at the time of starting, the officer who superintends the transfer will report the facts to the Department.

ART. 677. Merchandise received at any port of delivery under entries for immediate transportation without T. D. 10683. appraisement may be entered under any of the forms provided by law for ports of first arrival. Claims for T. D. 11113. abandonment under section 23, act June 10, 1890, may be made within ten days after such entry.

T. D. 12157.

ART 678. All the goods embraced in the immediate-transportation entry must be entered within twenty-four hours after the report of their arrival at the port of destination. If by reason of the nonarrival of any part of the goods, or from any other cause, the entry is not made within that time after the report of the arrival of the first portion of the goods, the entire invoice of goods will be treated as unclaimed. Partial entry may be allowed in case of nonarrival of all the packages contained in any invoice. The collector or surveyor, as the case may be, if he is satisfied that the goods are those described in the entry and invoice, will issue a certificate (Cat. No. 755) showing that T. D. 12272. the goods have been received, and transmit it to the collector at the port of first arrival. A duplicate of this cer- T. D. 18687. tificate shall be issued to the person who makes the entry, if required by him.

ART. 679. If the goods are found to disagree with the description contained in the entry and invoice, the collector may withhold the above certificate, retain possession of the goods, and report the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury.

ART. 680. Thirty days will be allowed for the return to ports of first arrival of certificates of delivery from all ports of destination, except when the transportation is made to or from ports on the Pacific coast, in which case sixty days will be allowed.

Merchandise intended for immediate transportation may nevertheless be entered at the port of first arrival for consumption, or warehouse, with appraisement, if the importer so prefers.

ART. 681. The instructions of June 11, 1888, as to locks T. D. 8896. and seals, will be held to apply to transportation under these regulations:

Any person maliciously opening, breaking, or entering, by any R. S., 2998. means whatever, any car, vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package containing any such merchandise so delivered for transportation, or removing, injuring, breaking, or defacing any lock or seal placed upon such car, vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package, or aiding, abetting, or encouraging any other person or persons so to remove, break, injure, or deface such locks or seals, or to open, break, or

R. S., 3063.

Act June 10, 1880, sec. 10.

Act Feb. 23,

7550, 8075, 8109.

enter such car, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to remove or cause to be removed unlawfully any merchandise therein, or in any manner to injure or defraud the United States; and any person receiving any merchandise unlawfully removed from any such car, vessel, or vehicle, knowing it to have been so unlawfully removed, shall be guilty of felony, and in addition to any penalties heretofore prescribed shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years.

No railway car, or engine, or other vehicle, or team, used by any person or corporation, as common carriers, in the transaction of their business as such common carriers, shall be subject to forfeiture by force of these provisions unless it shall appear that the owner, superintendent, or agent of the owner in charge thereof at the time of such unlawful importation or transportation thereon or thereby was a consenting party, or privy to such illegal importation or transportation.

ART. 682. Collectors shall keep daily registers of all entries passed for immediate transportation and of all entries received by mail from other ports, the serial entry number at the port of first arrival being stated in all cases, and shall render monthly returns to the Auditor for the Treasury Department of all unappraised merchandise entered at their respective ports for immediate transportation and of all such merchandise so received.

ART. 683. Liens for freight attach to merchandise transported under these regulations, at the ports of delivery, and whenever collectors at such ports shall have been notified of such liens, the merchandise shall be held by them until the same are discharged. (See "Liens for Freight.")

ART. 684. Passengers' baggage imported into the ports of entry named in article 654, which shall appear by the 6615, manifest of the importing vessel or other satisfactory evidence to be destined to either of the ports of delivery specified in the same article, may be shipped immediately to either of said last-named ports upon a baggage entry thereof being made, in the form hereinafter prescribed, by the owners of said baggage personally, or by agent or consignee.

Such entry shall be in triplicate, and consist of a general description of the contents of the said baggage, specifying the packages entered as free, and any of the goods in said baggage which are dutiable, and the value of the same; and each of said triplicates shall have attached thereto an extract of the manifest of the importing vessel relating to the baggage set forth in said entry, certified by the collector of customs or his deputy, one copy of which entry and a certified extract of the manifest shall

be filed in the office of the collector of the port of entry as a permanent record.

ART. 685. Thereupon the entry and the required extract of the manifest must be compared by the collector, who will estimate the duties, if any, thereon, note the estimate on the face of the entry, and transmit the papers to the naval officer, if there be one, who will make a similar comparison and return the papers to the collector. Should the extract of the manifest not be obtained, the entry must contain a memorandum of the satisfactory evidence upon which it is permitted.

The entry shall be in the form prescribed in Cat. No. 934. ART. 686. The entry having been completed, the subsequent proceedings as to shipment, transportation, and delivery shall, in all particulars, conform to the regula tions governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement.

On arrival at the port of destination, the conductor, master, or agent will report to the collector the fact that the goods have arrived, and deliver the manifest to him. The collector will compare this manifest with the entry and manifest received by mail, and will direct an inspector to take charge of the car, vessel, vehicle, safe, or trunk. The inspector will report the condition of the fastenings. ART. 687. All invoices of merchandise intended for immediate transportation without appraisement shall be made in quadruplicate, all of the copies to be duly certi- See T. D. 16894. fied by the consul, one of the copies to be used in making entry at the port of first arrival in the United States and one for making entry at the port of delivery. The consul shall retain one copy in his office and transmit the other to the collector at the port of destination.

Sec. 5, act of June 10, 1880.

Section 4 of the Administrative Act does not apply to entries made at the first port of arrival under the act of T.D. 17136. June 10, 1880, and entries for immediate transportation, under said act, may be made at the port of first arrival on pro forma invoices, in the absence of certified invoices, without the filing of a bond at such port for the production of certified invoices, but such bond will be required on entry at port of destination.

T. D. 2171.

Treaty regulations, art. 1.

R. S., 2866.
R. S., 3100.

T. D. 2171.

Treaty regulations, art. 2.

CHAPTER VIII.

ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT UNDER THE TREATY
OF WASHINGTON AND THE LAWS RELATING THERETO.

NOTE. The regulations concerning the entry and transmission of merchandise to and from the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America over the territory of the United States, and vice versa, having been mutually agreed upon by the Governments of the two countries, were officially promulgated on March 30, 1875, and will govern the action of collectors and all other officers and persons concerned pending the final determination of the question whether or not the treaty of Washington was abrogated under the President's proclamation of January 31, 1885.

A list of the designated ports from which imported merchandise may be shipped in bond in transit through the United States to or from the Dominion of Canada is hereto appended.

§ 1. IMPORTATIONS FROM CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY OF

DOMINION OF CANADA.

ART. 688. All vessels, from any foreign contiguous territory of the Dominion of Canada, with cargo, accompanied by the ordinary form of manifest, must be actually unladen at the port of first arrival in the United States for the inspection, entry, and appraisement of such cargo; or an inspector may be placed on board at such port, at the request of the master, owner, or consignee of the cargo, and at his expense, who shall accompany the vessel to the place of destination, and, if it be in another district, deliver her to the collector thereof, or, if it be in the same district, superintend the unlading, and inspect the cargo.

ART. 689. On the arrival of any boat of less than 5 tons burden, or any railway car, not passing over a continuous route, or other carriage or vehicle on said frontiers, from foreign territory, the master, conductor, or other person in charge will be required to produce to the collector or deputy collector at the first port of entry on the frontier a manifest of all the merchandise brought into the United States on such boat, car, or vehicle, and make oath thereto.

FORM NO. 55 (OLD No. 45).

Manifest of goods in boat of less than five tons, car, or other vehicle.

Report and manifest of merchandise laden on board the cars (or other vehicle or boat, specifying it) of whereof

is conductor (or driver, or master, or as the case may be), which merchandise was taken on board at the places severally specified,

I,

(Signature.)

(Official designation.)

-, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the report and manifest subscribed with my name, as now delivered by me to the collector or deputy collector of the port of , contains, to the

best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all goods, wares, and merchandise, including packages of every kind whatsoever, which constitute the contents or lading of said boat (car, or other vehicle), and the said manifest contains a just and true account of the lading of said boat (car, or other vehicle), when the same first arrived within the limits of the United States, and that I have been, since the arrival of said boat (car, or other vehicle) within the United States, master of said vessel (or the conductor of said car, or in charge of said vehicle), and that no package whatsoever, nor any goods, wares, or merchandise, have been taken out, unladen, or in any way removed from said boat (car, or other vehicle) since its arrival within the United States.

And I further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any other or greater quantity of goods, wares, or merchandise of any nature or kind whatsoever 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 of

Sworn (or affirmed) before me this

PoᎡᎢ OF

day of

Collector (or Deputy Collector).

lations, art. 3.

ART. 690. The merchandise having been duly entered, Treaty reguand the estimated duties paid, or bond given for warehousing, the collector, acting as appraiser, will make a careful examination and appraisement of the same.

Should it be impracticable for want of requisite information or for other cause to make such appraisement immediately, the merchandise will be detained until such appraisement is completed, unless the importer, consignee, or agent shall give the bond required by law, when the package designated for examination only will be detained and the balance of the importation may be permitted to go forward.

But no goods will be allowed to leave the custody of the

R. S., 2899.