Chapter CXCVI. to amend the provisions of the fifty-sixth section of the act entitled “An Act to Regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage,” approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine
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Chap. CXCVI.— An Act to amend the provisions of the fifty-sixth section of the act entitled “An Act to Regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage,” approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. August 3, 1854.1709, ch. 22. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, 1854, ch. 80. Merchandise imported in steamers—deposit of in bonded warehouses.That whenever merchandise shall hereafter be imported into any port of the United States from any foreign country in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and it shall appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after the entry of the vessel, it shall be lawful for the collector of such port to take possession of such merchandise andTHIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 198, 199, 200. 1854.345 deposit the same in bonded warehouse, and whenever it shall not appear by the hills of lading that the merchandise imported as aforesaid is to be immediately delivered, it shall be lawful for the Collector of the Customs to take possession of the same, and deposit it in bonded warehouse, at the request of the owner, master or consignee of the vessel, on three days’ notice to such collector after the entry of the vessel, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 3, 1854.