Chapter XCVI. *authorizing imported Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, entered and bonded for warehousing in pursuance of Law, to be exported by certain Routes to Ports or Places in Mexico.*August 30, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
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Chap. XCVI.— An Act *authorizing imported Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, entered and bonded for warehousing in pursuance of Law, to be exported by certain Routes to Ports or Places in Mexico.*August 30, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That any importedProvision for export to Mexico of bonded imports. goods in the original packages which shall have been duly entered and bonded, in pursuance of the warehousing act, of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, may be withdrawn from warehouse at1846, ch. 84. any time within two years from the original importation for immediate exportation, without payment of duties, under the provisions of the act aforesaid, to Chihuahua, in Mexico, by the routes designated in the first section of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, or by such other routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the1845, ch. 70.
Treasury; and likewise, that any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at Point Isabel, in the collection district of Brazos de Santiago, or imported and bonded at any other port of the United States, and transported thence, in bond, and duly rewarehoused at Point Isabel in pursuance of the provisions of the warehousing law of August sixth,1846, ch. 84. eighteen hundred and forty-six, may be withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the date of original importation into the United States for immediate exportation, without payment of duties under the provisions of the warehousing act aforesaid, to ports and places in Mexico, by land or water, or partly by land and partly by water, or by such routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That any imported merchandiseSame subject. duly entered and bonded at any port of the United States may he withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the date of importation, without payment of duties, in pursuance of the provisions of the warehousing law of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for immediate exportation for San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua, in Mexico, through the port of La Vaca, in the collection district of Salaria, in the State of Texas, and be transhipped inland, thence to San Antonio in said State, and from the latter place to the destinations in Mexico aforesaid, either by way of Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, and San Elizario, all on the Rio Grande; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be and is hereby authorized to prescribe such regulations not inconsistent with law, as he may deem proper and necessary,38THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 97. 1852. respecting the packing, marking, inspection, proof of due delivery at their foreign destinations of the imports authorized by this and the foregoing section of this act, to be exported from warehouse to ports and places in Mexico, and for the due protection in other respects of the public revenue. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,*Provision for additional inspectors of the customs for said business. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint inspectors of the customs to reside at San Antonio, Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, and San Elizario, or at such other points on the routes as he may designate, not exceeding four in number,Salary. who shall each receive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars, To make a semi-annual report. and who shall make a report semi-annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, of all the trade that passes under inspection, stating the number of pack-ages, description of goods, their value, and the names of the exporters.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* Goods exported under this act not to be reimported under penalty of forfeiture.That no goods, wares, or merchandise exported out of the limits of the United States, according to the provisions of this act, shall be voluntarily landed or brought into the United States; and on being so landed or brought into the United States, they shall be forfeited, and the same proceedings shall be had for their condemnation and the distribution of the proceeds of their sales as Penalty on all concerned in such reimportation.in other eases of forfeiture of goods illegally imported; and every person concerned in the voluntary landing or bringing such goods into the United States shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* Inconsistent acts repealed.That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of the foregoing act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, August 30, 1852.