The southern press., 1851-10-04
OFFICIAL.
NEW SERIEs-No. go. J
Circular Instructions to Collectors and other
OmcerS OF the Customs.

OmcerS VI tnc UustOmss
Treasury DEPARTMENT, Sept. l8, 1851.
1t is deemed expedient for the better security
of the public revenue from impostions and
frauds, to modify the circular instructions, No.
80, issued by the department, under date Of the
9th February, 1850, in regard to goods, wares,
and merchandise, OF the growth, production, or
manufacture of the United States, as likewise
articles of foreign origin, upon which the import
duties shall have been paid, transported from one
port of the United States 10 another port within
the same, via the Isthmus of Panama.
The following rules and regulations are pre-
scribed, and strict conformity Herewith en-
Joined upon collectors and parties Interested
Where any goods, wares, or merchandise, Of
the description before mentioned, are intended
to be transported from any port Of the United
States, situated either on the Atlantic or Pacific
seaboard, to any other port within the United
States, to be conveyed or carried across either
the Isthmus of Fehuantepec, the Isthmus OF Pa
mama, or over the San Juan dc Nicaragua route,
to w.t.
First II Is to be distinctly understood that
the law does not authorize either drawback or
warehouse goods, under bond, to be transported
by the routes before indicated, and become en-
titled to the privileges of the Drawback and
Warehousing acts.
Second. Parties wishing to ship goods for
transportation by the routes aforementioned,
must, before lading the same on board the yes
sci at the point of shipment, give at least forty
eight hours notice, in writing, to the collector of
said port of his intention 10 make the shipment,
describing the goods and their place or places of
deposit; whereupon the collector will direct an
inspector of the customs to examine and super
intend the boxing, packing, or casing, as the case
may be, of the goods, which must be securely
corded, and lead seal attached thereto by said
officer, to prevent the boxes, bales, cases, or
packages from being opened. The expense Of
cording and sealing to be paid by the owner Of
the goods. The inspector will make due return
to the collector, describing the goods, and the
marks placed upon the packages, boxes, &c.
Third Triplicate invoices, describing the con.
tents of the bales, boxes, cases, or packages,
duly certified by the ins ector, must be presented
to the collector on manifesting the same out
ward, in pursuance of the 18th section of the
statistical act of the Goth FEBRUARY, 1920. These
invoices will be countersigned by the collector,
one to be attached to the manifest handed to the
skipper, another retained by the collector, and
the third deposited in the post Office on the same
day the manifest outward is made, addressed
to the collector Of the port of the United States
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Fourth. Upon arrival of the goods at the de-
signated port of the United States, and the pro-
duction at the customhouse Of the manifest and
annexed invoice aforesaid, the collector will d.
rect due examination and inspection to be made
by the United States appraisers, where there are
such officers at the port, and where there are no
such officers, then by some proper officer of the
| revenue or customs 10 ascertain whether the
cords and seals have been disturbed, and that
the contents Of the packages, boxes, &c. cores
pond with those described in the certified invoice
required by these instructions
If upon this examination the collector should
be satisfied that the goods are identical with
those described in the certified invoice forwarded
to him by the collector at the port Of shipment.
he may grant permit for the delivery of the
goods to the parties entitled to receive The same;
but If not satisfied on this poirt, he will exact
the appropriate duties
THOMAS CORWIN,
Secretary Of the Treasury.