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VOL. IV.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1323.
No. 8.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
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(On Hancock st. between Wayne U Jefferson,)
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an ACT supplementary to, and to amend nr
net, entitled “ Ao act to regulate the cullcc
lion of duties on imports and tonnage,” pas
red second March, one thousand seven hull-
merchandise; that the entry now delivered
to the collector contains a just and true ac
count of the said goods, wares, and mer
chandise, according to the said invoice and
hill of lading; that nothing lias been, on iny
part, nor, to my knowledge, on the part of
any other person, concealed or suppressed,
whereby the United States may lie defraud
ed ofany part of tlie duty lawfully due on
the said goods, wares, and merchandise, and
that if, at any time hereafter, l discover any
error in the said invoice, or in the account
nmv rendered of the said goods, wares, and
merchandise, or reteive any other invoice of
the same, I will immediately make the same
known to the collector of this district. And
I do further solemnly and truly (swear or af
firm) that, to the best of my knowledge mid
belief, (insert the name and residence of the
owner or owners, is or are) owner of the
goods, wares, and merchandise, mentioned
in tlie annexed entry : that the invoice now
produced hy me exhibits the actual cost, (if
purchased,) or fair market value, (if other
wise obtained,) at the time or times, and
place or places, when and where procured,
(as the case may lie,) of liie said goods,
dr el mid ninety-nine, k for other purposes. | wares, and merchandise, all the. charges
He it enacted, by the Senate and House of ; thefeon, and no other or difterent discount,
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembledi That, from and \
after the third day of March next, no goods,
wares, or merchandise, subject to ad valo
rem duty, and imported into the United
States, shall he. admitted to an entry, unless
the true invoice of the same be presented to
bounty or drawback, but such as has been
actually allowed on the same.
Owner's oath, in cases where goods, wares,
and merchandise, have been actually pur
chased.
I, do solemnly and truly (swear or
affirm) that the entry now delivered by me
tiie collector at the time of entry, or unless ! to the Collector of ' contains a just and
the same be admitted in the mode authori/.-1 true account ofall the goods, wares, and trier
oil and prescribed in the next ensuing sec
tion of this net: Provided, That this pro
hibition shall not extend to such goods,
wares, or merchandise, as shall have been
taken from a wreck.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That
when no invoice has been received of any, . ... _ .
goods, wares, or merchandise, imported and j ing, dying, dressing, finishing, putting up,
clinndisc, imported hy, or consigned to me,
in tins , whereof is inaste, from
; that the invoice which I now pro
duce contains a just and faithful account of
the actual cost of the said goods, wares, and
merchandise, of all charges thereon, includ
ing charges of purchasing, carriages, blench
subject to ad valorem duty as aforesaid, the j and packing, and no other discount, draw-
owner, importer, consignee, or agent, shall i back, or bounty, but such as has been actua 1
tit of the same, and the Collector
of the Port shall be, and he i3 hereby, au
thorized, if, in ins judgment, tlie circum
stances under which such goods, wares, or
merchandise, shall have been imported, or
any other circumstance connected therewith
render it expedient, to admit tlie same to an
entry, on an appraisement thereof, duly
made, in the manner hereinafter prescribed :
Provided, The owner, importer, consignee,
or agent, of such goods, wares, or ineri-han-
ly allowed un tlie same; that I do not know
nor believe in tlie existence of any invoice
or bill of lading other than those now pro
duced by me, that they are in the state in
which I actually received them. And I do
further solemnly and truly (swear nr affirm)
that I have not, in the said entry or invoice,
concealed or suppressed any tiling whereby
the United States may l>e defrauded of any
part of the duty lawfully due on the said
goods, wares, and merchandise; and that if,
disc, shall, previous to such entty, give bond.! »<>y time hereafter, I discover any error
with sufficient sureties, to the U. States, to '
produce to such collector tlie invoice of thi-
tame within eight months from tlie time of
eiitry, if the same were imported from any
port or place on this side, and within eigh
teen months if from any port or place, be
yond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape
Horn, or from tlie Cape of Good Hope, and
to pay any amount of duty, to which it may
U |ijpe.ar, hy such invoice, the said goods,
wares, or merchandise, were subject, over
and above the amount of duties estimated
on tile Said appraisement.
Sec. 3. And be it further enarted, That
when goods, Wares, or merchandise, import
ed into the United States, shall not have
been pilfered in pursuance of the provisions
of this or any other act, regulating imports
and tonnage, tlie same shall he deposited,
acei "ding to existing laws, in the public,
ware-house, and shall there remain, at the
expense and risk of the owner, until sue’!' in
voke lie produced: Provided, however,'Thai
when the said goods, wares, or merchandise,
shall have remained in the. public ware-house
months, if imported from any pot t 01
n the said invoice, or in the account now
produced, of the said goods, wares, and mer
chandise, or receive any other invoice of the
same, I will immediately make the same
known to the collector of this district.
.Manufacture r's or owner’s oath, in eases where
goods, tvarc3, or merchandise, have not been
actually purchased.
I, do solemnly and truly (swear or
affirm) that the entry now delivered hy me
to Ihe Collector of , contains a just
and true account ofall the goods, wares, and
merchandise, imported by, or consigned to
me, in the , whereof is master,
from ; that the snid goods, wares, and
merchandise were not actually bought hy
to the collector of the port where the said
goods, wares, or merc handise tnny be, the
invoice of the same, duly verified, according
to the civruiustanccH of Ihe case, hy the oath
of the said ow ner, or one of tile ow ners, as
prescribed in the fourth section of this act;
which oath shall he administered by a col
lector of tiie United States, if there be any
in the place where tlie said owner or owners
may he; or if there lie none, by some pub
lic officer duly authorised to administer oaths.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no
goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to ad
valorem duty, imported as aforesaid, and be
longing to a person or persons not residing
at the time in the United States, und who
shall have actually purchased the same,
shall bo admitted to entry, unless the invoice
lie verified by oath of the owner, or one of
tlie owners, certifying that the said goods,
wares, or merchandise, were actually pur
chased for his accoont, or for account of
himself and partners in the said purchase—
that the invoice annexed thereto contains a
true and faithful account of the actual cost
thereof, and of all charges thereon—and that
no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are.
contained in the said invoice, hut sucli as
have been actually allowed on tlie same—
which said oath shall he administered by a
consul or commercial agent of the U. States,
or by some public officer duly authorized to
administer oaths in the country where tlie
said goods, wares, nr merchandise shall have
been purchased, and the same duly certified
hy tlie said consul, commercial agent, or
public officer; in which latter ease, such of
ficial certificate shall he authenticated hy a
consul or commercial agent of the United
States: Provided, That if tin-re he no con
sul or commercial agent of the U. States in
the country from which tlie said goods,
wares, or merchandise shall have been im
ported, the authentication hereby required,
shall he executed by a consul of a nation at
the time in amity with the United States, if
there he any such residing there; and if
there be no such consul in the country’, the
said authentication shall he made by two
respectable merchants, if any such there he,
residing in tile port from which the said
goods, wares, or merchandise, shall have
been imported.
See. !!. And be. it further enacted, That
no goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to
ad valorem duty, imported as aforesaid, and
belonging to a person, or persons, not resid
ing at the time in the United States, who
may not have acquired the same in theordi
nary mode of bargain sale, nr heinuiug to .
person, or persons, who may be the inanu
facturcr or manufacturers, in whole, or in
part, of the same, shall lie admitted to en
try unless the invoice thereof lie verified by
tile oatll of tile owner or of one of itie ow
ners, certifying that tlie invoice contains a
true mid faithful account of tlie said goods,
ware*, or .Ti-rcbrtiidlse, at tliei, I'nii in.ii kei
value at the time and place when and where
the same were procured or manufactured,
as the case may he, and of all charges there
on; anil that the said invoice contains no
discounts, bounties, or draw backs, hut such
as have been actually allowed ; which said
oalli shall have been duly administer! d and
Uthentieated in Hie mode prescribed in the
me, or by my agent, in the ordinary mode I seventh section of this net.
of bargain ami sale, but that, nevertheless,! See. 9. And be it further enacted, That in
tlie invoice which i now produce, contains a j all cases, u here goods, wares, or merchan
just and faithful valuation of the same
(heir fair market value, including charges of
purchasing, carriages, bleaching, dying, dres
sing, finishing, putting up, mid p lacking, at
the time, or times, and place, or places, when
and where procured for my account, (nr for
account of myself and partners;) that the
place, on this side, and eighteen months, if j said invoice contains also a just and faithful
from any port or place beyond the Capo, of m-comit ofall charges actually paid, and no
Gnnd Hope, or Cape Horn, or from the othec discount, drawback, or bounty, hut
Cape of Good Hope, and no invoice shall lie ! has been actually allowed on the said
produced, then the said goods, wares and j K‘>,i(l«, wares, and merchandise ; that I do
merchandise,
shall be appraised, and the do
ties estimated tiierenn in the manner here
inafter directed : Provided, also, That un
tiling herein contained, shall be understood
to prohibit the sale of such quantities of
?nods, stored as aforesaid, an may he neces
sary to discharge tho duties thereon, and all
intervening charges, at the time or times,
alien such duties shall become due and pav-
itile—And provided further. That the Collec-
or be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct
in earlier sale of articles of a perishable na-
ire, and of such ns may lie liable to waste ;
rst giving such notice of the sale, ascircum-
itancrs may admit, by public advertisement,
i one or more papers, at or nearest to the
art where such sale may lie had; which said
ii'ticles the Collector shall previously cause
> be appraised, and tiie duties estimated
hereon, in (lie manner hereinafter directed ;
md the proceeds of such sale shall he ilia
I'isrd of at tlie expiration of the said periods
if nine and eighteen months, respectively,
e (lie case may lie, in the manner prescrib
'd tlie fifty-sixth section of the act l egii-
'ling tlie collection of duties o'n imports arid
'milage, passed the 2d day of March, 1791' :
doin',An/, also, That nothing in this section
diall lie construed In affect the cases con-
aiplati'd by the fifty-sixth section of the
irt regulating tiie collcctinn of duties on
:"‘i-ts ami tonnage, passed (he 2d of March,
1799.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in
I cases where, goods, wares, or merchan-
disc, shall have been imported into tiie U.
Slates, and shall be entered hy invoice, one
"f the following oaths, according to the na-
t’n e of the case, shall lie administered by the
collector of the port at tiie time of entry, to
the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, in
I'm of the oatii now prescribed by law in
such case :
Consignee. Importer, or Agent’s Oath.
I tlo solemnly and truly (swear, or
afinn) tlmt tlm Invoice and bill of lading now
presented by mo to the Collector of ,
are the true and only invoice and hill of hi
lling by me received, ofall the goods, wares,
'"’j-' merchandise, imported in the ,
" tereof is master, from , for
account of any person whomsoever, for
whom I am authorized to enter the same—
J 'at the said invoice and bill of lading are in
■liestate in which they were actually roceiv-
t'll hy me, and that I do not know nor he-
heve m the existence of any other invoice.
«f bill of lading of the said goods, wares, and
not know, nor believe in the existence, of
ny invoice or bill of lading, other than those
now produced hy me, and that they are in
tlie state in which I actually received them.
And I do further solemnly and truly (swear
or affirm) that I have not, in tlie said entry
or invoice, concealed or suppressed any
tiling whereby tlie United States may lie
defrauded of any part of the duty lawfully
due on the said goods, wares, and merchan
dise, and that if, at any time hereafter, I dis
cover any error in the said invoice, or in the
account now produced, of the said guilds,
wares, and merchandise, or receive any o-
tlier invoice ofthe same, I will immediately
make tlie same known to tlie collector of
this district.
See. 9. And lie it further enacted, That the
ad valorem rates of duty upon goods, wares,
and merchandise, shall lie estimated in the
manner following : to the actual cost, if the
same shall have been actually purchased, or
(lie actual value, if the same shall have been
procured otherwise titan hy purchase, at tin-
time ami place, when and where purchased
or otherwise procured, or to tiie appraised
value, if appraised, except in cases where
goods are suhjecled to the penally provided
for in the lrttli section of this act, shall lie
added allcharges, except insurance; and al-
so, twenty’ per centum on the said cost or
value, and charges, if imported from the
Gape of Good Hope, or any place beyond
that, or from beyond Cape Horn, or ten per
centum if from any other place, or country—
and the saiii rates of duty shall he estimated
on sncli aggregate amount : Provided, That
in all cases w here any goods, wares, and
merchandise, subject to ad valorem duty,
shall have been imported from a country’ u-
tlier Ilian that in which the same were ma
nufactured or produced, the appraisers shall
value the same at the current value at the
time of exportation in the country where
tilt- same may have been originally manufac
tured or produced.
Sec. C. And be. it further enacted, That no
goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into
the United States, subject to ad valorem
duty’, and belonging to a person or persons
residing in the United States, but who shall,
at the time, lie absent from tile place where
tlie «ame are intended to he entered, shall he
admitted to an entry, unless the importer,
dise, subject to ad valorem duty, imported
as aforesaid, aha (I belong to the estates of
deceased persons, or of persons insolvent,
who shall have assigned the same tortile
benefit of their creditors, the oaths required
by the fourth, seventh, and eighth sections
of this net, may lie administered to tile exe-
cutor, administrator, or assignees of such
persons, in tlie manner prescribed hy this
act, according to the nature of the case.
Sec. 10. Ant! hr it furtherenact.il, That
in ail rases where goods, w ares, or merchan
dise, subject to ad valorem duty, imported
as aforesaid, and belonging to a person or
persons not residing in the United States,
shall not be accompanied with an invoice
verelW’il (verifiisi) hy oath, and authenticated
as required hy the seventh, eighth, and ninth
sections of this act, as the case may lie ; or
where it shall not he practicable In ‘make
such oath, or there shall be an immaterial
informality in the oath or authentication, so
required, or whole. till! collector of the port
at which Hie said goods, wares, or merchan
dise, shall in-, shall have certified his opin
ion to the Secretary ofthe Treasury that no
fraud was intended in the invoice of said
goods, wares, or merchandise. Hie Secreta
ry of the Treasury shall be. and he is here
by, authorized, if lie shall deem it expedi
ent, to admit the same to an entry : Provid
ed, That the consignee, importer, or agent,
shall, previous to such entty, give bond, the
form whereof shall lie prescribed hy the
Secretary of the Treasury, with sufficient
sureties, to produce (lie invoice, if the same j
he practicable, sw orn 1o and authenticated 1
as may bu required hy this act, according |
to the nature of the case, and in the time j
and mode prescribed in the second section
of tl 'i act, in cases w here no invoice lias
been received : And provided always, That
tlie Secretary’ of tlie Treasury shall in no
case admit any goods, wares, or merchan
dise, to an entry, w here there is just ground
to suspect that a fraud on the revenue is in
tended.
S*-c. II. And be il further enacted, That
in nil cases where goods, wares or merchan
dise, subject to ad valorem duty, imported
as aforesaid, shall belong in part to a person
or perrons residing in the United States, and
in part to n person or persons residing out
of the United States, the oath of one of the
owners residing in the United States, ‘ hall
lie sufficient to admit the same to an entry
according to the provisions of this act: Ihil
it is expressly provided, That, in all cases,
where the said goods, wares, or merchan
dise, shall have been manufactured in whole,
or in part, hy any one of the owners resid
ing nut ofthe United States, tlie same shall
not lie so admitted to an entry, unless the
invoice shall have been verified and authen
ticated by such manufacturer in the manner
prescribed in the eighth section of this act.
person or persons not residing in the United
Stales, shall not have been duly verified
and authenticated, ik. upon application to the
Secretary of the Treasury, according to
the tenth section of this act, the said goods,
wares, or nicrchtindise, shall have tipen re
rosed an entry, the same shall lie deemed
suspected, and shall he liable to the same
aduitions and penalties as arc provided in
tiie ruse of fraudulent invoices, in tiie follow
ing section.
Nrc. 13. And be it farther enacted, That,
whenever, in the opinion of the collector,
there shall he just grounds to suspect that
goods, wares, or tnerchundipf, subject to ad
valorem duty, and imported into his district,
have been invoiced below their true value,
in the place or country from whence they
were imported, or originally procured, as
the ease may be, as prescribed in the fifth
section of this act, such collector shall di
rect tlie same to he appraised in the manner
prescribed hy this act; and if the value, at
which the same shall he so appraised, shall
exceed, hy twenty-five per ei nttim, the in
voice prices thereof, then, in addition to the
tenor twenty per centum, as the case may
he, laid upon correct and regular invoices,
according to law, there shall he added fifty
per centum on tlie apprised value ; on which
aggregate amount, the duties on such goods,
ware*, or merchandise, shall be estimated ;
Provided, '1 hat nothing herein contained
shall be 'Construed to impose the said penal
ty of filly per centum (or a variance between
the bona fide invoice of goods, produced
in the manner speeifi <1 in the proviso in the
fifth bection of this net, and tile eiinenl V -
lue ol tlm said merchandise, in the country
where tin- same may have been ortgiually
manufactured or produced.
See 14. And he il further enacted, That
in all eases where the appraised value of
any goods, wares, or merchandise, apprais
ed under litis or any' other act concerning
imports and tonnage, sluli exceed, by less
• lian twenty-five per centum, tlie invoice
value thereof, sucli appraised value shall lie
considered the true value of such good-,
wares, or merchandise, upon w hich tin-do
ty shall he charged w ith the addition of sueli
per renttim as may he hy law required,
Provided, That, ii no ease, shall the value
be estimated on an amount less than the in
voice value, with the addition bv law re
quired.
Sec. 15. And he it further enacted, Tin
Ihe (Collectors of the revenue shall cause at
lea: t one pac kH5eo.1t of every iqvoice; and
Olio package, at least out of every twenty-
packages ol each invoice of goods, w ares,
or merchandise, imported into their reaper-
tive districts, which package nr packages he
shall hav e first designated on the invoice, to
I e opened and examined, and if the same
be found not to correspond with the invoice
thereof, or to be falsely sllarged in sueli in
voice, a full inspection of all such goods,
Winrs, ui Kirn hnmli,,.., „ 0 m„y included i-i
tiie same entry, shall be made ; and in case
surli goods, wares, or mereliand.se, be sub
ject to ,.d valorem duty, the same shall be
appraised, and subjected to the penalties
provided in tlie thirteenth section, in case of
suspected or fraudulent invoices ; and in e-
very case, vvliether such goods, wares, or
merchandise, be subject to ad valorem or
specific duty, il any package may be found
to contain any article not described in the
invoice, the wind,- package shall lie forfeit-
ed: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury he, and lie is hereby, authorized
to remit tlie said forfeiture, if, in his opin
ion. the said article was put in by mistake,
or without any intention to defraud tlie re
venue.
pointed under the sixteenth section of this
act, it shall he lawful for liiin to employ, at
his ow n expense, two respectable, resident
merchants, who, after being duly qualified,
according to the sixteenth section of tiiis act
shad, together with two appraisers appoint
ed on tlie part of the United States under
this act, examine and inspect the goods,
wares, or merchandise, in question ; and, id
ler such examination :md inspection, they
shall report tlie value thereof, if they agree
therein, and, if not, the. circumstances of their
disagreement, to the collector : and, in case
smell owner, consignee, importer, or agent,
shall lie dissatisfied with such report and
second appraisement, it. shall tie lawful for
him lo refer the ease to the Secretary of the
Treasury who shall lie, and is hereby, au-
imrized and empowered to decide thereon,
or to require further testimony in the case,
in such manner us lie mgy deem proper,
and to order the said goods, wares, or mer
chandise, to lie entered accordingly.
See. 19. And tic it further enacted, That any
men hunt, who shall he chosen by the collect
or, or by the party in interest, lo make any ap
praisement required nnderlhis or any other act
respecting imports and tonnage, and who shall,
after due notice of such choice lias been given
to him in writing, decline or neglect to as-ist at
sucli appraisement, shall he subject to a penal
ty not exceeding fifty dollars, and to the costs
of prosecution therefor.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That one
half ol the excess of duty accruing in conse
quence of the 6(1 per cent, added to the value
of any goods, ware,, or merchandise, under the
thirteenth section of this act, shall he divided
among tin custom-house officers of the port in
which such goods, wares,or merchandise, may
lie, in the manner prescribed by tlie act, enti
tled “ An act to regulate the duties on imports
and tonnage,” passed on the 2d day of March,
seventeen hundred Hitd ninety-nine—Provided,
I hat in no case shall the appraisers of tlie said
goods, Wares, or merchandise, lie entitled to,
or receive, any part of the said dntv.
Sec. 21. And he it further enacted,’that before
anv goods, wares, or merchandise,which may-
lie taken from any wreck, shall he admitted to
an entry, the same shall he appraised, in the
manner prescribed in Ihe sixteenth section of
this act; and the same proceedings shall 1
deied and executed in all cases where a reduc
tion of duties shall be claimed on account of
arc ige which any goods, wares, or inei
dUe, shall have sustained in the course of the
voy :;e; noil i all raseswhoie the owner, ini-
p rtei, consignee, or agent, shall be di satisfi
ed with > ‘c appra si-mcnt, he shall he entitled
to the nr.. ile-t'-s p ov id. d in the eighteenth sec
tion of t Ii is act.
tree 22. .hid be it further ennrlnl, That for e
roty verification and 1 ertilicate, imnte inidei
tli- act, before a consul or commercial agent
ot tlie United Slates, such consol or commer
cial ngent shall be entitled lo demand, anil re
ceive, from the person making the same, a fee
of two dollars—Pruridcd, Loch llipper .-hull
Have the right to include all articles shipped hy
him in tlie -nine invoice
bee 24. And be it further cimcled, Tlmt, w hen
any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall he ad-
mitt- it to an entry upon Invoice, live collector
ol the port in which the same are entered, shall
certify the same 11 niter hi- official seal;
o'her evidence of ihe value of such goods,
wares, or merchandise, shall he admired
Un- purl of the owner or owners thereof- in 1
i-oui t Ot the l oiled Stales, exce -I in corrobora
tion of such entry’.
Sec. 24. And he it further enacted, That a
person or persons, who shall counterfeit a
certificate or attestation made in pursuance
this act, or use such certificate of attestation,
knowing the same to hi- counterfeit,shall, upon
conviction thereof before any court of the U
Stales having cognizance of the tame, be ad
judged guilty of felony, 111 d he fined, in a -1110
m-l exceeding ten thou-und dollar*, and impri
suned lor n term not exceeding three years.
Sec. ‘25. .inrl hr it further enacted, That any
Loud to the United State*-, entered into for tiie
payment f>l duties by a merchant S longing to a
A nil» in tlie name of such firm, shall equal!}
bind the partner or partners in trade, of
person or persons by whom sncli bond shall
have been executed : but no clerk or hired
person, in the constant employment of another,
shall become principal or surely (o any bond
to which his employer is a parly.
Ste. *2f». .hid he ’it farther (nuclei!, That nc
bond for duties on goods, w ares, or merchan
di~c, imported into the United States, shall be
accepted by any collector ofthe »e.vemie, u
les. the principal be a resident the Unit
States, and the surety, or sureties, citizens
thereof.
Sec. 27. rind bt il fin Ihcr enacted, That, in eve
ry case where Ihe owner, importer, consignee,
nr agent, of any goods, ware?, or merchandise,
imported a* aforesaid, and tlie duty upon which
shall amount to fifty dollars, or upwards, may,
at the. time of entry, desire to pay the duties
therein in rash, the collector of the port where
the said goods, wares, or merchandise may be
entered, shall he, and he is hereby, nutlioi izr-ri
and directed to receive the same, and lo allow
a discount on the amount of tl c duties, at the
rate of four per centum per annum, for the le
gal term of credit which would have been al
lowed by law on such duties
y-t-e. 2S And he il further enarted, Tlmt nil
good*, wares, or merchandise, imported into
tin; United States, the duties on which shall
have liixcn paid, or secured to be paid, may lie
transported roaxlvvi«i;, from the district into
which they were imported to two other di -
trict.-, and exported iroiri either ot them with
or agent, shall previously give See. 12. And be it further enacted. That,
irm of which shall lit prescribed | whenever the invoice of goods, wares, u
hy the Secretary of the Treasury, with suf-, merchandise, subject to ad valorem duty, j ihe appraisement ofany goods, wares
ficient sureties, to produce, within4 months, Mmpurted ns aforesaid, and ip longing tu'a‘ iiien-han-ii-e, Made by the appraise)
build, the form
See. If!. And be it further enacted, That,
for the appraisement of goods, wares, or
merchandise, required hy this or any other
act concerning imports and tonnage, the
President of the United States shall, hy
and with til" advice and consent of the Se
nate, appoint, in each of the ports of Uo-
toi), Nevv York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans,
two pel sons, well qualified to perform that
duty w ho, before they enter thereon, shall
severally make oatll. diligently and faithful
ly In examine and inspect sin ii goods,
wares, or merchandize, as the rollcctnr may
direct, and truly to report, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, tiie true value
thereof, according to the provisions of the
tilth section ot this act ; and when any ap
praisement is to he made in any port, other
than those above named, the eidli etor shall
appoint two respectable resident merchants,
who. after having taken the oath required
by this section, shall he the appraisees : and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall have
authority to direct the appraisers for any
collection district, to attend in any other rot-
ha tinn district for the purpose of appraising
any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported
therein; and the President of the United
States is hereby authorized, in tin* rei ess ol
the Senate, to appoint the appraisers for the
ports provided for in this section, which ap
pointments shah continue in force until the
end of the se-sion of Congress thereafter.
See. 17. And be ,
each of tlie appraisers, who may lie appoint
ed under the sixteenth section of this ait
for the ports of Nevv Orleans, Savannah,
Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
Boston, shall each reeitvr, as a compensa-
tiou for hi* services, I'dlcco hundred dollars
per aimimi ; and the appraisers for the port
of New York shall each receive two thou
sand dollars per annum ; mid the merchants
who may lie appointed lo act as appraisers
under this act, shall receive, for their ser
vices, while actually employed on that duty,
each, a compensation o f five dollars per
diem; and whenever the appraisers, ap
pointed under tiie sixteenth si etion of this
act, attend in any district,oilier than that in
which they reside, for tlie purpose of appra.s
ing any goods, wares,
shall respectively rcc ive at the rate of (i
dollars for every tjveoty-fiv • miles in g. i. g
to, or returning from, sueli district, 111 addi
tion to Hie salary or pay provided for in this
section.
S‘ C. in. And be it further enacted, That, ’I.T.':i!,np.V.’.l”d‘i'y’a'e.Vpv from the
in nil win re the owner, coom^iicu, ini- m, c COH5 | Giereoi, certified by ihe
porter, or a^eut, shall be <ti$sati*f!«'fl w ith J ihe district from which iliey may have been
ln-t re-shipped, which certified copy shall bo
produced tg the cdlcetor nj tl.u di-tricj from
which such good*, wares, or merchandise j are
inton tied to he exported ; ami sucli goods
wares, or nierchitndire, ax Well os ali sueli
goods, wares, or rnercliixndise, subject to alt
valorem duty, as shall lie exported from tile
di trict into which they may have been original
ly imported, shall he inspected, by Hie apprais
ers at the time of exportation, in tlie milliner
provided by this uct, on tlie importation of
sucli goods, ivnres, or merchandise ; and ii the
‘aim: are found not 10 correspond with theorl-
girial invoice, the said goods, wares, or imre-
chants, shall he subjected to forfeiture, accor
ding t<> the provisions of tlie eighty-fourth sec
tion of an act, entitled “ An act to regulate the
collection of duties on imports and tonnage, ’
passed the second of .March, one thousand sev en
kundrtd and ninelx-nine.
See. 30. And he it further enacted, That in all
ca-i s of entry of guilds, wares, or merchandise,
lofthe benefit ot diaxvbuck, the ti:neof20 days
shall he allowed, from the daleof the cleaiWtn
ot tiie ship or vessel, in which Hie same s all
'•j'Ve Deeii laden, for takingthe oaths, comply
ing the entry, and giving the exportation botnA
f°r tbe same Proetiled, That the exporter shall
have, in every other particoiar, complied with
tl*® regulations and formalities heretofore, and
by this net, established for entries ot ex port a*
lion of goods, wares, or merchandise, lor thp
benefit of drawback
Sec. 31 And he it further enacted, Tlmt in all
enses where goods, w ares, or inerchundi-e, cn*
tilled to debenture, shall he reshipped fur trans
portation coastwise, before the neci ssacy cer
tificates are issued by the collector of the port
where imported, the same shall be allow
ed to lie entered for debenture, at the district
to which they shall be so transported, without
forfeiting the benefit of drawback : Prov'drd,
that the person or persons, so entering said
goods, wares, or merchandise, shall produce,
Irmn the collector uf the port from whence tlie
Slime shall have been Ian shipped, a cc tilica o
that the coastwise certificates were n- 1 issued
at the lime ot (he sailing of the vessel on board
which the snid goods, wures, or merchandise,
shall have been so shipped, and shall deliver
the coastwise ceitificalvs required in such caste,
to tlie collector of the port where the same shall
have been so entered, within two months from
the date of entry, and before the said goods,
wares, or merchandise, shall be entered for ex
portation.
Sec. 32. Anil be il further eharitd, That in ail
en«e- where Hie owner, importer, consignee,
or agent, ot any goods, wares, or mcrehaud-
dise, entitled 10 debenture, may vvi-h to t mis
fire the same into packages other than those in
vvuicli the said goods, wares, or merchandise
were originally imported, the collector of tlie
port Where tin same may be, shall pel no' I Iks
said transfer to he made, if nece-saiv for tlin
safety or preservation thereof : Provided, t hat
due notice ot the same, in vv riling, settingfiirtU
Miffii lent'cause for the said transfer, he given
to tlie said collector, who shall app. iul an in
spector of the revenue, to ascertain if the -aid
allegation he true, and, if found correct to
superintend suid transfer, and to cause the
marks and numbers upon tlie original packages,
to he inscribed upon tlie :
I tie until gOUIlS, Wares.
transferred.
Sec 33. And be it further enarted, That it
shall not he necessary to insert tiie nuinheia
iqi-in packages, in any entry of goods, wares,
01 merchandise, subject to specific duty .01 nr,
pollution or exportation, or to imert any such
numbers in any Cuutvv ise 01 other eer:iticate
But it is erprcssly provided, flint in all ease
where a separate certificate may be required
for each package, the numbers shall hi inserted
therein.
Sec. 34. And he it further enarted, That in all
cases vv hci r, under t wisting law?, -j'iriluou* li
quors, ci.tit.i it to deb- ntmv, shall have hern
shipped cod-twise lor the purpose of l.ei.igl,.-
tlcn immediately on beard sunn* vessel in ano-
•tier district, fur exportation, flic same uiav ho
so laden on hoard of such vessel, without j uv-
b'Sbecn first deposited in tin politic WHiehiiure
Provided. I hat all other regulations recti: cd hy
law shall have been complied wire, -|,at
5,| c!i transp relation of said spirituous liquors
Irmn Ihe one vessel to the oilier he made bv
the collector's order, and under the s'lpeririten-
dniicu (superintendence) of an inspector of tlie
reVenue. mid that a careful examination he
made hy him ofthe identity of the same, ami of
the quant i'y quality, and pm karu-s thereof
Sec. 35..... I- it further enacted, That all pe
nalties arid forieiturcs, incurred by force of th is
act, shall bn sued Cut, recovered, distributed,
and accounted for, in the manner prescribed
by 'I e ael, entitled “ An net to regulate tlie
collection ol dutios on Imports and toi.nn »,
passed on the 2d day of March, 171)9, and may
he mitigated or remitted in
scribed to ihe act ,
miner pi
t further < nested, That '' r,, wl;ack : Provided, Tlmt all
. J .., 1 ....... j regulations and formalities now in force, rela
ting to tlm transportation of goods, w ares, or
inerclmndise, coastwise, from the district into
which limy were imported to another district,
lor benefit of dravvoack, and such other regu
lations as are prescribed under and by virtue uf
thi- act, lor the further transportation of such
gnnd-, warn-, or merchandise, in other districts,
shall he complied with : And provided aha,
I hat a!i the regulations and formalities now in
force, respecting the exportation of goods,
wares, and merchandise, tor the benefit of
drawback, shall tie complied with, so far
may lie consistent with other provisions of this
ait : and (he Secretary ol the Treasury shall
tic and lie is hereby, authorized to prescribe the
toini ot the certificate to in: used, and of the
tilled “ A11 act to pro
vide lor mitigating or remiltirg (he forfeiture .
pcnalre- , and disabilities, nrnuing in certain
cuses therein mentioned,” passed on the thin!
day of Mai eh, 1797.
Sec. 3(5. And be it further enacted, T hat ah
hues, pciudtie , and forfeitures, incurred in vir
lur 01 Ihe art, entitled«• An net supplementary
to un net, entitled • An act to regulate Hie coi-
Is-c-tion ol duties on imports and tonnage,' pas.
■red 2(11 ii April, 1818,” may lie sued for, prose
voted, and rcrnvrri vl, in Hie same tnamier as p
the said art did not expire on the third dav <•'
March nrxt.
See. 37, Anil he it further enacted, Tlmt, when
goods wares, or morehiindisc, imported, anil
subject to duty nsafororaid, shall lie reshipped,
and transported coastwise, from one di-tric: to
another, in the packages iu which the same
were imported, an invoice, or a copy ofrueh in
voice, or an extract therefrom, including all ihe
at tides, with the charges thereon, which are
re-luppcd and transport! d const* ise as afore
said, vcnlicd hy the additional oath required
by tlie fourth section ■ I this net, anil certified
under the official seal of tlm collector, with
whom the entry, on the iinp.iilation of such
goods, wares, ami merchandise, was made, shall
Ire produced at tlie port In which tlie same shall
lie transported—ami ihe same inspection ot
Midi goods wares, niul merchandise, shall be
made, as it they had bcmi brought direct from
a foreign port or place Provided, That no ap
praisement ot tjie said goods, wares, or mer
chandisc, shall lie made at the said port, so ns
to change Hie amount of duties which mav
imve been charged thereon, at the port of their
original importation, if tlie same should Imve
been there enti re I, according lothe provisions
ol 'hi" act; except when transported from a
mllis to he taken, on the transport alioii of such j port where there are no nppraitei appointed I
goods, wares, or merchandise, from the second
murthaiulise, they j or other district, into which they may be so
• " 1 brought to the third district
See. 29. And hr it further enacted, That nil! ,;<i ' ""' l "‘""j'" u f } m
ooils, wares, or merchandise, subject lo ad j 1 ""' rc.« •• the
valorem duty, and intended for exportation
vv iiti benefit ol draw hack, vv liich ■ hall lie nans
ported from ooediuru t to another, sliail be) K ''
MX • S "
'I ertnr
the government; and if the invoice, verified
ie. ntoresaid, shall not lie so produced, sue
goods, wan s, or merchandise, ahull be depusi;
public warehouse, ut tl •
owner thereof, net;'
tire invoice, verified and certified in r p mio
mo- above required, shall lie pmilured ; and
goods, ware , or inerclmndise, itripnro il, llf" ,
bjcct to duty iu aforesaid, may he ira'n-p- r
ed coastwise., In 0 r more districts wji; n
tlie United Stales.
v.'c“' in "Vv. Mart!) ft, 1823. Approved-
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