The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08
OFFICIAL.

hereafter collected and paid on all goods wares and mel
chandise of the growth produce OF countries least
the Cape Of GOOD nope Except raw cotton ana raw s
| tram thrown or organzne) when imported nom place
west Of the Cape Of Good Hope aduty Of ten per centu
ad ysore addition t. the duties p osce on on
SECT And be further eaaced That in all cases wher
there is or shall be imposed any az vaiore rae o
United States and in all cases where the duty imposed D,
law shall be regulated by directed to be estimated
fed quantity or parcel of such goods wares or merchan
disc sha be the duty of the collector within whose dis
rct the same shall be imported or entered to cause thu
actual market value wholesale price thereof at the pc
Rod Of the expectation to the United States in thu
| principal markets Of the country from which tn
shall have been imported into the United States
to be appraised, and such appraised value shall bt
considered the value upon which duty shall be as
sessed That it shall be lawful for the owner, con
gnee or agent OF any goods wares or merchandise whci
shall have been actually purchased procured other
wise than by purchase at the time and not afterwards
when he shall produce his original invoice or invoices
the collector and make and verify his written entry OF his
goods, wares merchandise provided by section
thrtysx of the act OF March two, seventeen hndred
and nineynne, entitled IAN act 10 regulate tho co!ec
ton Of duties Oh imports nna tonnage, 10 male such adj
dtion in the entry to tho value given in the invoice
as in his opinion may raise the same TO the actual market
vaue or wholesale price OF such goods wares. o. nor
shandse at the period Of expectation to the United
States in the principal markets OF the counry from which
the shall have been imported; and u shall be the
duty of the collector, within whose district the may
b. imported entered such actual market value
wholesale price to be appraised in accordance with the
provisions Of existing laws and If such appraised value
shall exceed by ten per centum the value 80 de-
cared in the entry then in addition to the duties imposed
by law the same there shall be levied, collected and
paid duty Of twenty per centum nd vaorem on such
appraised value Provided That the duty shall net be
assessed upon amount less than the invoice entered
value any act of Congress to the contrary nowitstand
ing: And provided further That the sections twenty
third and wentyfourth Of the act approved June th
te eighteen hundred and sixtyour, entitled "An act
to increase the duties on Imports and for other purposes
and all acts and parts of acts requiring duties to be
sessed upon commissions brokerage costs OF Transports
ton, shipment transhipment and other like costs and
charges incurred in placing any goods wares, mer
chandse shpboard and all acts or parts OF acts in
consistent with the provisions OF this act are hereby re-
pealed. go. - . -4....
SEC s. And be ii further enacted That so much Of an
entitled AN act to authorize protection to be given
to citizens of the United States who may discover depos
its Of guano," approved August eighteen eighteen hun
dred and tysx prohibits the export thereof is here
by suspended in relation to all persons who have complied
with the provisions of section second OF said act for two
years from and after July fourteenth eighteen hundred
and sixty-five. .'.
SEC o. And be it rhsr enacted, That this act shall
take effect on and after the first day of April eighteen
Sec To- And be ii further enacted That SO much of Sec
tons thirtynine forty, iortyone fortywo forythree
and forty -four Of the act entitled An act to regulate the
collection of duties on imports and tonnage approved
March second seventeen hundred and nnety-nne as re
qures the branding or marking and certifying Of casks
chests, vessels and containing distilled spirits,
teas be and the hereby revived to be executed
under such rules and regulations shall be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury. j..
SEC IL And be IL further enacted That flax and hemp
machinery and agricultural machinery, desg-
mated in section q twentyone of the act ITO hcrese
duties on Imports aud for other purposes approved
June thrieth eighteen hundred and sixtyour may be
imported free from duty for one year after the passage Of
this act.
SEC H. And be 1t further enacted, That in all proceed
ng brought by the United States in any court for due
covey well duties upon imports alone as of penalties
for the nonpayment thereof the Judgment shall recite
that the is rendered for duties and such judgment
interest and costs shall be payable in the coin by law
ceivabe for duties and the execution issued on such
judgment shall set forth that the recovery for duties
and shall require the marshal to satisfy the same in the
coin by law receivable for duties and in Of levy
upon and sale Of the property Of the judgment debtor
such sale in any other money than that specified in thu
| execution.
SEC. 49, And be ii further enacted, That the eight
section of the act of March twentytd [eght eighteen
hundred and y-our, to extend the warehonsing sys
tenn by establishing private bonded warehouses; and fol
other purposes which authorized the Secretary of tho
Treasury. in of the actual injury destruction
goods wares merchandise by accidental fire othe,
casualty, while In warehouse under bond &c. to abate
refund the duties paid or accrng thereon be extended
to include goods wares, merchandise injured
destroy ed in like while in the custody of the Off
of the customs and not in bond and also to goods
and merchandise injured or destroyed after thel
arrival within the limits of any port Of entry of the Uni
ted States and before the same have been bonded Handed
under the suspension supervson Of the officers Of the
customs Provided That this act shall apply only to
arising from and after its passage and to cases
where the duties have not already been paid. rl
| Approved, March 3, 1866. II ..,f...., '
AN Act making Appropriations for the Construction
Preservation and Repairs of certain Notifications and
other Works Of Defence for the Year ending the thir
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. q
Be enacted BY tie Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States Of america in Congress assembled
That the following sums be- and they are hereby appro
pated Of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the construction preservation and repairs
Of certain Qualifications and other works of defence for
the year ending the thrtieh Of june eighteen hundred
For Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan, seyenyfve
thousand dollars. IHg stf+ 1L., E-IIsL.I
For repairs Of Fort Niagara, near Youngstown, New
For Fort Ontario, oswego, New York, fifty thousand
dollars 7i,iJs5g -. .f=l. .tisy4. -.
For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake champlain,
New York, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Knox, narrows Of Penobscot River Maine,
seventy-fve thousand dollars. ~ .syfis
For Fort Pophapi Kennebec river, Mane seventy-fve
For Fort Prebe Portland Maine seventy-ve thousand
dollars, .I..s Gg. iI. ...fc-
For Fort Scanned, Portland, Maine fifty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Georges on Hog Island Ledge, Portland Maine,
seventy-fvs thousand dollars. Ia frt
For Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
ForFort McClary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty
thousand dollars. .l .flt..t
For Fort Winthrop, Boston, Massachusetts,, ten thousand
dollars. -i" 4'.
For Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts,, FIVE
thousand dollars
For Fort Warren Boston, Massachusetts, ten thousand
dollars. -s.- TIA. NIX. .IE 't,'. d.. --t
For seawal ofGreat Brewsters Island Boston harbor
Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars.
For repair OF Sea-wals Deer and L0ves Islands,
Boston harbor, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars.
For permanent forts at New Bedford harLor, Massachu
sets, fifty thousand dollars. l4F' o..
For Fort Adams, Newport Rhode Island, fifty thousand
dollars. t.t, -.,1r
For Fort Hale, New Haven Connecticut fifty thousand
dollars. .Ai -''z FIfI - fl.l 'Is- II 7.
For Fort Schuyler East River New York, twenty-five
For fort at wiets Point opposite Fort Schuyler New
York, fifty thousand dollars. r..
For repairs at Fort Hamilton New YORK. twenty-five
thousand dollars. "a. .{'- III lI .i'I'
For fort site of Fort Tompkins Staten Island New
Fer fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, fifty thousand
dollars ',.s s.f- .tf'.- aTf4.f EH
For repairs of Fort Mihlin, Philadelphia twenty
thousand dollars.
For repairs Of Fort Washington, on Potomac River,
twenty-five thousand dollars. -.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For Fort Clinch, Florida, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West Florida two hundred thous
and dollars. r-.'. .r.-.. g.-.. a.
For Fort jefferson, Garden Key Florida, one hundred
thousand dollars. i,
For fort on ship Island coast Of Mississippi fifty thous
| and dollars I
For fort at Fort Point San Francisco Bay California,
onn hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 81,
Fort at Alcatraz Island San Francisco Bay California;
one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars.
For additional deienees at San Francisco California
| fifty thousand dollars. ~
For defences of Washington, three hundred thousand
dollars. '.l ..sa.l B.
For field works and field operations one million dollars
For bridge trains and equpage for armies in the field
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