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 54 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 84. 1846. praised by the appraisers of the United States, if there be any at such port, and if none, then by two merchants to be designated and sworn by the collector for that purpose, and sold by the. collector at public auction, on due public notice thereof being first given, rn the manner and for the time to be prescribed by- a general regulation of the Treasury de- treasury department; and at said public sale, distinct printed cata- P¤¤’}¤¤¤* *° Pm- logucs descriptive of said goods, with the appraised value affixed them. &:g°}ZQ. to, shall be distributed among the persons present at said sale; and a such sales. reasonable opportunity shall be given before such sale, to persons de. sirous of purchasing, to inspect the quality of such goods; and the d §;‘;Q,‘i1"““¤(Q‘,ff,‘;f proceeds of said sales, after deducting the usual rateof storage at the ggs, to To paid port in question, with all other charges and expenses, including duties, ever *° the shall be paid over to the owner, rmportcr, consrgnee, or agent, and °w“°" &‘°' r cei ts taken for the same: Provided, That the overplus, if Overplus, how PIOPBI l? P . R th f disposed on any there be, of the proceeds of such sales, a er e payment o sto;. age, charges, einpensgs, ang dnt1e?:;.;] aforsglrpd), remgimnglunclmned for thes aceo ten a sa er suc s es,s epar y e co ec or into thelireasury of this United States; and the said collector shall transmit to the treasury department, with the said overplus, a copy of the inventory, appraisement, and account of sales, specifying the marks, numbers, and descriptions, of the packages sold their contents, and appraised value, the name of the vessel and mastei in which, and of the port or place whence they were imported, and the time when, and the.name of the person or persons to whom said goods were consigned in the manifest, and the duties and charges to which the several consignments were respectively subject; and the receipt or certificate of the collector shall exonerate the master or person having charge or command of any ship or vessel, in which said goods, wares, or merchandise, were imported, from all claim of the owner or owners thereof, who shall, nevertheless, on due proof of their interest, be entitled to receive from the treasury the amount of any overplus paid Repeal of sec- into the same under the provisions of this act: Provided, That so PMS °l` °°“‘“°" much of the fifty-sixth section of the general collection law of the miigsisgh W second of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and thethirteenth mag; ch; mg section of the act of the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and forty- two, to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes, as conflicts with the provisions of this act, shall be, and is hereby, repealed, excepting that nothing contained in this act shall be construed to extend the Penshable and time now prescribed by law for selling unclaimed goods : Provided also, 3Pl§;"’°mE;’°‘;: That all goods of a perishable nature, and all gunpowder, fire-crackers, 0,,% and explosive substances, deposited as aforesaid, shall be sold forthwith. Goods may be Sec. 2. And be itfurtluzr enacted, That any goods, when deposited “’m‘d'“‘”“ °“d in the public stores in the manner provided for in the- foregoing sectrausportcd to · · ,,0,;,,,, 0,, 0,- tion, may be withdrawn therefrom and transported to any other port entry under cer- of entry under the restrictions provided for in the act of the second °"';;;“:L°*;‘;"‘ March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, in respect to the transpor- ’tation of goods, wares, and merchandise, from one collection district to another, to be exported with the benefit of drawback; and the owner of such goods so to be withdrawn for transportation shall give his g,3,'{]‘::`d_ Shu bond, with sufficient sureties, in double the amount of the duties chargeable on them, for the deposit of such goods in store in the port of entry to which they shall be destined, such bond to be cancelled when the goods shall be redeposited in store in the collection district Provisc. to which they shall be transported : Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend the time during which goods may be kept in store, after their original importation and entry, beyond the term of one year. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if any warehoused goods