At ports to which a Collector and Surveyor only are appointed, the Collector shall solely execute all the duties in which the co-operation of the Naval Officer is requisite at the ports where a Naval Officer is appointed. And he shall act in like matter in case of the disability or death of the Naval Officer, until a successor is appointed, unless there is a deputy duly authorized, under the hand and seal of the Naval Officer, who in that case shall continue to act until an appointment is made.

At ports to which a Collector only is appointed, the Collector shall solely execute all the duties in which the co-operation of the Naval Officer is requisite at ports where a Naval Officer is appointed; and he shall also, as far as may be, perform all the duties prescribed for Surveyors at ports where Surveyors are authorized.

DUTIES OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

At ports to which there are appointed a Collector, a Naval Officer, and a Surveyor, it shall be the duty of the Naval Officer:

First. To receive copies of all manifests and entries.

Second. To estimate, together with the Collector, the duties on all merchandise subject to duty, and no duties shall be received without such estimates.

Third. To keep a separate record of such estimates.

Fourth. To countersign all permits, clearances, certificates, debentures, and other documents to be granted by the Collector.

Fifth. To examine the Collector's abstracts of duties and other accounts of receipts, bonds, and expenditures, and certify the same if found correct.

DUTIES OF SURVEYORS.

At ports to which there are appointed a Collector, Naval Officer, and Surveyor, it shall be the duty of the Surveyor, who shall be in all cases subject to the direction of the Collector:

First. To superintend and direct all inspectors, weighers, measurers, and gaugers within his port.

Second. To report, once in every week, the name or names of all inspectors, weighers, gaugers, or measurers who are absent from or neglect to do their duty.

Third. To visit or inspect the vessels which arrive in his port, and make a

return in writing every morning to the Collector of all vessels which have arrived from foreign ports during the preceding day, specifying the names and denominations of the vessels, the masters' names, from whence arrived, whether laden or in ballast, to what nation belonging, and, if American vessels, whether the masters thereof have or have not complied with the law, in having the required number of manifests of the cargo on board, agreeing in substance with the provisions of the law.

Fourth. To put on board each of such vessels one or more inspectors immediately after their arrival in his port.

Fifth. To ascertain the proof, quanti ties, and kinds of distilled spirits imported, rating such spirits according to their respective degrees of proof, as defined by the laws imposing duties on spirits.

Sixth. To examine whether the goods imported in any vessel, and the deliveries thereof, agreeably to the inspectors' returns, correspond with the permits for the landing of the same; and if any error or disagreement appears, to report the same to the Collector, and to the Naval Officer, if any.

Seventh. To superintend the lading for exportation of all goods entered for the benefit of any drawback, bounty, or allowance, and examine and report whether the kind, quantity, and quality of the goods so laden on board any vessel for exportation correspond with the entries and permits granted therefor.

Eighth. To examine, and from time to time, and particularly on first Mondays of January and July in each year, try the weights, measures, and other instruments used in ascertaining the duties on imports, with standards to be provided by each Collector at the public expense for that purpose; and where disagreements or errors are discovered, to report the same to the Collector; and to obey and execute such directions as he may receive for correcting the same, agreeably to the standards.

At ports to which Collectors and Surveyors only are appointed, the Surveyor shall perform all the duties enjoined upon Surveyors by the preceding clauses, and shall also receive and record the copies of all manifests transmitted to him by the Collector; shall record all permits granted by the Collector, distinguishing the gauge, weight, measure, and quality of goods specified therein; and shall take care that no goods be unladen or de