Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-01

mt % The Secretary nf he Treasury, 10 Dc oy hn
kcp, on h!c in HIS Department.
Sc. l. Anl he Il further enacted, That u shall
be the dntv Of The SECRETARY vi the Treasury, with
a. u,ie q y rs p-5ctc7Nc, 70 cVauinu the testimo-
nv taken bsi0rr the sad COMMISSION, ttom time 10
time, ss the same eha be returned t. him, 10 com
pare The. same with the said StaieIrtHt and adlud-
cations al the said commissioners, and To SIGNIFY TO
Them hJs approval or di>approsai ol lhcu de'ermn-
atob as % each c'alm; aud as Soon as The deiermn-
stan nt ths secretary shall be officially oor'muni-
Gated "a the SAID commissioners as 10 any one or
more o.. tha SAID CLAIMS, they shat iofihwith exc
cute aud deliver Ii each claimant, whose claim has
received the approval of the Secretary, certificate,
signed hy them ana stating the amount Of duties
which the claimant has paid sud IS oulltled to have
refunded To huu and the amount Ne has secured To
b. paid, aud Is entied To have refunded To HIM, and
the amount he las secured 10 ne Paid, and Is ept-
| tied - have rruutted upa h'S bnnds, Prorided,
| That no such certificate shall be delivered To any
cRiuaoi h'y r'srt W attorney or 70 hs order, nn-
at be-, SnWc person CA hlS hehali, SHAH have exc
cnlcd and delivered ~ tl2 collector oi The customs
| for he part@ New lo,k, l0nd, with 'uretes to
the satisfaction % the said collector, IN pcnaliy Of
double the sums 10 hc refunded or RENTED, AS shown
| by the SAID certificate, aud conditioned lor the re-
| payment TO the United States, al the whole amount
r,tulel or RENTED Ca such claimant with interest
from 4 date OF The sale bond in case Il shall there
| after be made to appear that the goods upon when
| the duties So rcmttcl or refunded were chargcable,
were rot IN fact destroyed at the confagraiion
| aforesaid. ProriRtd That in all cases when the
applicant for rtllc under this act shal have had
| bonds Other ,han thosc gwen ioy duties on goods
destroyed by sad fire suspended under the act en-
ttcd Az act fnr Tic relief Of the sufferers by hro
ia the city OF New York approved nineteenth
March cinhcca hundred and thuty-sX, the amount
| of twenty -oUr per cent. on he amount 81 duties
secured hy such bonds shall be deducted from the
Sum which would otherwise be RENTED TO such APP
phcAnts under tn, act.
Sec. D. Aud be II further enacled, Tht upon
the presentation by any person. to the collector o.
New Work Of any certificate so issued by the said
commissioners showing that remission IS To DC
made upon any unpaid bond gwen 10 secure duties
aud then IN the hands OF the sand collector Il shnI
be his duty to make the requisite endorsement upon
the said bond bonds and Likewise SO far 10 canct
the said certificate 5y proper endorsement there
on ~ hIs endorsement upon ue bond or bonds shal
require and SO far any such certificate Slai SLOW
that duties paid are 10 be rclundCd, the sud fuhcto
Of the port of New York shall receive such ccr'lii
cate in lieu Of money for tho payment Of duties at n
times endorsing upon the certificate the amount 0
duties thus cancelled by It's presentation; and as as
as the said certificates SHAH be thus fully cancec
the said collector shall re lain and transmit 10 the 81
i crctary OF dc Treasury TO he 10y him placed upo
lhe files of the Department with the statement "
c on which they g.crc Issued, snd tc testimony upo
I which tie duties are refunded or required.
+ See &. And he it further enacted That IN all CT
y scs where any article package, MS imported, SIN
e have been partially and not entirely dcstroyed
D the SAID confagratnu, the remission Or ctunding
h duties upon such article package shall be IN pr
portion 10 tie destruction by the said lire. 10 II
proportion Shah be agcertancd and certified Ia 4
said commissioners ly The appraisers for the port
New York hnt this section shall nut be SO constr
IL ed 10 extend to any merchandise or property d,
II toycd OF damaged other than IN the original and u
broken packages as imported.
D. SEC, 7. And BIZ 1t further enacted, That The 50
n commissioners may employ a clerk who shall
d. paid for Ais services out rl any unappmpriated II
~ uey IN the Treasury such reasonable compensate
~ rs The Secretary Of The Treasury shall allow, win
+, payment hc said Secretary hereby snthor2
,r and directed 10 make not to exceed The rate Of 4
VA thousand dollars per annum.
, Approved July IN, 1883.