The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-01-25

ofthe ROYAL Finances shall translate such invoice,
within the two following days; which regulation
into be observed respectively when the cargo be-
longs to different persons.
6. Nothing shall be landed without the proper
permit from the custom house. either before or
Alter the presentation fthe manifest and invoices.
ma simple act of landing any goods however
triaing their value. without the permit, will make
ne captain liable TO fine of 1000 dollars, besides
the SECURE of the articles landed or intended to
be landed.
Z. Should there lie any articles passed, con-
veyed or transported Dom one vessel to another
in the barbour without the Custom house permit,
the captain of the vessel receiving them and any
person aiding assisting in the same, shall pay
three times the value thereof, and the effects
shall be confscatcd, as also the vessel or vessels
receiving the m, together with the boats launches
&c. employed in their transportation.
8. All goods or effects which may be sezedby
the custom house officers, either for being fraud
ulenty landed, or being contrabaud good, besides
the confiscation thereof, and the fine imposed on
the captain, expressed in article 9th, shall be
Immediately valued by the appralzing officers Of
the custom house, and should they amount at the
highest market price TO 100 dollars, the vessel
with her tackle, apparel, aud every thing belong
ing to her, shall be comprehended in the penalty
Of seizure and conhscation
0. When the custom house permit is obtained,
tse landing must take place by daylight on the
wharf or other place that may be pointed out to
each vessel. Those articles which are to be ex-
ahmed, weighed or measured, shall not be re-
moved to any other wharf or place without the
custom house permit, usder the penalty OF con-
fiscation.
10. Should any goods or merchandise entered
for expectation, be landed or intended to be land
ed fraudulently in this or any other port OF the
Island, such goods together with the vessel they
proceed from, aud the boats and launches em-
ployed in said landing, shall be conhscated.
IL. Should any vessel attempt to land goods,
however small the amount, in any port, not port
of entry, such vessel and her appurtenances with
all her cargo shall be seized and confiscated.
12. All the provisions on board a vessel shall
be manifested, and should the quantity appear
excessive, the duty shall be exacted on such ex'
cess.
10. Passengers baggage and other effects free
of duty, shall also be manifested, and should amy
fraud be discovered, the whole shall be confiscat.
ed, and penalty exacted Of three times the value
| thereof.
IA Goods may be carried from one port Of en-
try to another in the Island, in the same vessel
they we're imported or manifested, by securing or
paying the duty thereof.
| Is. Generally in the loading or unloading OF
vessels, every article which may be discovered
or seized, without permit, intended to be intro
duced or exported fraudu.ently. shall be conis-
Gated, and the persons guilty OF the same shall
be liable to penalty OF three times the amount,
| provided such goods should not be subjected TO
| the heavier pesalty expressed in article 9Th
l6. In the clearing OF foreign vessels, visit
shall be passed by the custom house officers, as
soon as the vessel shall he loaded, and should
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on board fraudulently shipped without the knowi-
edge Of the custom house, such goods shall be
confscated, aud the captain be subject to the
penalty three times the value the.eof. And Al
such articles should consist OF silver gold, tobac-
in leaf cigars, amounting to 4OO dollars, the
vessel, cargo, and aPpurtenances shall also be
confscated.
II. No consignee shall dispatch vessel, until
be is satisfied by proper document signed by tbs
commandment or visiting officer that she has been
visited and examined, under the penalty Of 1000
dollars in the first instance, and IN the second the
same penalty and furth er prosecution. 1t Ding
understood an officer shall remain on board the
vessel until her departure.
IL. In the penalties and fines herein mentions
ed, winch are conformable tn those OF otacr
nations, the informer aud the Selling officers shall
be entitled to the same part as IN cases Of con-
6scated goods, and the distribution will be made
in like manner and with all possible dispatch.
10. Ia case the captain, supercargo or other
persons who may be fined under these reSula'
tons, should be without the means Of satisying
the same, the amount of such fines and the costs
raing, shall be taken from auy part Of the
cargo or any properly under their controul. re-
serving however to the owners their claim for
indemnify against the intractors, in their own
country.
20. Although the greatest severity will be
exercised against the inractors Of these regn'
lations, this lntendency will always have due
consideration for involuntary faults or mistakes,
where good faith is manifested.
~. The foregoing regulations shall be transla'
ted into English and French, aud printed in three
columns, q copy Of which shall &c delivered to
every captain OF foreign vessel on his arrival, by
the visiting officer, that one may plead isno-
rance. A copy also shall always remain posted
up at the custom house, and others Transmitted TO
all our consuls aud other persons it may concern.
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