SECTION XIV. REGULATIONS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE. All goods from foreign ports to be ART. 83. No goods, wares, or merchandise can legally be accompanied by brought into the United States from any foreign port or manifests. 2, 1799. Sec. 28 Act March place, in a vessel belonging in whole or in part to a citizen or inhabitant of the United States, unless the master shall have on board a full manifest or manifests of the cargo, in writing, and signed by such master, or commander, detailing all the items of the vessel's lading, the port or ports where the same may have been shipped, the names of the consignees thereof, and the different ports, if more than one, where the same is consigned or intended. to be entered; the names of the several passengers on board, the baggage belonging to each, and the remaining ship's stores. Form of manifest. the FORM No. 38. Manifest of cargo. Report and manifest of the cargo laden on board of and owned by as per register granted at the day of Marks. No. inclu- Packages and By whom To whom con- sive. contents. shipped. Place of con- Ports of dessignee's res- tination. idence. Returned cargo, (specifying any articles of outward cargo returned, by whom shipped outward, and to whom consigned inward.) Return of passengers, and packages belonging to them. respectively, (inserting names of cabin and steerage passengers, number and description of their baggage, tools of trade, &c.) Vessel and cabin stores, (detail what stores remain unconsumed.) destined in differ If the cargo be destined to be delivered in different dis- Where cargo is tricts or ports, the quantities and packages so destined will ent districts. be inserted in successive order in the manifest, as aforesaid. of manifest where the citizens of the Uni 84. If merchandise shall be imported by citizens or in- Modification habitants of the United States, in vessels other than of the cargo is owned by United States, the manifests shall be of the form, and ted States, but im shall contain the particulars, aforesaid, except that said other than of the vessels shall be described in manner following, viz: Report and manifest of the cargo laden on board the, (here insert the denomination and name of the vessel, and the port to which she belongs,) whereof (here insert the master's name, and whether or not master during the voyage,) burden, (here insert the nation where built,) bound to (here insert the port or ports of destination,) which cargo was taken on board at (here insert the port or ports where laden.) ported in vessels United States. feiture for being without manifest. 85. If any merchandise be brought into the United Penalty and forStates in such vessels without such manifest on board, or get et March shall not be included or described therein, or shall not 2, 1799. agree therewith, the master or person in charge or command of the vessel shall forfeit an amount equal to the value of such merchandise not manifested, and all such merchandise not included in the manifest, belonging or consigned to the officers or crew of the vessel, shall be forfeited. penalty is not in Sec. 24 Act March 86. This forfeiture is not incurred, however, if it shall Cases where be made to appear to the principal customs officer or offi- curred. cers at the port, or to the court in which the trial shall 2, 1799. be had, that no part of the cargo has been unshipped, except as accounted for in the master's report, that the manifest was lost or mislaid, without collusion or fraud, accidentally defaced, or incorrect by mistake. gard to manifests an American ves 87. Every master or other person in command or charge Proceedings in reof such vessel laden with goods and bound to a port of on the arrival of the United States, must, on arrival within four leagues sel from a foreign of the coast, or within any of the navigable waters thereof, or within the navi port on the coast United States. gable waters of the upon demand of any officer of the customs who may first Sec. 25 Act March come on board the vessel, produce to him the manifest 2, 1799. aforesaid for his inspection, and deliver to him a true copy or copies thereof, provided and subscribed by the master or other person in command or charge of the Certificates of the vessel; and the officer, after the requisite examination after examination and comparison of the original and copy, will certify on the back of the former as follows: boarding officer and comparison. Forms of certificate. FORM No. 39. Certificate of boarding officer, endorsed on original manifests. I, certify that the within manifest was this day produced to me as an original manifest of the cargo on board the is master, from whereof In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this day of And he shall further certify on the back of such copy as follows: FORM NO. 40. Copies of manifests to be transmitted I, Certificate of boarding officer, endorsed on copies of manifests. , certify that I have examined the within manifest, produced to me this day as a copy of the origi nal manifest of the cargo on board of the In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, this day of And shall forth with transmit such copy or copies to the by officer to cer- collectors of the districts to which the merchandise may appear, respectively, to be consigned. tain collectors. Proceedings on ar The said master, or person in charge or command of in the limits of cer- the vessel, must also produce for inspection, in like man rival of vessel with tain collection districts. ner, to any officer of the customs who shall first come on board of the vessel upon 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, the manifest aforesaid, and deliver to him a true copy thereof, provided and subscribed by the said master or other person in command of said vessel; and the production of the original and delivery of the copy shall be certified by the said officer of the customs on the back of the original manifest, the date of such production of the original, and receipt of said copy; and shall forthwith transmit or cause to be transmitted, the said copy of the manifest to the collector of the district. fests to be after master to the col lector at the port of arrival. Course to be pursued where the tified. 88. The said master, or person in charge or command, of The original manithe vessel, as aforesaid, must afterwards produce and de- wards delivered by liver to the collector the original manifest or manifests, certified as aforesaid; and when any manifest shall be produced to the collector not so certified, the master, or manifest is not cer person in command of the vessel, must make oath or affirmation that no officer has applied for, and that no endorsement has taken place on any manifest of the cargo of such vessel. But the master is not obliged to deliver more than one copy of each manifest to the officer aforesaid first coming on board within four leagues of the coast, or within the limits of the district; nor is he required to deliver a copy to any other officer, but must exhibit to any other officer, on demand, the original manifest, or manifests, with the certificates thereon. not producing nue officers, or re tain information. Sec. 26 Act March 2, 1799. 89. If the master, or person in charge or command, of Penalty for master any vessel laden and bound as aforesaid, shall not, upon manifest to revedemand of the proper officer of the customs, exhibit to fusing to give cerhim the manifest, or manifests, as required by law, and deliver the copy or copies thereof, according to the directions of the law, in each case, or shall not give a true account of the destination of such vessel, upon request of the proper officer, or shall give a false account thereof, in order to evade the production of the manifest, the master or other person so in charge or command of the vessel shall forfeit, for every such neglect, refusal, or offence, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. 90. The officer or officers first boarding the vessel, as Penalty where boarding officer re aforesaid, neglecting or refusing to endorse the prescribed fuses to certify. certificates upon the manifest, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars. Boarding officer, not receiving satis tion from the mas ter, to make report to oollector. 91. It will be the duty of the officer who shall not refactory informa- ceive full satisfaction on application to the master or other person in command and charge of the vessel, in respect of the foregoing requirements, to make a return in writing to the collector of the district to which he considers such vessel as bound, of the name of the vessel, and of the person so offending. Penalties on vessel from a foreign port 92. If, after the arrival of any vessel, bound to the unlading after ar- United States from a foreign port, within the limits of rival without being duly authorized. 2, 1799. Sec. 27 Act March any collection district of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, any part of the cargo of such vessel shall be unladen before the vessel's arrival at the place where the whole or part of her cargo is to be discharged, and without authority therefor from the proper officers of the customs, the person in charge or command of such vessel, and the person next in command, shall, respectively, forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars for each such offence, and the merchandise so unladen and unshipped, except in the case of accident, necessity, or stress of weather, shall also be forfeited. Course to be pursued where such 93. Where such unlading occurs by reason of unavoidunlading occurs able accident, necessity, or stress of weather, the master or other person in charge or command of the vessel, with from accident or necessity. Penalty on vessel receiving from an two or more of the officers and mariners of the vessel, (including the second in command,) whom he shall duly notify, must make proof thereof, upon oath, before the chief customs officer of the district within which the casualty occurred, or before the chief customs officer of the first district at which such vessel shall arrive afterwards, if the casualty occurred within four leagues of the coast and without the limits of any collection district. 94. If the merchandise so unladen be put or received other goods unla- on any other vessel or boat, except in the case of acci den without au thority. Sec. 23 Act March dent, necessity, or stress of weather, to be notified and 2, 1799. Master of a United States vessel from proved as aforesaid, the master or person in charge or command of such vessel or boat, and every other person aiding or assisting, shall forfeit and pay treble the value of said merchandise, and the said boat or vessel shall also be forfeited. 95. In compliance with the bond prescribed by the first a foreign port to section of the act of 28th February, 1803, the master of |