Seizures taken to Custom House

If any goods subject to forfeiture under any customs law are stopped or taken by any police officer or other person, such goods shall be conveyed to the Custom House nearest to the place where such goods were stopped or taken and there delivered to the proper officer appointed to receive them, within a reasonable time after the said goods were stopped or taken, and in case any police officer or other person as aforesaid stopping such goods neglects to have them conveyed to such Custom House within a reasonable time, such officer or other person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars.