Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-17

place when and where the same were
procured or manufactured, as the case
may be, and of all charges thereon; and
that the said invoice contains no dis
counts, bounties, or drawbac ks, but such
as have been actually allowed: which
said oath shall have been duly ad-
ministered and authenticated III the mode
prescribed in the seventh section Of this
act.
SIC. 9. Ind be il Jurther enacted, That
IN all Gases where goods, wares ur mef
chantlise, subject to ad valorem duly, i'm
ported as aforesaid, shall belong to the
estates OF deceased PERSONS, or OF persons
insnlvent, who shall have assigned the
same Tor the ben, Fl OF their creditors,
the oaths required by the fourth, seventh,
and eighth sections OF this act, may be
Administered TO The executor, admins
traitor or aseIgnces OF such persons, in
The manner prescribed by this act, ac-
cording 10 The n;dure otlhe case.
Sec. 10. IND be il {urfher enacted, That
in all cases where goods, wares, or MFR
chandise, subject 10 ad valorem duiy,
imported as aforesaid, and belonging 10
a person or persons mol residing in the
United States, Shall not be accompanied
With an invoice vcre6ed (verlhed) by
oath, ana authenticated as required by
the seventh, eighth, and ninth sections ot
this act, as the case may be; or where
it shall moi be practicable 10 make such
oath, or there shall be an lmmateriai H.
iormaiity III the oath or Authorization,
so required, or where the collector oil
the port al which the said goods, wares,
or merchandise, Shall be, shall nave Ger
lied his opinion to the Secretary OF the
Treasury that no fraud was intended IN
the invoice OF said goods, wares, or mer.
chandise, the Secretary oil the Treasury
shall be, and he is hereby, authorlzed,
! if he shall deem it expedient, TO admit
the same TO an entry: Provided, That
The cnnsi5nee, reporter, or agent, shall,
previous to such entry, give bond, the
form whereof, shall be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, With sui
liicienl sureties, 10 produce the invoice,
| if the same be practicable, sworn 10 and
authenticated as may be required by
Ibis act, according 10 the nature OF tic
case, and III The time and mode pre-
sciibed in the second section OF this act,
IN Gaze wiierc no mvolce has been re-
ceived: Ind hfoUtded utzoays, That the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall in no
case admit any goods, wares, or mer-
chandise, TO an entry, where there is just
ground 10 suspect that fraud on The
revenue is intended.
Sec. IL. md be IL .further enacted,
That in all cases where goods, wares, or
merchandise, sublec. 10 ad valorem duty,
imported as aforesaid, shall belong in
lpart TO person or persons residing I'D
the United States, and IN part to per-
son or persons residing oui of the Unit
cd States, the oath OF one OF the owners
residing in he United States, shall be
sufficient to admit the same 10 an entry
1 according to the provisions OF This act
BAT it is e1hressiy PROVIDED, TIA in all
cases, where the said goods, wares, or
merchandise, shall have been manutac-
tured in whole, or in part, by any one OF
the owners residing out OF The United
States, the same shall moi be 60 admit
ted to an entry, unless the invoice shall
| have been verified and authenticated by
such nutacturer IN the manner pre-
scribed in The eighth section of this act
Sec. IL. Ind be it .f4rther enacted,
That, whenever the invoice oil goods,
wares, or merchandise, subject to aid va
loren duty, imported as aforesaid, and
| and belonging TO a person or persons not
lresiding in the United States, shall not
have been dolly verified and authentica-
ted, and, upon application TO the Secre-
iary of The Treasury, according TO the
tenth section Of this act, the said goods,
wares, or merchandise, shall have been
lreiused an entry, the same shall be
deemed suspected, and shall be liable1o
1.-The same additions and penalties as are
provided in the case of fraudulent in
voices, in The following section.
Sec. IS. Ind be IL further enacted,
That, whenever, in the opinion OF the
collector, there shall be just grounds TO
suspect that the goods, wares, ormerchan-
disc, subject to ad vaIorem duty, and i'm
lported into his district, have been in-
voiced below their true value, in the
place or country from whence they were
imported, or originally procured, as lhe
case may be, as prescribed in the fifth
section Of this act, such collector shall
direct the same to be appraised in the
manner preScrihed nv his art. and il