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584 '1`rn. xxx1v.—COLLE()TlON OF DUTIES.—Ch. 9. Ip¤p¤¢ti¤¤ Md Sec. 3035. The collector shall directthe surveyor, where any, toinspect, l*d“’€· or cause to be inspected, the merchandise notified for exportation, and if 2 Mar., 1799, c. it is found to correspond fully with the notice and proof concerning the 22, 5- 76, V·l,I>·682- same, the collector, together with the naval officer. if any shall grant a permit for ladin the same on board of the vessel name in such notice and entry. Such ladin shall be performed under the sutperintendence of the officer by whom do same has been so inspected; an the exporter shall make oath that the merchandise, so noticed for exportation, and laden on board such vessel, previous to the clearance thereof, or within ten days after such clearance, is truly intended to be exported to the place whereof notice has been given, and is not intended- to be relanded within the United States; otherwise the merchandise shall not be entitled _ to the benefit of drawback. T¤¤¤P°*‘*?*¤9“ Sec. 3036. All merchandise imported into the United States, the duties ¥;,_°Q;g2$,;gf;r'°t on which have been paid, or secured to be paid, may be transported by

 land, or partly by land and partly by water, or coastwise, from the dis-

21,s. 28,vi 3, p. 737. trict into which it was imported to any port of entry and exported from 242 Fs1h-, 1243;, c- such port of entry with the benefit of drawback. , V. , p. . _ Extension of Sec. 3037. Whenever the exporter entering any merchandise, for the

  • ““° f°" °"l*"Y· benefit of drawback, shall not have completed such entry, by taking the

3 Mar., 1825, e. oath or giving the bond r uired by the existing laws, within the period 45, v- 4, p- 95 prescribed by law, but shdll offer to complete the entry after the expiration of the period, the Secretary of the 'llieasury may, upon application to him made, by the exporter, setting forth the cause of his omission, under oath, and accompanied by a statement of the collector of all the circumstances attending the transaction within the knowledge of such collector, if he shall be satisfied that the failure to complete the entry was accidental, without any intention to evade the law or defraud the revenue, direct the entry to be completed, and the certificates or debentures, as the case may be, to issue in the same manner, as if such entry had been completed within the period prescribed by the existing laws of the United States. Debentures. to Sec. 3038. All debentures shall be issued and made payable to the WMM Puwbls- original importer of the merchandise, entered for exportation, whenever 2 Mu, Ugg, c_ the same shall be requested, in writing, by the exporter, and not other- 22,s. 80,v.1,p. 687. wise. In respect to any merchandise, on which the duties shall have been paid prior to an entry for exportation, the debenture for the amount of the drawback of such duties shall be made payable in fifteen days, to be computed from the time of signing the bond, to be given as hereinafter directed. Suitonreiusaloi Sec. 3039. Whenever payment of any debenture is refused by the payment collector of the district where it was granted, for a longer time than 2 Mn, Ugg, c_ three days, after the same shall have become payable, such refusal to be 22, .s0,v.1,p. 689. proved in the same manner as the non-payment of a bill of exchange, the possessor or assignee of such debenture may brin suit thereupon against the person to whom it was originally granted or against any indorser thereof. [Sw ss 662, 680.1 ,D°lGm“'”°S ”" Sec. 3040. Debentures shall be assignahle by delivery and indorse- '"gm €‘ ment of the parties who may receive the same. 2 Mar., 1799, c. 22, s. 80, v. 1, p. 688. Ex portstiqn Sec. 3041. Where any merchandise is exported from any other district

 ““°*h°‘ d'“‘ than the one into which it was originally imported, the collector of such

.._._; district, together with the naval officer thereof, where there is one, shall 2 MM, I799, ¤· grant to the exporter a certificate, expressing that such merchandise was 22·”·8°¤"·1¤p·687· exported from such district, with the marks, numbers, and descriptions of the packages and their contents, the names of the master and vessel in whic and the port to which it was exported, and b whom and the names of the vessel and master in which it was brou ht, and by whom shipped at the district from whence it came, and the amount of the drawback to which it is entitled. Such certificate shall entitle the possessor thereof to receive from the collector of the district with w om _