5 months. Nine months will be allowed for transportation of merchandise in bond between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States via Cape Horn. And if transportation within the time prescribed be retarded by accident or other unavoidable cause, the collector at the port of destination may, on regular protest and due proof of the facts, receive the goods, or any part thereof, within a reasonable time thereafter; and in such case the certificate of delivery shall be accompanied by a statement of the cause of the delay, certified by such collector. But, if the time named in the bond shall be extended or if the bond shall, before actual delivery of the merchandise at the place of destination, be canceled upon payment of the penalty or other lawful terms, notification thereof will be promptly transmitted, by the collector holding the bond, to the chief officer of customs at the port of destination. ART. 845. The transportation bond having been duly executed, a permit will be issued directing the storekeeper to deliver the goods to the surveyor of the port for shipment, in accordance with the withdrawal and subject to the same supervision as is required in cases of exportation of imported merchandise to foreign countries. Such permit will be made out on Form Cat. No. 741. ART. 846. A copy of the withdrawal will at the same time be transmitted to the surveyor, with directions indorsed thereon requiring the merchandise described therein to be laden for transportation in the following form: FORM NO. 88 (OLD No. 68). Order of collector to examine and superintend lading of goods. To the SURVEYOR OF THE PORT: PORT OF You will direct the inspector to examine the goods described in this withdrawal, and, if found to agree exactly therewith, to superintend the lading thereof on board the [here insert vessel, cars, or vehicles to be used] for transportation to in bond, of which, when completed, he will make due return. Naval Officer. The return of the inspector upon this withdrawal will be as follows: FORM NO. 89 (OLD No. 69). Inspector's return. PORT OF I have examined the goods described in the within withdrawal, and, finding them to agree in all respects with the description thereof, they have been laden under my supervision on board the [here state the route and vessel, car, or other vehicle, and, if secured by customs lock or seal, so state] for transportation to I further certify that a manifest of the same has been delivered to the [master or conductor]. Inspector of Customs. The surveyor will, immediately after shipment for transportation, return the copy of withdrawal transmitted to him, with his action indorsed thereon, to the collector. ART. 847. In all cases of shipment for transportation in bond, separate manifests in triplicate must be prepared for each vessel, car, or other vehicle used for that purpose, signed by the master or proper agent of the vessel, railroad, or other company by whom the transportation is made, and certified and delivered by the inspector, which manifest must contain a description of the merchandise by marks, numbers, and contents, the route, conveyance, port of destination, names of shipper and consignee. In case of transportation by railroad and other companies, the manifest in form Cat. No. 744 is to be prepared by them or their agent; if by coastwise vessel, by the inspector or shipping officer. ART. 848. The inspector in charge of the lading must see that these manifests are provided for each vessel or car, in triplicate, in which the goods under each transportation entry and bond must be specified, and that the manifests are correct by actual comparison with the merchandise at time of lading, and shall certify each of the triplicate manifests by indorsement thereon. FORM NO. 90. PORT OF I certify that the within manifest is correct; that the merchandise therein described has been laden under my supervision on board [add number of car or name and description of vessel, and if secured by lock or seal, so state]. Inspector of Customs. The inspector will deliver one of the manifests to the conductor of the car or master of the vessel, and return the others to the custom-house. ART. 849. To enable the proper entry for rewarehousing to be made, the collector of the port where the goods are withdrawn will transmit promptly to the collector of the port for which they may be destined the triplicate copy of the transportation withdrawal, with a copy of the invoice and with the triplicate copy of the manifest attached. The copy of invoice will be duly certified as such, and will have transcribed upon it the report of the appraisers. R. S., 2994. R. S., 2998; T. D. 2505,2530. ART. 850. Goods in bulk, and articles upon which duties are estimated by weight, gauge, or measure, must be examined before delivery for transportation, and the weight, gauge, or measure ascertained and specified on the entry and on the triplicate copy thereof, with detailed statement of same by marks and numbers, if in packages. Distilled spirits, in casks of all sizes, must have the number of bung or other holes legibly branded on the exterior, and sealed, at the owner's expense, to prevent alteration or adulteration in the transit. ART. 851. The collector, before delivery, will have all such boxes and cases as he may deem necessary corded and sealed with lead seals in proper manner, at the expense of the owner. If the transportation be made by a continuous route and under customs locks or seals, so that dutiable merchandise in bond may be carried from the port or place of shipment to the port of destination without opening or change of cars or vessel, or transshipment of the merchandise, the cording and sealing will not be required. ART. 852. After a railway car has been laden with dutiable merchandise for transportation under bond, the customs officers will seal the openings of the cars so laden, place thereon the tags or other safeguards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and require the railway officials, having the control of said car, to furnish and put on, in close proximity to the place where the said openings are sealed, a red card, 34 by 44 inches in size, with the following words printed thereon in black letters in the following order, commencing at the top of the card, to wit: 1. U. S. customs. 2. Bonded merchandise. 3. From 4. (Departure.) Date: 5. To 6. (Arrival.) Date: NOTICE.-Seals are to be removed from this car by customs officers only. Penalty for violating this rule is imprisonment. ART. 853. Each package must be legibly marked with the name of the port from and to which the goods are to be transported, except that such packages as can not conveniently or without injury be marked with stencil plate or brush may have labels with like inscription securely attached thereto. The direction whether to be marked or labeled will be given in the transportation permit. The marking and labeling must be done by and at the expense of the owner or shipper of the merchandise. All goods withdrawn for transportation shall be transferred to and from the vessel, car, or warehouse by carts, drays, or lighters authorized to carry other goods in bond. ART. 854. Merchandise transported in bond must in all cases, on arrival at the port of destination, be immediately reported to the collector by delivery of the manifest sent with the goods; or, in case of its loss, by other like manifest, with notice of such arrival, and the place where the vessel, car, and merchandise are to be found indorsed thereon, signed by the master of the vessel or agent of the transportation company or consignee of the goods. And all merchandise transported in bond must be actually delivered to the proper officers of the customs on arrival at the port of destination. ART. 855. Goods transported under bond from one port of the United States to another and arriving in advance of the transportation papers, or which from any cause are not duly and promptly entered for rewarehouse on arrival at the port of destination, are to be taken in possession by the collector and kept as unclaimed goods. On completion of rewarehouse entry and bond the goods. may be transferred to such bonded warehouse as the consignee may designate. $11. REWAREHOUSING OF MERCHANDISE TRANSPORTED IN BOND. ART. 856. On arrival at the port of destination, the T.D. 8697, triplicate copy of the transportation withdrawal, with copy of the invoices attached, having been received, the merchandise must be immediately entered for rewarehousing by the consignee named in the transportation withdrawal. If, however, the consignee refuse to make entry, the collector shall notify the collector of the port at which the transportation bond was given of the fact, and the goods shall not be sold as unclaimed until the parties on the bond have opportunity to protect their interests. This entry must correspond with the withdrawal at the last port, as regards the description of the goods. FORM NO. 91 (OLD No. 70). Rewarehousing entry. Bond No. Entry of merchandise intended to be rewarehoused bywhich was originally imported into the port of -, from on the in the day of on the by and withday of for transportation to this district by [route or vessel], and consigned to T. D. 13462. T. D. 13462. T. D. 6800. Consignee. No declaration shall be required for entries for rewarehousing. A duly authorized warehouse shall be designated on such entry, and the collector will take a rewarehousing bond in a penal sum equal to double the amount of the duties. ART. 857. The collector will thereupon issue a permit, Cat. No. 707, directing the goods to be sent to the designated warehouse, and also an order, Cat. No. 708, to the storekeeper to receive the goods. When the merchandise has been received by the inspector, and stored as directed, he will indorse his action on the permit. The rewarehouse permit to send the goods to store, with the requisite certificates, must be returned promptly by the inspector to the collector. ART. 858. No reexamination is required of merchandise thus entered for rewarehouse, but duty will be assessed according to the appraiser's return at the port of original entry. ART. 859. When the collector is satisfied that the goods so deposited are the identical goods described in the entry and invoice received by him from the collector at the port of withdrawal, and it appears that the same were correctly classified and appraised, he will issue certificates of de Total. DISTRICT OF Port of Dutiable value of each package. |