SEC. 2. [Amends R. S. sec. 2567.] That section twenty-five hundred and sixty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2567. [Officers in Mississippi.] There shall be in the collection districts in the State of Mississippi, the following officers: "First. [Pearl River.] In the district of Pearl River, a collector who shall reside at the port of Gulfport, a deputy collector who shall reside at Bay Saint Louis (Shieldsboro), a deputy collector who shall reside at Scranton or Pascagoula, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate, and a deputy collector who shall reside at Biloxi, together with such other officers as may be necessary for the proper performance of the business of the district, who shall be designated and appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the right to fix the compensation of such deputy collectors and of such other officers as he is by this bill authorized to designate. "Second. [Natchez.] In the district of Natchez, a collector who shall reside at Natchez. “Third. [Vicksburg.] In the district of Vicksburg, a collector." [33 Stat. L. 243.] The section amended by the text is given in vol. 2, p. 550. SEC. 3. [In effect.] That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [33 Stat. L. 243.] An Act Making Texas City, Texas, a subport of entry in the customs collection district of Galveston. [Act of Feb. 17, 1905, ch. 582, 33 Stat. L. 719.] That Texas City, in the State of Texas, be, and is hereby, made a subport of entry in the customs collection district of Galveston, and that the privileges of section one of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty," governing the immediate transportation of dutiable goods without appraisement be, and the same are hereby, extended to such subport, and a deputy collector of customs shall be appointed, who shall reside at said subport. [33 Stat. L. 719.] An Act Providing for the removal of the port of entry in the customs collection district in Alaska from Sitka, Alaska, to Juneau, Alaska. [Act of April 28, 1904, ch. 1807, 33 Stat. L. 554.] [Amends R. S. sec. 2592.] That section twenty-five hundred and ninetytwo of the Revised Statutes of the United States, second edition, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be amended by striking out the word "Sitka" in the last line of the section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Juneau." The collector of customs for the customs collection district of Alaska shall reside at Juneau, which is hereby made and constituted the port of entry for said district instead of Sitka. [33 Stat. L. 554.] The section amended by the text is set out in vol. 2, p. 567. An Act To establish Portal, North Dakota, a subport of entry and extend thereto the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. [Act of Jan. 22, 1903, ch. 197, 32 Stat. L. 780.] That Portal, North Dakota, be, and is hereby, designated a subport of entry in the customs collection district of North and South Dakota, and that the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, extended to said subport. [32 Stat. L. 780.] An Act To establish a port of delivery at Salt Lake City, Utah. [Act of March 18, 1904, ch. 715, 33 Stat. L. 85.] [SEC. 1.] [Making Salt Lake City a port of delivery, etc.] That Salt Lake City, in the State of Utah, be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery, and that the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to said port. [33 Stat. L. 85.] SEC. 2. [Surveyor of customs.] That there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, whose salary shall be one thousand dollars per annum, in lieu of all fees and commissions of every kind whatsoever. [33 Stat. L. 85.] An Act Providing for an additional officer in the district of Chicago, in the collection district of Indiana and Illinois. [Act of Feb. 6, 1904, ch. 151, 33 Stat. L. 11.] [Naval officer for Chicago.] That there shall be in the district of Chicago, in the collection district of Indiana and Illinois, in addition to the officers now provided for by law, a naval officer for the district, who shall perform the duties pertaining to that office, and shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars a year. [33 Stat. L. 11.] An Act Constituting Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois, a port of delivery. [Act of April 28, 1904, ch. 1825, 33 Stat. L. 574.] That Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois, be, and hereby is, constituted a port of delivery in the customs collection district of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and that the privileges of immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise conferred by the seventh section of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, extended to said port. [33 Stat. L. 574.] An Act For the establishment of Dayton, Ohio, as a port of delivery. That Dayton, Ohio, be, and is hereby, established as a port of delivery in the customs collection district of New Orleans, Louisiana, and that the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and are hereby, extended to said port; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at Dayton, who shall receive a salary to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. [33 Stat. L. 171.] An Act To amend section twenty-seven hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States. [Act of March 2, 1905, ch. 1306, 33 Stat. L. 826.] [Amends R. S. sec. 2787, as to bond by agent making entry.] That section twenty-seven hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2787. Whenever any entry is made with the collector of any district of merchandise imported into the United States subject to duty by any agent, factor, or person, other than the person to whom it belongs or to whom it is ultimately consigned, the collector shall take a bond with surety from such agent, factor, or person in the penal sum of an amount equal to double the estimated duties, with condition that the actual owner or consignee of such merchandise shall deliver to the collector a full and correct account of the merchandise imported by him, or for him on his own account, or consigned to his care, in the same manner and form as required in respect to any entry previous to the landing of merchandise; which account shall be verified by like oath, as in the case of an entry, to be taken and subscribed before any judge of the United States, or the judge of any court of record of a State, or before any collector of the customs, or before any properly qualified notary whose seal shall be attested by the clerk of the county in which he is resident, or before any notary public designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. In case of the payment of the duties at the time of entry by any factor or agent on the merchandise entered by him, the condition of the bond shall be to produce the account of the proper owner or consignee, verified in manner as before directed, within. ninety days from the date of such bond. "The bond in no case shall be for less than one hundred dollars, and may not be required when the entered value of the merchandise does not exceed one hundred dollars. In the event of failure to produce the declaration of the owner or ultimate consignee within the time herein prescribed the bond may be cancelled, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon due proof that the factor or agent who entered the merchandise exercised proper diligence in the effort to fulfill the requirements of this Act." Provided, That with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury any agent, factor, or common carrier engaged in the entry of merchandise at the port of first arrival may give a general penal bond at said port for the production of the oaths of owners or ultimate consignees. Said bond shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at an amount sufficient in his opinion to cover all obligations to the United States that may accrue, and the record and cancellation of liabilities under said general bond shall be in accordance with such rules as he may prescribe. [33 Stat. L. 826.] An Act To extend to the port of Niagara Falls, New York, the privileges of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement. [Act of March 2, 1903, ch. 982, 32 Stat. L. 955.] [Niagara Falls, N. Y., granted immediate transportation privileges.] That the privileges of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and they are hereby, extended to the port of Niagara Falls, New York. [32 Stat. L. 955.] An Act To extend to Peoria, Illinois, the privileges of the seventh section of the Act of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of merchandise without appraisement. [Act of April 27, 1904, ch. 1627, 33 Stat. L. 362.] transportation_privileges.] [Peoria, Ill., granted immediate transportation privileges.] That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and are hereby, extended to Peoria, Illinois, a port of delivery in the customs district of Indiana and Illinois. [33 Stat. L. 362.] An Act To make Gloucester, Massachusetts, a port to which merchandise may be imported without appraisement. [Act of March 1, 1905, ch. 1300, 33 Stat. L. 822.] [Gloucester, Mass., granted immediate transportation privileges.] That the privileges of section seven of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts. [33 Stat. L. 822.] An Act To amend section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to manner of importation. [Act of April 27, 1904, ch. 1625, 33 Stat. L. 362.] [SEO. 1.] [Amends R. S. sec. 3095, as to importations from contiguous countries.] That section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 3095. Except in the districts on the northern, northwestern, and western boundaries of the United States, adjoining to the Dominion of Canada or into the districts adjacent to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture subject to the payment of duties shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port in any other manner than by sea, nor in any vessel of less than thirty net register tons, or landed or unladen at any other port than is directed by law, under the penalty of seizure and forfeiture of all such vessels and of the merchandise imported therein, laden or unladen in any other manner." [33 Stat. L. 362.] SEO. 2. [In effect.] That this Act shall take effect one month after its passage. [33 Stat. L. 362.] 79 Volume X. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS. CROSS-REFERENCES. Consular Reports, see COMMERCE AND LABOR, ante, p. 63. [Second secretary of legation to Turkey.] The provision of the Act of March 22, 1902, ch, 272, set forth in vol. 2, p. 782, is repeated in the Act of Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. L. 808; March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 33 Stat. L. 69; March 3, 1905, ch. 1407, 33 Stat. L. 917. [Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China-students of language.] The provisions of the Act of March 22, 1902, ch. 272, set forth in vol. 2, p. 783, are repeated in the Acts of Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. L. 808; March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 33 Stat. L. 69; March 3, 1905, ch. 1407, 33 Stat. L. 916. [Student interpreters in China.] The provisions of the Act of March 22, 1902, ch. 272, set forth in vol. 2, p. 783, are repeated in the Acts of Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. L. 809; March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 33 Stat. L. 69; March 3, 1905, ch. 1407, 33 Stat. L. 917. [Payment to consular officers not citizens.] The provisions of the Act of March 22, 1902, ch. 272, set out in vol. 2, p. 808, are repeated in the Acts of Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. L. 818; March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 33 Stat. L. 78. [Keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, Siam, and Turkey.] The provisions of the Act of March 22, 1902, ch. 272, set out in vol. 2, p. 831, have been repeated in the later appropriation Acts of Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. L. 819; March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 33 Stat. L. 79; March 3, 1905, ch. 1407, 33 Stat. L. 927. DISCRIMINATING LAWS AND DUTIES. See CUSTOMS DUTIES, ante, p. 69. 80 Volume X. |