Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-06-05

! left to the inspection Of the quarantine. with
out the least reservation. Every infraction
Of tins rule shall be deemed the more unpar-
donable, as the Importation of all goods being
free OF duties, cupidity itself can have no
motives for the clandestine importation OF
goods, and thus to expose the public safety
! to the introduction of contagious diseases.
S. The expectation of goods from Odessa
must be made according to the general regu-
lations of the empire every article which
the tariff prohibits TO be exported from Rus
sia,,is likewise prohibited to be exported
from Odessa.
6. Besides the barrier on the sea side, o.
dessa is to have two similar ones within the
moat, which surrounds the town. and serves
as limit to the free port. All goods arriving
at Odessa by sea or by land from the interior
Of Russia, enter through these barriers free
Of duties; but on shipping the goods for ex-
portation, such duties are to be levied, as
are set down in the general tariff, in confor-
nifty with the regulations Of other ports, land
the existing custom house regulations.
7. The importation and expectation Of
goods by land must be made through the bar
riers established at the gates of the moat
which surrounds the town of Odessa. Ac-
cordingly it is prohibited to use all sorts Of
boats or vessels to go across the inlets Dali
nitsky ard the small Knialnksky and in
case of their being frozen, it is prohibited to
every one. without exception Of the inhabi-
tants OF the adjoining villages, to pass over
these inlets under any pretext whatsoever.
8. Those who may send foreign goods
from Odessa into the interior Of the empire,
with the view of selling them there, or for
farther expectation, shall make declaration
on this subject to the Custom House. which
after inspection, levies the duty, puts on the
goods the usual marks and stamps, and deli
vers the certificate for the ascertained mum.
Der OF bales or tons, containing the goods,
in order to give them a free egress through
the barriers, specifying what is destined to
be carried into Russia 10 be sold there, and
what is to pass through it for further sxpor-
tation, All such bales, chests, or casks, pro-
vided with Custom House stamps and certi-
ficates, must be Withdrawn from the Custom
House for immediate transportation through
the barriers. The certificate OF the Custom
House notes the day and the hour when the
goods were delivered, and these certificates
are exhbitedon approaching the barrier Its
officers compare and verify the quantity and
the identity ofmarks. number, and ascertain
the accuracy of the stamps After this in
spection, if every thing is found TO be in
proper order, those bales Of goods, which
are to be imported into Russia, have their
stamps taken off, the barrier keeping in its
possession the certificate of the Custom
House. But the goods which are destined
to be afterwards exported, remain with their
stamps untouched, they receive from the bar
rier certificate, which the merchant is
bound to produce at that Custom House,
through which the goods may be exported.
9. A declaration likewise must be made at
the Custom House, of the foreign goods
which are to be carried from Odessa to other
Russian ports after having been examined,
the Custom House levies the duty prescribed
by the tariff, and delivers certificate, spe-
cifying the quantity of goods, their marks,
that they have paid the duty, and that the
stamps were prehxed to them. This certl-
hcate is to be exhibited at the barrier OF the
port when, after due verifcation Of the
stamps, the goods are permitted to be ship
ped, and the officers of the Customs having
endorsed the certificate. returns il to the
masterof the vessel, who is 10 produce it at
the Custom House ofthe port, through which
the goods are to be imported into Russia.
10. All discordance and Inconsistency
found at the barriers, in the inspection be.
tweenthe goods which are brought and the
certificate of the Custom House, are taken
for fraud, and report being made by the ex
aiming officers. the Custom House proceeds
in this case according to established rules.
III. Every article brought TO Odessa by
land, from the interior of the empire, for the
consumption of the town itself, or Tor expor-
tation, is not subject to pay any duty, in pas
sing the barrier but such goods as may be
destined to be exported afterwards, are to
be dealt with according TO the general tariff,
and all other Custom House regulations.