The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-26
TREASURY DECISIONS.
MICHIGAN PORTS DESIGNATED AS POETS or EN-
TEY-omcULAR FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1875.


TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1875.
Upon the application OF sundry business men &C
Detroit. and the recommendations OF the Collector
OF that port, the Secretary OF the Treasury di-
rects that the ports OF Port Huron and Detroit
Michigan, and Duluth, Minnesota, snail be and the
same are designated as ports at which combined
entries for transportation and expectation may be
made OF goods arriving at those ports, ana des-
tined for Victoria, Vancouver's Island, via san
Francisco, under the forms and conditions OF chap
ter The Customs Regulations OF 1874, with this
modification, however, that in connection with
such entries such examination and appraisement
OF all packages OF goods shipped shall be had as
will insure accurate Identification OF their con-
tents and AFFORD proper basis for fixing the PEN
alties Of the transportation and export bonds.
These precautions are deemed necessary on &C
count OF the ImpracticabintJ Of transporting such
goods from either OF the above named ports OF de-
parture TO san Francisco in sealed cars without
removing seals and breaking bulk.
The following circular has been addressed by
the Secretary OF the Treasury to collectors OF Gus
toms:-
CIRCULAR.
Article OF the "Regula ions Governing the Free
hibition OF 1915 at Philadelphia printed decis
ions, 2l92) is hereby SO amended as TO read as fol-
lows -
All goods arriving so marked and represented
Will, without examination, be forwarded from the
port OF arrival by bonded line OF transportation to
Philadelphia. there 10 be delivered to the custody
OF the Collector at that port.
JUTE AND FLAX MACHINERY.
In response to question whether machinery,
imported ana alleged 10 be adapted exclusively to
tue manufacture OF Jute or fax, can be imported
before July i. and be delivered rom warehouse or
public store Tree OF duty on alter SAID dae, II
remaining continuously IN the custody Of Gus oms
8, 1878, which provides that ali machinery not now
manufactured IN the United states, adapted
exclusively 10 manufactures from the fore OF
the ramle, Jule or naX, may pc admitted into
the United states Tree OF cuty Tor two years,
from the 1st OF July. 1875, the Secretary OF
the Treasury decides that, IN accordance with the
language OF said act, only such machinery as Is
admitted into the United States on ana after July
can be delivered free OF duty, ana TINS does not
include machinery admitted into the United States
before that date. and then remaining in the Gus
tody OF the customs officers.
INSTRUMENTS FOR COLLEGES
Tho department. replies IN answer TO an ap-
imported By Professor Francis G.. Smith, OF the
University or Pennsylvania, Tor use in his lectures
before the students OF the said institution, that
1t has always held tnat the ownership OF the artl
Giles speclned IN the free lst as exempted from
duty when imported for institutions OF TINS char
acter must be vested in institutions as such, and
although the instruments in question appear To
be intended for use IN connection with the objects
or the institution, vet, as they are absolutely the
private property OF Professor smith, they are not,
according 10 the construction OF the law which
has heretofore governed the department entitled
to free entry. The application IS therefore neces-
sarlly Denied
REFRIGERATION or GOODS
The department has received communication
from the Collector or Customs at Boston, trans
mitting q communication rom Special Agent Kim
ball In relation TO tae right OF importers TO ex-
port goods In pond for the purpose or remp orting
them, aud thus 10 avail themselves OF reduction
OF duties. the question involved was referred TO
the Attorney General who on the 18th INST,
dressed II letter 10 the Treasury Department, IN
winch he expresses the opinion that, under Sec
tons 2.97l anu 1919 or the Revised Statutes, all
merchandise in puolic stores or bonded ware
houses may be WITHDRAWN by the owner Tor eX-
portatlOn 70 ioreign Countries at any time before
The expiration OF three years from the date OF
original Importation without regard 70 his object
in dong, or the disposition OF the merchandise
alter IL reaches It's foreign destinations; ana tnat
whether he lntends 10 dispose OF 1T IN foreign
market, whether his design Is 10 reimporL IL
again after IL Is landed there, - entirely inmate
rial for aught tnat appears IN the law. lie also
expresses tho further opinion that, alter merchan-
disc thus Withdrawn and shipped mas been landed
out OF the jurisdiction OF tho United states, the
bond or the owner is discharged ana the merchan-
disc llseI acquires new character relatively TO
our revenue laws, so that N X l. relmported. IL
stands on the footing or an original importation
ana Is entitled TO entry under he laws then IN
force. The department., therefore, concurrlng III
these views, holds with reference TO the goods
mentioned IN your letter tlat they are not liable to
the additional Cuty OF ten per cent, under section
297U 0i the Revised Statutes, and That the depart
ment eter D. December II, 1874 synopsis 2,043l,
lar as II coHnlcts herewith or prevents the re-
Importation OF such goods, Is revoked and set