The New York herald., 1869-09-15

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Very respectfully your obsasS. servant, servant,
To MosEs II. GRlssxLI Collector Of Customs New York
In reply 70 the letter OF Collector Grinnel, written
by him in to the above. addressed to Secre-
tary Boutwell, and by him referred to the CommIs-
sioner OF Customs, Mr. Sargent writes as follows:
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OFFICE or CoMHIssIoSra or CusToHsy
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city.
The following letter on the subject has also been
addressed to the Collector OF the Customs at Baltl.
more. Md
-TREAsuHY DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF CgsToSsI
sRYour letter. August so addressed to the ssers-
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agents conpsin OF certain fees sport tonnage
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State sa.ons hs. the masters and wardens port within
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Te1.s become: serious burden and works the very mis-
merce among the States"
have quoted freely the opinions Of tho judges who
decided these important to enable and all fn
teresed In the question involved fully
bunAs have not taken myself to decide snyhipg
but only to call collectors and other officers of customs
abide by the decisions Of they made
known to hem Very respectfully EGS 1eeasn
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The captains and ship owners have been'endeavor.
ing for years to direct the attention OF Congress and
the Secretary or the Treasury 10 the abuse CON-
planned of, but, until recently without much
cess. The following petition relating to the subject
was presented on f0rty-tw0 different occasions in
Congress last session.
To SENATE AND HOUSE, or REPRESENTATIVES,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONGRESS AS
GENTEMRN-Your petitioners captains and owners OF
vessels and citizens Of the different States respectfully
that they captains and of vessels OF all
classes and tonnage, in the coasne foreign and
fishing trade of the United States duly enrolled registered
thirty per collector the diff.
fercnt ports where they belon also fees Tor necessary
| papers and United States Hospital money.
the different States cities aud seaport towns have
ace laws port laws oyster tonnage tax laws,
State head fee laws State hospital laws health
of freight laws and
fee lava and have appointed harbor masters, pilot
ters port wardens quarantine collectors oyster tonnage tax
collectors State hospital collectors State head money fee
collectors OF freight collectors and
health and have enforced the payment of
nage taxes the set forth In the bills,
contrary the Of the United States the regulation of
And your petitioners pray the OF
protect all engaged navigation from s Illegal
exacons And ~ in duty bound your petitioners will ever
| pray