Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-09

i alss pfsssnEs ~ that Il haa been char
sly sscestained, ih yarieus lnsiailceas shil
goods have besn ccnsigned rom England y
the 0nhed States with faIss invoices, ny
which che censighsss shssr them, ana hold
che pnsrchandlse, according TO in ssructisnsl
Tor he ahippets ordsEi .lsa. siisr entry, "a
order u delivered from The shipper byssesn.s
one wiio IL NOE obliged 70 render nm account,
and who has the genuine invoice; and BY
these contrivaBtes and cellusions the revenue
Il dsirauded. To detect and prevent such
fraudulent and ,collnsiyc practices, the Sc
eretary and comptrcller Or the treasury con--
cur In the cpinion, that you viii be justified
in opening and examining all packages what
cvcrs containing merchandise sent to the Y.
States on consignment to persona who are
not the owners and they earnestly recosn-
mend it accordinglys, !, N, t.5' -. ,:.g 4
Ills at all times desirable to give. Avery fa-
City TO trade ana commerce which IS conf
Sistant with the security Of the revenue----
With this views construction the most libe.
raj which The collection Law would warrant,
and which indeed seems 70 initiate against
the letter ofths law, has been adopted for the
convenience ofthe merchant with respect to
debentures. The construction alluded to, ia
this y that the right to the deben,ure CONF
menced on the completion of the entry for the
expectation of the merchandise. But this
construction did not authorize the deHr:ry Of
the debcnture until after the clearAnse and
departure Of the vessel To entitie the ex-
porter to the debenture, the law requires that
the goods shall be e:rhorfed within twelve
months after importation. Kou wiilnot there (.
fore, in any Gaze, deliver, the debcntuFe until
alter clearance and departure of the vessel
and departure should be prompt and wilhout
delay. The practice lately adopted by some
merchants of detaining their vessels in har-;
Dor, and in some instances, for considerable
tims, after the expiration Of the pear within
which the exploration should be made, is pa
warranted by law, 1t affords an opportunity
to violate the law by relandiBg the goods and
sisposing of them inihs country which taerel
is too much reason to believe has been done,
IN many ihnsnses: These invasioRs and ~
Eactidns Of the: law hsvs inRusnsed tnss.sfo
parment to direct q rigoreus execution Of
its provisions relative to its exportations of
merchandise under tide, to draw back, And
have to inform y>u that il il the ihstruc-
ton Of the secretary of the treasury, that in
all cases which shall hcrcafte, Occur, you are
not to deliver debenture or debentures un-.
I'll the vessel in which the merchandise is a
bout TO be exported fer benefit of drawback,
shall have obtained clearance and depart
ed from the port In twelve months after the
importation OF the merchandise, to be COM
puted from the date Of the entry Of such lner.
chandise. '-." = r. $3.50. >"
i embrace this opportunity to inform you
that the Circuit Court ofthe United States for
the district Of Maryland, decided at q aes
sion held in November last, that round cop.
per bolts or bars, are not subject TO- duty.
You viii, Of course, cancel all bonds tifanyj
which have been taken for duties accruing
OH this article; and yon will also refund all
monies, if any, received on this account,
which have not been actually paid into bank |
to the credit Of the treasurer Of the U. States.
lam, sir, respectfully, your obedient SER
want; u :. =. :. : -
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