Chapter CCXL. *to authorise the Unlading of Steamships at Night*
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CHAP. CCXL.— An Act *to authorise the Unlading of Steamships at Night*. March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Special license may be given to foreign steamship to unlade cargo between sunset and sunrise. That it shall be the duty of the collector of customs (with the concurrence of the naval officer, if there be one,) of any port at which a steamship from a foreign port or place may arrive, upon or after the issuing of a general order, to grant upon proper application therefor, a special license to unlade the cargo of said vessel at night, that is to say, between sunset and sunrise; but before any such special license is granted, the master, agents, or consignees of the vesselMaster, &c., to give bond. shall execute and deliver to the said collector a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by him, conditioned to indemnify and save the said collector harmless from any and all losses and liabilities which may occur or be occasioned by reason of the granting of such special license: *And provided*, That any liability of the master or owner of any such steamshipLiability of master and owner to consignee not affected. to the owner or consignee of any merchandise landed from said vessel shall not be affected by the granting of such special license or of any general order, but such liability shall continue until said merchandise is properly removed from the dock whereon the same may be landed; and the collector, under such general regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, shall fix a uniform and reasonable rate of compensation for like service, to be paid by the master, owner, or consigneeCompensation when license is granted, and how distributed. whenever such special license is granted, and shall collect and distribute the same among the inspectors assigned to superintend the unlading of the cargo.
Approved, March 3, 1873.