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portation, or exportation, and also for the warehouse accounts. Store to be desig- The owner or importer will exercise the option given him by law by designating, upon the entry, the warehouse in which he desires the merchandise shall be deposited.

WAREHOUSE BOND.

FORM No. 105.

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, as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the sum of be paid to the United States; for the payment whereof, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents; as witness our hands and seals this

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eighteen hundred

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden principals, or either of them, or either of their heirs, executors, adminstrators, or assigns, shall, on or before the expiration of three years, to be computed from the date of the importation of the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter mentioned, well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, unto the collector of the customs for the port of the sum of

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shall, in the mode prescribed by law, on or before the expira-
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otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

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437. On completion of entry for warehouse. should the importer desire to take the whole or any portion of his property from the vessel, and pay the duties at any time before final liquidation he shall be at liberty to do so by paying the duty on withdrawal entry for consumption, and one half storage for one month, and giving penal bond as required by 4th section of act of 28th May, 1830; but in no case shall any property remain on any wharf or pier after the inspector shall make the return of the cargo of his vessel, but his entire cargo shall be accounted for by warehouse receipts or landing permits.

hen the packages designated by the collector on the invoice and ordered to the appraisers' stores, shall have been reported, is examined, the collector shall direct the storekeeper to cause such packages to be removed from the appraisers' stores to the warehouse where the remainder of the goods described in the entry shall have been deposited. The expense of such removal shall be borne by the importer, and the order for removal shall be in the form following:

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You will transfer from appraisers' stores to bonded warestreet, the following examined packages:

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Naval Officer.

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Collector.

438. The appraisers having reported on the invoice, the weigher, gauger, or measurer, having made his return of the the quantity, the damage, if any, having been ascertained, and the dutiable value of the merchandise and duties finally determined, the importer, consignee, or agent, may, at any time within three years from the date of importation, withdraw from warehouse any quantity of the same, not less than an entire case or package, or not less than one ton in weight, if the merchandise be in bulk; but it is to be distinctly understood that no merchandise can be entered for exportation or for transportation from one port to another in the United States, and withdrawn from warehouse on such entry, until all the examinations and returns have been made, and the dutiable value and duties definitely fixed.

439. If, on examination by the appraisers, the merchandise be found to be undervalued in the entry, and additional duty incurred, such additional duty must be paid before any withdrawal entry of the merchandise from warehouse for consumption, transportation, or export, can be allowed.

440. Claims for damage on the voyage of importation must be made within ten working days after date of landing, in conformity with the general regulations on that subject; whereupon the appraisers will forthwith make the requisite examinations, determine the allowance to be made, and transmit their report to the collector without delay.

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No oath will be required on this entry. If merchandise be withdrawn by any other than original importer, the following certificate must be placed thereon:

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Entry for withdrawal for consumption.

SECTION III.

ENTRY FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM WAREHOUSE.

ART. 442. The entry for withdrawal of merchandise from warehouse for consumption at port of original importation shall be made by the party in whose name the merchandise was warehoused, or by some person duly authorized for the purpose by him, and in either case shall be signed by the party making the withdrawal. This entry shall exhibit the marks and numbers of the packages, the description and quantity of the goods, aud the dutiable value of the same. On presentation to the proper officer in the collector's office, it shall be compared with the record on the warehouse books of the original warehouse entry, and if found correct, be properly entered therein, the warehouse bond number endorsed thereon, and the amount of To be certified duties payable estimated. From the collector's office it shall then be taken by the importer to the naval office, where a similar comparison shall be made with the warehouse records of that office, and the estimate of duties verified and endorsed upon the duplicate entry. The amount of duties thus ascertained having been paid, a permit will be issued for the delivery of the goods. The entry shall be in the following form, and shall be made in duplicate:

by naval officer.

FORM 109.

Withdrawal entry for consumption at port of original importation.

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446. This entry shall be made in triplicate, and when with

drawn by other than the original importer, the same authority must be required as in case of entry for consumption. And in additions to the particulars required in that case, this entry shall

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I authorize described in this entry.

FORM No. 110.

to withdraw from warehouse the goods

[To be signed by the importer.]

Withdrawals for

transportation & export at actual

quantities.

443. Merchandise in bulk, liquors, sugars, molasses, cocoa, pepper, and other articles bought and sold by weight, when withdrawn for export or transportation, must be entered for such destination at the actual quantities on which duties were estimated at the time of arrival in the United States; and to secure this, weighers, measurers, and guagers will be required to mark on each package its contents as determined by them on its entry for warehouse. On these quantities the duties on Withdrawals for export and transportation entries will be estimated. Goods consumption at average valuawithdrawn for consumption may be taken at average valuations -care being had that on the last withdrawal the entire balance of duty be collected.

444. Should the final withdrawal entry be for export or transportation, and there be any difference between the actual duty and the amount to close the sum due on the warehouse entry, the excess if any, shall be refunded on the last witdrawal for consumption, and the deficiency, if any, collected on amendment to said entry.

FORM No. 112.

Transportation entry from one port to another in the United

States.

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exhibit the name of the consignee, and the name of vessels by which the goods are to be transported; or if the transportation be by land, or partly by land and partly by water, the particular Designation of railroad or other route shall be designated, which route shall be entry. in accordance with the regulations hereinafter provided. The party making the entry shall also present a copy of so much of the original invoice as relates to the merchandise, if package goods, described in such entry, or if other than package goods, Copy of invoice a copy of the whole invoice. This copy must be a literal copy of the original, and if in a foreign language, must be a translated copy, and contain all the particulars set forth in that document. The entry having been compared with the record of the original warehouse entry, as provided in case of entry for consumption, entered in the appropriate column in the warehouse account, and the warehouse bond number endorsed thereon, and having also been compared and entered in the books of the naval officer and the duties payable estimated, and the following oath taken by the party making entry, the collector will take a bond in the following form, in a penal sum equal to double the invoice or appraised value of the goods, with sufficient surety or sureties:

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FORM No. 113.
Oath.

I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the goods, wares, and merchandise described in the within entry now delivered by me to the collector of the customs for the port of are truly intended to be transported in bond by me to the port of and delivered to the collector of said port, according to the provisions of the warehousing laws, and the regulations of the Secretary of Treasury: So help me God. 186 before me,

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Time of Transportation Bond.

447. If the port to which the merchandise is to be transported be not more than one hundred miles distant by the route proposed, the time inserted in the bond shall be twenty days; if over one hundred, and less than two hundred and fifty miles, thirty days; if over two hundred and fifty miles, and less than five hundred miles, sixty days; and if over five hundred miles, ninety days; but if the distance be over two hundred and fifty miles, the collector may, at the instance of the party, allow thirty additional days.

Collector may Nine months will be allowed for transportation of merchandise receive goods in bond between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United tain cases. States around Cape Horn, and four months by other routes be

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