The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-10-02

ed, and asce rtained and 10 such value o
price, 10 be ascertained, in The name
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
value al the port where the same may be
entered, upon which duties shall be as
sessed. And it shall, in every such case
be The duty of the appraisers Of the United
States, and every OF them, and every per-
son who shall act as such appraiser or OIL
the collector and naval offices, as the case
may be, by all the reasonable ways and
means in his or their power, to ascertain,
estimate, and apprase the true and actual
market value and wholesale price, any IN,
voice, or affidavit thereto TO the contrary
notwithstanding, of the said goods, wares,
and merchandise, at the time purchased,
and in the principal markets of the coun-
try from whence the same shall have been
imported into the United States and the
number of such yards, parcels or quaint
ties, and such actual market value or
wholesale price of every of them, as the
case may require: and all such goods,
wares, or merchandise, being manufactured
of wool, or whereof wool shall be com.
ponent part, which shall be imported into
the United States in an unfinished cond'
ton, shall, in every such appraisal, be Ia
ken, deemed, and estimated to have been,
at the time purchased and the place from
whence the same were imported into the
United States, OF as great va ne as If the
same had been entirely finished PrOrld-
ed, That in all cases where goods, wares,
or merchandise, subject to an I'D vaorem
duty, or on which the duties are to be le>
We'd upon the value ofthe square yard and
in all cases where any specific quantity,
or parcel ofsuch goods, wares, or mer>
chandise, 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 ap-
praised and estimated according 10 the cur
rent market value or wholesale price of
similar articles at the principal markets
of the country of production or manufac>
ture, at the period of the exploration Of
said goods, wares, and merchandise, TO
The United States.
Sec. H. And be II further enacted,
That it shall be lawful for the appraisers,
or the collector and naval officer, as the
case may be- 10 call before them and ex
anime, upon oath or affirmation, any own
er, importer, consignee, or other person,
touching any matter or thing which they
may deem material in ascertaning the
true market value, or wholesale price, of
any merchandise imported, and to require
the production. on oath, or affirmation, to
the collector, or to any permanent apprai>
ser, of any letters, accounts or invoices, in
his possession, relating to the same, for
which purpose they are hereby respective
y authorized TO administer oaths and af-
frmations; and if any person so called
shall neglect or refuse TO attend, or shall
decline to answer, or shall, if required,
refuse to answer in writing any in!errog
atores and subscribe his name to his dep
osltion, or to produce such papers, when
so required, he shall forfeit and pay to the
United States the sum oil one hundred dol
lars; and if such person be the owner,
importer, or consignee, the appraisment
which the said appraisers, or collector and
naval officer, where there are no legal APP
praisers. may make of the goods, wares,
and merchandise, shall be final aud con-
elusive, any act Of Congress to the contra
ry Notwithstanding and any person who
shall wllfully and corruptIy swear or af>
firm falsely on such examination, shall be
deemed guilty of perjury; and if he be
the owner, importer, or consignee, the
merchandise shall be forfeited"
1t will be seen from the foregoing, that
the law makes ampI provision for ascer
tanning the real value of coarse wool, in
the port whence it is last shipped and
for enabling the Collectors or Appraisers
to Judge of the difference between clean
wool and that not cIeansed. 1t will be
seen too that it is made part of the duty
Of the government appraisers TO examine
particularly as to the quality Of the wool,
whether it be cleansed or not, and to fix
the value on the most impure as though it
was pure, deducting in the freight of the
wool and ,dirt what may be considered The
in cleansing, Another thing
to be borne in mind, is, the fac! that in a.
ny sea port on earth, where the place is
worthy OF being called port the price of
wool, or Of any staple article, varies but a
triAe from the price paid in any business
port where said article is sold. Every
man of common intelligence and observa-
ton knowns full well that the spirits of
enterprise and competition pervade the
world so extensively that ship owners will
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