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 rm.-.; xxxrv.-—COLLEC'1`lON or ncrllss.-cu. 11. 597 posed of according to law, and the building shall be forthwith taken own or removed. Sec. 3108. Any person who shall have received or deposited in such 1’€¤¤1W 10F_ febuilding upon the boundary line between the United States and any "°1E1f*.,f1‘9‘· "‘*° foreign country._or carried through the same. any merchandise, or shall gig. have aided therein. in violation of law, shall be punishable bva fine of _28 1"°b·» 1865, C- not more .than ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for` not more 6"B‘3"" 13*11112* than two years, or by both. _ Sec. 3109. The master of any foreign vessel. laden or in ballast, arriv— wR°1}%1`t by 11E11S' mg in the waters of the United States from any foreign territorv adja— ,,,j:_0 Omg!} Wi" cent to the northern. northeastern, or northwestern frontiers of the United ——————<— States, shall report at the office of any collector or deputy collector of 2018 ‘1 · 18;;% "· the customs. which shall be nearest to the point at which such vessel 188:% ’ " 'p` enter such waters; and such vessel shall not roceed farther inland, cit er to unlade or take in cargo, without a special permit from such collector or deputy collector. issued under and in accordance with such general or special regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may in his discretion, from time to time, prescribe. For any violation of this section such vessel shall be seized and forfeited. Sec. 3110. lf any merchandise shall, at any port in the United States For-feiture for on the northern. northeastern, or northwestern frontiers thereof, be laden t¤‘¤¤f!P<>¤‘*¤·11¤¤ by upon any vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign 1°1°1E“_‘fEP;,_ country, and shall be taken thence to a foreign port to be reladen and 18 July, 1866, c. reshipped to any other port in the United States on such frontiers, either 201- 8- 20» V- 1*1- P- by the same or any other vessel, foreign or American, with intent to 182* evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one port of the United States to another port of the United States, in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage-duty of fifty cents per ton on her admeasurement. Sec. 3111. If any vessel enrolled or licensed to engage in the foreign Report of reeand coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern “°°’“· frontiers of the United States shall touch at any rt. in the adjacent 18 July, 1866, c. British provinces, and the master of such vessel shaflopurchase any mer- 201» ¤- 22, \’· 14. p- chandise for the use of the vessel, the master of the vessel shall re ort 18%, Feb ,8,,, _ the same, with cost and quantity thereof, to the collector or other officer 15,,,_1’,._f6 p_4b§; of the customs at the first port in the United States at which he shall next ' arrive, designating them as "sea—stores;” and in the oath to be taken by such master of such vessel, on making such report,.he shall declare that the articles so specified or designated " sea-stores" are truly intended for the use exclusively of the vessel, and are not intended for sale, transfer, or private use. If any other or greater quantity of dutiable articles shall be found on board such vessel than are s ciiied in such report or entry of such articles, or any part thereof sligll be landed without a permit from a collector or other officer of the customs, such articles, gogether with the vessel, her apparel, tackle, and furniture, shall be forcited. Sec. 3112. If, upon examination and inspection by the collector or Dut)r ,,,1 Excess other officer of the customs, such articles are not deemed excessive in oi stores. quantity for the use of the vessel, until an American port may be reached ‘l8‘j,,ly,‘1gg6T; by such vessel, where such sea-stores can be obtained, such articles shall 20],- S, zz, v_ 14, p, be declared free of duty; but if it shall be found that the quantity or 183- quantities of such articles, or any part thereof so reported, are excessive, 4510sF ‘,’1’·{_ li? "· it shall be lawful for the collector or other officer of the customs to esti- 40;,’’ p` mate the amount of duty on such excess, which shall be forthwith paid by the master of the vessel, on nalty of payin a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more Sim four times tge value of such excess, or such master shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than three months, and not more than two years. Sec. 3113. Articles purchased for the use of or for sale on board any Duty on saloon Such vessel, as saloon stores or supplies, shall be deemed merchandise, ff ____ and shall be liable, when purchase at a foreign port, to entry and the