June 10, 1890. All fees exacted and oaths administered by officers of the customs, except as provided in this act, under or by virtue of existing laws of the United States, upon the entry of imported goods and the passing thereof through the customs, and also upon all entries of domestic goods, wares, and merchandise for exportation, are hereby abolished: * Provided, That where such fees, under existing laws, constitute, in whole or in part, the compensation of any officer, such officer shall receive, from and after the passage of this act, a fixed sum for each year equal to the amount which he would have been entitled to receive as fees for such services during said year. PORTS ON ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND GULF COASTS AND WESTERN RIVERS. For inspector's certificate to cancel bond, etc... $0.20 2.00 Receiving manifest, and granting permit to unload, for last-mentioned vessel 2.00 2.50 Entry of vessel under 100 tons... 1.50 2.50 1.50 2.00 on arrival at one district from another Entry of vessel of 100 tons or more from foreign port.. Clearance of vessel of 100 tons or more for a foreign port.. Post-entry Bond taken officially, not otherwise provided for, except when executed in Official certificate, except as above stated.. Special certificate to cancel bond not given in connection with entry of mer- Certified copy of outward manifest, if required. Official documents (United States vessels' documents excepted) required by Services other than admeasurement to be performed by the surveyor in foreign- For like services in vessels under 100 tons having similar merchandise... 40 20 20 20 20 20 .20 3.00 1.50 .67 Certified copy of bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance.. Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of less than 100 tons, if there be dutiable cargo. Duties performed by the surveyor on vessel of 100 tons or upwards, if there be dutiable cargo.. .50 3.00 1.50 Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of whatever tonnage with free cargo or ballast... Tonnage duty, if due.... Certificate payment tonnage dues, foreign vessel. Bill of health, foreign vessel.. Certificate of American growth or production, if required.. Clearance of an American vessel for a foreign port: Fee same as above (but no fee collectible for bill of health, certificate payment tonnage tax, crewlist, or bond). Certificate to shipping articles, if required........... .20 The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasurement on board vessels may be charged by the collectors performing such services at ports where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from coasting vessels. Fees for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not be charged. Collectors may receive port warden's, health officer's, and harbormaster's fees where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned. The term "legal fees," used in section 4206, Revised Statutes, does not mean pilotage, half-pilotage, or similar local charges. Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the United States are required to pay, within twenty-four hours from entry, to the collector of customs at the port of arrival, $10 for each passenger over 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger) who shall have died of natural disease during the voyage. Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to have posted in a public place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandable by law at their ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for fees collected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do so. Failure to observe these requirements entails a penalty of $100 for the benefit of the informer. PORTS ON NORTHERN, NORTHEASTERN, AND NORTHWESTERN FRONTIERS. Post-entry.. Official bond not otherwise provided for, except when executed in connection with the entry or passage of goods through the customs, or with the entry of domestic merchandise for exportation............... $2.00 .50 .20 .20 .20 .20 .50 Official certificate not otherwise provided for, except as above stated.. Certified copy of outward manifest, if required Copy bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance The fees above mentioned are applicable in the case of all vessels navigating the waters of the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers otherwise than by the sea, and no fees other than those above specially enumerated can be legally collected from the owners or masters, as such, of vessels enrolled or licensed on said frontiers. Bond to retain cargo, if necessary 2.00 Clearance.... Clearance of an American vessel directly for a foreign port: .50 .50 Bond to retain cargo, if necessary.. .50 Entry of an American vessel engaged in the coasting trade and touching at a foreign port: Post-entry, if made.... .50 2.00 The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasurement on board vessels may be charged by the collectors performing such services at ports where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from coasting vessels. Fees for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not be charged. Collectors may receive port warden's, health officer's, and harbor-master's fees where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned. The term "legal fees," used in section 4206, Revised Statutes, does not embrace pilotage, half-pilotage, or similar local charges. Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the United States are required to pay, within twenty-four hours from entry, to the collector of customs at the port of arrival, $10 for each passenger over 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger), who shall have died of natural disease during the voyage. Permits are not required on the northern frontier to unlade cargo brought from an American port; but permits must be obtained, and existing laws complied with, previous to the discharge or landing of passengers, baggage, goods, wares, or merchandise brought from foreign ports or places. Canadian steamers trading on the northern frontiers from one foreign port to another, and touching during the course of such voyage at a port or place in the United States, and landing passengers, baggage, or freight are required to report. Enrolled or licensed vessels upon the frontiers departing from or arriving at a port in one collection district to or from a port in another collection district, although touching at an intermediate foreign port, are exempted from payment of the entrance and clearance fees of fifty cents each, and from the payment of tonnage tax, but in all such cases an entry or clearance must be made, and fees be paid of ten cents for certification of manifest and permit to go from district to district, and ten cents for receiving manifest. Vessels used exclusively as ferry-boats, however laden, will not be required to enter or clear, nor will the masters or persons in charge of such boats be required to present manifests or to pay entrance or clearance fees, or fees for receiving or certifying manifests; but such masters or other persons will be required to report to the proper officer of the customs in each instance, and to apprise him of any baggage, goods, wares, or merchandise which may have been imported in such boats from any foreign territory. Collectors on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers are authorized to keep on sale, at their several offices, blank manifests and clearances, and to charge therefor the sum of 10 cents for each blank, and no more. But this does not prohibit private persons from furnishing their own blanks, if said blanks are in accordance with law and regulations. Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to have posted in a public place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandable by law at their ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for fees collected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do so. Failure to observe these requirements entails a penalty of $100 for the benefit of the informer. |