The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-02


Entry and When in POrt-What Must
BE Done by Mariners and What They
Must Not Fail To Do.
MALAGA, June IL, 1873.
The Madrid Gazette OF the 9Th instant contains q
decree of the government OF the Spanish Republic,
dated the 30th of May ultmO, by which it is pro-
vided that all masters Of vessels, laden or in bal
last, coming from foreign ports whether the cargo
they have on board be destined for bonding, trans
shipment or immediate consumption, shall
bring the general manifest required under
Article 40 of the ordinances. countersigned by the
Spanish Consul at the port from whence they come,
and II there be no consular 0cer there in that case
by the local authority. Vessels coming from the
free ports in the colonies of Spain shall bring their
manilests countersigned by the customs function
aries OF the port of departure.
DECREE.
The decree reads as fOllOws:-
First ana SecO1,d.-Masters of vessels OF eighty
metrical tons burden and upwards, who fail to pre-
sent on arrival manifest with the formalities
above indicated, incur penalty OF $780,
Thtrd.-In the case OF vessels OF under eighty
metrical tons burden the want OF such manifest
will be punished with fine OF from five to ten
times the import duties corresponding to the cargo
precincts of the Custom House. Should
the. discovery take place in the jqris:
dlctional waters. the defect will be held
according to the circumstances of the case.
Fou,1h.-lf the vessel measure more than eighty
tons, and have on board tobacco, woven goods or
colonial produce sugar, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon,
cloves, pepper and teal, the same defect Will be
visited with fine of from Eve to ten times the
take place within the precincts OF custom house,
and with the penalties assigned to acts OF contra
band and OF fraud, according to the circumstances,
If the seizure be effected in the jurisdctOnal
waters. These penalties do not exclude the fine
account OF damage or stress OF weather duly,
proved and recognized by the Customs authorities.
are exempted from the penalties designated IN
articles 2, and but the masters are required to
draw up and present their general manifest within
the time that may be assigned therefor.
FJth.-FOr the packages or cargOes containing
tobacco, woven goods, sugar, cocoa, coffee, clnna-
mon cloves, pepper and tea, which may come
ing, and likewise as containing other goods. a fine
of five times the duties Will be Levied This fine is
imposed on the consignees of the goods; the ship
masters are only to be answerable when in drawing
up their manifests they may have varied IN their
report what the shippers have stated in the bills
Sirth-The gross weight declared in the mani
fest shall shall, serve as basis G for the entry Of
in excess or in dencit, if these amount
TO more than ten per cent, will give rise to the
accordance with cases I'd and Sd Of article 200 Of
the Ordinances. the same fines being payable by
the consignees OF the goods If the bills of lading
and the manifest agree with each other, and by the
master il he has reported otherwise than as ex-
pressed in the bills Of ladins.. :.
Ntnth-To the first part of article 292 of the Or
dinances the following clause shall be added:-Mas
tiers OF vessels proceeding from the said countries
(the Spanish utramarine provinces or colonles),
shall come provided with the manifest designated in
article 46, endorsed by the Custom House at the
port OF departure.
Elepenth.-Cases first and second of article 207 of
the Ordinances suppressed, and all other regu-
lations which may be IN opposition to the present
prescriptions are annulled or modified.
TCeLM.-The Board of General Direction OF Gus
toms lat Madrid) s authorized to reduce, or to
init altogether the fine of $500 reerred to In the
second article Of the present Decree and also those
prescribed in cases and II Of article 207 of the
Ordinances.
Thi,teenM.-The terms when these dispositions
are to take eject shall count irom the date when
shall be :-One month for arrivals from Europe,
Asia and Africa, in the Mediterranean; Africa, in
the Atlantic, down to Cape MOgador, and the
Canary islands, and three months for arrivals
from Cuba, Porto Rico and other ports OF America
in the Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland to the Gulf
OF Mexico, Inclusive; and four months Tor arrivals
from all other parts OF the globe.