558 rms xmv.»coLLEor1oN or norms.-ori. 5. _ Timefvr ¤¤l<>¤<l- Sec. 2880. Whenever any merchandise shall be imported into any m!- port of the United States from any foreign port, in any vessel, at the 2 Min-., 1799, c. expiration of eight working days, if the vessel is less than three hun- 22, ¤· 56.11- LP-669- dred tons burden, and within twelve working days, if it is of three hun- R,2\M;‘;·· 18;,},; °· dred tons burden and less than eight hundred, and within fifteen days, ’ ’’p`if it is of eight hundred tons burden and upward, after the time wit in which the report of the master of any vessel is required to be made to the collector of the district, if there is found any merchandise other than has been reported for some other district, or some foreign port, the collector shall take possession thereof; but with the consent of the owner or consi nee of any merchandise, or with the consent of the owner or master ofg the vessel in which the same may be imported, the merchandise ma be taken possession of by the collector after one day’s notice to the coil lector of the district. All merchandise so taken shall be delivered ur suant to the order of the collector of the district, for which a certifipcate or receipt shall be granted. Salt and coal. Sec. 2881. The limitation of the time for unlading, prescribed by the ` 22 ifi3Q}; preceding section, shall not extend to vessels laden wit salt or coal; but 22,s. 56,v.1,p. 670. if the master or owner of any vessel laden with salt or coal requires a longer time to discharge her cargo, the wages, or compensation of the inspector, for every day’s attendance exceeding the number of days allowed by law, shall be id b the master or owner; and thereupon the collector is hereby autherized and required to allow such longer time as, in his judgment, he may think necessary to discharge such cargo, not exceeding fifteen days. Rerllvral from Sec. 2882. No merchandise, brought in any vessel, from any foreign Yi“{*i;_ _ __,4 port or place, requiring to be weighed, gauged. or measured, in order to 2 Mar., lf99, c. ascertain the duties thereupon, shall, without the consent of the proper {2*; officer, be removed from any wharf, or place, upon which the same may Peisch 4; Ware, be landed or ut, before the same shall have been so weighed, gauged, or 4 Cr-. 347- measured, and) if spirits, wines, or sugars, before the proof or quality and uantity thereof is ascertained and marked thereon, by or under the direction of the proper officer; and if any such merchandise shall be removed from such wharf or place, unless with the consent of the proper officer, obtained before the same has been so weighed, gauged, or measured, and if spirits, wines, or sugars, before the proof or quality and quantity has been so ascertained and marked, the same shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any omcer of the customs or inspection. l¤<l<>¤¤m€¤t_¤¤ Sec. 2883. Every permit for the unlading of spirits, wines, or any part l‘“T’?;i EY l“"d‘“g thereof, shall, previous to such landing or unlading thereof, be produced 1liT;,i;--c r to the officer of inspection, who shall record or register in proper books )_ 2 M§¤‘·» l799;_<‘- the contents thereof, and shall indorse thereupon the word "Inspected,”
- 2·S‘3'*"‘]*p‘°°8‘ the time when, and his own name; after which he shall return the permit
to the person by whom it was produced, and then, and not otherwise, it shall be lawful to land the s irits, or wines, therein specified; and if spirits or wines shall be landed without such indorsement upon the permit granted for that purpose, the master of the vessel from which the same shall have been so landed shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, and the spirits or wines so landed shall be forfeited. Landing spirits, Sec. 2884. All distilled spirits, and wines, shall be landed under the &<·., regulatel. inspection of the surveyor, or other officer actin as inspector of the rev- 2 yam 1799, (Q enue for the port, and such of the inspectors of the customs as shall be 22,s. :ss,v.1,p. ess. deputed by him for that purpose, and not otherwise, on pain of forfeiture thereof, for which purpose the oiizicer shall at all reasonable times attend. This shall not, however, be construed to exclude the inspection of any oflicer of the customs, as now or heretoforc practiced. Marking wks $1::0. 2885, The officers of inspgction of any port where distilled andeasesofspirits. spirits or wines shall be landed, s ll, upon the landing thereof, and as Eg Mgr1E soon as the casks, vessels, and cases containing the same shall be 2g,,,_39,\—_],p_({59_ 1I\Sp€Ct0(i, gauged, O1' measured, brand or otherwise mark in du1‘£\bl8 9 14 July, 1832, c. characters, the several casks, vessels, and cases containing the BMI10- —27·S·5·V·4»P·59l· and the marks_ shall express the number of casks, vessels, or (:8898, whether of spirits or wines, marked by each officer respectively, in each
