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 556 Trrms xxx1v.——COLLECTlON OF DUTlES.»-Ch. 5. Wim a permit Sec. 2870. All permits shall specify, as particularly as may be, the {Dust Emi merchandise to be delivered, namely, the number and escription of the 2 Mar., 1799, c. ckagcs, whether trunk, bale, chest, box, case, pipe, hogshead, barrel, 22,¤·49,v·1,p-66% ktdg, or any other packages whatever, with the mar and number of each package, and, as far as circumstances will admit, the contents thereof, together with the names of the vessel and master, in which and the place from whence they were imported; and no merchandise shall be delivered by any inspector or other officer of the customs that docs not fully agree with the descri tion thereof in such permit. License to un- Sec. 2871. Ilhe collector of customs, with the concurrence of the naval had M ‘}{g‘!h*-__ officer, where there is one, of any port at which a steamship from a for- 3 Mm-_, 1813, c, eign port or place may arrive, upon or after the issuing of a general order, 240, v. 17, p. 579- shall grant, upon proper application therefor, aspecial license to unlade the cargo of said vessel at night, that is to say, between sunset and sunrise, but before any such special license is granted, the master, agents, or consignees of the vessel shall execute and deliver to the collector a good and sufhcient bond, to be approved by him, conditioned to indemnify and save the collector harmless fiom any and all losses and liabilities which may occur or be occasioned b reason of the granting of such special license. And any liability of the master or owner of any such steamship to the owner or consignee of any merchandise landed from her shall not be aifected by the granting of such special license or of any general order, but such liability shall continue until the merchandise is properly removed from the dock whereon the same may be landed. The collector, under such general regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, shall tix a uniform and reasonable rate of compensation for like service, to be paid by the master, owne1·, or consignee, whenever such special license is granted, and shall collect and distribute the same among the ins ectors assigned to superintend the unlading of the cargo. Timeofdelivery. Sho. 2872. Except as authorized by the preceding section, no mer- chandise brought in any vessel from any foreign port shall be unladen 22, s. 50, v.1, p.665. or delivered from such vessel within the United States but in openday—— that is  say, between the rising and the setting of the sun—except by 8 C,.__ mg', j-,,,; special license from the collector of the port, and naval officer of the brig Concord, 9 same, where there is one, for that pugose, nor at any time without a Cr·,387; The·T¤h¤ rmit from the collector, and nava officer, if any, for such unlading or Griliin, 15 Wall., g;1;va,.y_ 29; Jackson 1-. U. S., 4 Mss., 186; The Gertrude, 3 Story, 68. Pennltyfcr rm- Sec. 2873. lf any merchandise hall be unladen or delivered from any l’·“'f“l d°l“'°"Y· vessel, contrary to the preceding section, the master of such vessel, and ` every other person who shall knowingly be concerned, or aiding therein, 22,s. 50,v.1,p.665. or in removing, storing, or otherwise securing such merchan ise, shall ———-1- each be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars for each offense, and CrM§§;_"g£§6£ shall be disabled from holding any office of trust or profit under the ,,_ fi_S_’i; C,." wg, United States, for a term not exceeding seven years; and the collector The Gertrude, 3 of the district shall advertise the name of such person in a newspaper Smfy, 68; U- S- v· printed in the State in which he resides, within twenty days after each ?#m€°'gj 3M,,'!';;,; respective conviction. Hdnter, Pet. C. C., 10; Bottomley r. U. S., 1 Story, 135; Schooner Industry, 1 Gall., 114; Schooner Harmony, 1 Gall., 123; U. S. r. Hayward, 2 Gall., 486; Schooner Bets, 1 Mas., 354; Jackson v. U. S., 4 Mas., 186; Clark z·. Protection Ins. Co., 1 Story, 109; S. v. The Virgin, Pet. C. C., 7; Walsh r. U. S., 3 Wood. and M., 341. F<>P*¢it¤Y¢_ for Sec. 2874. All merchandise, so unladen or delivered contrary to the  provisions of section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two, shall become 2 Mer., 1799, c. orfeited, and ma be seized by any of the officers of the customs; and 22»°· 50•"·l» 1*665- where the value thereof, according to the highest market rice of the same, at the port or district where landed, shall amount to tbur hundred dollars, the vessel, tackle, apparel, and furniture shall be subject to like forfeiture and seizure. Inspectors. S1¤c._2875. The collector of any district at which any vessel arrives, 22,s.F»3,v.1,p.667. any port w ere such vessel is, may put and keep on board such vessel,
 * ""2 Mu, Ugg'; of immediately on her first coming within such district, or the surveyor of