Under section 3006 of the Revised Statutes of the United States the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue such regulations, with
the consent of the proper authorities of Mexico.
You will, therefore, bring the matter to the attention of the Mexican
Government and request its consent to the issuing of the proposed
regulations.
I am, etc.
[Inclosure.]
The Secretary of the
Treasury to the Secretary of
State.
Treasury Department,
Office of the Secretary,
Washington, May 16,
1906.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
a draft of proposed regulations for submission to the Mexican
authorities under section 3006 of the Revised Statutes, which
provides that:
“Imported merchandise in bond or duty paid, and products or
manufactures of the United States, may, with the consent of the
proper authorities of the British provinces or Republic of Mexico,
be transported from one port in the United States to another port
therein, over the territory of such provinces or Republic, by such
routes, and under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the merchandise so
transported shall, upon arrival in the United States from such
provinces or Republic, be treated in regard to the liability to or
exemption from duty or tax as if the transportation had taken place
entirely within the limits of the United States.”
Respectfully,
[Subinclosure.]
regulations for the transit of merchandise
from port to port in the united states through
mexico.
Domestic merchandise and foreign merchandise upon which duty has been
paid or foreign merchandise in bond regularly entered for that
purpose may, with the consent of the proper authorities of the
Republic of Mexico, be transported across the territory for that
purpose partly by land and partly by water, and treated upon arrival
at the port of destination as if such transportation had been wholly
within the United States.
The owner or shipper of such merchandise shall, before the
merchandise is laden, present to the collector of customs at the
port of departure a manifest in triplicate subscribed by the proper
agent of the transporting company, which shall be prepared by said
company, and shall contain a particular description of the
merchandise by packages, marks, numbers, and contents, and shall
also state ports of destination, the names of the consignees, and
the route over which the transportation is to be made,
distinguishing articles that are domestic from those of foreign
growth or production or manufacture, and those upon which duty has
been paid from those under warehouse or other entry. Such manifest
shall be in the following form:
Form No. ——. Special coastwise
manifest of merchandise in transit through Mexico.
| Marks and numbers. |
Packages. |
Articles. |
Domestic. |
Foreign duty paid. |
Foreign in bond. |
Consignor. |
Consignee. |
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—— —— —— —— —— ——,
Agents of
Transportation Company.
I hereby certify that the above-described merchandise has been laden
on S. S. ——————, of the line at —————— for transportation to ——————
across the Mexican territory by way of ——————; and that I have duly
secured with cords and customs seals the packages
compartments
containing said goods,
holds
——————, Inspector.
[l. s.]
——————, Collector.
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If the entire cargo of such vessel consists of goods under such
special manifest, the hatches of the vessel may be secured by
customs seals and no further cording or sealing of the goods at the
port of departure need be done. If the entire cargo does not consist
of such goods, the same must be stowed in separate compartments and
all the entrances to such compartments secured by customs seals, or
in lieu therof each separate box, bale, case, or other package must
be corded and sealed.
The inspector of customs charged with the supervision of the lading
of such goods shall check off the goods as laden upon the manifest,
shall affix the proper seals and certify all of the manifests, one
of which he shall deliver to the master of the transporting vessel
to accompany the goods, and the others shall be immediately returned
to the custom-house, where one shall be filed, and the third copy
shall be verified by the signature and seal of the collector and
sent by first mail to the collector of customs at the port of
destination.
On arrival of the goods at the port at which the same are to be
transshipped from the vessel to the cars for transportation across
Mexico, the master of the vessel shall deliver the copy of the
special manifest accompanying said goods to the customs inspector at
said port of transshipment, who will examine the seals, or cords and
seals, as the case may be, and certify their condition upon the copy
of the manifest delivered to him by the master of the vessel, and
shall supervise the unlading and transshipment of such goods,
checking the same upon the manifest and indicating thereon for the
convenience of the inspector at the port of transshipment from the
cars to the vessel the number of the car upon which each package is
laden. Upon said merchandise being laden in the cars he shall so
certify upon the carrier’s manifest, noting any shortage or unusual
condition of the package, and shall fasten the cars or compartments
thereof containing such goods with customs seals, and thereupon
shall deliver the carrier’s copy of said manifest to the conductor
of the train in which such goods are laden for delivery to the
inspector at the port of transshipment from cars to vessels.
Upon the arrival at the port at which the goods are to be
transshipped from the cars to the vessels for shipment to the United
States the same examination and comparison shall be made by the
customs inspector stationed at that port and similar certificate
made upon the goods being laden and sealed. Said inspector shall
thereupon deliver the carrier’s manifest to the master of the
vessel.
In case of packages secured by cords and seals it will not be
necessary that the car, compartment, or hold containing the same be
also secured by customs seals.
In case of the nonarrival of vessels or other inadvertent delay at
either port of transshipment in Mexico the merchandise in transit
may be stored in warehouse until transshipment under the supervision
of the inspectors of customs stationed at such ports.
Such merchandise may also be transported from one port to another of
the United States over the territory of the Republic of Mexico by
routes wholly by land transportation in the same manner and under
the same regulations as merchandise is transported across the
Dominion of Canada under the provisions of articles 700 to 712,
inclusive, of the Customs Regulations of 1899.
