ARTICLE XIX.—OF THE DEPARTUE OF VESSELS.

 

§574.  Any vessel, the owner, consignee, or commander of which shall have fully complied with the laws and regulations affecting foreign trade, and with all the laws regulating he shipment and discharge of Hawaiian seamen, shall be entitled to depart upon receiving from the collector of the port a clearance in the following form:

 

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

 

CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE.

                                                           

Port of ________, Hawaiian Islands,

___ day of ________, 18___

This is to certify that the ________, of which ________ is master, bound for ________, is at liberty to proceed on her voyage.

________, Collector.

 

It shall also be incumbent on said collector     to furnish the commanding officer, a bill of the charge more particularly hereinafter prescribed.

 

Section 1.  That Section 574 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the form of Certificate of Clearance, the words “and a Health Certificate in the following form:

 

                                                                                               

Hawaiian Islands,

HEALTH CERTIFICATE.

                                               

Port of ________, ___ day of ________, 18___      

This is to certify that the ________ of which ________ is master, is now ready to depart from this port for ________ with ________ Persons, including the master of the vessel.

And I do further certify that no cholera, plague or other contagious or dangerous disease, at present exists at this port or vicinity.

________, Collector.

 

§575.  In case any vessel does not sail within forty-eight hours after receiving a clearance, it shall be the duty of the master to report the same to the collector of the port, under a penalty of not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be imposed by said collector.

  

§576.  No vessel shall be entitled to a clearance, unless all proper charges at the harbor-master’s office shall have been settled; and the collector may require the master or agent of the vessel to produce the harbor-master’s receipt or certificate, to prove that he has settled all such charges.

 

§577.  Any person wishing to export any foreign goods, shall enter the same at the custom-house of the port where they may be stored, in the following form:

 

OUTWARD ENTRY.

 

Entry of merchandise intended to be exported by ________, on board the ________, whereof ________ is master for ________, which were imported on the ________, by ________, in the ________, ________ master, from ________, for the benefit of drawback.

                                               

Port of ________, H. I.

I, ________, do solemnly swear that the articles specified in the above entry were imported in the ________, of which ________ was master, from _______; that they were duly entered at this port; that they have been stored under the direction of the Collector of Customs, since the ___ day of ________, 18___; and that they are not intended to be re-landed in this Kingdom.

________

Subscribed and sworn to this ___ day of ________, 18___

Before me,

________, Collector of Customs

 

§578.  Due entry having been made of the goods intended for exporation, the collector shall grant a permit for lading the same, on board the vessel named in such entry, such lading to be made under the superintendence of the collector, or such other person as he may appoint for that purpose.

 

§579.  To entitle any vessel to a clearance, it shall be incumbent on her commanding officer, first to furnish the collector of the port with a manifest of the cargo laden on board of such vessel, which manifest shall be given under oath, contain a full statement of all the goods on board, expressing contents, quantities and value, and distinguishing between domestic, foreign and transhipped goods, and shall also contain a list of her stores taken from bond, and passengers.

 

§580.  No vessel having cargo on board intended for a foreign country, shall touch at any place in this Kingdom, other than a port of entry, except as provided in Section 529; and any vessel violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars in the discretion of the court.

 

§581.  If any vessel shall sail from any port in this Kingdom without first obtaining a clearance, the commanding officer thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court; for the payment of which fine, the vessel shall be liable to seizure, condemnation and sale.

 

 

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