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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

ity  of  tlio  building  and  the  nature  and  amount  of  business—the  exact  sum  to
be  determined  by  the  minister  of  customs  at  the  time  of  accepting  the  proprietor’s ­
  application.
All  the  foregoing  payments  shall  date  from  the  establishment  of  each  warehouse, ­
  and  no  warehouse  of  either  of  the  classes  named  in  this  article  shall
be  recognized  by  the  collector  of  customs  as  an  established  warehouse  until
or  unless  the  said  half-yearly  payments  are  made  within  not  over  ten  days
after  the  proper  date.

General  provisions.
Sec.  14.  (a)  No  alteration  can  be  made  in  any  bonded  warehouse  without  permission ­
  of  the  collector  of  customs;  and  if  any  material  change  in  the  premises
is  contemplated,  it  must  be  submitted  for  approval  of  the  minister  of  customs.
(ö)  The  collector  of  customs  shall  advise  the  commissioner  of  customs  of
any  changes  in  the  surroundings  of  bonded  premises  likely  to  affect  the  general
security,  and  if  burned  or  plundered  immediate  notice  must  be  given  to  the
commisioner,  with  full  particulars.of  all  facts  connected  therewith.
(c)  Proprietors  of  bonded  warehouses  may  relinquish  the  business  at  any
time,  on  giving  timely  notice  to  the  owners  of  merchandise  deposited  therein,
but  no  part  of  any  half-yearly  payment  made  by  them  shall  be  refunded  for
any  portion  of  a  term  unexpired.
(d)  The  minister  of  customs  may,  at  any  time,  for  reasonable  cause,  order
the  discontinuance  of  the  right  to  store  bonded  goods  in  any  premises  established
as  a  bonded  warehouse  ;  and  when  thus  discontinued  such  warehouse  can  only  be
reestablished  after  renewed  application  as  at  first.
(e)  All  moneys  received  from  proprietors  of  warehouses,  as  provided  in  section ­
  13,  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  collector  of  customs  to  the  receiver-general,
and  shall  form  part  of  the  consolidated  revenue  fund  of  Canada.
Sec.  15.  The  collector  of  customs  will  cause  the  proprietor  or  occupant  to
place  over  the  gate  or  door  leading  into  or  on  some  conspicuous  place  on  every
customs  warehouse,  a  board  or  sign  with  the  following  painted  thereon  :
“  V.  R.  Customs  Warehouse.”
June  14,  1875.
GRAIN.
Regulations  respecting  the  grinding  and  packing  of  wheat,  maize,  and  other
grain  in  bond.
Sec.  10.  His  excellency,  in  viriue  of  the  powers  vested  in  him  by  “the  customs ­
  act,”  chapter  32  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  and  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the
Queen’s  privy  council  for  Canada,  is  pleased  to  order  that  the  regulations
respecting  the  grinding  and  packing  of  wheat,  maize,  and  other  grain  in  bond
established  by  the  order  in  council  of  the  21st  day  of  April,  1880,  and  reenacted
by  sections  16  and  17  of  the  consolidated  order  in  council  of  the  25th  day  of
July,  1888,  chapter  8  of  the  consolidated  orders  in  council  of  Canada,  shall  be,
and  the  same  are  hereby,  rescinded  and  the  following  regulations  substituted
in  lieu  thereof  :
The  minister  of  customs  may  authorize  the  collector  of  customs  of  any  warehousing ­
  port  or  outport  of  entry  to  license  any  mill  properly  constructed  for  the
purpose  of  grinding  grain,  and  recognize  the  same  as  a  bonding  warehouse  to  be
used  for  the  storage,  grinding,  and  packing  of  foreign  wheat,  maize,  and  other
grain  in  bond,  under  and  subject  to  the  following  regulations:
The  proprietor  of  any  such  mill  may  make  application  to  the  collector  of  customs ­
  for  a  license  to  receive  into,  and  grind  and  pack  therein,  foreign  wheat,
maize,  and  other  grain  in  bond,  and  in  such  application  shall  clearly  describe
the  construction  and  grinding  capacity  of  such  mill  and  its  exact  locality,*
giving  the  distance  thereof  from  the  nearest  custom-house,  also  stating  whether
it  is  operated  by  steam  or  water  power  or  other  motor,  and  such  other  particulars ­
  as  the  latter  may  from  time  to  time  order  or  direct,  and  shall  state  in
said  application  his  willingness  and  determination  to  he  In  all  respects  guided
and  governed  in  the  prosecution  of  the  said  business  by  the  laws  and  regulations
which  then  are,  or  may  be  thereafter  in  force,  respecting  bonding  warehouses.
The  collector  of  customs  shall  then  transmit  the  said  application  to  the  commissioner ­
  of  customs,  who  shall  present  the  same  to  the  minister,  and  if  approved ­
  by  him,  the  required  license  may  be  granted,  and  such  mill  shall  then
be  known  and  classed  as  a  bonding  warehouse,  class  7.