The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-01

An act alio9fng the duties on foreign IT sreliandize imported into Pittsbnrg
 Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St.
 Ioais. \ ashgitic, and NatclIez, to be se-
 cured and paid at those places.
 Be t enactcd by the seaafe and House o5f Representatives of'fhe Uaited Stafes ot .4ne- ricn n Congress asse,e5iea, That, when any goods, wares, or merchandise. are to be
 imported from any foreign country into
 pittshurg, in ;he State of Pennsylvania,
 Wheeling, in the State Of Virginia, Gin
 cannati, in the State of Ohio, Huntsville. in the State of Kentucky, St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, or into Natchez in the State, of Missssippi; the importer thereof shall deposit in the custody of the Surveyor of the place schedule ofthe goods so intend cd to be imported, with an estimate oftheir cost at the place of exportati0ns whereup- on, tie said Surveyor shall make an esti- mate of tho amount of duties accrning on
 the same, and the importer consignec shall give bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Surveyor, in double the amount of the duties so estimated, con ditioned for the payment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertained as hcrciBaf- ter directe ed; aud the Surveyor shall forth
 with notify the Collector at New Orleans
 of the same, by forwarding to him copy l of said bond and schedule.
 1 Sec. ;. find e # .ftrthcr enacted, That
 the importer or his agent, is hereby author izcd to enter any merchandise, imported,
 as aforesaid, by the way of New Orleans, l at that port, Tn the manner now prescribed ] by !eqg; md the Coll eetor shall grant per-
 nit for the landing thereof and cause the duties to be ascertained as in other cases,
 the said goods remaining in the custody of l the Collector until reshipped for the place
 of destination; and the Collector shan cer- 1 tify to tic Surveyor at such place the amount of such duties, which the said. Sur
 yeyor shall enter on the margin of the 1 bond, as aforesaid given to secure the same, l which goods shall be delivered by the Col 1 lector 10 the agent of the importer Or con- l signce, duly authorized to receive the same
 for shipment to the place of importation
 and the maeter or commander of every
 steamboat, or other vessel, in which such merchandise shall be transported, shall,
 previously to her departure from New Or leans, deliver to the Collector duplicate ] manifests of such merchandise, specifying
 the marks and numbers of every case, bag,
 box, chest, or package, containing the ! same. with the name and place of residence l of every importer or consignee Of such I merchandise. and the quaDtity shipped to l each to he by him subscribed, and to the
 truth, of which he shall swear or affirm,
 and that the said goods have been received
 on board his vessel; stating the name of the agent who shipped the same; and the said 5i Collector shall certify the facts, as afore- said. on the manifests, one of which lie shall return to the master, with permit thereto annexed, authorizing him to pro- ceed to the place of his destination.
 Sec. 3. .4adbe Il further enncted, That, fl I any steamboat or other vessel, having mer- I chandise on board, imported as aforesaid, { shall depart from New Orleans without hay l ing complied with the provisions of this i act. the master thereof shall forfeit five
 hundred dollars; and the master of any such ] boat or vessel, arriving at either of the
 ports above named, on board fwbich mer- chandise. as aforesaid. shall have been l. shipped at New Orleans, shall within eigli- ], teen hours next after the arrlval, and pre- viously to unloading any part of said ner' chaudise delivered to tlse Surveyor. of snci . port the manifest Of the same, certified as , aforesaid, by the Collector Of New Orleans Fl and shall make oath or affirmation before ri the said Surveyor that there was not, wher pl lie departed from New Orleans, any mor'
 T nr other goods on board such boat or yes
 se,. imported as aforesaid, thau IS therci