The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-25
BY AUTHORITY.


act, entitled !. An aet 10 re gulaie the collee-
lion Of difties onimports aud tonnage" pass
Ell serohd March, one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-nine, and for other purpo-
ses.
BE II enacted BIZ The Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of The Uniied States Of Il
merica ~ Congress assembled, That, from
and after the third day of March next, no
goods, wares, or merchandise, subject To
ad valorem duty, and imported into the
United States, shall be admitted to an en-
try, unless the true invoice of the same be
presented to the collector at the time Of
entry, or unless the same he admitted in
the mode authorized aud prescribed in the
next ensuing sectionof this act Provided,
That this prohibition shall not extend To
such goods, wares, or merchandise, rs shall
have been taken from wreck.
Sec. Q. find be II further enacted, That
when NJ invoice has been received of any
goods, wares, or merchandise, imported
subject TO ad yal0rem duty as aforesaid,
the owner, importer, consignee, or agent,
shah make oath of the same, and the Col
lector of the Port shall be, and he is here
by, authorized, if, in his judgment, the
hHlCI1 SUCH HODuo,
wares, or merchandise, shall have been
imported, OF any other circumstances con-
nected Herewith render il cxpedient, to
admit tlfe same TO an entry, on AN apprais-
ment thereof, duly made, in the manner
hereinafter prescribed Provided, The
owner, importer, consignee, or agent, of
such goods, wares, or merchandise. shall,
previous TO such entry. give bond, with
sufficient sureties, to the United States, to
produce to such collector the invoice of
the same within eight months from the
time of entry, If the same We're imported
from amy port or place on this side, and
within eighteen months'if from any port or
place beyond the Cape Of Good Hope or
Cape Horn, OF from the Cape of Good
Hope, and to pay any amount of duty, to
which it may appear by such invoice,
the said goods, wares, Ur merchandise,
were subject over and above the amount
Of duties estimated on the said aypraise-
nent.
Sec. 9, .7ud Be 1. further enacted, That
when goods, wares or merchandise, i'm
ported into the United States, shah not
have been entered m pursuance of the pro-
VISIONS OF tihs or any other act, regulating
imports and tonnage, the same shah be
deposited, according to existing laws, in
the public warehouse, and shall there re-
main, at tile expense and risk of the owrer,
until such invoicc be produced PropiGed,
ho~erer, That, when the said goods, wares,
or merchandise, shall have remained in the
public ware house, nine months, import
ed from any port 6r place on this side,
| aud eightecn months, If from any port or
place beyond the Cape of Good Hope, or
Cape Horn, or from the Cape of Good
Hope, and no invoice shall be produced,
then the said goods, wares, and merchan-
pise, shall he appraised, and the duties es-
tlmated thereon In the manner hereinafter
directed /: Provided, also, That nothing
herein contained, shall be understood to
prohibit the sale ofsuch quantities ofgoots,
siored as aforesaid, as may be necessary
to discharge the duties thereon, and all an
tcryening charges, at the time or times,
when such duties shall become due aud
payable .9ad pro,i1sd further, That the
Collector be, and he is hereby, authori-
z, to direct an earlier sale Of articles of a
ptrishable nature, and of such ii. may be
liable to waste first giving such notice Of
the sale, rs circumstances may admit, by
public advertisement, in one or more pa
rers, at or nearest 10 the port where such
sale may he had !; Which said articles the
Collector shall previously cause to he APP
! raised, aud the duties estimated thereon,
N the manner hereinafter directed .; and
the proceeds of such sale shall be disposed
II at the expiration of the said periods of
nine aird eighteen months, respectively, as
the case may be, in the manner prescribed
by the ftiy-sixth section Of the act regu-
lating the collection OF dutirs on imports
and tonnage, passed the second day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety nine Z; fA'orided, also, That nothing
! in this section shall be construed to affect
the Gases contemplated by the fifty sxth
section of the act regulating the collection
of dnties on imports and tonnage, passed
/ the second of March, one Thousand seven
hundred and ninety nine.
Sec. !. Ind BE- II ,fisr,her enacted, That,
in all cases where goods, wares, or mer-
chand'se, shall have been imported into
the United States, and shall be entered by
iuvorce, one ol tAc following oaths, accor-
ding to the nature of the case, shalt be All
minstered by the collector of the port at
the time of entry, to the owner, imperter,
consigner, or agent, in lieu ofthe oath now
prescribed by law in such case:
Ce"signee, fmPorter, or agents Oath.
do solemniy aud truly (swear,
or affirm, that the invoice and bill of lad :
leg now presented by me to the collector
of are the true and only invoice
and bill oflandng by me received, of all
the goods, wares, and merchandise, impor-
ted in the whereof is
master from for account Of any
person whotrsoever, for whom am au-
thorized to enter the same that the said
invoice and bill of iading are in the state
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