S.L. 37.5 Art. 50Other operations.

Any other operation which may legally be performed on goods in a government warehouse, shall only be carried out with the sanction of the Comptroller of Customs and upon such terms and conditions as he in each instance shall direct: Provided that, where the character or denomination of the goods shall be changed or where by reason of such operation any goods are rendered liable to a different rate of warehouse rent, the warehouse rent on such original packages as are subjected to the operation shall first be paid, and a new account shall be opened in the warehouse register for the goods operated upon, and warehouse rent thereon, at the applicable rate, shall accrue at the end of three days after the completion of the operation.