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 174 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 190. 1880. office, there to be carefully preserved and as soon as practicable transmit the remaining one to the collector or surveyor of the port of final Promo. destination of the merchandise: Provided, however, That no additional fee shall be collected on account of anyservice performed under the requirements of this section. _ _ Transportation Sec. 5. That merchandise transported under the provisions of this °fm¤1`°h¤¤dl¤*>¤¤· act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely fastened with d°"]°°k° Md B°"l“‘ locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of the customs; and merchandise may also be transported under the provisions of this act by express companies, on passenger trains, in safes and trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and description, and secured in such manner as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Secretary, and in cases where merchandise shall be imported in boxes or packages too large to be included within the safes or trunks so prescribed, such merchandise may be transported, under the provisions of this act, by such express companies, in a separate compartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary Pig-iron, &c- of the Treasury; and merchandise such as pig-iron, spiegel-iron, scrapiron, iron ore, railroad—iron, and similar articles commonly transported upon platform or flat cars, may be transported, under the provisions of this act, upon such platform or flat cars, and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinary railroad—scales may be used for such purpose; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehicle, or train at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively. Such merchandise shall not be unladen or transshipped between the ports of first arrival and final destination, unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury in eases which may arise from a difference in the gauge of railroads, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or when by reason of the length of the route the cars, after due inspection by customs officers, shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to proceed further, 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. Pom ofontry. Sec. li. That merchandise so destined for immediate transportation shall be transferred, under proper supervision, directly from the importing vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle in which the same is to be trans- _ _ _ ported to its final destination. P1j¤Vll¤S° of lm- Sr:0. 7. That the privilege of immediate transportation shall extend £;‘g1;:*° "“*““Y’°“ to the ports of New York and Buffalo, in New York; Burlington, in ' Vermont; Boston, in Massachusetts; Providence and Newport in Rhode Island; New Haven, Middletown, and Hartford in Connecticut; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Crisiield and Annapolis in Maryland; Wilmington, and Seaford, in Delaware; Salem, Massachusetts · Georgetown in the District of Columbia; Norfolk, Richmond and Petcrsburgh, in Virginia; Wilmington and Newberne, in North Carolina; Charleston and Port Royal, in South Carolina; Savannah and Brunswick, in Georgia; New Orleans, in Louisiana; Portland and Bath, in Maine; Portsmouth, in New Hampshire; Chicago, Cairo, Alton, and Quincy, in Illinois; Detroit, Port Huron, and Grand Haven in Michigan ; Saint Louis, Kansas City, and Saint Joseph in Missouri; Saint Paul, in Minnesota; Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, in Ohio; Milwaukee, and La Crosse, in Wisconsin ; Louisville, in Kentucky ; San Francisco, San Diego and Wilniingtoii in California; Portland, in Oregon; Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, in Tennessee; Mobile, in Alabama; and Evansville, in Indiana; and Galveston, Houston, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and Indianola, in Texas; Omaha, in Nebraska; Dubuque, Burlington and Kcokuk, in Iowa; Leavenworth, in Kansas; Tampa Bay, Fernandina, Jacksonville, Cedar Keys, Key West, and Prvviw- Apalachicola, in Florida: Provided, That the privilege of transportation herein conferred shall not extend to any place at which there are not the