The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-22

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ate 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 COL
lection law of the second of March, seven
teen hundred and nInety-nine, which pre-
vides for the storage of unclaimed merchan- |
disc, as conflicts with the provisions of this |
act, shall be and is hereby repealed: Provi- |
ded, also, That when such goods are of
perishable nature, they shall be sold forth
with.
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted,
That on and after the day this law goes
into effect there shall be allowed drawback
on foreign sugar refined in the U. States.
and exported therefrom, equal in amount to
/, the duty paid on the foreign sugar, from
which it shall be manufactured, to be ascer-
f tanned under such regulations as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury
and no more; and on spirits distilled
from foreign molasses, a drawback of five
cents per gallon till the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and forty three, when ii
+ shall be reduced one cent per gallon and
5 annually, on the first day of January there
J after, 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 expectation of sugar
refined, or spirits distilled from moasses in
the United States, except as to the rates of
. duties and drawbacks.
Sec. Is And be 1t further enacted, That
1 in the case of all goods, wares, and mer.
G chandse imported on and after the day this
!. act goes into operation, and entitled to de-
d benture under existing laws, no drawbacks
l. OF the duties shall be allowed on the same,
unless SAID goods, wares, or merchandise
shall be exported from the United States
within three years from the date of impor-
/ tation of the same, nor shall the additional
5 rate of duty levied by this act on goods,
r wares, and merchandise imported in foreign
o vessels,b refunded in case ofre- expectation;
S Provided that two and one half per centum
e on the amount of all drawbacks allowed ex-
IT cept on foieign rofined sugars, shall be re-
II tanned, for the use of the United States, by
/ the collectors paying such drawbacks re-
S spectively; and in the case Of foreign refi-
: ned sugars, ten Ter centum shall be SO
: retained.
d Sec, l6. And be il further enacted, That
II in all cases where there is or shall be impo-
e sed any ad valorem rate of duty on goods,
C wares or merchandise imported into the
S United States, and in all cases where the
IS duty imposed shall by law be regulated by
or directed TO be estimated or based upon
y the value of the square yard, or Of any
= specified quantity or parcel of such goods,
S. wares or merchandise. it shall be the duty
Il of the collector, within whose district the
C same shall be imported or entered to cause
u the actual market value or wholesale price
: thereof at the time when purchased, in the
principal markets of the country fiom which
s. the same shall have been imported into the
Uni ed States, or of the yards, parcels or
Z quantities. as the case may be, to be apprais-
n ed, estimated, and ascerteined. and TO such
value or price, to be ascertained in the man
ner provided in this act, shall be added all
= COSTS and charges except insurance, and
), including, in every case, charges for com
: missions at the usual rates, as the true val
d nc at the port where the same may be en-
! tered upon which duties shall be assessed.
: And it shall, in every such case, be the duty
of the appraisers of the United States, and
Il every of them, and every person who shall
act as such appraiser or of the collector and
I naval officer, as the case may be, by all
: unreasonable ways and means in his or
their power to ascertain, estimate, and APP
praise the true and actual market value and
wholesale price, any invoice or affidavit
= fo fha fhS4a of
the said merchandise, at the time purcha-
sed' and in the principal markets OF the
country whence the same shall have been
imported into the United States, and the
number of such yards, parcels, or quantities,
and such actual market value or wholesale
price of every of them, as the case may
require and all such goods, wares or mer-
chandise, being manufactured of wool, or
whereof wool shall be component part,
{ which shall be imported into the U. States
in an unfinished condition, shall. in every
such appraisal, be taken, deemed, and esti-
mated TO have been at the time purchased,
: and place whence the same were imported
into the United States, of as great value as
, if the same had been entirely finished /; Pro-
vided, That in all cases where goods, wares,
: and merchandise subject TO an ad valorem
duty or on which the duties are to be levied
upon the value Of the square yard aud in all
cases where any specific quantity or parcel
: ofsuch goods, wares, and merchandise shall
: have been imported into The United States
from country in which the same have not
been manufactured or produced. the foreign
value shall be appraised and estimated ac-
cording to the current market value or
wholesale price of similar articles at the
principal markets Of the country ofproduc-
ton or manufacture, at the period of the
expectation of said goods, wares and mer'
chandise to the United States.
Sec II. And be ii further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the appraisers, or the
, collector and naval officer, as the case may
be, to call before them and examine upon