portation in bond without the filing of an invoice, such examination shall be made as will reasonably identify the contents of the packages with the transportation entry.

(Secs. 448, 505, 46 Stat. 714, 732; 19 U.S.C. 1448, 1505)

§ 4.39

Stores and equipment of vessels and crews' effects; unlading or lading and retention on board.

(a) The provisions of § 4.30 relating to unlading under a permit on customs Form 3171 are applicable to the unlading of articles, other than cargo or baggage, which have been laden on a vessel outside the customs territory of the United States, regardless of the trade in which the vessel may be engaged at the time of unlading, except that such provisions do not apply to such articles which have already been entered.

(b) Any articles other than cargo or baggage landed for delivery for consumption in the United States shall be treated in the same manner as other imported articles." A notation as to the landing of such articles, together with the number of the entry made therefor, shall be made on the vessel's store list, but such notation shall not subject the articles to the requirement of being included in a post entry to the manifest.

(c) Bags or dunnage constituting equipment of a vessel may be landed temporarily and reladen on such vessel under customs supervision without entry.

(d) Articles claimed to be sea or ships stores which are in excess of the reasonable requirements of the vessel on which they are found shall be treated as cargo of such vessel.

(e) Under section 446, Tariff Act of 1930, collectors may permit narcotic drugs, except smoking opium, in reasonable quantities and properly listed as medical stores to remain on board vessels if satisfied that such drugs are adequately safeguarded and used only as medical supplies.

§ 4.40 Equipment, etc., from wrecked or dismantled vessels.

Ship's or sea stores, supplies, and equipment of a vessel wrecked either in the waters of the United States or outside such waters, on being recovered and brought into a United States port, and like articles landed from a vessel dismantled in a United States port shall be subject to the same customs treatment as would apply if the articles were landed from a vessel arriving in the ordinary course of trade. Parts of the hull and fittings recovered from a vessel which arrived in the United States in the course of navigation and was wrecked in the waters of the United States or was dismantled in this country are free of duties and import taxes, but if such articles are recovered from vessels outside the waters of the United States and brought into a United States port, they shall be treated as imported merchandise.

(Sec. 446, 46 Stat. 713; 19 U.S.C. 1446) § 4.41 Cargo of wrecked vessel.

(a) Any cargo landed from a vessel wrecked in the waters of the United States or on the high seas shall be subject at the port of entry to the same entry requirements and privileges as the cargo of a vessel regularly arriving in the foreign trade. In lieu of an inward foreign manifest to cover such cargo, the owner, underwriter (if the merchandise has been abandoned to him), or the salvor of the merchandise shall make written application for permission to enter the wrecked cargo, and any such applicant shall be regarded as the consignee of the merchandise for customs purposes."

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(b) All such merchandise shall be taken into possession by the collector of the port in which it shall first arrive and be retained in his custody pending entry. If it is not entered by the person entitled to make entry, or is not disposed of pursuant to court order, it shall be subject to sale as unclaimed merchandise.

(c) If such merchandise is from a vessel which has been sunk in waters of the United States for 2 years or more and has been abandoned by the owner, any person who has salvaged the cargo

shall be permitted to enter the merchandise in the district in which the vessel was wrecked free of duty upon the facts being established to the satisfaction of the collector at the port of entry." Any other such merchandise is subject to the same tariff classification as like merchandise regularly imported in the ordinary course of trade.

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(d) If the merchandise is libeled for salvage, the collector shall notify the United States attorney of the claim of the United States for duties, and request him to intervene for such duties. (Secs. 310, 483, 46 Stat. 690, 721; 19 U.S.C. 1310, 1483)

PASSENGERS ON VESSELS

§ 4.50 Passenger lists.

(a) The master of every vessel arriving at a port of the United States from foreign territory and required to make entry, except a vessel arriving from Canada, otherwise than by sea, at a port on the Great Lakes, or their connecting or tributary waters," shall submit a passenger and crew list as required by § 4.7 (c). If the vessel is arriving from noncontiguous foreign territory and is carrying steerage passengers, the additional information respecting such passengers

77 "Whenever any vessel laden with merchandise, in whole or in part subject to duty, has been sunk in any river, harbor, bay, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and within its limits, for the period of two years and is abandoned by the owner thereof, any person who may raise such vessel shall be permitted to bring any merchandise recovered therefrom into the port nearest to the place where such vessel was so raised free from the payment of any duty thereupon, but under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 310; 19 U. S. C. 1310)

78 Salvors have an uncertain interest in the goods salved, dependent upon the decree of a competent tribunal, and have a presumptive right without such decree to possession of merchandise salved by them from abandoned wrecks. The salvors are entitled in either case to make entry of derelict or wrecked goods.

79 "Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no collector of customs shall require a master or owner of a vessel arriving, otherwise than by sea, at a port or place in the United States on the Great Lakes, or their connecting or tributary waters, from a port or place in the Dominion of Canada to furnish a list of passengers on board such vessel." (60 Stat. 882)

required by customs and immigration Form I-418 shall be included therein.

(b) A passenger within the meaning of this part, except § 4.51, is any person carried on a vessel who is not connected with the operation of such vessel, her navigation, ownership, or business. (Sec. 9, 22 Stat. 189, as amended, sec. 431, 46 Stat. 710, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1431, 46 U.S.C.158)

§ 4.51 Examination of vessels with steerage passengers.

The collector (the surveyor at New York) of the port at which any vessel carrying steerage passengers arrives from noncontiguous foreign territory shall direct an officer to make an examination of the vessel and to admeasure the compartments or spaces occupied by passengers 85 other than cabin passengers during the voyage for the purpose of enforcing the Passenger Act of 1882 (46 U.S.C. 151-162). Such admeasurement shall be made in the manner provided by law for admeasuring vessels for tonnage. Such officer shall compare the number of passengers found on board with the list of passengers furnished on customs and immigration Form I-418 by the master to the collector and shall make a report on customs Form 1462 in duplicate to the collector (through the surveyor at New York) who shall forward one copy to the Commissioner of Customs.

(Sec. 11, 22 Stat. 190, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 160)

§ 4.52

Deaths of passengers.

The penalty of $50 provided for in section 10 of the Passenger Act of 1882 (46 U.S.C. 159) shall be imposed upon the master or agent of every vessel bringing steerage passengers from noncontiguous foreign territory unless there is paid to the collector, within 24 hours after the entry of the vessel, $10 for every death by natural disease which occurred on board the vessel among such passengers over 8 years of age during the voyage and prior to the arrival of the vessel within the collection district. (Sec. 10, 22 Stat. 190; 46 U.S.C. 159)

86 For the purposes of this section and the Passenger Act of 1882, the term "passenger" has the meaning stated in § 4.50 (b), except that it does not include any person under 1 year of age nor any person picked up at sea, and two children between 1 and 8 years of age shall be counted as one passenger.

FOREIGN CLEARANCES

§ 4.60

Vessels required to clear.

(a) Except as otherwise povided for in this section, every vessel bound for a foreign port or ports shall be cleared 90 for a definite port or ports in the order of its itinerary, but an application to clear for a port or place for orders, that is, for instructions to masters as to destination of the vessel, may be accepted if the vessel is in ballast or if any cargo on board is to be discharged in a port of the same country as the port for which clearance is sought.

(b) The following vessels are not required to clear:

(1) A licensed yacht or undocumented American pleasure vessel not engaged in trade nor in any way violating the customs or navigation laws of the United States.00

00 "The master or person having the charge or command of any vessel bound to a foreign port shall deliver to the collector of the district from which such vessel is about to depart a manifest of all the cargo on board the same, and the value thereof, by him subscribed, and shall swear to the truth thereof; whereupon the collector shall grant a clearance for such vessel and her cargo, but without specifying the particulars thereof in the clearance, unless required by the master or other person having the charge or command of such vessel so to do. If any vessel bound to a foreign port (other than a licensed yacht or an undocumented American pleasure vessel not engaged in any trade nor in any way violating the customs or navigation laws of the United States) departs from any port or place in the United States without a clearance, or if the master delivers a false manifest, or does not answer truly the questions demanded of him, or, having received a clearance adds to the cargo of such vessel without having mentioned in the report outwards the intention to do so, or if the departure of the vessel is delayed beyond the second day after obtaining clearance without reporting the delay to the collector, the master or other person having the charge or command of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 or less than $500, or if the cargo consists in any part of narcotic drugs, or any spirits, wines, or other alcoholic liquors (sea stores excepted), a penalty of not more than $5,000 nor less than $1,000 for each offense, and the vessel shall be detained in any port of the United States until the said penalty is paid or secured: *" (46 U. S. C. 91)

"Whenever, under any provision or provisions of any statute of the United States, it is made the duty of the masters of vessels to make entry and clearance of same, it shall be

(2) Any vessel under frontier enrollment and license which during a voyage on the Great Lakes will touch at a foreign port only for taking on bunker fuel."1 (See § 4.82.)

(3) A vessel

exempted from entry by section 441, Tariff Act of 1930.92 (See § 4.5.)

(4) A vessel of less than 5 net tons which departs from the United States to proceed to a contiguous country otherwise than by sea.

(c) For the purposes of the laws relating to clearance of vessels, the Canal Zone is foreign territory. The certificate of clearance on customs Form 1378 shall be modified by striking out "to a foreign port" and substituting "to the Canal Zone." Vessels which will merely transit the Canal Zone without transacting any business there shall not be required to be

lawful for such duties to be performed by any licensed deck officer or purser of such vessel; and when such duties are performed by a licensed deck officer or purser of such vessel, such acts shall have the same force and effect as if performed by masters of such vessels: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall relieve the master of any penalty or liability provided by any statute relating to the entry or clearance of vessels." (46 U. S. C. 91a) (For clearance via domestic ports, see § 4.87.)

91 "Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, departing from or arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in another district, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the payment of entry and clearance fees, as if from or to foreign ports; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear; except that when such vessels are on such voyages on the Great Lakes and touch at foreign ports for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, they may be exempted from entering and clearing under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, notwithstanding any other provisions of law: Provided, That this exception shall not apply to such vessels if, while at such foreign port, they land or take on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receive orders, discharge any seamen by mutual consent, or engage any seamen to replace those discharged by mutual consent, or transact any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel." (19 U. S. C. 288.)

92 See footnote 5, § 4.3.

cleared because of such transit. A vessel under enrollment and license or license is permitted to trade with the Canal Zone.

(d) In the event that departure is delayed beyond the second day after clearance, the delay shall be reported within 72 hours after clearance to the collector who shall note the fact of detention on the certificate of clearance and on the official record of clearance. When the proposed voyage is canceled after clearance, the reason therefor shall be reported in writing within 24 hours after such cancellation and the certificate of clearance and related papers shall be surrendered.

(e) No vessel shall be cleared for the high seas.

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(R.S. 2793, as amended, 4197, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 288, 46 U.S.C. 91, 111, 123) § 4.61

Requirements for clearance.

(a) Application for clearance for a vessel intending to depart for a foreign port shall be made orally by or on behalf of the master at the customhouse. The master, licensed deck officer, or purser may appear in person to clear the vessel or the required oaths, related documents, and other papers properly executed by the master or other proper officer may be delivered at the customhouse by the vessel agent or other personal representative of the master. Clearance shall be granted on customs Form 1378.

(b) Before clearance is granted to a vessel bound to a foreign port the collector shall verify compliance with the requirements in respect of the following matters which are more fully stated in the provisions of law or of this part indicated in the list:

(1) Accounting for inward cargo (§ 4.62). (2) Outward foreign manifests; shippers' export declarations (§ 4.63).

(3) Documentation (§ 4.64).

(4) Verification of nationality and tonnage (§ 4.65).

(5) Verification of inspection (§ 4.66). (6) Inspection under State laws."4

93 Collectors may permit vessels to proceed to sea to adjust compasses, try out new machinery, clean tanks, etc., without requiring formal clearance.

94 The collectors and other officers of the customs shall pay due regard to the inspection laws of the States in which they may respectively act, in such manner that no vessel having on board goods liable to inspection shall be cleared until the master, or other proper person, shall have produced such

(7) Closed ports or places (§ 4.67) (8) Crew; passengers (§ 4.68).

(9) Shipping articles and enforcement of Seamen's Act (§ 4.69)

(10) Medicine and slop chests." (11) Load line regulations.96

(12) Carriage of United States securities, etc.97

(13) Carriage of mail.98

(14) Pratique (§ 4.70).

(15) Inspection of vessels carrying livestock (§ 4.71).

(16) Inspection of meat, meat-food products, and inedible fats (§ 4.72).

(17) Tobacco seed and plants." (18) Neutrality; exportation of arms and munitions (§ 4.73).

(19) Payment of State and Federal fees.100 (20) Orders restricting shipping (§ 4.74).

certificate that all such goods have been duly inspected, as the laws of the respective States may require to be produced to collectors or other officers of the customs." (46 U. S. C. 97) 95 See 46 U. S. C. 666, 669, 670, and 671.

96 See 46 U. S. C. ch. 2A and the Coast Guard Load Line Regulations.

97 "All vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and bound from any port in the United States to any other port therein, or to any foreign port, or from any foreign port to any port in the United States shall, before clearance, receive on board all such bullion, coin, United States notes and bonds and other securities, as the Government of the United States or any department thereof, or any minister, consul, vice consul, or other agent of the United States abroad, shall offer, and shall securely convey and promptly deliver the same to the proper authorities or consignees, on arriving at the port of destination; and shall receive for such service such reasonable compensation as may be allowed to other carriers in the ordinary transactions of business." (46 U. S. C. 98)

98 See § 4.63 (b), 18 U. S. C. 1724, and 39 U. S. C. 496.

99 "It shall be unlawful to export any tobacco seed and/or live tobacco plants from the United States or any Territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to any foreign country, port, or place, unless such exportation and/or transportation is in pursuance of a written permit granted by the Secretary of Agriculture. Such permit shall be granted by the Secretary only upon application therefor and after proof satisfactory to him that such seed or plants are to be used for experimental purposes only." (7 U. S. C. 516)

100 "Previous to a clearance being granted to any vessel, outward bound, the legal fees which shall have accrued on such vessel shall be paid at the offices where such fees are respectively payable; and receipts for the same shall be produced to the collector or other officer whose duty it may be to grant clearances, before a clearance is granted." (46 U. S. C. 100)