THIRTY-'1`HIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30. 1854. 271 the time of entering such merchandise at the Custom-House: Provided, what private That such private warehouse shall be used solely for the purpose of §’*'°h°$‘”S $***5* storing warehoused goods, and shall have been previously approved by ,,?h38;,,.,;; °° the Secretaryof the Treasury, and have been placed in charge of a proper officer of the customs, who, together with the owner and proprietor of the warehouse, shall have the joint custody of all the merchandise stored in said warehouse, and all the labor on the goods, so stored, must be performed by the owner or proprietor of the warehouse, under the supervision of the officer of the customs in charge of the same, at the expense of the aforesaid owner or proprietor: And provided fwrther, That cellars and vaults of stores for the storage of wines and distilled Cellars, vaults, spirits only, and yards for the storage of coal, mahogany, and other xdgm mfg woods and lumber, may, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Trea- pom bg prigaé sury, be constituted bonded warehouses for the storage of such articles W¤f¤b¤>v¤¤¤· ` under the same regulations and conditions as required in the storage of other merchandise; the cellars or vaults aforesaid shall be exclusively appropriated to the storage of wines or distilled spirits, and shall have no opening or entrance except the one from the street, on which separate and different locks of the Custom-House and the owner or proprietor of the cellars or vaults shall be placed. Sue. 2. And be it further enacted, That unclaimed goods, wares, or Unclaimed merchandise required by existing laws to be taken possession of by 5°°d°.f;*&`*K b° collectors of the customs, may be stored in any public warehouse owned P3?,!; 0,. Prlfvam or leased by the United States, or in any private bonded warehouse warehouses. authorized by this act, and all charges for storage, labor, and other expenses accruing on any such goods, wares, or merchandise, not to exceed in any case the regular rates for such objects at the port in question, must be paid before delivery of the goods on due entry thereof by the claimant or owner; or if sold as unclaimed goods to realize the import duties, the aforesaid charges shall be paid by the collector out of the proceeds of the sale thereof before paying such proceeds into the treasury as required by existing laws. And any `collector of the customs is hereby authorized, under such directions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to sell, upon due notice, at Sale of unclaim public auction, any unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise deposited in Bd EOM5- public warehouse whenever the same may from depreciation in value, damage, leakage, or other cause, in the opinion of such collector, be likely to prove insuflioicnt on a sale thereof to pay the duties, storage, and other charges if suffered to remain in public store for the period now allowed by law in the case of unclaimed goods. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That before any of the stores or Bondjn cueof cellars aforesaid, owned or occupied by private individuals, shall be used gigabgsggfblgrg as a warehouse for merchandise imported by other merchants or im· Mugs_ porters, the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof shall enter into bond, in such sums and with such sureties as may be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, exonerating and holding the United States and its oflicers harmless from or on account of any risk, loss, or expense of any kind or description, connected with or arising from the deposit or keeping of the merchandise in the warehouses aforesaid ;and all imports deposited in any public or private warehouse authorized by this act, shall be at the sole and exclusive risk and expense of the owner or importer. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares, and mer- Goods my W chandise, which may be hereafter duly entered for warehousing under main in wmbond, and likewise all merchandise now remaining in warehouse under °h"°° bond, may continue in warehouse, without payment of duties thereupon, for a period of three.years from the date of original importation, and may be withdrawn for consumption on due entry and payment of the duties and charges, or upon entry for exportation, without the payment of duties, at any time within the period aforesaid; in the latter case, the
