Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-09-16
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

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Paused during the First Session ofMs
Ihirty-secom Congress.
(PvBLIc Acr-No. 4S.l
AN ACT authorizing imported goods,
wares, and merchandise, entered aud
bonded Tor warehousing ~ pursuance
of law, TO be exported by certain
routes TO ports or places in Mexico.
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. of the United States
Of America IN Congress assembled, That
any imported goods in the original pack
ngss which shall have been duly enter.
ed and bonded, In pursuance of the
warehousiDg act Of sixth August, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-six, may be
Withdrawn from warehouse at any time
within two years from the original i'm
poriation for immediate exportation,
without payment Of duties, under the
provisions oi the act aforesaid To Chi
huahua, in Mexico, by the routes desig-
mated in the first section Of the act OF
third March, eighteen hundred and for
ty-hve, or by such other routes az may
bedesignated by the Secretary Of the
Treasury; and likewise, tha. any i'm
ported merchandise duly entered and
bonded at Point Isabel, in the collection
district OF Brazos de Santiago, or inn
ported and bonded at any other port Of
the United States, and transported
thence in bond, and duly rewarehouscd
at Point Isabel in pursuance Of the pro-
visions Vi the ~arehousing law oi Au-
gust sixth, eighteen hundred and forty
SIX, may be wilhdra WI from warehouse
nj any time within two years from the
date OF original importation into the
United States Tor immediate expectation,
without payment Of duties under The
provisions ot the wsrehousing oct afors.
said, TO poris 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 tho Secretary Of
the Treasury.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That any imported merchandise duly
entered and bonded Al any port Of the
United States may be Withdrawn from
warehouse at any time within TWO
years from the date OF importation with
out payment Of duties, IN pursuance OF
the provisions Of the warehousing law
OfsiXth August, eighteen hundred and
ioriy-six, for immediate expectation Tor
San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and
chihuahua, in Mexico, through the port
Of La Vaca, in The collection district Of
Salur,a, in the State Of Texas, and be
transhipped inland, thence TO San Anto-
mo, in said State, and from the latter
place to the destinations in Mexico
aforesaid, either by way Of Eagle Pass,
the Preside del Nortc, and San Eliza
RIO, all on the Rio Grandc /; and the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall be, and
is hereby, authorized to prescribe such
regulations not inconsistent with law rs
he may deem proper and necessary res
pecting the packing, marking, inspec-
tion, proof Of due delivery at their for
izcd by this and the foregoing section
Of this act, to be exported from ware
house to ports and places in Mexico,
and for the due protection IN other res
poets OF the public revenue.
SEC. ,. And be ii further enocied,
Tint the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall appoint inspectors Of the customs
10 reside at San Antonio, Eagle Pass,
the Presidio del Norte and San Eliza
rio, or AT such other points OH the routes
AS he may designate, not exceeding four
in number. who shall each receive an
annual salary Of two hundred aud fifty
dollars, and who shall make repor,
scmi-annually to the Secretary OF the
Treasury, Of all the trade that pusscs
under inspection. stating the number of
packages, description OF goods, their
value, and the names Of the exporters.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted.
That no goods, wares, o. merchandise,
exported out OF the limits of the United
States and on being 20 landed or
brought into the United States, they
shall be forfeited, and the same proceed
ings shall be had Tor their condemnn-
ton, and the distribution ofthe proceeds
Of their sales, as in other cases OF for
ieiture of goods illegally imported and
every person concerned in the voluntary
landing or bringing such goods into the
United States shall be liable to penal
~ Of four hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. and be ii further enacted,
That all acts and parts Of acts inconsls-
tent with the provisions Of the foregoing
act, be, and the same are hereby re-
pealed.