New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-28


manifest and invoice, and the duties est
mated on the value and quantity of the in
voice, and on the execution of bond as
hereinafter provided, the collector shall de-
liver the same to be Immediately transported
to such port OF destination, at the sole cost
and risk OF such owner, agent, or consiynee
And goods and merchandise imported to
any OF the aforesaid ports of entry, and
designed for any port designated by the
thlrty-iitth section of this .act, the collector
OF said Fort shall give priority in time to
the examination of said goods and mer-
chandIse tor the purpose of forwarding the
same to their port Of destination, and said
examination shall not neceSsitate the trans
portation of said goods and merchandise to
the warehouse or appraisers office: ami
such merchandise so entered for immediate
transportation shall not be subject to aI-
praisenent and liquidation of duties ut the
port OF first arrival aforesaid, but shall I'M
dergo such examination as the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall deem necessary to verify
the invoice and entry, and the same exami-
nation and appraisement, thereof shall be
required and had at the said port of destina-
tion as would have been required at the
port of original importation if such mer-
chandise had been entered for consumption
Or warehouse at such port
Sec. 80. And be it further enacted. That
the bond required by the foregoing
section shall be in a penal sum Of
at least double the invoice value
of the merchandise, with the duties added.
and in such FORM and with such number vi
sureties mot less than two) as shall be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury:
and the said suretirs shall justify, by atfi-
davit taken before the collector OF customs
and attached to the said bond, in an
amount at least double the penalty OF the
bond, and the said collector shall certify 10
their suffcency: ana the said bond may be
executed at the port of final destination,
and transmitted to the collector at the port
of first arrival, rs provided by the act OF
March two, eighteen hundred and thirty
one.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted That
merchandise so entered for transportation
shall be delivered to and transported by
common carriers, to be designated for this
purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury,
and to or by none others; and such carriers
shall be responsible to the United States as
common carriers for the safe delivery OF
such merchandise to the collector at the
port Of its destination; and before any such
carriers sAlll be permitted to receive and
transport any such merchandise they shall
become bound to the United States in bonds
of such form and amount, and with such
conditions mot inconsistent with law and
such security as the Secretary OF the Treas
ury shall require.
Sec. 80. And be it further enacted. That
merchandise transported under the proVl-
sions of this act shall be conveyed i'll cars
vessels or vehicles, securely fastened with
locks or seals. under the exclusive control
of the officers of customs; and inspectors
shall be stationed at proper points along
the designated routes, or upon any car, YES
sci. vehicle. or train. at the discretion OF the
said Secretary, and at the expense OF the
said companies respectively. And such
merchandise shall not be unladen or tran
shipped between the ports OF first arrival
and final destination.
SEC. 33. And be it f,tether enacted. That
merchandise so destined for immediate
transportation as aforesaid. except the
packages designated for examination. shall
be transferred under proper supervision,
directly from the importing vessel to the
cars, vessel. or vehicles in which the same Is
to be transported to its final destination ::
and if transferred from the importing vessel
to any bonded or other warehouse. or to any
other place than such car, vessel or vehicle.
it shall be taken possession OF by the col
lector as unclaimed, and deposited in public
store. aud shall not be removed from such
store without entry and appraisement, as III
ordinary cases. But the Secretary Of the
Treasury may, in his discretion, and with
such precaution as he shall deem proper.
authorize the establishment of bonded
warehouses especially and exclusively APP
ptopriated to the reception of sHch mer-
chandiSe in cases where its Immediate trans
fer to the transporting car, vessel. or We
hicle shall be impracticable. But ner-
.chanGise remaining in such warehouse more
than ten days shall be deprived OF the priv
ileges conferred by this act, and shall be
taken possession of by the collector as I'M
claimed, and held until regularly entered
and appraised.
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted. That
the Secretary OF the Treasury shall pre-
scribe forms of entries Oaths, bonds, and
other papers to be required, and all needtul
rules and regulations not inconsistent with
law, to be observed in the execution of this
act. which shall have the force and effect OF
law.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted. That
the privilege of this act shall extend to the
ports OF New York, in the State of New
York: Boston, in the State of Massachu-
sets; Providence, in the State OF Rhode
Island: Philadelphia, in the State of Penn
sylvania Baltimore, In the State of Mary
land; Norfolk, in the State of Virginia.;
Charleston, in the State of South Carolina:
Savannah, IN the State OF Georgia: New Or
leans, III the State of Louisiana: Portland
in the State of Maine: Buffalo, in the State
of New York; Chicago, in the State of Hi
nois; Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio; St.
Louis. in the State of Missouri: Evansville.
in the State of Indiana Milwaukee, in the
State of Wisconsin,; Louisville in the State
of Kentucky; Cleveland, in the State of
Ohio: San Francisco, in the State OF Cali
fornia; Portland, in the State of Oregon:
Memphis, in the State of Tennessee; and
Mobile, in the State of Alabama; and to i'm
portatiOns from or to Europe, and from or
to Asia, or the islands adjacent thereto, via
the United States.
SEC So And be it further enacted, That
at each OF said ports, for which an appraiser
of imported merchandise is not now provided
for by law, there shall be appointed an APP
praiser of imported merchandise, at salary
of three thousand dollars per annum, and
also such number of weighers gaugers, mea-
surers, and inspectors as may be necessary
to execute the provisions of this act, who
shall receive the ordinary legal cOmpensa-
ton of such officers.
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That
any person maliciously opening, breaking,
or entering, by any means whatever, any
car, vessel, vehicle. warehouse, or package
containing any such merchandise delivered
for TRANSPORTATION as aforesaid, removing,
iniuring, breaking, or defacing any lock or
seal placed upon such car, vessel, vehicle,
warehouse, or package, or aiding, abetting
or encourag ing any other person or persons
so to remove, break, injurs, or detace such
locks or seals, or to open, break, or enter
such car, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to
remove or cause to be removed unlaw-
fully, any merchandise therein: or IN
any manner to injure or detraud the
United States; and any person re-
ceiving any merchandise unlawfully re
moved from any such car, vessel, or vehicle,
knowing it to have been so unlawtlllly re-
moved. Shall be guilty of felony, and in adj
dition to any penalties heretofore prescribed