The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-16
Impertant 10 Merchants.

We furnish our mercantile community with the
following important instructions to the Collectors Of
the various ports in the Union II will be seen that
all unclaimed goods are to be sold on account Of
whom II may concern sixty days after they arrive,
Cor ninety days if from beyond the Cape Of Good
Hope,) and that sufficient portion Of all claimed
goods are to be sold pay duties, if the duty is not
paid in sixty ninety days after completing the
try. This will make general delivery Of all mer-
chandise now locked up in our public stores, and
the knowing will doubtless be on hand for bar
gains
We understand the public stores are well filled
with goods included in the instructions
Treasury DEPARTMENT, July 18th, 1884,
SiR The Naval Officer at New York, having under
date Of the 18th inst submitted for the consideration and
decision Of the Department. the subject Of interest
chargeable by law failure to pay the duties sccruing
merchandise in cash. have to communists for your
the following views and instructions the
subject
BY the 18th section Of the Tariff Act Of the sOth Au-
gust 1872. the duties imposed on all imported merchan-
Sss e cash AS = mas 0ng
that is to say so soon as the goods brought within
any port with the intention Of being unladen and sold
duties not paid at the time they accrue interest a.
taches and runs from that period until the duties paid
indicated by law The date Of the entry Of the
would therefore ordinarily x the time when interest
the duties commences. but exception to thisrule oc-
lowing 20 working days. dependent the tonnage
Of the vessel for discharging her cargo Consequently
fed perods to make entry goods and on doing
So and paying the duties in cash. by deposit of mo-
ney with the Collector deemed adequate to the
actual duties on asceItanment interest in
such cases. is 'tl ~ 4l4 91
When the owner importer or consgnee chooses to
before mentioned and suffers his goods 70 20 into Public
Store there to remain for the period of60 90 days.
the may be- before becoming liable to be sold for
his goods before they carried to the Public Stores
and permit order storage Of the goods should be
periods before stated prior the sale the party
forward and pays the duties interest ID chargeable from
the date Of the entry made at the time the goods were
18th section of the Act to make up the duties interest
runs from the date of the last mentioned entry.
is proper remark that the utmost indulgence in
gard any imported merchandise contemplated by the
act Of ssa mpys or to sell
indicated Hence is manifest that the 18th section
contemplated this restriction, and consequently in its
the act Of I'd March, 1879. allows unclaimed mcrchan
die to remain in public for the term fnne months
before becoming fable to be sold for dutes Otherwise
the owner importer consgnee, by merely refusing
emitting to forward and enter the goods in
portaton could have them deposited in public store and
the United States kept out of the duties for the space
nine months This is deemed to be contrary to the in
tenton and policy Of the law and cannot be sanctioned
Unclaimed goods referred act are COnsluered
to be such, where the owner, importer consignee
fails to proclaim himself at the custom house at the time
Of the entry Of the vessel before her cargo dis
charged All such goods must be lodged in the public
stores there to remain for the period ofsixty ninety
days. as the may be, with the exception Of those
of pershable nature provided in the law and at the
expiration of these periods respectively said goods
to be sold and the proceeds disposed Of in the
prescribed in the section referred to-. Interest in all
such cases. is chargeable from the date eff the entry Of
the vessel in which il 10 imported s a4
The portion Of goods remaining after sale for the du
ties under the 18th section must be returned TO the pub
lie stores there to remain until claimed sold for sto
age. Such sales for storage are, usual to be made
periodically, viz, at the expiration ofnine months
The public sales Of goods under the 18th and l3th
tons, should be made within the first thirty days
ceedng the expiration of the periods before referred to-
and due notice Of such sales must be published in two
of the public newspapers having the most extern
sve circulation ut your port daily for the space
days prior to the SALE leS sNa-sM
am, very respectfully,
Your obedent servant,
Signed, r. j. WALKER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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