Chapter 142. to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty
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CHAP. 142.— An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty.July 2, 1884. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Transportation of dutiable goods.21 Stat., 173.Sections 5 and 6 amended. That sections five and six of the act entitled. “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes”, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that they shall read as follows, namely:
Sec. 5. That merchandise transported under the provisions of thisTransportation of merchandise under locks and seals; conditions. act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of the customs; and merchandise may’ also be transported under the provisions of this act by express companies on passenger trains, in safes and trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and description, and secured in such manner as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Secretary; and in cases where merchandise shall be imported in boxes or packages too large, to be included within the safes or trunks so prescribed, such merchandise may be transported under the provisions of this act by such express companies in a separate compartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and merchandise such as pig iron, speigle-iron, scrap-iron, iron-ore, railroad-iron, and similar articles commonly transported upon platform or flat cars, may be transported under the provisions of this act upon such platform or flat cars; and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinary railroad scales may be used for such purpose ; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehicle, or train, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively, Such merchandise shall not be unladen or transshipped betweenNo transshipment except in cases where the route is bonded for laud and water carriage, etc. the ports of first arrival and final destination unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary’ of the Treasury in cases which may’ arise from a difference in the gauge of railroads, or where the route is bonded for both land and water carriage, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or when by reason of the length of the route the cars, after due inspection by customs officers, shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to proceed further, or from low water, ice, or other una- 64 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SESS. I. CHS. 142,143. 1884. voidable obstruction to navigation; and in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise, Sec. 6. That merchandise so destined for immediate transportationMerchandise transferred to car, etc., specified in entry. shall be transferred, under proper supervision, directly from the importing vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle specified in the entry Provided for in Section two of this act,” Approved, July 2, 1884.