The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-06-10


IPvHuo-No. 55l
~ ACT t. g.evsnt and punish frauds upon the rsvs
q p-esle f1r certain and SPEEDY coIectoi
o claims ia 4vor q the United states and for osAe
b II e1acte ~ he Senae and Hoass Of Isprsrs,i'z.iue
Of ~ Cnito Sa5es 0f AB,erca Congress assensois
l4-i irom b.. after tAe first lay of July, eighties
a-o 1aereL4--. e. lmror& srom any foreign country
lsia the U1.- states sN be made IL iripiicate al
sisnea hy IT, person or persons owning OF shippins
SAID goods, el-cs, cr merchandise. tLe sane lave
actua 3 L--- purchased. OF hy tie ulllflcturer Ol
owner there Il Tie same have been procured other
wise than ht purchase cr hy Tie duly 4utlorlzel agent
q -eh uurcfer ran uf4cturer or owner and sal. ia
voices shall, "a OF Deiole tie ship thereof Be pro
pcr- 70 tie consul. wee consul, commercial agent
ot tie United states n7aret tie place o. shipment Tor
Tie u the United states and shall lu4orssl
Thereon. when So pro14ced. a declaration signed bF
Sail purchaser, nanlisturer. owner agent. setting
lerA that SAID MFoce y 10 All respects true, thai u
CONTAINS l tAe goods wares and merchandise mon
TONED therein are subject - al valore duty and were
obtained hy purchase trle and fll statement Of tie
/ tlme when aud tie place where the same were pn--
eias7i ant Tie actual cos thereof. AMI Of all charges
,ef. and that 30 d.scolI1s, bounties lrs haCs A.
-.e ei -i IL a-a lAfo.cs but such IS Law actually
hatA 'Ne. tlefecn, ana Wien obtained ln any ether
manner -Aan by purchase. t,le actual market value
thereof al tLe tIAe 4n4 place VIXEN the same
were pfocLt - of manufactured. aid s4liset O. spe-
cidc duty tle actual q-aulity thor.of l that I'D f
ierent invoice the goods war.s or merchants i-e
mentioned Iu tie invoice so rr1s,s. l, lau or Fiil
cialc so have bleL actually purchased sad f--4tlu
shall cs1tsu siaio nielt tLat tlc currency 10
NAeh SAID invoice ls made ont is ILe currency Which
vas actually paid Tor sA- so1s- wares of merchant .se
hy tt- fa chaser Ana ths person So Producing said
i'oic- shall az the s4i-e time declare o. sait consul
yireccIsu OF commercial agent the port n tc UuileI
goods, wares OF merchandise. wAereupou tic said con
snl vice c.esul or corirasr,.i agent shall so-za nr
c af said trpiicates certificate. under his hand an
~ " zeal, stating that said invoice his been produced
t3 1880. With the date Of such production, and the
.-f- o- tAr person ~ whom Tie same produced
a -- PORK ia the Tinted ~1lIes ~ which 70 shall Dee
ii' attlAfed intention D. make entry ol TIE goods
N-f-- 1r merchandise therein mentioned And there,
upor tie SAID consul vcccousUl. or commercial arent
-i-t deliver 70 lLe person producing the same o.
'Nd rlp-cates. to DO used IN making entry of said
coi-, wares OF merchandise shall file another in his
pice- 20 De there carefully preserved, and shall.
i. '0 p-, ucarr- transmit ID. remaining ole ihe
c'i tor of the pert of tho United states 40 which IL
Shall oe declared u Dc the Intention u make entry OF
siid sotlsi wares or merchandise and uo goods
Merchandise imported into the United states
rom any foregn place country after said frat day Of
Ji! ci5Al-eu hundred and sixty three shall ue admit
tea 90 - sury unless the invoice presented shall il all
respects conform 20 the requirements hereinbefore
mentioned! anl shall have thereon the certificate OF tic
consult wee clsll, or commercial agent hcrsinbef0re
Spec Aea nor unless said ilvoics be verified at the time
p; ma ins r 81 81 a .r9 - ib ,gtbor,rs si ~ ~
owner OF consese thereof, certifying that the said n
and In, declaration thereon all respects
true. and made by the person 10y hom the
p1rort % have been made, nor except as hereinafter
provided unless the trpcate trans mitted by said
Sl, vice consul. commercial agent o. the collector
shal. have beer received by him AID fauy such owner
e. ignce, agent Of any goods wares lsrclau-
ii-e. shall knowingly make, OF attempt 10 make
try thereof by means " any false invoice false
tlhcate II consul yicecousul, commercial agent
"f OF any invoice which shall not contain true state
81 an the particulars hereuociorc required OF by
means u any other false fraudulent document pa
per- or OF any other false or fraudulent practice ap
their value shall be forfeited and disposed of AS other
orletrres for violation Of the revenue laws Proridef
That where, from change of the destination ol any
s1cn Gods wares or merchandise, after the production
of the invoice thereof 10 the consul vice consul OF
commercial agent, as herenbeoTe provided from
oter cause, Tie trpcate transmitted 10 the collector
oi tie port 90 which such goods wares aerchanise
originally destined, shall have been received
at the port waero the actually arrive and where
Il desired 20 make entry thereof said goods
and merchandise may be- admitted o. an entry, the
execution By the owner, c0nsignee agent of bond
Win sllti'hl security 10 colDe the amount OF duty
apparently Que conditioned Tor the payment OF the
duty which shall be found 10 be actually due thereon
And Il shall be the egiy Of the collector ef ns, ,fTs
tlr c,lisui silr-,uiisI OF commerci agent TO whom
such invoice shall have been produced. To transmit 10
such collector certified copy thereof and . shall be
the duty O. such consul. vccconsll commercial
agent % transmit the accordingly without delay
and said duty shall not be nnaiy i4mdated until such
trpicate, OF certified copy thereof. shall have been
received. PfortQeJ That such liquidation shall not De-
delayed longer than eighteen months from the time of
making such entry, And pr0rilei further That when
from accident other cause il shall Dee impractc4he
for the r-TsOu desiring 90 make cltry of any goods.
king such entry any invoice thereof AS herenbsioe
required, il shall be lawful for tue secretary II the
Treasury o. authorize the entry OF such goods, wares
OF merchandise, upon snch terms and lu accordance
with such general special regulations he may pre-
scribe And the Secretary of the Treasury is hert hy
invested With the like powers Of remission cases 81
forfeiture arising under tis act n other o for
eiture under the laws Ind prgrided further
That She provisions this act shall not apply %
tries where there ls no consul a. or coininer
cia agent OF the United states. nor shall anything
herein contained be construed require for goods
ported under the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain
signed June lfsh eighteen hundred anu lfty-oar, anJ
other consular certificate than required by iaw
And this act shall be construed only 70 modify and moi
repeal the act Of March first, eighteen hundred ant
twenty three, entitled An act supplementary o. an.
10 amend act entitled An act to regulate the coiec
tcn Of duties ou imports anu tonnage, PASSED Marci
second one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine
and for other purposes and the form ~ 0aths there
set forth shall be modified accordingly. And pTouie
further That tine provisions Of this act shall not app
10 invoices II Goods wares or iauass imuorfe'
into any port the United States from any place be
yond Cape Horn the Cape Of Good Hope until the frs
day of January, ighteen hundred and sixty -four.
Sec p AMI be Il further enacted That the Solicitor
the Treasury under direction OF the secretary o Oh
Treasury, shall take cognzance of all frauds attempt
e frauds upon the revenue and shall exercise genera
supervision over She measures for their prevention an
detection and the prosecution Of persons charge
with the commission thereof; and it shall Dee the duty
the collectors of the several collection districts of "a
United States 90 report 10 him all sezlres of good;
wares or merchandise made by them, as soon as pFac
cable after the made with written statement
of the facts upon which such seizures sre based. An
fpr the purpose of enabling the Solicitor q the Treas
ury % perform the duties hereby oinel upon Lin
the Secretary az the Treasury is hereby authorized
employ not more than three clerks IN addition % thos
assigned % the Office of the solicitor by law. Z
such time and az such rates II compenstion as DE
deem for the public interest and prescribe the cornpll
saton 70 be allowed 70 such clerks. not exceeding q
Z amount now allowed % clerks u LSa class. said con
pensatcn shall be paid ia tie manner other e
penses Of colecsng the revenue.
sec 3 And b. It further snaaed. That II any persr
. shall 10y the exhibition of any false sample.
means u any falls. representation or device. OF
= collision with any officer of she revenue 0r ofherws
Known effect. aid in eliectiuE. entry Of an
" goods. wares Or 1aerchlndlse. go less than ths tr
weight OF measure llcrcof. or upon false clEslcatl
| thereof a % quality value or by the payment
less than the amount ~ duty eEaly due thcrcon su
= person SHALL upon conviction thereof be fned
= sum not exceeding nve thousand dollars be ulpr
0ned not exceeding tvo years lr both at the 1sCri
: u the court.
= Sec 1. And b II further eaaeed That II any olfc
- Ci the revenue shall. by c0llusl0u with aly importer
other person hy means Of any false weight mea
- Of any false Classification quality val
y u any goots, wares or msrclsBdse OF by any 9th
= iaeaus whatever. know inEly admit ali IN admiItin
80 10 entry. any such goods wares or merchanlse ur
the payment OF less thar The amount cf duty legal
) cle thereon Or shall knowingly acc-nt from auv p
% son engaged IN the Importation Of goods, wares
a. merc1ancse into the U-ts1 states. OF interested
es principal. clerk agent n any such importation or
the entry o. arv gools wares or fna-rsul -e arr q
CT ErAtlity emoument whatsoever such officer sha
be on conviction thereof Pc removed from ofce and
d. be hled 10 any sum n0t eXce.inE I'VE thousand dola
al D. imprisoned not exceeding two veaTs a. the
es crstIon Of the court.
SC s. Aaaf be 4 furthsr enacted That the c0ilect
- Of the several districts q the ULifed states u al
lf seizure n 1-y goods wares or merchandise Tor q
: .sticn q the revenue laws the appraised value
) which Z the district wherein such seizure shall
e- made shall not exceed one thousand dollars. he