Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-10-23
DAVID FULTON, EDITOR.
VOL. 3..-.NO. 6.

if cured with foreign salt, drawback equal
in amount 10 the duty paid on the salt, and no
more, TO he ascertalnet under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sec. 6. An1 be It further enacted, That all
goods, wares, and merchandise imported after
the passage of this act and which may be In
the public stores on the second day OF Decem-
Der next, shall be subject to no other duty up
on the entry thereof than if the same were
imported respectively after that day.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the twelfth section Of the act entitled An
act to provide revenue from imports. and to
change and modify existing laws imposing
duties on imports, and for other purposes
approved August thirty, eighteen hundred and
forty-two, shall be, and the same is hereby, SO
far modified, that all goods imported from this
side the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn
may remain in the public stores for the space
of one year instead of the term of sixty days
prescribed in the said section and that all
goods imported from beyond the Cape of
Good Hope or Cape Horn may remain in the
public stores one year instead of the term OF
ninety days prescribed in the said section.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for tire owner, consignee, or
agent of imports which have been actually
purchased, on entry of the same, to make such
| addition in the entry to the cost or value CIV
en- in the invoice, as in his opinion may raise
the same to the true market value of such i'm
ports in the principal markets Of the country
whence the importation shall have been made,
or in which the goods imported shall have
been originally manufactured or produced, as
the case may be /; and to add thereto all costs
and charges which under existing laws, would
| form part Of the true value at the port where
the same may be entered, upon which the du-
ties should be assessed. And it shall be the
duty Of the collector within whose district the
same may be imported or entered to cause the
dutiabie value Of such imports to be apprals-
ed, estimated, and ascertained in accordance
with the provisions of existing laws; and il
the appraised value thereof shall exceed by
| ten per centum or more the value so declared
on the entry, then, in addition to the duties
imposed by law on the same, there shall be
levied, collected, & paid, duty Of twenty per
centum ad valorem on such appraised value
PrOUided, nevertheless, That under no circum-
stances shall the duty be assessed upon an a.
mount less than the invoice value, any law OF
Congress to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 9. And be Il further enacted, That the
Deputies Of any collector, naval officer, or sur
veyor, q the clerks employed by any collector,
naval officer, surveyor, or appraiser, who are
not by existing laws required to be sworn
shall, before entering upon their respective
duties, or, if already employed, before contin'
uing in the discharge thereof, take and sub
scribe an oath or affirmation faithfully and di
IigentIy to perform such duties. and to use
their best endeavors TO prevent and detec
frauds upon the revenue Of the United States
which oath or affirmation shall be administer
ed by the collector ofthe port or district where
the said deputies or clerks may be employed
and shall be of form to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. TO-. And be it further enacted, That M
officer or other person connected with the ma
w of the United States, shall, under any pre-
tence, import ia any ship or vessel of the U
} ni,ed States any goods, wares, or merchandise
liable to the payment of any duty.
Sec. IL. And be 1t further enacted. That al
acts and parts Of acts rePugnant to the provis
ions of shis act be, and the same are hereby
repealed.