Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-07-09
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cost and proper charges which duty is 10 bo
charged, and also, that he verify believes il is
nigher than the current value OF the said goods,
including said charges, at the place Of cxporta-
tlon, the collector shall designate one merchant,
skilled IN the value of such goods and the OWN
or, importer, consignee, agent, may designa.S
another, both of whom shall be citizens of tho
United States, who, If they cannot agree in arc
appraisemcnt, may designate an umpire, wk0
snail also be citizen OF the United States, and
when they, or a majority of them, shall have
agreed, they shall report tho result to the coz
rector, and u their appraisements shall notagreo
WIN that OF the United States appraisers, Ihe
collector shall decide between them.
PIC. q. .fnd6e al further enacted, That the
collectors OF the customs shall at east one
package out of every invoice and one pm ckags
at least out OF every twenty packages of cact
invoice, aud n greater number, should ne deeuI
1t necessary, of goods imported into the rcspec-
tive districts, which package or packages he
shall have first designated OH the invoice to bc
opened and examined, and if the same be found
not to correspond with the invoice, or to be
falsely charged in such invoice the collector
shall order forthwith all the goods contained in
the same entry TO be inspected; and if suci,
goods be subject to advalorem duty, the same
shall be appraised, and if any package shall be-
found to contain any article not described in the
invoice, or if such package or invoice be made
up with intent, by false valuation, or extern
sion or otherwise, to evadn or defraud the re vu-
NC the same shall be forfeited, and the fifteenth
section OF the act supplementary to an act ID
amend an act, entitled ian act To regulate tho
collection OF duties On imports and tonnage, pas
sed second March, one thousand seven hundred
and nnety-nne, and for other purposes, passed
first March, one Thousand eight hundred and
twenty-three and also much of any act of
Congress as imposes an additional duty or pen
atty OF fifty per centum duties upon any
goods which may be appraised at twenty five
per centum o. ten per lcontum, above their in
voice price, is hereby repealed and no goods
liable TO be inspected or appraised as aforesaid
shall be dilivered from the custody of the Off
GERS OF the customs, until the same shall have
been inspected or appraised, until the pack
ages sent TO be inspected appraised shall be-
found correctly and fairly invoiced and put up and
so reported to the collector. PrOrided, That tho
collector may, at the request ofthe owner, i'm
porter, consgnee, or agent, take bonds, with
approved security, in double the estimated va
lue OF such goods, conditioned that they shall bo
delivered to the order of the cole ctor, at any
| time within ten days after the package pack
ages, sent to the public stores shall have been
appraised and reported to the collector. Audit,
In the mean time, any of the said packages shall
be opened, without the consent of the collector
or surveyor, given in writing, and then in the
presence of one of the inspectors of the customs,
or ii the said package or packages shall not be
delivered TO the order fthe collector according
to the condition of the said bond, the bond shall
in either case, be forfeited.
SEC, 5. find be II further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the collector to cause all
goods entered for transportation, with the right
of drawback, to be inspected, and the articles
thereof compared with their respective INVOICES.
before permit shall be given for landing tho
same; and where the goods entered shall be
found not to agree with the entry they shall
be forfeited; and every importer, owner, con
signee, agent, or exporter, who shall enter goods
for importation, or for expectation, or trans
portation from port or place to another
with the right of drawback shall deposite with
the collector the original invoice of such goods
if not before deposited with the collector, and
in that case an authenticated in voice thereof
to be filed and preserved by him in the archives
of the custom house, which shall be signed by
such importer, owner, consgnee, agent, or ex-
porter, and the oath to be made on the entry of
such goods as shall be annexed thereto.
SEC. d. Ind be 1T further enacted, That the
Assistant Appraisers at New York shall receive
compensation of fifteen hundred dollars per
annum and those at Boston and Philadclphia
compensation of twelve hundred dollars per
annum; to be paid out of the proceeds of the
customs and the clerks and all other persons,
employed III tho appraisers Office, shall be APP
pointed by the principal appraisers, and their
number and compensation limited and fixed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. z. find be IL further enacted, That all
forieiiures Incurred under this act, shall be sued
for, recovered, and distributed, according to
the provisions OF the act, entitled "an act To
regulate the collection of duties on impests and
TONNAGE, passed the second day of March, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine Pro-
Dtded, That the appraisers and assistant apprais-
ers, shall In no case, receive any proportion of
such forfeiture. .And pro0ided also, That the
Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is
hereby, authorized TO remit any such forfeiture
whenever he is Of opinion that no fraud on the
revenue was intended.
SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That when
ever, IN the opinion of the Secretary of the
Treasury, it may be necessary to carry into full
effect the laws for the collection of the revenue,
he may authorize the collector of any district in
to which goods, wnros, or merchandise, sui,
ject TO duty, may be imported, to require the
owner. importer, corsignee of such goods.
wares or merchandise, to give bond in addition
10 the bond now required by law, in a sum not
exceeding the value of such merchandise. thai
he will produce, or cause to be produced within
reasonable time, to be fixed by the said Secre-
tary, such proof as the said Secretary NAV deem
necessary, and as may be in the power of The
said owner, importer, or coDslgnee, TO obtain. to
enable the collector 10 ascertain the class or
description of manufacture or rate of duty tn
which such goods, wares, or merchandise NAV
be Justly liable.
SEC g. .And be it further enncted. That f,or,
and after the tbrtieth day of September NEXT
all rom manufactured for rail roads shall be
liable to the same rate of duty which is now
imposed on bar or bolt iron Of similar manuEac-
ture and that all scrap iron shall be liable In
the same duty that is charged on iron in pips.
PToUidcd, That when it shall be satisfactorily
proved TO the Secretary of the Treasury, thai
any Of the said iron imported for the purpose Of
being applied in the construction of any rail
road or inclined plane by any State, or incorpo.
rated company, has been actually, and perma.
ncntly, laid on any such rail road or inclined
plane that then, and IN that case he NAV nj.
low to such State, or company, a drawback of
the duty such rail TOAD iron so LAID or If The
duty upon the same shall have been actually
paid, he may refund the same Pr0rided, such