress Disposal of maps and charts Coastwise vessels : Provisions as to shipping articles not to ai)ply to Shipping articles for Penalty for illegally shipping seamen 4319 4320 4320 4321 4340 4341 4342 4343 4344 4345 4347 4347 4347 4347 Page. 4349 4350 4351 4352 4353 43.-4 4355 4356 52 52 52 53 53 54 54 54 4357 4358 4359 4360 54 55 55 55 4361 55 4366 4366 4371 4371 57 57 58 58 Act June 9, '74 Act June 19,'86 sec. 2. 4348 200 205 51 4663 14 G 4681 148 4682 4683 148 148 4684 149 4685 4686 149 149 4687 4688 4689 4690 4691 149 149 149 149 149 4513 4520 4521 174 175 175 INDEX. 441 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Coa ticool-, consul at, salary of Cobija, consul at salary of Cod fishery : Form of license to carry ou Agreement for shares with tis\iernien Penalty for violation of Recovery of shares of fish under Vessels iiable for shares, &c Discharge of vessel ou bond Cohasset, Mass., port of delivery CoM Spring, X. T. : Port of delivery Merchandise for, to be entered and duties paid at New York Enrollment and license of vessels by surveyor at CoUection districts {customs)— Of United States; ports aud officers In Maine, where no boundaries are prescribed Vessels arriving aud departing from port before mak- ing report or entry j On northern, Ac, boundaries, merchandise, how im- | ported i uto ' Entry of merchandise in, »fcc Collectors of customs : \ Where to reside I Duties of, at certain ports respecting clearances of | vessels laden with live-oak timber j At New York — Assistant collector at Jersey City to act uuder ; To instruct, ?tc., assistant collector at Jersey City .. At Richmond, Va., may clear vessels loaded at Peters- burg in certain cases For districts of Savannah and Brunswick, Ga., may graut permits to unload vessels, appoint inspectors, «&c.. in both those districts At New Orleans, La., when to appoint temporary in- spectors ; number of, &c May appoint head gangers At Astoria, Oreg , duties of, in cases of vessels bound for Portland In cases of vessels for Astoria and Portland To administer oaths to special examiners of drugs, &c. Duties of, in districts where no examiners of drugs pro- vided Term of oflQce Appraiser at New York to transmit certain reports to. . Oath of, before whom taken Of offict-rs of customs taken before Bonds of By whom api)roved and where filed Duties of Duties of, in ports where no naval officer, and when naval officer is disabled Where neither naval officer nor surveyor When surveyor may be appointed l)y In case of death ordisability of, who to perform duties.. Liability of estate of To authorize fit persons to perform duties of surveyor in case of disability or death To employ deputy collectors who may act. &c., re- sponsibility of When to authorize officer or clerk to act in his place as diiA)ursing agent ; bond to cover Number and compensation of clerks of To keep posted table of fees, &c., receipts Page. 1690 1690 4321 4391 439-2 4393 4393 4394 2527 2535 2540 4345 2517-2612 2519 2773 3096 3097 2518-2604 2463-4205 2.535 2536 218 218 46 61 61 62 62 62 298 304 50 2554 2561 2576 2577 2590 2611 2(il2 2613 2615 2617 2617 2619 2620 2621-2625 296-319 298 339 398 398 297-318 113-30 302 303 308 309 313 313 316 316 319 319 319 320 320 320 320 321 321-322 321 '322 2630 2631 , 2634 2635 I 323 323 442 INDEX. Subject. Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. Collectors of customs— Contimied. To keep account of fees, &c., and make annual returns 2639 2640 2639-2941,2643, 2645-2647 325 Personal attention, tfcc, of duties of, in respect to ac- 325 Accounts of, what to include and how rendered 325, 326, 372 To render list of clerks, their duties and compensation, account of stationery, office rents, &c Of the northern, &c.,Vrontier districts to forward list of employds, &c.,and make certain estimates Books, blanks, &c., how furnished to To render quarterly accounts of moneys collected for fines, penalties, forfeitures, rents, storage, &c., excess of $2,000 in certain cases to be paid into Treasury 2643 2644 2646 2647 2648 2654 2655 2656 2658 2659 2647-2660-2685 325 325 326 326 326 Fees of . ..^ 327 327 Drawback fees how shai'ed &c bv .. .. . 328 Fee. of, for entry on northern, &c., frontiers 328 328 Salaries and commissions of 326-328 331 At Paso del Norte to pay into Treasury annual excess of $2,000 At certain other places Division of commissions on death or resignation of... When entitled to pro rata compensation only | Limit to compensation of ] Compensation exclusive of expenses of [ Limit to emoluments of, at certain ports I At other ports I When fees, &c., insufficient for compensation of [ At New York, responsible for assistant, &c To direct officers of revenue cutter service May employ small open boats, &c When to put in suit re-expoitation, &c., bonds When to grant to masters of vessels departing for other districts copies of manifests, certificates, &c When to take bond from agents, factors, &c., for ac- count of merchandise by owner Imperfect entry of merchandise To certify separate entry of distilled spirits Excess of sea-stores Examination of baggage, &c Delivery to, of baggage in transit for foreign eouati'ies, &c To administer oaths Goods intended for transportation in bond To certify duplicate manifests of Not to permit entry of merchandise when duties ex- ceed bond . To take possession of merchandise when invoices not correct When to certify invoices - - - ■ When to notify consular officer to transmit copy of in- voice 1 To administer oath to officers, &c., of vessels, in case of unlading by accident, &c To make estimate of duties, and grant permit to land.. To grant license to unload at night, compensation for unlading Penalty for unlawfully unlading, »&c To put inspectors on board of vessels going from one district to another 2371 2675 2686 2689 2690 2691 2692 2694 2760 2763 2778 2780 2787 2789 2794 2796 2801 2803 2805 2826 2827 2831 2840 2852 2857 2867 2871 2873 2875 INDEX. 443 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Collectors of euDtoms — Continued. Iusi)ector,s' books to be deposited in office of...i To take possession of merchandise not repotted by master of vessel ; delivery by order of To extend time for unlading of vessels laden with salt or coal - To compare returns of delivery of merchandise.... .... Vessel seekiu<;- port in distress; when to appoint in- spector, and grant permit to unload, &c Storage of goods landed from vessels in distress under / direction "of ; disposal of perishable cargo Vessels obstructed by ice Tare on imports Delivery of goods on bond before appraisal Opening package without consent of; violating bond, &c - Appraisal of market value of goods in addition to en- tries r To designate number of packages to be opened, &c. ; forfeiture ; remission Estimating value and quantity of imports Appraisal of market value of merchandise at time of exportation Secretary of Treasury to furiiish with standard of sugar. To examine, upon oath, owners, &c., as to value of merchandise, and require production of papers; evi- dence to be retained in office of, &,c Bond to XHoduce evidence of class and value of mer- chandise To designate bonded warehouse for merchaudise of which entry is not complete . . i ■ When to order reappraisement Persons appointed by, to reappraise goods ; disagree- ments ; tinal decision Decisions of, as to rate of duties, fees, charges, &c., final, unless protest and appeal are made Re-examination of drugs, medicines, &c "When analysis of imported drugs, medicines, «S:c., sus- tains examiner's report At New York, how to direct appraisements Powers of, to lease or hire stores at, certain ports When to lease stores in certain ports Use of warehouse hired by Not to enter into contract for use of warehouse before completion | Deposit of imported merchandise in public stores, and j bond for duties | Charges and duties on unclaimed merchandise sold j Deposit in bonded warehouseof importations in steamers To sell merchandise remaining in public store beyond one year, proceedings - ■ To pay into Treasury overplus of sales of unclaimed merchandise ; papers transmitted by, to exonerate master of vessel, &c To sell unclaimed perishable merchandise in public warehouse Permit for exportation, without payment of duties Lien for freight on merchandise in warehouse Quarterly reports of warehoused merchandise, by Money paid under protest, &c., for duties, to be de- posited , To retain one per centum on amount of drawbacks Ten per centum on amount of certain drawbacks Fees on gaugable merchandise On weighable articles 2876 1 359 2880 1 361 2881 2889 ! 361 363 2891 363 2892 i 2896 1 2898 1 2899 364 364 365 365 2899 365 2900 365 2901 2902 365 366 2906 2914 366 368 2922 368 2925 369 2926 2929 369 370 2930 370 2331,2932 I 370-371 2930 371 2937 372 2939 372 2953 374 295.^ 374 2956 374 2957 374 2964 375 29H5 376 2966 376 2973 2974 377 377 297() 378 2979 378 2981 378 2988 379 3010 382 3017 384 3019 384 3023 385 3024 385 444 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Collectors of cxs/oms— Continued. To appoint officer to inspect. change from casks, «&;c., of distilled spirits and sugars When to permit merchandise entitled to debenture, to be changed into other packages When to appoint inspector to superintend transfer, &c. Invoice of mei'chaudise for drawback to be deposited with, and preserved by, »&c Inspection of merchandise entitled to drawback, and comparison of invoices, «Ssc To certify copy of cost of merchandise for drawback from invoice, Sec Inspection of merchandise notitied for exportation, p^-- mit for landing Eefusal of, to pay debenture, suit, how brought Certificate of exportation from port other than of im- portation, and debenture In case of error or fraud to refuse debenture and rep- resent case to Secretary of Treasury Proofs of landing abroad other than exportation cer- tificates To pay debentures, drawbacks, &c Penalty for fraud or error in relation to drawback Not incurred if error is accidental Duplicate list and appraisement of property seized To publish notice of seizure Bond of claimant in seizure cases Sale of seized property, deposit of proceeds, adjourn- ments of sale Advertisement and sale of perishable articles seized, &c . Release of seized merchandise on payment of, appraised value Report of seizures to Solicitor of Treasury Report of tines, t&c, to district attorney, penalty for failure, «&c To have custody of goods seized, &c When to cause commencement of suits ; receipt and distribution of amount recovered May examine papers, &c., seized J)y warrant of district judge In northern, &.c., frontier districts, manifests to be de- livered to When to search certain stores, warehouses, &c Excess of sea-stores of vessels on northern, «&c., fron- tiers License, «fec., to vessels in foreign and coasting trade . Clearances to be indorsed on manifests of vessels on northern, &c. , frontiers 1*0 furnish registered vessels with certitied manifests .. Shall require oath as to letters before clearing vessels leaving United States Shall search vessels for letters illegally conveyed May seize such letters ". Disposal of letters seized To appoint persons to measure vessels for register ton- nage, when For other tonnage, when To make and keep in books registry of vessels To grant certificates of registry To till up, sign, and seal certificates of registry To administer oath to owner To issue new certificates of registry, when To issue new certificate of registry to agent or attorney of owner, when To transmit old certificate to collector who granted it . 3029 385 3030 3031 386 386 3032 386 3033 386 3034 386 3035 3039 386 387 3041 3042 I 3047 389 3048 389 3049, 3050 389-390 3051 390 3074 393 3075 394 3076 394 3077 394 3080 395 3081 395 3083 395 3084 395 3086 .396 3087 396 3093 397 8098 398 3107 400 3112 401 3115 402 3116 402 3126 404 3987 117 3989 117 3990 117 3991 117 4148 9 4154 12 4155 13 4155 13 4158 14 4159 14 4160 14 4161 14 4162 15 INDEX. 445 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Collectors of customs— Contmned. To issue ceititicate of register to vessel sold under legal process, when To issue new certificate in place of one lost or de- stroyed, when - - - To issue uew register where vessel sold or changed in form or burden To transiuit old certificate to Register of Treasury for cancelhvtiou - To indorse changes of masters of vessels on certificates of registry To transmit certificates of registry delivered on loss, &c., of vessel to Register of Treasury To cancel bond for registry on delivery of certificates, To number certificates of registry, how Recording of vessels in office of Oath of builder of vessel to obtain record To be recorded in books To cause survey or measurement of vessels for record.: To grant certificates of record To record such certificates To transmit copy to Register of Treasury To indorse on certificate of record change of master or name of vessel To record such change in record book To transmit transcript to collector granting certificate. To transmit duplicate to Register of Treasury Fees of, for granting certificate of registry For indorsements on certificates For taking any bond For granting certificate of record For indorsements on certificate For taking any bond Penalty for making, &c., false register or record, &c.. For receiving reward, &c.,for registering or recording. Bills of sale, hypothecations, mortgages, and convey- ances of vessels to be recorded Record of discharges of, to be kept To keep what items concerniuo;, in books To certify what items concerning, on bills, &c To keep an index of such records Index and records open to inspection To furnish certificates reJating to Fee of, for furnishing certificates For furnishing certified copy of record Manifests of vessels foreign bound to be delivered to, by master Clearance of, to be granted by, when Form of manifest to be delivered to Manifest to be delivered to, by owners, shippers, &c., of cargo Oath before, concerning - To observe State inspection laws in granting clear- ances Duties of, in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Loui- siana in clearing vessels laden with live oak Not to grant clearances until fees paid To annex table of consular fees to clearances of regis- tered vessels To grant clearance to vessels going from Lake Cham- plain to Province of Quebec, how To transmit to Secretary of Treasury copies of re- ceipts by consular officers for fees paid abroad Statement of all certified invoices, &c 4164 4167 4170 4170 4171 4174 4175 18 4176 18 4180 19 41H0 19 4180 19 4181 19 4182 19 4182 19 4182 19 4183 20 4183 20 4183 20 4183 20 4184 20 4184 20 4184 20 4185 20 4185 20 4185 20 4187 21 4187 21 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4195 23 4197 28 4197 28 4199 29 4200 29 4202 30 2463,4205 4206 113-30 30 4207 30 4208 30 4213 4213 31 31 446 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Collectors of c«8fom.s— Continued. What stateuieut to specify .... 4213 4233 4264 4264 4267 4272 4272 4306 4308 4320 4322 4322 4323 4323 4326 4326 4328 4333 4337 4338 4342 4349 4351 4353 43.55 4355 4362 4362 4363 4373 4373 4379 4383 4503 4539 4565 4566 4573 4574 4575 4576 4585 4587 4588 4590 31 To re(iuire sail vessels to be furuislied with proper sig- nal lights To direct inspection and report passenger vessels ar- riving from abroad Effect of report as evidence when approved by To make quarterly return to Secretary of State of lists 123 68 68 69 To examine emigrant vessels on arrival 70 70 To furnish passports to vessels of United States de- parting forforeiti^n ports .. .. 43 To furnish unregistered vessels, &c., letter with pass- 43 To issue license for coasting trade or tishery 45 46 May reo'ister enrolled and licensed vessels 46 Exchange when made in another district . .. 46 To transmit surrendered enrollments, licenses, and registers to Refister of Treasury 46 To grant new license in place of one lost or destroyed.. 47 47 To issue or renew enrollment or license of vessel from another district .. . . . . . 47 48 To grant registers to enrolled or licensed vessels going abroad .. ...... . . ...... . 49 49 At Wilmington, N. C, may register, enroll, and license 49 To certify manifests of vessels trading between neigh- boring districts . ... 52 Permit for unlading of vessel from neighboring dis- trict 52 To certify manifest and permit vessels to proceed Permit for unlading of vessel from remote district To certify manifest and permit vessel to proceed Of Philadelphia may grant permits for land transpor- 53 54 54 56 56 Of Maryland or Virginia .. . . 26 Penalty for iliegally enrolling or licensing vessels For receivin''" reward or o'ratuity for, &c 58 58 Advertisement of seizure of vessel . ... 59 61 When to act as shipplno" commissioners .. ... 171 Shall not grant clearance to vessels not having ship- ping, commissioners' certificate as to effects, &c., of deceased seamen .. . . 178 When, shall inspect provisions, &c., on vessels W^hen complaint of crew reported to be false, penalty. 185 185 187 Shall examine and certify crew-list, shall preserve copv &c 187 Shallreport to Secretary of Treasury violations of pro- visions resiiectino' crew-lists &c 187 Duty of, as to crew-lists of arriving vessels Shall collect hospital tax 188 190 Shall not grant enrollment until hospital-tax is paid .. Shall keep register of, and give citizenship certificates 190 191 Shall inform masters of vessels of the provisions of law relating to certificates of citizenship aud impress- ments 191 INDEX. 447 Subject. Section K. S. or act Congress. CoUectors of cuxtoms — Continued. Shall send list of certiticates of citizenship, &c., to Secretary of State ...;... Assignment to, of superintendence of light-houses, bea- cons, light-ships, buoys, &c., compensation Discharge of vessels in quarantine ' To designate ^^•arehouse for storage of cargo i Joint custody of goods, &c | To grant permits for receiving merchandise in such | cases To deposit moneys collected for marine-hospital fund.. Monthly returns of such collections Not to clear foreign vessel until hospital dues paid Detention of vessel built for warlike purposes, «&c In insurrectionary district, removal of custom-house .. May require bond before clearing vessels, that cargo, &c., shall not be used in aiding insurrection CoUmon regulations Commenial agents. (See Consuls-general, Consuls, Commer- cial agents, and Consular Officers.) Commercial intercourse : When to cease between States in insurrection, &c., for- feitures In parts of State not declared to be in insurrection Provisions relating to suspension of, in cases of insur- rection Licenses and permits by President, with part of State in insurrection - - Commerce with contiguous countries, provisions relating to ... Comm issioner of Xarigation Common carrier: Vehicles of,n()t forfeited in certain cases under customs laws Non-liability for gold, bullion, jewelry, &c., on steam- ers For loss by tire on steamers Limit on liability for merchandise lost on steamers Transfer of interest to trustees for benefit of shippers.. After such transfer proceedings against owner to cease. Charterer of vessel deemed owner .: Remedies against masters, owners, &c., for embezzle- ment, negligence, fraud, &,c., reserved Provisions of Title XLVIII not applicable to canal- boats, «&c., or vessels in river or inland navigation .. Company incorporated owning vessels Condemnation: Condemned vessels, extra wages not required for sea- men discharged from Connecticut: Collection districts, ports of entry, and delivery in Otiicers in Consignee: For production of invoice Deemed to be owner Consignees of vessels: Penalty on, of vessels carrying away live-oak or red cedar timber from lands reserved by United States. .. To cause to be indorsed on certificate of record change of name or master of vessel - To furnish collectors copy of receipts for fees paid to consuls '. When may perform duties of shipping commissioner... Consular agents. (See Consuls-general, Consuls, 4'c.) 4591 Page. 5301 5302 5303 5304 3095-3129 Act July 5, '84 192 4672 147 4793 1.57 4793 157 4795 157 4795 157 4803 166 4803 166 4805 166 5290 230 5315 236 5321 238 Mar. 3, '85 126 233 234 234 397-404 39 392 4281 71 4282 80 4283 80 4285 81 4285 81 4286 81 4287 81 4289 81-82 4137 7 4583 2533 2534 2848 3058 2462 4183 4213 4504 190 301 302 354 391 113 31 172 448 INDEX. Subject. Consuls-general, consuls : Consular officers and corariiercial agents, jurisdiction of district courts in suits against enforcement of awards title includes what General provision respecting Application of provisions of Title XVIII to Appointment, salaries, and location of Consuls-general may be appointed instead of consuls, and cpnsuls instead of commercial agents, and vice versa Not to hold two consulates Interpreters to— In China, salaries, &.c., of At Bangkok, salary, &c., of At Trinidad de Cuba may be discontinued and ap- pointed at Cienfuegos Consuls-general, consuls, consular officers, and commercial agents : Territory of consulate to be deffned, appointment of vice consuls, deputies, salaries of Allowances to vice-consulates, &c Bonds of Certain, not to transact business, &c Where salary exceeds $1,000 not to transact business; prohibition may be extended to any consul, »&.c Penalty for illegally transacting business; recovery... Compensation where fees exceed |3,000 Compensation of deputies, vice-consuls, &c Consular clerks, appointment, &c., of Examination and removal of . . . ; Expenses of office rent May receive protests or declarations; copies of, to be evidence Record of seamen, vessels, &c Estates of deceased Americans Shall publish, &c., notice of deaths Shall procure and transmit commercial information . .. Shall furnish Treasury Department with prices current. Shall not certify invoices unless, &c. Fee for certifying invoices; penalty for eicessive fees Not to grant certificate for goods from countries ad jacent to United States when they have passed a consulate after purchase • Shall be paid legal fees; liability of masters, &c., for; papers may be retained until paid Shall not receive fees, &c., from extra Avages, &c., of seamen Fees from vessel making regular trips For certifying invoices in British North American prov- inces In Canada not to collect tonnage fees Penalty for exacting excessive fees ; recovery Penalty for failure to collect fees ; remission Shall make returns of fees Shall give receipt for fees Shall number and record receipts Transcript of fee-book, with accounts of Not mentioned in Schedules B and C shall account for fees Shall have fees for compensation Shall keep fee-list conspicuously posted to consulate .. Not mentioned in Schedules B and C, limit of fees to .. Fees in excess of $1,000 a year Penalty for embezzlement by For neglect of dutj' Section E. S. or act Congress. 1674-4130 1689-1739 16H9 1690 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697, 1698 169V) 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 17H' 1712 1713 1715 1716 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722, 4222 1723 1724 1725 1726 i;27 17:^8 1729 1730 1731 17.i2 17.43 1731 1735 INDEX. 449 Subject. -Coutiuued. Consuls-general, ifc To seaineu Performance of diplomatic functions Pay when performing Salaries of, term for which payable "When absent from post, &c Compensation of, to be in full payment for services, &c --• No compensation to certain consuls general if not citi- zens President may regulate fees and salaries Tariff of fees to be reported to Congress Fees to be collected in United States coin or its value in exchange To be accounted for Stationery, &c., to be furnished to.. Dying abroad, allowance to widow of, &c President may make regulations, &c., governing In China. Japan, &c., to give certificates of voluntary emigration What to state in certificate - 'io be personally satisfied by evidence before giving . .. Certificate on declaration of American artist abroad... Oaths to invoices Authentications by foreign Fees for verification of invoices Invoices, when to be produced to Declaration of persons producing and duty of Invoices of merchandise from countries adjacent to United States When to transmit to collector of customs certified copy of invoice When not to grant certificates to invoices in customs cases To exact proof of invoice To report fraudulent verification of invoice Certificate of landing of goods abroad, oath of master. Fees for administering oath and granting such certifi- cates ; forfeiture for excessive fees May require nuiils to be carried in vessels bound for tiie United States - ;--• May i)ay postage on letters held in foreign countries — Registry of vessels owned by When n'lerchant seamen shall be engaged in presence of, &c Penalty for illegally engagiug merchant seameu where there are • Table of fees to be attached to clearances of registered vessels Copy of receipts given for fees to be furnished col- lector on entry Duties of, in protecting vessels stranded on foreign shores Restriction of authority when master, owner, or con- signee present To return papers to vessels on production of clearance. Seamen to be engaged in presence of Duty of, respecting effects, &c., of deceased seamen. . Seamen's wages paid by direction of, to be in gold... Shall cause survey of ves.sels on proper complaint Approved by, of report of survey May discharge crew with extra wages Shall certify charges for survey, &c Inspection of provisions, &c., on merchant vessels... Complaint found to be false; penalty H. Mis. 391 29 Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 225 225 225 225 226 226 226 226 226 226 226 227 227 227 103 103 103 283 [i, 2845 353, 354 2844 353 2851 354 2854 3.55 2855 355 1736 1738 1739 1740 1742 1743 1744 1745 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1752 2162 2162 2162 2503 2856 2857 2861 2862 2863 3045 3046 355 356 356 356 357 388 389 3976 116 4014 119 4133,4134 6 4517 175 4518 175 4207 30 4213 31 4238 132 4238 132 4309 43 4517 175 4539, 4541 178, 179 4548 181 4559 184 4.">(iO 184 4.561 184 4562 185 4565 185 4566 185 450 INDEX. Subject. Consuhgeneral, ^c. — Continued. May demand crew-list and shipping articles Discharge of seamen by, not to forfeit bond of master. Destitute seamen, to' provide for return to United States of May require masters t o carry At ports where there is no consular officer May discharge seamen and require extra wages Penalty for neglect to require such wages Extra Avages on sale of vessel When, may remit How to dispose of Shall collect hospital tax on vessels sold . . Keclamation of deserters ; discharge of deserters with extra wages Consular regulations the President may make shall be obeyed Consular ierrUori/ may be defined, consular agencies, &c.. . Consulate goodshaving passed in adjacent countries, after purchase for shipment, not to be certified by consular otfices Coniraciors for carrying mail to foreign conutries may be fined, &c Contracts— For carrying mail, advertising for bids for With railways With steamboats, &-c Shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, except Failure to enter into, proceedings on Certified check as guarantee of proposal Limit term of omission of route from Advertisement for Change of, proceedings on Payment ou Additional services under allowance for increased .. .. Expedition under Deductions from pay under Assignments of. void Through foreign countries may be made, revocation, indemnity To foreign countries maj*be made Special stipulations in Coolie trade : Building or equipping vessels for, prohibited Forfeiture of vessel, &c., employed in Penalty for building or fitting out, «&c Penal ty for receiving or transporting coolies Voluntary emigration from oriental countries not af- fected • Certificate of, to be given bj- consular officer Examination of vessel suspected Disposal of vessel found engaged in Coos Ihui, Oreg., port of entry Copann, Tex.: Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Corpus Christi, Tex. : Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Cotton : Loose, not to be carried on steam passenger- vessels . . Baled, how to be secured in, when so carried Penalty for carrying, contrary to law. Crew, maltreating of^ on American vessel . Section R.S. or act Congress. Page. 4575 187 4576 188 4577 189 4578 189 4579 189 4580 189 4581 189 4582 189 4583 190 4584 190 4586 190 4600 194 1752 227 1695 219 1717,2861 222-356 4010 119 3941 113 3942 114 3943 114 3949 114 3951 114 3953 114 395(5 115 3957 115 3958 115 3959 115 3960 115 3961 115 3962 115 3963 115 4006 118 4007 118 4011 119 2158 103 2159 103 2160 103 2161 103 2162 103 2162 103 2163 103 2163 103 2586 315 2578 313 2579 314 2578 313 2579 314 4472 83 4472 83 4473 84 5347 239 INDEX. 451 Subject. Creic-Usts — To be furnished by master before clearance To be exaniiued and certified by collector of customs.. Rules respecting duplicate Discbarge of seamen deserters by consul, &c., to be entered on Crimes and offinnex: Defrauding captor orclaimantof prize, or United States relative to such property, or to documents Consul, &c., falsely certifying invoice Concealing or destroying invoice, &c., of goods im- ported, &c Officer admitting goods on payment of less than law- ful duty Effecting entry of goods at less than true weight, on false classification or on payment of less than lawful duties ^ Rescuing property detained by revenue officer Resisting, &c., officer of customs in making seizures or searches Staving, throwing overboard, &c., property, &c., to prevent seizure, &c - — Falsely -assuming to be revenue officer and demanding or receiving money, &c., as such Bribing officer of United States, &c., giving or offer- ing presents to revenue officer by importer — Secreting, embezzling, carrying away implement for printing Inspector of steamboats receiving illegal fees Committed on guano islands, how cognizable and pun- ished CrisfieJd, Md. : Port of entry Collector to' reside at -- Cunibn'laiid, Va. , port of delivery Gushing, Me., port of delivery Custom-house dues : Brazilian mail steamships exempt from Duration of such exemption Custom-houses : Samjiles of wool and hair to be deposited in \Vhen to be shipping-offices Removal — By Secretary of Treasury or First Comptroller during epidemics By President By President, in insurrectionary district, residence of collector, &c Customs duties. (See Duties on imports.) Customs fees. (See Fees.) Customs lau's. (See lieveuue laus.) Customs laws amended \ Section K. S. or act Congress. 4573 4574 4575 Page. 187 187 187 4G00 I 201-194 5441 5442 5443 5444 5445 5446 Customs districts : Aioostodk and Bangor.. California New Orlt-ans Customn offictrs — In Alabama In Ala.ska In California In Cnnnecticut In Delaware In District of Columbia In Florida 240 241 241 241 241 241 5447 •J41 5447 241 5448 241 iAbl 242 5452 .5481, 548:^ 242 242 5576 112 2.=.48 2549 2552 2517 306 306 307 296 4232 4232 38 38 2916 45U3 368 171 4797 4798 158 158 236 Act J uue 22, '74 405 Act June 10, 'HO 413 Act Feb. 17, '81 417 Act June 16, '62 419 Act Aug. 7, '82 421 25tir. 311 259:> 316 2r>'*-3 315 2534 302 2547 30G 2550 307 2563 310 452 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Cougress. Customs officers — Contiuued. lu Georgia For ludiaua and Illinois In Louisiana In Maine In Maryland In Massachusetts In Michigan In Minnesota In Mississippi In New Hampshire In New Jersey In New York In North Carolina In Ohio In Oregon and Washington Territory In Pennsylvania In Rhode Island For San Diego. Qal In, South Carolina In Texas In Vermont In Virginia : In Wisconsin Term of office of Additional oath of Bonds of By whom approved and where filed Qualifications, pay, and duties of Penalty for demanding or receiving excessive fees For certifying shipment of goods for drawback, &c., without inspection Not to own vessels, &c., nor engage in importation Books, blanks, &c., how furnished to To follow instructions and decisions of Secretary of Treasury Subordinate offices of, may be abolished Pro rata pay for part of year's service To administer oaths Demand by, of manifests of vessels .*. . Of vessels arriving in port of discharge Neglecting to certify production of manifests, penalty. Report by, for failure to produce manifests To board vessels at New Orleans for Natchez or Vicks burg, powers and duties of Expenses of, to be paid by such vessels In appraisal department of New York not to engage in mercantile business Not to contract for use of warehouse before completion. To have charge and supervision of private warehouse.. Powers of, for discovery of frauds and seizure of mer- chandise relanded contrary to law When to board vessels and make searches and arrests . How to obtain warrant to search dwelling-house, &.c.. When to board vessel, demand manifest, make searches, &c., powers of Master of vessel obstructing, penalty, &c What to do, where articles found separate from cargo. When to make known character, power of, to demand assistance, &c., refusal to assist, penalty When and where to make seizures of vessels, «fec When sued, &c., may give special matter in evidence nuder the general issue What proportion of fines, penalties, and forfeitures to be distributed to 2.560 2602 2569 2518 2549 2529 2600 2596 2567 2523 2542 2536 2556 2604 2587 2544 2532 2607 2558 2579 2.526- 2553 2598 2613 2616 2619 2620 2613-2746 2636 2638 2646 2652 2653 2687 2805 2811 2812 2814 2815 2832 2833 2941 2957 2960 3049 3059 3066 3067 3068 3071 3072 3073 3090 309 318 312 297 306 300 318 317 311 298 305 303 308 318 316 305 301 319 309 314 298 307 317 319 320 .320 321 319-336 324 324 324 326 327 327 331 345 346 346 346 347 349 350 372 374 375 391 392 392 392 392 393 393 393 396 INDEX. 453 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Customs officers — Coiitiuued. Powers aud dutiesof, in northern, »fec., frontierdistricts. When to retain baggage, &c., from contiguous foreign countries, aud examine ; forfeiture When to seal vessels and cars to avoid inspection at first port of arrival Shall require oath as to letters before granting clear- ances Shall search for letters illegally conveyed May seize, &c., such letters Disposal of letters, &c. , seized by Shall aid in collection of postage, «fcc., on letters, &c., carried in foreign vessels To observe State inspection lavFS in clearing vessels. .. To pay fees of marshals aud witnesses in investigations by steamboat inspectors To "enforce provisions of Title Regulation of Steam Vessels Penalty for neglect Shall require certificate as to effects of deceased sea- men before granting clearance Knowingly admitting to entry any goods, »S:c., upon Iiaymen't of less than lawful duty Assaulting, resisting, &c., in execution of duty Rescuing property seized by - -- Discharging weapon at, or using, &c., in resisting.... Oft'eriug present to, by persons importing, &c., or in- terested in entry of "goods, &c. (see Beveniie Officers^.. Cuyalioija, Ohio : Collection district Otlicers of customs in, residence of Additional inspectors for district of Cyprus, consul at, salary of D. Damaycd goods : Imported, appraisers to certify rate of percentage of deductions, how made ; proof of where lodged Appraisal, &c., at New York Damaging vessel or cargo, punishment of seamen for Bau vers, Mass., port of delivery Darii'U, Oa.: Port of delivery - Deinity collector to reside at Deceased Americau citizens, duty of consular officers as to es- tate of Deceased seamen. (See Seamen.) Deck passengers — On river steamers, provisions for safety and accommo- dation of Penalty for failure Deer Island, Me., port of delivery Definitions : Diplomatic and consular officers Of word " ton," as used in Title Collection of Duties... Of words " value " and " valued," as used in Title Col- lection of Duties Of "minister" and "consul," in Title Foreign Rela- tions Of " master," " vessel," owner," in Title Merchant Sea- men Of vessel Delaware : Collection district of, ports of entry and delivery in Collector in, residence of 3097 3101 3102 3987 3969 3990 3991 117 117 117 117 4015 4202 119 30 4451 98 449(5 4497 87 88 4539 178 5444 5447 5447 5447 241 241 241 241 5452 242 2603 2604 2605 1690 318 318 319 218 2927 2943 4596 2527 2559 2560 1709 4484,4485 4486 2517 1674 2951 2952 413.) 4612 3 2546 2547 375 192 309 221 86 86 296 217 374 374 217 197 5 306 454 INDEX. Subject. Delaware — Continued. Permit for land transportation of foreign merchandise across Delauare City, Del., port of delivery Delivery — Of cargoes, inspector to attend to Copies of accounts of, to be returned to collector, &c., and what to comprise Of vessel in distress not agreeing with master's report, penalty From custody of customs officers, imported goods to be inspected and appraised before Of merchandise in bulk, from warehouse Of imports for transportation time of, penalty for failure (see Uuladiiig) Delivery of letters — From vessels in foreign trade PYom steamboats Demerara, consul, salary of Deputy collectors of cuaioms : Ports at which appointed At Calais, Me., when to enter and clear vessels, &c.. . When to perform duties of collector Collector to appoint, duties of When empowered to act as principal, bond of Salaries of — At New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Me., and San Francisco At Eureka and Vailejo, Cal At Potomac At Shreveport At Saint Paul, what to include duties of At EUeusberg, Port Orford, and Gardiner At Vailejo, Cal., when to exercise powers of surveyor. In northern, «fec., frontier districts, certain oaths to be administered by When to search certain stores, warehouses, &c When to act as shipping commissioners Deputy consuls : Title to denote what, shall be deemed included as con- sulars otiRcers Not to be appointed except under regulations Prohibition to trade maybe extended to (see Consuls- General, Consuls, tfc) ■ Derby Conn., port of delivery Desertion of merchant seamen. (See Seamen.) Destitute xcamen. (See Seamen.) Do Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. 4362 2546 2877 28S8 2893 2S99 2980 3001 306 360 363 364 365 378 Detroit, .Vicli.: Collection district aiul port of entry Officers of customs in, residence of Weighers; gangers, measurers, and inspectors, for Insjx'ctors of hulls and boilers for Salaries of Diplomaiic officer s — May require mails to be carried in vessels bound to the I'nited States Table of fees allowed to, to be attached to clearances of ccrrain registered vessels Diplomatic and consular officers : Title X VIII Provisions common to both Disabled neanien. (Sec Seamen.) Discharge of seamen. {See Seamen.) 3976 3977 1690 116 116 218 2518-2602 2521 2625 2630 2633 297-318 298 322 323 324 2697 2698 2699 2700 2701 2702 2824 332 332 333 333 333 333 348 3098 3107 4503 398 400 171 1674 1695 217 219 1700 2533 220 301 i.ctJunel9, '86, sec. 18. 205 2599 2600 2606 4414 4414 317 318 319 90 90 3976 116 4207 ■.iO 1674-1752 1740-1752 217-227 225-227 INDEX. 455 Subject. Section R. S. oi act Congress. Pagt DwciplUic of seamen. {See Seamen.) Discriminating ditlies. (See DuUes, discriminating.) Discriminating tonnage duties. (See DiiiieK, discriminating ton- nage.) Distilled spirits : Cutstoms duties ou, to be collected according to hydro- meter proof Manifest of, when carried by vessels in coasting-trade between neighboring districts - Transported by vessel between remote districts, with- out manifest and permit By vessel of less than twenty tons burden Distilled spirits or nines: Reporting of vessel arriving with •Separate entry of, by importer, &c., how subscribed and certified, and to whom transmitted For different districts, how to be inserted in manifests of cargoes Imported, not to be removed from wharf before proof of, 4&C., forfeiture i Permit for unhiding; penalty for unlading without permit Under whose inspection to be landed When and how casks, &c., containing imported, to be marked Imported, where, and how stored Change from casks of imported, how made, drawback , on ; District courts : Prosecution and condemnation in, of vessels employed ; in cooly trade ' Admission of alien seamen to citizenship by ■ Prize eonunissioners to be appointed by i May direct transfer of prize property to another dis- | trict for sale -• } Shall order testimony to be taken for determining prize shares Shall make decree of distribution in prize causes What such decree shall recite To make order for payments from prize fund For payment of costs and charges - - Shall order amount decreed for distribution to be paid into Treasury - Shall make distribution of prize money in case of ves- sels not of Navy — - May appoint commissioner to make distributiou Shall determine the compensation of district attorney and prize conunissioner in prize cases Compen.sation of special counsel for captors may l)e al- lowed by District judges : For district of Florida may grant license to vessels for wrecking, »fcc., when Proceeds of deceased .seamen's ertects, &c., to be sent to, by consuls - May summon master to show cause why libel for wages should not issue Unseaworthy vessel, complaint of, may be made to Shall direct survey of alleged May punish seamen for refusal to sail, »fec Report of examination of provisions, Arc, of merchant vessels to be .sent To District of Colnmlna : Collection district in Collector in, residence of •2918 368 4349-4352 .52-53 4353-43.-.6 4359-43(50 53-54 55 2775 340 2794 343 2808 345 2882 361 2883 2884 361 361 2885 2958 364 372 3029 385 2159 2174 4621 103 206 248 4629 249 4634 4634 4()34 4640 4640 251 251 251 252 252 4641 252 4641 4641 25-^ 252 4647 252 4648 253 4241 132 4541 17l> 4546 45r.6 4.557 4558 180 183 183 184 4565 185 2550 2551 307 307 45e INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Documents: Official, of customs, substautial compliauce with pre- scribed forms Fees for ■Of vessels. (See Vessels. ) Of vessels, or undocumented Dover, X. H. , port of delivery Draivback — Not allowed on oil-cake made from imported seed Duty-paid merchandise may remain in warehouse and be entitled to No entry or exportation of goods withdrawn from custody of officers - - - - Except on certain manufactures and salt for curing fish. Pi-ovisions relating to Allowance of, on imports exported Restrictions on No allowance of, unless goods exported within three years 1 per cent, of, retained for United States ; Drugs, medicines, and chemicals On articles manufactured 'wholly of imported materi- als, 10 per cent, of, retained for United States On manufactures, in part, of wood grown in United States On salt for curing fish How ascertained on saltpeter manufactured into gun- powder 10 per cent., retained for United States Of discriminating duties not allowed On articles imported in bulk On spirits and sugars changed from original packages. Ooods entitled to, when n^ay be changed into other packages t Notice of change, to whom given Invoice to be deposited with collector, &c Inspection of, entered for ■Goods intended for, transported, to be accompanied by copy of co.st from invoice, &c Proceedings before lading ; oath of exporter On merchandise transported to another district for ex- portation Merchandise entered for, on incomplete entry, when extension of time, &c Debentures for, in certain cases, at what time payable.. When payment of, refused by collector, protest of; suit, how brought How assigned, &c On certificate of exportation of merchandise from other than port of importation Error or fraud : duties to be received before payment of Bond to be given for delivery of merchandise at a for- eign port before receipt of Appropriation for payment of, how expended ; who to pay; certificate of, where receivable for customs Falsely making, forging, altering, &c., uttering false as true, &c IMorchandise entered for, and relanded, seizure, for- feiture, and penalty Palse entry of, forfeiture When by accident or mi.stake Jmports from British North America entered, &c., may Jbe transported, &c. , for benefit of 2769 Act July 5, '84 Act June 19, '86, .sec. 7. 2522 2502 2977 2978 3025 3015-3057 3015 j 3016 3017 3017 3018 3019 3020 3022 3026 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032 3033 3034 3035 3036 3037 3038 30.39 3040 3041 3042 3043 3048 5423 3049 3050 3051 3053 339 26 5 298 257 378 378 385 384-390 384 384 384 384 384 384 384 385 385 385 385 385 385 386 386 386 386 386 386 387 387 387 387 387 387 388 240 389 390 390 390 [NDEX. 457 Subject. Drau'lack — Contiuued. On imports exported from Lake Poutcliartraiii Imports eutered for, may be exported to British North America Secretary of Treasury to prescribe rules, &c., for Fee for permit to load goods for export entitled to Material for repairs Equipment, drawback on Materials used in construction of vessels Materi al for repairs Ship-building material Building material Supplies On coal D) unkeiniesfi, penalty for, on merchant vessels Diihiiqite, Iowa : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Siuvevor to reside at, duties of Diduth, M)nn. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Dunca)! CUi/., Mich., port of delivery Dvndte, consul at, salary of Dunkirk, iX. Y. : Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Additional inspectors for Duties — On imports, schedule of special rates of On non -enumerated articles " Similitude clause" To be levied on reimportations Discriminating duties on importations in foreign vessels. 90 per cent, of regular duties, list of importations ad- mitted at 10 per cent, reduction of duties, articles entitled to Free list Certiticate of consul or minister to be indorsed on Amer- ican artists' declaration to admit works of art free, «fec : Merchandise recovered from vessels suuk and aban- doned, free of Of forests upon Saiut Croix River Imported for repairs only, to be free of Statuary and pictures for exhibition and not for sale to be free of; bond for payment of, when not re-ex- ported Materials for construction, &.C., of vessels in foreign and Atlantic and Pacific trade may be imported in bond If used for such construction no duti'es to be paid Such vessels not to engage in coastwise trade more than two months in a year Articles for repair of American vessels may be with- drawn from bonded warehouse free of Peltries and proper goods, &c., of Indians, when admit- ted , free of On non-enumerated articles, rate of Cargoes for Greenport, N. Y., to pay at Sag Harbor For Cold Spring or Port Jefferson, N. Y., to pay at New York Rates of, to be posted up iu oflSce of collectors, &c.; re- cipts for; penalty, »&c Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 3055 390 3056 390 3057 390 43H2 59 2511 292 2510 1 292 2513 63, 292 2514 ' 63 2513 63,292 Act June 26, '84 64 Act June 26, '84 64 Act June 19, '66, 64 sees. 10 & 15 4602 195 2568 311 2569 312 2595 317 2596 317 2599 317 1690 218 2535 302 2536 303 2605 319 2502, 2503 257,233 2499 256 2499 256 2500 257 2501 257 2502 257 2502 257 2503 233 233 2504 291 2506 291 2507 291 2509 292 2510 2510 292 292 2510 292 2511 292 2512 2499 2537 292 256 304 2540 304 2635 324 458 INDEX, Subject. Duties — Continued. Re- exportation, &c., bonds conditioned for payment of ; suit on On merchandise for districts other than that of arrival, how paid To be i»aid only on goods lauded When not paid in district of arrival, duty of master of vessel Boud for, by master of vessel proceeding to another dis- trict When to be canceled On excess of sea-stores Coal of steam-vessels exempt from Baggage, on articles contained in Concealing dutiable articles in ; penalty In transit to foreign country free from On merchandise transported to interior ports; bond of importer or consignee To be ascertained by collector; certificate of, to sur- veyor When greater than bond, no entry allowed ; surveyor to collect when ascertained Invoices of goods subject to ad valorem ; how aud in what currency made out Merchandise undervalued to be held bj' collectors Proper value of, to be ascertained Oaths of owner, consignee, agent, «fec., forms of Boud for production of invoice verified by oath of ab- sent owner of goods subject to ad valorem Not to be liquidated until triplicate invoice is received. Collector and naval officer to estimate and secure, be- fore granting permit to unlade Weighing, gauging, &c., to be done before goods re- moved from wharf To be paid before sale of perishable cargo 20 per cent, additional on undervalued goods On articles omitted in entry without fraud to be col- lected President to establish regulations for estimating, in case of depreciated currency Estimated upon value at date of shipp>eut Merchandise subject to a66 2905,2906 2907 ?,66 367 2907 2907 2908 367 :?67 367 2908 2909 2910 2912 2917 2918 2919 2921 367 367 367 367 ■.m 368 368 :i68 2925 369 2931 370 2948 2963 373 375 INDEX. 459 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Duties — Continued, Impoits, how and where stored, upon non-payment of. No abatement of, for injury to goods while in public i warehouse ; - i Refund allowed on goods destroyed, &c., by accident.. j What, to be collected in case of failure to transport | bonded merchandise in given time | Goods withdrawn from warehouse for exportation to j Mexico without payment of i Through port of Lavaca, Tex j Through port of Indianola, Tex j Goods arriving at certain ports for British provinces | and Mexico not to pay i How collected and paid i Unascertained Paid under protest, to be deposited i May be recovered • ' Suits to recover, not to be maintained unless bill of ; particulars is served ! Improperly collected, how refunded Refund of, unascertained I In ca.se of failure to appeal j Judgment for, what to recite, and payable in coin j Remitted on salt for curing fish - j On excess of sea-stores of vessels on northern, &c., : frontiers, penalty, &c i On saloon stores Not to accrue because registered coasting vessel touches at foreign place Change of place of collection during prevalence of epi- demic or contagious diseases President may cause to be collected at port of delivery in case of insurrection, «S;c Or at any place on land, or on a vessel When land and naval forces may be employed to pre- vent removal of vessel, &c., detained for payment of, in time of insurrection, &c When port of entry may be closed by proclamation ; of President, forfeitures I When President may employ vessels in addition to rev- : enue cutters in aid of collection of i Willfully concealing or destroying invoice, book, or 1 pajjcr relating to merchandise liable to Drawback of. (See Drawback.) Discriminating, to be levied on articles imported in certain foreign vessels No part of, al lowed to be drawback What vessels not to pay Decision of collector of customs as to rate of, final, unless, &c Foreign vessels in northern, &c., dstricts, when to pay On vessels entering from foreign port exempting of for- , eign yachts On vessels of United States built in United States but owned by foreigners Exemption from, of registered, enrolled, and licensed ' vessels in coasting or fishing trade i Of vessels making daily trips on inland waters between | United States and Canada, excejjt, &v. I From tonnage fees of vessels touching at Canadian j ports, when I Time of payment of, by vessels paying once a year 1 ** Light money " on vessels not of United States ! How payable 2964 2983 i 2984 1 37i> 379 3001 3e0 3002 3003 3004 :38l 381 381 3005 3009 3010 3010 3011 381 382 382 382 382 3012 30l2i 30 1 2^ .3013 3014 3022 383 :i83 383 383 383 385 3112 3113 383 333 4397 3f^ 5314 5315 236 236 531(j 237 5317 237 5318 237 5443 241 •>501 3027 2793 257 385 343 2931 3110 370 401 4-.'l() 32 4219 :J5 4220 35 4221 as 4222 45i24 4225 4225 36 36 36 36 460 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Duties — Cou tinned. Unregistered vessels, owned by citizens, and carrying sea-letter, exempt Oath by owner on entry, when By master, when Effect of faihire to take Rights, &c., of foreign nations under laws and treaties , regarding, preserved Suspension of, by President's proclamation On vessel licensed for coasting trade or fisheries Licensed vessel in coasting trade or fisheries subject to, when Brazil, steamships carrying mail between the United States, and exempted from port charges, &c Duration of exemption Discriminating tonnage on certain foreign vessels On other vessels When discriminating against United States abolished.. Rights of nations under laws or treaties not impaired.. Duxiurji, Mass., port of delivery DweU'uig-Jwiise : Customs officers not to enter, in making searches Warrant to search, how and by whom obtained, &c., forfeitures £. Eastern District, Md. : Collection district Collector in, residence of JEasi Greenwich, li. I., port of delivery East Hacldam, Conn., port of delivery East Hartford, Conn., port of delivery East River, Fa., port of delivery East JVindsor, Conn., j)ort of delivery , Easton , Md. , port of delivery Eastport, Me. : Port of entry and delivery Collector to reside at Edenton, N. C. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Edgartoivn, Mass. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Edyecomb, Me., vessels owned at, may unlade there EUzahi'th,N. J., port of delivery Ellensberg, Or eg.: Port of delivery Deputy collector of customs to reside at Ellsicorth,Me.: Port of entry Collector to reside at Elsinore, consul at, salary of. El Paso, Tex. : Port of entry , Collector to reside at Embassadors. (See Diplomatic officers.) Emigration. (See Coolie trade.) Emigrants Act Emigrants, Chinese j Act Emigran ts, Chinese Act Engineers and Pilots Act Enrollfd vessels. (See Vessels.) Ensign or flag of revenue-cutter service, who to prescribe .. 4226 36 4226 36 4226 36 4226 36 4227 36 4228 37 4320 45 4335 48 42.32 33 4232 38 4219 35 4219 35 4219 35 4219 35 2527 298 3065 3066 392 2548 306 2549 306 2531 300 2533 301 2533 301 2552 307 2533 301 2548 306 2517 296 2518 297 2555 308 2556 308 2527 298 2529 300 2520 298 2541 304 2586 315 2587 316 2517 296 2518 297 1690 218 2578 313 2.579 314 Aug. 2, '82 72 Aug. 2, '82 July 5, '84 72 107 Apr. 17, '74 23 2764 338 INDEX. 461 Subject. Section R. S or act Congress. Eniry — By owners, «fec.. when to be made and what to iuchide. To be verified by oath How made when particulars of merchandise are un- known When imperfect, collector what to do Of distilled spirits or wines, separate certificate and transmission of Separate, of personal baggage, tools, «fec., how and by whom made When not by owner, bond, «&c Of cigars, number in package Where made — For Albany, N. Y For Augusta, Ga For Palatka, Fla - - - For Bay port, Fla For Selma, Ala For Houston, Tex ---- For ports of delivery on Mississippi River and its tributaries For ports of delivery in district of New Orleans For Vallejo, Cal ...' And permit for landing When duty on merchandise exceeds bond For Petersburg and Richmond collection districts, how made Subject to ad valorem duty when bond required for production of invoice Of non-residents, subject to ad valorem duty, how made Of non-residents, not acquired by purchase, «&.c ...... When merchandise admitted to, without oath to in- voice Who to give bond prior to, and in what form Where one of owners resides abroad, on whose oath may be made How made when change of destination of merchandise after production of invoice, and non-receipt of trip- licate at port of arrival When imi)racticable, from accident, «fec., to produce invoice at time of, who to authorize making of Certain provisions concerning, not to apply to coun- tries where there are no consular officers of United States When, may be made without production of triplicate invoice, «fec • Not to be made unless invoice in proper form By means of false invoice, «fcc., how punished Under treaty of Washington, how made Estimate of'customs duties to be indorsed on In case of vessel seeking port in distress, to be made before sale of perishable cargo Addition to cost or value, how and when made Articles omitted from invoice to be added to, when no fraud, «fcc Additions made to value of, for charges, how regarded, and what collected on : exceptions as to certaiu wools. Appraisal before, of imported goods damaged and ta- i ken from wrecks Imported into northern, &c., frontier districts, how made - — Of saloon-stores of vessels on northern, «fec., frontiers, penalty for failure, &c Of equipments, penalty for failure, »fcc 2785 2786 2788 2789 2799 2800 2804 2816 2817 2818 2819 2820 2821 2822 2823 2824 2!r26 2831 2836 2842 2843 2845 2847 2848 2849 Page. 341 342 342 342 343 344 344 347 347 347 347 347 347 348 348 348 348 349 350 353 351 354 354 354 354 2857 356 2858 356 2d59 356 2859 2860 2864 2866 2869 356 356 357 357 358 2892 2900 364 365 2901 365 2908 367 2928 370 3097 398 3113 3114 401 1 - 402 462 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. .Em<»7/— Coutinued. Taken or delivered at intermediate port, by vessels to foreign and coasting trade, how made, &c Fee for I Oliicers of revenue knowiugly admitting to, or aid- ing, npou i»aymeut of less than lawful dnty — Knowingly etfeeting, at less than true weight, or by payment of less than law ful duty Of vessels, where to be made Ship's papers to be produced to collector Vessels of war and certain others not required to make. Ferrj'-boats not required to make When obstructed by ice, how made ] In foreign trade, mails to be delivered before | Shall not be allowed until delivery of letters at post- office ; oath ; penalty Of foreign vessels, production to collectors of regis- ter, clearance, &c. , by master on Deposit of papers With foreign consul Penalty for failing to produce and deposit --. Exceptions as to vessels of certain nations Of vessels of the United States, oath of master as to delivery of mails on \ Licensed yachts exempt from, when Foreign yachts exempt from, when Of yachts returning from foreign country , Not to bo allowed until hospital tax is paid Until master has made oath as to impressment of crew. Fees for. {See Fees.) , Entry and clearance exempt for vessels navigating the Mis- \ sissippi i Eureka, Cat. : Port of delivery Deputy collector to reside at Vessels going to or from, how to report Explosive articles not to be carred on steam passenger ves- sels j Exports of goods and merchandise under treaty of Wash- ( ington ' Exportation — Of goods in bonded warehouse Of goods when entitled to return, duties, &c Restriction upon entry and for drawback i When permitted without payment of duties i What imported merchandise may be withdrawn from warehouse for, to Mexico ; Through port of Lavaca, Tex Through port of Indiauola, Tex Of drugs, medicines, «fec., how made Of articles imported in bulk, liow made, &c Of merchandise, from district other than that of im- portation, certificate of .• Of bonded imports from warehouse within three years. From warehouse and transportation to British Prov- inces Of duty paid imports to British Provinces Extradition Page. 3117 402 4382 59 5444 ' 241 5445 241 2770 339 2790 342 2791 342 279-2 342 2896 364 3976 116 3988 ! 117 4209 31 4209 i 31 4209 j 31 4210 31 4212 31 4214 i 32 4216 ; 32 4218 i 38 4585 ' 190 4590 191 ActJulv 12, 210 2582 2583 25«5 314 315 315 4472 83 2866 357 2971 2977 2978 2979 377 378 378 378 3002 3003 3004 3U18 3028 381 381 381 384 385 3041 3052 387 390 3054 3056 5275 390 390 227 Factors to give bond for account by owner on entry of imported goods Fairfield, Conn.: Collection district and port of entry — Collector to reside at 2787 2533 2534 342 301 302 INDEX. 463 Subject. Section R, S. or act Congress. Page. Fairport, Ohio, port of delivery Falkland lslaiid>i, consul at, salary of Fall Rha; Mass. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Falmouth, Mass., port of delivery False lights, holding out, with intent to bring vessels into danger, &c False oath — By owner, to obtain register of vessel By agent or attorney Feed — In consular courts, how established Proceeds, how to be applied Regulation of accounts of Of marshals for services to inspectors of steam vessels.. For inspection of steam vessels Of shipping commissioners, provisions relating to Consular: For certifying invoices to be in full payment ; pen- alty, & c Mastersof vessels shall pay ; shall be liable for ; papers may be witliheld until i>aid For certifying invoices in British North American prov- inces, rate of None on tonnage of vessels touching at Canadian ports May be paid in foreign coin in Canada Penalty for exacting illegal For failure to collect remission Returns of, shall be made Receipt shall be given for To be numbered and registered Transcript of register of, shall be furnished with ac- counts Collected by officers not in Schedules B and C shall be accounted for ; Such oflicers to liave as compensation ! In excess of $2,500 a year subject to draft of Secretary of the Treasury 1 Tarilf of, to be conspicuously jKisted in consulate Received at vice-consulates and consular agencies, in I excess of .?l,000 a year, when subject to draft of Sec- ret arv Penalty for embezzlement of President may prescribe rates of tariti'of Shall be collected in United States coiu or its value in ; exchange : Received by officers in Schedules B and C to be sub- ; ject to draft of Secretary of Treasury For veriticalion of invoice and certificate In caseh of drawback, forfeiture for excessive Table of consular, &c., to be attached to clearances of registered vessels Copy of receipts for, given by consuls, &c., abroad to be furnished collectors on entry Collectors to transmit copies of, to Secretary of Treas- ury ■ (.Customs, table of, to be posted up in office of, officers ; | receipts for, penalty, &c j Penalty for demanding, &c., excessive ' Accounts of, to be kept and transmitted to commis- ' siouers, «fec., jx-ualty Collectors of northern, &c., frontier districts to ac- ; count for Of collectors, list of 2603 2527 2529 2527 318 218 298 300 298 239 4143 8 4163 15 4120 216 4120 216 4120 216 4451 98 445b 100 1592-4595 192 1718 1721 1722, 4222 1722 1716, 1723 1724 . 1725 1726 1727 223 223-36 223 222,223 223 223 223 223 1728 224 1729 1730 224 224 1732 1731 224 224 1733 1734 1745 224 224 226 1746 226 1747 2851 3046 226 354 389 4207 30 4213 31 4213 31 2(i35 2636 324 324 2639 325 2644 2654 325 :«7 464 INDEX. Subject. Section R S. or act Congress. Page. Jees— Coutiuued. Of collector and naval officer at same port, how di- vided and who to account for. .. ... • 2655 2656 2657 2658 2687 2688 2692 2793,4381,4382 2932 3007 3023 3024 4185 4185 4185 4186 4186 4186 4194 4195 4206 4346 4381 4382 4383 4384 4385 1687 1745 1746 ( ActJuly5,1884 < ActJunel9,'86, ( sec. 1. 2562 2563 2792 2792 4233 4370 2690, 2691 2981 3062 3085 • 3087 327 328 Of surveyors, inspectors, and deputy inspectors, list of. Of collectors for entry on northern, &c., frontiers 328 328 331 Of collectors and of surveyors acting as collectors, limit of . . .. . 331 To be credited to appropriation for expenses of collect- in"" revenue from customs . . 332 Entry and clearance .. . . 343-59 Decisions of collectors of customs as to, final, unless, &c. ; no suit to be maintained for recovery of, unless protest and appeal are made .. .. 372 Sealed cars laden with goods in transit exempt from manifest fees . 382 On gaugeable merchandise exported and withdrawn 385 On weio'hable articles &c 385 Of collectors of customs for registering or recording 20 For indorsements on certificates 20 For takiu <' bonds . 20 20 20 Limit upon, for measuring and certifying tonnage of 20 Of collectors for furnishing certificate as to bills of sale, mortgage, hypothecations, and conveyances of ves- 22 For furnishing certified copies of «S:c 23 30 Of surveyors, for enrolling and licensing vessels Of coastiu''' vessels navigating by sea . . - .. 50 59 Of vessels navigating on northern, &c., frontiers, oth- 59 Table of, to be conspicuously posted by customs officers. 61 61 61 Diplomatic, at legations, to be accounted for to Secre- 218 226 To be collected in United States coin or its value in ex- 226 For documents, for shipping, &c,, abolished...... 26 40 Fernandina, Fla. : Collection district and port of euti'y .. 310 Collector in ... 310 Ferrii-boats— 342 What reports required of . . 342 123 May be' employed in United States by foreign railroad companv -• - .... 57 Fines, penaltieii, aiid'forfeitnres : Limit to emolument of customs officers not to extend to. Lien for freight to be paid from proceeds of sale of for- feited imports For smuggling In customs cases, suits, «fec., for, when and by whom to be commenced 331 378 391 396 Who to cause commencement of 396 INDEX. 465 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures — Continued. Deduction from proceeds of, distribution of balance... Of seaiuen, how recovered • - . • Proceedings for remission of, on summary examination befort- district judge, under customs, navigation, &c., laws Under methods prescribed by Secretary of Treasury- .. Under laws relating to steam vessels Witnesses interested in, may be examined in proceed- ings to recover, without deprivation of share Distribution of, under laws relating to slave trade If official number is not marked 4610 5292 5293 5294 For vessels without documents, remission of First officer — With majority of crew may demand inspection of vessels. In foreign port Fisheries : Vessels qualified to engage in, deemed vessels of the United States Belonging to citizens engaged in, exempt from tonnage duties What vessels juay engage in License to engage in, how obtained Hond to obtain Form of - Enrollment and license of vessels for, at Jersey City.. . At Canulen, N. J Permit for vessel engaged in, to touch at foreign port.. Pepalty for being within three leagues of coast, &c., without permission Penalty on vessel engaged in, without license - Agreement with fishermen for voyage, what to specify. Penalty for violating agreement Recovery of shares of tish under, &.c Vessel liable for master and Hshermen's share :.. . Discharge of vessel from process on giving bond Commissioner of tish and appointment of Executive departments to aid in investigations of.... . Articles withdrawn for repair of vessels in Flogging forbidden on merchant vessels Florida : Protection of live-oak and rod-cedar timber in Clearance from ports in, of vessels laden with President may establish ports of delivery and appoint surveyors in Collection districts, }»orts of entry and delivery in Officers in Disposal of property wrecked on coast of Forfeiture of vesselconveyingsuch property to foreign port Fog signals to be used on steam and sail vessels, coal and canal boats, &c Foreign and coasting trade. (See Vessels.) Foreigiihnilt resntls, wrecked and repaired in United States, registry of Foreign coins : How estimated, in payment of consular fees Value, basis of, and how fixed Recoinage of, before issue Foreign consul : Deposit with, of register and papers of foreign vessel on entry Exception as to certai n vessels H. Mis. 391 30 4131 j 4220 4311 4320 4320 4321 434U 4341 4364 4365 4371 4391 4392 4393 4393 4394 4395 4397 Act June 19, '86, sec. 15. 4611 2460 2463, 4205 2562 2562 2563 4239 4240 4136 1722 3564 3566 4209 4210 396 196 243 243 244 5295 244 5565 246 Act June 19, '86. 27 sec. 6. Ditto, sec. 7. 40 4556 183 4559 184 35 44 45 45 46 49 49 56 57 58 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 197 112 113, 30 310 310 310 132 132 223 422 422 466 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Foreign consul — Continued. To return papers to master on production of clearance.. 4211 4211 3987 4007 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4014 4U15 4349-4352 4353, 4354 4355, 4356, 4359, 4360 4362 4362 4362 4363 1722 4012 4227 Act June 19, '86 4014 4071, 4074 4121-4124 4111-4130 4111-4120 4130 2535 1690 2517 2518 1690 2559 2552 2553 2503 3021 2517 31 31 Foreign letters : Carried in vessels leaving United States . 117 Foreign mail : Contracts lor cairryinf . . -- 118 118 119 Fines on contractors - -. - 119 119 Mav be carried throuo'li United States bow 119 Postage on pavmeut of by consuls ... .. 119 119 Foreig n m erchan (Use: In coasting trade, carried by vessels— 52, 53 Between remote districts --- 53-54 54-55 Permits for transportation of, by land, across New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland 56 56 Wben not necessary . . . .. 56 Penalty for failure to report sucb merchandise on 56 Foreign money, rates at which receivable for consular fees.. Foreign nations : Adjoining United States, when mails of, may be carried 223 119 Rights of, not impaired by provisions concerning ton- 36 (See Letters rogatory.) To be invited by proclamation to abolish tonnage dues . . Foreign postage, on "letters for United States, when may be paid by consuls . 37 119 Foreign relations : Testimony for use in certain suits in foreign countries. 215 Prisons for American convicts in foreign countries Judicial authority of United States ministers and con- 216 215-217 In China, Japan, Siam, Egypt, and Madagascar 215-216 217 (See Consular courts and Letters rogatory.) Foreign seam en . (See Seam en, foreign. ) Foreign trade. (See Vessels.) Foreign vessels. (See Vessels.) Foreign vessels of tear. (See Vessels.) Forfeitures. (See Fines, penalties, and forfeitures ; Customs; Vessels.) 302 218 Frankfort, Me. : 296 297 218 309 Frcderickshurg, Va. : 307 307 Free of duty : 283 384 Freeport, Me., port of delivery 296 INDEX. 467 Subject. Freetown, Alaas., port of delivery Freight : Lien for, on imports iu warehouse, payment of On forfeited imports, to be paid from proceeds of sale.. Freight-hoats, steam-pressure allowed to, on Mississippi • River and tributaries Frenchman's Bai/, Me. : Collection district ;--. Collector in, residence of Fttnohul, consul at, salary of Fund : For relief of sick and disabled seamen, custody and ap- propriation of For Navy hospitals, deductions from pay to be applied to ." Fusible 2}^i«J>i of boilers of steam-vessels, inspection of Gaboon, commercial agent at, salary of Galena, III.: Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Galveston, Tex. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries -. Gangways for river steamers carrying deck passengers Gardner, Greg. : Port of delivery Deputy collector of customs to reside at Gauge-cocks of boilers of steam-vessels, inspection of Gangers : Customs, for certain ports Extortion by, neglect of duty, and failure to make re- turns, &.C., penalty Salary of head ganger at New Orleans At New York, limitation on At Boston Returns of goods gauged Gauges, steam Gauging : Customs, imported merchandi.«e not to be removed from wharf, before, »fcc., forfeiture , Of imports, when at exyjense of owner, &c General issue, special matter under, in customs cases Genesee, N. Y. : Collection district and port of entry Collector in, residence of additional inspectors for Genesee Hirer, N. F., collector of customs to reside on Geneva, consul at, salary of Genoa, consul at, salary of Georgetown, D C. : Collection district and port of entry Colle'-tor at Georgetown, Me. , port of delivery Georgetown, S. C. : Collection district and port of entry Collector at Glasgow, consul at, salary of Glastenbury, Conn., port of delivery Section R. S. or act Congress. 2527 2981 2981 4420 2517 2518 1690 4545, 4585, 4610, 4808, 4587, 4803 4809 4418 1690 298 378 378 93 296 297 218 180,190, 196, 166 166 92 218 2568 1 311 2569 312 2578 313 2579 314 4414 90 4414 90 4184 86 2586 315 25R7 316 4418 92 2606,2607 319 2637 324 2740 336 2741 336 2742 336 2890 363 Act June 19, '86 101 2882 ■ 361 2920 368 3073 393 2535 302 2536 303 2605 319 2536 303 1690 218 1690 218 2549 306 2550 307 2517 296 2557 309 2558 309 1690 218 2533 301 468 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Gloucefiter, Mass. : Collection district and port of entry Collector and surveyor to reside at Glovoin or glyvoin oil. (See I17 1690 2517 2552 1690 June 19, '82 2559 2560 2517 25:i:J 2527 1690 4021 2527 1690 2548 4472 4792 4792 4792 4793 4794 Page. 218 296 218 296 :j07 218 153 309 309 196 301 298 218 120 298 218 306 83 157 157 157 157 157 4795 157 4795 1.57 4795 157 4795 157 4795 157 4796 1.58 4796 158 4797 158 4797 158 4797 158 4798 158 4799 158 4799 158 4799 158 4.^00 1.58 4H(I() 158 2527 298 1690 218 1690 218 1690 218 4254 66 4254 66 4545, 4585 180-190 4687,4610 190-196 4585 190 4586 190 4587 190 4587 190 470 INDEX, Subject. Hospitals — Contiuned. Regulations for collection to be prescribed by Secretary of Treasury President may receive gifts in aid of Supervising surgeon of, to be appointed Duties and salary of To make monthly reports to Secretary of Treasury Deposits to credit of fund for relief of sick and disabled seamen, by collector of customs Monthly returns to be made Appropriation and employment of fund Persons employed on canal-boats in coasting trade ex- cluded from benefit of Sick foreign seamen may be admitted on application of master of vessel Charges x>er diem in such case To be paid by master Collector not to grant clearance until paid Officer in charge of hospital to render account of, to collector ; Buildings, &c., for, may be leased or sold Exception of those at Cleveland, Ohio., and Portland, Me Other excel )tions Hospital service for seamen Hosjntal tax. (See Hospitals.) Houllon, Me.: Port of entry Collector to reside at Houses — On deck of vessel transporting other than cabin pas- sengers between United States and Europe Boob'^'-hatches may be used in lieu of Penalty for failure to prov ide Houston, Tex. : Port of deli very Surveyor to reside at Merchandise foi', where entered Hudson, N. Y., port of delivery Hulls of steam vessels. (See Inspection of steam-vessels.) Huron, Mich. : Collection, district Collector in, residence of Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Husband of vessel to give bond for registry Hydrostatic pressure to be used in testing boilers of steam- vessels Hypothecation — Ot vessel not valid, except. &c., unless recorded, »fec .. To be recorded by collectors of customs Certificates discharging, to be recorded -• What record of, to be kept in books What to be certified on Fee for recording Not to be recorded until acknowledged, &c Collectors to keep index of records Index and records open to inspection Collectors to furnish certificates relating to, &c Fee for such certificates For certified copy of record of For recording Section E. S. or Page. act Congress. 4587 190 4801 165 4802 165 4802 165 4802 165 4803 166 4803 166 4803 166 4804 166 4805 166 4805 166 4805 166 4805 166 4805 166 4806 166 4806 166 4806 166 Act Mar. 3,75 167 2517 296 2518 297 4256 66 4256 66 4259 67 2578 313 2579 314 2821 347 2535 302 2599 317 2600 318 4414 90 4414 90 4145 8 4418 92 4192 21 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4193 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4382 59 INDEX. 471 Subject. Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. 2 ce, vessels prevented from getting to port by Illinow collection district, port of entry, and ports of de- li very in Immediate iraiisporlatioH. (See Transportation.) Immigration (coolie) : Involuutarv, of persons from Orieutal countries, pro- hibited .! States uot to impose unequal charge upon, of particu- lar persous Immigration . 2896 2601 2158 2164 Act Aug. 3. Immigration, Chinese • Immoral articles not to be imported Importation — Prohibited, of obscene, &c., articles Of liquors, exceptin certaiu quantities, j)ackages, &c. Schedule H Of cigars, except in certain quantities and packages Of merchandise into United States, how to lie made.. Into northern, &c., collection districts Foreign vessels, forfeiture Prohibitiou not to apply, when Discriminating duty on, when levied, &g Tare on, how estimated Duty ou, subject to be levied on market value, «fec. how estimated and collected Dejiosired in Government warehouse, at whose risk, &i Custody of, not unladen in time In bond, products, &c., of United States, how trans ported over certain foreign territory and how treated Impost. (See Duties on imports.) Impressment of seamen. (See Seainen.) Imprisonment, from malice and without cause, of crew of American vessel Indianola, Tex.: Port of entry Collector to reside at What imports may be withdrawn, &c., for exportation to Mexico, &c., through Inland wateis : Vessels uavigating, to carry what lights Proi^rty taken upon, by naval forces, not to be re- garded as maritime prize Inspection — Of steam vessels. United States aud foreign public ves- sels exempt from Sujiervising inspector-general, appointment by Qualifications Salary Duties Supervising inspectors, appointment of Qualifications Salary and allowances, board of supervising inspectors, how formed Meetings of Assignment of supervising inspectors to districts of Establishment of regulations by Regulations of, to have force of law, when Supervising inspector of Pacific Coast to attend meet- ings of, when Supervising inspectors, duties of, in their districts Act Aug. 2 1882 Act July 5, 1884 2491 2491 2502 2804 3095 3096 2497 2498 2501 2898 2904 2961 2969 3006 5347 2578 2579 3004 4233 5310 4400 4402 4402 4402 4403 4404 4404 4405 4405 4405 4405 4405 4405 4406 472 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Inspeciion — Conti nued . Licensed officers to answer inquiries , Duties of, as to violations of law To investigate failure of licensed officers to perform duties Supervision of local boards by Of districts not having inspectors, by Reports by, to annual meeting of board of Board of supervising inspectors and local boards To correct mistakes, &c Regulations by, as to furnishing information to local inspectors To fnrnish regulations for steam-vessels passing each other To furnish each vessel two copies of regulatimis Penalty on pilots violating such regulations Inspectors of hulls and of boilers to be appointed for j certain collection districts ■ Their salaries Assistant inspectors may be appointed by Secretary of the Treasury, when Their salaries Traveling .expenses of inspectors, how allowed and paid Appointment of inspectors of hulls and of boilors, how made Qualifications Inspector of hulls and inspector of boilers to constitute a board of local inspectors Who are not eligible as inspectors Inspection of hulls, how often to be made, and what to embrace Of boilers, when made To be subjected to hydrostatic pressure Water and steam-pipes, &c Safety-valves .' Gauge-cocks and steam registers Low- water gauges Fusible plugs ! Supply of water ! Means of blowing out mud and sediment j Maximum low pressure High Diminution of pressure Unsafe boiler not to be approved Test of. constructed of plates inspected under section 4430 Safety-valves and steam-registers, how controlled Freight and tow-boats on Mississippi River, &c., what to be deemed maximum pressure on Exception as to certain Certificate of inspection, when granted When refused License to carry gunpowder, when local inspectors may grant Certificates of inspection, originals to be retained on file at custom-house Three copies to master or owner Two copies to be conspicuously posted on vessel, &c.. . Penalty for receiving passengers on vessel not having certificate, «fec For carrying gunijowder without certificate Inspector certifying falsely, penalty Ferry-boats, canal-boats, yachts, &.C., propelled by steam, inspection of 4406 4407 4407 4408 4409 44 1 n 4410 4410 4411 4412 4412 4413 4414 90 4414 90 4414 90 4414 90 4414 90 4415 91 4415 91 4415 91 4416 92 4417 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4418 92 4419 93 4420 93 4420 93 4421 93 4421 93 4422 93 4423 94 4423 94 4423 94 4424 94 4424 94 4425 94 4426 94 INDEX. 473 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Inspection — Continued. Provision for security of life on Certificate of inspection for, wlien granted Must have licensed engineer and pilot Tug and freight boats, bow inspected Officers of, must be licensed Boilers to be constructed of stamped plates, »fec Penalty tor constructing otherwise, &.c When boilers otherwise constructed may be used Inspection of boiler-plates Plates not inspected not to be used Stamping boiler-plates Record of stamps to be kept by inspectors Counterfeiting, &c., stamps for boiler plates ; penalty. Pressure allowed for boilers constructed of stamped plates Si)lit-calkingnot permitted Thif-kness of boiler-plates Space around flues of certain boilers Feed and connecting pipes Protection against sparks or flames Safety-valves and gauge-cocks Low-water indicator and fusible plugs Banca tin, plugs of Penalty for obstructing safety-valves, &c Penalty for employing or serving as officer without li- cense License and classification of officers by inspectois Of captain Of chief mate Of edgineer Of pilot Of captain or mate as pilot Revocation of licenses State regulations of pilots restricted Oath of licensed officers - License of officers to,l>e exhibited, when Renewal of license of officers — .. ... Licensed officers to assist inspectors in examinations, penalty Revocation of license for refusal to serve Local boards to investigate conduct of officers, &c ... May compel attendance of witnesses May administer oaths and examine witnesses May suspend or revoke ofliccr's license, when Paymenr, of marshal and witnesses Appeal from, on refusal to grant license, to supervising inspector To furnish supervising inspector record of doings in cases appealed to him Supervising inspector to examine anew cases of refusal of license appealed Powers and duties in such cases | Additional inspections by local inspectors I Notice for repairs needed Where repairs may be needed Penalty for failure to make repairs Jurisdiction of inspectors confined to their own dis- tricts, except . Inspection in districts without inspectors Records and reports by local inspectors Fees for i nspection Bond of supervising and local inspectors Instruments, stationery, «fec., for supervising inspectors and local boards 442fi 44-^(i 44-20 4427 4427 4428 4429 4429 4430 4430 4431 4431 4431 4433 4433 44:m 443 J 4435 4435 4436 443H 4436 4437 4452 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 'J6 96 96 96 4438 4438 96 96 4439 96 4440 96 4441 97 4442 97 4443 97 39-4442 96-97 4444 97 4445 98 4446 98 4447 . 98 4448 98 4449 98 4450 98 4450 98 4450 98 4450 98 4451 98 4452 99 4452 99 4453 99 4453 99 44.53 99 4454 99 4455 99 4456 100 4457 100 4458 100 4459 100 4460 100 474 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Inspection — Continued. Payment of salaries and expenses of inspection officers, how made Permanent appropriation for Secretary of Treasury to make regulations for carrying out Penalty on inspectors for receiving illegal fees Of passenger vessels arriving from abroad Of enrollment or license of vessel by revenue officer . . Provisions relating to, of alleged uuseawoi'thy vessels.. Inspection laws of States to be observed by customs officers clearing vessels Inspectors of customs — For Chelsea, Mass., appointment of At Chester, Pa., to have powers of deputy collector. .. Appointment of temporary, at New Orleans, La., when member of In Texas, appointment, number, residence, and duties of In California, how appointed Additional, may be appointed by Secretary of Treasurj" for certain collection districts For certain ports Penalty for extortion by, and for certifying shipment of nierchandise entitled to drawback, &c., without inspection, &c . Services of occasional inspectors to be specified in ac- counts Fees of Of deputy inspectors Per diem compensation of S;ilary of, at San Antonio, Eagle Pass, Presidio del Norte, and SanElizario, and certain places on routes to Mexico At Monterey, Sacramento, Benicia, Stockton, San Pe- dro, and Santa Barbara Compensation of, at Chester, Pa Secretary of the Treasury may increase compensation of. Per diem compensation of persons performing duties of When to examine baggage, &c When to accompany vessels bound for certain ports in Connecticut and New Jersey ; penalty for masters refusing to receive Not to deliver merchandise disagreeing with descrip- tion in permit To examine and superintend delivery of cargoes of vessels, &c., who to empower to accompany vessels ■ into another district Duties of, books of, to whom transmitted To attend to delivery of cargoes; penalty for neglect, &c Not to perform duties other than, &c., comi)ensation of, ])ruceeding from one district to another, by whom defrayed ; provisions and accommodatious for Compensation of, in case of delay in delivery of cargo, by whom paid, accounts of, to whom rendered Wages of, in extended time for unlading cargoes of salt and coal, by whom paid - When distilled spirits to belauded under inspection of. To sign returns of delivery of merchandise Appointed to oversee unlading of vessels seeking port in distress, to keep an account Special agents as, to sn peri uteud transfers between At- lantic and Pacific ports in foreign territory 4461 4461 101 101 4462 5482 4264 4336 4556-4563 101 242 68 49 183-185 4202 30 2»29 2144 300 305 2576 313 2580 2583 314 315 2605 2606, 2607 319 319 2637 2642 2657 2657 2733 324 325 328 328 324 324 2735 2736 2737 324 324 324 2738 2801 324 344 2831 350 2870 358 2875 2876 359 359 360 2878 360 2879 360 2881 2884 2889 361 361 363 2891 361 2999 380 INDEX. 475 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Inspectors of customs — Continued. Conij)ensation of Female, bow and. by wbom employed On board of vessel, duties of Wben to inspect niercbandise and baggage imported from contiguous foreign countries Inspectors of boilers. (See Ispcction of steam-vessels.) Inspectors of hulls. (See Inspection of steam-vessels.) Ineubord'niatioii, consular otHcers sball discountenance, of j seamen Insurrection : Title LXIX When President may declare State to be in; suspension of commercial intercourse ; forfeitures Part of State not declared to be in, under control of insurgents, &c. ; suspension of commercial inter course Provisions relating to suspension of commercial inter- course between States in, how, &c., to apply President to license, «S:c., commercial intercourse with part of State in, in certain cases, and to what extent.. Compensation of officers designated or appointed to carry into effect licenses for taking supplies into in- surrectionarj' States Trading without license in State declared to be in, or obtainiug license by fraud, &c. ; penalty Secretary of Treasury to iustitute investigations to prevent frauds, &c., in trade between loyal States and States in ; witnesses, «fec - ConlJscation of property employed in aid of Proceedings for, where had, and how instituted Secretary of Treasury may piohibit transportation of property when believing it for aid of rebellion ; to require security, &c In case of. President may change port of entry; duties, how collected; appointment of officers; provisions of law applicable, &c Removal of custom-house in case of; collector where to reside ; duties of collector Vessels detained in districts in, not to be taken from customs officers ; enforcement of provisions Close of port of entry by proclamation of President in districts in forfeiture of vessels attempting to enter. . Vessels fouud at sea, Jcc, belonging to inhabitants of States in, when forfeited Vessels suspected to be bound for ports in, not to be cleared, &c Collectors of customs may require bond that cargo shall not be used in aiding Claims of loyal creditors lo be provided for in condem- nations of vessels, &c.. uniler laws relating to International regulations for aroidinf/ collisions Inventories — Of ship's i)apers to be made by commanding officer taking prize . To be sent into court - When prize property is taken for use of United States, how made Invoices: Consular officers not required to certify, unless If goods shipped from countries adjacent to United States have passed a consulate after purchase, cer- tificate to, shall be refused Exacting excessive fees for verification of, penalty — 2999 3064 3070 3100 5314 236 5315 236 5316 237 5317 237 5319 237 5320 237 5321 23a 5322 ActMarch3,'85 238 126 4615 4615 247 247 4624 248 1715 222 1 1717-2861 1716 222-356 222 380 392 393 398 4(500 194 5322 238 5301 233 5302 234 5303 234 5304 234 5305 234 5306 234 5307 5308 5309-5311 235 235 235 5312 236 476 INDEX. Subject. Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. Invoices — Continued. Of goods shipped from British North America, consular fee for certi fy ing ..." riginal, to be produced to collectors, &c., and by what officers to be signed .' When entry imperfect for want of What weights and measures used in Of merchandise subjtct to ad valorem duty, how made out ". Of merchandise to be according to actual cost When incorrect, collectors of customs what to do , Oaths of owners, &c. , to accompany Bond for production of, how veritied Of merchandise of non -residents, how verified Not acqu ired by purchase, «fcc Oath to, in customs cases, when made by executors, ad- ministrators, and assignees 1 When merchandise not accompanied with, admitted to entry Bond to be given for production of, in certain cases of entry without , Of merchandise manufactured by one of owners re- siding abroad, how verified ..." Eti'ect of omission of verification of, by non-resident... Fees for verification of, and what articles included in . When merchandise admitted npon, collector to certify, evidence How njade and by whom signed > When to be produced to consul, declaration indorsed on, by whom signed and what to contain Indorsement on, by consuls, «fcc., what to contain ; de- livery, filing, and transmission of Of goods from countries adjacent to United States may be sworn to befoi-e consular officer nearest the port of clearance Change of destination after production of, and non- receipt of triplicate at port of arrival, entry, how made When impracticable from accident, &c., to produce at time of entry When triplicate not requited to be produced .. How goods admitted to entry without Consular officers may exact proof of To report fraudulent verifications of Entry of merchandise on false, &c., how punished Attempting to pass false, forged, &,g When tare on imports may be estimated according to.. Duties not to be assessed on value less than that stated in Who to designate on, number of imported packages to be opened, examined, &c. ; articles not sjjecified in, when forfeited, remissions Charges incurred in purchase of, how distributed in appraisal, &c Of imports of same material at an average price, du- ties how assessed on Officers of customs may require production of, in ex- aminations In absence of imported goods deposited in public warehouse Of imports entered with right of drawback, deposited with collector, how preserved, &c Inspection and comparison with, forfeiture Copy from, of cost, &c., of goods subject to ad va- lorem duty transported; variance from, forfeiture... 1721 2785 2789 2837 2838-2854 2839 2840 2841 2842 2843 2845 2846 I 2847 I 2848 [ 2849 I 2850 i 2851 2852 2853 2854 2855 2857 2858 2859 2860 2862 2862 2864 2865 2898 2900 351-355 351 351 351 353 353 354 2901 365 2907 367 2910 367 2922 368 2963 375 3032 3033 386 386 3034 386 INDEX 477 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. iwroicfs— Continued. Secretary of the Treasury to make rules concerning 3103 399 Consul, &c., knowingly and falsely certifying to, pen- alty 5442 241 Canceling or destroying, after inspection demanded, or 5443 241 loua River north of Wapello not deemed navigable Ijmcich, Mass. , port of delivery J. James River - .'S248 2.527 2835 151 298 350 Jefftrsovville, Irid.: Port of delivery in district of New Orleans ' Surveyor to reside at, duties of Merchandise imported into Louisville for, where and how landed, «fcc Jersey Cittj, N. J.: Port of entry and delivery Assistant collector in, how to act Powers and duties of Enrollment and license of vessels at Judgmenis in customs cases, what to recite and how pay- able, execution on, to set forth what Jurisdiciioii — Of (liplouiatic and consular officers in certain countries. No light-house, beacon, pier, or laud-mark to be built on site until cession of, to United States When cession deemed suflicient Kanaoinlment of keepers for each, &c Of superintendents for, &c., employment of crows of surfmen at At light-bouses, when Light-keepers to have charge of, &c Purcdiase and location of boats for Appointment of keepers for, on coasts of Cape Cod and Block Island Supervision of, at Narragansett Pier and Block Islaud. Establishment of, on coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina Life-Saving Service — Organi zed Wrecks Lighters and boats not masted, or, if masted, not decked, employed in harbors not subject to Title L Light House Board, provisions relating to Light-houses : Life-saving stations may be established at Keepers of, to take charge of boats, »&c Provisions relating to Light-money : On what vessels to be levied How levied and collected Exemption of certain vessels from Oath by owner or master Light-ships : Preliminary surveys - Materials for construction or reitair of When light-houses on pile foundations may be substi- tuted for; from what appropriation, &c Power of Light-House Board to place, over wreck or temporary obstruction Lights — To be carried by vessels between sunset and sunrise. .. Non-exhibition of, by vessels of war Holding out false or extinguishing true, with intent to endanger vessel For row boats on the St. Lawrence Lime juice — Shall be served on merchant vessels. Penalty for neglect to serve Limited liabilitfi Section R. S. or act Congress. 4192 4270 Page. 4469 83 4535 i: 5322 238 4242 4243 4243, 4244 4245 4245 4246 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 4247 4248 133 133 4249 133 Act Jane 18, '78 Act May 4, '82 137 140 4385 4653-4680 61 145-148 4245 4245 4658-4680 133 133 145-148 4225 4225 4226 4226 36 36 36 36 4663 4666 146 146 4668 147 4676 147 4233 4233 123 123 Act June sec. 16 5358 19, '86, 239 132 4569 4570 Act June 19,'86, 186 187 82 sec. 4. Liquors : Customs duties on, and wines imported 2503 257 480 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Cougress. Liquors — Coutinued. Forfeiture of certain, entered as wines Additional duty on importations in bottles, &c Brandy, standard for proving, &c Imported in casks of less than 14 gallons forfeited Lisbon, consul at, salary of • List of 2)assengers — To be furnished collector by master of vessel arriving from foreign port ■ To be transmitted by collector, quarterly, to Secretary of State '. Of steam-vessels Penalty for failure to keep Liverpool; cousul at, salary of LlewcUenshurgh, Md.: Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Loclcrs : Cargo carried on deck or in cabins of passenger vessels to be in, vfcc Space occupied by, not allowed as passenger space ... Measurement of Locks and seals: Removing or aiding to remove, penalty for On packages separate from cargo, penaly for breaking. | Secured by inspector on board vessel, liability of master | for breaking, «fec On vessels and cars, to avoid inspection at first port of arrival, &c Who to regulate, &c Breaking, opening, &c., attached to imports, how pun- ished Forfeiture of vessel, package, &c., from which removed. Log-books : What vessels to carry What entries to be made in Manner and tijne of making entries in Penalty for omitting to make entries in, &c Entries to be made in, respecting deceased seamen Master may be required to produce, in suit for wages.. Deductions from seamen's wages to be entered on ..... . Shipping commissioners may require production of, in proceedings relating to wages, &.c Statement of examination of provisions, &c., to be en- tered in Entry of offenses, &c., to be made in, copy, &c., to of- fender London, consul-general at, salary of Long Island : Establishment of life-saving stations on coast of Appointment of keepers for Employment of crews of snrfmen at Privilege of coasting-vessels trading between, and Rhode Island Longitude fixed by yu established meridian Louisville, Ky. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans.. Surveyor and appraiser to reside at, duties of Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Merchandise imported into port of, for Jefiersonville, where and how landed, &c Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Low-water gauges — Of boilers of steam-vessels, inspection of Page. 2503 2503 2503 2503 1690 4467 4468 1690 2548 2549 4254 4254 4254 3102 3103 3105 3106 4290 4290 4291 4292 4538 4547 4550 4555 . 4565 4597 1690 4242 4243 4244 4357 Act Aug. 3, '82 2568 2569 2606 2967 4414 4414 4418 INDEX. 481 Subject. Section K. S. or act Congress. Page. LoH-irater gauges — Continued Penalty for obstructing . Lywe, Conn., port of delivery Lynn, Mass., port of delivery Lijons, consul at, salary of... 4437 253.5 2527 i 1690 i 96 301 218 Machias, Me. : Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Mackenl Jisherj/ : Form of license to carry on Vessels engaged in, may catch cod or other fish, &c . .. Agreement for shares svith tishermen engaged in Penalty for violation by tishermen Recovery of shares nudei' Vessels liable for -. Discharge of vessel on bond Mackinaw, ^[ich. : Port of delivery Deputy collector to reside at Madagascar, judicial authority of United States minister and consuls in Madison, Ind. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Magnolia, Fla.. port of delivery Make, Seychelles, consul at, salarv of Mail- To be conveyed by certain vessels going to or coming from foreign port To be promptly delivered on arrival Compensation for carrying Mail agents on certain steamers authorized Mail mailer — Shall be received by route agents, &c., when prepaid.. Letters may be separated from other mail for expedi- tion Mail steamers, agents in charge ol mail on certain, author- ized Mail transportation. (See Carrying inail.) Mail service Malfeasance, by persons named in Title Regulation of Ves- sels in Domestic Commerce ; i>enalty Malta, cousul at, salary of Managing owner of vessels, to give bond for registry, when. Manchester, England, cousul at, salary of Manchester, Mass., port of delivery Manchester, Va., port of entry to extend from Richmond and, to Bermuda Hundred, Va Manifests — Of vessels bound for Portland, Oreg., copies of, where deposited Clearing from Masters of vessels failing in duty ; ])enalty Blank, to be kept for sale by certain collectors of cus- toms - — Of merchandise for re-exportation, when to be deliv- ered to collector Of vessels departing for other districts with foreign goods, copies of, to be given to master Not required of ferry-boats To specify sea-stores H. Mis. 291 31 2517 2518 4321 4377 4391 4392 4393 4393 4394 2599 2600 296 297 46 58 61 61 62 62 62 317 318 4111-4120 215,216 2568 2569 2562 1690 4203 4203 4203 4022 3980 3994 4022 Act June 26, '84 4374 1690 4145 1690 2527 2552 311 312 329 218 30 30 30 120 117 118 120 121 58 218 8 218 298 307 2588 2589 2.589 316 316 316 2648 326 2776 340 2780 , 2792 2795 i 341 342 343 482 INDEX. Suliject, Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. Man [fests — Con ti nued. When excess of sea-stores appears by, duties to be col- lected Forfeiture of sea-stores not included in ^o merchandise to be brought into United States in vessel without "What to contain Sr'ackages destined to different districts, and spirits and wines ; how to be inserted in Merchandise not inclirded in forfeiture and penalty -- - When lost or mislaid without fraud, &c., no forfeit- ures -Master of vessel to produce and deliver copies of, to boarding officer - Production of, on arrival ; duty of boarding officer How many copies of, to be delivered to boarding officer. Masters failing to produce, »fcc., and customs officers neglecting to certify, penalty Of goods for interior ports Penalty for not producing 3!)elivery of to surveyor of interior port ; oath of mas- ter ; penalty for neglect, &c 'Cargoes to be compared with, when indorsement to be made on Of cargoes of vessels bound for Connecticut and Bur- lington, N. J Of vessels arriving within district of Petersburgh or Richmond, Va 'JVIerchaudise not agreeing with, penalty Seturus of delivery of goods to bo compared witb ■JGroods imported into northern, Slc, frontier districts, to be accompanied by, &c When and to whom delivered, verification of liefusal, &c., to deliver, forfeiture and penalty ■Secretary of Treasury to regulate, of sealed cars, ve- hicles, &c Of vessels in foreign and coasting-trade on northern, &c. , frontiers ILading or unlading of goods to be entered on "When going to place where no custom-house When coming from such place Form of, &c., prescribed by Secretary of Treasury Of registered vessels in combined foreign and coasting- trade Of vessels for foreign ports, to be delivered to collec- tors before clearances efore unlading 2796 2797 343 343 2806 2807 345 345 2808 2809 345 345 2810 345 2811 2812 2813 346 346 346 2814 2827 346 349 2834 2836 2837 3097 3098 tJ103 3116 3117 3118 3122 3124 3126 4197 4200 4208 4332 4332 4349 4350 4351 4352 4353 4354 4354 4355 INDEX. 483 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Manifests— Coathmed. Penalty for not delivering, &c Exemjition of vessels of less than 20 tons from above requirements What, carried by such vessels When to be exhibited - Penalty for not exhibiting, &.c For registered vessels carrying foreign merchandise from one district to another Of foreign vessels bound coastwise Delivery of, on arrival Penalty for not delivering, &c Of vessels entering insurrectionary district, destina- tion may be changed in, &c., by master Maranham, consul at, salary of Marblcheud, Mass. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Marine hospitals. (See Hospitals, marine.) Marine Hospital Service 4356 Marine hospital at Memphis, Tenn < Mariner. (See Seamen.) Marquette, Mich.: Port of entry Collector to reside at Marseilles, consul at, salary ot Marsh field, .Mass., port of delivery Maryland : Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in Officers in Massachitsetts : Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in Officers in Establishment of life-saving stations on coast of "Master": Who to be included under name of, as used in Title Col- lection of Duties Who deemed to be, in construction of Title Merchant Seamen Masters : Licensed, of steam-vessels. (See Inspection of steam- vessels. ) Shall pay consular fees, liability for ; papers may oe withheld until paid Penalty for carrying away live-oak or red-cedar tim- ber on lands reserved by United States In combined foreign and coasting trade Oath of, as to letters, &c Of registered vessel, oath by, to obtain register Penalty on, for false oath To give bond for registry Oath of, as to citizenship -- - Penalty on, for failure to surrender old certificate of register where new has been issued Oath of, as to loss of certificate Delivery of certificate by, and cancellation of bond Change of, to be indorsed on documents Of recorded vessels to countersign certificate of meas- urement Certificate of record to be granted to Change of, to be indorsed on To produce, on entry Etfect of failure to produce To pay surveyor's fees for measurement, «fec. 1718 2462 3126 3987, 3988 4144 4144 4145 4156 4162 4167 4174 4171,4183,4335 4181 4182 4183 4184 4184 4186 54 4359 4359 4359 4360 55 55 5o 4361 4367 4368 4369 55 57 57 5 5315 236 1690 218 2527 2529 298 300 Act Mar. 3, '75 Act May 3, '80 Act Mar. 9, '82 168 168 168 2599 260 J 1690 2527 317 318 218 298 2548 2549 306 306 2.^)27 2529 4249 298 300 133 2768 339 4612 197 113 404 117 8 8 8 13 15 16 17 , 20, 61 19 19 20 20 20 20 484 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Masters — Continued. Of vessel departing for foreign port to deliver to col- 4197 4197 4198 4199 4-200 4-208 4209 4209 4-209 4210 4212 4212 4213 4226 4241 4252 4253 4255 4259 4-261 4262 4263 4263 4-266 4268 4-269 4269 4276 4277 4-277 4281 4-287 4-291 4292 4306 4307 4309 4310 4312 4320 43-20 4323 4323 4323 28 Peuiltv on for departing without clearance 28 Form of oath of, to obtain clearance ...j Form of report and manifest to Ije delivered by 28 29 29 Of steamboat going from Lake Champlain to Province of Quebec, to deliver manifest and obtain clearance nt Inst nort. 30 Of foreign vessel to produce to collector register and papers on entry . -»-- 31 To deposit such papers with his consul «fec 31 Penalty for failure -■ 31 31 Of vessel of United States, oath by, as to delivery of mails on entry - 31 31 To furnish collector copy of receipts for fees paid con- suls abroad - . ......... 31 , Oath to ownership of unregistered vessel carrying sea- 36 Not to be employed in wrecking ou Florida coast with- 132 Of vessel from foreign port to United States, number of passeno'ers allowable . - -. - 65 65 For violation of re^'ulations as to berths . . 66 For failing to provide deck-houses, ventilators, and 67 For furnishing short allowance of provisions ; of water For failure to have provisions properly cooked and 68 68 To maintain discipline and cleanliness among passen- 68 To keep apartments occupied by passengers in clean and healthy condition . 68 To furnish collectors with list of passengers on arrival. Payment to collector on account of passengers dying on voyao'e .... . . . 69 69 69 69 Penalty ou, for permitting ofiQcer or seaman to visit 70 To post notice forbidding such visiting 71 71 Not liable as carriers of gold, bullion, and valuable 71 Kemedies against, for embezzlement, loss, or neglect.. . 81 207 Penalty for omittin"' to makeeutries .. . .. 208 Of vessel in foreign commerce, bond to be given by, 43 Penalty upon for departing' without passport.. 43 To deposit papers with consul, «fec., ou arrival at for- 43 44 Of enrolled and licensed vessels, subject to provisions 44 Bond ot^to obtain license for coasting trade or fisheries. Oath of to obtain license . .. 45 45 May obtain exchange of registry for enrollment or li- 46 46 Penalty for neglecting to deliver up, &c 46 INDEX. 485 Subject. Masters — Cou tinned. Penalty for failing to surrender expired license. Oath as to foreign repairs, to obtain enrollment, &c.. Penalty for false oath Penalty for failure to report change of For refusing to exhibit enrollment or license To deliver certificate received in another district to collector in home port • Trading between neighboring districts, to make out and subscribe manifests, &c Penalty for departing without manifests, &c To deliver manifests before unloading, &c j Oath as t>> manifest Penalty for nor delivering, &c Trading between remote districts, to make out and sub- scribe manifest, &c Penalty f^r proceeding without manifest Under twenty tuus, manifests of Penaltv for nQue8tions between crew, and how heard, »5cc | Section R. S. or Page. act Congress. 4325 47 4330 48 4330 48 4335 48 4336 49 4338 49 4.349 52 43.50 52 4351 52 4351 52 4.352 53 4353 53 4354 54 4359 55 43'. 55 4364 56 4366 57 4366 57 4367 57 4:WH 57 4369 57 4372 58 4382 59 43-2 59 4504 172 4509 173 4510 173 4511 173 4512 174 4513 174 4514 174 4515 174 4516 174 4517 175 45!H 175 4519 175 4520 4521 175 4522 175 4.529 177 4.530 177 453- 178 45:<',t 178 4540 179 4.542 179 4.546 l^0 4546 1-0 4549 181 45.50 181 4551 182 4.5.52 182 4553 182 4 54 183 486 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Jlfas/ers— Contiunetl. May be required by shipping commissioners to pro- duce log-book, &c On complaint of unseaworthiness, shall have vessel surveyed Shall pay costs of survey ordered by judge, &c Shall pay extra wages to crew on discharge on account of unseaworthiness, &c > Shall pay cost of inspection of vessel in foreign port, recovery Penalty for refusal to pay extra wages and charges of inspection What ])rovisions to be provided by Penalty for refusal to provide May deduct from wages of crew for false complaint of ]trovisions, &c Shall serve anti-scorbutics, «fec. , to crew Penalty for failure to carry medicines, anti-scorbutics, &c * Shall carry proper weights and measures Clothing and fuel for seamen Shall deliver crew-list to collector of customs.. . ..... Shall carry certified crew-list and shipping articles; ])enalty Shall give bond for return of seamen to United States. Destitute seamen, shall carry, when required to do so; penalty Additional allowance to, for carrying When to pay extra wages to seamen On sale of vessel — . Shall pay to collectors hospital dues of crew To consular oiiScer hospital dues of crew of vessel sold abroad May retain hospital dues out of wages of crew Shall protest against impressment of crew Penalty for neglect Shall pay shipping, »S:c., fee, how reimbursed Punishment of seamen for damage to, by smuggling .. Shall enter offenses, &c., in log-book Punishment of seamen absent without leave of May apprehend deserters without warrant; penalty for illegal apprehension Expenses of, in apprehending, to be paid from proceeds of forfeited clothing, «fec Shall be reimbursed for part of cost of conviction out of wages May arrest unauthorized persons boarding his vessel .. Penalty for removing effects of seamen without per- mission of Shall inform seamen of penalty for carrying sheath- knife Of steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, &c., 1 i fe is destroyed, how punished Maliciously, «&c., forcing officer or mariner on shore, with inteilt to leave, &c., refusing to bring home Matagorda, Tex.: Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Maiamoras, consul at, salary of Matanzas, consul at, salary of Matches (frlclion) : Restrictions on carriage of, by steam passenger vessels. How packed and marked for shipment Penalty for shipping, contrary to law 4555 183 4556 4557 183 183 45(51 184 4562 185 4563 4564 4565 . 185 185 185 4566 4569 185 186 4570 4571 4.572 4573 187 187 1H7 187 4575 4576 187 188 4578 4579 4580 4582 4585 189 189 189 182 190 4586 4587 4589 4590 4593 4596 4597 4598 190 190 191 191 192 192 193 194 4599 194 4604 195 4605 4606 195 195 4607 196 4608 196 9344 238 5363 240 2578 2579 1690 1690 313 314 218 218 4472 4475 4476 83 84 84 INDEX. 487 Subject. Afaterials, stores, and supplies: Drawback on Mates of steam- vessels. (See Inspection of sleam-ressels.) Mates of vessels — To sigu entries in log-book, &c AVitb majority of crew maydeiuantl inspection of ves- sel In foreign ports Mattapoisett Harbor, Massachusetts, port in collection dis- trict of New Bedford; description of \ essels belong- ing to Mauritius, consul at, salary of Measurement — Of registered vessels, to be made by surveyor before register issued - - - • New measurement not necessary to obtain new regis- ter, unless, &c Certificate of, wbat to specify and how made What to express and how ascertained Cabins and state-rooms not to be measured Certain vessels exempt from Rules for, to ascertain registered tounage To ascertain tonnage not otherwise provided for To be specified in certificate of registry New. certificate of registry to refer to former certifi- Of recorded vessels, collectors shall cause to be made. . Certificate of To be inserted in certificate of record Penalty on surveyor giving naval officer false For enrollment and license, same requirements as for registry For license of vessels under twenty tons Fees for. (See Fees.) Measurers of customs — For certain ports -.--.-- Extortion by, making returns without weighing, &c.; penalty When and how to make returns of goods measured Measuring: Imported merchandise not to be removed from wharf before, &c. ; forfeiture Of imports, when at expense of owner, «fec Mcdford, Mass., port of delivery Mediterranean passport : Penalty for making or using any forged, &c .------ Deposit of, with consul on arrival of vessel at foreign port - Return of, by consul on production of clearance Melbourne, consul at, salary of Mem2)his, Tenn. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor and appraiser at, duties of Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Merchandise (see Transportation of merchandise) Mei-cliant appraiser : When collector of customs to appoint Penalty for not acting as Compensation of - - When to apjtraise merchandise remaining iu public store beyond one year preparatory to sale Merchant seamen. (See Seamen. ) Merchant vessels. {See Vessels.) Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Act June 26, '84 4291 4556 4559 2528 4148 2606, 2607 2882 2920 2527 4191 4309 4:W9 1690 2568 2569 260() 4309 4414 2766 •Jt)09 2610,2945 2725 2973 64 207 183: 184 300» 218 4148 9> 4149 9> 41.50 9 4151 10 4152 10 4153 HO 4154 12 4155 la 4156 i 1$ 4181 : I* 4181 19> 4182 l* 4187 21 4312 44i 4331 48'' 319' 36L 21 4S 41$ 218 31 £ 31S 31» 9(> 9» 33& 319- .519-37X 33& 37T 488 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Meridian, fixing a common Messina, consul at, salary of Metals, customs duties on Meteorological observations : Duty of Secretary of War to provide for, at military stations Metric system — Of weights and measures legalized Equivalents of Mexico : Wbat imported mercliandise may be -withdrawn from warehouse for exportation to, routes Through port of Lavaca, Tex Through port of Indianola, Tex .." Imported merchandise for, arriving at certain ports, liow entered and conveyed Certain imports and domestic products, &c., how transported over territory of Goods exported to, not to berelanded in United States, penal ty Mexico, city of, consul-general at, salary of Mexican dollar : Value of fractions of Recoinage of Michigan City, Ind. : Port of delivery Surveyor of customs to reside at Passage of vessels to and from harbor of, free from I toll I Middletown, Conn. : j Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Middlctoivn Point, N. J., port of delivery I Mississippi : Clearance, from ports in, of vessels laden with live-oak timber ' Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in i OtBcers in Mississippi River arid triiittaries, freight and tow boats on, } may carry what steam pressure i Mississippi River vessels exempt from entry and clearance j Mobile, Ala.: ' \ Collection district and port of entry in j Collector and appraiser to reside at j Weighers, gai;gers, measurers, and inspectors for Inspector of hulls and boilers for district of Their salaries Montana avd Idaho : Collection district Collector in Mon lercy, Cal., inspector of customs to reside at ' Monti video, consul at, salary of Montreal, consul-general at, salary of j Morehead City, N. C, Secretary of Treasiiry may change I port of entry from Beaufort, N. C. , to ! Mortgayes — [ Of vessel not valid unless recorded To be recorded by collectors of customs Certificates discharging, to be recorded i What record of, to be kept in books | What to be certified on Fee for recording On northern frontiers JVot recorded until acknowledged, «&c Collectors to keep index i Act Aug. 3, 1882 1690 250-2 221 3.'')69 3570 3002 .3003 3004 3005 3000 3008 1690 3567 3568 2601 2602 5247 2533 2534 2.541 2463, 4205 2566 2567 4420 Act July 12,'7C 2564 2565 2606 4414 4414 2593 2.594 2583 169(1 1690 2555 • 4192 4193 4193 4193 4193 4193 43^2 4193 4194 INDEX. 489 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Morlgaijes — Coutinued. iudex and record opeu to inspection Collectors to furnish certificates relating to, «fcc. Fee tor such certificate Fee for furnishing certified copy of record Moscow, consul at, salary of Munich, consul at, salary of Miiihii/, punishment of seamen for 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 4194 22 1090 218 1(;90 218 4596 192 w. 2^^a{iasaki, consul at, salary of Xames — Of masters of vessels to be indorsed on documents Of vessels to be painted on stern ; penalty Change of, to be indorsed on certificate of record Of steam- vessels to be painted on stern and pilot-house; penal ty Change of name Name on stern Kantcs, consul at, salary of Nantucket, Mass. : Collrction district and port of entry Collector to reside at Najyles, consul at, salary of Na2)htha — Not to be carried on steam passenger vessels HoAv packed and marked for shipment Penalty for shipping contrary to law Xanajiaiisctt I'itr, supervision of life-saving stations on... Nashville, Tenn. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at ; duties of .^ Inspectors of hulls and boilers for * Their salaries Nassau ( TJ'e>it Indies), consul at, salary of Natchez, Miss.: Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Vesst-ls arriving at New Orleans destined for, what to do. Naval officer {customs) : Baltimore, Md Boston, Mass Charh'ston, S. C New Orleans, Lfi New York Philadelphia ' j San I'raucisco, Cal : Savannah, Ga Term of office Bonds of By wliom approved and where filed Duties of Wlien lo perform duties of collector Wlien, may act by deputy, responsibility of Number and" compensation of clerks of, how fixed... i. To keej) posted table of fees, &c., receipts; ])enalty for failure Narigable rivers of United States Navigation : Rules for preventing collision of vessels Bureau of Conunissioner of Special circumstances to be considered in construing.. . 1690 4171,4183,4335 4178-4334 4183 4495 Act Mar. 2, '81 Act June 23, '74 1690 2527 2529 16i)0 4472 4475 4476 424« 2.568 2569 4414 4414 1690 2566 2567 2832 2549 2529 2558 2569 2530 2544 2583 2560 2613 2619 2020 20-JO 2t)25 2632 2634 2()35, 43-'3 2476 4233 Act .July 5, '84 Act July 5, '84, sec. 4. 4233 218 17-20-48 18-48 20 211 24 218 298 300 218 83 84 84 123 311 312 90 90 218 311 311 349 306 300 309 312 303 305 315 309 319 320 321 322 322 323 324 324 150 153 39 39 123 490 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Xaviga /iOJi— Continued. Collectors to requii'e sail-vessels to be provided witli proper lights Lights, how shown by sail-vessel on approach of steamer Penalty on sail-vessels not complying Avith rules of navigation Recovery of penalty Pilots to be governed by State regulations Employment of, on waters between States Discriminating regulations of pilotage by States pro- hibited Existing discrimluations abrogated and annulled Stranded vessels on foreign coasts, duty of consuls in saving, &c ■ Restriction on authority of consuls Property wrecked on coast of Florida, how disposed of. Forfeiture of vessel taking such ]n-operty to foreign coast License to wreck ing-vessels on coast of Florida Life-saving stations, establishment of, on coasts of Long Island and New Jersey Appointment of superintendents and keepers J^mployment of crews of surfmeu Establishment of, at light-houses To be in charge of keepers of lights Care and custody of boats for Appointment of keepers for stations on coasts of Cape Cod and Rhode Island Supervision of Narragausett Pier and Block Island .. Establishment of ten, on coasts of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina Xaviyafion laws : Recovery of penalties and forfeitures Remission of Vessels navigating coastwise and on Great Lakes sub- ject to Neutrality : Olienses against laws of Authority of President to employ land and naval forces for enforcement of laws of In order to compel foreign vessel to depart in cases where laws of nations or treaties requiring departure United States citizens owners of armed vessels depart- ing to give bond Collectors of customs to detain vessels built for warlike purposes • Construction of provisions of this title as to enlisting, treason, piracy, «fec. New Albani/, Ind. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Netvark. N. J. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at New Bedford, Mass. : Collection distiict and port of entry Sippican and Martajioisett Harbors, ports in ; descrip- tion o^' vessi-ls l)f longing to Collector to reside at New Bertie, N. C. : Port of entry Collector to reside at New Briirisicick, N. J. : Port of delivery 4234 4234 4234 4235 4236 4237 4237 4238 4238 4239 126 126 126 102 102 102 102 132 132 132 4240 4241 132 132 4242 4243 4244 4245 4245 4246 133 133 133 133 133 133 4247 4248 133 133 4249 133 4305 5292, 5294 245 243-244 4401 88 5281-5286 228, 229 5287 230 5288 230 .5289 230 5290 230 5291 230 2568 2569 311 312 2541 , 2542 304 305 2527 298 2528 2529 300 300 2555 2556 308 308 304 INDEX. 491 Subject. Section R. S. or act Cougress. 'age. Xew Bnuiawick— Continued. Provisions concerning lading and unlading of vessels from Xewburgh, N. T., port of delivery Xeicbtiry, Mass., port of delivery Neivhuryport, Mass : Collection district and port of entry Collector and surveyor to reside at Xetv Caslle, Del, port of delivery Xetvcastle, Me., vessels owned at may unlade at Nexccaslle, N. H. , port of delivery Neiccastle-upon-Tyne, consul at, salary of - • - yewfoitndhuid, provisions concerning lading and unlading of vessels from New Eampxltlre : Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in Officers in - - - -„ E.itablisliuient of life-saving stations on coast of Xeic Haven, Conn.: Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Ken- Jersey : Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in Ofticers in - Establishment of life-saving stations on coast of Appointment of keepers for Emplovment of crews of surfmen at --- Permit tor land transportation of foreign merchandise across Xeiv London, Conn. : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Xeir Orleans, La. : Collection district and port of entry Officers of customs in, residence of Vessels bound to ports of delivery in district of, except Bayou Saint John Collector of customs at, when to appoint temporary inspectors of, &c May appoint head gangers Unloading imported salt opposite city of Inspectors of hulls and of boilers for Thei r salaries, »fec Xeirport, I!. L : Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at .Veil- York : Collection districts, ports of entry, and delivery in Officers in -. - - • Cargoes for Greenport, in, to be entered and duties paid at Sag Harbor Xeie York City : Collection district and port of entry Officers of customs in, residence and duties of What oflicers and employes in office of appraiser of cus- toms at port of; how ai)pointed Goods for Cold Spring or Port JetTerson to be entered and d nties paid at port of Oath of appraiser at Of assistant appraisers at - One assistant appraiser to perform dutiesof special ex- aminer of drugs Inspectors of hulls and boilers for; salaries, &c.. of.... :n29 j • 253.^ 1 '2527 , 404 302 298 2527 1 2529 2.-)46 2520 2522 1 1690 ! 298 300 306 298 298 218 3129 I 404 2522 I 2533 4249 298 298 133 2533 2534 301 302 2541 2542 4242 4243 4244 304 30S 133 133 133 4362 56 2533 2534 4414 4414 301 302 90 90 2568 2569 311 312 2570 2576 2577 2897 4414 4414 312 313 313 364 90 90 2531 2532 ' 300 301 2535 2536 302 303 2537 1 304 2535 2536 1 302 i 303 2538,2539 304 2540 2614 2615 320 2938 4414 372 1 90 492 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Xew York C'i^t/— Continued. Assistant inspectors and their salaries Niagara : Collection district in New York Collector in, residence of „ Additional inspectors for Nice, consul at, salary of Ningpo, consul at, salary of ; Nitric acid : Restrictions on carriage of, by steam passenger vessels. How packed and marked for shipment Penalty for shipping contrary to law Niiro- G hjceri n e : Not to be shipped on passenger vessel or vehicle How packed and marked for shipment State reuulation of traffic and transportation of Penalty for shii»ping contrary to law 1 Transporting or delivering on passenger vessel or ve- hicle When death is caused by explosion of, on passenger ves- sel, &c Shipping or transporting, unless packed and marked in manner prescribed ^ NUroh'iim. (See Nitro-Glycerine.) Noblehorough, Me., port of deliverv Norfolk; Fa.: Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Salaries of Norfolk aud Portsmonih, Va. : Collection district and jjort of entry Collector, surveyor, and appraiser in, to reside at Nor- folk North Carolina, establishment of life-saving stations on coast of North Haven, Me., port of delivery North Kingston, B. I., port of delivery North Yarmouth, Me., port of delivery Norwalk, Conn., port, of delivery Noncidt, Conn., port of delivery Nottin^liam, Md., port of delivery Nova.^cotia, lading and unlading of vessels from Number, otficial, fine if not marked 4414 2535 2536 2605 1690 4472 4475 4476 427S, 4472 4279,4475 4280 4476 5353 O. Odessa, consul at, salary of Officers : Penalty for neglect of duty prescribed by Title Regu- lations of Commerce and Navigation Giving or oftering bribe, to influence decision or action, &c Officers of vessels — Of United States must be citizens Maliciously, &c., forcing on shore, with intent to leave, refusing to bring home (see Inspection of steam-vessels and vessels) 5354 5355 2606 4414 4414 2552 2553 4249 2517 2531 2517 2533 2533 2548 3129 Act Jane 19, 'Ki, sec. 6. 1690 4188 5451 4131 Official number marked Act Jnne sec. 6. Ogdensburgh, N. Y. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Ohio : Collection districts, ports of entry and delivery in. Officers in 5363 19,'86, 2535 ! 2536 2603 2604 ! 90 302 303 319 218 218 83 84 84 71,83 71,84 71 84 239 239 239 296 319 90 90 307 307 133 296 300 296 301 301 306 404 27 218 21 242 5 240 302 303 318 318 INDEX. 493 Subject. Oil of vitriol : Penalty for shipping without notice Kesrrictions on transportation of, by steam passenger vessel How packed and marked for shipment Penalty for shipping contrary to law Omaha, Nebr. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Snrvey or to reside at, duties of Owner: Definition of, when need in Title Merchant Seamen Owner of vessels : Penalty for carrying away live-oak or red-cedar timber from the United States lands Registered oath to be taken by, to obtain register Forfeiture of vessel for false oath by, to obtain register. Issue of new certificate of registry to, in new district.. To surrender old certificate to collector Penalty for failure Former, retaining old certificate ; j)enalty Sold or captured abroad, regaining vessel may have register, »&c. , when Penalty for not taking out new certificate of registry, when For failing to report change of master Oath of, on entry of vessel as to register Efi'ect of refusal to take Delivering up certificate of registry to have bond can- celed '. Recorded to countersign certificate of measurement To cause to be indorsed on certificate of record change of name of master of vessel To pay surveyor's fees for measurement, &c To furnish collectors' receipts for fees paid consular officers by vessels abroad Oath of, to ownership of unregistered vessel carrying sea-letter Bringing passengers from foreign ports, penalty for violating regulations as to berths Penalty for neglect to furnish list of passengers Payment for deaths occurring among passengers dur- ing voyage Penalty for refusal to pay Of passenger vessels between United States and Eu- rope ; penalty for not furnishing deck-houses, venti- lators, and cooking ranges, as required For failing to provide provisions and water Civil responsibility For foreign vessel bound coastwise Delivery of, on arrival Penalty for neglect Penalty for forging, altering. &c., of ven^el For vessels in domestic commerce, fees for For vessel to discharge at quarantine For delivery good-, entered at quarantine To vessels arriving at insurrectionary district to go to another ])ort Falsely making, forging, altering, «fec., granted by any collector : uttering as true any false, &c Permits, charges for, abolished Pernamhitco, consul at, salary of Perth Ambo!f,X. J.: Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Peterahurgh, Va.: Cidiection district and port of entry Vessels loaded in, may be cleared at Richmond, Va Vessels arriving within, what to do Petroleum : Crude or refined, not to be carried on steam passenger vessel, excei)t, &c • How packed and marked for shipment May be used for production of motive-power Penalty for shipping, contrary to law Philadelijhia, Pa.: Collection district and port of entry Otlicers in, residence and duties of Clerks and employes in appraiser's office at, how ap- pointed, number, and compensation of ,. Inspectors of hulls and of boilers for Pictou, 2\ova Scotia, consulate at, salary of Pictures, obscene, not to be imported Pilatka, Fla.: Port of delivery ■ Surveyor to reside at Discriminating rates of, by States, prohibited Existing discriminations abolished Pilots— To be governed by State regulations Employment of, on waters bc^tween two States PilotH {licensed, of steam-vessels). (See Inspection of steam- ressels. ) Pilot vessels (sailing), to carry what lights Piers, unlawful use of Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 4353 53 4354 4354 4355 4355 54 54 54 54 4359 55 Piraeus, consul at, salary of Piracy : Seizure of vessels fitted out for Customs otticers to seize Provisions of Title Neutrality not to be construed to prevent prosecution or punishment for H. Mis. 391 32 4362 4364 4367 4368 t 4369 4375 43dl-43d2 4793 4795 56 56 57 57 57 58 59 157 1.57 5315 236 5423 Act June 19, 'ri6, 240 40 sec. 1. 1690 218 2541 , 2542 304 305 2552 2554 2836 307 308 303 4472 4475 4474 4476 83 84 84 84 2543 2544 305 305 2545 4414 1690 2491 306 90 218 255 2562 2563 4237 4237 310 310 102 1(12 4235 4236 102 102 4233 Act Aug. 14,76, sec. 3. i 1690 123 152 218 4297 4299 245 245 5291 230 498 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Collectiou district and port of entry Surveyor aud api)raiser in Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Ius)>ector8 of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Platiiia, shipper of. to notify carrier Plattshuii/, N. Y. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Pleasure yachts. (See Yachts.) Plundering looney, goods, «fec., from vessel wrecked or in distress, &c Ponce ( I'orlo kieo), consul at, salary of Pontcharlrain, La. : Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at, duties of vessels bound for, may unlade at, after making report, &c Departing from, for foreign ports, how cleared .. Port, what to include Port charges: Brazilian mail steamships exempt from Duration of exemption Port Elizabeth, JV. J. port of delivery Port Huron, Jilieh. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Port Jefferson, N. Y. : Port of delivery Merchandise lor, to be entered aud duties paid at New York Enrollment and license of vessels by surveyor at Portland and Falmouth, Ale. : Collection district Officers in ; collector to reside at Portland ., Additional inspectors for Portland, Me : Port of entry Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Their salaries Portland, Oreg.: Port of entry Collector and appraiser to reside at Masters of vessels bound for, with goods, what to do.. . Clearing from Arriving at Astoiia with goods for Weighers, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Port Mahon., consul at, salary of Port Oxford, Oreg.: Port of delivery D(!pury collector of customs to reside at Port Penn, Del., port of delivery Port Royal, Va.: Port of del i very Surveyor to reside at Port Said, consul at, salary of Port Sarnia, consul at, salary of Ports of deliver y — In the several States and Territories Officers in Vessels bound for, where to enter, &c Goods for, on Mississippi River and tributaries, where entered In collection district of New Orleans 2543 2544 2568 2569 4414 4414 42al 2535 2536 5358 1690 2568 2575 2767 4232 4232 2541 2599 2600 2535 2540 4345 2517 2518 2605 2517 4414 4414 2586 315 2587 316 2588 316 2589 316 2590 316 •^606 319 1690 218 2586 215 2587 316 2546 306 2552 307 2553 307 1690 218 1690 218 2517-2612 296-319 2517-2612 296-319 2772 339 2822 348 2-<23 348 INDEX. 499 Subject. Section R. S. or act Confjress. Ports of deZireri/— Continued-. President may cauwe duties to be collected at, in case of insnnectiou, &c.; appointment of officers at, pro- visions of law applicable, &c Ports of eiitni : Forfeitures for entering, when closed by proclamation ; wliere prosecuted In the several States and Territories Officers in To be ports of delivery Shipi>ing commissioners at President in cases of insurrection may change, «fec. ; poits of delivery to be constituted, application of |)rovisions of law, &c When to \»e closed by proclamation of President ; for- feiture of vessels, &c., attempting to enter President's proclamation Ports of entrji estahlished Ports of oi tri/ and delmry, Ohio Port of delivery, Georgia and Tennessee J'ortsniouth, X. H,: Collection district and port of entry Collector and surveyor in, to reside at ... Merchandise mav be entered at, for Kittery or Berwick, Me ■ Port ToiVK send, W. T.: Port of entry Collector to reside at Port wardens, (certificates of, as to necessity for unlading vessels in distress Portentri/, when and by whom made in customs cases ; per- mit to unlade not granted until Potomac, J'a. : Port of deli very Deputy collector to reside at, duties of Poufjhkeepsie, N. Y., port of delivery Pound sterling, value fixed Prescott : Consul at, salary at President's proclamation Presidio del Xortc, Tex., inspector of customs to reside at.. Prices Current, consular ofticers shall procure, &;c Prince Kdnard's Island : Consul at, salary of Lading and unlading of vessels from Vessels of, may engage in coasting trade on lakes, &c., under treaty of Washington Suspension of i)riviiege Privileges to foreigners granted andexclnded by proc- lamation Prize : Provisions ai)p]icablc to all captures made as Definition of term " vessels of the Navy " Duties of commanding officer of vessels making capt- ure Survey of captured vessel and property when it can- not he sent in for adjudication Appiaisemeiit, by whom made Report of ai)praiseis to be sent into court Sale of such proi)erty Deposit of proceeds of sale Page. 5314 2517-2612 2517-2612 2770 4.501 5314 236 237 296-319 296-319 339 171 236 .5317 Act June 19,'H6, sec. 10-17. Act May 27, '80 Act June 16, 'HO Act Feb. 28, '81 237 27 416 416 417 2522 2523 298 298 2524 298 2586 2587 315 316 2891 363 2887 362 2552 2553 2535 3565 307 397 302 422 1690 Act June 19, '86, sec. 12. 2580 1713 218 27 314 222 1690 3129 218 404 4347 4347 50 50 Act June 19, '86, sees. 12, 17. 27 4613 4614 247 247 4615 247 4615 4615 4615 4615 4615 247 247 247 247 1 247 500 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Prize — Continued. Claim of United States to share in How made Special counsel, employment of, by Secretai'y of Navy.! Commissioners, appointment and qualifications of j Marshal to keep property under warrant of court j To report to court property requiring to be stored or I sold .' To insure property according to his judgment Custody by, of witnesses '. . To re]tort to Secretary of Navy when required Survey, appraisal, and inventory of property taken for use of United States Department i'or whose use taken, to deposit value, sub- ject to order of court When property not sent in, proceedings, where may be commenced Proceeds of sale or value to be deposited with assist- ant treasurer Delivery on stipulation Money, in lieu of stipulation, to be deposited with as- sistant treasurer Sale, how conducted Transfer of property to another district for sale; pro- ceedings Aggregate share of captors Distributive shares of captors •- What vessels entitled to share Restriction on commanding officers of fleets or squad- rons Temporary absence not to forfeit share Determination of shares, court to order testimony to be taken Kefore whom such testimony may be sworn to Decree of distribution to be made by court What such decree shall recite Bounty to be paid for persons on board vessels de- stroyed To be divided in same manner as prize-money When actual number on board cannot be ascertained, how estimated Sum to be paid in case of vessel destroyed otherwise than from injuries received in action Powers of district court after ai)peal to Supreme Court. Security for costs may be required at any stage of cause. C<'sts aud (ixpenses to be paid from proceeds of prop- erty, unless How and when allowed How paid in case of restitution, or where there is no money Distribution of prize-money, how and by whom made. Of ransom-money, salvage, bounty, &c., how and by whom made Assignment of prize-money or bounty by persons in naval service to be attested Clerk of district court- To render semi-annual statement to Secretaries of Treasury and Navy To keep account of amounts in causes deposited for distribution To send copies of final decrees of distribution to Sec- retaries of Treasury and Navy To draw orders of court for payment of costs, &c., and ' a#.s., port of deli very Salisbur'n, Md. , port of delivery Saloon-stores, purchased for vessels on northern, &c., fron- Section R. S. or act Congress. Salt Imported, how unladen opposite New Orleans Imported in bond, for use in curing fish ; remission of duties on Salt and coal, time for unlading from vessels extended Saltpeter : Meaning of term in certain cases Drawback on Salt provinionn : Anti-Hcorbutics to be served with, to seamen Penalty for failure Sahtria, Tex. : Collection district Officers in, residence of Salvador. (See Guatemala.) Salvage : Seamen cannot abandon claim for Distribution of, to vessels of Navy, how made In cases of recapture To be paid from Treasury, when To be paid by owners, when San Ant onto, Tex. : Port of delivery Insi)ector of customs to reside at Sand Beach harbor of refuge San Diego, Cal. : Collection district and port of entry Officers in, collector to reside at Appointment of inspectors, weighers, &c., for San Domingo, commercial agent at, salary of Sandusky, Ohio: Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at - Additional inspectors for Sandwich , Mass. , port of deli very - . San Elizario, Tex., inspector of customs to reside at San Francisco, Cal. : Collection d istrict and port of entry Officers of customs in, residence of ' VVeighern, gangers, measurers, and inspectors for Ins])e(tor.s of hulls and boilers for Their salaries San Juan dtl Xorte, commercial agent at, salary of San .Juan del Sur, consul at, salary of San Juan ( I'orto liico), consul at, salary of San Pedro, Cal.: Port of delivery Inspector for, appointment of Santa Barbara, Cal. : Port of del i very Inspector for, a})pointment of Santa Cruz, consul at, salary of Santarem, c()n8nl at, salary of San tiago ( Cape Verde), consul at , salary of Santiago de Cuba, consul at, salary of 4629 4629 4H06 2r)27 2548 3113 3022 2881 3026 3026 4570 2578 2579 Page. 249 249 166 298 306 401 364 3KS 361 385 3Ki 186 187 313 314 4535 178 4642-4652 1 252-254 4652 j 254 4652 I 254 4652 I 254 2578 2580 ActJunel9, '82 2582 2583 2607 2603 2604 2605 2527 2580 2582 2583 2606 4414 4414 1690 2582 2583 313 314 153 314 315 319 218 3l8 318 319 298 314 314 315 319 90 90 218 218 218 314 315 314 315 218 218 218 218 506 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. : Port of delivery Deputy collector to reside at Savannah, Ga.: Collection district and port of entry Officers in, residence of '. Collector of customs at, may grant permits to unload vessels in Brunswick district, appoint inspectors, &c. Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Their salaries Sayhrook, Conn., port of delivery Scarhorough, Me., port of delivery Schedules : Of goods for interior ports, to be deposited with sur- veyor thereat Of forms, fees, &c.. to Title Merchant Seamen Scitiiaie, Mass., port of delivery .. .. Sea-coast of United States, divided into three great districts. Sea-letters. (See Vessels.) Sea-stores: Exempt from duty, how specified How duty on, excess of, estimated When forfeited Of vessels on northern, &c., frontiers When free of duty, excess of Seamen: Consular officers shall keep record of Not to receive fees for services to Penalty for neglect of duty bj' Alien, how naturalized When to be deemed citizens When entitled to protection as destitute citizens Conviction and punishment of, to be recorded in log- book Oft'enses committed by Statement of conduct and character Ill ness or inj ury to Death of, during voyage Wages due deceased , Sale of eifects To sign entries in log-book, when Provisions concerning Duties of shipping commissioner as to Manner of procuring apprentices ludentures of apprentices Shipping articles of, form, terms, &c., of Wages, advances, and allotments of, shall be specified in Kulcs for signing, «fec., of On certain vessels may reship, »fec., without fee to commissioner Penalty for carrying, without ai tides For accepting seamen illegally shipped How deserters, &c., ma.v be replaced 1 . Copy of articles to be posted up How, may be shii)ped in foreigu ports In coasting trade Penalty for illegally 8hij)ping Forfeiture of wages for breach of articles by Illegal shipment of, void ; recovery of wages Wages, when to commence Not to depend on freight earnings . In merchant service, to terminate with loss of vessel.. In case of improi)er discharge When may be suupended 2599 2600 2559 25G0 2561 4414 4414 2533 2517 2825 4612 2527 4348 2795 2796 2797 3111 3112 1708 1719 1736 2174 21-/4 2174 4290 4290 4290 4290 429f» 4290 4290 4291 >01-46I2 171-197 4508 4509 4510 4511 4511 4512 4513 4514 4515 4516 4519 4517 4520 4518-4521 4522 4523 4524 4525 4526 4527 4528 INDEX. 507 Subject. Section R. S. or act CougresB. Page. Seamen — Continued. Time for payment of Payment of, at intermediate ports Allotment of ..."'. ' Advances of Unlawful advances of; recovery Ldscoiint of advance security ; recovery Lien on ship for Cannot abandon right to salvage Wages, not liable to attachment, &c Sale of, not to prevent payment to seamen Amount recoverable from, during voyage Entry of, in log-book Deceased, wages and effects of Rules of procedure in regard to Penalty for neglect, &c., in regard to Duty of consul in regard to Proceedings in regard to wages and effects of, dying in United States Fund for relief of destitute, created » Wages, summons to show cause in case of non-payment of Libel for, of vessel When paid abroad to be in goM - . On discharge, shall be paid before shipping commis- sioner Dischiirge of, liow conducted Account of wages shall be rendered Certificate of discharge on payment Rules for settlement of wages ,-- Certificate of character Arbitration of disputes with master -- Proceedings before shipping commissioners relative to | wages Majority of crew may demand survey of vessel Proceedings on survey ! Cost of unnecessary survey may be deducted from wa- I gesof <"<>mplaining Refusal to sail when vessel found seaworthy ! Complaint of nuseaworthiuess in foreign ])orts Report on by inspectors in foreign ports Discharge of seamen by consul after Extra wages to be paid on discharge from unseawor- t hy vessel Retusal to pay, penalty Survey of provisions may be demanded by Forf.-iture of wages for false complaint as to provis- ions Permission to complain guaranteed to Allowances for reduction of jirovisions, &c., recovera- ble as wages Medicines and auti-scorbuties, &o., shall be provided for Penalty for neglect to serve to Provisions, «fec., to, shall be weighed, &c., on demand. Clothing and fuel for use of, to be carried List of, on vessels, to be furnished collector of customs before clearance Shall be certitied by collector And shii>ping articles shall be carried on vessels Bond for return of, to United States required Destitute, &c., care, Ac, of, by consular ofiicers Shall be returned to United States Penalty for refusal by vessels of United States to carry. Pay to vessels for carrying 4529 4530 4531 4532 4533 4534 4535 4535 4536 4536 4537 4538 453d 4539 4540 4541 4542-4545 4545 4546 4547 4548 ' 4549 4549 4550 4551 4552 4553 4554-4555 177 177 177 177 177 177 178 178 178 178 178 178 178 178 179 179 179, 180 180 180 181 181 181 181 181 182 182 182 183 4555 183 4556-45.59 183-184 4557 183 4557-4562 ! 183-185 4558 ; 184 4559 i 184 4,60 I 184 4561 I 184 4561 1 4563 1 4565 4568 4569 4570 4571 4.572 4573 4574 4575 4576 4577 4577 4578 4579 I 184 185 185 185 186 186 187 187 187 187 1.87 187 188 189 189 189 508 INDEX. Subject. Section E. S. or act Congress. Page. Seamen — Continued. When consular officer may require discharge Extra wages, when aud how paid on discharge in for- eign port ,■ : Penaltv for ueglect of consular officer to collect To be collected on sale of vessel iu foreign port , When may be remitted Discharge in case of wreck Extra wages, on discharge, disposal of, by consular officer .' ..., Part of, to be fund for destitute, aud for transportation to United States Hospital tax toTbe collected, &c., and retained from. .. By couhular officer, if vessel sold abroad Must be paid before documenting of vessel Certificate of citizenship to Protest against impressment of Penalty for neglect of master to protest Report as to impressment to Secretary of State List of certificates of citizenship of, to be kept Fee for shipping or discharging Part of, to he deducted from wages Who shall pay Penalty for taking illegal Oifeuses aud punishments of , Shall be entered on logbook , Forfeiture of wages for ttesertiou Cost of arrest of deserter to be deducted from wages. . Arrest of, for desertion, on justice's warrant Without warrant Extra wages to be paid when desertion caused by cruel treatment .' Deserters, reclamation and discharge of, by consular officers For deserting Penalty for drunkenness, &c Enforcement of forfeitures Disposal of Deserters' wages, &c., unclaimed, to go to fund for des- titute Application of part of, to pay cost of conviction, &c. .. Penalty for unauthorized boarding of vessels For soliciting, as lodgers Shall not carry sheath-knife ; penalty Penalty for receiving more than fee from Penalties and forfeitures, how recovered To go to fund for relief of destitute Floggi ng of, abolished Definition of terms used in title Tables of wages, provisions, fees, &c Hospital for sick and disabled authorized Fuud for relief of, how appropriated Admission of foreign, to hospitals Forcing on shore with intent to leave, refusing to bring home Searches : Customs officers may board vessels and make May stop vehicles, beasts, or persons and make refusing to allow ; penalty Eegnlations for, of persons and baggage; person liable to Persons making, under customs laws, may enter build- ings Warrant for, of dwelling-house, how and by whom ob- tained ; forfei tures 4580 4.58 L 4582 4583 • 4583 4584 4584 4585 4586 4587 4588 4589 4590 4590 4591 4592 4.593 4593 4595 4.596 4.590-4.597 4596 4598 4598 4599 4600 4522. 4601 175, 195 4602 195 4603 195 4604 195 4604 195 4605 195 4606 195 4607 196 4608 196 4609 196 4610 196 4610 196 4611 197 4612 197 4612 197 4801 165 4803 166 4805 166 5:J63 240 3059-3067 391, 392 3061 391 3062 391 3064 392 3065 392 3066 INDEX. 509 Subject. Sectiou R. S. or act Cougiess. Searchi'K — Continoed. Custotiis officers making, to make character known ; aiding in; refusal to assist ; penalty Seizures — Of vessels, &c., engaged in transportation of coolies By customs otiicers, for smuggling Customs otticers to make known character when mak- ing, &c Customs officers to make, when vessel or goods are liable thereto When sued may give special matter in evidence under general issue Of property under customs laws to be appraised, &c .. If value §!5b0 or less, notice of, to be published Persons chiiming property, to tile claim, &c Sale of property under, proceedings, &c Ren is8iul shall indorse receipt, &c., for eftects of deceased seamen on Master may be required to produce, in suit for wages.. Allowances for reduction of provisions required by Certitied copy of, shall be carried on vessels Breach of, by desertion ; punisiment for Discharge of seamen deserters by consul, «fec., to be en- tered on Form of ■ (See Seamen.) Shipping commissioner 3978 4281 4511 4512 4513 4514 4515 4517 4519 4520 4521 4522 4521 4532 4539 4547 4.568 4575 4598 4600 4612 Shipping commissioners : How appointed and removed ; supervision of, by cir- cuit court Bond and oath of When customs officers sb.aU act as When cnstom-house.% to be deemed offices of Penalty for illegally acting as Clerks and deputies of Papers bearing seal of, how admitted in evidence Officers of. Duties - Shall procure apprentices to sea-service Shall examine indentures of apprentices Shall witness shipping articles To reship seamen in same vessel without fees Rules for shipping seamen be'fore, to govern shipments in foreign ports Advance wages to seamen to be given in presence of.. Proceeds of effects of deceased seamen to be delivered to Wages of deceased seamen to be paid to Shall pay wages into circuit courts Seamen shall be discharged before Account of wages on di.':-charges of seamen to When master of vessel may perform duties of, in re- spect to discharges Rules for payment of wages and discharge before Certificate of character rec^uired in discharges before . Shall act as arbiters between masters and crew May require books and summon witnesses When, shall inspect provisions of vessels When complaint reported false; penalty Shall furnish copy of shipping articles to owners Act June 19, '86, sees, 2, 3. 4501 4502 4503 4503 4504 4.505 4506 4507 4508 4509 4510 4512 4513 4517 4532 4539 4542 4543 4549 4550 4551 4552 4553 4554 4555 4565 4566 4575 INDEX. 511 Subject. Section R S. or act Congress. Shijypiiig commissioners— Continned. Fees of Bill of, to lie posted iu office Who slial 1 pay Penalty for taking nnlawlul Limit as to eonipeusation of May apprehend deserters without warrant Balance of i)roceeds of deserters' clothing, »fcc., to be paid to ;-- Shall notify seamen of provision against wearing sheath-knives Table of fees of Act not to apply to coasters, &c Shi2U)i)i!} f?lycerine, &c., liow jiacked and marked Penalty for unlawful shipment of Watchmen at night Penalty for failure to keep tire-extinguishers for . . Wire tiller-ropes, bell-pulls, &c., on river steamers Boats for river steamers Life-preservers Fire-buckets, water-barrels, and axes Stair .vays and gangways for river steamers carrying passengers on main deck Accommodations for deck passengers Penalty for failure to ])rovide Navigating rivers, to anchor in fogs, &c Life- boats, &c., for ocean and lake steamers Penalty for failure to jtrovide AVater-l ight bulkheads for steamers navigating ocean or Great Lakes Approval of life-saving instruments Barges, subject to what provisions Penalty for violating provisions Liabilitv of master and owner for baggage of passeu- Section R. S. or act Congress. gers To carry two copies of Title Regulation of Steam Ves- sels Names of, to be painted on stern and pilot-house; pen- alty... Customs officers to enforce provisions concerning; penalty License, register, or enrollment for Navigated contrary to provisions of Title Regulation of Steam-Vessels ; penalty . .' Penalties not otherwise provided for Remission of lines, penalties, &c., under laws relating to Penalty on person by whose misconduct life is destroyed Inspector of, receiving illegal fees (See Fines, penalties, aud forfeitures ; Inspection of steam-vessels, and Passengers.) Steam-propelled vessels, steerin;/ and sailinn rules. (See Xavi- gation.) Stettin, consul at, salary of Stonington, Conn.: Collection district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Storage — Of goods landed from vessels in distress Charges ami fees for, of cargoes of vessels seeking l)oit ill distress Warehouses Storm signals, duty of Secretary of \V;ir to provide for . .... Stotvawai/s, ve.ssels not to be liable for carrying Stranded vessels, jirotection of, by consuls, &c., on foreign coast. Stratford, Conn., port of delivery Sltittqardl, consul at, salary of Suffolk, Vu. : Port of deli very Surveyor to reside at Sugars : Imported, not to be removed Irom wli of; jienalty H. m^'.:m — .33 f b.'fore ]. Page. 4473 84 4»74 84 4475 84 447H 84 4477 85 4478 85 4479, 4480 85 4481 85 448-i 85 4483 85 4484 86 4485 86 4486 86 4487 86 4488 86 44H9 86 4490 87 ' 4491 87 4492 87 4493 87 4493 87 4494 87 4495 87 4496, 4497 87-88 4498 88 4499 88 4500 88 5294 244 5344 238 5482 242 2533 2534 2892 218 301 3U2 2894 3t)4 2795 l.J2 221 143 4514 174 4238 132 2533 301 161)1) 218 2552 307 2.V):', 307 2.''()4 132 361 514 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Sugars — Coutinued. Standards of imported, how selected and to -whom fur- nished How and by whom sampled, casks, &c.,how marked.. Unretiued imported, change from package, how made, drawback on Manifest of, carried by vessel in coasting trade T)etweeu neighboring districts Penalty for transporting between remote districts with- out manifest and permit Suits : Depending in foreign country npon bond of marshal. . Of consular court, how brought Sujii^rin tendents — Of lite-saving stations for coast of Long Island and New Jersey, powers and duties For coast of Long Island to have charge of Narragan- sett Pier and Block Island stations Surveii — Of vessels may be ordered on complaint of mate and crew ; proceeding, &c Duties of inspectors in foreign port Contents of report of inspectors of vessel Payment of cost of, in foreign port Penalty for refusal to pay for Of captured vessel or })roperty, when made in prize Civses When x>rize property taken for use of United States, how made SurreijorH of customs — In the several collection districts At Albany, to act as collector Term of office of Bonds of , By whom approved and where filed Temporary, how ap])ointed, compensation of When to perform duties of collector Duties of At certain porta In case of disability or death of, who to perform duties of .' When to authorize officer or clerk to act as disbursing agent, bond When may act by deputy, responsibility of Number and compen'satiou of clerk of To keep posted table of fees, receipts, &c., penalty for fai 1 ure To account for fees, &c., and make annual returns to commissioner, penalty Personal attendance of, duties of, as to accounts; pen- alty for omission Accounts of, what to include and "how rendered '" To certify services of occasional inspectors 7 o lender list of clerks, their duties and compensation, account of stationery, office rent, &c Acting as collector, to render quarterly accounts of moneys collected ; excess to be paid into treasury .. In certain districts to keep for sale blanks Drawback fees of, how shared Fees of Acting as collectors, limit to compensation of Couijx-nsation exclusive of expenses of Limit to eniolumeiits of, at certain ])orts At other jiorfs 2914 2915 3029 4349 4354 4071 4114 4243 4248 3«8 368 385 52 54 215 216 133 133 4557-4559 183-184 4560 184 4561 I 184 4562 4563 4615 4624 2518-2602 2536 2613 2619 2620 2624 2625 2627 2628 2629 2631 2632 2634 2335 2639 2640 2641 2642 185 185 247 297-318 303 319 320 321 322 322 322 323 323 323 324 324 325 325 325 325 2647 326 2648 326 2656 328 2657 328 2688 331 2689 331 2690 331 2691 331 INDEX. 515 Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Surveyors of customs — Cotinued. Salaries of, at Eastport, Pi)rtsnionth, N. H., Newbury- ])ort, Gloucester, Fredericksburgh, Va., Portland, Me., Savaunab, and at ports establisbed by the Presi- dent Of ports in district of New Orleans At Velasco, excess of recei pts To be accounted for At Mata<;orda, Lavaca, and Copano At Pacific City and Milwaukee At Selma '. At San Francisco At Salem and Beverly At Michigan City At Albany Limit of 'compensation of, at Portland, Me., Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Sa- vannah, and New Orleans At non-enumerated ports When to examine baggage, &c At certain i>orts to estimate duties, approve bond8,&c. When to enter amount of duties on imjiorter's bond, &c. When to cnuse inspection of cargoes, &c., permit ves- sels to unload, and indorse manifests Not to receive bond less than duties, &c. ; when to col- lect and pay over duties . . •- When to put inspectors on board of vessels To transmit inspector's book to collector.... When to supply absence of inspector to superintend de- livery of cargoes, & Distilled spirits to be landed under inspection of Returns of delivery of merchandise Opening of packages with consent of Use of warehouse hired by At Louisville, to have custody, &c., of imports for Jef- fersonville When, to inspect merchandise notified for exportation Search of stores, warehouses, &c Duties of, as to public money President may increase bonds of Duties of, in measurement of vessels To countersign certilicates of registry Survey or measurement of vessels by, for record To grant certificates of measurement for record Fees of, for measurement By whom jtaid Limit upon, for measuring and certifying tonnage Month retiirn by, to collector of certified manifests or ]»ermit8 May be authorized to enroll and license vessels At Cold Spring. Greenport, and Port Jefferson, N. Y .. Fecsof, f.)r enrolling an > licensing vessels Penalty upon, lor delivering false measurement of vessel To i)os't up conspicuously tables of fees Su8j)ension Bridf/e, N. ¥. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Swansea, Mass , jiort of delivery Snaloic, consul at, salary of Tohasco, consul at, salary of Tahiti, consul at, salary of Talcahuano, consul at, salary of. 2706 2707, 2708 2712, 2718 2709 2710 2711 2713 2714 2715 2716 2717 2719 2720 2801 282.5 2826 2aio 2831 2875 2876 2877 28H4 2H89 2899 2956 Page 333 333 334 333 333 334 334 324 334 334 334 334 334 344 348 348 349 349 359 359 360 361 363 365 374 2967 376 3035 3^6 3107 1 400 3039 ■■■ 387 3639 ' 387 4148-4154 9-12 41.58 14 4181 19 4181 19 41H6 20 4186 20 4186 50 4332 48 4:m 49 4345 50 4346 50 4373 53 4353 53 2535 302 . 2536 303 2527 298 1690 218 1690 1690 1 1690 218 218 218 516 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Conj^ress. Page. Tamalave, commercial agent at, salary of Tampico : Consul-general at, salary of Cousul at, salary of Tangier, cousul at, salary of Tappahannock, Va., collection-district and port of entry Collector in, to reside at Tare, allowance for, on imports ; how estimated Tariff : Of consular fees shall be kept conspicuously posted in consulate President may prescribe Of fees of consular courts ; of duties ( See Duties on imports. ) Tax on tonnage 218 Teche, The, La.: Collection district Collector in, residence of Thomaston, Me., port of delivery Tien- Tsin, consul at, salary of Tiverton, K. I., port of delivery Toledo, Ohio: Port of entry Collector to reside at '' To7t," detinition of, in appraisal of imports Tonnage: Duties or tax. (See Duties.) Fees. (See Fees.) Of vessels. (See Vessels.) Tonnage tax Tonnage carved on main beam. Tonnage deductions Toronto, consul at, salary of Transporta ion — Of merchandise In bond, provisions conceruing To Pacific and western ports Ojiening, breaking, «fcc., vehicle, warehouses, «&c., con- taining goods, imported for, removing, «fec., lock or seal, or aiding to remove or receive goods Of goods entered for warehouse Penaltj' for non-delivery, &c Of imports and products, «S!:.c., of United States over certain foreign territory With benefit of drawback, to another district for ex- portation Of explosives on vessels carrying passengers, prohibited. On other vessels or vehicles, how packed and marked.. State or Territorial regulation of Of valuables as freigiit or baggage Written notice to be given master or owner of ves- sels If notice not given, owner not liable Limitation of liability where notice given Loss of, by fire, when owner not liable for By embezzlement, limitation on liability Compensation for, where value of vessel insufficient.. . Proceedings to recovtu- comi)en8atiou Owner of vessel may transfer interest to trustee for losers by embezzlement After transfer, proceedings against owner to cease Who to be deemed owner 1690 218 1690 218 1690 218 2552 307 2553 307 2898 365 1731 224 1745 226 4120 216 Let June 19, '86, 27 sec. 11. 2568 311 2569 312 2517 296 1690 218 2531 300 26<'3 318 2604 318 2951 374 Act June 19, '86, 27 sec. 11 Act June 19, '86, 27 sec. 5 Act Aug. 5, '82, 25 1690 218 2971-3008 377-382 2971 377 2998 380 3000 380 3001 380 3006 382 3036 386 4278 71 4279 71 4280 71 4281 71 4281 71 4281 71 4281 71 428-i 80 42H3 80 4284 81 4284 81 4285 81 4285 81 4286 81 INDEX. 517 Snbject. Transiioitalion — Cou tinned. Keinedies against master or officers not affected by five precedinij sections Inflairiniable materials not to be shipped withont notice of character Penalty for shippinjj wilhont notice Not to apply to vessels on river or inland waters Limitation "on liability of owners not to apply to canal boats, barges, or lighters Or to vessels on rivers or inland waters In steam- vtssel, precaution against fire Fire-pump and hose when cotton, hay, or hemp carried.. Loose hay, cotton, and ot her dangerous articles not to be carried Penalty for unlawfully carrying cotton or henif) Gunpowder, nitro-glycerin'e, &c., how packed and marked Penalty for unlawfully shipping Fire-extingnishers prescribed, when Tra nsporta lion of passengers • Treaties with foreign nations not impaired by provisions concerning tonnage duties, &c Treaty of Washington Entry and export of merchandise under British vessels may engage in coasting trade on Saint Lawrence a nd Great Ljikes under Snspension of privilege by President Trea/.v 8n>H/a take place in open day, except under spe- cial permit '. Penalty for, contrary to law Property found on board after time allowed for Custody of Limitation of time for, not to extend to salt or coal Of imported spirits and wines, permit for, penalty for unlawful - Penalty for, omitted, &c., articles and merchandise not agreeing with manifest From vessels seeking port in distress, &c., permit for.. How stored, «fcc Of Spanish vessels Of vessi'ls obstructed by ice Of imported salt opposite New Orleans Permit not required for, on northern, «&,c., frontiers, of cargo brought from American port Of goods taken from ports on northern, &c., frontiers in open day ; at night ; penalty Of Vessels from British North American provinces Unregistered vessel sailing on sea-letter to be furnished with ^ passport, when Unseaworlhii vessels. (See Vessels.) Unslaktd lime, penalty for shipping, without notice of char- acter Urhana, Va. : Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at 2976 2867-2898 2867 358-365 358 2868 2871 358 358 2872 2873,2874 2880 2969 2881 359 359 361 376 361 2883 363 2887 2891 2892 2895 2896 2897 362 363 364 364 364 364 3119 403 3120 3129 403 404 Valencia, consul at, salarv of Vallejo, Cah : " j Port of delivery | Deputy collector to reside at Vessels going to or from, how to report i Entry of goods for, where made; powers of deputy col- ' " -^ ■ lector at ' Valparaiso, consul at, salary of Vclasco, Tex. : Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Venice, consulate, salary of Ventilators — On vessels carrying other than cabin-passengers be- tween Europe and United States Penalty for failure to provide Vera Cruz, consul at, salary of Vessch in coasting /r«rfe exempt from sbijipiug commission- ers' act Act June Vessels in merchant service : Definition of I Consular officers shall keep record of, &c I Making regular trips, not required to pay fees to con- ; siiliir officers more than four times a year | Tonnage fees not to be collected from, by consular oflS- j cersiu Canadian iiorts | 4308 4288 2552 2553 2582 2583 2584 2824 1690 2578 2579 4257 4259 1690 3 1708 1720 1722 INDEX. 519 Subject. Section R. S. or act CougresH. Page. Vessels in merchaut sei-vice — Continnt'd. For engaging in cooly traile Cn-stonis officers not to own, Ac Revenue-cutter officers to board, examine, «&c | Not employed in reveune service, carryiug ensign, &c., i of, penalty To bring to, when required by revenue cutter, »fec Bound to ports of delivery, where to enter, penalty Penalty for illegal departure when conveying dutiable goods Opening, l)reaking, &c., and containinggoods imported for transportation, penalty Forfeiture of, and boats used in landing goods entered for drawback When liable to seizure by customs officers, &c Searches, »fec., of, by customs officers Master of, obstructing officer, &c., penalty Liability of master for breaking, &c., customs locks and fastenings Customs officer may seize within or without his dis- trict Subject to penalty, «&c., for violation of revenue laws, how proceeded against . Sealed, penalty for taking, &c.,to other ports, unload- ing and selling contents, forfeiture Forfeiture of, from which locks. &c., unlawfully re- moved When liable to be proceeded against for neglect of master Receipt and delivery of letters Pay for carrying ShiiU be searched for letters illegally carried Shall not make entry until delivery of letters, oalh, penalty What to be deemed of United States To be such only while owned wholly by citizens Officers of, must be citizens Tiiking foreign flag during rebellion not to be deemed. Wrecked vessels may become, when . Nationalization of certain, owned by residents of Alaska Not taking new register when required, not to be deemed Names and changes of masters to be indorsed on docu- ments Unless iiumbemiarked on main beam,notto be deemed of Unit<'d States... Tonnage, how ascertained To be expressed in register To be carved on main beam If not carved, penalty Forfeiture for fraud in obtaining documents Sea-letters to be issued only to registered, enrolled, or licensed Penalty for making or using forged, &c. Registered, engaged in coasting-trade or fisheries, ex- empt from tonnage duties Rules for preventing collisions Stranded on foreign coast, protection of, by consuls License to, wrecking on Floriila coast Registered, carrying passengers between foreign i)orts, subject to provisions concerning transportation of passengers May be licensed or enrolled when Licensed, may be registered, when 21.58--il(;3 26:58 27G0 2764 2765 2772 2828 2998 3049 3059 3067 3068 3070 3072 3088 3104 3106 3125 3976 397rt 3989 3988 4131 4131 4131 4135 4136 4140 4169-4170 4171, 4183, 4335 4177 4153,4154 4153 4153 4153 4190 4191 4220 4233 4238 4241 103, 104 324 337 338 338 339 349 380 389 391 392 392 393 393 399 400 403 116 117 117 117 5 5 5 6 7 7 16 18 10-12 10 10 10 21 21 21 35 123 132 132 4274 4322 4322 520 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. Vessels in iiieirhaut serrict — Contiuued. Excbaiiji;e of, for liceube or enrollment, or vice verfia, 4323 46 In 'wliale-libberv re"'istered for .. 4:m 4377 4401 49 Licensed for mackerel fishery, may catch other fish When coastwise, and on Great Lakes, subject to naviga- tion laws - 58 88 No documents to issue to steam- vessel till title regula- tion of steam-vessels complied with Manner of procuring apprentices for Indentures of apprentices on i Certain, excepted from rules for shipping st amen j Copy of sliippiug-articles to lie pasted in Wrecked, not required to pay extra wages No documents to issue to, till hospital tax is paid Penalty for unauthorized boarding ■ Detinition of word " v< ssels" Detention in insurrectionary districts until duties paid on cargo, & c Not to be taken from customs officers, unless by pro- cess of court Penalty reign, repaired in United States, may be registered Consuls to protect when stranded Not to pay extra wages Plundering etiects belonging to Obstructiug escape of persons from Holding out false light to produce shipwreck (See Bilh of sale: Clearance of vessels; Duties; Fish- eries; Inspection; Lifjht-money ; Loy-books ; Mediter- ranean passport ; Navigation; Xaviijation laws; Pas sengtrs ; Pilots; Piracy; Seamen; Sea stores ; Slave trade ; Steam vessels ; Surveij ; Transportation ; Trans- portation of passengers ; Unlading ; and Yachts.) Vessels of Navy : , , ,. Commanders of, may examine, &c., vessels believed to be engaged in cooly trade On foreign stations, purchases out of United States of supplies for Rules for navigation of Definition of term as used in Title Prize Share in prize, to be allowed to Foreign, not required to make entry How supplies may be purchased from public ware- house by Vichsburg, Miss. : Vessels arriving at New Orleans for Collection district and port of entry Collector to reside at Vienna, consul at, salary of Vinalharen, Me., port of delivery Vinegar : Standard of, in imports In nuTchant vessels Penalty for neglect to serve Section R. S. o; act Congress. Page. 216:^ 41-7 21 4191 21 4209 31 4209 31 4210 31 4337 49 4339 49 4342 49 4361 55 437ti 58 43-2 59 41.3(i 7 4238 49 45-3 190 r)35S 239 53.58 239 .5358 239 3721 334 4233 123 4614 247 4632 250 2791 342 2982 379 2H32 349 2566 311 25()7 311 1690 218 2517 296 2917 368 4569 186 4570 187 w. Wages of seamen. (See Seamen.) JVages, allotment War vessels. (See Vessels of Navy.) Wareham, Mass., port of delivery Warehouse : What imported goods to be conveyed to bonded ; how and until what time kept Who may lease, for storatre of imports Not to be leased iu certain ports Use of, leased by customs officers, storage in, how reg- ulated ctJunel9,'86, sec. 3. 205 2527 298 2926 2954 2955 369 374 374 2956 526 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Warehouse — Continued. Customs officers not to enter into contract for nse of, before completion; limitation of lease of; rent, how paid Cellars and vaults of stores and yards, when to be con- stituted bonded Parts of bonded, for storage of grain Private, for what purpose used ; custody and supervis- ion of ; labor in Bond, by whom given, before use of; imports depos- ited in, at whose risk What may be deposited in; designation of place of storage Designation of, on entry, at option of owner Goods deposited in, for wan t of in voice Entry for, how made; on non-payment of duties col- lector to store goods in . Unclaimed merchandise to be stored in Importations in steamers, deposit of, in Deposit of goods in, at Jeiiersouville Secretary of Treasury to extend privileges of, &c., to Albany When merchandise may be withdrawn from, for con- sumption Withdrawal for exportation or trausshipment for Pa- citic, «fcc., port ; sale of abandoned goods in ; charges and storage Proceeds of sale of abandoned goods in ; how and by whom distributed Goods remaining in, after one year, bow sold, &c. ; de- ductions of duties and charges; balance, how dis- posed of Sale in, perishable goods and explosive substances Of perishable goods unclaimed When goods may remain in, and be entitled to return duties Goods, how withdrawn from, and delivered Collector may refuse to deliver goods in, when freight lien on upplies purchased from public, by foreign vessels of war -• No abatement of duties for injury to goods while in Cancellation of bond when goods destroyed Penalty for obliterating marks on goods in ^ On persons fraudulently opening For fraudulently concealing, &c., removing, &c., goods in . . Quarterly returns of goods in Secretary of Treasury to make rules for, &c Opening, breaking, &c., removing lock, etc., of, how pnnisned Withdrawal from, for transportation to another dis- trict For exportation to Mexico Through port of Lavaca, Tex Through port of Indianola, Tex Search of, near boundary-line of United States; for- feitures Persons depositing, &c., goods in, how punished May be erected for storage of goods in quarantine Warrtn, Me. , port of delivery Waukegan, III. : Port of delivery Deputy collector to reside at 2957 2958 2959 2960 2961 2962 2962 2963 2964 2965 2966 2967 2968 2970 2971 2972 2973 2975 2976 2977 298(1 2981 2983 2984 2985 2986 29^7 2988 2989 2998 - 1 3000 3002 3003 3004 3107 3108 4794 2517 2601 380 380 381 381 381 400 400 157 296 318 318 INDEX. 527 Subject. Weighing : luiiiorted goods uot to be removed from wharf before, &c. ; forfeiture Of imports, wi.eu at expense of owner Weights and measures Metric system of, legalized Equivalents of metric system Shall be kejit on board merchant vessels WeUtteet, Mans., port of delivery Wells, Me., port of delivery West Point, Va. : Port of delivery Surveyor to reside at Westjyort, Mass., port of delivery Welhersfichl, Conn., port of delivery Weiimoiith, Mass., port of delivery Whale fishery : Form of license for vessels Vessels in, may sail nnder register TMialers andjishirmen Section R. S. or act Congress. Page. 2920 3569 3569 3570 4571 2527 2517 2552 2553 2.527 2533 2527 lllieeling, W. T'a. : Port of delivery in district of New Orleans Surveyor to reside at, duties of Inspectors of bulls and boilei's for Salaries of Whitehall, X. Y., port of delivery Willamette : Collection district in Oregon Collector and appraiser in, residence of Inspectors of hulls and boilers for Salaries of Wilmington, Cah, vessels going to or from, how to report. .. Wilmington, Del. : Port of entry Collector to reside at Wilmington, N. C. : Collection district and port of entry Collecior in, to reside at Kegistry, enrollment, and license of vessels by col- lector at Windsor, Conn., port of delivery Windsor, 2\ova Scotia, consul at, salary of Windsor, Ontario, consul at, salary of Winnipeg, consul at, salary of Wire fillir-rojies and bell-pulls — To be used on i»assenger steamers May be dispensed with on vessels navigated by com- pass Wiscasset, Me. : Collection district and port of entry Collecior in, to reside at Vessels entered at, may unlade at Edgecombe or New- castle ". ■ Withdrawal, customs, of imported merchandise from ware- , houses, how made ^fool : . . -u A Apjiraisal of imported manufactures of, in uufauished condition v.:"" Of imports composed of different qualities, but similar kinds in same package Of different qualities in same bale Samples of, lo determine class of imported, how pre- pared ami where kept - ■ - • What customs duties on, in addition to entered value, ill certain cases 2902 361 368 423 423 423 187 298 307 307 301 4321 4339 Act June 19, '86. sees. 13-15. 46 49 206 2568 2569 4414 4414 2535 311 212 90 90 302 2r.86 2587 4414 4414 2585 315 316 90 90 315 2546 2547 306 306 2555 2556 308 308 illil 49 301 218 218 218 4480 ! 85 4480 1 85 2517 2518 1 296 ' 297 2520 298 1 2980 378 2911 2912 367 2916 368 2908 367 5-28 INDEX. Subject. Section R. S. or act Congress. Wrecked property : Collectiou, &c., of Oil coast of Florida, liow disposed Forfeiture of vessel conveying to foreign port Wrecking, license for vessels employed in, on Florida coast. Wrecks obstructing navigation Y. Yachts : License and enrollment of, used for pleasure or design as models Bond of owner N 9 375 376 ... 79,376 376 377 378 379 7 8 2600-4 260. --13 2614 9 31H 319 320 4147-.-)0 4151-3 4154 9 10 12, 25 2620-2 ... . . . 321 4155-6 41.')7-6l 13 2623 7 322 323 14 2(528 32 2998-3001 3002-5 380 381 4162-() 15 2633-8 H. Mis. 324 391 3- 4167-70 16 530 INDEX. Section. Page. Sectiou, Page. Section. Page;. 4171 4 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29 29 30 31 4393-5 62 62 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 88 171, 204 171 172 i;3 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 201 185 186 187 188 202 200 201 200 190 191 192 193 194 201 195 196 197 4613-5 247 4175 9 4397 4399-4402 4616 248 4180 2 4620-1 248- 4183 6 4403-7 4623-4 248 4187 92 4408-14 4625-6 249 4193 4 4415 4628-9 249 4195 6 4416-8 4630-3 250 4197 8 4419-22 4634-9 251 4199 4423-9 4640-4 252 4200 1 4430-5 4645-9 4650-2 253 4202 8 4436-40 .... 254 4209 12 4441-4 4653-9 145 4213 31, 203 32,33 32 4445-51 4660-7 146 4214 4215 8 4452 5 . 4668-76 147 4456-60 4677-83 148 4219-24 35 36 37 123 126 132 123 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 80 81 81,82 207 208 245 245 245 43 44 45 46 47 102 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 61 4461-2 4684-91 149 4225 30 4463-8 4690 194 4231 2 . ... 4469-72 47r2-5 157 4233 4473-6 4796-9 158 4'>34 4477-83 4800 158 4238-41 4484-9 4801-2 165 4242 9 4490-6 4497-9 4803-10 ... . 166 4252 3 4811-2 167 4254 6 4500 5244-5 150 4257-60 4501 5246-54 151 4'>61-5 4502-3 5255 152 4266 9 4504-8 5275 227 4270-6 4509-11 5280-2 .... 228 4277-81 451S-16 5283-6 229 4282-3 4517-22 4523-8 1 5287-91 230 4284-8 5292-3 5294-5 5301 : . 243 4289 - - . 4529-34 244 4290-1 4535-9 233 4292 4540-2 5302-6 234 4297 4543-6 5307-11 235 4299 4547-50 5312-5 5316-20 236 4305 4551-3 237 4306 9 i 4554-7 5321-2 238 4310-17 4558-61 5330 5344 5347 5353-8 238 4318-20 4561 238 4321-3 4562-6 239 4324 8 4567 9 239 4325-7 4570-5 5363 5417 240 4329-35 4576 240 4336-44 4578 5423 5441 240 4345-7 4580 240 4348 4581-2 5442-8 241 4349-51 4583 4583-7 5451-2 242 4352-3 5482 242 4354-7 4588-90 .5524 242 4358-60 4591-6 5533-5 . ... 242 4362 4 4597 5557-8 246 4365-70 4598-9 5.561-2 246 4371-7 : 4600 i 4601-6 i 4607-10 ; 4611-2 1 5564-6 246 4378-82 5568 247 4383 5 5570-5 111 4391-2 5576-8 112 ERRATA. 531 ERRATA. Page 9, section 4149, line 2, instead of " to " read "by." Page 9, section 4150, line 2, instead of "hight" read "height." Page 12, section 4153, line 40, instead of " stake " read " strake." Page 50, section 4347, line 1, instead of "imported" read "transported." Page 53, section 4351, line 13, instead of "for the port" read " from the port." Page 60, section 4382, line 40, instead of " port " read " post." Page 61, section 4382, line 9, instead of " on" read " and." Page 63, section 2514, line 37, instead of " 2571" read "2511." Page 81, section 4289, line 1, instead of "this title" read "the seven preceding sections." Page 91, section 4415, read "or an inspector of boilers." Page 97, section 441, line 14, instead of " again " read " against." Page 108, section 4, line 19, instead of "evry" read " every." Page 109, section 6, line 2, instead of "evry" read "every." Page 114, section 3949, line 5, instead of " dne " read " dne." Page 114, section 3949, line 6, instead of "hsall" read "shall." Page 153, section 4, line 1, instead of "wherever" read " whenever." Page 153, section 4, line 18, instead of "of" read "on." Page 165, section 4801, line 1, instead of "rea" read "real." Page 174, section 4513, line 1, instead of " preceding " read "section 4511." Page 194, section 4600, line 1, instead of "4609" read "4600."