The said bond is hereby approved, and copy thereof is herein inclosed, to be placed upon the files of your office. Under their bond, the above-named persons are authorized to transport appraised goods in bond between the ports of Eastport, Me.; Portland, Me.; Boston, Mass., and New York, N. Y., in their schooner "Percy," plying coastwise between the ports named. Very respectfully, By order: COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Eastport, Me. J. K. UPTON, (4648.) Common carriers-Approval of the bond of the American Express Com pany. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 24, 1880. SIR: The Department has received your letter of the 20th instant, transmitting the bond, in duplicate, of the American Express Company as a common carrier for the transportation of dutiable unappraised goods in bond from the port of New York, N. Y., under the provisions of the act approved June 10, 1880. The said bond is hereby approved, and one copy thereof is herein inclosed, to be placed upon the files of your office. Under its bond, the company named is authorized to transport dutiable goods without appraisement from the port of New York, N. Y., to either or all of the following-named ports, viz: Buffalo, N. Y.; Burlington, Vt.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Portland, Me.; Bath, Me.; Portsmouth, N. H.; Chicago, Ill.; Detroit, Mich.; Port Huron, Mich.; St. Louis, Mo.; Mobile, Ala.; New Orleans, La.; St. Paul, Minn.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis.; Louisville, Ky.; San Francisco, Cal.; San Diego, Cal.; Portland, Oreg.; Memphis, Tenn.; Galveston, Tex., and such other ports as may be hereafter designated as ports to which such merchandise may be transported during the continuance of this bond, in the following manner, viz: In suitable cars, vessels, vehicles, iron safes, or trunks of wood bound with iron, owned or controlled by the said American Express Company, and passing over either of the following-named lines of railroads, viz: Eastern Railroad; Boston and Maine Railroad; Maine Central Railroad; Portland and Rochester Railroad; Portland and Ogdensburgh Railroad; Knox and Lincoln Railroad; Somerset Railroad; Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad; Frederickton Railroad; European and North American Railroad; St. John and Maine Railroad; New Brunswick and Canada Railroad; New Brunswick Railroad; Bucksport and Bangor Railroad; Ashuelot Railroad; Boston and Albany Railroad; Connecticut River Railroad; Central Vermont Railroad; New Haven and Northampton Railroad; New London Northern Railroad; Springfield and Northeastern Railroad; Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad; Ware River Railroad; Middletown and Crawford Railroad; Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad; Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad; Ulster and Delaware Railroad; Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh Railroad; Utica and Black River Railroad; Syracuse, Chewango and New York Railroad; Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad; Southern Central Railroad; Ontario Southern Railroad; Rochester State Line Railroad; Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad; Midland Railroad of New Jersey; New York, Ontario and Western Railroad; Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad; Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railroad; Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railroad; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad; Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad; Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad; Columbus and Toledo Railroad; Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad; Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad; Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad; Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad; Fairland, Franklin and Martinsville Railroad; Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad; Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad; Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad; Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad; Illinois Midland Railroad; Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railroad; Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad; Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad; Logansport, Crawfordsville and Southwestern Railroad; Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad; Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad; McKean and Buffalo Railroad; Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad; Danville and Southwestern Railroad; St. Louis, Vandalia, Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad; Springfield and Sardinia Railroad; Kendall and Eldred Railroad; Grayville and Mattoon Railroad; White Water Valley Railroad; Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad; Dayton, Covington and Toledo Railroad; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad; Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad; Burling ton and Southwestern Railroad; Burlington and Northwestern Railroad; Brantford, Norwalk and Port Burwell Railroad; Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad; Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad; Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad; Chicago and Iowa Railroad; Chicago and Paducah Railroad; Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad; Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad; Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad; Canada Southern Railroad; Dubuque Southwestern Railroad; Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad; Detroit, Hillsdale and Southwestern Railroad; Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Dakota Southern Railroad; Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railroad; Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad; Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railroad; Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad; Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad; Grand Trunk Railroad; Great Western Railroad; Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad; Galena and Wisconsin Railroad; Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad; Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad; Illinois Central Railroad; Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad; Lake Shore Western Railroad; Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad; Mineral Point Railroad; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad; North Wisconsin Railroad; Omaha and Northwestern Railroad; St. Paul and Pacific Railroad; St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad; St. Paul, Stillwater and Taylor Falls. Railroad; Sioux City Pacific Railroad; Southern Minnesota Railroad; Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad; Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad; Sioux City and Pembina Railroad; Western Union Railroad; West Wisconsin Railroad; Winona and St. Peter Railroad; Wisconsin Central Railroad; Wisconsin Valley Railroad; Welland Railroad; Western Minnesota Railroad; Waukon and Mississippi Railroad; Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad; Canadian Pacific Railroad; Dubuque and Dakota Railroad; Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad; Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad; Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad; Mobile and Ohio Railroad; Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Houston and Texas Central Railroad; Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad; Chicago, St. Louis and New. Orleans Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Oregon Railway and Navigation Company; Southern Pacific Railroad, and such other railroads as may be hereafter specially authorized and designated Provided, that in all cases where other railroads are so authorized and designated, the consent in writing of the sureties on the bond shall be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury. In every instance where other cars, vessels, vehicles, iron safes, or trunks of wood bound with iron than those owned by said company are used, they shall be distinctly marked "American Express Company." Very respectfully, By order: J. K. UPTON, Assistant Secretary. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. (4649.) Common carriers—Approval of the bond of the Fitchburg Railroad Com pany. TREASURY DEPARTMENT; August 24, 1880. SIR: The Department has received your letter of the 18th instant, transmitting the bond, in duplicate, of the Fitchburg Railroad Company as a common carrier for the transportation of dutiable unappraised goods in bond from the port of Boston, Mass., under the provisions of the act approved June 10, 1880. The said bond is hereby approved, and one copy thereof is inclosed herein, to be placed upon the files of your office. Under its bond, the company named is authorized to transport unappraised goods in bond from the port of Boston, Mass., to the ports of Pittsburgh, Pa.; New Orleans, La.; Port Huron, Mich.; Chicago, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; San Francisco, Cal.; Memphis, Tenn.; Galveston, Tex.; Portland, Oreg.; Detroit, Mich.; St. Paul, Minn.; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis.; Louisville, Ky., in the following manner, viz: In suitable cars owned or controlled by the said company, and running over the following-named lines of railroad, viz: Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railroad; Canada Southern Railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Central Vermont Railroad; Cheshire, Chicago and Alton Railroad; Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad; Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad; Fitchburg Railroad; Grand Trunk Railroad; Great Western Railroad; Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad; Indianapolis and St. Louis Rail road; Lake Erie and Western Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad; Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad; Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad; New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad; Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad; Troy and Boston Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Vandalia Line; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad. In every instance where other cars than those owned by said company are used, such cars shall be distinctly marked "Fitchburgh Railroad Company." TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 25, 1880. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 20th instant, you are informed that the law (sections 3098 and 3099, Revised Statutes) does not require the driver of a vehicle arriving from Canada to file a manifest unless said vehicle contains merchandise subject to duty. Decision No. 4417, February 11, 1880, cited by you, does not conflict with this ruling, and you will conform your practice thereto. Very respectfully, J. K. UPTON, Assistant Secretary. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Suspension Bridge, N. Y. (4651.) Steam-vessels-What constitutes a ferry. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 31, 1880. SIR: The Department is in receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, in which you make application for license for your double-ender steamers "William M. Whitney" and "Jacob G. Sanders" to ply as |