New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-29

manifest and invoice, and the duties esti-
mated on the value and quantity of the in
voice, and on the execution of q 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 consignee.
And goods and merchandise imported to
any of the aforesaid ports of entry, and
designed for any port designated by the
thirty-titth section of this act, the collector
eff said port shall give priority in time to
the examination of said goods and mer-
chandise for the purpose OF forwarding tne
same to their port of destination, ana sald
examination shall not necessitate the Trans
portation of said goods and merchandise 10
the warehouse or appraisers office; ana
such merchandise so entered tor linIleelate
TRANSFORMATION shall not be subject to APP
praisement and liquidation of duties at the
mort of first arrival aforesaid, but shall I'M
deroo such examination as the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall deem necessary to verify
the invoice and entry, and the same eXaml-
nation and apprasement thereof shall be
required and had at the said port Of destina-
ton as would have been required at the
mort of original importation II 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 of
suretes mot less than twol as shall be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury;
and the said sureties shall Justify by atli-
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 TO
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executed at the port of final destination,
ard transmitted to the collector at the port
OF first arrival, as 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 shall 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. 3D. And be it further enacted, That
merchandise transported under the prori-
siOns OF this act shall be conveyed IN 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
sell 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 urst arrival
and final destination.
SEC. SO. And be it further 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
10 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 III publlc
store and shall not be removed from such
store without entry and apprllsement, as III
ordinary cases. But the Secretary OF the
Treasury NAV. in his discretion, and with
such precaution as he shall deem proper.
authorize the establishment OF bonded
warehouses especially and exclusively ap-
propriated to the reception OF sHch mcr-
chandise in cases where its immediate trans
fer to the transporting car. vessel, or We
hicie shall be impracticable. But mer-
chandise 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 81. And he 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 III the execution OF this
act which shall have the force and effect Of
law.
SEC. 35 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
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 in 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,, III the
State of Wisconsin; Louisville in the State
of Kentucky; Cleveland i'll 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 OF
TO Asia, or the islands adjacent thereto, via
the United States
SEC Sc. 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 a salary
OF three thousand dollars per annlm, 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 OF
seal placed upon such car, vessel, vehicle
warehouse, or package, or aiding. abettlng
or encouraging any other person or persons
so to remove, break, injurs, or deface sucl
locks or seals, or to OPEN break, or entel
such car vessel, or vehicle, with intent Il
remove or cause to be removed nnlaW
fully, any merchandise therein, or II
any manner to injure OF deIfaud Liz
United States; and any person re
ceiying any merchandise unlaWluhE re
moved from anv suclrcar, vessel or vehicle
knowing it to have been so unlawtully re
moved, shall be guilty OF felony, and IN al
diriou tn any pcnaIties heretofore prescribed