General account of bonds taken in the district of· DR. FORM No. 196. for the month of for duties on merchandise warehoused under the provisions of the acts of August 6, 1846, and March 28, 1854. No. of bond. Date of bond. Name of principal. Name of surety. 123 Balance of bon ds not due per acct. ending May 31, 1855. $170,000 101 .......... 12,000 150 Richard Roe.................................... 44,000 160 July 6, 1853 Dec. 20, 1858 June 2, 1854 J. Howe.......... $20,000 June 1, '55 June 8, 1855 Louis Solon...................... .... 44,000 2 June 2, 1855 H. Brown.......... 20,000 June 2, '55 Rewarehoused..... *30,000 NOTES. Entries in this column to be designated by letters T and E. In the larger districts, instead of giving the description of each bond, a single entry may be made for each class of bonds, referring to the preceding abstracts; likewise a single entry for the duties paid and credited in the account of customs. After the duties on the bonds taken in each month shall have been ascertained by liquidation, entries will be made of the differences thence arising. When warehoused bonds are cancelled and credited in the general bond account, and transportation or exportation bonds substituted therefor, the transportation bonds should be debited in the bond account per form No. 197, and the export bonds in the bond account per form No. 198. FORM No. 197. Account of transportation bonds taken in the district of· Date of When due. bond. , for the month of NOTE.-Entries may be made on the debit side, per abstracts No. 198 and No. 194. NOTE.-A single entry may be made on the debit side, per abstract No. 195. A similar account, as per forms Nos. 197 and 198, will be kept of warehouse transport and export bonds in suit. 565. When goods are constructively warehoused, or rewarehoused, and entered immediately for transportation, exportation, or consumption, they will be entered in the appropriate abstract of goods warehoused or rewarehoused; and the bond number given will be the transport or export bond number, which will be marked T or E, and written in red ink. When for consumption, the letter C in red ink will appear in place of the bond number. Corresponding entries will of course be made in the bond account. All abstracts of duties and bonds must be countersigned by the naval officer. return. 566. In addition to the foregoing requirements, collec- Monthly statistical tors of the customs will furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, under the several heads in the following form, such statistical information as the books in their office afford, leaving the columns under other heads blank, and certify to the accuracy of the statement, and that the books furnish no information under the headings of the columns left blank. These returns must be mailed within ten days after the close of the month. FORM NO. 198. Account of export bonds taken in the district of DR. for the month of CR. CHAPTER IV. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS CONNECTED FROM CUSTOMS. SECTION I. COLLECTORS, NAVAL OFFICERS, AND SURVEYORS. collectors of the customs. get 1 Act March 2, 1797. ART. 567. At ports where a collector, naval officer, and General duties of surveyor are appointed, it is the duty of the collector to receive all manifests, reports, and documents required to be made or exhibited on the entry of any vessel or cargo; record all manifests, and, together with the naval officer, estimate the amount of duties payable on imports, endorsing the same on the respective entries; receive, or secure by bond, payment of duties; grant permits for the unlading and delivery of imports; and, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, employ persons as inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, and clerks- Sec. 7 Act June the number, however, of each class (except clerks) not to exceed that in service within the district on the 17th June, 1844. At ports to which a collector and surveyor only are assigned, the collector shall solely discharge the duties in which the co-operation of the naval officer is required at ports where such an officer is appointed; which he shall also do in case of the disability or death of the naval officer until the appointment of a successor, unless there be a deputy duly constituted under the hand and seal of the naval officer, who in such case will act until an appointment of naval officer shall have been made. At ports where a collector only is appointed, he shall solely execute the duties assigned to the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, at ports where all such officers are established. 17, 1844. |