Section 352
SEC. 352. In order to land passengers baggage it will be sufficient that the inspector in charge of the vessel sign the baggage manifest which the captain shall present to him, sending it to the chief of the passenger and baggage division, after comparing it with the number of packages which are disembarked. Whenever it is deemed necessary, an inspector shall accompany the baggage to the wharf where it is to be examined, and the officer who makes the examination thereof shall certify to the same, and to its conformity, at the foot of said manifest. After the filing of a bond guaranteeing their reembarkation the landing of sails, casks, chronometers, and other portion of the vessels equipment shall he permitted, in order that the same may be repaired. All dutiable merchandise brought by passengers coming from foreign ports which exceeds five hundred dollars in value shall be duly entered at the custom-house for its appraisal and assessment of duties in regular form, unless otherwise specially ordered by the collector of customs, but if the value of such merchandise be less than said amount, the entry of the same can be made by baggage declaration. Cigars brought by passengers, evidently for their bona fide personal use, can be admitted free of duty in quantities not exceeding one hundred in the discretion of the collector of customs. Any cigars in excess of one hundred, and not over one thousand, in possession of a passenger, and evidently for his bona fide personal consumption, may be delivered to him on payment of a fine equal to the duty. The duties on passengers effects, when not amounting to more than one dollar in any one case, may be remitted by the collector.