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may, in such default, be sold; and if they are sold for more than 

 enough to pay the duty and charges thereon, the surplus shall be paid 

 over to the person entitled to receive it. 



17. The proper officer may take such samples of goods as shall be 

 necessary for ascertaining the amount of any duties payable on the 

 same, and all such samples shall be disposed of and accounted for in 

 such manner as the Receiver General shall direct. 



REPORT AND ENTRY INWARDS. 



18. No goods shall be unladen from any vessel arriving at any 

 port or place in this Colony from any place out of this Colony, or 

 from any vessels having dutiable goods on board brought coastwise, 

 nor shall bulk be broken within three leagues of the coast, until due 

 entry has been made of such goods and warrant granted for the 

 unlading of the same; and no goods shall be so unladen, unless for 

 the purpose of lightening the vessel in crossing over or getting clear 

 from a shoal, rock, bar, or sand-bank, except between six o'clock 

 in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, and on some day not 

 being a Sunday or statutory holiday, and at some hour and place at 

 which an officer of the Customs is appointed to attend the unlading 

 of goods, or at some place for which a sufference has been granted 

 by the collector or other proper officer for the unlading of such 

 goods; and if, after the arrival of the vessel within three leagues of 

 the coast, any alteration is made in the stowage of the cargo so as 

 to facilitate the unlawful unlading of any part thereof, or if any 

 part thereof is fraudulently staved, destroyed, or thrown overboard, 

 or any package is opened, it shall be deemed a breaking of bulk; 

 and all goods unladen contrary to this Act shall be seized and for- 

 feited; and if bulk is broken contrary to this Act the master shall 

 forfeit four hundred dollars, and the vessel may be detained until 

 the said sum is paid, or satisfactory security is given for the pay- 

 ment thereof; and unless payment is made or security is given within 

 thirty days, such vessel may, at the expiration thereof, be sold to pay 

 the said sum. 



19. The collector, or other proper officer, may permit the master 

 of any steamboat, under such rules and regulations as the Governor 

 in Council may make, to deposit the cargo in a warehouse to be pro- 

 vided by the owner or agent of the boat and approved of by the 

 Receiver General, the owner or agent of the boat having first given 

 general security by bond, in the form prescribed by the Governor 

 in Council, with two sureties, for the payment of the full duties of 

 importation on all such goods as shall be at any time so warehoused 

 therein, or for the exportation thereof ; and goods so deposited shall 

 be deemed to be on board the importing steamboat, and shall be sub- 

 ject to the same regulations, penalties and forfeitures as if they had 

 not been taken thereout; and the master or owner of the steamboat 

 shall have the same lien on the goods for freight or other charges 

 as if the same had not been deposited in the warehouse, but shall 

 not be entitled to any rents for the goods so deposited. The owner 

 or consignee of the goods must make due entry thereof within ten 

 days from the time of their being so deposited in the warehouse; 

 provided, that in case such entry is not made within the time men- 



