Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-16
ALEXANDRIA:
THURSD.9T,, .sPRlJ y, 1918.
fsoM OUR CORRESPONDENT Al V ASH
Wednesday, april Is, fSls.

Wednesday, .1pr:i 10, oio.
think that Monday vas the du,test
day have yet witnessed in Congress
Nothing occurred upon which any but me
individuals concerned would threw away
thought. Yesterday was rendered less
unimpoi tant BY long bill INTENDED u
regulate the collection OF duties on I'M
ports and tonnage and which may pos
sibly be interesting to your commercial
readers-as. for the purpose OF prevent
ing impositions on the custoEn-hoases OF
tn union, il provides serersl regulations
before not known to our importers. 1t
ensc,s, in the first place. that the import
er of foreign merchandise shall produce
t. the collector of the district into which
such merchandise IS broug ht. the original
INVOICE of such goods, without which they
shall not be admitted to an entry-but
they shall be deposited in TIE public
warehouse, at The expense and risk OF
the owner, until such invoice be produ-
ced. And if such invoice be not Produ-
ced in six months from the tine Of impor-
tation, if they be imported from place
on this side Of tie Cape Of Good Hope,
or in nine months, if from place beyond
the Cape, they shall be appraised and the
duties estimated. But the secretary OF
the treasury may direct The collector to
admit the same to entry, Cd an appraise-
meRt being made, and bond with suE-
Gent sureties being given to produce the
invoice Of such goods within 8 months, If
brought from this side of the Cape, or IS
if from any place beyond it. and to pay
any amount Of duty to which the same
should be subject, over and above the du
ties estimated on the appraisement. And
the person making the entry of the goods
snail either declare IN oath that he is the
owner, or on oath declare the name and
residence Of the owner.
The bill further esacts that the nd ia
loren duty shall be estimated by adding
90 per cent. to the actual cost, and oath
shall De made that the invoice produced
exhibits the real value of the goods in
heir actual state of manufacture at the
place from which the same were import
ed and at the time they were imported
from such place. In case of re,hipPing
and transporting coastwise from one dis
irict to another, an invoice verified as a.
toresaid on oath, and certified by the col
lector, shall be produced at the port to
which they are transported, and the same
be made as if they had been
brought direct from foreign portland
the goods shall be deposited in the public
warehouse at the owners expense, until
the invoice so verified and certified shall
be produced.
If the goods belong to a person resi-
ding out of the United States, the invoice
shall be verified before the consul of the
United States at the port where the goods
are shipped,
Two persons shall be appointed at each
Of the porls OF Boston, New-York, Phila.
delphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New
Orleans, to perform the duty Of apprais
ers, who shall report the value Of the
goods at the place from whence they
were brought. together with respectable
to be chosen by the party in
and also sworn. And if the
party interested neglect to choose mer-
chant, The collector shall make the choice
Tor him, and the apprasement shall be
valid in law. A merchant refusing to
assist at such appraisement shall be fined,
lot more than fifly dollars.
When goods are suspected Of being
invoiced below the real cost, the collec-
tor shall have them appraised; and il on
that appraisement the value shall be
found to exceed the invoice prices By 90
per cent, so per cent on the appraised
value shall be .dded, on which aggregate
amount the duties shall be estmatet.-
When it exceens BY less than 20 per
cent the invoice value, such appraised