New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-05-19
JUUEt SINIH DIeITICI JOurt.
Petition filed May l6 1867.

CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS AND
OTHERS. following circular from the
Treasury Department, bearing date of May
10, 1867, has just been received by Collector
Kellogg:
Section IA of IAN Act to increase duties
on Imports, and for other purposes ap,
proved June 30, 1864, provides
"That on the entry of any vessel, or ot
any goods, wares, or merchandise, the de-
cision of the collector of customs at the
port of importation and entry, as to the rate
and amount of duties to be paid On the ton
mage of such vessel, or on such goods, wares,
| or merchandise and the dutiuble costs and
| charges thereon, shall be final and conclu-
| sive against all persons interested therein
| unless the owner, master, commander, or
| consignee of such vessel, i'll the Case OF
| duties levied on tonnage, or the owner, i'm
| porter consgnee, or agent OF the merChan'
| disc in the case of duties levied on goods,
wares, or merchandise, or the costs and
| charges thereon, shall, within ten days aft er
| the ascertainment and liquidation of the
duties by the proper officers OF the customs,
| AS well in cases OF merchandise entered lii
| bond, as for consumption, give notice
| in writing to the collector on each
entry, if dissatisfied with his decision, set
| ting forth therein, distinctly aud specih'
| caliy, the grounds of his objection thereto,
and shall, within thirty days after the date
| of such ascertainment and liquidation, Ap
| peal theretrom to the Secretary of the
| Treasury, whose decision on such appeal
| shall be final aud conclusive; and such v, s.
| sci, goods, wares, or merchandise, or costs
and charges, shall be liable to duty ac-
| cordingly, any act of Congress to the con
| trary notwithstanding, unless suit shall be
brought within ninety days after the decs-
ion OF the Secretary Of the Treasury Oh such
/ appeal for any duties which shall have been
| paid before the date of such decision on
such vessel, or on such goods, wares, or
merchandise, or costs, or Charges, or within
i ninety days after the payment of duties paid
/ after the decision of the secretary. And nu
| suit shall be maintained III any court for
| the recovery of any duties alleged TO have
| been enormously or illegally eXacted, until
i the decision of the Secretary of the Treas
/ ury shall have been first had on such ap-
| peal, unless said decision of the Secretary
| shall be delayed more than ninety days
| from the date of such appeal in case Of an
| entry at any port east Of the Rocky mouu-
tains, or more than five mouths in case Of
an entry west of those mountains"
| In view of this provision making the
| rights of importers depend, MT upon n com
| pliance herewith within specified time
latter the ascertaiument and liquidation oi
| the duties,n it is deemed proper that they
should he duly notified Of the time at which
| the duties on their respective entries may
have been ascertai led aud liquldated, You
| will, therefore, cAu-e To b' kept II record oi
the several entries lIquldated from day u
day, stating the name of the vessel, the
| place from which. aud the time when she
| arrived the name OF the importer. and the
date of entry: and will give notice of the
liquidation Of such entries by posti,g G Ia
some conspicuous place in the custom
house, accessible TO the public, on the da,
succeeding the date of asceriaiument AM
liquidation, N transcript of such record
there "a remain for ten days, when eucf
transcript will b. removed aad tiled viii
the records of your office; and the posting
of such transcript will be deemed and TAX Ell
To be full notice 10 all parties Interested
The notice Of dissatlsiacti n or protes
referred to in the section Detor's cited must
In all cases, be presented to the collector
within ten days aud the appeal Ia tue Sec
retary Of the Treasury he taken within
thirty days after notice Of the ascertain
ment and liquidation Of the duties rs hereil
provided.
Wneu AN appeal is tax Ell from the decisi, !
of a collector, such app'.ai, addressed to tn
Secretary Of the Treasury, may be dellvere'
To such collector WIN Is hereby instructe'
To receive aud trau-mIJ tie same to thi
department, with q full rep'rt of the Case
together with statrmene of the reasons fv
his decision. Ii. No ULL0CH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.