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produce to and deposit with the collector of the customs
[here insert port of withdrawal] the certificate of
the collector of the customs at
[here insert the
frontier port by way of which the exportation is to be
made] that the merchandise aforesaid has been duly in-
spected and examined at said port on its way to Canada,
and shall also produce to and deposit with the collector of
the customs at
[here name port of withdrawal] the
certificate of the collector or other chief officer of the cus-
toms at
[here insert port of destination in Canada]
that said merchandise has been landed, duly entered at
the custom-house at said port, and the duties imposed
thereon by the laws in force in Canada fully paid, or
secured to be paid, then this obligation is to be void; other-
wise it shall remain in full force, and be forthwith enforced
by due process of law.

And the obligors, for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do further covenant and agree with the United States, in case said evidence is not produced, or in case said merchandise or any part thereof is landed or brought into the United States, by them or either of them, or by their procurement or connivance, well and truly to pay, or cause to be paid, to the proper collecting officer of the United States at the port of withdrawal, the value of said merchandise of which no evidence is produced of having been transported and exported in pursuance of this bond, or which shall be landed or brought into the United States contrary to law, and five thousand dollars as liquidated damages for each importation.

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485. The collector shall thereupon issue a permit di- Permit. recting the inspector having charge of the vessel in which the goods may have been imported, to send the same to the vessel, railroad car, or other carriage designated in the entry, except goods to be corded, sealed, sampled, or branded, as hereinafter provided for. This permit shall be in the form following:

Entry to surveyor.

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You are directed to send to the inspector at (or on board) for immediate exportation, by way of

in Canada, [here describe merchandise,] im

ported into this district on the

on board the

Naval Officer.

day of

,

from

Collector.

by

He shall also send one of the entries to the surveyor, with a direction thereon in the form following:

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To the Surveyor of the Port:

You will direct an inspector to examine the goods described in the annexed entry, and, if found to agree therewith, superintend the lading thereof on board the

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486. Upon the receipt of this order, the surveyor shall have the packages carefully examined, and, if they be found to agree in all particulars with the description contained in the entry, and sealed or branded, if required, he will permit them to be laden on board the designated conveyance; and upon the lading being completed, make return of the fact in the following form:

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I hereby certify that I have examined the packages of merchandise enumerated in the annexed entry, and, finding them to agree in all respects with the description thereof, they have been laden, under my supervision, on

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board the [here state the description of conveyance, and,
if railroad carriage, the designation and number of car,]
for
and secured by customs lock, (or seal, as the
case may be.) I further certify that a manifest of the
same has been delivered to the master (or conductor, as
the case may be.)

Inspector.

entry

sent to frontier

487. Immediately on the receipt of this return, the sur- Triplicate veyor shall transmit the entry to the collector, who shall port. forthwith despatch the triplicate copy of the same to the collector, or other chief revenue officer, at the frontier port.

on

this form of entry.

consular certifi

ed by appraisers.

488. This form of entry will only be allowed when it Restrictions shall appear by the invoice, bill of lading and manifest, or other satisfactory evidence, that the merchandise was destined, when shipped at the foreign port, for exportation to a port in the adjacent British provinces, and consequently is not to be considered an importation into the United States within the meaning and intention of the law. In this view, it is not deemed necessary that the owner's oath and invoice should be accompanied by the oath of the owner cate walved. and the consular certificate, or that the examinations re- Not to be examin quired in other cases should be made by the appraisers. Nor is it necessary that a copy of the invoice should be transmitted with such entry to the frontier port. A careful and rigid examination of the packages, however, must in all cases be made, for the purpose of fully identifying them; and they must remain uninterruptedly in the cus- Must be placed in tody or under the lock of the customs officers until their actual exportation from the last port on the frontier. To this end, whenever any merchandise is entered for exportation by any of the continuous railroad routes hereinafter designated, suitable cars appropriated exclusively for carrying such merchandise, and properly designated and marked, must be provided free of expense to the United States, said cars to be substantially constructed, having not more than two doors or openings, with suitable bars and fastenings thereto, so as to admit of being readily secured by one or more customs locks, to be placed thereon at the port of departure by the inspector who may

locked cars.

and sealed, or

ed.

be designated to examine the merchandise and superintend the lading of the goods; corresponding keys will be placed in the hands of the collector or other chief officer of the customs at the port on the frontier. These cars must go through from the port on the seaboard to the last port in the United States designated in the entry by a continuous route, and no transfer of the merchandise at any intermediate points will be permitted.

489. All merchandise entered and exported to the adjacent British provinces under this form and the other forms of entry given in these instructions when the transportation is made wholly by land, or partly by land and partly by water, must be secured in the following manner: The collector before delivery will have all goods in boxes, Must be corded cases, bales, or casks corded, and a lead seal attached branded and seal- thereto; all cigars in small boxes packed in cases and corded and sealed as above. Wines and distilled spirits in casks or other packages must have the number of bung or other holes in each package legibly branded on the exterior, and all such holes must be sealed to prevent adulteration or alteration in transit; he will also take a sample of each package of liquors, except when in bottles, not exceeding in quantity eight ounces, all of which samples must be immediately deposited with the storekeeper of the store where sampled, who will hold them subject to the orders of the collector. The expense of sealing, branding, encasing, and sampling must be paid by the owners before delivery. The triplicate entry and manifest forwarded as herein provided for, will specify particulars of sealing and branding.

Sampled.

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owners'

not to be sealed.

ex.

Goods in bulk, and articles which cannot be sealed, must be forwarded in all cases by a continuous route, where there is such a route, between the port of importaGoods which are tion and the frontier port designated in the entry; if not, they must be examined by the collector at the last port in the United States for identification, and weighed, gauged, or measured, before they are allowed to pass the frontier, if the same be necessary for identification.

Must be sealed in store.

It will in most cases be necessary, in order to carry these regulations as respects cording and sealing, branding, sampling, and sealing and encasing, into effect, that

the goods be taken to a bonded warehouse to have the labor performed. If so, the goods must be sent from the ship to the store under the following permit:

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to be [here insert "corded and sealed," or "sampled, branded, and sealed," or "cased, corded, and sealed," as the case may be,]—, [here insert the description of merchandise,] and to be transported to

for export

ation to

Naval Officer.

Collector.

When the proper labor is performed, they will be sent to the railroad car or other carriage, under the following permit:

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Canada, [here describe merchandise,] imported into this

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on shipboard,

If, however, the labor can be performed on board the Labor may be done vessel with safety to the revenue, it may be considered a when. warehouse for that purpose, and when the labor is performed, the goods can be sent direct from the vessel to the railroad car or other conveyance. It is recommended by the Department that foreign shippers of merchandise destined for transit to Canada have their packages corded

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