BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 27 
Sec. 2. That the master of any vessel of the United States under per- 
manent enrolment, employed in the whale, seal, or other fisheries, 
whenever landing all or any portion of his cargo within the limits of 
the United States, shall furnish to the collector of customs, or his duly 
authorized agent, for the district in which all or any portion of said 
cargo may be landed, the same information and particulars as may be 
required by the Secretary of the Treasury from the owners or agents of 
vessels licensed for the fisheries or the coasting trade and employed as 
above described 5 the figures to include the actual quantity of the vari- 
ous products landed which may have been obtained by the crew or 
crews of said vessel in their capacity as fishermen, and, in separate 
entry, the quantity of each of the various products obtained by the 
above-named crew or crews that may have been landed in foreign ports, 
or transferred to other vessels at sea for the purpose of being landed 
by them, during the period that may have elapsed since January one, 
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, or after one report shall 
have been made since the last report covering the operations of said 
vessel was furnished 5 and he shall, further, furnish separate reports of 
all products secured by the crew or crews of other vessels, which may 
have been transferred to his vessel for the purpose of being landed by 
him, either in American or foreign ports, during the period above de- 
scribed, mentioning separately the information for each vessel, accom- 
panied by the name and home port of said vessel; and if the master of 
any vessel sailing under permanent enrolment, and employed as above 
described, shall fail to deliver such record to the proper collector of 
customs, or his duly authorized representative, within twenty-four hours 
of the landing of the portion or portions of the cargo as above described, 
the papers of the vessel shall be forfeited, and it shall be the duty of 
said collector of customs to take possession of the same and to forbid 
the issuance of any others, any existing law or laws to the contrary 
notwithstanding, until such report shall have been furnished; and the 
master failing to comply with said requirements shall be liable to a 
penalty of two hundred dollars, which may be collected and distributed 
in the same manner as are fines for the violation of the customs-reve- 
nue laws; and such record shall be returned within thirty days by the 
proper collector of customs to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the 
pecuniary penalty herein described shall be subject to remission or mit- 
igation by the Secretary of the Treasury, if, upon investigation, he shall 
be satisfied that it was incurred without wilful disregard of law; and 
any law or laws now in force and authorizing the issuance of documents 
to vessels shall remain inoperative in the case of any of the aforesaid 
vessels until such time as the master shall have complied fully with the 
requirements of this act. 
March 4, 1887. 
