The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-21
SIC That in lieu of the clerks now employed in the er

according law; person shall be- appointed
aSs AND q Ss ,s h
shall any such s1amDer enter the d'chsrse Of his
oath faithfully aud diligently To Discharge such due. NO
appoint the nomination OF the appraiser clerks
hers sampler opener ana mesnenGrs empssed
and shall limit and hn Their number and md compeasson
messenser or other employed in sSs
any mercantile business, or agen, for
snsase' IN such during the term '
the provisions Of hls act shall receive ccmpensaon of
5000 PER annum and he asss,snt I apniseIm "a m shall each
Of the appop aton' for defyng the expenses OF collect
sBc compensation allowed respectively the
aPgrss5 e . Sar Sndsr s s
due proportion for period less than one month Tor Inc
src g. Ta, ali parts of acts Inconsistent with the
pro s sreSns s Of sa Id as se ns 20 he %
the appraisers provided for by law any proceengs
and not provsions OF this shall be
os5ss ensGssd @ 10 he a r. sna IN 3 o
this shall take and after the ist day Of
SIC Ths, at time from increase Of imports, Ia
public The city New York
e s Of q s he Pess
by the Secretary OF the Treasury 60 direct the assistant APP
he public business devote time beyond the business
hoars In each day during daylight % their dnss
| fully aud promptly despatched.
Mr. srRsGuE took exceptions TO the second provso Of
the first section He said II would open the way To
frauds upon the government He had been told by one
Of the Revenue Commissioners that the government had
! lost twenty five millions per year by such frauds
Mr. cnAspIER said the provision simply intended
10 the OF iron and such other articles as did
not require n close examination of each package.
/ Mr.. GUrBRE, (dem.) Of Ky, said the practice had
never been TO examine more than enough packages to
give the examination fair sample OF the whole mpor-
ation II the appraisers did their duty under this Gus
tom the would be protected. His experience
was that American merchants and importers were uni
| formly honest and when frauds committed they
were committed by those who owed no allegiance 10 tue
| government
Mr. FrsSrNpYs moved 10 amend the sixth section by
fixing four thousand dollars per ~ the compensa
ton for the appraiser and three thousand dollars each
| for the assistant appraisers
| Mr.. CHANDLER said the chief appraiser In New York
ought TO be equal 20 the best merchant In New York
first class needed and lac could only be had for
| Mir FkssEspES-If you can't dnd good man In New
York for tour thousand year, come TO Maine and We
| Mr. CnivD,R sad all business houses paid their prIn
cipai men large salaries He had doubt the chief de-
sgner In Mr. spague's print factory got ten ihoufAnd
| Mr. SrRsocE-He gets just one hundred and twenty
dollars month would suggest TO the Senator from
Michigan that he first class man, aud the govern
| ment pays him but three thousand dollars year.
| Mr. sPHAGUE moved amendment 10 Mr. ressenden .
amendment maxi ing tho salary the chief appraiser
three thousand dollars and Of the assistant appraisers
two thousand i've hundred dollars each which wa dis
| agreed 10.
chief appraiser four Thousand dollars and the assist
ants at three thousand dollars each waS adopted and
| the bill was then passed II now goes 20 the House.
COLLECTION DisTiucr or roRr HuRo>
Mr. CnAspLsR called up tho bil TO establish the colec
ton district OF Port Huron and extend the district Of
| Puget Sound which was passed.
| riW RHvrSrr crrTiRs
Mr. CHAMBER called up the bill To authorize the ae
of marine hospital and OF cutters, providing
| as follows
s,cros authorizes IN. Secretary sfth- Treasury lease
se rune auction highest bidder cash, aft,
du. notice As puelc n-wsp~pers ,veh marine ho.lit
esanss and We .nds snper,sn as shsres @ ns mss
smps -srns ss nv 20 @ ss g. sscn % s ~
81 ,h- ,v.s...,. on ..g ,sss.. and ,srs ar
hereby appropriated marine hospital ss.b
exposed .k i-ss- where The relief furnished 10 such
mariners shall show an extent ~ relief saa. 70 s.sny ...e
whsrs no ohsr suitable and .anis,sn, hc.pl,. .e%
ssssiors ana oonvsnlenoe o. pstsais '''
- % - sass sns ., IN e "a p 81, G az
r 10, a. . ne rsss s.s .on ~ a. T p"se deem
.s,ss Of other vessels better u'd 70 the wants Of
MT ft-.kNpfs moved y" Ameh1 IN. hrs, secuon by
Scld Burlington @o'1 vermont ceTe.ns and tne
nat, Ohio n,i,bdrg Penn'ylyaoIa G.lena Illnoi, =,
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Mr. rrSKSprS moved 70 strike out the following words
ron The pro,.o Sl the nrs se, ,e r. =,
relief equal 10 twenty eases psr diem on any average
Tor % the la., p,scsans four Year. @' ,, N. nm .
p..sed .as ''''''''"' ' ''' " '"' '"' '''
r,xorSo ..v. n, . SIP
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| MI 'HaNpLs oAleh W me bli p sntbofiA 'h' hAnie
of the ship Art mon 20 be the OF the ship Geofgc
| ~. Bernard Passed.
| n~rASrH oy .UHfc.x sp.fsrvHs
Mr. CHaSDSR called Up the bill u authorize the s-
retary Of the Treasury to issue American resssrs tho
Canada built steamers Michigan aud De-paich, and u
the American built vessel W. X hure which passed
| INTERNATIONAL opsS rrrrJaaru usrssr.
| NJ CHAsDLnE called up the bill granting 10 the Inter
national Oc.an Telegraph Company tn right and privi
ec 10 establish tclegraphio Communication between the
| city % New YORK and the West India islands A. ~
ported ny the commitiss the title j. changed % read
An act 81 encourage tsegrsphie comm Inie1ions b.
tween the nled states and the siand of Cuba and other
| West India Islands and the bahanas " IL provides
that
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me Stat. York desrous ~ ssiahlshing line
-uBuarnr teerAphc csmmnnicauon betreen ths United