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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 356. 1922. 985 of casesreported to him by collectors and the laws applicable thereto, °°°'*°*¤ ”°‘”·*· and,  1t appears probab e that an ine, enalty, or forfeiture has mm been incurr_ by reason of such violation, for the recovery of which the institution of proceed1ngs ID the United States district court is necessary, forthwith to cause the proper proceedings to be comrfiripnced airtid prcgserputied, withoilrt delay, fo; ghgnfecovery of such e,pena_y,or o eiureinsuc case rovie, essu nin R°P°’°?°B°°‘°**'>' and examination, such district attorng decides that lsugli) proilzlierdyi mr°°° ings can not probably be sustained or that the ends of public justice do not require that they should be instituted or prosecuted, in which case he shall report the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury for his direction m the premises. Sec. 605. SA¥E—CUSTODY.—·Al.l vessels, vehicles, merchandise, sB§gg°gfgds*gw”‘°¤ aridtbagg;agielpe1zed_ under the provisions of the custlpms laws, or laws ’ ` re a ing 0 e navi ation, registe enroll1ng` or `censmg` or en or clearance, of vesiels, unless oil-hI;g1‘wise provided by law: shalltlig placed and remain in the custody of the collector for the district in which the seizure was made to await disposition according to law. Sec. 606. SAME-A.PPRAISEMENT.—Tl16 collector shall require the APP‘¤*S°m°°*· appraiser to determine the domestic value, at the time and place of appraisement, of any vessel, vehicle, merchandise, or baggage seized under the customs laws. _ Sec. 607. SAME—VALU'E $1,000 on Lmss.—If such value of such ,,,{“"s§§;j*ig’{’c_,°§,“§*,‘,f,g vessel, vehicle, merchandise, or baggage returned by the appraiser, v¤1¤¤¤ ¤v¤r$1·°°°· does not exceed $1,000, the collector shall cause a notice of the seizure of such articles and the intention to forfeit and sell the same to be gggalished for at least three successive weeks in such manner as the retary of the Treasury may direct. _ Sec. 608. SAun—-Cums.-Any person claiming such vessel, ve- ,,,,°}“,g"§,,,Q`_ p'°°°“V hicle, merchandise, or baggagp may at any time within twent days fiilom tllie date oflthe first pub];1cation of th]? notice 06 seizlulle {gen Cm t e co ector a c aim stat °s interest therein. on the o. <i¤=¤¤¤*i°¤ PW such claim, and the giviliilg of a bond to the Unitdd States inglhe °nmmgb(m` penal sum of $250, with sureties to be approved by the collector, conditioned that in case of condemnation of the articles so claimed the obligor shall ay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such cond)emnation, the collector sha.ll transmit such c aim and bond, with a duplicate list and description of the articles seized, to the United States attorney for the district in which seizure was made, who shall proceed to a condemnation of the merchandise or other propert in the mannegprescribed by law. . Sec. 609. S,.·aMm—SA1.E.— no such claim is filed or bond given ,,§J`g¤cg·i¤ig•mggj* $¤*¤ within the twent days hereinbefore specified, the collector shall declare the vessel}: vehicle, merchandise, or baggage forfeited, and shall sell the same at public auction in the same manner as merchandise abandoned to the United States is sold, and shall defmosit the mmm. proceeds of sale, after deducting the actual exipenses 0 seizure, publication and sale, in the Treasury of the Unite States. _ Sec. 610. SAm:——VALUn Mons man $1,000.-If the value re- Btfjgggi, \$g,ug',$f,f,‘g¢r turned b the appraiser of any vessel, vehicle, merchandise, or baggage sn,0w. so seizedy is greater than $1,000, the collector shall transmit a report of the case, with the names of available witnesses, to the United States attorney for the district in which the seizure was made for the institution of the proper proceedings for the condemnation of such property. _ th _ Spc. 611. SAMEj—CONDI'I'IONAL sA1.Es.—I.f the sale of any vessel, mSég1g,¤¤mgv¤;¤0;*p,;¤$_; vehicle, merchand1se, or baggage forfeited under the customs laws where sam,¤u:..pmin the district in which seizure thereof was made be prohibited by the '““"· laws of the State in which such district is located, or if a sale maiy be made more advantageously in any other district, the Secretary 0 the