Chapter 86. to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 86.— An Act to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes.June 3, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ship’s manifest. R. S., sec. 2807, p. 543, amended. That section twenty-eight hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding after the word “respectively,” in the first paragraph, the following words, to wit:
“*Provided, however*, That the master of a vessel laden exclusively*Provisos*. either with sugar, coal, salt, hides, dyewoods, wool, or jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port for orders, may be permittedTouching for orders. to destine such cargo or determine its disposition “for orders,” upon entering the vessel at the custom house, and, within fifteen daysAmendment of manifest. afterward and before the unloading of any part of the cargo, to amend the. manifest by designating the actual port of discharge of such cargo: *Provided further*, That in the event of failure to designate the portLimitation of time. of discharge within fifteen days such cargo must be discharged at the port where the vessel entered.
” Sec. 2. That section twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 2881. The limitation of time for unlading, prescribed by theExtension of time tor cargoes of coal, salt, sugar, hides, etc. R. S., sec. 2881, p. 558, amended. preceding section, shall not extend to vessels laden exclusively with coal, salt, sugar, hides, dyewoods, wool, or jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port for orders; but if the master of any such vessel requires a longer time to discharge her cargo, the wages or compensation of the inspector, for every day’s attendance exceeding the number of days allowed by law, shall be paid by the master or owner; and thereupon the collector is hereby authorized and required to allow such longer time, not exceeding fifteen days.
" Approved, June 3, 1892.