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Trrm: xxxrv.—COLLEC1`ION OF DUTIES.——Ch. 4. 543 Sec. No merchandise shall be brought into the United States, Manifestscrwrfrom any foreign port, in any vessel unless the master has on board mani- $0 "°q““"’d· fests in writing of the cargo. signed by such master. 2 Map, 1799, o. 22, s. 23, v. 1, p. 644. 18 July, 1866, c. 201, s. 25, v. 1-1, p. 184.-lY. S. r. The steamship The Queen, 11 Blatch., 416. Sec. 2807. Every manifest requiredbv the preceding section shall con- What must be min;stated in manifest. First. The name of the ports where the merchandise in such manifest 2Mar., 1799, o. mentioned were taken on board, and the ports within the United States 22» S- 23» V- L PP~ for which the same are destined; particularly noting the merchandise 64*645* destined for each port respectively. Second. The name, description, and build of the vessel; the true admeasurement or tonnage thereof; the port to which such vessel belongs; the name of each owner, according to the register of the same; and the name of the master of such vessel. Third. A just and particular account of all the merchandise, so laden on board, whether in packages or stowed loose, of any kind or nature whatever, together with the marks and numbers as marked on each package, and the number or quantity and description of the packages in words at length, whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, keg, case, bale, pack, truss, chest, box, band—box, bundle, parcel, cask, or package, of any kind or sort, describing the same by its usual name o1· denomination. Fourth. The names of the persons to whom such packages arerespectively consigned, agreeably to the bills of lading signed for the same, unless when the goods are consigned to order, when it shall be so expressed in the manifest. Fifth. The names of the several passengers on board the vessel, distinguishing whether cabin or steera e passengers, or both, with their baggage, specifying the number and description of packages belonging to each respectively. [See SS 4266-4274-1 Sixth. An account of the sea·stores remaining, if any. Sec. 2808. 1f merchandise shall be imported, destined to be delivered _Merch¤¤diS€>de¤- in different districts or ports, the quantities and packages so destined to ““°‘l *°d€l‘“?';“t be delivered shall be inserted in successive order in the manifest; and lj¥ all spirits and wines constituting the whole or any part of the cargo of _? Mah 1799. C- any vessel shall also be inserted in successive order, distinguishing the Qi ’“· 23· "·1*p·644· ports to which the same may be destined, and the kinds, qualities, and quantities thereof. Sec. 2809. If any merchandise is brought into the United States in Penalty for failany vessel whatever from any foreign port without having such a maui- ure to have a corfest on board, or which shall not be included or described in the manifest, Y60E2f2i?; ___ or shall not agree therewith, the master shall be liable to a penalty 2 Mar., 1799,c. equal to the value of such merchandise not included in such manifest; 22,s.24,v.1,p-646- and all such merchandise not included in the manifest belonging or con- signed to the master, mate, officers, or crew of such vessel, shall be s,,,` j);,,,,,,,,,',; forfeited. Rings, 1 Spwsue 294; U. S. r. Ten Thousand Cigars, 2 Curt., -136; The Steamer Missouri, 3 Ben., 508; U. S. r. Certain Cigars, 1 Woods, 306. · SHG. 2810. Whenex*er it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the EK¢€1**Pg’a§°°*‘ collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or to the major part of them, where dBm °" lll1f,;;, those officers are established at any port, or to the satisfaction of the 2 Mar., 1799, c. collector alone, where either of the other of the officers [are] [is] not ?2éi·5j·,"·bg’;§‘*6· established, or to the satisfaction of the court in which a trial shall be 6,, lg"}, 2Q1g1c' had concerning such forfeiture, that no part of the cargo of any vessel’ without proper manifests was unshipped, after it was taken on board, except such as shall have been particularly specified and accounted for in the re ort of the master, and that the manifests had been lost or mislaid. witlibut fraud or collusion, or were defaced by accident, or became incorrect hy mistake, no forfeiture or penalty shall be incurred under the preceding section. _ _ SBC. 2811. Every master of any vessel laden with merchandise, and p,0,iuct;,,,~, of bound to any port in the Vnitcd States, shall, on his arrival within four manifest. _