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Act No. 355 Section 109

Section 109

SEC. 109. When it shall appear by the bill of lading that any portion of a cargo is deliverable immediately after the entry of the vessel, the collector may at once take possession of such merchandise and deposit the same in a general-order warehouse, but if it does not so appear from the bills of lading, on request of the master or consignee of any vessel, and one day's notice, the collector may take like possession of the merchandise on board any vessel arriving in his district. In case the vessel be laden with salt, coal, and similar bulky articles, the collector may grant an extension of time, upon the deposit with him by the master or owner of the vessel of a sum equal to the wages of the inspectors or guards in charge for each day's service in excess of the limitation and if by reason of the delivery of the cargo in other districts, the limitation is exceeded, the compensation of the inspectors or guards, in charge shall he paid for every day's excess; and before clearance shall be granted to such vessel, the inspectors or guards must render an account in duplicate for the amount due for overtime, one copy to be delivered to the consignee or master of the vessel and the other to the collector. The master of a vessel laden exclusively either with coal, rice, salt, hides, wood, crude or refined peroleum, or other cargo in bull consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port for orders, may be permitted to destine such cargo or determine its disposition "for orders," upon entering the vessel at the custom-house, and, within fifteen days afterwards, and before the unloading of any part of the cargo, to amend the manifest by designating the actual port of discharge of such cargo. In the event of failure to designate the port of discharge within fifteen days, such cargo must be discharged at the port where the vessel entered.

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