Whenever cargo is being discharged from any vessel at night under the supervision of an inspector, the night inspector assigned to such vessel will not interfere with such landing so long as the inspector is present in charge thereof; but night inspectors are authorized to demand to see, and the inspector is required to exhibit, the night permit for the working of the vessel. If merchandise is landed from a vessel when no inspector is present, the night inspector will stop the landing and report the fact the next day to the surveyor or other proper officer. Coal, ballast, or cargo may be taken into a vessel at night in the absence of the inspector, but the permit to do so must be exhibited to the night inspector.

ART. 1630. Night inspectors are required to stop any person or persons who may leave the vessel, store, or warehouse in their custody; and if they have reasonable cause to suspect that such person or persons are attempting to smuggle any merchandise, they will examine such person or persons and any package of any kind in his or their possession. Searches of suspected persons should, if possible, be made in the presence of another officer or a citizen. They are directed to question any person who may attempt to go on board the vessel to which they are assigned in the night, and to satisfy themselves of his right to go on board. They are required to keep a strict watch upon any small boat which may come near any wharf or vessel under their charge, and to take all necessary precautions to prevent smuggling by such boats. They are required to arrest any person or persons in the act of smuggling foreign merchandise, and to call for the assistance of the police or of citizens to aid them in so doing, and to seize, take possession of, and secure any merchandise which has been smuggled or landed illegally from any vessel during the night.

ART. 1631. At ports where captains and lieutenants of night inspectors are appointed, they shall assign the force to duty and make daily reports of such assignments, together with any negligence, absence, or misconduct. They shall see that the night inspectors perform the duties assigned to them, that all seizures and arrests are promptly reported, and that the orders of the surveyor are obeyed.

Female inspectors.

ART. 1632. Upon the arrival of a steamship from a for- R. S., 3064. eign port, notice will be sent to the female inspectors to attend at the place where the baggage of the passengers

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of the steamer is to be landed, and upon receiving such notice they will report without delay to the deputy surveyor, or the officer in charge of the vessel, and there remain until relieved from further attendance. They are required to keep themselves informed of the time when steamers are expected, so that upon receipt of notice thereof they may be ready to report for duty in proper time. All merchandise or articles subject to duty which are seized by them must be sent to the seizure room and reports made thereof.

Discharging inspectors.

ART. 1633. Discharging inspectors are assigned to vessels for the purpose of examining the cargoes and superintending the unlading and storing or delivery thereof, so as to prevent loss to the revenue of the United States through failure to secure any lawful duties. They will send to the nearest post-office all letters, packages, and bags containing mail matter, take an account thereof, superintend the delivery to the postmaster, and obtain a receipt therefor.

They will obtain from the masters of vessels lists of the articles reported by them at the custom-house as sea stores, compare the articles with the list, seal or secure all unbroken packages of dutiable goods claimed as stores, and report the same, with any excess of stores, to collectors or surveyors.

ART. 1634. Specie and valuables, usually in charge of the pursers of steamships, must be taken possession of by discharging inspectors as soon as possible after they first go on board the vessels. The special place or room where such specie and valuables are deposited, and the safe or the packages containing the same must be locked with custom-house locks, or otherwise secured, until delivered on a permit from the proper customs officers.

ART. 1635. The samples of the cargo of a vessel and samples of no mercantile value brought as such in any steamship will, as soon as practicable, be sent by discharging inspectors to the appraiser's store.

ART. 1636. They will report to the collector any perishable and explosive articles among the cargoes to be discharged. They will endeavor to save to the owners of goods intended for immediate export or transportation the cost of sending their goods to warehouse, by retaining them on the vessel or wharf till the owners can obtain a delivery permit, provided that such retention

does not delay the unlading of other goods or is not protracted beyond the period named in the general order.

ART. 1637. They will seize all goods imported or removed in violation of law, and will not permit any goods to be removed from the landing places thereof until they R. S., have been weighed, gauged, measured, or the proof ascertained, if so ordered, and will require persons charged with the unlading of goods to properly separate, assort, and arrange the goods on the wharves for the convenience of customs weighers, gaugers, measurers, and markers.

ART. 1638. Discharging inspectors are empowered to require cartmen or lightermen engaged in the transportation of dutiable goods from vessels to warehouses or public stores to produce their licenses or authority to carry such goods, and will report to surveyors any disobedience of customs orders or regulations.

ART. 1639. Discharging inspectors will send with each load of goods ordered to warehouse or public store an unsigned receipt describing the marks, numbers, and supposed contents of the packages, and require the same to be returned, with the signature of the officer in charge of the warehouse or store thereupon, before again employing the drayman or lighterman to whom the receipt was intrusted. Should any alteration of quantity appear on the receipt when returned, inspectors will go personally and verify its correctness.

ART. 1640. They will not allow ballast, cargo, or coal to be taken on board their vessels while discharging, except on a lading permit; and where such permits are granted inspectors will report whenever the execution of the same is attended with danger to the revenue.

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ART. 1641. They will not unlade or deliver goods direct R. 8., 2871 from a foreign port before the hour of sunrise or after the hour of sunset, except upon a special license issued to the vessel whose discharge by night is desired; but goods to be transported in bond from port of first arrival may be unladen after sunset without special license.

ART. 1642. Whenever the discharge of a vessel under the revenue laws extends beyond the hours of sunset the additional pay of the discharging officers is to be borne by the persons accommodated by the extension of the hours of discharge, as fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. ART. 1643. Discharging inspectors will not leave their R. S., 2877. vessels for any cause without the consent of the surveyor, nor go below deck, nor leave at night without closing hatches and locking or sealing them, so as to prevent the

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landing of cargo during their absence, nor until relieved by the night inspectors, when they shall call the attention of the latter to goods remaining on the wharves. When two or more inspectors are assigned to a vessel they shall remain on board as long as their services are required, and shall not leave the vessel for any purpose, nor go below deck for meals, unless one of their number be left in charge.

ART. 1644. They will cancel and remove all customs seals before delivering goods not destined for further transportation under security of such seals, and will report all cases in which customs seals appear to have been improperly manipulated.

ART. 1645. It is incumbent upon discharging inspectors to check out the cargo, identifying it by marks and numbers, and to enter in a book, to be known as a discharging book, a record of all permits or orders for the delivery of goods, showing the names of the persons in whose behalf the permits or orders are granted; the entry or bond number as indicated by the permit; the particulars specified in the permits or orders; the marks, numbers, and descriptions of the packages ordered to be and actually unladen; to what public stores, warehouses, or other places the respective lots of goods have been sent. discharging book of each cargo is to be duly signed and delivered to the surveyor as soon as the vessel is fully discharged.

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ART. 1646. As soon as practicable, and within three days after the complete discharge of any vessel, they will render a return of such discharge to the surveyor, which shall agree with the discharging book, and be accompanied by the permits and orders of discharge and the acknowledgments of delivery as vouchers. They will first enter therein the baggage permit, if there is one, and will then enter, separately: First, all free permits; second, all consumption permits; third, all warehouse permits; fourth, all permits for the delivery of "I. T." goods to surveyor; fifth, all permits for delivery to surveyor of merchandise for transport or export, designating in the proper column such packages as were landed, sent to warehouse, or delivered to surveyor, and omitting the packages which were ordered on the permits to be sent to the appraiser's store, the last-named packages to be stated in the appraiser's store column. On the return of merchandise landed on consumption permits the entry number must in each instance be stated, and for merchandise

delivered in bond, whether for warehouse, exportation, or transportation, the bond number must be stated on the return. In the marginal column must be noted all packages "sent previous to receipt" of permit, or "not agreeing with permit," or "not found on board;" and opposite to the entry of each warehouse permit the designated warehouse to which the merchandise was sent; or, if delivered to surveyor, the place of ultimate destination. Special care must be taken to state the correct date of the landing of merchandise from the vessel, and if it was landed on more than one day, the first and last day on which each lot was landed must be stated. After the permits above mentioned are entered, the inspector will enter, under the proper designation, all packages, by marks and numbers, which have been sent either to appraiser's store, sample office, general-order store, or elsewhere by special order, and all passengers' baggage sent to public store. For all packages a proper receipt will be required, to correspond with the return. After accounting for the cargo, he must enter, at the end of his return, a list of all the sea stores and of all the coal remaining in the vessel. Such returns shall be signed by the inspectors, respectively, under whose superintendence the deliveries have been made. The names of weighers, gaugers, or measurers who have performed any duty in connection with the cargo will also be stated.

ART. 1647. Discharging inspectors will make report of goods remaining on board their vessels after the expiration R. S., 2888. of the authorized time for discharge, in order that collectors may take possession of such goods as unclaimed. Before reporting their vessel as fully discharged they will make careful personal examination of all parts of such vessel.

Cigar inspectors.

ART. 1648. In the inspection of cigars an inspecting R. S., 3402. officer will affix a customs stamp to each box and cancel the same by placing thereon the port of entry, a serial number, and the name of the inspector. This will be done after the cigars have been examined, weighed, and appraised by the appraising officer and before they are withdrawn for consumption. The inspectors will see that the required internal-revenue stamps are placed upon all cigars intended for consumption, at the expense of the importer, before they are withdrawn from warehouse at the port of final destination.

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