Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-17
COLLECTING THE REVENUE

We publish, in another column, very impor-
tant Circular of the Secretary of the Treasury tc
collectors and other officers of the customs, an.
nouncing the determination of the Department
constrained by the necessity of the case, to dis.
charge the crews of the Revenue Cutters and Law
up the vessels to defray the entire expense of the
Warehousng System out of the receipts from
storage and to throw the expenses of weighing
guaging and measuring on the owner, agent OF
consignee. We learn from the New York Ex-
press that as the new regulations will throw i'm
mense burdens on the mercantile community. the
Secretarv's announcement has produced marked
sensation in that city.
The Senate of the United States had the SUBJ
Ject of this Circular under discussion, on Monday,
and we are pleased to see, that while the expe-
dency of materially reducing the expenses of COL
lecting the revenue from customs, seems to be
generally conceded, Senators evinced generally
disposition to provide for the present emergency.
The debate arose ON resolution of Mr.. Phelps, to
suspend, until the end of the present session of
Congress, unless Congress shall sooner act on the
subject, so much of the act of Sd March, lS49, sas
provides that the expenses of collecting the reve-
nues from customs shall not exceed tine sum of one
million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars per
annum, together with such sums as under the law
are paid into the Treasury for drayage, carriage,
labor and storage"
Afterwards, the resolution was modified, on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Dickinson, so to assume the follow
ing shape:
Resolued by the Senate and House of Representa-
assembled, That until specific appropriations are made
by law, the proviso to the 4h of the act of Sd
March, lS49, be suspended Provided, nevertheless
that IN the mean time the expenses OF collecting the re-
venue from customs shall not exceed such per an
mum expended for said purpose during the fiscal
year ending the 3Oh June lS4S together with such sums
addition be paid the Treasury for draw
age, carriage labor, and storage.
On this amendment the vote was:
.YEAs-Messrs Badger Baldwin, Bell, Beren, Brad
bury Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Corwin, Dawson, Dayton
Dickinson, Douglas Greene, Hamlln. Mangum, Miller,
Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Seward, Smith, spruance, In
derwood Upham Wales, Webster-27
NAYs-M essrs. Atchison, Benton, Borland, Bright
Butler, Calhoun Cass, Clemens, Davis OF Mississippi
Dodge Of Iowa, Dodge Of Wisconsin, Downs, Felch,
Sebastian, Shields, Soule Sturgeon, Turney, w alker
and Yulee-27.
The Vice President voted in the affirmative, and the
amendment was, therefore, adopted.
Another amendment was subsequently adopted,
on Mr. Hunters motion, constituting the act of March
last as prohibiting the importer from transporting
merchandise under bond from one district to ano-
ther, and rewarehousng it; which conforms to the
Secretary's construction of the act Mr. Davis,
of Mississippi, moved farther to amend by striking
out of Mr.. Diekinson's amendment the words "to-
gether with such sums in addition as may be paid
into the Treasury for drayage, carriage, labour and
storage" Pending this motion, the Senate passed
by the subject.