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954 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Orr. 356. 1922. ¤¤¤‘°¤¤,rIg;;*¤"¤’**· baggage shall be unladen from any vessel or vehicle arriving from a ` _ foreign port or place until entry of such vessel or report of the arrival P . of such vehicle has been made and a uperrnit for the unlading of the m1;miimy¤¤try¤> same issued by the collector: Pravid , That the master may make b°°'d"°'g °m°°" a preliminary entry of a vessel by making oath or affirmation to the truth of the statements contamed in the vessel’s manifest and deliveringthe manifest to the customs officer who boards such vessel, · but the making of such preliminary entry shall not excuse the master from making ormal entry of his vessel at the customhouse, as pro-

 $°@ vided by this Act. After the ent , preliminary or otherwise, of
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;,,““*i* °¤°’Y °¤ any vessel or report of the arrival SY any vehicle, the collector may

' issue a permit to the master of the vesse , or to the person m charge . of the vehicle, to unlade merchandise or baggage, ut merchandise or ba age so, unladen shall be retained at the place of unlading until ,,,L,,_"§,*g,*§*{,§,$,’,{°m°'“‘ entryg§1erefor is made and a permit for its delivery granted, and the owners of the vessel or vehicle from which any imported merchandise is unladen rior to entry of such merchandise shall be liable for the payment of) the duties accruing on any part thereof that may be removed from " the place of unlading without a permit therefor

 *° P°‘“*° having been issued. Any merchandise or baggage so unladen from

any vessel or vehicle for which entry is not made within forty-eight hours exclusive of Sunday and holi ays from the time of the entry of the vessel or report of the vehicle, unless a longer time is granted by the collector, as rovided in section 484, shall be sent to the public stores and held) as unclaimed at the risk and expense of the consignee in the case of merchandise and of the owner in the case of b age, until entry thereof is made. dg,,¤“'¥,‘§*§§,,Y° °° "* Ligier. 449. SAMn——EmnnenNcY.—Except as provided in sections 442 and 447 of this Act, merchandise and baggage imported in any vessel by sea shall be unladen at the port of entry to which such vessel is peggd §mf{f§; destined, unless (1) such vessel is compelled by any cause to put into pm- another port of entry, and the collector of such port issues a permit for the unlading of such merchandise or baggage, or (2) the Secretary °° °"*°"°"°Y· of the Treasury, because of an emergency existing at the port of des- Entry m tination, authorizes such vessel to (proceed to anothegport of entry. ’ Merchandise and baggage so unla en may be enter in the same manner as other imported merchandise or bagg e and may be treated as unclaimed) merchandise or baggage anad stored at the expense and risk of the owner thereof, or ma be reladen without entry upon the vessel from which it was unladsen for transportation _ to its destinaton.

§‘§‘,‘Z,Y;§}},,‘}°,}’,§; Sec. 450. SAME{UNDAYS AND HOIJDAYS.—N0 merchandise, bag-

¤°¤»°* ¤* ¤*¤¤°· gage, or passengers arriving in the United States from any foreign port or p ace, and no bon ed merchandise or b age being transported from one port to another, shall be unladeiigiom the carrying vessel or vehicle on Sunday, a holiday, or at night, except rmder special license granted by the collector under such regulations as the Bond _ t I Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. m.,¤eq¤1}‘?if° °°`°’ Sec. 451. SAME——BOND.——BB ore any such special license to unlade shall be grant_ed, the master, owner, or agent, of such vessel or vehicle shall be required to give a. bond in a enal sum to be fixed by the collector conditioned to indemnify the PUnited States for any loss or E liability which might occur or be occasioned by reason of the granting "”“’°“· of such special license and to pay the compensation and expenses o the customs officers and employees whose services are required in W 38 _ connection with such unlading at night or on Sunday or a holiday in .,1, ,_ im; p' °°‘* v°‘· accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the lading or unlading of vessels at night, the rehmmary entry of vessels, and for other purp1oses," a proved l•Pebruary 13, 1911, as amended. In lieu of suc bond fha owner, or