Southern shield., 1852-09-18
oproved August 9, 1852.
PUBLIc ACT-No. 4S.7

AN ACT authorizing imported ooods
 wares, and merchandise, entered and
 bonded for warehousing in pursuance ot
 laW' 10 be exported by certain routes to
 ports or places in Mexico.
 Bea enucfed 6y the Senate and House ot Representatives 0f the United States Of Ag2eg. 'ca ''' Congress assembled, That any imported goods in the original packages which shall nave been duly entered and bonded. in pnr. suance otthe warehousing act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and fortv.six. may be withdrawn from warehouses at any tune within two years from the original lmportationtorimmedate exportation. with out payment of duties, under the provisions ot the act aforesaid 10 Chihuahua. in ATexi. co by the routes designated in the first sec ton of the act tofthird March, eighteen hun. dred and iorty-fve, or bysuch other routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury; and likewise that a,,y innort- ed nlcrch0ndIse duly entered and bonded at Point Isabel, in the collection district of Brazos de Santiago, or imported and bond ed at any other port of the United States, and transported thence in bond, and duly ware housed at Point lso bel in pursuance of the provisions of the warehousing law of Au- gust sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, may be withdrawn from any warehouse at any time within two years from the date of the original importation into the United States for expOrtatiOn, without payment of duties under the provisions of the warehous- ing act aforesaid, 10 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. ,. And De uJmtAer enacted, That any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at any port of the United States may be withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the date of i'm portation without payment of duties, in pursuance of the provisions of the warehous- ing law of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for immediate exportation for San Fernando, Paso del Norte. and Chi. huahua, in Mexico, through the port of La Vaca, in the collection district of Saura. in the State of Texas, and be transhipped inland, thence to San Antonio, in said State. and from the latter place to the destinations in Mexico aforesaid either by way of Eagle Pass, the Preside del Norte, and Sen Eli zario, all on the Rio Grande; and the Secre- tary ofthe Treasery shall be, and is hereby. authorized to prescribe such regulations not inconsistent with law as he may deem proper and necessary respecting the pack ing, marking, inspection, proof of due deliv- cry al tnelr foreign destinations of the i'm ports authorized by this and the foregoing section of this act, to be exported from warehouse to ports and places in Mexico, and for the due protection in other respects of the public revenue.
 SEB. 3. And De U furthe1 enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint inspectors of the customs to reside at SanI Antonio, Eagle Pass, the Preside del NorteI and San Ezario, or at such other points, on the routes as he may designate, not ex- ceeding four in number, who shall each re- ceive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars. and who shall make report semi annually to the Secretary of the Treas ury, of all the trade that passes under in- spection, stating the number of packages, description of goods, their value, and the names of the exporters.
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no goodS, wares, or merchandise, export ed out of the limits of the United States, ac- cordng 10 the provisions of this act, shall be voluntarily landed or brought into the United States; and on being so landed or brought into the United States, they shall be forfeited, and the same proceedings shall be had for their condemnation, and the dis ribntion of the nrnceeds of their sales, as