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The custom administration does not assume any responsibility for the safety 
80ods stored in the free district, also no obligation for the verification of the 
ght of disposal by the applicant before the official clearance by the customs 
Wthorities 
ArT. 183 
A clearance office in which the necessary payment of custom duties is made is 
Siablished in the free district under the name ‘Custom clearance office of the 
"ee district’; it is equipped or shall be provided with equipment corresponding 
o the needs of the trade. 
ArT. 14 
Rooms necessary for the clearance office and the official custom work, for a 
temporary storage of goods for which the customs duty is not to be paid at once 
for those which can not be sent away immediately after the payment of duties 
for them has been made, as well as for goods the establishment of identity of which 
¥ith those of domestic origin brought in the free district from fhe German custom 
frritory, must be provided for by the merchants of Danzig, who must erect 
he Decessary buildings according to the direction of the custom authorities. 
The merchants must also furnish the money for a possible enlargement of the 
isting office rooms. 
Concerning the space offered the merchants have the same obligations as 
Meseribed by article 5 of the railway custom regulations to the railway adminis- 
ation by which the spaces which are not used for the purpose of the custom ad- 
Ulhistration must accordingly be heated and lighted by the merchants. 
The merchants must also take care of the lighting of the whole free district 
sige of buildings and especially of the border line on the side of the water and 
he entrances and exits of the free district. 
3 Balances necessary for the official weighing of goods, except the weights, must 
® furnished and maintained by the merchants also. 
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The process of clearance and fixing of hours of business must be regulated 
“eording to the rules established on March 19, 1891, for the customhouse 
Bair with regard to the railway custom regulations and those with regard to 
MWeance and exit towards the sea through the mouth of the Vistula. 
es The time of loading, unloading, and work inside of the free district is not 
ig ted as far as it does not concern the clearance of domestic sugar (arts. 3 and 
ArT. 16 
Ships which, according to art. 8 of the custom regulations for the mouth of the 
Stula, keep their flags during the entrance, must haul down the flags at the 
Omen of their entrance into the free district, while ships of the inland and 
Boing navigation which load, unload, or carry domestic sugar preserve their 
Olestie qualities (art. 3) and keep the flag flying as a signal of identification. 
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\ Ships assigned for the free district may moor or lie at anchor in the basin of the 
0 of the free district in case of necessity after the permission has been 
tig “Ned from the custom authorities and under the condition of keeping a 
tance of at least 5 m. from the border of the free district; they must be put 
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