THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY 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. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY T. R. MARVIN. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO. BODLEI FCO DEPOSIT LIBRARY 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. INDEX. Page 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............... 123 Percentage advances and average valuations prohibited... ................................ 123 Merchant refusing to act as appraiser, penalty. Bounty on foreign sugar refined in United States.. Proceedings necessary to obtain same.. Inspection must be made by surveyor... Weight to be ascertained and lading made under inspection Exporter must make oath and give bond Certificate of drawback, when payable.. |