Section 51
SEC. 51. Specie and valuables, usually in charge of the pursers of steamships, must be taken charge of by discharging inspectors as soon as possible after they first go on board the vessels. The special place or room where such specie and valuables are deposited and the safe or the packages containing the same must be locked with custom-house locks, or otherwise secured, until delivered on a permit from the proper customs officers.