Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-21
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Sons ~ this act he and the same are hereby re-
,snaIod, propided, That the existing laws shall
i,ytend 10 and be In force for the collection OF
tbe dnties imposed by this act Tor the prose-
,ntlon and punishment Of oil offences, and for
the recovery, collection, 1istrlouuou, auo re-
mission of all fines, penaltes,aud forfeltures,a'
,nllv and etrectualy as II every regulation, pen
,,Ity forfsIture provision, clause, matter,
md thing 10 that effect In the existing lawt
rontaIned, had been inserted In aud re,enacteo
Nv this act; And prorided. Jiirther, That tnt
LntIps uron all goods, wares, and merchandise
Imnnrted from foreign countries not provided
for in this act shall be and remain as they
we're, according to existing laws prior 70 the
iwenty.ninth Of April, eighteen hundred and
tlxty.four.
Sec. 23. And BE- Il further enacted, That, on |
and after the dAy and year this act shall take ef
feet IL shall be lawful for the owner, consignee,
or agent OF any goods, wares, or merchandise
which shall have been actually purchased,
Or procured otherwise than bypurchase, at the
time when he shall produce his original In
voice, or invoices, to the collector, and make
md verify his written entry of his goods, wares,
and merchandise, as provided by section thir-
iy-six of the act of March two, seventeen hun
dred and nnety-nine, entitled San act to reRu
late the collection OF duties on imports and
Tonnage" and not afterwards, TO make such
addition In the entry to the cost or value given
in the invoice az, in his opinion, may raise the
same to the true market value Of such goods,
wares, and merchandise In the principal mar
kets Of the country whence they shall have
been imported. and TO add thereto all costs and
charges which, under existing laws, would
form part OF the true value at the port where
the same may be entered, upon which the du-
ties should be assessed. And II shall be the
duty of the collector, within whose district the
same may be Imported, or entered, to caust
the dutiahle value OF such goods, warss, and
merchandise 10 be appraised, estimated, and
IL.
of existing laws. And II the appraised valu,
thereof shall exceed, by ten per centum, or
more, the value so declared on the entry, then.
In addition TO the duties imposed by law on
the same, there shall be levi d, collected, and
paid duty Of twenty per centum ad yalorem
on snch appraised value. Propiied, That the
duty shall not be assessed upon an amount less
than the invoice or entered value, any law Of
Congress to the contrary Notwithstanding;
And prordsi, further, That, on and after the
day and year aforesaid, the eighth section Of
the act entitled IAN act reducing the duty Oh
imports, aud for other purposes" approved
July thirty, eighteen hundred and forty six.
and the act amendatory thereof, approved
March three; eighteen hundred and nfty.seyen,
be, and he same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. "a. And be Il further enacted, That In
determining the valuation of goods imported
into the United StatGs from foreign countries,
except as herenbefore provided upon which
duties imposed by any existing laws are to be
assessed, the actual value of such goods on
shiphoard at the last place Of shipment TO the
United States shall be deemed the dutiable
value. And such value shall be ascetained By
adding 10 the value Of such goods at the place
of growth, production, or manufacture the
rosL of transportation, shipment, and trans
shipment, with all the expenses included, from
the place of growth, production, or manufac-
ture, whether by land or water, to the vessel
in which shipment is made to the United
Statpa tho ya1un n the aaPl- hOY M rOvprinU
ofany kind, In which such goods are contained,
commission at the usual rate, In no case less
than two and one half per cen,um, brokerage,
and all export duties, together with all costs
and charges, paid or incurred for placing said
goods on shipboard, and all other proper
charges specified by law.
Sec. 25 AID be II further enacted, That so
much OF section twenty.three of the act entitled
''An act to provide for the payment OF out
standing Treasury notes, to authorize a loan,
10 regulate and fix the duties on imports, and
for other purposes" approved March two
eighteen hundred and fiXty-nnc, rs cyempt'
from duty all philosophical apparatus and 10
struments imported for the use Of any sOCiet,
incorporated for philosophical, literary, or re
liginus purposes, or for the encouragement o
the fine arts, or for the use, or by the order o
any college, academy, school, or seminary 0
learning in the United states, Is hereby ~
peGed. And the same shall be subject to
duty Of fifteen per centum ad valorsm.
sec. &c. Ind be il further enacted, That whel
any cask, barrel, Csrbuy, or other vessel q
American manufacture, exported or sent GU
of the Couutry, filed with the pr ducts Of III
United States, shall be returned to the Unite
States empty, the same shall be admitted fire.
of duty, under such rules aud regulations a
may be prescribed by the Secretary Of th
Treasury.
Sec. 81. And be Il further enacted, That O
and after January first, eighteen humid ed an
sixty-dVe, the invoices of all goods, wares, an
merchandise, imported into the United States
shall be made out in the weights or measure
of the country or place from which the impor
tatiOns shall be made, and shall contain tru
statement Of the actual weights or measures O
such goods, wares, and merchandise, wlthou
any respect to the weights or measures of III
United states.
Sec. %. Aud be Il further enacted, That /
all cases where officers of the customs or othe
ealafied officers OF the United States shall bt
or shall have been, al pointed by the Secretar
of the Treasury 10 carry into effect the licenses
rules and regulations provided for by the 1ft
section of the act of the thirteenth OF July
eighteen hundred and sixty-one. entitled Al
act further TO provide for the collection of du
ties on imports, and for other purposes" sucl
officer OF the United States shall be entitled u
receive one thousand dollars per annum TO
his services, under the act aforesaid, In add
ton to his salary or compensation under an
other law: IrOvldsd, That the aggregate com
ptDNhlWn VI any outu ''luttT bhdtl not eACbt'
The sum Of five thousand dollars in any on
var.
Sec. 80. And be Il furthsr enacted. That an!
baggage or personal fleets arriving in The
United States in transit to any foreign country
may be delivered by the parties having It II
charge to the collector of CustOme, to be b,
him retained, without the payment or exactioi
of any import duty,aud to be delivered TO suc
parties on their departure for their foreg
destination, under such rules, regulations, an
fees as the Secretary Of the Treasury may pre-
scribe.
Approved, June 80, 1864.
DROPOSAL FOX 81 LDlNl
FLOATING DRY DOCKS.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
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