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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
ascertained that the money owing to the exchequer on the goods has been paid,
will authorize their delivery by inditing a note to that effect at the foot of the
lists of packages which were used by the warehouse guard for lhe removei of the
goods, and said guard will turn the list over to the fiscal employee encharged
with the custody of the goods. The fiscal employee will make out a receipt on
the same lists and will accompany the goods until they are put on board the
ship or train on which they are to be transported out of the country; hut if the
reexportation takes place through another custom-house, the removal of the
goods to the train which is to convey them will he effected with the formalities
prescribed by article 415 in so far as they are applicable.
In this ease one of the lists of packages will be made use of by the fiscal
employee for the custody of the goods, and when the latter have been put on
board the train and the box car or compartment containing them has been
secured with fiscal padlocks, the employee will make a note on the list of the
number of the box car, the number of the fiscal padlocks, the combination
number marked by the latter on closing, also stating whether the packages are
bound round and sealed, and the employee will then return the list to the ware
house guard, while immediately reporting the aforesaid data to the custom
house.
Art. 430. The forwarding custom house will send by mail in a registered pack
age to the custom-house of the point through which the goods are to leave the
country, a copy of the petition for reexportation adjusted and annotated, with
all necessary data, as well as a copy pi the list of packages and the bill of lading
which the carrier company may have extended to the first-named custom-house
to the consignment of the second.
In case the custom-house, considering it expedient, should send a fiscal
employee to have charge of the goods during their transportation to the point of
departure, said employee will take with him in a closed packet the afore
mentioned documents, with the exception of the list of packages, which he
will take in an open packet, in order to be able to make use of it, if necessary,
during the trip.
Art. 431. Upon the arrival of the goods at the custom-house of departure,
if the box cars and fiscal padlocks are found to be in good condition, the marks
and serial numbers of the packages will be revised, and if they are found to
be all right the packages will be shipped under the supervision of the custom
house guards; but if the train or ship by which they are to be taken out of the
country is not ready to be loaded the goods will remain in the sealed box cars
until the shipment can take place; only if the packages are bound round and
sealed can they be deposited in the custom-house.
The, custom-house receiving the goods will notify the forwarding custom
house of the arrival and shipment of the goods ; also returning to it the copy of
the petition of reexportation with the annotation “ Cumplido ” and other per
tinent data.
Art. 432. If, from the examination made, it shall appear that the packages
have been tampered with, the steps laid down by Chapter XIII of these ordi
nances will be taken, and if the examination reveals differences in the kind of
quantity of goods, said goods will be subject to the provisions of article 413,
and the carrier company will be liable according to the facts.
Art. 433. When the reexportation of goods sent to a custom-house for that
purpose is not effected within thirty days following the expiration of the period
of one year, fixed as the minimum duration of the fiscal deposit, and the depart
ment of finance has not extended that period, the permit will be annulled and
the steps taken in article 397 will be taken.
Art. 434. If the reexportation of goods in fiscal deposit is to take place
through a point other than that where they have been warehoused, and the
consignee finds it impossible to designate in his application the train or ship
by which they are to leave the country, the interested party will be allowed,
after the arrival of the goods at the point of departure, there to present his
request for permission to ship, with the understanding that, if after the lapse
of a fortnight from the arrival of the goods they shall not have been shipped
for purposes of reexportation, they will begin to be subject to the storage due
provided by article 153, until they are shipped or until the period marked by
article 433 shall have run.
Art. 435. When, for the transportation of goods in fiscal deposit, it proves
necessary to utilize various lines belonging to different companies, the company
to which the goods are delivered will be the one to assume the responsibility
provided by law for the entire route. If the transportation of the goods under