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far as to require the person in charge thereof to furnish to the collector of customs information of the kinds, quantities, and values of such commodities: And provided further, That nothing contained in the foregoing shall be held as applicable to goods in transit between American ports by routes passing through foreign territory or to merchandise in transit between places in the Dominion of Canada by routes passing through the United States, or to merchandise arriving at the ports designated under the authority of section three thousand and five of the Revised Statutes, and which may be destined for places in the Republic of Mexico.

$4. LAW AS TO TONNAGE MOVEMENT AND PASSENGERS.

ART. 1884. Every collector shall keep an accurate account of the national character, net tonnage, and motive power of all vessels which depart from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries. for which such vessels depart; and also an accurate account of the national character, net tonnage, and motive power of all vessels which enter his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries from such vessels arrive.

ART. 1885. Collectors of customs to whom shall be delivered the manifest or list of passengers prescribed by the twelfth section of the act approved March 3, 1855, and subsequent acts, shall make returns of passengers who are not immigrants from such manifest or list of passengers to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States [Bureau of Statistics] in such manner as shall be prescribed by that officer.

5. REGULATIONS AS TO EXPORTS BY LAND VEHICLES AND

FERRYBOATS.

ART. 1886. The foregoing provision of law [Art. 1883] applies only to articles intended to be exported by land carriage or ferryboat to or through adjacent foreign territory for a market. It does not apply to articles shipped from one part of the United States to another part thereof across foreign territory, whether for exportation from the latter point or otherwise, nor to merchandise passing through the United States in transit from one foreign country to another, or from one portion of a foreign country to another portion thereof, across the territory of the United States.

R. S. 337.

18 Stat., 42, act May 7, 1874.

ART. 1887. The list or manifest of articles to be exported, required to be furnished by the person exporting them, or by his agent, to the collector of customs of the frontier customs district of the United States through which the articles are transported into the foreign country, shall be in the following form:

FORM 208.

OWNER'S OR AGENT'S MANIFEST OF ARTICLES EXPORTED BY RAILWAY.

List, or manifest, of articles of domestic production or manufacture, and of foreign articles, free of duty or duty paid, delivered by (name of owner or agent) to (name of railway or transportation company, station, and agent) for exportation to (place of intended destination in foreign country) via (name of last port in United States whence the articles pass into the foreign country).

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[name of owner, shipper, or consignor], hereby certify that the above is a full and true statement of the kinds, quantities, and values, and destination of all the articles delivered by me for exportation as aforesaid.

[Residence of owner or agent] [Date]

Owner or agent.

Any owner or agent may include in a single manifest all articles exported by him on one train.

ART. 1888. The manifest of the owner, or of his agent, will be transmitted and delivered to the collector of customs at the last port in the United States through which such commodities pass into foreign territory, in such manner as the exporter may elect; but to obviate delay at the frontier port, it is recommended that the manifest be intrusted to the railway or transportation company, to be carried along with the goods and delivered by such company with the car manifest which said company is also required to deliver to the collector at the frontier port before the goods can pass into the foreign territory. Care should be taken by exporters and railway companies that the shipper's and car manifests provided by

sections 1887 and 1891 shall be left at the last point in the United States whence the merchandise finally passes into adjacent territory for export. For instance, the shipper's and car manifests of domestic merchandise which leaves the United States at Sault Ste. Marie, Detroit, or Port Huron, passes through Canada, reenters the United States at Lowelltown, Me., and is finally exported through Vanceboro in the customs district of Bangor, Me., should not be delivered up at the first point of departure from the United States into Canada, but the merchandise should be listed as for export via Vanceboro, and the shipper's and car manifests above indicated should be invariably retained and delivered up to the customs officer at Vanceboro, and not at the first point of crossing from the United States into Canada en route through Vanceboro. This regulation applies to much of the east-bound exports over the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads, as well as to others when like conditions attend the traffic.

ART. 1889. The manifests of owners or shippers of goods to be exported, intrusted to railway and transportation companies and collectors of customs, should be treated as confidential, and their contents should not be disclosed to outside parties without the consent of the Government, and then not in such manner as to disclose the business of individuals.

ART. 1890. The law further provides that no railway car containing commodities the product or manufacture of the United States, or foreign goods, duty paid or free of duty, intended to be exported to any foreign country, shall be permitted hereafter to leave the United States until the agent of the railway or transportation company, or person having such car in charge, shall deliver to the customs officer at the last port of the United States through which the commodities pass into foreign territory a manifest thereof, which shall specify the kinds and quantities of the commodities in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

One car manifest is sufficient, however, for any number T. D. 15502. of cars in the same train containing the same commodity and consigned to the same person, firm, or company.

ART. 1891. The car manifest which the railway or transportation company is required to deliver to the customs officer must exhibit the marks, numbers, description, and quantities of the goods corresponding to those contained in the manifest thereof furnished by the person exporting

the goods, or his agent, but is not required to show their values; and shall be in the following form:

FORM 209.

CAR MANIFEST OF ARTICLES EXPORTED BY RAILWAY.

List, or manifest, of articles of domestic production or manufacture, and of foreign articles free of duty or duty paid, laden on board car [or cars] No. [or Nos.], to be transported by the

railway (or- transportation company) to Canada (or Mexico) via (name of port on the frontier where the goods pass into foreign territory).

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[name of agent or employee of the railway or transportation company], certify that the above is a true statement of the kinds and quantities of all the articles of domestic product or manufacture, and foreign articles, duty paid or free of duty, laden on car [or cars] No. [or Nos.], for transportation and expor[name of country to which destined]. [Place or station of agent]

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ART. 1892. The collector of the customs district through which the commodities to be exported finally pass into foreign territory will detain at the frontier port any railway car containing such commodities until the manifest of the railway or transportation company, prescribed in article 1891, is delivered to him; and until the manifest, exhibiting the kinds, quantities, and values of the several commodities required by article 1887, shall have been delivered to said collector, by the person exporting such commodities, or by his agent; or the information required by article 1894, satisfactory to such customs officer is furnished him as to the kinds, quantities, and values of the domestic and foreign free or duty-paid commodities laden on such

car.

ART. 1893. The agent or employé of any transportation company who shall transport such commodities into a foreign country before the delivery to the collector of customs of the manifests, or information, as above required

will be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

ART. 1894. The information satisfactory to the customs officer of the contents of the car, required by law to be furnished him, in case the manifests of the owners, shippers, or consignors of the articles, for good reason shown, are not delivered to the collector of customs as provided by article 1887, will be a manifest or list of the articles laden on the car for export, which must show the kinds, quantities, and values of the articles and their destination, made up as accurately as possible by the railway or transportation company transporting the same, from an examination of the contents of the car by an officer of the customs and an employé of said railway or transportation company.

ART. 1895. The law further declares that its provisions shall apply to commodities transported to the frontier in railway cars for exportation and transshipment to adjacent foreign territory in ferryboats or vehicles, so far as to require the person in charge thereof to furnish to the collector of customs of the frontier port information of the kinds, quantities, and values of such commodities.

ART. 1896. The form of the manifest to be delivered to the collector of customs by the person in charge of such vehicle or ferryboat shall be as follows:

FORM 210.

MANIFEST OF ARTICLES EXPORTED IN VEHICLES OR FERRYBOATS.

List, or manifest, of articles of domestic production or manufacture, and of foreign articles free of duty or duty paid, intended to be exported to (place of intended destination in foreign country) in (state whether in vehicles or ferryboat, and if in the latter, give name).

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[name of person in charge of vehicle or ferryboat], certify that the above is a full and true statement of the kinds, quantities, and values, and destination of all the articles in my charge for exportation as aforesaid.

[Place] [Date]

In charge.

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