The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-08-29


which may hereafter be brought, as Aforesaid
the payment Of the amount recovered, as
provided for in the said twelfth section of
the act approved March Sd, 1865 aforesaid
shall be made ont Of the moneys arising and
obtained from the proceeds of sales and
leases and fees collected and paid over to
the Government under the two acts approv-
ed March 18th, 1863 and July Cd, 1864,
aforesaid, in relation to captured and aban-
doned property.
sEc.9. And be 1t further enacted, That
in determining the dutlable value of mer-
chandise, hereafter imported, there shall
be added to the cost, or to the actual
wholesale price or general market value at
the time Of expectation in the principal
markets Of the country from whence the
same shall have been imported into the
United States, the cost of transportation,
shipment and transhipment, with all the ex-
penses included from the place Of growth,
production or manufacture, whether by land
or water, to the vessel 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; commits
sion at the usual rates, but in no case less
than two and a half per centum; brokerage,
export duty, and all other actual or usual.
charges for putting up, preparing and pack
ing for transportation or shipment. And
all charges Of general character incurred
in the purchase of general invoice shall
be distributed pro rata among all parts Of
such invoice; and every part thereof char
ged with duties based on value shall be adj
vanced according to its proportion. and all
wines brother articles paying specific duty
by erades shall be graded and pay duty ac-
cording to the actual value SO determined:
Provided that all additions made to the en-
tered value of merchandise for charges
shall be regarded as part of the actual value
Of such merchandise, and if such addition
shall exceed by ten per centum the value
so declared in the entry, in addition to the
duties imposed by law, there shall be levied
collected and paid duty oftwenty per cent
UNI on such value; provided; that the duty
shall in no case be assessed upon an amount
less than the invoice or entered value; pro-
vided further herein contained shall apply
to long combing or carpet woods costing
twelve cents or less per pound, unless the
charges SO added shall carry the cost above
twelve cents per pound, in which case one
cent per pound duty shall be added. q
SEC. 10. And be itfp,t],e,' enacted, That
the second provisp in section twenty-one
of an act entitled 'iAn act increasing tenn
porarily the duties on imports, and for other
purposes approved July 18th, 1862, which
provides that any goods remaining in pub
lie store or bonded warehouse beyond three
years shall be regarded asabandoned to the
Government aud sold under such relations
as the Secretary of Treasury may prescribe.
and the proceeds paid into the treasury, be
and the same is hereby, amended so as to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in
case of any sale under the said provision, to
pay to the owner, consignee, or agent of
such goods the proceeds thereof after de-
Quoting duties, charges and expenses, in
conformity with Che provision Of the first
section of the warehouse act Of August 9th,
1916.
SEC. II. And be It furt1ereaacted, That
during [the] period of the year from the
psss,sage of this act, there may be imported
into the United States, free of duty any
mach uery designed solely for and adapted
TO the lnanufacture ofsusar from beets, in
GLIDING all the preliminary processes re-,
ouisite therefor but not including any ma
ehinery which may be used for any manu-
features. @
SEC. IL. Ard 6eitJurthea. enacted, That
upon the rein,p ortation of articles once ex-
ported Of the growth. product, or maDufac-
lure of the United States, upon which no
internal tax has been paid and refunded by
allowance or drawback, there shall be levied
collected, and paid a duty equal 10 the tax
imposed by the internal revenue laws upon
such articles.
SEC. 10. And be ii further enccted That
there shall be established in. and attached
to the Department ofthe Treasury, a bureau,
to be styled the Bureau of Statistics" and
the Secretary ofthe Treasury is hereby au-
thorized to appoint a director to superlntend
and control the business Of said bureau,
who shall be paid IN annual salary OF thirty
FIVE hundred dollars. And it shall be the
duty of the director Of the Bureau ofStatis-
tics to prepare the report on the statistics of
commerce and navigation, exports and IN
ports, now required by law to be submitted
annually to Congress by the Secretary OF
the Treasury; AID said report, embracing
the returns OF the commerce and navigation,
the exports and imports of the United
States to the close of the fiscal year, shall
be submitted to Congress, in q printed form,
on or before the lst day of December next
succeeding; and the said director as soon
as practicable after the organizations of this
Office, shall, under the direction Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, prepare and pub
hsh monthly reports of the exports and
imports of the United States, including the
quantities and values Of goods warehoused
or withdrawn from warehouse, and such
other statistics relative to the tradel and in
dustry of the country as the Secretary of
the Treasury may consider expedient. And
the director OF the Bureau of Statistics shall
also, prepare an annual statement Of vessels
enrolled. and licensed under the
laws Of the United States. together with the
class, name, tonnage, and place of registry
of each vessel. aud such other information
as the Secretary ofthe Treasury may deem
proper to embody therein and tot enable
the said director to furnish the information
required, the Secretary OF the Treasury shall
have the power, ander such regulations as
he shall prescribe, to establish and provide
a system of numbering vessels SO registered, /
enrolled, and licensed and each vessel SO
numbered shall have her number deeply
carved Or otherwise permanently maFked on
her main beam ; and if at any time she
hall cease to be 50 marked, such vessels
shall be no longer recognized asa vessel Of
the United States. The said director shall
also prepare an annual statement of all
p.