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 Tum: ¤x¤·.-c0LL1=:c'1‘10N OF DUTIES.—(`u. 11. 595 pgenaltifs, and_§<;5fe1tu1'es as in other districts. except as is hereinafter cm y provi - . Sec. 3098. The master of any vessel, except registered vessels, and Dcliverycfnmm every person having charge of any boat. canoe, or raft, and the con- HWS- ductor or driver of any carriage or sleigh. and everv other person, 00m- TiKEid}“ mg from any foreign territory adjacent to the United States into the 1—1j¤i1,v.’3 p.é16: [lnited States, with merchandise subject to dutv. shall deliver, imme- 18 J¤l>’» l866·¤- dmtcly on his arrival within the United States. ai manifest of the ca ¥01’ " 9* “ 1*- P· or loading of such vessel, boat, canoe. raft, carriage, or sleigh, or oflth:  7 merchan isc so brought from such fore' territorv, at the office of any S*€l¤h*““"-U·S·· collector or deputy collector which shallul: nearest `to the boundary-line, ggmllf; $68; I" S` or nearest to the road or waters by which such merchandise is brought; iéywéedaiglalsglgf and every such manifest shall be veriiied by the oath of such person titylof Pine Lumdelivering the same; which oath shall be taken before such collector or b°'· 4 ibid-» 18* depulty collector: and such oath shall state that such manifest contains git1S' ;é7N°lt°“· 5 a l, justi and true account of the kinds, quantities, and values of all I 1 " ` the merchandise so brought from such forei n territory. Srzc. 3099. If the master, or other person having charge of any vessel, Pcmltyior nonboat, canoe, or raft, or the conductor or driver of any carriage or sleigh, d"ll"°’>' 0* m¤¤l· or other person bringing such merchandise, shall neglect or refuse to @._' - ___ deliver the manifest required by the preceding section, or pass by or 2 MM-, 1821, c. avoid such office, the merchandise subject to duty, and so im {ted, H· “iI·"· 3• P- 616 shall be forfeited to the United States. together with the vesselioboat. 583B“i°:l’§823·}8$` canoe, or raft, the tackle, apparel, and furniture of the same, or the our- i8·Ji1l§·, iiiés, cl ri? or sleigh, and harness and cattle drawing the same, or the horses 20h ¤· 9, V- 14, 1>- wi their saddles and bridles, as the case may be; and such master, lm conductor, or other importer shall be subject to a penalty of four times the value of the merchandise so im rted. Sm. 3100. All merchandise, andxizll bugiage and effects of passen— Inspection 0: gers, and all other articles imported into the United States from any merchandiseoontiiuous foreign countrg, except as hereafter provided, as well as the _@8g4‘{ vcssc, cars, and other ve ieles and envelopes in which the same shall 164, s. 1, G. 13,,p: be imported, shall be unladen in the presence of, and be inspected by, an 197- · inspector or other officer of the customs, at the first port of entry or cus- Soul 1;;% lg? "· toutheugc in the United States where the same shall arrive; and to [zfpeg}_‘°38y5',, [enable the proper officer thoroughly to dischargethisduty, be mayrequire 69, v. 19, in. 24f;. ° the owner or his agent, or other person, having charge or possession of] any trunk, traveling-bag, or me, valise, or other envelo , or of any ellosed vessel, car, or other vehicle, to open the mma, or to digiver to him e roper ke . S50. 3101. lf any owner, agent, or other person shall refuse or neg- Penalty 50, 01,. lect to com ly with his demands, allowedby the precedin section, the Syrrwtiug inspecofficer shall) retain such trunk, travelin -bag, or sack, vsise, or what- 2f_ __ ___ v___ soever it may be, and open the same, ami as soon thereafter as may be 27 June, 1864, c. practicable, examine the contents: and if any article subject to the pay- 164. S- 1, v- 13, p. ment of duty shall be found therein, the whole contents, together with 191 the envelope, shall be forfeited to the United States, and dislposed of as the law provides in other similar cases. lf any such dutiab e merchandise or article shall be found in any such vessel, ear, or other vehicle, the owner, agent, or other person in charge of which shall have refused to open the same or deliver the key as herein provided, the same, to§ether with the vessel, car, or other vehicle, shall be forfeited to the nited States and shall be held by such officer, to be disposed of as the law provides in other similar cases of forfeiture. Sm:. 3102. To avoid the inspection at the first port of arrival, the Sealing ws and Gwner, agent, muster, or conductor of any such vesse, car, or other vehi- fj¤f¤*l¤· cle, or owner, agent, or other person having charge of any such merchan- 27 _1m,,.,1g54, (-_ dise, baggage, effects, or other articles, may apply to any officer of the 1611, s. 2, v. 13, p. United `tates duly authorized to act in the premises, to seal or close the 19*- Same, under and according to the reiulations hereinafter authorized, previous to their importation into the 'nited States; which officer shall Seal or close the same accordingly; whereupon the same may proceed to their port of destination withoulrfurther inspection. Every such vessel,