provided they do not leave the customs juris diction, and upon the departure of the owner are duly put on board and manifested as baggage on a vessel bound for a foreign port. 

[355-353.] 

SECTION 1404 . Landing of Vessel's Equipment Under Bond.  — Upon the filing of a bond guaranteeing their reembarkation, the landing of sails, casks, chronometers, and other portions of the vessel's equipment shall be permitted, in order that the same may be repaired. 

[355-352.] 

SECTION 1405 . Merchandise to be Received in General Order Stores . — Unless otherwise directed by the collector, all merchandise except bulk cargo shall be received in general order stores. 

[Cooley's Blackstone, p. 314.] 

SECTION 1406 . Limit of Period for Discharge . — The period within which discharge should be effected is as follows: 

Vessels of less than three hundred tons, eight working days after entry; vessels of three hundred tons and less than eight hundred tons, twelve working days after entry; vessels of eight hundred tons and upward, fifteen working days after entry. 

The working days of a vessel shall be computed by excluding the date of entry, legal holidays, and stormy days when, in the opinion of the collector, discharge of cargo is impracticable. 

[355-107.] 

SECTION 1407 . Disposition of Merchandise Remaining on Vessel After Time for Unlading . — Merchandise remaining on board any vessel after the expiration of the said period for discharge, and not reported for transshipment to another port, may be unladen by t he customs authorities and stored at the vessel's expense. 

Merchandise so stored may, at any time within ninety days or such longer period as the Insular Collector shall approve, be claimed and entered. If not entered it shall be sold at public auction at the next ensuing regular sale, though at any time prior to sale it may be entered for consumption or warehouse, and be withdrawn upon payment of duty and expenses. 

