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 840 TITLE L.-VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 2 MM-.1819.c· eastern limits of the United States and the southern limits of Georgia; (,27,,1;/I1°l,,’ 31?2g8g° navi ble rivers between the river Perdido and the Rio Grande; and the '`’i thircln to include all the collection-districts on the sea-coast and navigable rivers between the southern limits of Georgia and the river Perdido. Manlfests and Sec. 43-19. The master of every vessel under twenty tons burden P€¤`¤E>1*¤foFV<·>¤S€l¤ licensed for carrying on the coasting-trade, destined from a district in
 * 8*- l»"· 3-1**92- the second to include all the collectiomdistricts on the sea-coast and
 * "¥dl;’,§O .b“""g'?“ one State to a district in the same or an adjoining State, on the sea-coast
 * 1:,:,% Img is- or on a navigable river, and of every vessel of the burden of twenty tons

·———-1,;--—· and upward, destined from a district within one of the greatdistricts to 8 ;8,4€l,"i1;,9§b§‘ another district within the same great district. or from a State in one great ’g· MQ,-I, igig, C: district to an adjoining State in another great district, having on board 48. s. 2. v. 3. r>.493. either distilled spirits in casks exceeding five hundred gallons, wines in casks exceeding two hundred and fifty gallons. or in bottles exceeding one hundred dozens, sugar in casks or boxes exceeding three thousand pounds, or foreign merchandise in packages, as imported, exceeding in value four hundred dollars, or merchandise, consisting of such enumerated or other articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or of both, whose aggregate value exceeds eight hundred dollars, shall, previous to the departure of such vessel from the rt where she may then be, make out and subscribe duplicate manifbsts of the whole of such cargo on board such vessel, specifying in such manifests the marks and numbers of every cask, bag, box, chest, or package containing the same, with f1c name and place of residence of every shipper and consignee, and the quantity shipped by and to each. If there be a collector or surveyor residing at such port, or within five miles thereof, he shall deliver such manifest to the collector, if there be one; otherwise to the surveyor, before whom he shall swear, to the best of his knowledge and belief, that the goods therein contained were legally imported, and the duties thereupon paid or secured, or if spirits distilled within the United States that the duties thereupon have been paid or secured. Thereupon the collector or surveyor shall certify the same on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master, with a permit, specifying thereon, generally, the lading on board such vessel, and authorizing him to proceed to the port of his destination. [See S 8977.} 12 July, 1876, c. [AN AUP to exempt vessels engaged in navigating the Mississippi River and its trib- 185, r. 19, p. 90. utaries above the port o New Orleans from entries and clearances. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ibiza of Rq2resentativ·ea of the United Exemptions. States of America in Congress assmnbled, That the provisions of sections forty-three hundred and forty»nine, forty-three hundred and fifty, forty- three hundred and fifty-one, forty-three hundred and fifty-two, forty-three hundred and fifty-three, forty-three hundred and fifty-four, forty-three hundred and fifty-tive, and forty-three hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, requirin the master of every vessel licensed to carrv on the coasting-trade, latin in part with foreign merchandise or distilled spirits, to procure a permit from the customs’ officer of the port at which his vessel was laden, authorizing him to proceed to his port of destination, and also to procure a permit from the port of destination for the unlading of his cargo, shal not be held to include vessels engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi River or tributaries above the port of New Orleans.] Penalty for pro- Sec. 4350. If any vessel, being laden and destined, as mentioned in ceeding Without the preceding section, shall depart from the rt where she may then be ..J.L--— ifests of the lading on board such vessel, and in case there be a collector 8 é81I;°$_’··,l79§,8· or surveyor residing at such port, or within live miles thereof, without 185, v. 19, p. 90. obtaining a permit, such master shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. Deliveryotman- Sec. 4351. The master of every vessel licensed for carrying on the ifest before unlad· coasting-trade, having on board either distilled spirits in casks exceed- ‘P§;__ ,__ ing five hundred gallons, wine in casks exceeding two hundred and fifty
 * ‘§"f"’““ ““d pe" without the master having first made out andxsnbscribed duplicate man-
 * 1é jul,,, ,],;,6, cj having previously delivered the same to the collector or surveyor, and