THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS GUIDE; BEING A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO THE REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS; ENTRY AND CLEARANCE IN THE Foreign and COASTING TRADE; NAVIGATION; COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE; SEAMEN IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE; THE ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE FOR CONSUMPTION AND FOR WAREHOUSING; WITH A TABLE OF DUTIES PAYABLE, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST DECISIONS; THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS; THE FRONTIER TRADE; OFFENSES AGAINST THE REVENUE; REMISSION OF FINES, PENALTIES, Forfeitures, &c.; WITH COPIOUS EXTRACTS FROM THE REGULATIONS OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A SCHEDULE OF FEES PAYABLE AT THE CUSTOM HOUSES, and tables OF FOREIGN WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEYS REDUCED TO FEDERAL STANDARDS. BY R. S. S. ANDROS, LATE DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF THE CUSTOMS, BOSTON. C BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY T. R. MARVIN. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO. 75 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by T. R. MARVIN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Value of imposts to be ascertained by appraisement............. Appraisers must use all reasonable means to get value........................... Other officers may act as appraisers Secretary of Treasury may establish regulations................................. What is meant by period of exportation.... Actual examination must be made by appraisers, and how......................................... 122 Examination and appraisement at port of importation Goods transported under bond, appraisement may be revised. Percentage advances and average valuations prohibited... Weight to be ascertained and lading made under inspection Exporter must make oath and give bond ............................ When entry is not completed within time allowed Bonds, how canceled and how executed Bonds not canceled, when to be put in suit Pickled fish, drawback on exportation .................................... 261 BRITISH PROVINCES ADJACENT, exportation to....... BRITISH PROVINCES, reciprocal trade with..... Number according to tunnage and space............................. |