Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-22

out payment of the duties thereon, then
said goods. wares, and merchandise, or such
quantities thereof as may be deemed ne
cessary to discharge the duties, shall be ap-
praised and sold by the collector at public
auction. on due public notice thereof being
| first given, in the manner and for the time
to be prescribed by a general regulation of
the Treasury Department; and at the said
pubic sale, distinct printed catalogues, de-
srriplive Of said goods, with the appraised
value affixed thereto, shall be distributed
among the persons present at said sale; and
reasonable opportunity shall be given,
before such sale, TO persons DESTROYS of
purchasing to inspect the quality Of such
goods; and the proceeds Of said sales, after
deducting the usual rates of storage at the
port in question, together with all other
charges and expenses, including intrest on
! the duties from the dates of entry at the
rate of six per centum per annum, shall be
applied to the payment of the duties, and
any balance of money remaining, over and
above the full amount of duties, charges,
expenses. and interest aforesaid, as well as
such quantities of any goods, wares, or
merchandise as may not have been sold for
the purposes before mentioned, shall be de-
Ilvered and the money paid over, by the
collector to the owner, importer, consignee,
or agent and proper receipts taken for the
same: And proc'ded, That if no claim be
made by such owner, importer, consignee,
or agent for the portion Of goods which
may remain in the hands Of the collector,
after such sale, the said goods shall be
forthwith returned to the public stores.
there to be kept at the risk and expense Of
the owner, importer. consignee, or agent.
until claimed or sold for storage agreeabIy
to law; and the proceeds of the sale for du
ties remaining unclaimed for the space of
ten days after such sales, shall, after pay
ment of duties and all expenses aforesaid
at the expiration of that period, be paid by
the collector into the Treasury, in the man
ncr provided for in the case of unclaimed
goods in the next succeeding section of
this act And pror'ded FURTHER That when
any goods are Of pcrishable nature, they
shall be sold forthwith.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That,
previous to the sale of any unclaimed
goods, the said collector shall procure an
inventory and appraisement thereof to be
made, and to be verified, on oath or alir-
nation, by two or more respectable mer-
chants, before the said collector, and to re-
main with him; and said collector shall
aiierward cause said goods TO be advertised
and sold in the manner provided for in this
act. and, after retaining the duties thereon,
agreea5ly to such inventory and appraise-
ment. and interest and charges as aforesaid.
shall pay the overpus, if any there be, into
the Treasury of the United States, there to
remain for the use of the owner or owners.
who shall, upon due proof Of his, her, or
their property, be entitled to receive the
same; for which purpose the collector shall
transmit, with the said overplus, copy of
the inventory, appraisement, and account
of sales, specifying the marks, numbers.
and descriptions of the packages sold, their
contents. :ae Name of the vessel and master
in which, and of the port or place whence.
they were imported, and the time when,
and the name of the person or persons to
whom said goods were consigned in the
manifest; and the receipt or certificate Of
the collector shall exonerate the master or
person having charge or command of any
ship or vessel in which said goods, wares,
and merchandise were imported from all
claim Of the owner or owners thereof:
Provided, That SO much Of the ffty-sixth
section of the general collection law of the
second Of March. seventeen hundred and
ninety-nine, which provides for the storage
of unclaimed merchandise, as conflicts
with the provisions of this act. shall be and
is hereby repealed: Provided, also, That
when such goods are of pcrishable nature,
they shall be sold forthwith.
Sec. IA. And be IL further enacted, That
on and after the day this law goes into
effect there shall be allowed drawback
on foreign sugar refined in the United
States, and exported theretrom, equal in
amount to the duty paid on the foreign
sugar from which it shall be manufac .urcd,
to be asccrlaincd under such regulations as
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and no more: and on spirits dis
titled from foreign mOlasses, a drawback
of five cents per gallon ill the first day of
January, eighteen hunlred and forty-thrcc,
when il shall be reduced one cent per gal
lon: and annually, on the first day of Jan
uary thereafter, the said drawback shall be
reduced one cent per gallon until the same
shall be wholly discontinued; Provided.
/ That this act shall not alter or repeal any
law now in force regulating the exporta-
ton of sugar refined or spirits distilled
from molasses in the United States except
as to The rates of duties and drawbacks
Sec. ). And be At further enacted, That
in the case of all goods, wares, and mcr-
chandse imported on and after the day
this act goes into operation, and entitled to
debenturc under the eXisting laws, no
drawback of the duties shall be allowed on
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