Foreign vessel pro- 951. A foreign vessel may proceed in ballast, or with a

ceeding from port

outward cargo.

to port to take in part of her outward cargo, from one port of the United States to another, to complete that cargo; and in so doing she cannot be considered as having imported merchandise from one port of the United States to another, within the meaning of the prohibition in the 4th section of the navigation law of the 1st March, 1817.

Examination

of

baggage of passengers in

other than Eu: 0

pean lines of steamers.

Sec 46 Act March 2, 1799.

952. The 46th section of the general collection act of vessels the 2d March, 1799, prescribes two modes of passing the baggage of passengers arriving in the United States through the custom-house. It may be passed either by a formal entry, as therein prescribed; or, if the collector and naval officer shall think proper so to do, they may direct the surveyor, or an inspector, to make an actual examination of baggage and a return thereof; and if any articles are found in said baggage which, in their opinion, ought not to be exempted from duty, due entry thereof must be made, and the duties thereon paid, or secured to be paid, according to law. To prevent delay and embarrassment to passengers, the last mode suggested is believed to be best adapted to all cases of arrival of passengers by land carriage or vessels other than steamers of the regular European lines, for which special provision is made in articles 238, 239, 240, and 241, of these Regulations. It is expressly enjoined on officers of the customs that they must be careful that, while no unnecessary delay or needless embarrassment is occasioned, proper scrutiny must be made to detect and report for entry and payment of duties, or security therefor, in pursuance of law, all articles found among the baggage liable to duty.

SECTION IV.

Routes and regu

lations for trans

REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT FROM
ONE PORT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ANOTHER, OVER FOREIGN
TERRITORY.

ART. 953. Merchandise may be transported in bond portation of mer- from the Atlantic ports of the United States, by way of

handise from one

port to another in Ogdensburg, Oswego, and Buffalo, and the Collingwood

through Canada.

railway between Toronto and Collingwood, in Canada, to the United States the warehousing ports of the United States on lakes Huron and Michigan, and, also, over the route by way of Ogdensburgh to Hamilton and Niagara, in Canada, connecting with the Great Western railway to Detroit, under the same conditions as those prescribed in article 451 of these regulations in regard to merchandise passing through a portion of Canada over the Great Western railway.

transportation of

paid, or of domes

tic origin.

cate.

954. Foreign merchandise duly entered free of duty, or Regulations of the duty paid, and merchandise of domestic origin, may be goods free, duty transported over these routes into Canada and thence into the United States; and to prevent the detention of the goods and frauds on the public revenue, the owner or shipper, before the merchandise is laden or shipped for transportation, must present manifests thereof, in triplicate, sub- Manifest in tripliscribed by him, to the collector at the port of departure, in which shall be specified the descriptions and quantities of the articles, and the marks and numbers of the packages shipped by him; the ports of destination; to whom consigned; and the route over which the transportation is to be made; distinguishing the articles that are of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States, and such as are of foreign growth, production, or manufacture, free of duty, or duty paid; to the truth of which manifest he must make oath or affirmation before the col- Oath to manifest. lector, who will endorse on the manifest a certificate of

posed of.

the facts. One of the manifests will be retained by the Manifests, how discollector, one will be forwarded by the shipper to the consignee at the port of destination, and the other will accompany the merchandise.

rival at port of

955. On arrival of the merchandise at the port of desti- Proceedings on arnation in the United States, and the presentation of the destination. manifests so certified to the collector, he will, if he find the packages conform to the manifest and certificate, issue a permit for the delivery of the goods of domestic origin, and of foreign origin, if free of duty, or duty paid.

Goods in respect to which the prescribed manifests and certificates are not produced, or in which discrepancies exist exciting a just suspicion of fraud, will be treated as of foreign production, and subjected to the duty prescribed by law.

Companies to give bond.

956. The companies owning the roads or lines must enter into bond, to be approved by the Department, for the safe custody of the merchandise shipped or transported by their lines and placed under customs lock, and two or more competent persons must be appointed and sworn as Inspector to have inspectors of the customs to retain the custody of the goods in transit and see that they are properly delivered at the port of destination.

custody of goods on the route.

Revenue inspect'rs

on interoceanic routes.

Sec 5 Act March 28, 1854.

taken.

957. These regulations will also apply to the transportation of merchandise over the routes in question from ports on lakes Huron and Michigan to ports on the Atlantic.

958. The Department is authorized by the 5th section of the act of the 5th March, 1854, extending the warehousing system by establishing private bonded warehouses, to appoint special inspectors of the customs on routes through a foreign territory, between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, over which merchandise may pass in transit from one port of the United States to another. The general duty imposed upon this description of officers, as defined in the act, is to guard against the perpetration of frauds upon the public revenue in the case of merchandise transported overland between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States over a foreign territory, by the proper examinations and supervision of the landing and embarking of all such merchandise so passing coastwise from one port of the United States to another.

Official oath to be 959. Before entering upon his duties, such special inspector of the customs is required to take an official oath before a United States consul stationed on the route, or within the country, in the following form:

Form of oath.

I,

FORM NO. 285.

Oath of Special Inspector.

having been appointed special inspector of the customs, under the 5th section of the act of March 28, 1854, to reside at - in, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that I will diligently and faithfully perform the duties of said office, and will use

my best endeavors to prevent and detect frauds upon revenue of the United States.

the

I do further swear that I will support the constitution of the United States.

Sworn to and subscribed before me at

day of

Witness my hand and seal of office,

this

[L. S.]

United States Consul.

gard to examining

960. The following regulations are prescribed, under Regulations in rethe provisions of existing laws, in regard to the transpor- goods in transit. tation of merchandise between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States over the Isthmus of Panama,

or other interoceanic routes:

961. The provisions in regard to the duties of the special Bonded goods. inspectors of the customs on the interoceanic routes in reference to the examinations and other proceedings respecting goods transported in bond, over those routes, from one port of the United States to another, will be found in articles 452 and 453 of these Regulations.

962. In order to identify merchandise as of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States, or of foreign origin and duty paid, transported otherwise than in bond between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, as aforesaid, manifests of the kind prescribed in 119th article of these Regulations, must be provided in duplicate-one to be retained by the collector of the port whence the transportation takes place, and the other will accompany the goods.

963. At the last foreign port on the route whence the goods are to be shipped to their port of destination, the United States agent, if there be such agent there, and if none, the United States consul at said port, will inspect and examine the merchandise, and certify upon the manifest the due shipment of the same from the port. Upon arrival at the port of destination, the appraiser or appraisers, if practicable, shall examine the merchandise; and if not, the collector shall direct some proper officer of the revenue to examine the same; and if the collector shall be satisfied that the goods are those described in the manifest, he may grant a permit for their delivery to the par