Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-02-09

S,ates 10 90 sp..,seG, estimated. aud asC.t:.iuei
aud the number such yards, pai GELS, or quantities,
anil such actual value of every OF them, as case
may require. Aud shall, in eveiS such case, be the
duty "f the ap of the u States aud every Of
tine and ut every obcr person ho shall suI
appraiser by all the Reasonable ways and means in
his their power, 10 ascertain, estimate, and aPPrase
the true and actual value any invoice or affidavit
thereto, TO the contrary now dipg, of the said
gouds, and merchandise al the time and place
frum whence the shall have been imported into
the u Staes aud the number of ouch yaIds, pasCcs
quantities. and all such goods wares and mc!chand-
srs being m,niacures, such act"a vnlue Of every Of
them TIM case may require; of wool, or whereof
wool shall br cynponrnt pat. which shall be impor
ted into tho United States IN unfinished condition,
shall in every s,ch appss'"a be ken, deemed and
estna I'd. nv the said appraisers and every of them,
and every person who shalt act such appraiser,
hav been. at the and place whence the
same o,,cJ into the United States of great
actual value " the same ad heen entirely flushed.
And ~ tive va"e OF the SAID goods, and tner-
Shandise, asceIta,u'd, there SHALL in all
where the shall DO charged with All ad va
loren duty, be added all charges except insurance,
aud aso twenty per oentu On the SAID actual value
and charges. u imported from the Cape ut Good Hope
any place beyond the same, from yond Cane
Horn; ten per ccnlurn II from any other place
country and the Said ad vao,em of duty shall be
estimated such aggregate amount, any thing in any
ac, To the contrary notw outstanding; Prouded, That,
III all cases where any goods, wares, Chandlse,
eubeci To ad valoretn duy. Wherein the duty Isl
shall he, by law, regulated by, be directed be
tnated levied upon, tho value of the square yard
any other quantity thereof, shall have been impor
ted the Uni ed States. from country other than
t'at in which the manuincu Ell produced.
APPRAISERS shall value the the current
Inc the. cot, at e of such last expectation TO the
United States, in the country where the same may
have been originally manufactured or produced.
Sec g. Ard be IL further enacted, That in all case.
" here the actual value 10 he appraised, estimated,
aud ascertaned hereinte oc stated. of any goods
.es, merchandise, ninu; tsI ,~t the S STATES,
aud subject TO any All vaotem duty, &C whcreon the
Gnly Is v,
levied on, the value at tie square yard other parcel
q. ea,.,;ty thereon, shall BY per centun exceed
t.te invoice value thereof III addition to the duty i'm
posed By law OH the same, ft'cy had been invoccd
al their real value aforesaid. there si,ni be levied
and collected the goods res, aud merchan-
disc fifty per Ccntum the duly So imposed on tie
same sood,, aud cichanJs e, when fairly in
voiCeJ pTou,d,d dfc"ys, That nothing this section
entainei shall be uch impose the said last
mentioned dn'y OF fry per centum for ,sr,ancs
between the bona fiic inrocc of goods produced in
the manner specified, in the proyi.o the seventh
section Of this act and the value of the said
merchandise in The country where the may have
cen gnal!y puiactu red or produced. .1nd FIR
tar inAt the penalty of city per ccniun, imposed BY
t'e thirteenth src:,rn Of The act, entitled An act sup
Elementary to- and IN amend the ac entitled An
regulate the coec ton of duties imports and ton
mage, passed the second day of March, thousand
hundred and ninety nine, and for other purpo-
ses," approved March FIRST, thousand eight hun
dred AMI twenty three, shall not he decmed apply
or attach to any goods. wares merchandise, which
s'>a tie suhiact TO the additional duty of fifty per
c"ntnm as aforesaid, imposed by this section OF this
at.
Sec .4ad he il further rnarted Tina. il shall be
tie DIT! at The Secretary of the Treasury, undsr the
direction Of the President of the o. States, from time
90 time, establish such rules and regulations not in
'nsisent With the laws of the u States as The Presi-
dent of :he y. States shall think proper, 10 secure
t, fa. nl and impartial appraisal OF all goods wares
and merchandise aforesaid, import ID ia the U. s..
and just aud proper entries Of sch actual value thereof
al ~ the sia4ta yards, parcels, other quantities
value ol OF them; And shall be The DUTY Of the
Secretary of the Treasury report all rules and
I"GuIa with the reasons therefore, 70 the then
Haxt SESSION OF tnngfess
II ordered that 5000 copies be printed of the
r. II, pot, and all the testimony.