Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-08

! packages. to the first yisltant boat, imme'
diately on their arrival. The comlnandant
| or Custom house officer, shall certify on the
back of said manifest, putting his flourish
(signature} on each sheet, the day and hour
| Of his receipt, and then shall deliver 1t into
| the Custom house.
e. Should any captain or supereargo be
neglectful Of, or should deliver false mani
fest, he shall pay fine of 500 dollars, be-
| side. being liable to further prosecution,
according to the nature of the case and
should the commanlant or visiting office. be
seglectful in demanding, certifying and de-
| liyering into the custom house said manifest,
IN equal fine OF 500 dollars shall be paid By
him.
8 Within "a hours after the arrival of the
vessel, the captain or supercaTgo shall per-
sonally appear at the Custom-house, there
to deliver second manifest containing his
cargo particularly specified, signed by him
self, and in the presence of the collector, no.
tary, and interpreter, he shall solemnly swear
that no more cargo is on board than that con-
tanned in said manifest. The form of this
oath will be kept printed in 3 or more Ian
guages, which after being legally authorised,
shall be joined TO said manifest.
4. A fine of 1900 dollars shall be exactec
of the captain or supercargoin case he onlts
to present the detailed manifest, and take
his oath within the time before mentioned ::
and should there he any material difference
between the manifests, the overplus shall be
seized, d. a fine of an equivalent amount OF
said goods, shall be exacted from the cap
tain or supercargo, unless said difference
should have arisen undesignedly.
5. If the captain should not be able to spe-
CITY the particulars of the goods in the ma
nifest, either from incapacity or not having
a supereargo on GARD, in that case this duty
shall fall upon the con,ignee, who shall al
ways exhibit in the time already stated, the
original invoices authorised by the respec-
tive Consus or Vice Consuls OF Spain, as
heretofore required, and the Interpreter OF
the Royal Finances shall translate such in
voice, within the two following days which
resolutions is 10 be observed respectively
when the cargo belongs to different persons.
6. Nothing shall be landed without the
proper permit'from the custom house either
before or after The presentation OF the mani.
fest and invoices The simple act of land
ing any goods, however trihing their value,
without the permit, will make the captain
liable to fine of loco dollars. besides the sell
cure of the articles landed or intended 10
be landed.
7. Should there be any articles passed,
conveyed OF transported from one vessel to
another in the harbor without the custom
house permit, the captain Of the vessel re-
ceiving them and any person aiding or as
sstng in the same, shall pay three times the
value thereof, and the effects shall be cen
fscated. as also the vessel or vessels receiv-
ing them. together with the boals, launches,
&c. employed in their transportation.
8. All goods or effects which may be seiz-
ed by the custom house officers, either for
being fraudulently landed, or beng contra
band goods, besides the con6scaton thereof.
and the fine imposed on the captain, express
ed in article 9Th, shall be Immediately valu-
ed by the appraising officers OF the custom
house, and should they amount at the highest
market price to 400 dollors, the vessel with
her tackle, apparel, and every thing belong
ing TO her shall be comprehended in the Pc
naIty of seizure and conhscation.
9. When the custom house permit is OBJ
tanned, the landing must take place by day.
light on the wharf. or other place that may
be pointed out to each vessel. Those artl-
cles which are 10 be examined, weighed or
measured, shall not be removed to any other
wharf or place without the custom house per-
nit under the penalty of contscation.
10. Should any goods or merchandise en-
tered for expectation, be landed or intended
to be landed fraudulently in this or any other
port of the island, such goods together with
the vessel they proceed from, and the boats
and launches employed in said landing, shall
be con6scated
ii. Should any vessel attempt to land
goods, however small the amount, in any