This is to certify, that there were cleared out at this port, on the [insert the day of clearance] in the [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] was master, for [insert the port or place for which cleared the following articles of merchandise [here enumerate the number of packages, their denominations, marks, and numbers, together with their contents] on which no drawback, allowance, or bounty, hath been paid or admitted. A B, collector. Whereupon a permit, shall and may be granted for landing the same. Provided, That if the said certificate cannot be immediately produced, and if the proof otherwise required shall be made, a bond shall and may be given in the following form, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within which the said articles are intended to be landed, in a sum equal to what the duties would be on the said articles, if they were not of the growth, product, or manufacture, of the United States: Know all men by these presents, that we [insert the name of the principal and sureties] are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of to be paid to the said truly to be made, we United States, for which payment, well and bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly, by these presents. and dated this day of in the Sealed with our seals. year of the independence of the United States, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety Whereas has this day made entry at the custom-house of the port of of the following articles, viz: [here particularize the packages, marks, numbers, and contents] as per entry, by him subscribed: and hath likewise sworn, (or affirmed,) before the collector of the said port, that the said articles are of the growth, product, or manufacture, of the United States, and that they were exported from the district of, in the whereof - was master, on or about the and whereas the duties on the aforesaid articles, if of foreign growth or importation, would amount to the aforesaid sum of --: The condition, therefore, of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden do, within six months from the date hereof, produce, or cause to be produced, to the collector of the district of a certificate, under the hand and seal of the collector (and naval officer, if any) of the aforesaid port of of the said articles having been actually exported from thence, as herein set forth, subject to no drawback, bounty, or allowance, then this obligation to be void, and of no effect, otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) And, upon receiving a bond as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said collector, and naval officer, where any, to grant a permit for landing of the said articles, in like manner as if the said certificate had been produced; and, in default of such certificate being produced, within the time limited in such bond, the collector taking the same is required and enjoined to enforce the payment thereof, as in the case of other bonds taken for duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States. 31. SEC. XLIX. All oaths or affirmations to be taken, upon making of any of the reports or entries, or respecting any of the acts herein mentioned, whether by the master, or other person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel, or the owner of consignee of any goods, wares, or merchandise, his or her factor or agent, or by any other person, shall be administered by the collector, or officer to or with whom report or entry shall be made, and shall be reduced to writing, and subscribed by the person swearing or affirming, and also by the person administering the said oaths or affirmations. And the collector, jointly with the naval officer, or alone where there is none, shall, according to the best of his or their judgment or information, make a gross estimate of the amount of the duties on the goods, wares, or merchandise, to which the entry of any owner or consignee, his or her factor or agent, shall relate, which estimate shall be endorsed upon such entry, and signed by the officer or officers making the same. And the amount of the said estimated duties having been first paid, or secured to be paid, pursuant to the provisions of this act, the said collector shall, together with the naval officer, where there is one, or alone where there is none, grant a permit to land the goods, wares, and merchandise, whereof entry shall have been so made, and then, and not before, it shall be lawful to land the said goods; and all permits shall specify, as particularly as may be, the goods to be delivered, namely, the number and description of the packages, whether trunk, bale, chest, box, case, pipe, hogshead, barrel, keg, or any other packages whatever, with the mark and number of each package, and, as far as circumstances will admit, the contents thereof, together with the names of the vessel and master, in which, and the place from whence, they were imported; and no goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be delivered by any inspector, or other officer of the customs, that shall not fully agree with the description thereof in such permit; and the form of all permits, for the purposes aforesaid, and for deliveries from the public stores, shall be as follows: Port of To the inspectors of the port (or) the keeper of the public store (as the case may require.) We certify, that [insert the name of the actual owner, or consignee] has paid, (or) secured to be paid, (as the case may be,) the duties on merchandise contained in the following packages, Ff (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) in conformity to the entry thereof of this date, which merchandise was imported in the [insert the denomination and name of the vessel, master's name, and the port from which arrived] permission is accordingly hereby given to land, (or) deliver, the same, viz. [here particularly insert the mark, number, and denomination, of each package, and, as far as may be, their contents, noting those articles that are to be either weighed, gauged, or measured.] A B, collector. 32. SEC. L. No goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in any ship or vessel from any foreign port or place, shall be unladen or delivered from such ship or vessel, within the United States, but in open day, that is to say, between the rising and setting of the sun, except by special license from the collector of the port, and naval officer of the same, where there is one, for that purpose, nor at any time without a permit from the collector, and naval officer, if any, for such unlading or delivery; and if any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be unladen or delivered from any such ship or vessel, contrary to the direction aforesaid, or any of them, the master, or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and every other person who shall knowingly be concerned, or aiding therein, or in removing, storing, or otherwise securing, the said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall forfeit and pay, each and severally, the sum of four hundred dollars for each offence, and shall be disabled from holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, for a term not exceeding seven years; and it shall be the duty of the collector of the district, to advertise the names of all such persons in a newspaper, printed in the state in which he resides, within twenty days after each respective conviction; and all goods, wares, or merchandise, so unladen or delivered, shall become forfeited, and may be seized by any of the officers of the customs; and where the value thereof, according to the highest market price of the same, at the port or district where landed, shall amount to four hundred dollars, the vessel, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be subject to like forfeiture and sei zure. 33. SEC. LI. No goods, wares, or merchandise, brought in any ship or vessel, from any foreign port or place, requiring to be weighed, gauged, or measured, in order to ascertain the duties thereupon, shall, without the consent of the proper officer, be removed from any wharf, or place, upon which the same may be landed or put, before the same shall have been so weighed, gauged, or measured; and if spirits, wines, teas, or sugars, before the proof, or quality, and quantity, thereof is ascertained and marked thereon, by or under the direction of the proper officer for that purpose; and if any such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be removed from such wharf or place, unless with the consent of the (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) proper officer had and obtained, before the same shall have been so weighed, gauged, or measured; and, if spirits, wines, teas, or sugars, before the proof, or quality, and quantity, shall have been so ascertained and marked, the same shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of the customs or inspection. 34. SEC. LII. All goods, wares, or merchandise, of which entry shall have been made incomplete, or without the specification of particulars, either for want of the original invoice or invoices, or for any other cause, or which shall have received damage during the voyage, to be ascertained by the proper officers of the port or district in which the said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall arrive, shall be conveyed to some warehouse, or storehouse, to be designated by the collector, in the parcels or packages containing the same, there to remain, with due and reasonable care, at the expense and risk of the owner or consignee, under the care of some proper officer, until the particulars, cost or value, as the case may require, shall have been ascertained, either by the exhibition of the original invoice or invoices thereof, or by appraisement, at the option of the owner, importer, or consignee, in manner hereafter provided, and until the duties thereon shall have been paid, or secured to be paid, and a permit granted by the collector for the delivery thereof. And for the appraisement of goods, wares, and merchandise, not accompanied with the original invoice of their cost, or to ascertain the damage thereon received during the voyage, it shall be lawful for the collector, and, upon request of the party, he is required, to appoint one merchant, and the owner, importer, or consignee, to appoint another, who shall appraise or value the said goods, wares, or merchandise, accordingly; which appraisement shall be subscribed by the parties making the same, and be verified, on oath or affirmation, before the said collector; which oath or affirmation shall be in the form following, to wit: We [insert the names of the persons] appointed by the collector of [here insert the name of the port or district] and [here insert the name or names of the importer or importers] to ascertain the contents, and appraise the value of the merchandise contained in the several packages described in the within, or annexed, entry or account, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly, swear, (or affirm) that the several articles detailed in the annexed appraisement, subscribed with our names, contains a full and true account of all the merchandise whatsoever contained in the several packages mentioned in such entry or account, and that the several prices, by us affixed to each article, are, to the best of our skill and judgment, the true and actual value or cost thereof, at the place of exportation. So help us God. And in respect to articles that have been damaged during the voyage, as aforesaid, whether subject to a duty ad valorem, or which are chargeable with a specific duty, either by number, weight, (ACT of March 2d, 1799.) or measure, the appraisers, as aforesaid, shall, in like manner, ascertain and certify, to what rate or per centage the said goods, wares, or merchandise, are damaged, and the rate or per centage of damage, so ascertained and certified, shall be deducted from the original amount subject to a duty ad valorem, or from the actual or original number, weight, or measure, on which specific duties would have been computed: Provided, That no allowance for the damage on any goods, wares, and merchandise, that have been entered, and on which the duties have been paid, or secured to be paid, and for which a permit has been granted to the owner or consignee thereof, and which may, on examining the same, prove to be damaged, shall be made, unless proof, to ascertain such damage, shall be lodged in the customhouse of the port or place where such goods, wares, or merchandise, have been landed, within ten days after the landing of such merchandise. And every person who shall be appointed to ascertain the damage, during the voyage, of any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in the following form, to wit: We, [insert the names of the persons] appointed by the collector of the district of [insert the name of the district] and [insert the name or names of the owner or owners, consignee or consignees] to ascertain and appraise the damage sustained on merchandise imported by [insert the name or names of the importer or importers] in the [insert denomination and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master, from [insert the port or place from which imported] do solemnly, sincerely, and truly, swear, (or affirm,) that we have carefully examined the several packages hereafter enumerated and described, and find the several articles of merchandise, as particularly detailed, contained in the said packages, to have received damage, as we believe, during the voyage of importation, and that the allowance by us made for such damage, is, to the best of our skill and judgment, just. So help us God. 35. SEC. LIII. It shall be lawful for the collector of any district at which any ship or vessel may arrive, and immediately on her first coming within such district, and for the surveyor of any port where such ship be, to put and keep on board such ship or vessel, whilst remaining with in such district, or in going from one district to another, one or more inspectors, to examine the cargo, or contents of such ship or vessel, and to superintend the delivery thereof, or of so much thereof as shall be delivered within the United States, and to perform such other duties, according to law, as they shall be directed, by the said collector or surveyor, to perform, for the better securing the collection of the duties: Provided, That collectors only shall have power to put on board ships or vessels, inspectors to go from one district to another: And the said inspector or inspectors shall make known, to the person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, the duties he or they, is or are, so to perform; and shall suffer no goods, wares, |