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} 128 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. a certificate of clearance; and, in case he shall touch at any intermediate point in the United States and there discharge the cargo taken on board at an American port, not having touched at any foreign port or place, the master shall not be required to report such landing or unloading at the intermediate ports, but shall enter the same on his manifest obtained at the original port of departure, which he shall deliver to the collector of the port where the unloading of the cargo is completed, or if there be no custom house at such port he shall deliver the said manifest to the proper customs officer at the port where he next arrives, in both cases making oath to its correctness, and delivering it within twenty-four hours after arrival; provided, - that masters of vessels with cargo and passengers trom any for- eign port shall obtaina permit and comply with existing laws before landing the same; that merchandise destined for a for- ' eign port shall be reported as now required by law, and that no permit shall be required for unloading a cargo brought from an American port. : : | Masters of vessels arriving from a port where there is no custom-house, at one where there is a custom-house, are required to deliver to the latter a manifest sub- scribed on oath, setting forth the cargo, laden at the place of departure, and laden or unladen at intermediate ports. Steam tugs duly enrolled and licensed on the above frontiers, when exclusively employed in towing vessels, shall not be required to report and clear at the custom-house, provided that when said steam tugs shall be employed in towing rafts or other vessels without sail or steam motive power, not required to be enrolled or licensed, they shall be required to report and clear in the same manner as provided in the act for other vessels. Failure to comply with the foregoing requirements subjects a master of an enrolled or licensed vessel engaged in the above named trade to a fine of $100 for each forfeiture or neglect, for which sum the vessel shall also be liable. False swearing or affirma- tion on the part of a master or owner in filling up the pre- scribed forms, is made punishable by all the penalties provided for perjury by existing laws. - Itisalso enacted that vessels departing or arriving from a