Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-31

Laws OF TUE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session of the Thirty-Seyeritb
Congress.
1PUBLIC-NO. So.


AN ACT to prevent and punish frauds uDon
tile revenue, to provlde nor tho oar-
tain and speedy collection of claims in IA
vor Of the United States, and for other pur-
poses.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that from and af-
ter the first day of July, eighteen hundred
and SiXty-three, all invoices of goods, wares,
and merchandise imported from any foreign
country Into the United States shall be made
in triplcate and signed by the person or per-
sons owning or shipping said goods, wares, or
merchandise, if the same have actually been
purchased, or by the manufacturer or owner
thereof if the same have been procured 9TH
erwise than by purchase, or by the duly au-
thorized agent of such purchaser, manutac-
turer, or owner; and said invoices shall, at
or before the shipment thereof, be produced
to the consul, vice consul, or commercial
agent of the United States nearest the place of
shipment for the use of the United States, and
shal! have Endorsed thereon, when so produce d.,
declaration signed by said purchaser, manu-
faclurer, owner, or agent, setting forth that
SAID invoice Is in all respects true that it
contains Gf the goods, wares, and merchan-
disc mentioned therein are subject to ad valo-
rem duty, and were obtained by purchase) r
true and full statement of the time when and the
place whore the same were purchased, and
the actual cost thereof, and of all charges
thereon; and that no discounts, bounties, or
drawbacks are contained in said invoice but
such as have actually been allowed thereon !;
and when obtained in any other manner than
by purchase, the actual market value thereof
at the time and place when and where the
same were procured or manufactured; and if
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thereof; and that no different invoice of the
goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in
the invoice SO produced has been or will be
furnished to any one. If said goods, wares,
or merchandise have been actually purchased,
said declaration shall also contain statement
that the currency in which said invoice is
made out is the currency which was actually
paid tor said goods, wares, or merchandise by
the purchaser. And the person SO producing
said invoice shall at the same time declare to
said consul, vice consul, or commercial agent
the port in the United States at which it is
intended to make entry of said goods, wares,
or merchandise; whereupon the said consul,
vice consul, or commercial agent shall indorse
upon each of said duplicates a certificate, I'M
der his hand and official SEAL stating that said
invoice has been produced to him, with the
date Of such production, and the name of the
the port in the United States at which it shall
be the declared intention to make entry of the
goods, wares, or merchandise therein men
toned. And thereupon the said consul, vice
SOnsul, or commercial agent shall deliver to
the person producing the same one of said
duplicates, to be used in making entry of said
goods, wares, or merchandise; shall file an
other in his office, to be there carefully pre-
served; and SHALL as soon as practicable. trans
init the remaining one to the collector of the
port of the United States at which it shall be de-
clared to be the intention to make entry of said
goods, wares, or merchandise. And no goods,
wares, or merchandise imported into the
United States from any foreign place or coun.
try after said first day Of July, eighteen hum
dred and siXty-three, shall be admitted to an
entry unless the invOiSe presented shall in all
respects conform to the requirements here
inbefore mentioned, and shall have there
on the certificate OF the consul vice
consul, or commercial agent herelnbetore
specified, nor unless said invoice be verified
at the time of making such entry by the oath
or animation of the owner or consignee, or
the authorized agent OF the owner or consig-
nee thereof, certifying that the said invoice
anu the declaration thereon are in all respects
.tue' anu were made by the person by whom
'ne S"ile purports to have been made, nor,
except as hereinafter provided, unless the
trlpneate transmitted by said consul, vice
consul or commercial agent to the collector
snail h nave been received by him. And if
suoI OWNER conslgnee, or agent, of any
goous, wares, or merchandise, shall knowing
ly make, or attempt to make an entry tberoof
by means OF any false invoice, or false certi.
hcate OF consul, vice-consul, or commercial
agent, or any invoice which shall not contain
a true statement of all the particulars beroIn-
before required, or by means of any other
false or fraudulent document or paper, or Of