The condition of this obligation therefore is such, that if the aforesaid recited merchandise, or any part thereof, be not relanded in any port or place within the limits of the United States, and if the certificates and other proofs required by law of the delivery of the same at the aforesaid port of or at any other port or place without the limits of the United States, as aforesaid, shall be produced at this office, within from the date hereof, then this obligation shall be null and void, but otherwise to remain in full force and virtue Sealed and delivered in the presence of Such bond to And another of the United States. That all bonds which may be given for any goods, wares or merchandise, exported from the United States, and on which any drawback of be discharged on producing a cerduties or allowance shall be payable, in virtue of such exportation, shall tificate from the and may be discharged, and not otherwise, by producing within one consignee — year from the date thereof, if the exportation be made to any port of Europe or America, or within two years, if made to any part of Asia or Africa, a certificate under the hand of the consignee at the foreign port or place to whom the said goods, wares and merchandise shall have been addressed, therein particularly setting forth and describing the articles so exported, their marks, numbers, description of packages, the number thereof, and their actual contents, and declaring that the same have been received by them, from on board the vessel, specifying the names of the master and vessel, from which they were so received, and where such goods, wares or merchandise, are not consigned or addressed to any particular person at the foreign port or place to which the ship or vessel is destined, or may arrive, but where the master, or other person on board such ship or vessel may be the consignee of such goods, wares or merchandise, a certificate from the person or persons to whom such goods, wares and merchandise may be sold or delivered, by such master, or other person, shall be produced to the same effect, as that required if the person or persons receiving the same were originally intended to be the consignee or consignees thereof. And in addition to the certificate aforesaid, it shall be necessary to produce a certificate under the hand and seal of the consul or agent of the United States, from the consul residing at the said place, declaring either that the facts stated in the certificate of such consignee, or other person aforesaid, are to his knowledge true, or that such certificate is deserving of full faith and credit; which certificates of the consignee, or other person, and consul, or agent, shall, in all cases, as respects the landing or delivery of the said goods, wares or merchandise, be confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the master and mate, if living, or in case of their death, by the oath or affirmation of the two principal surviving officers of the ship or vessel in which the exportation shall be made; and in all cases where there shall be no consul or agent of the United States residing at the said place of delivery, the certificate of the consignee, or other person herein before required, shall be confirmed by the certificate of two reputable American duced. merchants residing at the said place, or if there are no such American merchants, then by the certificate of two reputable foreign merchants, testifying that the several facts stated in such consignee, or other. person's certificate, are, to their knowledge, just and true, or that such certificate is, in their opinion, worthy of full faith and credit; which certificate shall also be supported by the oath or affirmation of the master and mate, or other principal officers of the vessel in manner as before prescribed, which oath or affirmation of the said master and mate, or other principal officers, shall, in all cases, when taken at a foreign port or place, be taken and subscribed before the consul or agent of the United States, residing at such foreign port or place, if any such consul or agent reside thereat. And in cases of loss by sea, or by capture or other unavoidable acci Where there is no consul a different certificate shall be pro Course of pro- dent; or when, from the nature of the trade, the proofs and certificates ceeding where before required are not, and cannot be procured, the exporter or exthe foregoing forms cannot be porters shall be allowed to adduce to the collector of the port of exportacomplied with. tion such other proofs as they may have, and as the nature of the case will admit which proofs shall, with a statement of all the circumstances attending the transaction, within the knowledge of such collector, be transmitted to the comptroller of the treasury, who shall have power to allow a further reasonable time for obtaining the proofs aforesaid; or if he be satisfied with the truth and validity of the proofs adduced, to direct the bond or bonds of such exporter or exporters, to be cancelled: Provided, That if the amount of such bond shall not exceed the penal sum of two hundred dollars, the collector, with the naval officer, where there is one, and alone, where there is none, may, pursuant to such rules as shall be prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury, admit such proof as may be adduced; and if they deem the same satisfactory, cancel such bond accordingly. Form of consignee's certifi cate. Form of the confirmatory oath to be taken by the officers of the vessel. Form of the cation thereof. And the form of the certificate of a consignee, declaring the delivery of merchandise at a foreign port, shall be as follows: I [A. A. or we B. B. and C. C.] of the [city or town] of [merchant, or merchants, and copartners in trade] do hereby certify, that the goods or merchandise herein after described, have been landed in this [city, town or port] between the and days of from on board the whereof G. G. is at present master, viz. [here insert the particular articles delivered in manner following, as the case may require; namely, of A. B. No. 1. a 10. ten hogsheads Containing fourteen thousand pounds weight of coffee. E. F. No. 14. 18. 22. 25. Eight hogsheads, containing ten thousand G. H. No. 21. a 30. Ten chests, containing seven hundred weight of hy son tea. I. K. 7. 16. 19. Three bales, containing one hundred and fifty pieces of nankeen-] which, according to the bills of lading for the same, were shipped on board the at the port of day of in the United and consigned aforesaid, merchant [or by the master Given under [my or our] hands, at the affirmation of the principal officers of a And the form of the oath or vessel, confirming the landing of merchandise at a foreign port, shall be as follows: Port of We G. E. master, and H. H. mate of the [swear or affirm] that the goods or merchandise enumerated and de- .at the said port, from on board the said day of and merchant, were actually delivered within the time specified in before me, this day of Sworn or affirmed at the city of And the form of a verification of the delivery of merchandise at a foreign port, to be executed by a consul or agent of the United States, shall be as follows: I, M. M. [consul or agent] of the United States of America, at the consular verifi- city of do declare, that the facts set forth in the preceding certificate, subscribed by A. A. of the said city, merchant, and dated the day of are, to [my knowledge, just and true, or are in my opinion just and true, and deserving full faith and credit.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed day of M. M. Consul. And the form of a verification of the delivery of merchandise, to be executed by American or foreign merchants, as the case may require, shall be as follows: declare, that the facts stated in the preceding certificate, signed by do Form of the verification by merchants. of the said [city] merchant, on the day of are [to our knowledge, just and true, or are in our opinion, just and true, and worthy of full faith and credit.] We also declare that there is [no consul or other public agent for the United States of America, or American merchants, as the case may require] now residing at this place. Dated at the city of day of R. S. Consular fees entered for And it shall be lawful for the consuls or agents of the United States, residing at the foreign ports, to demand twenty-five cents for administer- therefor. ing each oath or affirmation aforesaid, and one dollar for granting each certificate as aforesaid; and if any consul or agent shall demand other or greater fees than are allowed as aforesaid, his bond shall be forfeited. SEC. 82. That if any goods, wares or merchandise, entered for expor- Penalty, on retation, with intent to drawback the duties, or to obtain any allowance landing goods given by law on the exportation thereof, shall be landed within any port drawback, &c. or place within the limits of the United States as aforesaid, all such goods, wares or merchandise shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture, together with the ship or vessel from which such goods, wares or merchandise, shall be landed, and the vessels or boats used in landing the same; and all persons concerned therein shall, on indictment and conviction thereof, suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; and for discovery Powers of the of frauds and seizure of goods, wares or merchandise, relanded contrary officers of the to law, the several officers established by this act, shall have the same lation to drawpowers, and in case of seizure the same proceedings shall be had, as in backs. the case of goods, wares and merchandise imported contrary to law. customs, in re ions. make entry. SEC. 83. That on all pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States, Bounty on the exportation of exported therefrom, there be allowed and paid a bounty of thirty cents pickled fish and per barrel; and on all provisions salted within the United States (dried salted provisfish excepted) there be allowed and paid a bounty of twenty-five cents per barrel, to be paid by the collector of the district from which the same shall be so exported, without any deduction or abatement: * Provided always, That in order to entitle the exporter or exporters of such pickled Exporter to fish or salted provisions to the benefit of such bounty or allowance, the said exporter or exporters shall make entry with the collector and naval officer of the district from whence the said pickled fish or salted provisions are intended to be exported, and shall specify in such entry the names of the master and vessel in which, and the place where such provisions or fish are intended to be exported, together with the particular quantity of each, whether pickled fish or salted provisions, and the species thereof; and proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the collector of the district from which such articles are intended to be exported, and of the naval officer thereof, where any, that the same, if fish, are of the fisheries of the United States; if salted provisions, that they were salted within the United States; and no entry shall be received as aforesaid, of any pickled The fish and fish or salted provisions, which have not been inspected and marked, pur- provisions to be inspected and suant to the inspection laws of the respective States, where inspection laws branded. Proof to be made. * See act of March 3, 1807, ch. 30, § 2; act of July 29, 1813, ch. 35, § 2, and act of July 30, 1846, ch. 74, § 5. examine them. Exporter to make oath, and give bond. are in force, in regard to any pickled fish or salted provisions; and the casks containing such fish or provisions, shall be branded with the words "for bounty," with the name of the inspector or packer, the species and quality of the fish contained therein, and the name of the port of exportation; and the collector of such district shall, together with the naval Inspector to officer, where there is one, grant an order or permit for an inspector to examine the pickled fish or salted provisions, or both, as expressed in such entry, and if they correspond therewith, and the said officer is fully satisfied that they are, if fish, of the fisheries of the United States, or if proPermit to lade. visions, salted therein, to lade the same agreeably to such entry on board the ship or vessel therein expressed; which lading shall be performed under the superintendence of the officer examining the same, who shall make returns of the quantity and quality of pickled fish or salted provisions, so laden on board, in virtue of such order or permit, to the officer or officers granting the same. And the said exporter or exporters, when the lading is completed, and after returns thereof have been made as above directed, shall make oath or affirmation, that the pickled fish or salted provisions expressed in such entry, and then actually laden on board the ship or vessel as therein expressed, are truly and bona fide, if pickled fish, of the fisheries of the United States, if salted provisions, salted therein; that they are truly intended, to be exported as therein specified, and are not intended to be relanded within the limits of the United States; and shall also give bond in double the amount of the duty, bounty or allowance to be received, with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the collector of the port or place from which the said pickled fish, or salted provisions, are intended to be exported, conditioned that the same shall be landed and left at some foreign port or place without the limits aforesaid; which bonds shall be cancelled at the same periods, and in like manner as is provided in respect to the bonds given on the exportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, entitled to drawback of duties: Provided always, That the said bounty or allowance shall not be paid until at least six months after the exportation of such pickled fish, or salted provisions, to be computed from the date of the bond, and until the exporter or exporters thereof shall produce to the collectors with whom such outward entry is made, such certificates, or other satisfactory proof, of the landing of the same as aforesaid, as is heretofore made necessary for cancelling the bonds given on the exportation of goods entitled to drawback as aforesaid: And provided also, That the bounty or allowance as aforesaid, shall not be paid unless the same shall amount to ten dollars at least upon each entry.* And the form of entry, required to be made as aforesaid, shall be as follows: Form of entry Entry of [salted provision or pickled fish, or both, as the case may be] intended to be exported for the benefit of bounty, by [insert the name of the exporter] in the [insert the name and denomination of the vessel] whereof [insert the name of the master] is master, bound for [insert the port of destination]. Mode of cancelling the bonds. When the bounty shall be paid. of fish and provisions for bounty. And the oath or affirmation to be taken by the exporter or exporters of pickled fish, or salted provisions, shall be in manner following: dated District of I [insert the name] do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear [or affirm] Form of the to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the [salted provisions or oath. pickled fish, or both, as the case may be] designated in the annexed entry, and subscribed with my name, have not been imported from any foreign port or place, but are truly and bona fide [if provisions] salted provisions, cured within the limits of the United States, [or if fish] pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States; that they are now actually laden on board the [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] whereof [insert the name] is master, and are to be exported to [insert the place of destination] and are not intended to be landed in the limits of the United States. So help me God. And the form of the bond, to be executed as aforesaid, shall be as follow: to wit, Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly Form of the to be bond. bound unto the United States of America, in the sum of of in the day year of the Independence of the United States, and in the year of our Lord The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden hath entered at the custom-house of the port of the following merchandise [here insert the number of packages with their contents, together with their marks and numbers] for the purpose of being exported for the benefit of bounty, in the [insert denomination and name of vessel] whereof [insert name] is master, for [insert name of the place] as per entry thereof made and subscribed by the aforesaid on the day of which merchandise has been laden under the superintendence of A. B. an inspector of the customs for the port of as per return thereof annexed to said entry; which merchandise is now actually on board the said now laying in the port of aforesaid. for the purpose of being exported as Now therefore, if the said merchandise shall not be relanded within the limits of the United States, but shall be duly exported to the or any other port or place, without the limits aforesaid, then this obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise it shall remain and be in full force and virtue. SEC. 84. That if any goods, wares or merchandise, of which entry Forfeiture on shall have been made in the office of a collector, for the benefit of draw- making a false back or bounty upon exportation, shall be entered by a false denomina- entry for exportation, for benetion, or erroneously as to the time when and the vessel in which they fit of drawback were imported, or shall be found to disagree with the packages, quantities or bounty. or qualities, as they were at the time of original importation, except such disagreement as may have been occasioned by necessary or unavoidable wastage or damage only, and except also in cases where permission shall have been obtained according to law, to alter or change the quantities or packages thereof, all such goods, wares or merchandise, or the value thereof to be recovered of the owner or person making such entry, shall be forfeited. Provided, That the said forfeiture shall not be incurred, if it shall be made appear to the satisfaction of the collector and naval officer of the district, if there be a naval officer, and if there be no naval officer, to the satisfaction of the said collector, or of the court in which a prosecution for the forfeiture shall be had, that such false denomination, |