The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-10-02

his certificate of payment and permit for
removal. The following words must be
printed or written in red ink across the
face of the permit, viz: "This permit au-
thorizes the transportation of such bales
of cotton, only as bear metallic tags, let
tered and numbered as herein described" ("
In case it should be desired to export part
of said cotton, and ship part to another
port in the United States, the collector
may give separate certificates and permits
to cover each lot. In such case, the per-
init covering the lot to be exported must
be delivered to and taken up by the col
lector of custom at the port of exporta-
ton, who after canceling the same, will
transmit it to the assessor of the district
in which it was issued The permit COW
ering the quantity to be shipped to port
in the United States must be delivered to
the collector of the district in which such
port is situated, before the "landlng, dis
charging or delivery of such cotton at the
place" Of destination can be permitted ];
and said collector will, after canceling it,
transmit said permit to the assessor of the
district in which it was issued. Substan-
TALLY the same course will be taken with
cotton removed from the district of pro-
duction after the payment of the tax under
single permit of the collector of said
district, to place or port in another dis
trict, where it may be desired to divide
and ship it in separate lots, either to a
foreign or domestic port. In eases of this
kind, the original permit must be pre-
scntcd to and taken up by the collector of
internal revenue for the district in which
port of shipment it is situated. And
he may issue new permits covering the
separate lots, which must be taken up by
the collector of customs or collector of in
tcrnal revenue, as the case may be, as
above directed, cancelled and returned to
the assessor of the district in which said
permits were issued. The original permit
above named must likewise be cancelled
and returned by the collector, who takes
it up to the assessor of the district IN
which it was issued The following
words must be printed in red ink across
the face of the permit, viz: "This permit
authorizes the transportation OF such
bales of cotton only rs bear metallic tags,
lcttcrcd and numbered as herein de-
scribcd." Any person who violates these
provisions, or who conveys, or attempts
to convey, from any State in which cot
ton is produced to any port or other place
without the United States, any cotton
upon which tax has not been paid, is liza,
bic to penalty of 500 for each bale OF
cotton so conveyed or transported or at
tempted to be transported, or to impris-
onmcnt for rot more than one year, or
both and all vessels and vehicles en-
ploycd in such conveyance or Transports
ton arc liable to seizure and forfeiture by
proceedings in any court of Che United
States having competent Jurisdiction; and
all cotton so shipped, or attempted to be
shipped or transported without payment
of tax or execution Of transportation
bonds. may be forfeited to the United
States. Assessors and collectors are strict
ly cnjoined to rigidly enforce the provis-
ions of this section.