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than are contained in the report and manifest, subscribed and now delivered by me, I will immediately and without delay, make due report thereof to the collector of the port or district of [here insert the port or district entering at] and I do likewise swear [or affirm] that all matters whatsoever in the said report and manifest expressed, are to the best of my knowledge and belief just and true. [The following addition to the oath or affirmation is to be inserted in cases where the manifests shall not have been certified by some officer of the customs in manner provided.] I further swear [or affirm] that no officer of the customs has applied for an inspection of the manifest of the cargo on board the said vessel, and that no certificate or indorsement has been delivered to me on any manifest of such.cargo. So help me God.

Sworn [or affirmed] before me

this

day of

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C. D. Collector.

(Signed)

A. B.

And the master, or other person having the charge or command of Further report any ship or vessel, having on board distilled spirits, wines or teas, shall to be made of spirits, wines within forty-eight hours after his arrival as aforesaid, whether the same and teas. be at the first port of arrival of such ship or vessel, or not, shall, in addition to the requirements before mentioned, report in writing to the surveyor or officer acting as inspector of the revenue of the port, at which he shall so arrive, the foreign port or place from which he last sailed, the name of his vessel, his own name, the burthen and denomination of such ship or vessel, and whether a ship or vessel of the United States, or to what other nation belonging, together with the quantity, and kinds of spirits, wines and teas on board of the said ship or vessel, particularizing the number of casks, vessels, cases or other packages containing the same, with their marks and numbers, as also the quantity and kinds of spirits, wines and teas on board such ship or vessel, as sea stores, on pain of forfeiting and paying the sum of five hundred dollars, and of the loss of the spirits so omitted; and the form of said failure therein. report shall be as follows, to wit:

Report of distilled spirits, wines, and teas, imported in the [here insert the name and denomination of the vessel] built in [here insert where built in the United States, or to what foreign nation belonging] burthen [here insert the tonnage of the vessel] whereof [here insert the name of the master] from [here insert the foreign port, from which the vessel last sailed bound to [here insert the port or ports to which destined in the United States.]

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Form of report of spirits, wines and teas.

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report.

Sea stores consisting of spirits, wines and teas.
[Here insert the quantities particularly.]
(Signed) A. B. Master of

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Inspector of the revenue

for the port of

And if the said master, or other person having the charge or comfailing to make mand of any such ship or vessel, shall neglect, or omit to make the said reports, or either of them (other than that required to be made to the surveyor, inspector of the revenue as aforesaid) and the declaration or declarations, or to take the said oath as required, or shall not fully comply with the true intent and meaning of this section, as the case may be, he shall, for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars.

Ships of war and public packets need

not make report.

Vessels may proceed to foreign ports with

goods brought in them, on giving bonds.

Form of such bond.

SEC. 31. That it shall not be necessary for the master, or person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel of war, or of any ship or vessel employed by any prince, or state, as a public packet for the conveyance of letters and despatches, and not permitted by the laws of such prince or state, to be employed in the transportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, in the way of trade, to make such report and entry as aforesaid.

SEC. 32. That it shall be lawful for any ship or vessel to proceed with any goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in her, and which shall, in the manifest first delivered to any officer receiving the same, be reported as destined, or intended for any foreign port or place, from the district within which such ship or vessel shall first arrive, to such foreign port or place, without paying or securing the payment of any duties upon such of the said goods, wares, or merchandise as shall be actually re-exported in the said ship or vessel accordingly, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, That the said master, or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel, shall first give bond, with one or more sureties, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties upon the said goods, wares, or merchandise, as the same shall be estimated by the collector and naval officer of the port, where the said report shall be made, to the satisfaction of the said collector, with condition that the said goods, wares, or merchandise, or any part thereof, shall not be landed within the United States, unless due entry thereof shall · have been first made, and the duties thereupon paid, or secured to be paid, according to law; which bonds shall be taken for the same periods, and cancelled in like manner, as bonds hereinafter directed to be given for obtaining drawbacks of duties: and the form of the said bonds shall be as follows, to wit:

Know all men, by these presents, that we [here insert the name of the master of the vessel, and the name or names of the sureties] are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of

to be paid to the said United States: for which payment well and truly
to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators,
jointly and severally, firmly by these presents; sealed with our seals,
dated this
day of
in the year of the independence of the
United States, and in the year of our Lord one thousand
Whereas the following described packages of goods, wares and mer-
chandise, [here insert the marks, numbers, denomination, and number of
packages, and contents, as far as may be, and if articles in bulk, the quan-
tity and quality] imported into the district of in the [insert the
denomination and name of vessel] whereof [insert name] is master, from
[insert port or place where from] on the [insert date of vessel's entry] as
per report and manifest then delivered by the said master, are now about
to be exported and conveyed in the said [insert denomination and name
of vessel] to the port of [insert name of the port intended for] and where-

as the duties that would have become due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise, had the same been unladen here and not so exported, would have amounted to the aforesaid sum of

Now therefore, the condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden shall and do within months from the date hereof, produce to the collector of this district, the certificates required by law, that the said enumerated [packages of merchandise, or articles in bulk as the case may be,] have been exported to and landed at the aforesaid port of or at any other port or place without the limits of the United States, or if neither the whole, nor any part of the said goods, wares and merchandise, shall be landed within the limits of the said United States, until due entry thereof shall have been first made, and the duties thereon paid or secured to be paid according to law, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be, and remain in full force and virtue.

Sealed and delivered

in the presence of

Vessels com

Provided nevertheless, That such bond shall not be required in respect to the goods on board of any ship or vessel which shall have put into the ing in through necessity need United States from necessity, to be made to appear in manner herein- not give bond. after prescribed; and the collector receiving such bonds, or any other Collector to put certain bonds taken upon the exportation of merchandise entitled to drawback, bonds in suit, if is hereby required and enjoined, immediately after the time when by the not cancelled. conditions of the same, they ought to be cancelled, to put the same in suit; provided the necessary proof shall not have been produced, or further time granted therefor by the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Vessels may

SEC. 33. That it shall be lawful for any ship or vessel in which any goods, wares or merchandise shall be brought into the United States, proceed from district to disfrom any foreign port or place, and which shall be specified in the mani- trict with cerfest, verified on oath, or affirmation, before the collector of the port in tain goods. Duties to be which such ship or vessel shall first arrive, to be destined for other dispaid or secured tricts, to proceed with the same from district to district within the United in the district States, in order to the landing, or delivery thereof, and the duties on such where the goods of the said goods only as shall be landed in any district, shall be paid or secured to be paid within such district.

are landed.

The master of

to another dis

SEC. 34. That before any ship or vessel shall depart from the district in which she shall first arrive for another district (providing such de- a vessel bound parture be not within forty-eight hours after her arrival within such dis- trict to obtain a trict) with goods, wares or merchandise, brought in such ship or vessel copy of his refrom a foreign port or place, the duties whereof shall not have been paid port and manifest, &c. or secured, the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall obtain from the collector of the district from which she shall be about to depart (who is hereby required to grant the same) a copy of the report and manifest made by such master, or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, certified by the said collector, to which copy shall be annexed a certificate of the quantity and particulars of the goods which shall appear to him to have been landed within his district, or of the quantity and particulars of the goods which remain on board and upon which the duties are to be paid, or secured to be paid, in some other district.

The form of which certificate shall be as follows:

District of

Port of

These are to certify, that the within is a true copy of the report and manifest of the cargo of the [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master from [insert the port where from] entered at this port the [insert the day and month of entry] as exhibited on [oath or affirmation] by the said master: That no part of the said cargo as expressed in such manifest, hath been unladen or landed at this

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port: [or as the case may require] That there hath been unladen and landed at this port, and the duties paid or secured to be paid on the following articles, [or] That all the said cargo as expressed in the said manifest hath been duly entered and landed in this district according to law, except the following articles [here enumerate the marks, numbers, packages and contents, or if articles in bulk, the quantities, whether landed or remaining on board, as the case may require] and that bond hath here been entered as the law directs for the delivery of the [insert the whole or remaining part, as the case may require] of the said cargo, at the [insert the port and district of destination.]

Witness our hands and seals, this

any

day of

A. B. Collector.
C. D. N. Officer.

And within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such ship or vessel within other district, the said master, or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall make report or entry, to or with the collector of such other district, producing and showing the said certified copy of his said first report, together with a certificate from each collector of any other district, within which any of the goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in such ship or vessel, shall have been before landed; of the quantity and particulars of such goods, wares, or merchandise, as shall have been so landed in each district respectively; except in the State of Georgia, where such report shall be made within forty-eight hours: Provided always, That the master or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel, shall first give bond, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within which the said ship or vessel shall first arrive, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties on the residue of the said goods, according to such estimate as the said collector shall form thereof, with condition, that the said residue of such goods shall be duly entered and delivered in such other district, or districts of the United States, for which the same shall have been reported to be destined.

And the form of the said bond shall be as follows:

Know all men by these presents, that we [here insert the name of the master of the vessel, and the name or names of the sureties] are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of to be paid to the said United States; for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents; sealed with our seals; dated this day of in the year of the independence of the said

United States; and in the year of our Lord one thousand

Whereas the following goods, wares, and merchandise [here insert the marks, number, denomination and number of packages and contents, as far as may be, or if articles in bulk, the quantity and quality] imported into the district of in the [insert the denomination and name of vessel] whereof [insert name] is master, from [insert name of port, &c.] on the [insert date of vessel's entry] as per report and manifest then delivered by the said master; are now intended to be exported and conveyed in the said [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] to the district of [insert the district or districts where intended to be sent] and whereas the duties that would have become due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise, had the same been unladen, would have amounted to the aforesaid sum of

Now therefore the condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden shall and do within six months from the date hereof, produce to the collector of this district the certificates required by law, that the said enumerated [packages of merchandise, or articles in bulk as the case may be,] have been duly entered and delivered at the aforesaid district of or any other port or district of the United

States, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain
in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered

in the presence of

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And the said bond shall be cancelled or discharged within six calen- How the said dar months from the date thereof, by the production of a certificate or bond shall be certificates from the collector or collectors of the district or districts for cancelled. which the said goods shall have been reported, testifying the due entry and delivery of the said goods, in such district or districts, or upon due proof to the satisfaction of the collector by whom the said bond shall have been taken, and to the naval officer of such port (if any) that such entry and delivery were prevented by some unavoidable accident or casualty, and that if the whole, or any part of the said goods, shall not have been lost, that the same have been duly entered and delivered within the United States.

And the form of the certificate aforesaid shall be as follows:
District of

Port of

These are to certify, that there have been unladen and landed at this port, from on board the [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master, from [insert district and port where from] the following packages of merchandise [here detail the several packages with their respective denominations, their marks and numbers, and if any articles in bulk, the quantities delivered] for which the duties have been [paid or secured] at the aforesaid port of [insert the port.] Witness our hands and seals this

day of

A. B. Collector.
C. D. N. Officer.

on

And if the master, or other person having the charge or command of Penalty or any such ship or vessel, shall fail by his neglect or fault to obtain the failing to obtain said copy of his said report, from the collector of the district from which copy of the first report, &c. he shall be so about to depart, or if [of] any certificate which he ought to obtain as aforesaid, or shall neglect to produce and show the same to the collector of any other district, to which the said ship or vessel shall afterwards proceed within the time for that purpose herein before specified, he shall forfeit and pay, for every such neglect or omission, five hundred

dollars.

Duty of mas

SEC. 35. That in addition to the provisions and requirements aforesaid, it shall be the duty of each and every master, or other person having the ters of vessels charge or command of any ship or vessel, arriving from any foreign port district to disproceeding from or place, having on board distilled spirits, wines, or teas, other than sea trict with spirits, stores, intended to be transported from one port in the United States, to wines and teas. another port in the said United States, whether in the same or in different districts, previous to the departure of such ship or vessel from the port at which she shall first arrive, to apply to the surveyor or officer acting as inspector of the revenue for the port, for a certificate of the quantity and particulars of such spirits, wines, or teas, as shall have been certified, or reported to him to have been imported in such ship or vessel, and of the quantity and particulars of such spirits, wines, or teas, as shall appear to have been landed out of such ship at such port; which certificate the surveyor or inspector of the revenue shall forthwith grant, and the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall, within twenty-four hours after her arrival at the port to which she shall be bound, deliver the said certificate to the surveyor, or person acting as inspector of the revenue of such last-mentioned port; and if such ship or Penalty on vessel shall proceed from one port to another within the United States, failing to comply with the whole or any part of the spirits, wines or teas brought in her as ties. aforesaid, without having first obtained such certificate, or if within twentyfour hours after her arrival at such other port, the said certificate shall

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