thereof, if any there be, and a description thereof, and, if he shall judge proper, to put a seal or seals on every such box, trunk, chest, cask, or other package; and such an account and description shall be by him forwarded, without delay, to the collector of the district to which such ship or vessel is bound. And if upon her arrival at her port of entry the boxes, trunks, chests, casks, or other packages so described, or any of them, shall be missing, or if the seals put thereon be broken, the master of such ship or vessel shall forfeit and pay for every such box, trunk, chest, cask, or other package so missing, or of which the seals shall be broken, the sum of two hundred dollars. And it shall also be lawful for the inspectors who may be put on board of any such ship or vessel (and it shall be their duty) to secure after sunset in each evening, or previously to their quitting the ship or vessel, the hatches, and all other communications with the hold of such ship or vessel, or any part thereof he or they may judge necessary, with locks or other proper fastenings, which locks or other fastenings shall not be opened, broken, or removed until the morning following, or after the rising of the sun, and in the presence of an inspector or inspectors, except by special license from the collector of the port and naval officer thereof, if any, for that purpose first had and obtained. And if the said locks and other fastenings, or any of them, shall be broken or removed during the night, or before the said rising of the sun, or without the presence of an inspector or inspectors, or other officers in charge, or without such license first had and obtained, or if any goods or packages shall be clandestinely landed, notice thereof shall immediately be given by the inspector or inspectors to the collector, surveyor, or other officers in charge of the district, port, or place where the vessel may be; and the master or other person having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel shall, for each of the offences aforesaid, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 11. Every master or other person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel laden with goods as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall, on his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within any of the bays, harbors, ports, rivers, creeks, or inlets thereof, upon demand produce the manifest or manifests, in writing, which such master or other person is required as aforesaid to have on board his said ship or vessel, to such officer or officers of the customs as shall first come on board his said ship or vessel, for his or their inspection, and shall deliver to such officer or officers a true copy or copies thereof, (which copy or copies shall be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel,) and the officer or officers to whom the original manifest or manifests shall have been so produced, shall respectively certify upon the back thereof that the same was or were produced, and the day and year on which the same was or were so produced, and that such copy or copies as aforesaid was or were to him or them delivered, and by them examined with the original manifest: and shall likewise certify upon the back of such copy or copies the day and year on which the same was or were delivered; and shall forthwith transmit such copy or copies to

the respective collectors of the several districts to which the goods by such manifest or manifests shall appear respectively to be consigned or destined; and that the said master or other person so having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel, shall in like manner produce to the officer or officers af the customs who shall first come on board such ship or vessel, upon her arrival within the limits of any district of the United States in which the cargo or any part thereof is intended to be discharged or landed, for his or their inspection, such manifest or manifests as aforesaid; and shall also deliver to him or them a true copy or copies thereof, (such copy or copies also to be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel,) the production of which said manifest or manifests, and the delivery of which said copy or copies thereof shall also be certified by the said officer or officers of the customs who shall so first come on board the said ship or vessel on her arrival within the limits of any such district, upon the back of the said original manifest or manifests, with the particular day and year when such manifest or manifests was or were produced to such officer or officers, and when he or they so received the said copy or copies. thereof, and such officer or officers is and are hereby required fo thwith to transmit, or cause to be transmitted, the said copy or copies of the said manifest or manifests to the collector of such district; and the said master or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel shall afterwards produce and deliver the said original manifest or manifests so certified to the said collector; and when any manifest shall be produced, upon which there shall be no certificate from any officer of the customs as before mentioned, the master or commander producing the same shall be required to make oath or affirmation that no officer has applied for, and that no endorsement has been made on, any manifest of the cargo of such vessel. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to require of such master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, the delivery of more than one copy of each manifest to the officer or officers aforesaid who shall first come on board of such ship or vessel within four leagues of the coast of the United States, aforesaid, and one other copy to such officer or officers as shall first come on board within the limits of any district for which the cargo of such ship or vessel, or some part thereof, shall be consigned or destined, or shall be construed to require the delivery of any such copy to any other officer; but it shall be sufficient, in respect to any such other officer, to produce and show to him the said original manifest or manifests, and the certificate or certificates thereupon; and the form of the certificate aforesaid, to be endorsed on an original manifest, shall be a follows, to wit: I (A B) certify that the within manifest was this day produced to me as the original manifest of the cargo on board the (insert the denomination and name of the vessel,) whereof (insert the name) is master, from (insert the port last from.) In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this day of

And the form of the certificate aforesaid to be endorsed on the copy of a manifest shall be as follows, to wit: I (A B) certify that I have examined the within manifest produced to me this day as a copy of

the original manifest of the cargo on board the (insert the denomination and name of the vessel,) whereof (insert the name) is master, from (insert the port last from,) with the original, and find the same to agree. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this day of

SEC. 12. If the master or other person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel laden as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall not, upon his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within the limits of any district thereof where the cargo of such ship or vessel, or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged, produce such manifest or manifests as are heretofore required, in writing, to the proper officer or officers, upon demand thereof, and also deliver such copy or copies thereof as aforesaid, according to the directions of this act in each case, or shall not give an account of the true destination of such ship or vessel, which he is hereby required to do, upon request of such officer or officers, or shall give a false account of such destination in order to evade the production of the said manifest or manifests, the said master or other person. having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall forfeit for every such neglect, refusal, or offence a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars; and if such officer or officers first coming on board, in each case, within the distance or limits aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to certify on the back of such manifest or manifests the production thereof, and the delivery of such copy or copies respectively as are herein before directed to be delivered to such officer or officers, every such officer so neglecting or refusing shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars. And the officer or officers who may apply to the master or person having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel respecting any of the provisions in this and the foregoing sections, and who shall not receive full satisfaction therein, are hereby required to make a return in writing of the name of the vessel and master so offending in any or all of the particulars required, immediately, or as soon after as possible, to the collector of the district to which such ship or vessel shall be considered to be bound.

SEC. 13. If, after the arrival of any ship or vessel so laden with goods as aforesaid, and bound to the United States, within the limits of any of the districts of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, any part of the cargo of such ship or vessel shall be unladen, for any purpose whatever, from out of such ship or vessel as aforesaid, before such ship or vessel shall come to the proper place for the discharge of her cargo, or some part thereof, and shall there be duly authorized by the proper officer or officers of the customs to unlade the same, the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and the mate, or other person next in command, shall respectively forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars for each such offence, and the goods, wares, and merchandise so unladen and unshipped shall be forfeited, except in the case of some unavoidable accident, necessity, or stress of weather; of which unavoidable accident, necessity, or distress the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall give notice to, and, together with two or more of the officers or mariners (of

which the mate or other person next in command shall be one) on board such ship or vessel, shall make proof upon oath, before the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district wit in the limits of which such accident, necessity, or distress shall happen, or before the collector or other chief officer of the first district of the United States within the limits of which such ship or vessel shall afterwards arrive, if the said accident, necessity, or distress shall have happened, not within the limits of any district, but within four leagues of the coast of the United States; which oath the said collector or other chief officer is hereby authorized and required to administer.

SEC. 14. If any goods, wares or merchandise, so unladen from on board any such ship or vessel, shall be put or received into any other ship, vessel, or boat, except in the case of such accident, necessity, or distress, as aforesaid, to be notified and proved as aforesaid, the said master or other person having the charge or command of any such ship, vessel, or boat, into which the said goods, wares, or merchandise shall be so put and received, and every other person aiding and assisting therein, shall forfeit and pay treble the value of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, and the ship, boat, or vessel in which they shall be so put shall be forfeited to the United States.

SEC. 15. It shall not be lawful for the master of any ship or vessel not in distress, arriving by sea from a foreign port after arrival within four leagues of any port in the United States, or within any collection district thereof, to allow any person or persons to leave the ship or vessel, or to board the same, except a pilot, officer of the revenue, or health officer, until possession thereof shall be taken by a custom-house officer, nor after possession so taken without the leave of such custom-house officer; and the master of any ship or vessel permitting a violation of this provision shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and the vessel become liable to seizure and forfeiture for the same; and any person or persons so quitting or boarding any ship or vessel shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

SEC. 16. It shall be lawful for the collector of any district at which any ship or vessel may arrive, immediately on her first coming within such district, to put and keep on board such ship or vessel, whilst remaining within such district, or in going from one district to another, one or more inspectors, to prevent the improper discharge of the cargo or contents of such ship or vessel, and to superintend the delivery thereof, or 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 of the collection of the duties; and collectors 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 to perform; and shall suffer no goods, wares, or mer chandise, of any nature or kind whatsoever, to be landed or unladen, or otherwise taken or removed from such ship or vessel without a permit in writing from the collector of the port and naval officer thereof, if there is one, first had and granted for that purpose; and the inspector

or inspectors aforesaid shall enter into a book, to be by him or each of them kept according to such a form as shall be prescribed or approved by the collector, the name or names of the person or persons in whose behalf such permits are granted, together with the particulars therein specified, and the marks, numbers, kinds, and description of the respective packages which shall be unladen pursuant thereto, and shall keep a like account in the said book of all goods, wares, and merchandise which, not having been entered within the time limited by law, or for some other cause, have been sent to the store or warehouse provided for the reception of such goods, wares, or merchandise; which book shall be delivered to the collector or surveyor, as the case may be, and kept on file for reference. And it shall be the duty of the said inspector or inspectors to attend to the delivery of the cargo or cargoes under their care at all times when the unlading or delivery of goods, wares, or merchandise is lawful, under the directions of the collector, for which purpose they shall constantly attend as directed by the collector, and remain on board the vessel or vessels, the deliveries from which they are to superintend, or at any other stations where their inspection is necessary; and said inspector or inspectors shall not quit such stations or places without the leave of the collector of the port first had and obtained for that purpose, who shall appoint another inspector (if he shall judge it necessary) to supply the place of such inspector or inspectors during his or their absence; and any inspector who shall neglect or in any manner act contrary to the duties hereby enjoined, shall for the first offence forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, and for the second offence shall be displaced, and be incapable of holding any station of trust or profit under the revenue laws of the United States for a term not exceeding seven years. And no inspector or inspectors shall perform any other duties or service on board any ship or vessel, the superintendence of which is committed to him or them, for any person or persons whatever, other than what is required by law, or directed by the collector or surveyor, under the penalty of being disabled from acting any longer as an inspector of the customs; and the wages and compensation of such inspector or inspectors as may proceed from one district to another shall be defrayed by the master or other person having charge or command of the ship or vessel committed to his or their care; and every inspector or other officer of the revenue, while performing any duty on board any ship or vessel not in a port of the United States discharging her cargo, shall be entitled to receive from the master of such ship or vessel such provisions and accommodations as are usually supplied to passengers, or as the state and condition of such ship or vessel will admit, on receiving therefor fifty cents per diem; and any master of any ship or vessel who shall refuse provisions and reasonable accommodations as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay to the United States one hundred dollars.

SEC. 17. If any ship or vessel, which shall have arrived within the limits of any district of the United States from any foreign port or place, shall depart, or attempt to depart, from the same, unless to proceed on her way to some more interior district to which she may be bound, before report or entry shall have been made by the master