Section 2
SEC. 2. Section one hundred and thirty-six of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 136. The master of every vessel licensed for carrying on the coasting trade shall, previous to the departure of such vessel from a port of entry, make out and subscribe duplicate manifests of the whole of the ear»o on board such vessel, specifying in such manifests the marks and numbers of packages, the port of destination, and the names of the respective consignees. He shall deliver such manifests to the collector or other customs official duly authorized, before whom he shall swear to the best, of bis knowledge and belief that the goods therein contained, if foreign, were imported legally and that the duties thereon have been paid or secured. Thereupon the said collector or customs official shall certify the same on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master with a permit specifying thereon, generally, the hiding on board such vessel, and authorizing him to proceed to his port of destination, retaining the duplicate. "If any vessel, being laden, and destined as mentioned in this section, shall depart from a port of entry without the master having first made out and submitted duplicate manifests of the lading on board such vessel in the form and manner prescribed herein, such master shall he liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than five dollars, or one dollar per net ton, in the discretion of the collector: Provided, however, That the manifests specified in this section shall not be required for cargo transported between ports in the Philippine Islands which are not ports of entry: And provided further, That all cargo laden on board such vessel at a port in the Philippine Islands for transportation to a port of entry shall be manifested by the master of the vessel as above specified."