Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-11

are given the baggage shall be left in the custom house, and if the period al- lowed by law for the delivery of mer- chandise, shall have expired, they shall be declared as abandoned, and the off, cers shall proceed in such case as pro- vided by law.
 ART. l9s Custom house officers are strictly forbidden from inspecting the contents of private papers of passengers, professional titles or titles to property. books, and accounts whether private or belonging to any mercantile or indus trial society; and the superioIs are held responsible for the acts 6 theIr subordinstes whenever they shall per init or allow it to be done by them. The inspection of such articles shall be limited to the purpose of ascertaining what articles are subject to pay duty.
 ART. 199. Custom house offi,ii Is shall require their employees to treat passengers who arrive at the Republic, with due politeness and decency; to in- form them before inspecting their bag gsges of the duties required of them by the custom house laws; and shall not allow the employees to make the inspec- ton alone, but always with the super vision of a superior officer. In case the passengers have to pay duties on the articles brought with them one Of the inspectors shall proceed to fix the rs,es according to law.
 The federal affairs shall not allow the passengers to commit any act disre- spectful to tine country where they enter or to the government, represented by the emplo, ees. and may even take any passenger so offending before the local authority in order that he may be dealt sith according to the law.
 ART. 200. The inspection of baggage shall be made without unpacking the goods any more than Is necessary, and should the passenger desire to make the inspection themselves they shall be allowed to do SO, provided the officers are satisfied there are no other articles than those exhibited by the passenger.
 ART. POI. Foreign ministers who have tue proper credentials before the government of the Republic, shall be exempted from paying duties on the baggage they bring with them or from thelr inspection.
 ART. POP. Custom house officers are hereby authorized to permit the bag gage to be landed or delivered at the same time that the passengers effect their landing if the captain has delivered the memorandum of them, and may de- liver them at unusual hours il the pas ssngers have to proceed on their journey immediately, and if the packages are not too numerous or do not require long and close examination, the officers shall, as a general rule, make such con- sessions as it is possible for them to do whenever it Is not to the prejudice of the interests Of the government.
 ART. 2O3. Whenever passengers bring with their baggage double or false bot toms, or any hiding place for the pur- pose of detr4uding the government; when they bear the reputation of snug | Slers, and when they make frequent | trips, or when other suspicious circum- stances arise, the custom house officers | are authorIz-d to restrict the franchises l of this chapter and shall report such | acts to the Secretary of Finance, togeth- l CT with their reasons for proceeding in t1e matter, which shall not however sus- prnd the the fi0al determination of such | case.
 ART. 204 Couriers, mail carriers, civil and military employees on enter | ing the country are subject to the same | provisions Rs other passengers. Tue l federal custom house officers ma1 iu- spe-t the departments designated for mail carriers, but shall respect any package, mail bag or box containing | mail matter which may be properly | packed or sealed. Mail bags may also | be examined by an officer appointed by | the custom house officers, but their in- | spection shall be made at the same post office in the presence of the post master or the person who acts in his place III accordance with regulations ,hereunder, and without opening any package containing mail matter.
 ART. 205. Custom house officers hall cause this chapter to be printed | ID French, English, German and Italian in seperate copies for each language and in all of them the Spanish text, so that it may serve as a notice to the passengers arriving in the country.
 ART. 2J6. Custom house officers shall also cause the posters to be plac- ed in public places, and particularly at the points whsre the inspection takes place. Steamship companies making periodical trips, railroad and express companies shall be furnished with these notices in order that the passengers may be informed of their contents be- fore entering Mexican territory.