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 '1`rrm-: xxxrv.—-COLLECTION OF Dl"l`lES.——Ch. 7. 577 arrival and final destinations unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, in cases which may arise from :1 difference in the gauge of railroads, or from accidents. or from legal intervention, or from low water. ice, or other unavoidable obstruction to navigation: and in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise. Sec. 2995. Merchandise so destined for immediate transportation, Transfer to we. except the packages designated for examination, shall he transferred, Sel ¤r vehicle. under proper supervision. directly from the importing vessel to the car, — 14 jQ,§`l870 (._ vessel, or vehicle in which the same is to be transported to its final des- 255, s. 33,,v. 16; p. tination: and if transferred from the im rting vessel to any bonded or 271- other warehouse, or to any other place than such car. vessel, or vehicle, 2314_·l{3"·* ]§76· "· it shall be taken possession of by the collector as unclaimed, and deposited Q`Aué?)'18}6 ,_ in (public store, and shall not be removed from such store without entry 270, v. 19,,]). 135, an appraxsement, as in ordinary cases. Sec. 2996. The Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, and Bonded werewith such precaution as he shall deem proper, authorize the establish- POUM f<>¤‘ 800*1* ment of bonded warehouses especially and exclusively appropriated to ""§"?.°d f°' °”‘“"' the recelption of such merchandise in cases where its immediate trans- @l4¥'—18.T_ fer to the transporting car, vessel, or vehicle shall be impracticable. 255, S_ 3§,'.._ fg; But merchandise remaining in such warehouse more than ten days 271.i shall be deprived of the privileges of transportation in bond conferred 1* MM-» l§76» *‘· by this Title, and shall be taken possession of by the collector as un- 23i_;‘;9·7"1és6 claimed, and held until regularly entered and appraised. 270, {_ '{g;’p_ 13h?.. Sec. :2997. The privilege of transportation in bond shall extend to the Ports to which ports of New York and Buffalo, in New York; Boston, in Massachu— €°°d" ’“°Y l’° setts; Providence, in Rhode Island; Philadel his and Pittsburgh, in {);;g°p°"°d "` Pennsylvania; Baltimore, in Maryland; Norfolk, in Virginia; Charles- —j;, ton, in South Carolina; Savannah, in Georgia; New Orleans, in Louis- 255, s. 35,, v. 15,,p. iana; Portland, in Maine; Chicago, in Illinois; Cincinnati and Toledo, 271 in Ohio; Saint Louis, in Missouri; Evansville, in Indiana; Milwaukee, 345 Mg? 18% "· in Wisconsin; Louisville, in Kentucky; Cleveland, in Ohio; San Fran- i;jm,;_Pjg7é C cisco. in California; Portland, in Oregon; Mem bis, in Tennessee; and 57, v. 17, ii. 41., I Mobile, in Alabama; [Detroit, in Michigan;] and) to importations from 18 Feb-, 1875, v- or to Europe, and from or to Asia, or the 1slands adjacent thereto, via 8°1;`·‘}8• 7*1212- um Umm sem. 23,,.j13j`;,_ 7} ·‘· 14 Aug., 1876, 4:. 270, ¤·. 19, p. 139. S20. 2998. Any rson maliciously o nin, breakin , or enterin ,by Penalty f or any means whatevgs, any car, vcssehpfehige, warehgusc, or paciagc }"'°“l§“€· °““"‘ containing any such merchandise so delivered for transportation, or Bia?;;. removing, injuring, breaking, or defacing any lock or sea placed upon 14 Jubu 1870, <‘- such car, vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package, or aiding, abetting, or gg? ”· 37· "· 1°· P· encouraging any other rson or persons so to remove, break, injure, or ' deface such locks or seas; or to open, break, or enter such car, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to remove or cause to be removed unlawfully any merchandise therein, or in any manner to injure or defraud the Lnited States; and any person receivinlg any merchandise unlawfully removed from any such car, vessel, or vc icle, knowing it to have been so unlawfully removed, shall be uilty of felony, and in addition to any penalties heretofore prescribed shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than sixmontbs nor more than two years. Sec. 2999. For the purpose of better guarding against frauds upon Special agentsin the revenue on foreign merchandise transported between the_ports of f¤¤‘Q}z¤_ff¢}‘}jfofy- the Atlantic and those of the Pacific overland through any foreign term- 28 Mn, 1854, c_ tory, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint special sworn agents as 30, s. 5,v. 10, p. 272. inspectors of the customs, to reside in suc foreign territory vrhere such merchandise may be landed or embarked, with power to supermtend the landing or shipping of all merchandise. passing; coastwise between the ports of the United States on the Pacific and the Atlantic. It shall be their duty, under such rc ulations and instructions as the _Secretary of the Treasury may prescriic, to guard against the lperpetration of frauds upon the revenue. The compensation paid to suc inspectors shall not in the aggregate exceed five thousand dollars per annum.