permit which was given to him by the collector of the district, or by the deputy collector or surveyor of the port or place whence she sailed. And if the master of any vessel shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the requirements herein made he shall forfeit one hundred dollars.

SEC. 219. The master of every vessel, employed in the transportation of goods from district to district, that shall put into a port other than the one to which she. was bound, shall, within twenty-four hours after her arrival, if there be any officer residing at such port, and she continue there so long, make report of her arrival to such officer, with the name of the place she came from, and to which she is bound, and exhibit his manifest; and if the master of such vessel shall neglect or refuse to do the same he shall forfeit twenty dollars.

SEC. 220. If the master of any vessel licensed for the coasting trade, and who, by the provisions of this act, is required to deliver, on arrival at the port of destination of such vessel, a manifest of the cargo on board the same, certified by the collector of the district, or the deputy collector or surveyor of the port, whence she last sailed, and the permit therefor, shall have lost or mislaid such manifest and permit, the collector of the district, or the deputy collector or surveyor of the port, where she shall so arrive, shall, before granting a permit for the landing of the cargo, require the master of such vessel to give bond, with sufficient surety, in the sum of six hundred dollars, for the production of a copy of such manifest and permit, certified by the collector of the district, or the deputy collector or surveyor of the port, whence such vessel last sailed. And if such certified copy shall not be produced within such time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury such bond shall be forfeited."

SEC. 221. All steam tug-boats, not of the United States, found employed in towing registered vessels of the United States plying from one port or place in the United States to another, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents per ton on the admeasurement of every such vessel so towed by them, respectively, as aforesaid, which sum may be recovered by way of libel or suit.

SEC. 222. No merchandise taken from any port or place in the United States, on the frontiers thereof, to a port or place in another collection district of the United States on said frontiers, in a vessel, shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the United States except in open day-that is to say, between the rising and setting of the sun, unless by special license from the collector or other principal officer of the port for the purpose, nor at any time, without a permit from such collector or other principal officer for such unlading or delivery. And the owner or owners of every vessel whose master shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay to the United States a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. But the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, from time to time, to make such regulations as to him shall seem necessary and expedient for unlading at any port or place on said frontiers.

SEC. 223. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that it is impracticable, owing to the nature of the trade, for the master of any steam or other vessel employed in the transportation of merchandise from one district to another, coastwise, to present the manifest, and obtain the permit hereinbefore required, before departure on each voyage or passage, it shall be lawful for the said Secretary to exempt such vessels from the requirements aforesaid, and to authorize the collectors of the districts between which such vessels may be regularly employed to grant general permits for clearance and landing; but the master of every vessel so exempted shall keep, or cause to be kept, a cargo book, stating the names of the vessel and master, the port from which she departed, and the port to which she is bound on each voyage or passage; and at every port or place of lading such master shall enter, or cause to be entered, in such book the name of such port or place, and an account of all goods taken on board such vessel, at such port or place, stating

all the particulars required to be inserted in a manifest, as far as such particulars are known to him; and he shall, at every port of discharge, enter in said book the particulars of the merchandise delivered thereat; and such master shall produce such book to any officer of the customs, when demanded, for his examination; and he shall, moreover, deliver to the collector of the port from which such vessel shall have first departed, a transcript of said book, at such times as such collector, under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, may require. And if the master of any such vessel shall neglect to keep such book, or shall refuse to exhibit the same to any officer of the customs when required, or shall fail to furnish the transcript thereof, as before provided, he shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, and the general permits for clearance and landing granted to such vessel shall be revoked by the collectors who may have granted the same.

TITLE IX.

OF THE ENTRY OF VESSELS FROM FOREIGN PORTS.

SEC. 224. It shall be lawful to make entry of any vessel which shall arrive from any foreign port or place, and of the cargo on board such vessel, at any one of the ports of entry established by law, and to unlade the said cargo, or any part thereof, at any one of the ports of delivery so established, but not elsewhere; and every port of entry shall be also a port of delivery.

SEC. 225. No merchandise shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port or place, in any vessel, unless the master of such vessel shall have on board a manifest or manifests in writing, signed by such master, containing the name, description, build, and tonnage of such vessel, the port or place to which she belongs, together with the name of the master, and the name of each owner, according to the certificate of registry, the name or names of the port er ports, place or places, where the merchandise in such manifest or manifests mentioned has been respectively taken on board, and the port or ports, place or places, within the United States to which the same is respectively consigned or destined, particularly noting the merchandise destined for each port or place, and a particular account of all the merchandise, so laden or taken on board, whether in packages or stowed loose, together with the marks and numbers as marked on each package, and the number or quantity and description of the packages in words at length, describing the same by their usual denomination, together with the name or names of the person or persons by whom shipped, and to whom the same are consigned, agreeably to the bills of lading signed for the same, unless the said goods are consigned to order, when it shall be so expressed in the said manifest or manifests, together with an account of the remaining sea stores, if any; and such manifest shall be according to form uumbered twenty-six in the schedule hereto annexed, to the truth of which manifest the master shall declare before the collector; and in case merchandise is imported in vessels not of the United States, the report and manifest shall contain the particulars aforesaid, except that such vessels may be described in the manner set forth in form numbered twenty-seven in the schedule hereto annexed. And if merchandise shall be imported, destined to be delivered in different districts or ports, the packages and quantities destined to be so delivered shall be inserted in successive order in the manifest, as aforesaid, distinguishing the ports to which the same may be destined, and the packages and quantities for each port. And the master of any vessel arriving in the United States, or any of the Territories thereof, from any foreign place whatsoever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, as aforesaid, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the vessel, pursuant to law, shall also deliver to the collector of the district in which such vessel shall a rive, a list or manifest of all the passengers taken on board of the said vessel at any

foreign port or place; in which list or manifest it shall be the duty of the said master to designate particularly the age, sex, and occupation of the said passengers respectively, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the voyage, the country to which they severally belong, and that of which it is their intention to become inhabitants; and shall further set forth whether any and what number have died on the voyage; and such manifest shall be according to the form numbered twenty-eight in the schedule hereto annexed, and the said master shall make declaration to the truth of the same, in the same manner as directed in relation to the manifest of the cargo; and for refusal or neglect to comply with these provisions, or with any part thereof, the master shall incur the same penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures as are provided for a refusal or neglect to deliver a manifest of the cargo aforesaid.

SEC. 226. If any merchandise shall be imported into the United States, in any vessel whatsoever, from any foreign port or place, without having a manifest or manifests on board, agreeably to the directions in the foregoing section, or which shall not be included or described therein, or shall not agree therewith, in every such case the master of such vessel shall forfeit and pay a sum of money equal to the value of such merchandise not included in such manifest or manifests, and all such merchandise not included in the manifest or manifests, belonging or consigned to the master, mate, or any of the officers or crew of such vessel, shall be forfeited. But if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector, naval officer and surveyor, or to the major part of them, or to the satisfaction of the collector, where there is no naval officer or surveyor, or to the satisfaction of the court in which a trial shall be had concerning such forfeiture, that no part of the cargo of such vessel had been unshipped after it was taken on board, except such as shall have been particularly specified and accounted for, in the report of the master of such vessel, and that the manifest or manifests had been lost or mislaid, without fraud or collusion, or that the same was or were defaced by accident or incorrect by mistake, in every such case the forfeiture aforesaid shall not be incurred.

SEC. 227. Every master of a vessel laden with merchandise, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall, on his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within any of the bays, harbors, ports, rivers, creeks, or inlets thereof, upon demand, produce the manifest or manifests in writing, which such master is required, as aforesaid, to have on board his said vessel, to such officer or officers of the customs as shall first come on board his vessel, for his or their inspection, and shall deliver to such officer or officers a true copy or copies thereof, (which copy or copies shall be provided and subscribed by the master of such vessel,) and the officer or officers, to whom the original manifest or manifests shall have been so produced, shall respectively certify that the same was or were produced, and the day and year on which the same was or were so produced, and that such copy or copies as aforesaid was or were to him or them delivered, and by him or them examined and compared with the original manifest or manifests; and shall likewise certify upon such copy or copies the day and year on which the same was or were delivered, and shall forthwith transmit such copy or copies to the respective collectors of the several districts to which the merchandise by such manifest or manifests shall appear respectively to be consigned or destined; and the master of any such vessel shall, in like manner, produce to the officer or officers of the customs who shall first come on board such vessel, upon her arrival within the limits of any district of the United States, in which the cargo, or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged or landed for his or their inspection, such manifest or manifests as aforesaid; and shall also deliver to him or them a true copy or copies thereof, (such copy or copies also to be provided and subscribed by the said master of such vessel,) the production of which said manifest or manifests, and the delivery of which said. copy or copies thereof, shall also be certified by the said officer or officers of the

customs who shall so first come on board the said vessel, on her arrival within the limits of any such district, upon the original manifest or manifests, with the particular day and year when such manifest or manifests was or were produced to such officer or officers, and when he or they so received the said copy or copies thereof; and such officer or officers is and are hereby required forthwith to transmit, or cause to be transmitted, the said copy or copies of the said manifest or manifests to the collector of such district; and the master of the said vessel shall afterwards produce and deliver the original manifest or manifests so certified to the said collector; and when any manifest shall be produced, upon which there shall be no certificate from any officer of the customs as before mentioned, the master producing the same shall be required to declare that no officer has applied for, and that no indorsement has been made on, any manifest of the cargo of such vessel. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to require of such master the delivery of more than one copy of each manifest to the officer or officers aforesaid, who shall first come on board of such vessel, within four leagues of the coast of the United States aforesaid, and one other copy to such officer or officers as shall first come on board within the limits of any district for which the cargo of such vessel, or some part thereof, shall be consigned or destined, or shall be construed to require the delivery of any such copy to any other officer; but it shall be sufficient in respect to any such other officer, to produce and show to him the said original manifest or manifests, and the certificate or certificates thereupon; and the certificates to be indorsed on the original manifest, and the copy thereof, shall be according to forms numbered twenty-nine and thirty, respectively, in the schedule hereto annexed.

SEC. 228. It shall be lawful for all collectors, naval officers, surveyors, inspectors, and other officers of the customs, or any of them, to go on board of vessels in any district of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound to the United States, whether in or out of their respective districts, for the purposes of demanding the manifests aforesaid, and of examining and searching the said vessels; and the said officers respectively shall have free access to the cabin, and to every other part of the vessel; and if any package shall be found in the cabin, steerage, forecastle, or other parts of such vessel, or in any other place separate from the cargo, it shall be the duty of the said officer to take a particular account of every such package, and of the marks and numbers thereof, if any there be, and a description thereof, and, if he shall judge proper, to put a seal or seals on every package; and such an account and description shall be by him forwarded, without delay, to the collector of the district to which such vessel is bound; and if upon arrival at her port of entry the packages so described, or any of them, shall be missing, or if the seals put thereon be broken, the master of such vessel shall forfeit and pay for every such package so missing, or of which the seals shall be broken, the sum of two hundred dollars; and it shall also be lawful for the inspectors, who may be put on board of any vessel, (and they are hereby required and enjoined so to do,) to secure, at sunset, or previously to their quitting the vessel, the hatches, and all other communications with the hold of such vessel, or any part thereof, with locks or other proper fastenings, which locks or other fastenings shall not be opened, broken, or removed until sunrise the morning following, and in the presence of the inspector or inspectors by whom the same shall have been so affixed, except by special license from the collector of the port and naval officer thereof, if any, for that purpose first had and obtained; and if the said locks or other fastenings, or any of them, shall be broken or removed without the presence of the said inspector or inspectors, or without such license first had and obtained, or if any merchandise shall be clandestinely landed, notice thereof shall immediately be given by the inspector or inspectors to the collector, surveyor, or other officer in charge of the district, port, or place where the vessel may be; and the master of any

vessel shall, for each of the offences aforesaid, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 229. If the master of any vessel, laden as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall not upon his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within the limits of any district thereof, where the cargo of such vessel, or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged, produce such manifest or manifests as are required, to the proper officer or officers, upon demand thereof, and also deliver such copy or copies thereof as aforesaid, according to the directions described, in each case, or shall not give an account of the true destination of such vessel, which he is hereby required to do, upon request of such officer or officers, or shall give a false account of such destination, in order to evade the production of the said manifest or manifests, the master of such vessel shall forfeit, for every such neglect, refusal, or offence, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars; and if such officer or officers first coming on board in each case, within the distance or limits aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to certify on such manifest or manifests the production thereof, and the delivery of such copy or copies respectively as are hereinbefore directed to be delivered to such officer or officers, every such officer, so neglecting or refusing, shall forfeit and pay the sum of three hundred dollars. And the officer or officers who may apply to the master of any such vessel respecting any of the provisions in this and the foregoing sections, and who shall not receive full satisfaction therein, are hereby required to make a return in writing of the name of the vessel and master so offending, in any or all of the particulars required, immediately, or as soon after as possible, to the collector of the district to which such vessel shall appear to be bound.

SEC. 230. If, after the arrival of any vessel so laden with merchandise as aforesaid, and bound to the United States, within the limits of any of the districts of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, any part of the cargo of such vessel shall be unladen, for any purpose whatever, from out of such vessel, before such vessel shall come to the proper place for the discharge of her cargo, or some part thereof, and shall there be duly authorized by the proper officer or officers of the customs to unlade the same, the master of such vessel shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars for such offence, and the merchandise, so unladen and unshipped, shall be forfeited, except in the case of some unavoidable accident, necessity, or distress; of which unavoidable accident, necessity, or distress, the master of such vessel shall give notice to, and, together with two or more of the officers or seamen (of which the mate or other person next in command shall be one) on board such vessel, shall make declaration before, the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district within the limits of which such accident, necessity, or distress shall have happened, or before the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the first district of the United States within the limits of which such vessel shall afterwards arrive, if the said accident, necessity, or distress shall have happened not within the limits of any district, but within four leagues of the coast of the United States, which declaration the said collector, or other chief officer, is hereby authorized and required to receive.

SEC. 231. If any merchandise, so unladen from on board any vessel, shall be put or received into any other vessel, except in the case of such accident, necessity, or distress, to be notified and proved as aforesaid, the master of any such vessel, into which the said merchandise shall be so put and received, and every other person aiding and assisting therein, shall forfeit and pay treble the value of the said merchandise, and the vessel in which it shall be so put shall be forfeited to the United States.

SEC. 232. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel not in distress, after arrival within four leagues of any port in the United States, or within any collection district thereof, to allow any person or persons to leave the vessel, or