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 'Prru: xxxrv.——GOLLECTlON OF DUTIES.-Ch. 11. 599 obtain a clearance in the same manner, and make oath to the manifest, I J¤ly» 1870. ¤- which manifest and clearance shall be delivered to the proper officer of I2? ”· L "· 1°· P- customs at the port at which the vessel next arrives after leaving the 1lb` place of destination specified in the clearance. Sec. 3119. Nothing contained in the three preceding sections shall K°P°¤ md ¤¤· exempt masters of vessels from reporting, as now required by law, any 1“d“‘g °f °°“g°‘*’· merchandise destined for any foreign port. No permit shall berequired 1 July 1010 c for the unlading of cargo brought from an American p01'l',.. 1&5,s.l,vi16,p.i77: Sec. 3120. No merchandise taken from any port in the United States Time for delivon the northern, northeastern, or northwestern frontiers thereof, to a port °’>’ °f*¤°'°h**¤di¤° in another collectiomdistrict of the United States on such frontiers, in any msi?  °°° veswl, shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the United P0 -» Ei; States, but in open day, that is to say, between the rising and setting of 18 Jul? ,*862 °· the sun, `except by special license from the collector or other principal $3,} °‘ 2°"' M’ p` officer of the port for the purpose. The owner of every vessel whose 2} Feb., 1877, e. master or manager shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this 69.1*- 19m- 2~18· section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, make such regulations as to him shall seem necessary and expedient for unloading at and clearance from any port or place on such frontiers of ships or vessels at night. d[And that the Secretary of the Regulations for Treasury be, and he is hereby,authorize . in his discretion, to make such °°”“”8‘*’°d°· regulations as shall enable vessels engaged in the coasting—tra de between ports and places upon Lake Michigan exclusively, and laden with American productions and free merchandise only, to unlade their cargoes without previously obtaining a permit to unlade.] Sec. 3121. The master of an vessel with cargo, passen ers, or baggage Lgndin pgryjnit from any foreign port, shall obtain a permit and compiy with existing forvesselfrom forlaws, before discharging or landing the same. fg? P011- 1 July, 1870, c. 185, s. 1, v. 16, p. 177. Sm. 3122. The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed, destined Departure from with a cargo from a place in the United States, at which there mav be l‘]“"‘°‘ “'h‘"° Share no custom-house, to a port where there may be a custom-house. shall, ,,;,,;,7 ws °m` within twenty-four hours after arrival at the port of destination, deliver ——-—--V——T—-—- to the proper officer of the customs a manifest, subscribed by him, setting ,8; J:];}; 38;% forth the cargo laden at the place of departure, or laden or unladen at lyyf’’ I' any intermediate port, or place, to the truth of which manifest he shall make oath before such officer. If the vessel, however, have no cargo, the master shall not be required to deliver such manifest. Sec. 3123. Steam-tugs duly enrolled and licensed to engage in the Steam·tugs. foreign and coating trade on the northern, northeastern, and north-f‘},E,T§$lfg western frontiers of the United States, when exclusively employed in 185, s. 3,v. 16, p. towing vessels, shall not be required to report and clear at the custom- 177- house. When such steam—tugs, however, are employed in towing rafts or other vessels without sail or steam motive—power, not required to be enrolled or licensed under existing laws, they shall be required to report and clear in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided in similar cases for other vessels. Sec. 3124. The manifests, certificates of clearance, and oaths, provided Forms. for by the eight preceding sections, shall be in such form, and prepared, 1 July, 1870, ,,_ filled up, am? executed in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 185, e. 4, v. 16, p. ma from time to time prescribe. In Size. 3125. If the master of any enrolled or licensed vessel shall neglect Penalty for neg- 01* fail to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of the nine ECL preceding seetions, such master shall forfeit and pay to the United States 1 July, 1370, u the sum of twenty dollars for each and every failure or neglect, and for 185, s. 5, v. 16, p. which sum the vessel shall be liable, and may be summarily proceeded 177- against, by way of libel, in any district court of the United States. _ Sec. 3126. Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of the iR€>8l$ll€i’9d verluws of the United States, may engage in trade between one port .1l} the ?§l_;im“Y tgtgch at United States and one or more ports within the same, with the privilege » —E—,,;—3i of touching at one or more foreign ports during the voyage, and land 48,,_1,v_@,I,_j32_ n—03--43