The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-09-27

in relation TO captured aud abandoned prop
erty.
sEc. o. .4Hd D. 70 J,srthsg. ,sacisd, That IL
determining the slntiable value af merchan
disc hereafter imported. thele shall he adde,
10 the cost, or 20 the actual wholesale pric
OF general market value at the time of ex
portatiOn in the principal markets Of TIA
country from whence the same shall hav'
been imported into the United States, thu
cost Of transportation, shipment, aud tran
shipment. with all the expenses include,
from the place Of growth, production Of
manufaetuTe, whether by land OF water, Il
the vessel in which shipment is made 10 tn,
/ United States the values of the sack, box
OF covering of any Kind ia which such gOo,ls
are contained; commission al the usnal
rates. but In mo ease less than two and 4
half Der eentnm; brokerage, export duty
aud an other actual or usual charges f0T
putting up, preparing. and packing for
| transportation or shipment. Aud all charges
OF a general character incurred in the pur.
chase of n general invoice shall be distrib-
uted pro rata among all parts OF such in
voice and every part thereof charged with
] dntics based on value shall be advanced ac-
eor,ing TO its proportion, and all wines or
I other articles paying specific duty by grades
shall be graded and pay duty according 70
the actual value SO determined. Proridcd
| That All additions made TO thecntered value
OF nlcrdhandise for charges shall ha regarded
as part of the actual value of such merchan-
disc. and if such addition shall exceed BY
ten per ceiifum the value sn declared in the
entry, in addition 10 tue duties imposed by
law, there shall be levied, collected, aud
paid duty of twenty per centnm on such
yalne; Proridod, That the duty shall in no
case be assessed upon ali amount less than
- a -
her, That nothing herein contained shall
apply to long-combing or carpet woods cost
ing 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.
SEC. 10. ARG be II further enacted, That the
second proviso in section twenty-one Of an
act entitled "An act increasing temporarily
the duties on imports, and for other purpo-
SEES" approved July fourteen, eighteen hun
bred and sixty-two, which provides that any
goods remaining In public store or bonded
beyond three years shall be re-
garded as abandoned to the government,
and sold under such regulations as the Sec
rotary of the Treasury may prescribe, and
the proceeds paid Into the treasury, be, aud
the same is hereby, amended so as to author
lie tile Secretary Of tine Treasury, in case of
my sale under the said provision, to pay 10
the owner, consignee or agent of such goods
the proceeds thereof, after deducting duties,
charges and expenses, in conformity with
the provision of the first section of the
warehouse act of August six, eighteen hun
bred and forty-six. - .se
SEC II. And be IL further enacted, That |
during [thel period of one year from the
passage of this act there may be imported |
into the United States free of duty any ma
chinery designed solely for and adapted to
The manufacture of sugar from beets, in |
Guiding all the preliminary processes Tequi- |
site therefor. but not including any machin. |
..ry which may be used for any other manu-
lectures.
SEC. ~. iad be IL further enacted That |
upon the reimportation of articles once eX-
ported, of the growth product or manIlfac-
iure of the United States, upon which no in
iernal tax has been assessed or paid, or upon |
which such tax las been paid and refunded |
~ allowance or drawback, there shall be
evied, collected and paid duty equal to |
he tax imposed by the internal revenue
avs upon such articles. y ~ "aeJi3W
SEC. 13, Ind be il further enacted, That
here shall be established in and attached to
he Department Of the Treasury bureau to
% styled The, Bureau of Statistics" and
he Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au
horized to appoint % director to snperintand
md control the business of said bureau, who
hall be paid an annual salary of tllirty-tive
hundred dollars. And it shall be the duty
# tile Director of the Bureau OF Statistics
o prepare the report on the statistics OF
commerce and navigation, exports and i'm
,orts, now required by law to be submitted I
nnually to Congress by the Secretary OF
he Treasury and said report, embracing
he returns Of the commerce and navigation,
he exports and imports of the United States
o the close of the fiscal year, shall be sub
nitted to Congress in a printed form on or
'efore the first day of December next snc-
and the said Director, as soon
4 practicable after the organization OF this
flee shall, nnder the direction of the Secre-
airy of the Treasury, prepare and publish
monthly reports of the exports aud imports
+ the United States, including the qnanti-
les and values Of goods warehoused or with.
lawn from warehouse, and such other sta
istics relative to the trade and industry OF
he country as the SecretaTyDf the Treasury
nav consider expedient. And the Director
4 the Bureau Of Statistics shall also prepare
n annual statement of vessels registered,
nrolled, and licensed under the laws Of the
United States, together with the class, maine,
onnage, and place Of registry OF each YES
ell, and such other information as the Score
airy of the Treasury may deem proper to
mbody therein; aud to enable the said ID.
eetor to furnish the information required !
he Secretary of the Treasury shall have
ower, under such regulations as be shall I
to establish and provide a system |
f Numbering vessels so registered, enrolled
nd licensed aud each vessel so numbered /
hall have her number deeply carved or 9TH !
rwise permanently marked ON her main
cam; and if at any time she shall cease TO I
e SO marked, such vessel shall be no longer
as a vessel of the United States.
he said Director shall also prepare an an
nal statement of all merchandise passing {
4 transit through the United States to for
ign countries, each description of merchan-
ise, so far as practicable, warehoused, with !
rawn from warehouse for consumption, for
xpOrtation, for transportation to other DIS
ricts, and Remaining in the warehouse az
be end Of each fiscal year. IL shall be the
lrther duty of said Director to collect, d. {
est and arrange, for the tise OF Congress.
he statistics of the manufactures Of the !
United States, their localities, sources Of I
aw material, markets, exchanges with the d
reducing regions Of the country. TRANSPORT
alton Of prodncts, wages. and such other
Onditions ae are found TO affect their pros
eritys and to aid hiEa in the discharge Of
hese DATES. the several clerks now employed ,
D the pfpparation Of statistics in the Treas
~ Depaftnert. or any bnreau thereof, may 1 /
e placed untler his supervision and direc- 4
ON; aud. hi addition, the Secretary Of the !
reasury shall detail such other clerks a. 4
lay be necessarv to fully carry ont the pro 7
isions ii This act. Aud the expenses Of the
ureau a Statistics for clerical service. pub- =