New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-21
m.nt, thereof and shsit and FIX their number and com

on other persons Dyed in the departments Of
appraisal or any OF them TO engage or De employed N my
commercial mercantile business act as agent Tor any
engaged such business during the term OF then sp
pontmen-
the provisions Of this act shs receive compensation Of
$1,000 per ennu and the assistant appraisers shan eses
receive compensation of 5000 anDum to be PAID OUT
the appropriations for deayng the expenses OF coAecns
the revenue:
the appraiser and assistant appraisers under the provisions Oh
this act ha be paid to them ia monthly payments and IN
due proportion for any penod Jess than one month"; ior VI"
time they may actually serve
SEC g. That all and parts Of acts inconsistent With tho
provisions of this act be aud the hereby repealed
and Al. provisions existing acts relating 10 the duties OF tho
appraisers provided for by law to proceedings
OF upon the action OF such appraser
and not with the provisions OF this act shell be
construed to apply to the appraiser and assistant appraisers
provided for By and shall be continued IN in ioIce
this shall take eject on and alter the Isl day ot
May A. ID. ,,-.,,,,t..
or from any other cause there shah be found upon the ho
Of the public stores In the City Of NewYork an acuma-
a 0n Of Of the pUrs. under the saon established BY the
Secretary of the Treasury 20 direct the assistant npP
1nbc bn.pe 10 devote time beyond the usual business
hours in each day during daylight 70 he en-
to the end that the business Of appraiement may DC
Mr.. SPRSGtE took exceptions to the second proyiso
Of the first section. He said would open tne WY 20
frauds upon the Government He bad been told Oy one
Of the Revenue Commissioners that the GoYerhhehI
had lost s25 COO 600 per year by such frauds. .
Mr.. CHANDLER said the provision was Simply 10.
tended to the iron, ana -
as did not require close inspection OF each package.
Mr.. GUTHRIE said the practice bad never peen 70 eA
anime more than enough packages to give the exanna
ton fair sample OF the whole Importation III inc ap
praisers did their duty under this custom, the revenue
would be protected His experience was that Amei-
can merchants and importers were uniformly honest
and when frauds were committed they were couln.eu
by those who owed allegiance 20 this government;
Mr. FEssENDEy moved TO amend the SKIN section W
fixing "a 600 as the compensation for the appraiser anu
SO 600 each for the assistant Appraisers. yo-r
NJ .NITr - aid
ought TO be equal to the best merchant IN New f4lk
rscIass nan was needed, and he could only be had
Mr. eFTssryDEy-If You can t find good one in New
York for "a 900 year. come to Maine and we VIII sup
plyyon. mat, Maid their nrip.
oipal men large salaries. He had no doubt the ehieI
designer in Mr.. Spragues print factory got sioOoV
year. .,oo.h 7 vonla
Mr.. SpRAGUE--He gets just sleO month. l would .
suggest TO the Senator from Michigan that he Is rs
class man and the Government pays him but SaOOoa
year. -. l.. NJ, passon
denis Amendment making the salary OF the chiei APP
nriser So 600 and of the assistants So 800 each when
was disagreed TO- -, oe Aha
Mr.. Fessendens amendment, fixing the salary o. the
chief appraiser at 000 and the assistants az SS'v
each was adopted, aud the bill was then passed.. Ii
now goes to the House.
Mr. CHANDLER called up the bill TO estaonsh the Sol.
lection district Of Port Huron, and extend the district
of Puget Sound, which was passed.
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
Mr. CHANDLER called up the bill to authorize the sale
Of marine hospitals and OF revenue euttei'' Pi"'ie
as follows:
Section authorizes the Secretary Of the Treasury 70 ea
sell public auction to the hishes: oidaer' aor
buildings and lands sppertsnng thereto as he may deem al
vsabe empowering hin to make execute ana Ssreo, s
spectvey and the proceeds OF said leases ana saes
appropriated for the nrne hospital proyded
IKE, no one Of such marine hospitals shall be exposed TO sale
or lease where relief furnished to sick mariners shan snow
age for the preceding four years where no otner
be and sufficient hospiabe accommodations can be procured
upon reasonable terms for the comfort and pa
Section Secretary Treasury in his dis.
erection to sell a, public auction 70 .ne hsess @ h @
for cash after due notice In the pube peespapss e
sells of the service as he may deem potef anu 70 9
pend the proceeds Of said in the purchase or eonste
lion of other vessels better suitedo the wants OF 'aa server
Mr.. FEssrypEy moved 10 amend the first section BY
adding after the word "appertaining thereto TUG
words at Burlington VT; Cleveland and Cincinnati
! IRvan,yilie Ind, and Paducah, KY" Adopted
Mr.. FEssEyDEN moved 10 strike out the following
words from the proyso OF the mrs. a show an e.
tent OF relief equal 20 cases per diem on an
for the last preceding four years. Inc amendnehs
4 was agreed TO and the bill was passed.
/ Mr. CHAypLFR called up the bill to authorize the
name OF the ship Art Union TO be the name OF the snip
George ~ Bernard. Passed
MARINE REGISTERS.
Mr. CHAMBER called MP the I'LL TO authorize the
Secretary OF the Treasury to issue American registers
10 the Canadan.but steamers Michigan and Dispafen.
and to the American'built vessel W. h. Murei winch
was passed.
WEST INDIA TELEGRAPH LINE.
Mr. CHANDLER called up the bill granting TO the In.
ternational Ocean Telegraph Company inc IsnI anu
privilege to establish Geographic COMMUNICATION pc
tween the City Of New-York and the west inaia
Islands. As reported by the Committee the title IS
changed 10 read AN act TO encourage telegrapnic
comnnni cations between the United States and the
island Of Cuba and other West lndia isapds anu 'o
Bahamas" II provides that:
WAerea, James A. sermson, Alfred PeI j., Alexander
I o .si kn pis. ati se s
and assigns persons composing the International Ocean
the State of YORK are DESTROYS of establishing line
submarine slegsphic communication between the uIitea
States snd the West India Islands and the Bahamas now
therefore in order 10 facilitate the said enterprise,
he enacted BY the Senate and House OF Representatives q
United mse n c0Ssrs
under the laws of State OF New York their and
assigns shall have the sole privilege ,Oi p.i'I srS ms.s
and operate Geographic lines or cable in or over the
reefs islands shores and lands over wnicn tne cnea
limited States TO the island Of Cuba and the Bahamss ether
or both and other West India Islands r.,..., d.
SIC the said International Ocean telegraph Cons
psny shall at all times during state Of war give the unSs
State. the free of said cable or cables to .ees,spm
from its military, naval and diplomatic or consular aeents
provided that the said lnernat9na ocean ~
this act the said submarine eegaphic cable or caos
be laid down. and that the said cable or cables sna Hs
the period Of years. otherwise this grant to Dc nua
and void. - A., A.. IL.
SEC D. That Congress shall have power at any time to ateA
or repeal the foregoing act
Mr. SHERMAN objected to granting the sole privilege
TO any company in such enterprise.
Mr. CHANDLER said there was great expense and
hazard in the undertaking. and some such inducements
must be held out to capitalists or they would not invest
their monoy in it, Every other nation encouraged such
enterprises and he intended to press such bills until the
United States occupied the foremost position among
the commercial nations Of the world.
MT SHERMAN said this proposition was to legalize
monopoly II left free 10 competition there would be
over twenty wires in twenty years, between mere ana
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