New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-19

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 consignee.
And goods and merchandise imported 10
any Of the aforesaid ports Of entry, ana
designed for any port designated by the
thirty-fifth section Of this act, the collector
of said port shall give priority In time 10
the examination Of said goods ana mer-
chandise for the purpose OF forwarding the
same to their port of destination anu saiu
examination shall not necessitate the Trans
portation of said goods and merc9anaise 70
tho warehouse or appraisers once: anu
such merchandise so entered tor lmmeelate
RECONSIDERATION shall not be subject to APP
praisement and liquidation OF duties at the
mort of first arrival aforesaid, but shall I'M
dereo 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 slai De
required and had at the said port OF destlna-
ton as would have been required at the
port Of original importation ii such mer-
oiandise had been entered for consumption
or warehouse at such port.
Sac. 30. And be it further enacted, That
tie bond required by the foregoing
section shall be in penal sum OF
1T least double the invoice value
OF the merchandise, with the duties added.
and in such form, and with such number OF
sureties (not less than two) as shall be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury:
and the said suretics shall justify, by afh
da Wit 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
their sufficiency; and the said bond may be
executed at the port Of final destination,
and 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 80 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 Ia bonds
Of such form and amount, and with such
conditions (not inconsistent with law and
such security as the Secretary OF the Treas
ury shall require.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That
merchandise transported under the provi-
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
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 uDladen or tran
shipped between the ports Of frs. arrival
aud FINAL destination.
Sec. 80. And be it further enacted. That
merchandise 80 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
GERS. 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 10y the col
Iector as unclaimed, and deposited in public
store. and shall not be removed from such
store without entry and appraiseIhent. as in
ordinary cases. But the Secretary of the
Treasury may, in his discretion, aud with
such precautiOn as he shall deem proper,
authorize the establishment Of bonded
warehouses especially and exclusively ap-
propriated to the reception of such mer-
chandise in cases where its immediate trans
fer to the transporting car, vessel. or We
hicle shall be impracticable. But mer-
chandise remaining in such warehouse more
than ten days shall be deprived OF the priv
Ieges 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 ali needful
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. IS. 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-
Island; Philadelphia, in the State OF Penn
syIvania; 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 I'LL
no;s: 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 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 salary
of three Thousand dollars per annum and
also such number Of weighers gaugers, mea-
surers, and inspectors as may De 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
oar, 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, aoettng
or encouraging any other person or persons
60 to remove, break, injurs, OF deface such
locks or seals, or to open, break, or enter
such car, vessel or vehicle, with intent tC
ramOye or cause to be removed unlaw
fully. any merchandise therein, or III
any manner to injure or defraud the
United States; and any person re
ceiving any merchandise unlawtully re
moved from any such car, vessel, or vehicle
knowing it to have been go unlawfu!ly re
moved, shall be guilty of felony, and in ad
diticn to any penalties heretofore prescribed
shall, on conviction, be imprisoned not less
than six months nor more than two years
and any person swearing willfully false IL