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VOL. IV. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1323. No. 8. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, n ys. cn.ivrij.ixo:v n.M. on.vE, (On Hancock st. between Wayne U Jefferson,) AT THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, OR FOUR dollars at tiie expiration or the TEAR. I f Advertisements conspicuously inserted in il customary rates. Letters on business, Hi all cases, most tie rosy PAID [V\\ AATttUVWTX.J 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- J \ x"'.voNfjnr