The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-05-16

Treasury has just issued additional general regulations
under the revenue and collection laws of the United
States including the tariff act of March 3, 1857 Below
is the circular letter of the Secretary:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
49,. April Is, 1857
In performance of the duty imposed by law on this de-
partment of superntendng the collection of the public
revenue the attention of collectors and other officers
the customs called to the provisions of the several acts
of Congress levying duties imports, which will be in
force and after the first day of July next
The tariff act Of 30th July, 1916 having been modi-
fed by the act of the Sd March, 1857, reducing the d
ties imports and for other purposes the provisions
of the last mentioned act hereto suboined to which
is added tariff of duties amended arranged in sched
ues, under the provisions of the act of the Sd March,
1857 applied to the act of 30th july 1876 and for
convenient reference there is also suboined compre
hensvc list alphabetically arranged of all the designated
articles expressly made liable to duty exempted there
FROM with their respective schedules and rates of duty
when dutiable indicated thereon.
As the change in the law regulating the rates Of duty
by the act of the Sd of March last dsturbs but to slight
extent the classification of imports made by the tariff act
Of the 30h july 1S46, and confined principally to
change in the rates of duty the construction heretofore
given by this department to that act is still in force and
applicable except where that law has been modified by
the act of Sd of March last Collectors of the customs
will find the decisions of the department. in various
presented under the act Of 1896 mboded in gen
cra regulations issued by the department the LIST Feb
ruary last.
IL will be borne in mind that the provisions Of the goth
section of the tariff of the 3Oth August 1912, copy
of which il suboned still In force, and furnish
rule of construction to be applied To articles not specially
designated in the several schedules Of the act of Sd March
1857 These provisions, properly applied, will aid the
officers of the customs in assigning articles of import not
designated in terms in the tariff TO the schedule TO which
they TO be regarded belonging, in reference to their
liability to duty.
All other unenumeratcd articles not susceptible Of
classification will be liable to the duty of fifteen per
cenum prescribed in the first section of the act of 81
March, 1857
by the fourth section of the said act it is provided that
all goods wares and merchandise which shall be in the
public stores the first day of july next shall he sub
iec entry thereof for consumption to other duty
than If the same had been imported respectively after
that day Merchandise therefore, In public store the
first day of July next i'm bond under the warchousing
laws whether deposited in any warehouse authorized by
law passing in transitu under bond from part Of
the United States TO another wll irrespective of the
date Of their original importation bonding be subject
on withdrawal for consumption TO the rates of duty pre-
strbed by the act of Sd March, 1857.
II has been represented to the department that under
the designation of galvanized tin plates sheets,
there have attempts to introduce sheet on covered
with thin coating Of TIM the purpose being to pass the
iron through the custom house at lower rate Of duty
galvanized TIM The attention of collectors and aprais
ors specially directed 10 this subject and they will
the entry Of all articles puporting TO be tin plates
sheets galvanized not carefully inspect the articles
and admit nothing TIN plates OF sheets that were not
clearly known such in commercial parlance at the pas
sage of the tariff act of 1876 Where plates sheets of
iron OF other metal attempted TO be introduced in
sion Of the law under false designation the proper pro-
cecdings will at once be instituted TO enforce the forfeit
urt and penalties provided by law and in all where
no fraudulent attempt is manifested the duty to which