New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-14
Bonded Warehouses.

Bonded Warehouses.
In addition to the Public Warehouses III
this City, many private Bonded Warehouses have
been established by permission o; the Treasury
Department, with the understanding at least on
the part of the Secretary OF the Treasury that
the officers appointed 70 watch over them should
be paid by the parties owning said warehouses.
1t seems nov that portion Of these warehouse.
keepers decline paying the Inspectors, and threaten
suits a. aiDst the Treasury Department. where
upon the Secretary Of the Treasury instructed
MIR. Collector Maxwell to discontinue the employ
of such houses as would not pay the Inspectors.
The following is copy OF the Instructions:
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT, July &c 1852
SIR acknowledge receipt o your letter OF the 2'h
int, with the s, Of the Iessees oi private
bopoeo warehouses VINO have sicGed the agreement 10
pay the eEse cuDed by the Government Tor the
salaries Of Inspectors, whose services required in
atepdsuce ON such warehouses a!so the lsmes OF
tbo,e ohio reiufe 10 Gccede 10 those terms
Under Czifii12 laws iho subject Il Is entirely die
creiOLsry with The Department aomlt private ware
houses 10 he privilege OF bOnoed stores, and they dro
vice tha where it Is done, the proprotors shall bear
the GSpeIfe
In 10 Instance ba. this privilege been granted except
Ut The special request OF ire parties and OF course,
cluslyeiy tor their cenvepcLce and advantage they
are thus allowed 10 occupy their warehouses; To
store their goods uDdeJ The charge OF other indvouas
In locations meet convenient 10 their business, giving
them increased facilities for the sale Of their chan
oise, and mOIt ready 10 IL than In the puoc
warehouses, of which there only two locations
the oDe in Broadway, and the other, ana mist exten.
ave, al the Atlantic Docks hume aud ing
plants, ftOn time u lime, made by the importers
Of Ne to the incouv enience and osao
attending the storage OF their goods at those places,
particularly at the latter and the d. pariment, with
sincere deIe to remove sDy of cumplsut and 20
soid ali Op-r facilities the commerce. OF the place,
xxhf ch rlv 10 has nnrnr tha
,ioDary authority vested in II by Congress, Greatly
extended the stem OF private bonded warehouses. In
doing th however alreaoy tiaed, Tor the exclusive
benefit 81 al the special rCqutst OF the importers Il
WA ntheI ust ,naOle, tha sUy aodltiVusl
pence sbOud be incurred 10y the Depart neni; dld
console, hao any authority private 81 nded
warehouses under eXstin. lass, uLle.s the Treasury
was eXCLorat from sty additional expense ~ cOnse-
QutBce thereof Ths Government suffers anOtner ald
very serious deovaI as by In the losS OF the stjr
aae on the.e gCods II Z pdoc var bouses which Ia
coLt CQUrDCe have Or great portion Of the time so
large portion OF their s'orSgc accommodation unoc-
cup'eo These pubic warehouses held under long
ard tXpenive ltesrs, which Tor many yeaIs hsye been
a ssut ard very heavy annual dram the rreasu
~ IN. receipts have fallen eaty Short tns out
lays for rent and TIE Salaries .; employ ees necessarily
attached 20 ;heD. The Department, however win n
view Of accommodating tire COMMERCIAL community,
has subnteo 10 increased oss from the Diminished
receipts OF tie public warehouses, Ia consequence OF
cTCans private Obes buJ cereiDy oid not expect 20
be cst upon make further sacrifice, or that any
Of IRE essees OF he private bonded ware
hovsS would ht State pay The ,enses Incurred Tor
the SALARIES I'll those hceIs Ohio exclusively
puyeO IL ate uGius upon tncr Tes and rendered no
Other service 20 TIE Government particularly - this
expense made lipht rs possible by allowing the
same ,Gicer where circumstances permitted OF Il, 10
sueuc 10 TWO or more stores and the Department
Is tGvisCc On Six ctlafs where liquors stored IN
boLd cid dividing thr expep,e in rstesnc proporuon
The Departme't WAS under thP impression TIA.
trnsi agreement bad always been taken In all
cases OF private bon6~d warehouse by ~hch inc par
nes agreed psN the expense ~ the officer tue pro-
po'u' thereof ,he csc nish. De, uEUl recently
when II was Scyised that q suit had been n-nced
By On IL disiouAl ~ho he'd dissolved his precious con-
DccuCD win bonded warehouse tor the recogc-y Of
ell ibe payne MS Re had made monthly for several
years for the salary OF he Inspector
Under ills irlorma ion the Department. considered
that il was lis ouy 70 gusro against further pro
ceeopgs OF this kDd. and Issued tAo instructions OF
which complaint hes been mace, r-quripg formal
agreement only % pay expense IN future, but
also 20 have aletrcspeerve effect for past payments.
In cOpteGu6pce q the comrlsins which have hseu
made Oh lhe subject Of these Instructions, the Depart
men, hss sgtin ,iven the eD0tber examination
end further consideration, without however, being
able TO 10 any different conclusion either as 10 toe
equity OF the measure lis powar 10 act Otherwise or Us
plain path Of duty.
| The OILY plausible argument advanced against the
action o. the Department tots matter Il thstu hes
mol gal hight eNsct from the Owners OF these ware
houses The eApense incurred for their advantage that
they should At least not be- deprived Of the power 10
tesi 'hat night by lees proceedings The d srtmcnt
| ~ course would not attempt 10 exact suy payment
when II olo Dol believe IL legally authorized DO
II is convinced is 10. tact IN The present case under
ue piov's 81 TIE law which provides that the owners
OF private bonded warehouses shall nav the exp.nse
IT. however there Is any doub, to the mssuias of me
word eJRHsC sppird o. the salary of the in.Dctos
Of private bonded vaTchOssef il IL casriy the dty of
the Dspsin ert noi t. assume yJ.uoarily the isx ol