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 Trrtrz xxx1v.——COLLEC'I`IN OF DUTIES.——Ch. 4. 553 sul, vice-consul, or commercial agent at or nearest to the port of clearance for the United States. Sno, 2857. Whenever, from a change of the destination of an mer- Change ofdestichandise. after the production of the invoice thereof to the consuf; vice- m*ii°¤· consul, or commercial agent. or from other cause, the tri licate trans- {Mu, igagj mitted to the collector of the port to which such merchandise was orig- 76, s. 1,v.12,p.738. inally destined, is not receive at the port where the same actually arrives, and where it is desired to make entry thereof, the merchandise may be admitted to an entry on the execution by the owner, consignee, or agent. of a bond., with sufficient security, in double the amount of duty apparentlv due, conditioned for the yment of the duty which shall be found to be actually due thereon. 'lilie collector of the port where such entry shall be made shall immediately notify the consul, vice-consul, o1· commercial agent to whom such invoice has been roduced, to transmit to such collector a certified copy thereof; and such consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent shall transmit the same accordingly without delay; and the duty shall not be finally liquidated until such triplicate, or a certified .copy thereof, shall have been received. Such liquidation, however. shall not be delayed longer than eighteen months from the time of making such entry. Sec. 2858. Whenever, from accident or other cause., it has become Remissionoiiorimpracticable for the person desiring to make entry of any merchandise, f€1t¤*°,1¤ *2*6 of to produce, at the time of making such entry, any invoice thereof, as [‘Ls°f"“'°'E'?;__ hereinbefore required, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury 3 Mar., 1863, c. to authorize the entry of such merchandise upon such terms and in accord- mv · 1»"·12»P·739· ance with such general or special regulations as he may prescribe. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby invested with the like powers of remission in cases of forfeiture arising under the foregoing provisions as in other cases of forfeiture under the revenue laws. [Mss 5860» 5361-1 Sec. 2859. The six preceding sections shall not apply to countries Countries exwhere there is no consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent of the United °°Pl·°d f“f¥“. f°"°' States. And whenever the value of the imported merchandise does not exceed one hundred dollars, the collector may admit it to entry without 3 MM-. 1863; c- the production of the triplicate invoice, and without submittin the ques- 7°§“£3'·1%81g6’ tion to the Secretary of the Treasury, if be is satisfied that the neglect 201, ,,_ Q v_1g1p; to produce such invoice was unintentional and that the importation was 182. made in good faith, and without any purpose of defrauding or evading the revenue laws. Sec. 2860. Exceptas allowed in the four preceding sections, no mer- 1`i}<:°¤**'>f**ll9W°d chandise imported from any foreign place or country shall be admitted ;‘;;8g;'t&;”V°‘"" to an entry unless the invoice presented in all respects conforms to the -44-- requirements of sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three, twenty- 763 }f*"’·i;86iZ3g· eight hundred and fifty-four, and twenty-eight hundred and fifty-five, JL; ig,-,; 0; and has thereon the certificate of the consul, vice-consul, or commercial 39], ,_ loft, 18: p, agent in those sections specified, nor unless the invoice is verified at the 188. time of making such entry by the oath of the owner or consignee, or of the authorized a ent of the owner or consignee, certifying that the invoice and the decfaration thereon are in all respiects true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to ave been made, nor, unless the triplicate transmitted by the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent to the collector has been received by him. Rm. ti Sec. 2861. No consular officer of the United States shall grant a certifi— comm {5,, °;,r,§,lf cate for merchandise shipped from countries adjacent to the lnited States, 6am_ Which have passed a consulate after purchase for shipment. [Su $1717. Nv-1  ]ggb_i}87{l-z. ,s. ,v. 1,p. . Sec. 2862. All consular officers are hereby authorized to require, before Consuls to exact certifying any invoice under the provisions of the preceding_sections, P"°°f°f ‘“"°“`°· satisfactory evidence, either by the oath of the person presenting such 3 Mar:, isq.5, c. invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct and true. In the 111. V- 1-*. 1¤·¤32- exercise of the discretion hereby {given, the consular officers shall be governed by such general or specia regulations or instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State. [see; 1715.]