Section 271
SEC. 271. All merchandise remaining on board any vessel and for which no delivery permit has been received by the discharging inspector at the expiration of the period allowed by law for the discharge of the cargo, shall be sent by the inspector to a general-order warehouse, unless otherwise ordered by the collector. But if the owner, consignee, or master of any vessel so requests, the unpermitted cargo may be sent to general-order warehouse on one day's notice to the collector after the entry of the vessel. Where bill of lading makes the cargo deliverable immediately after the entry of the vessel, such cargo may be landed at once, and, if unpermitted, stored in general-order warehouse. At the expiration of forty-eight hours, no permit for their delivery having been received by the inspector, the collector may send the merchandise to the general-order store and have the same weighed or gauged, if required.