the cartage, &c., to

tody. He will also be charged with the supervision of the Superintend cartage, drayage, or lighterage of all merchandise sent to public stores. warehouse under bond, or withdrawn therefrom for exportation, and also the cartage, drayage, or lighterage of all merchandise ordered to the appraisers' office for examination, or to the public stores for custody, and will take care that the work is promptly and faithfully performed, that the necessary receipts for merchandise are returned in due season to the officers sending or delivering the same, and that the regulations for the government of this branch of the service are in all respects complied with, and every infraction of the same promptly reported to the collector.

SECTION VIII.

OF THE OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF WAREHOUSES.

charge of store.

ART. 516. All bonded warehouses, whether public or pri- Duties of officers in vate, as well as the stores occupied by the appraisers, where there are such, will be placed by the collector in the custody of officers designated for the purpose, to be known as assistant storekeepers, who will always keep the keys thereof in their own possession, and personally superintend the opening and closing of the doors and windows. They will be required to be in constant attendance at the stores from 7 o'clock A. M. to sunset from April 1 to October 1, and for the residue of the year from 8 o'clock A. M. to sunset, except at the time necessary for their meals, not over one hour at noon, when the stores will be closed.

by them.

517. They will not suffer any goods to be received, de- Accounts to be kept livered, sampled, packed or repacked, except in their presence or the presence of some person designated as an assistant by the collector. They will keep accurate accounts of all goods received, delivered and transferred, and of all orders for sampling, packing, repacking, &c. They will also make daily returns of all goods received and delivered, and will inform the superintendent of any infraction of the warehouse rules and regulations by inspectors or other persons.

Pay roll at public stores.

Pay certificates.

518. Officers in charge of stores owned or leased by the United States will keep exact accounts of all the labor performed on merchandise sent to such stores, whether unclaimed or in bond, and their returns to the customhouse of its receipt will certify the nature and amount of such charges. They will also keep rolls of all persons employed in such warehouses, which rolls must exhibit the names of such persons, the number of days employed, the rate of compensation, and the total amount earned, to be receipted for by the person to whom due, and paid weekly or monthly according to the custom of the port, by the proper disbursing officer of the custom-house, on certificates or tickets signed by the officer in charge, and setting forth that the person named has been employed for the number of days stated, at the rate of compensation stated; that the amount specified therein is due to him, and that he has signed the pay-rolls therefor. At the close of the quarter, these rolls shall be returned by the officers in charge to the collector, to be compared with the certificates or tickets before described, and on which the payments have been made, and to accompany such collector's account with the vouchers for disbursements on account of public stores and warehouses.

The form of these pay-rolls shall be as follows, and shall be kept and signed in duplicate:

FORM No. 171.

CUSTOM-HOUSE

District of

We, the undersigned, acknowledge the receipt of the sums placed opposite our respective names, for labor per

The certificate or ticket to be issued by the officer in charge to laborers, and on which they will be paid, shall be according to the following form:

FORM No. 172.

To the Collector, United States bonded warehouse, No.-, street or wharf,

185

is entitled to be paid

ployed in this warehouse

dollars, for which he has re

ceipted on the pay-roll of this warehouse for the week ending

185 . "

Storekeeper.

To enable the collector or auditor of accounts properly to examine and check these labor certificates or tickets, the officer shall transmit to him the duplicate copy of the pay-roll, with the entry and receipt upon which each certificate or ticket should be compared; and, if found correct, the necessary direction shall be given to the cashier for the payment of the amount certified to be due.

ed.

519. Officers in charge of warehouses will not be per- No gratuity allowmitted to receive any reward or gratuity from any source in addition to their pay from the United States, as prescribed in the seventy-third section of act of 1799, which collectors will rigidly enforce.

one

ware

house, class 8 or 4,

officer.

transferred.

to be

520. No officer shall be allowed to have more than one But warehouse of classes Nos. 3 and 4 under his charge; and in charge of an it shall be the duty of the collector at least once a year (or as much oftener as he may deem requisite) to transfer the Oficers officers in charge of warehouses Nos. 2, 3, and 4 from one warehouse to another, thus preventing any officer having the charge of any one warehouse for a longer period than one year. The officer so transferred shall furnish the collector with a complete inventory of the goods in such warehouse; and it shall be the duty of his successor, immediately on taking charge, to examine the goods to see if they agree with the inventory; and the result of this Inventories. examination shall be communicated to the collector within

Goods carted from

vessel to ware

tody of collector.

ten days from the date of his taking charge. Should any discrepancies be found between the statement of the officer transferred and the inventory taken, the collector will immediately investigate the case, at the same time reporting the facts to this Department.

SECTION IX.

OF THE CARTAGE, DRAYAGE, OR LIGHTERAGE OF GOODS IN

BOND, ETC.

ART. 521. All goods in bond, whether passing from the house to be in cus- vessel or other conveyance in which imported to the warehouse, or from one vessel or conveyance to another vessel or conveyance, or from the warehouse on permits for exportation; all unclaimed goods, and all goods ordered to the appraisers' stores for examination, will be carted, drayed, or lightered by responsible cartmen, draymen, or lightermen, who, while performing this duty, will be known as custom-house cartmen, draymen, or lightermen, and be under the control and direction of the inspector of the vessel, or assistant storekeeper of the store, as the case may be, from which the goods are sent; it being intended that bonded goods or goods ordered for examination shall at all times be in the custody of the government or its authorized agents. Such persons shall also be subject while so employed to the orders of the collector, and will be held to a strict compliance with all the warehouse rules and regulations.

Cartmen, &c., will take ticket of merchandise, &c.

And return

same receipted.

522. They will in all cases require of the officers, whether at the vessel or warehouse, a ticket descriptive of the merchandise delivered to them, and designating the store, vessel, or other place to which it is to be taken; the which ticket they will return to the officer from whom the merchandise was received, duly receipted by the officer to whom such merchandise may have been delivered, and will be held liable for the safe conveyance of all merchandise delivered to them, and for the good condition of all delivered by them.

523. They shall in all cases convey all merchandise required of them to the public stores, or elsewhere, as soon as it is ready; and for neglect or refusal to do so, on

report thereof to the collector, their further employment will not be allowed.

Collectors will have this section printed and put in the hands of every inspector of the customs and assistant storekeeper, that cartmen, draymen, and lightermen may be informed of the duty required and responsibility incurred; and none will be employed until such information has been given and acquiesced in by them.

SECTION X.

RELIEF FROM DUTIES ON GOODS INJURED OR DESTROYED WHILE
IN BOND.

ART. 524. The 8th section of the warehousing law of the 28th March, 1854, providing for relief from duties in case of the destruction, in whole or in part, of bonded goods while in warehouse, or in transitu, under warehouse transportation bond, from one port to another, or in the appraisers' store undergoing appraisal, it is deemed proper to state that the law proposes relief where actual injury is incurred, or the property is destroyed, in whole or in part, by accidental fire, shipwreck, or other like casualty; but does not provide for deterioration from dampness or other like cause, in the warehouse or in transitu under bond.

case of loss in

525. Application for relief under the 8th section of the Application act of 28th March, 1854, must be made in writing, under warehouse. oath or affirmation, by the claimant to the collector of the port where the alleged injury or destruction, in whole or in part, of the goods, wares, and merchandise, by accidental fire, or other like casualty, occurred, setting forth that the same happened while the goods remained in the custody of the officers of the customs, in a public or private warehouse under bond, or in the appraisers' stores undergoing appraisal, or while in transportation under bond, describing the place and manner of the accident, together with the extent of the injury, loss, or destruction, and the precise time when sustained.

526. This statement must be accompanied by affidavits Proof. of two or more credible and disinterested persons, as to the injury, loss, or destruction aforesaid.