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APPENDIX. 



Penalties on the I)kvhu-»khs <>i C i otum-hook bi ties. — Customhouse 

 officers. — Loss of situation ; double the defrauded duties. 



Owners of the contraband property. — First offence : con6scation of the con- 

 traband articles; and if they exceed in value the fifth part of the cargo, the loss 

 of the whole cargo, and the transaction to be published in the Government Ga- 

 zettes. — Second offence : confiscation of the contraband property ; and if it ex- 

 ceeds the tenth part of the cargo, the loss of the whole,— Third offence : con- 

 fiscation of the contraband goods ; and if they exceed one-twelfth of the 

 cargo, the loss of the whole, and suspension for ten years from the rights of a 

 citizen. 



Consignees are subject to the same penalties as the owner, and are also 

 responsible to the consignor. 



Aiders. — A fine of from 200 dollars to 300 dollars ; and if they cannot pay, 

 four to six months' imprisonment. 



Captains and Supracargoes concealing the number of pieces, packages, chests, 

 or trunks, in the manifest, are punished with the loss of the vessel. 



On Colombian Vessels. — Any vessel, wherever it may have been built, can 

 be inscribed as a national vessel of Colombia, provided it be the property of a 

 Colombian citizen, the owner making oath that it in no manner belongs to any 

 foreigner, and binding himself that the vessel shall never bear any other flag than 

 the Colombian ; and that whenever she sails, more than one-half of the crew 

 shall consist of citizens or natives of the Country. Any one offending against 

 these provisions, shall be fined 50 dollars for every ten tons of the vessel, besides 

 being subject to the punishments inflicted on perjurers. 



The Intendants of the maritime departments can grant, in the name of the 

 Republic, and for the term of four years, merchant registers for navigation to 

 foreign vessels, whose owners intend to naturalize themselves. For this purpose, 

 the proprietors must present the registers of their vessels to the custom-house of 

 the port where they reside. 



The titles of navigation must be renewed whenever the vessel is transferred 

 from one citizen to another, or any important alterations be made iu its quality 

 and construction, or its name changed, or the number of its tons diminished or 

 increased. 



No Colombian merchant vessel can navigate without the register, patent, 

 and roll of its crew, under penalty of being embargoed, and the confiscation of 

 the vessel, its sails, rigging, and utensils. 



Vessels trading with the Mosquito and Guajira coasts, must enter, and take 

 out licences, at some of the Colombian ports, for which one dollar and a half pa 

 ton must be paid, independently of unavoidable expences of pilotage, anchor- 

 age, &c 



