exportation or for transportation and exportation without the payment of duties thereon, or for transportation and rewarehousing at another port: Provided, That the total period of time for which such merchandise may remain in bonded warehouse shall not exceed three years. Merchandise upon which the duties have been paid and which shall have remained continuously in bonded warehouse or otherwise in the custody and under the control of customs officers, may be entered or withdrawn at any time within three years after the date of importation for exportation, or for transportation and exportation, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and upon such entry or withdrawal, 99 per centum of the duties thereon shall be refunded: Provided, That such merchandise shall be exported in the original packages in which the same was imported.

SEC. 558. DRAWBACK. No refund or drawback of duty shall be allowed on the exportation of any merchandise after its release from the custody or control of the Government except in case of the exportation of articles manufactured or produced in whole or in part from imported materials on which a drawback of duties is expressly provided for by law.

SEC. 559. ABANDONMENT.-Merchandise remaining in bonded warehouse beyond three years from the date of importation shall be regarded as abandoned to the Government and be sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and the proceeds of sale paid into the Treasury, as in the case of unclaimed merchandise covered by section 499 of this Act, subject to the payment to the owner or consignee of such amount, if any, as shall remain after deduction of duties, charges, and expenses.

SEC. 560. LEASING OF WAREHOUSES.-The Secretary of the Treasury may cause to be set aside any available space in a building used as a customhouse for the storage of bonded merchandise or may lease premises for the storage of unclaimed merchandise or other imported merchandise required to be stored by the Government, and set aside a portion of such leased premises for the storage of bonded merchandise: Provided, That no part of any premises owned or leased by the Government may be used for the storage of bonded merchandise at any port at which a public bonded warehouse has been established and is in operation. All the premises so leased shall be leased on public account and the storage and other charges shall be deposited and accounted for as customs receipts, and the rates therefor shall not be less than the charges for storage and similar services made at such port of entry by commercial concerns for the storage and handling of merchandise. No collector or other officer of the customs shall own, in whole or in part, any bonded warehouse or enter into any contract or agreement for the lease or use of any building to be thereafter erected as a public store or warehouse. No lease of any building to be so used shall be taken for a longer period than three years, nor shall rent for any such premises be paid, in whole or in part, in advance.

SEC. 561. PUBLIC STORES.-Any premises owned or leased by the Government and used for the storage of merchandise for the final release of which from customs custody a permit has not been issued shall be known as a "public store."

SEC. 562. MANIPULATION IN WAREHOUSE.-Unless by special authority of the Secretary of the Treasury,,no merchandise shall be withdrawn from bonded warehouse in less quantity than an entire bale, cask, box, or other package; or, if in bulk, in the entire quantity imported or in a quantity not less than one ton weight. All merchandise so withdrawn shall be withdrawn in the original packages in which imported unless, upon the application of the importer, it shall appear to the collector of customs that it shall be necessary to the safety or preservation of the merchandise to repack or transfer the same: Provided, That upon permission therefor being granted by the Secretary of the Treasury, merchandise may be cleaned, sorted, repacked, or otherwise changed in condition, but not manufactured, in bonded warehouses established for that purpose and be withdrawn therefrom for exportation, without payment of the duties, or for consumption, upon payment of the duties accruing thereon, in its condition at the time of withdrawal from warehouse.

SEC. 563. ALLOWANCE FOR LOSS-ABANDONMENT.-In no case shall there be any abatement or allowance made in the duties for any injury, deterioration, loss, or damage sustained by any merchandise while remaining in a bonded warehouse: Provided, That upon the production of satisfactory proof to him of actual injury or destruction, in whole or in part, of any merchandise, by accidental fire or other casualty, while in bonded warehouse, or in the appraiser's stores undergoing appraisal, or while in transportation under bond from one port to another, or while in the custody of the officers of the customs, although not in bond, or while within the limits of any port of entry, and before the same has been landed from the importing vessel or vehicle, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to abate or refund, as the case may be, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of duties paid or accruing thereon: And provided further, That the importer may at any time prior to three years from the date of original importation abandon to the Government any merchandise in bonded warehouse and be relieved of the payment of duties thereon: Provided, That the portion so abandoned shall not be less than an entire package and shall be abandoned in the original package without having been repacked while in bonded warehouse.

SEC. 564. LIENS.-That whenever a collector of customs shall be notified in writing of the existence of a lien for freight, charges, or contribution in general average upon any imported merchandise sent to the appraiser's store for examination, entered for warehousing or taken possession of by him, he shall refuse to permit delivery thereof from public store or bonded warehouse until proof shall be produced that the said lien has been satisfied or discharged. The rights of the United States shall not be prejudiced or affected by the filing of such lien, nor shall the United States or its officers be liable for losses or damages consequent upon such refusal to permit delivery. If merchandise, regarding which such notice of lien has been filed, shall be forfeited or abandoned and sold, the freight, charges, or contribution in general average due thereon shall be paid from the proceeds of such sale in the same manner as other lawful charges and expenses are paid therefrom.

SEC. 565. CARTAGE.-The cartage of merchandise entered for warehouse shall be done by cartmen to be appointed and licensed

by the collector of customs and who shall give a bond, in a penal sum to be fixed by such collector, for the protection of the Government against any loss of, or damage to, such merchandise while being so carted. The cartage of merchandise designated for examination at the appraiser's stores and of merchandise taken into custody by the collector as unclaimed shall be performed by such persons as may be designated, under contract or otherwise, by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under such regulations for the protection of the owners thereof and of the revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.

PART 5.-ENFORCEMENT OF THE CUSTOMS LAWS.

SEC. 581. BOARDING VESSELS.-Officers of the customs or of the Coast Guard, and agents or other persons authorized by the Treasury. Department, or appointed for that purpose in writing by a collector of customs may at any time go on board of any vessel or vehicle at any place in the United States or within four leagues of the coast of the United States, without as well as within their respective districts, to examine the manifest and to inspect, search, and examine the vessel or vehicle, and every part thereof, and any person, trunk, or package on board, and to this end to hail and stop such vessel or vehicle, if under way, and use all necessary force to compel compliance, and if it shall appear that any breach or violation of the laws of the United States has been committed, whereby or in consequence of which such vessel or vehicle, or the merchandise, or any part thereof, on board of or imported by such vessel or vehicle is liable to forfeiture, it shall be the duty of such officer to make seizure of the same, and to arrest, or, in case of escape or attempted escape, to pursue and arrest any person engaged in such breach or violation.

SEC. 582. EXAMINATION OF BAGGAGE.-The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and for the employnemt of female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations.

SEC. 583. CERTIFICATION OF MANIFEST. The master of every vessel or vehicle bound to a port of the United States shall deliver to the officer of the customs or Coast Guard who shall first demand it of him, the original and one copy of the manifest of such vessel or vehicle, and such officer shall certify on the back of the original manifest to the inspection thereof and return the same to the master or other person in charge.

SEC. 584. FALSITY OR LACK OF MANIFEST.-Any master or other person in charge of any vessel or vehicle bound to the United States who shall not produce the manifest to the officer demanding the same shall be liable to a penalty of $500, and if any merchandise, including sea stores, shall be found on board of such vessel or vehicle which shall not be included or described in said manifest or agree therewith, the master or other person in charge of such vessel or vehicle shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of such merchandise, and any such merchandise belonging or consigned to the master or

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other officer or to any of the crew of such vessel, or to the owner or person in charge of such vehicle, shall be forfeited, and if any merchandise described in such manifest shall be not found on board the vessel or vehicle the master or other person in charge shall be subject to a penalty of $500: Provided, That if the collector shall be satisfied that the manifest was lost or mislaid without intentional fraud, or was defaced by accident, or is incorrect by reason of clerical error or other mistake and that no part of the merchandise not found on board was unshipped or discharged except as specified in the report of the master, said penalties shall not be incurred.

SEC. 585. DEPARTURE BEFORE REPORT OR ENTRY.-If any vessel or vehicle having arrived within the limits of any collection district departs or attempts to depart, except from stress of weather or other necessity, before report or entry shall have been made, or if any merchandise shall be unladen therefrom without a permit therefor, the master shall be liable to a penalty of $5,000, and any collector or Coast Guard officer may cause such vessel to be arrested and brought back to the most convenient port of the United States.

SEC. 586. UNLAWFUL LANDING.-The master of any vessel from a foreign port or place who shall allow any merchandise (including sea stores) to be unladen from such vessel at any time after its arrival within the waters of the United States and before such vessel has come to the proper place for the discharge of cargo, and has received. a permit to unlade, shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of the merchandise and the merchandise shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture: Provided, That whenever any part of the cargo or stores of a vessel has been unladen or transshipped because of accident, stress of weather, or other necessity, the master of such vessel shall, as soon as possible thereafter, notify the collector of the district within which such unlading or transshipment has occurred, or the collector within the district at which such vessel shall first arrive thereafter, and shall furnish proof that such unlading or transshipment was made necessary by accident, stress of weather, or other unavoidable cause, and if the collector shall be satisfied that the unlading or transshipment was in fact due to accident, stress of weather, or other necessity the penalties above described shall not be incurred. SEC. 587. UNLAWFUL TRANSSHIPMENT.-If any merchandise or stores unladen from any vessel, contrary to law, shall be transshipped to or placed in or received on any other vessel, the master of the vessel on which such merchandise or stores shall be placed, or any person aiding or assisting therein, shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of the merchandise, and such vessel shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture.

SEC. 588. TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN PORTS.-If any merchandise shall be laden at any port in the United States upon any vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and shall be taken thence to a foreign port to be reladen and reshipped to any other port in the United States, either by the same or by another vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the procisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one part of the United States to another port of the United States in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port, be seized and for

feited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton on her admeasurement.

SEC. 589. UNLAWFUL RELANDING.-If any merchandise entered or withdrawn for exportation without payment of the duties thereon, or with intent to obtain a drawback of the duties paid, or of any other allowances given by law on the exportation thereof, shall be relanded at any place in the United States without entry therefor having been made, the same shall be considered and treated as having been imported into the United States contrary to law, and all persons concerned therein shall be liable to the same penalties as are prescribed by section 593 of this Act for illegally introducing merchandise into the United States.

SEC. 590. FALSE DRAWBACK CLAIM.-If any person shall file any false or fraudulent entry or claim for the payment of drawback, upon the exportation of merchandise, or shall knowingly and willfully make or file any false affidavit, abstract, record, certificate, or other document, with a view to securing the payment to himself or others of any drawback or refund of duties, on the exportation of merchandise, greater than that legally due thereon, such person shall be subject to the payment of a fine not to exceed $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed two years, or both, and the merchandise to which such false entry or claim, affidavit, abstract, record, certificate, or other document relates shall be subject to forfeiture.

SEC. 591. FRAUD-PENALTY-PERSONAL.-If any consignor, seller, owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person or persons shall enter or introduce, or attempt to enter or introduce, into the commerce of the United States any merchandise by means of any fraudulent or false invoice, declaration, affidavit, letter, paper, or by means of any false statement, written or verbal, or by means of any false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever, or if such person or persons shall be guilty of any willful act or omission by means whereof the United States shall or may be deprived of any part of the duties legally accruing upon the merchandise or any portion thereof affected by such act or omission, or if any person or persons shall make any false statement, or shall aid or procure the making of any such false statement, in the declarations required to be filed upon, or in connection with, the entry of imported merchandise as to any material matter, without reasonable cause to believe the truth of such statement, such person or persons shall upon conviction be fined for each offense a sum not exceeding $5,000, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

SEC. 592. SAME-PENALTY AGAINST GOODS.- -If any consignor, seller, owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person or persons shall enter or introduce, or attempt to enter or introduce, into the commerce of the United States any merchandise by means of any fraudulent or false invoice, declaration, affidavit, letter, paper, or by means of any false statement, written or verbal, or by means of any false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever, or if such person or persons shall be guilty of any willful act or omission by means whereof the United States shall or may be deprived of any part of the duties legally accruing upon the merchandise or any portion thereof affected by such act or omission, or if any person or persons shall make any false statement, or shall aid or procure the making of any such false statement, in the declarations required to be filed upon,