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provided, That in all cases where a seperate [separate] certificate may be required for each package, the numbers shall be inserted therein.

. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where, under existing laws, spirituous liquors, entitled to debenture, shall have been shipped coastwise, for the purpose of being laden immediately on board some vessel in another district, for exportation, the same may be so laden on board of such vessel, without having been first deposited in the public warehouse: Provided, That all other regulations required by law shall have been complied with, and that such transportation of said spirituous liquors from the one vessel to the other, be made by the collector’s order, and under the superintendance [superintendence] of an inspector of the revenue, and that a careful examination be made by him of the identity of the same, and of the quantity, quality, and packages, thereof.

. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures, incurred by force of this act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled “,” passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled “,” passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.

. And be it further enacted, That all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, incurred in virtue of the act, entitled “,” may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered, in the same manner as if the said act did not expire on the third day of March next.

. And be it further enacted, That, when goods, wares, or merchandise, imported, and subject to duty as aforesaid, shall be re-shipped, and transported coastwise, from one district to another, in the packages in which the same were imported, an invoice, or a copy of such invoice, or an extract therefrom, including all the articles, with the charges thereon, which are re-shipped and transported coastwise as aforesaid, verified by the additional oath required by the fourth section of this act, and certified under the official seal of the collector, with whom the entry, on the importation of such goods, wares, and merchandise, was made, shall be produced at the port to which the same shall be transported; and the same inspection of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be made, as if they had been brought direct from a foreign port or place; Provided, That no appraisement of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be made at the said port, so as to change the amount of duties which may have been charged thereon, at the port of their original importation, if the same should have been there entered, according to the provisions of this act; except when transported from a port where there are no appraisers appointed by the government; and if the invoice, verefied [verified] as aforesaid, shall not be so produced, such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be deposited, and remain in the public warehouse, at the expense and risk of the owner thereof, until the invoice, verified and certified in the manner above required, shall be produced: and goods, wares, or merchandise, imported, and subject to duty as aforesaid, may be transported coastwise, to one or more districts within the United States.

, March 1, 1823.