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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

Whenever  new  marks  are  put  upon  packages,  said  marks  will  be  described
in  the  application  for  warehousing.
Akt.  411.  Interested  parties  may  obviate  a  second  examination  of  their
packages  upon  their  removal  from  the  warehouses  if  in  their  application  they
ask  the  custom-house  to  tie  up  and  seal  the  packages  before  their  admittance
into  the  warehouses,  and  provided  that  the  packages  so  treated  afford,  in  the
opinion  of  the  custom-house,  a  guaranty  that  the  goods  which  they  contain
will  remain  intact.
Art.  412.  Upon  the  admittance  of  packages  into  the  bonded  warehouses,  the
fiscal  superintendent  receiving  them  will  affix  to  each  a  label  or  card  containing ­
  the  name  of  the  consignee,  the  number  of  the  permit,  the  custom-house
from  which  the  package  comes,  and  the  date  of  its  entrance  into  the  warehouses,
and  lie  will  at  the  same  time  inspect  the  fastenings  of  the  packages  to  which
fiscal  seals  have  been  attached.
Art.  413.  If  the  custom-house  authorities  see  fit  they  may  order  the  examination ­
  of  packages  of  goods  in  fiscal  deposit  at  the  time  of  their  entry  into  the
warehouses  or  of  their  departure  therefrom  either  for  consumption  or  reexportation, ­
  as  well  as  during  the  time  that  they  may  remain  there,  if  the  packages, ­
  upon  their  admittance,  have  not  been  fastened  and  sealed,  or  when  the
seals  are  found  to  have  been  broken.
If,  upon  being  examined  for  admittance  into  the  bonded  warehouses,  it  is
found  that  the  packages  contain  goods  that  are  subject  to  lesser  duties,  or  that
there  is  a  smaller  quantity  of  them  than  declared,  a  note  to  that  effect  will
be  entered  on  the  permit  and  the  custom-house  will  proceed  in  the  form  provided ­
  by  article  265  of  these  ordinances,  duties  being  settled  for  on  the  basis
of  the  result  of  the  examination.
If,  on  the  contrary,  the  goods  are  found  to  weigli  more  or  to  belong  to  a
higher  tariff  class  than  declared,  a  note  to  that  effect  will  be  made  on  the
clearance  petition,  so  that  the  assessment  for  duties  may  tally  with  the  result
of  tlie  examination,  and  there  will  be  collected  at  once,  by  way  of  additional
duties,  the  regulation  percentage  orr  the  difference  shown  by  the  liquidation.
When  the  examination  takes  place  upon  the  departure  of  the  goods  from  the
bonded  warehouses  for  consumption,  and  it  is  found  that  they  are  subject  to  a
less  rate,  or  that  there  is  less  of  them  than  declared,  duties  will  nevertheless
be  assessed  in  accordance  with  the  declaration  ;  but  if  the  quantity  of  the  goods
or  the  rate  to  which  they  are  subject  is  greater,  the  same  course  as  when  a
similar  case  arises  in  ordinary  clearances  will  be  followed.
If  the  examination  takes  place  when  the  goods  are  leaving  the  bonded  warehouses ­
  for  reexportation  and  they  are  found  to  be  subject  to  a  less  duty  than
declared,  the  duties  payable  under  the  declaration  will  be  forthwith  collected,
the  interested  party  being  entitled  to  introduce  the  goods  for  immediate  consumption ­
  upon  payment  of  said  duties,  or  to  reexport  them  without  refundment
of  duties.  If  the  quantity  of  the  goods  is  found  to  he  less  than  declared,
there  will  be  collected  on  the  difference,  in  addition  to  the  tariff  duties,  the
regulation  additional  duties,  save  in  case  that  the  curtailment  in  weight  does
not  exceed  15  per  cent  of  the  weight  declared,  and  arises  from  natural  shrinkage ­
  due  either  to  the  drying  up  or  spilling  of  the  article.
Art.  414.  The  interested  parties  may,  through  an  application  in  duplicate,
«  as  shown  by  model  42,  obtain  permission  from  the  custom-house  collector  to
take  samples  of  goods  that  are  about  to  be  warehoused  or  that  have  been  warehoused. ­
  The  custom-house  collector  will  grant  the  permission,  and  the  sample*
will  be  taken  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  inspector  or  employee  whom  he
may  designate  for  the  purpose,  and  who  will  note  down  on  the  application
the  data  necessary  for  the  assessment  of  duties  payable  on  the  samples,  attaching ­
  to  the  packages  from  which  the  samples  are  taken  a  label  with  the  following ­
  inscription  :  “  Tomado  muestra  con  permiso  de  fecha  .”
If  the  samples  are  taken  from  packages  of  goods  which  are  destined  for  reexportation, ­
  either  the  samples  must  be  returned  to  the  custom-house  or  the
duties  assessable  on  the  samples  must  be  paid  when  permission  to  ship  t ,K>
goods  abroad  again  is  requested  ;  and  if  the  samples  have  been  taken  from  goods
that  are  to  be  entered  for  consumption,  they  will  be  considered  as  still  belonging
to  the  packages  of  which  they  formed  part.
Art.  415.  For  the  removal  of  goods  from  the  custom-house  to  bonded  warehouses ­
  situated  in  the  same  city  or  locality,  the  custom-house  collector  will  designate ­
  the  route  to  be  taken,  the  method  of  transportation  which  he  considers
most  suitable,  and  the  fiscal  employees  who  are  to  supervise  the  operation.
The  warden  of  the  custom-house  will  deliver  the  goods,  for  transportation  to