The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON August H. 1875
THE COLLECTION OF DUTY ON BAGGAGE or PAS
sENGERs FROM FOREIGN COUHTRIE5-THE
FORMS REQUIRED TO BE USED AND AFFIDAvITs
MADE.
The Solicitor Of the Treasury has finally determined
upon the form 10 be used by passengers arriving with
baggage from foreign countries which has also been
nmincd and approved by Appraiser Sharpe Of New
York who objected TO the FIRST one prescribed by the
Commissioner Of Customs The printer Is instructed 20
have them ready without delay and by the 10th inst
the customs revenue officials at the leading ports will
be prepared 10 execute the law There arc forms
one blank The first is according 10 the Revised
Statutes and relates only the entry Of baggage not
dutabe the oath being 10 the effect that only personal
effects contained in the trunks and no
merchandise other than wearing apparel An ex-
animation, not superficial however, will then be
made similar to that required the frontier and if
upon examination tho oath is found to be true the bag
gage will be released otherwise 10 will DO held and the
owner subjected to a fine OF three times It's value
The other form is drawn under sections and 10 of
the act of June o. 1878, known the CAN'T Moicty
Act" Each passenger is required TO specify the duabe
articles, their actual cost market value and the oath
requires that the amounts are true and that he or she
cannot procure certified invoice All this will have
20 no sworn TO the dock The Appraisers represcn-
tatve will be there TO appraise and the Collector and
Naval Officers clerks TO receive the amount appraised
Solicitor Wilson informed your correspondent that
the customs officers at New York and else
where had been informed that the Secretary of tho
Treasury will the srictcst funlment Of the new
regulations and the special agents and Secret Service
required that there neither evasion nor
dorcllction Of duty on the part of the officials
FIVE PER CENT BONDS SOLD ON ACCOUNT OF
SPECIE REsUNPTIoN-THE REDEMPTION OF
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
The actual amount Of five per cent bonds sold on ac
count OF the Specie Resumption act is $40 500 600 Tho
silver bullion fnd foots up SIS 600 OO0 which, with the
bars and coined silver on hand last January amounts 10
nearly $50 600 In beginning tho redemption OF
fractional currency IL is understood be tho intention
of Secretary Brstow TO call in all the denominations
under fifty cents, which includes three. FIVE fifteen and
twenty five cent notes issued since 1862 and which, It
is estimated will require $40 oOo 600 of ten twenty and
twenty-five cent subsidiary coin to provide for The
temporary boarding and the actual demands of business
The fifty cents will then be called in. The actual
amount of fractional currency replaced in round
numbers but $40, 1000 0oo than oneourth of tho
amount reported in circulation having been de-
sroyed the evidence of this being that the first three
series long since called in, and aggrcgating over
$11 900 600 not 100000 received during the last
fiscal year Already the minis have shipped to tho sub
treasures and designated repositories large the
new coins and through them the issue will 10 made
and the rag money received.
Treasurer New says that $1,000, 900 of the hard
money be issued in New York in short time at
cost not exceeding 500
DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL.
REVENUE ON THE IMPORTATION OF THE
CLIPPINGS OF THE HAVANA CIGAR MANUFAC-
TORIES.
The effort Of prominent New York importing houses
to bring TO this country the clippings of the Havana c
gar manufactures has met with adverse decision from
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, notwithstand
ing that the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury gave
decision that the clippings entitled entry as
manufactured tobacco. This is the first application
made, and on the test import Of few bales the Col
lector Of Internal Revenue in New York instructed
toqurc the tobacco to be put in packages required
by the Internal Revenue law, the decision of the Gus
toms Division to the contrary NOTWITHSTANDING