port in the United States at which it is intended to make entry of merchandise; whereupon the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent shall indorse upon each of the triplicates a certificate, under his hand and official seal, stating that the invoice has been produced to him, with the date of such production, and the name of the person by whom the same was produced, and the port in the United States at which it shall be the declared intention to make entry of the merchandise therein mentioned. The Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent shall then deliver to the person producing the same one of the triplicates to be used in making entry of the merchandise; shall file another in his office, to be there carefully preserved; and shall, as soon as practicable, transmit the remaining one to the collector of the port of the United States at which it shall be declared to be the inten tion to make entry of the merchandise.

1335. SEC. 4. That sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three and twenty-eight hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same are hereby, so amended as to require that all invoices of merchandise imported from any foreign country and intended to be transported without appraisement to any of the ports mentioned in the seventh section of this act, shall be made in quadruplicate; and that the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, to whom the same shall be produced, shall certify each of said quadruplicates under his hand and official seal in the manner required by section twenty-eight hundred and fifty-tive of the Revised Statutes, and shall then deliver to the person producing the same two of the quadruplicates, one to be used in making entry at the port of first arrival of the merchandise in the United States, and one to be used in making entry at the port of destination, file another in his office, there to be carefully preserved and as soon as practicable transmit the remaining one to the collector or surveyor of the port of final destination of the merchandise: Provided, however, That no additional fee shall be collected on account of any service performed under the requirements this section.

1336. SEC. 2856. In case of merchandise imported from a foreign country adjacent to the United States, the declaration in the two preceding sections required may be made to, and the certificate indorsed by, the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent at or nearest to the port of clearance for the United States.

1337. SEC. 2857. Whenever, from a change of the destination of any merchandise, after the production of the invoice thereof to the Consul, ViceConsul, or Commercial Agent, or from other cause, the triplicate transmitted to the collector of the port to which such merchandise was originally destined is not received at the port where the same actually arrives, and where it is desired to make entry thereof, the merchandise may be admitted to an entry on the execution by the owner, consignee, or agent, of a bond, with sufficient security, in double the amount of duty apparently due, conditioned for the payment of the duty which shall be found to be actually due thereon. The collector of the port where such entry shall be made shall immediately notify the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent whom such invoice has been produced to transmit to such collector a ified copy thereof, and such Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent

shall transmit the same accordingly without delay; and the duty shall not be finally liquidated until such triplicate, or a certified copy thereof, shall have been received. Such liquidation, however, shall not be delayed longer than eighteen months from the time of making such entry.

1338. SEC. 2858. Whenever, from accident or other cause, it has become impracticable for the person desiring to make entry of any merchandise, to produce, at the time of making such entry, any invoice thereof, as hereinbefore required, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the entry of such merchandise upon such terms and in accordance with such general or special regulations as he may prescribe. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby invested with the like powers of remission in cases of forfeiture arising under the foregoing provisions as in other cases of forfeiture under the revenue laws. (See 5360, 5361.)

1339. SEC. 2859. The six preceding sections shall not apply to countries where there is no Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent of the United States. And whenever the value of the imported merchandise does not exceed one hundred dollars, the collector may admit it to entry without the production of the triplicate invoice, and without submitting the question to the Secretary of the Treasury, if he is satisfied that the neglect to produce such invoice was unintentional and that the importation was made in good faith, and without any purpose of defrauding or evading the revenue laws.

1340. SEC. 2860. Except as allowed in the four preceding sections, no merchandise imported from any foreign place or country shall be admitted to an entry unless the invoice presented in all respects conforms to the requirements of sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three, twenty-eight hundred and fifty-four, and twenty-eight hundred and fifty-five, and has thereon the certificate of the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent in those sections specified, nor unless the invoice is verified at the time of making such entry by the oath of the owner or consignee, or of the authorized agent of the owner or consignee, certifying that the invoice and the declaration thereon are in all respects true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to have been made, nor unless the triplicate transmitted by the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent to the collector has been received by him.

1341. SEC. 2861. No Consular Officer of the United States shall grant a certificate for merchandise shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, which has passed a Consulate after purchase for shipment.

1342. SEC. 2862. All Consular Officers are hereby authorized to require, before certifying any invoice under the provisions of the preceding sections, satisfactory evidence, either by the oath of the person presenting such invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct and true. In the exercise of the discretion hereby given, the Consular Officers shall be governed by such general or special regulations or instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State.

1343. SEC. 2863. All Consuls and Commercial Agents of the United States having any knowledge or belief of any case or practice of any person who obtains verification of any invoice whereby the revenue of the United

States is or may be defrauded, shall report the facts to the collector of the port where the revenue is or may be defrauded, or to the Secretary of the Treasury.

1344. SEC. 2864. If any owner, consignee, or agent of any merchandise shall knowingly make, or attempt to make, an entry thereof by means of any false invoice, or false certificate of a Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, or of any invoice which does not contain a true statement of all the particulars hereinbefore required, or by means of any other false or fraudulent document or paper, or of any other false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever, such merchandise [or the value thereof] shall be forfeited. (Ses 885444, 5452.)

1345. SEC. 2865. [Every person who makes out or passes, or attempts to pass, through the custom-house any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice; or who shall aid or abet in making or passing such false, forged, or fraudulent invoice, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.] [If any person shall knowingly and willfully, with intent to defraud the revenue of the United States, smuggle, or clandestinely introduce into the United States, any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to duty by law, and which should have been invoiced, without paying or accounting for the duty, or shall make out or pass, or attempt to pass, through the custom-house any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice, every such person, his, her, or their aiders and abettors, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for any term of time not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court.]

1346. SEC. 2904. When the duty upon any imports shall be subject to be levied upon the true market-value of such imports in the principal markets of the country from whence the importation has been made, or at the port of exportation, the duty shall be estimated and collected upon the value on the day of actual shipment, whenever a bill of lading shall be presented showing the date of shipment, and which shall be certified by a certificate of the United States Consul, Commercial Agent, or other legally authorized deputy.

1347. SEC. 2905. In all cases where merchandise, subject to ad-valorem duty, or on which the duties are to be levied upon the value of the square yard, and in all cases where any specific quantity or parcel of such merchandise has been imported into the United States from a country in which the same has not been manufactured or produced, the foreign value shall be appraised and estimated according to the current market-value or wholesale price of similar articles of the principal markets of the country of production or manufacture, at the period of the exportation of such merchandise to the United States.

1348. SEC. 2906. When an ad-valorem rate of duty is imposed on any imported merchandise, or when the duty imposed shall be regulated by, or directed to be estimated or based upon, the value of the square yard, or of any specified quantity or parcel of such merchandise, the collector within whose district the same shall be imported or entered shall cause the actua! market-value, or wholesale price thereof, at the period of the exportation to the United States, in the the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported, to be appraised, and such appraised value shall be considered the value upon which duty shall be assessed.

1349. SEC. 3044. All bonds which may be given for any merchandise exported from the United States, and on which any drawback of duties or allowance shall be payable, in virtue of such exportation, shall and may be discharged, and not otherwise, by producing within one year from the date thereof, if the exportation be made to any port of Europe or America, or within two years, if made to any port of Asia or Africa, a certificate under the hand of the consignee at the foreign port to whom the merchandise shall have been addressed, therein particularly setting forth and describing the articles so exported, their marks, numbers, description of packages, the number thereof, and their actual contents, and declaring that the same have been received by them from on board the vessel, specifying the names of the master and vessel from which they were so received; and where such merchandise is not consigned or addressed to any particular person at the foreign port to which the vessel is destined, or may arrive, but where the master or other persons on board such vessel may be the consignee of such merchandise, a certificate from the person to whom such merchandise may be sold or delivered, by such master or other person, shall be produced to the same effect as that required if the person receiving the same were originally intended to be the consignee thereof.

1350. SEC. 3045. In addition to such certificate, it shall be necessary to produce a certificate under the hand and seal of the Consul or Agent of the United States, residing at the place, declaring either that the facts stated in the certificate of such consignee, or other person, are to his knowledge true, or that such certificate is deserving of full faith and credit; which certificates of the consignee, or other person, and Consul or Agent, shall in all cases, as respects the landing or delivery of the merchandise, be confirmed by the oath of the master and mate, if living, or in case of their death, by the oath of the two principal surviving officers of the vessel in which the exportation shall be made. Where there is no Consul or Agent of the United States residing at the place of delivery, the certificate of the consignee, or other person hereinbefore required, shall be confirmed by the certificate of two reputable American merchants residing at the place, or if there are no such American merchants, then by the certificate of two reputable foreign merchants, testifying that the several facts stated in such

consignee or other person's certificate, are, to their knowledge, just and true, or that such certificate is, in their opinion, worthy of full faith and credit; and such certificate shall also be supported by the oath of the master and mate, or other principal officers of the vessel, in manner as before prescribed. The oath of the master and mate, or other principal officers. shall, in all cases, when taken at a foreign port, be taken and subscribed before the Consul or Agent of the United States residing at such foreign port, if any such Consul or Agent reside thereat.

TITLE XLVII.

Foreign Relations.

1351. SEC. 4075. The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by such Diplomatic or Consular Officers of the United States, and under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States; and no other person shall grant, issue, or verify any such passport. Where a Legation of the United States is established in any country, no person other than the Diplomatic Representative of the United States at such place shall be permitted to grant or issue any passport, except in the absence therefrom of such Representative.

1352. SEC. 4076. No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than citizens of the United States.

1353. SEC. 4077. All persons who shall be authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports shall make return of the same to the Secretary of State, in such manner and as often as he shall require; and such returns shall specify the names and all other particulars of the persons to whom the same shall be granted, issued, or verified, as embraced in such passport.

1354. SEC. 4078. If any person acting, or claiming to act, in any office or capacity, under the United States, or any of the States of the United States. who shall not be lawfully authorized so to do, shall grant, issue, or verify any passport or other instrument in the nature of a passport, to or for any citizen of the United States, or to or for any person claiming to be or designated as such in such passport or verification, or if any Consular Officer who shall be authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports shall knowingly and willfully grant, issue, or verify any such passport to or for any person not a citizen of the United States, he shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both; and may be charged, proceeded against, tried, convicted, and dealt with therefor in the district where he may be arrested or in custody.

1355. SEC. 4079. Whenever it is stipulated by treaty or convention between the United States and any foreign nation that the Consul-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Consular or Commercial Agents of each nation hall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies, difficulties, or disorders ng at sea or in the waters or ports of the other nation, between the mas