1890, sec. 28.

companies for immediate transportation to an interior port, after being corded and sealed by customs officers. Act June 10, On the arrival at a port of entry of any person in transit to another port for departure to a foreign country, the collector, after examination of his baggage and effects, may cord and seal the same, or such portions thereof as contain articles which would be dutiable if they remained in the United States, and furnish him with a certificate, under the customs seal, describing the packages by marks and numbers, so that they may be identified, and shall request the collector at such port of exit to deliver them to the owner on his departure for his foreign destination after payment of proper charges.

The cards provided for in the preceding article must be furnished by the transportation companies, and shall be made of white cardboard, and shall be of uniform size, 23 by 44 inches, with the following printed text, respectively:

I certify that this baggage was duly corded and sealed by me; that the package has been carefully examined, passed, and laden under my personal supervision; and that there are no dutiable goods of any kind therein.

I certify that this baggage was duly corded and sealed by me, and laden aboard the cars for transportation as above stated. Date,

U. S. Inspector of Customs.

These cards will be placed on the cords back of the seal, and when the inspector boards a train at the frontier port he will cut the cord and retain the manifest for filing in his office. The sealing officer may keep a book record of baggage for reference.

ART. 596. In order to facilitate the transit of passengers' baggage from or to Canada through the Unites States,

Cir. Sept. 15, 1899.

T. D. 21599.

the provisions of article 595 will be applied to such baggage.

The card manifest will be in the following form:

FORM NO. 45.

SPECIAL MANIFEST.

Canadian baggage in transit through the United States.

Check No.-
From

to

I hereby certify that this baggage was duly corded and sealed by me for transportation as above stated.

Dated

U. S. Inspector of Customs.

1891.

T. D. 2962.

Port of

I hereby certify that corded and sealed baggage covered by Check No.- was exported to —, through this port, this

U. S. Inspector of Customs.

On arrival of the baggage at the port of exit, the shipping officer will detach the coupon bearing his certificate and mail the same to the chief officer of the customs at the port where the baggage was sealed and corded, and where due record of the check numbers will be kept.

FREE ENTRY OF ARTICLES UNDER RECIPROCITY TREATY
WITH HAWAII.

Act March 3, ART. 597. Under the convention for commercial reciprocity between the United States and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, the following goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth, manufacture, or production of the Hawaiian Islands shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty when imported directly from such islands, viz: "Arrowroot, castor oil, bananas, nuts, vegetables, dried and undried, preserved and unpreserved; hides and skins, undressed; rice, pulu, seeds, plants, shrubs, or trees; muscovado, brown and all other unrefined sugar, meaning the grades of sugar commonly imported from the Hawaiian Islands and known in the markets of San Francisco and Portland as 'Sandwich Island sugar;' sirups of sugar cane, melada, and molasses; tallow." Before allowing entry collectors will require importers or consignees to produce proper invoices, with declarations of the owner or shipper at such islands attached thereto, accompanied by certificates of a consular officer of the United States. If, however, the importer be unable to produce the consular certificates at

time of entry, bond for the production thereof within six months from date of entry may be accepted.

FORM No. 46 (OLD No. 16).

Foreign owner's oath where goods have been actually purchased,

I. do solemnly and truly swear that the goods, wares, and merchandise described in the invoice now produced and hereunto annexed were actually purchased for my account, or for account of myself and partners in the said purchase, and that said invoice contains a true and faithful account of the actual cost thereof and of all charges thereon: that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in the said invoice but such as have been actually allowed, and that said goods, wares, and merchandise are the growth and manufacture or produce of the Hawaiian Islands.

(Signed)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, at

the day of

; and I do further certify that I am satisfied that who subscribes the foregoing oath, is the person he represents himself to be; that he is a credible person, and that the statements made by him under said oath are true.

FORM NO. 47 (OLD No. 17).

Foreign owner's oath in cases where goods have not been actually

I,

"

purchased.

do solemnly and truly swear that the invoice now produced and hereunto annexed contains a true and faithful account of the goods, wares, and merchandise therein described, at their market value, at at the time the same were procured [or manufactured, as the case may be], and of all charges thereon: that said invoice contains no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks but such as have been actually allowed; and that said goods, wares, and merchandise are the growth and manufacture or produce of the Hawaiian Islands.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, at

the

day of

-; and I do further certify that l-am satisfied that who subscribes the foregoing oath, is the person he represents himself to be; that he is a credible person; and that the statements made by him under said oath are true.

[L. S.]

[Signature of the proper consular officer.]

ART. 598. In case there is no consular officer of the United States or of a friendly nation at or near the port of shipment, the said certificates shall be made by two respectable merchants or inhabitants of the place, and the declarations may be taken before a local magistrate or other officer duly authorized to administer oaths.

Collectors will require importers or consignees of such goods to file, in addition to such evidence, their own declarations that the goods are of the growth, production, or manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands, and may also require the production of such further evidence as they may deem necessary.

T.D.12859,16258, 16271, 17038.

Act Jan. 23, 1883.

Merchandise imported from the Hawaiian Islands which is also free of duty under the tariff will not be subjected to the requirements of this and the foregoing article.

LOCOMOTIVES USED IN TRAFFIC WITH ADJACENT FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.

ART. 599. Every foreign locomotive on a continuous route crossing the boundary into the United States shall be allowed to bring its train directly to and from the first customs port on its route, or to and from the termination, in the United States, of what is technically known as the "run" of the locomotive, if it be beyond the limits of such port, but no foreign-made locomotive shall be employed for the continuance of the inward trip unless such locomotive shall have been duly entered for duty in the United States.

No foreign-made locomotive (unless regularly entered at the custom-house) shall be used on the railroads of this country, except as aforesaid, for any purpose whatever.

Officers of customs are directed to observe this traffic and to seize any locomotive found to be used in violation of the above rule.

GRAIN FROM CANADA TO BE GROUND AND RETURNED.

ART. 600. Grain brought into the United States in wagons or other ordinary road vehicles, by farmers residing in the Dominion of Canada, to be ground by mills owned by citizens of the United States, shall not be liable to import duties; but entry shall be made and duties paid upon all such grain as shall be received by mill owners as tolls for such grinding.

ART. 601. A bond will be executed by the owners or managers of such mills with conditions that duties shall be paid on all such grain received as tolls.

ART. 602. A statement from the owners of the mill showing that they are citizens of the United States must be filed with the collector. An account will be kept by the miller, in a proper register, to be open to inspection by any customs officer, showing the name of the farmer bringing any such grain to the mill; the nature of the grain; the date of its receipt by him and of its delivery; the quantity received at the mill; the quantity of flour delivered to the farmer, and the quantity of grain taken as tolls for grinding. The miller will produce a sworn statement of such quantities at the end of each month to

the collector, and shall then enter the grain received as tolls and pay the duties due thereon.

ART. 603. Duties must be paid on any grain, or manufactures thereof, not removed from the mill for transportation to Canada within one month from the date of its receipt by the miller. Such grain may be mixed, provided the entire product of the grinding be returned to Canada, with the exception of the tolls and other portions on which duty has been paid.

DERELICT AND WRECKED MERCHANDISE.

8028, 8105, 9598,

ART. 604. Merchandise picked up at sea, derelict, or T.D. 7326, 7554, taken from a wreck, is prima facie dutiable. If claimed 118, 12061. to be of American production, and consequently free, proof must be adduced as in ordinary cases of the reimportation of that description of merchandise. Foreign merchandise landed from a vessel in distress is dutiable if sold or disposed of in the United States.

Before any merchandise which has been taken from a Sec. 2928, R. S. recent wreck shall be admitted to entry the same shall be appraised and the owner or importer shall have the same right of appeal as in other cases.

ART. 605. Although no part of the proper equipment of a vessel arriving in the United States is liable to duty, except as herein otherwise indicated, and in the case of vessels on the northern frontiers, such equipment is not to include more than the usual quantity of spare sails or other articles, and any excess is dutiable.

If new sails or other articles be claimed as a part of such equipment, it must be shown to the satisfaction of the collector that they are necessary to complete her proper equipment, and are intended in good faith to be retained for the exclusive use of the vessel.

If brought into the United States for the purpose of being sold or transferred to another vessel, or for any purpose other than the use of the vessel bringing them, such sails or other articles must be considered as imported merchandise.

T. D. 21434.

ART. 606. The tackle, apparel, furniture, and ship stores 3d Story, p. 68. of a foreign vessel wrecked on the coast, on being recovered and brought into a port of the United States, are to be admitted to free entry, not being considered as merchandise subject to duty.

No part of an American vessel, nor any of her equipments, wrecked either in our own or foreign waters, are to be regarded as "goods, wares, or merchandise" when

T. D. 19220,