Application to enter articles not merchandise intended for sale, under the provisions of the act of June 8, 1896.

To the Collector of Customs, Port of

I.

of the firm of

:

hereby make application to make special entry of packages, containing articles not merchandise intended for sale, and not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in value nor weighing more than one hundred (100) pounds per packagé, imported per steamship

a vessel of the ultimate con

signee, residing at

And I do certify that there is but one consignment from any one consignor, to said ultimate consignee imported in the vessel above specified on the date above mentioned.

On the back of this application will be printed the special order for appraisement to be made in these cases, the form for the return of the appraiser, and the form of subsequent entry. The application herein prescribed having been duly made, the collector shall issue the following order of appraisement:

Special order for appraisement.

To the Appraiser:

of

PORT OF

Collector's Office,

You will examine promptly and report the contents and value

SO

Art. 295. Marking-Appraiser's report.-Every package imported under the provisions of this act must be plainly marked "Special delivery package." Packages marked may be landed on the dock immediately after the entry of the vessel, and the inspector in charge will forthwith forward such packages to the appraiser's stores, notifying the collector of customs of his action and stating the number and marks of the packages and the vessel by which imported. The contents of packages thus sent

to public store shall, upon receipt of the collector's special order, be examined immediately and appraised, the appraiser's report to the collector to be in the following form:

Appraiser's report.

In pursuance of your special order, we have examined the following-described articles, and do certify the contents of the packages and the value thereof to be as follows, viz:

T. D. 20713.

Art. 296. Liquidation-Delivery.-Upon receipt by the collector of the appraiser's return, the entry shall be immediately liquidated, and upon payment of the ascer tained duties the packages shall be delivered to the proper steamship company, or express company, or other inland

carrier.

The liquidation is final and conclusive against the owner, exporter, agent, or consignee, except in the case of manifest clerical errors.

Art. 297. Bond.-The following form of bond is prescribed under these regulations:

Bond upon entry under act of June 8, 1896.

as

Know all men by these presents, that we, principals, and as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the payment whereof to the United States we firmly bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally, by these presents, as witness our hands and seals, at the port of nineteen hundred and

this

day of

Whereas the undersigned, principals on this bond, propose to enter at the custom-house, and to transport merchandise imported under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to expedite the delivery of imported parcels and packages not exceeding five hundred dollars in value," approved June 8, 1896:

Now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such that if the herein-mentioned obligors shall duly observe and faithfully comply with all the requirements and provisions of the abovespecified act, and with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury thereunder, then this obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force.

Art. 298. Returning packages-Refund of additional duties. If any package shall not be delivered to the ultimate consignee by the bonded carrier, and shall be returned intact within ninety days from date of importation, to the collector of customs at the port of entry under this act, the collector at such port shall make the proper record thereof, and the duties, including additional duties, if any, under section 7 of the act of June 10, 1890, shall be refunded, and the common carrier relieved of any liability therefor.

Art. 299. Cording and sealing.-Inasmuch as section 1 of T. D. 17776. the act of June 8, 1896, requires that all liquidated duties shall be paid before delivery of the goods to the common carrier, only such packages will be corded and sealed as the common carrier may desire to reserve the right of returning to the customs authorities for refund of duties paid. The carrier must notify the collector of such desire before delivery of the goods from customs custody, so that the proper record can be made in the collector's office, and the package duly corded and sealed under the supervision of a customs officer, as provided in section 2 of the act.

Art. 300. Unclaimed packages.-Whenever a package which has been sent to the appraiser's office, under the provisions of this act, shall be found to contain articles of more than $500 in value, or to weigh over 100 pounds, a report of the facts shall be made to the collector, who shall cause the package to be treated as if unclaimed.

Art. 301. Invoice.-Nothing contained in these regulations shall be held to relieve importers from the necessity of submitting duly certified invoices for any importation exceeding $100 in value. Whenever such invoices shall accompany the package, as provided in the act, they shall be transmitted to the collector with the appraiser's report. (See Art. 182.)

CHAPTER IV.

PACKING," STAMPING, AND MARKING; TRADE-MARKS; COPYRIGHTS; LIENS; DISINFECTION, INSPECTION, ETC., OF ANIMALS, HAY AND STRAW.

remain,

3392, 3402.

Act Oct. 1,
Act Aug. 28,

1890, sec. 32.

1894, sec. 26. T. Ds. 11811, 21272. 21743, 22770.

Art. 302. Cigars and cigarettes.-All cigars and cig-R, S., 2804, arettes shall, on importation, be placed in the public stores or in a designated bonded warehouse, to until inspected, weighed, and stamped, under both customs and internal-revenue laws. (See Arts. 283, 1477.) 21865, For the purpose of securing greater uniformity and accuracy in the ascertainment of the weight of imported cigars, such cigars will hereafter be weighed at the several ports in the following manner, viz:

Fairbanks' scales No. 596, which weigh to one-sixteenth of an ounce, shall hereafter be used, the fraction less than one-eighth ounce being disregarded, and at ports where such scales are not now in use requisition should be made on the Department therefor.

a See art. 423.

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