Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-10-20

covery, collection, distribution, and
remission of all fines, penalties, and
FIXTURES, as fully and effectually as If
every regulation, penalty, forfeiture,
provision, clause. matter, and thing to
that effect in the existing laws con.
tanned, has been inserted in and re.
enacted by this act !: And prortded,
further, That the duties upon all
goods, wares, aud merchandise import.
ed from foreign countries not provided
for in this act shallbe and remain as
they were, according to existing laws
prior to the twenty-ninth of April,
eighteen hundred and sixtyfour. w /
Sec. 90. And be 1t further enacted.
That on and after the day and year
this act shall take effect, it shall be
lawful for the owner. consigncc. or
agent of any goods, wares, or mer.
chandisc which shall have been actual
" purchased. or procured otherwise
than by purchase, at the time when
he shall produce his original invoice,
or invoices, to the collector, and make
and verify his written entry of his
goods, wares, and merchandise, as
provided by section thirty-six of the
act of March two, seventeen hundred
and nincty.nine, entitled "An act to
regulate the collection of duties on i'm.
ports and tonnage" and not after
wards, to make such addition in the
entry to the cost or value given in
the invoice as, in his opinion, may
raise the same to the trnc market val
nc Of such goods, wares, and mer-
chandisc in the principal markets of
the country whence they shall have
been imported, aud to add thereto all
costs and charges which, under exist
ing laws, would form part of the true
value ut the port where the same may
be entered, upon which the duties
should be assessed And 1t shall be
the duty Of the collector. within whose
district the same may be imported, or
entered, to cause the dutiable value
Of such goods, wares, and merchan-
disc to be appraised, estimated, and
asccrtained, in accordance with the
provisions of existing laws. And If
the appraised value thereof shall ex-
coed, by ten per centum, or more, the
value so declared on the entry, then,
in addition to the duties imposed by
law OH the same, there shall be levied.
collected, and paid duty Of twenty
per centum ad valorem on such APP.
praised value Prorided That the du.
ty shall not be assessed upon an
amount less than the invoice or enter
ed value, any law Of Congress to the
contrary Notwithstanding And proet
ded. further, That. on and after the
T day and year aforesaid, the eighth
/. section of the act entitled I" An act re
r ducing tire duty on imports, and fo
: other purposes" approved July thirty
> eighteen hundred and forty-six, ant
the act amendatory thereof, approved
, March three, eighteen hundred ant
/ fifty-seven, be, and the same are here
T by repealed. :.
!. Sec. "a. And be Il further enacted
: That in determining the valuation o
r goods imported into IT," United States
r from foreign countries, except as here
= inbefore provided, upon which duties
: imposed By any existing laws are Il
be assessed, the actual value Of sucl
goods on shipboard at the last place
! of shipment to the United States shal
. tbe deemed the dutiabIe value. AND
such value shall be ascertaiDed by ad
ding to the value of such goods at the
place Of growth. production, or manu-
lfacture the cost Of transportation
! shipment, and transhipment, with al
the expenses included, from the place
Of growth, production, or manufacture,
whether by land or water, to the yes,
sci in which shipment is made to the
United States, the value of the sack,
box, or covering of any kind, in which
such goods are contained, commission
at the usual rate, in no case less than
two and one-half per centum, broker
age, and all export duties, together
with all costs and charges, paid or in.
Cured for placing said goods on ship.
board, and all other proper charges
specified by law.
Sec. IS. And be IL further enacted,
That SO much of section twenty.three
of the act entitled /" An act to provide
for the payment Of outstanding Treas.
ury notes, to authorize loan, to regu.
late and fix the duties on imports and
for other purposes" approved March
two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
as exempts from duty all phlosophic-
al apparatus and instruments import
ed for the use Of any society incorpo-
rated for philosophical. literary. or re.
lligeous purposes, or for the encourage
ment of the fine arts. or for the use, or
by the order of any college, academy.
school, or seminary Of learning in the
United States. is hereby repealed.
And the same shall be subject to'a du.
ty of fifteen per centum ad valorcm.
Sec. &c. And be IL further enacted,
That when any cask, barrel, carboy,
or other vessel of American manufac.
ture, exported or sent out of the com.
try, filled with the products of the Uni.
ted States, shall be returned to the
United States empty. the same shall
be admitted free Of duty, under such
rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury.
i Sec. 81. And be IL further enacted,
That on and after January first, eigh.
teen hundred ard sixty-fve, the invoi
ces of all goods, wares, and merchan-
disc, imported into the United States,
shall be made out in the weights or
measures of the country or place from
which the importations shall be made
and shall contain q true statement OF
the actual weights or measures oil
such goods, wares, and merchandise
without any respect to the weigts OF
measures of the United States.
Sec. %. And be Il further enacted,
That in all cases where officers Of the
customs or other salaried officers oil
the United States shall be. or shall
have been, appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, to carry into effect the u.
cences, rules and regulations provided
for by the fifth section of the act OF
the thirtieth of July, eighteen handred