The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-11


the figures shown by the actual with.
drawals for consumption. IL Is hoped that
congress will take early action upon the
various measures specified In the bill here
with transmitted.
(Signed) JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.
THE BILL
The following is the full text OF the bill
alluded to:
Be it enacted, ETC., That from and after the
day OF -. 1873, in lieu OF the duties hereto
fore prescribed, the following rates OF duties
ON all sugars not above No. l3 duties stand
saccharine strength, two cents and four
mills per pound, proylded that any
Standard in color, which test above 81 degrees
in saccharine strength, shall pay the rate Of
duty chargable on sugars above No. IL; but not
above No. IL duties. standard in color and
| test OF sscchaTne strength shall be ascertained
by means of polariscope or its equivalent un-
der such regulations as may be prescribed by
| the secretary OF the treasury.
Section 2jS of the revised statutes is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: 1.-The secre-
taTy of the treasury may discontinue any port
of entry or delivery the revenue received at
which does not amount TO the sum Of
$1,000 a year, and he is hereby author zed to
consolidate two or more customs districts,
the revenue received in either of which does
not exceed the sum before specified, and 20
place subordinate officers at such places
within such consolidated districts as In his
judgment may be necessary for the proper
collection Of revenue from customs. All
allowances in assessment of duties
for damage occurring to imported
merchandise on voyage OF Importation shall
be and the same are hereby repealed"
Sec. A. For the purpose of securing greater
uniformity in the collection of duties on i'm.
poftsat the various ports OF the United States,
the secretary of the treasury is hereby author
lied, in cases of variance between the APP
praised value or classification tor duty of sim
liar merchandise at two or more ports IN the
United States, to direct the board of gen.
ersl appraisers, or majority Of them,
to examine and decide upon the true
dutiable value, or classification of such i'm
ports, and to cause duties to be levied in such
case. accordingly. and the general appraisers
shall have, subject 10 the approval of the sec
retary of the treasury, authority to establish
such rules and regulations not Inconsistent
with law as shall tend to secure greater uni
formlty in appraisal and in the classification
Of imports for assessment duty.
Sec. >. That whenever any person not an Of
fcer of the United states shall furnish to the
secretary of the treas ury or 10 any chief officer
OF customs or a district attorney original
information concerning any fraud upon
customs evenue perpetrated or contemplated,
which shall lead to the recovery of any duties
withheld or of any fine, penalty or forfeiture
incurred, whether by i'm porters or their agents;
or by any officers or person employed in the
customs service, such person so furnishing in
formation, shall be entitled to receive one
third of the gross proceeds of such duties, fine,
penalty or forfeiture, so recovered, to be paid
under such regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe.
and is hereby authorized to expend out of the
appropriation for defraying the expenses OF
collecting the revenue from customs, sucp
amount as he may deem necessary, not eX-
ceeding 100000 per annum, for the detection
and prevention of frauds upon the customs
revenue.
Sec. :. The secretary of the treasury Is here
by authorized To prohibit shipment into the
territory of Alaska of molaSses or any other
article which, in his Judgment, may be in
tended for the manufacturing of spirits in that
territory.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
No. 81. Henry Cox ct al, plaintiffs in
error, against Sarah A. Hill, Administrative,
etc. In error to the Circuit Court of the
United States for the northern district of
Illinois. The controversy in this cause re-
lates to the liability of innkeepers.
The court holds it as settled that when
ever property is lost or stolen in hotel
through the personal neglect Of the guest,
the liability does not exist; that il the guest
does not leave his valuables in the safe pro-
vided by the innkeeper, he must bear his
own loss, unless ii occurs through the care
lessness of the landlord or his employees.
Judgment affirmed with costs.
No S3. Adelaide Snider ct al, plaintiffs
in error against Theo. Sickles ct al, in error
TO the circuit court of the United States for
he eastern. district of Missour!,
This was action of ejectment brought
to recover large tract of land
in St. Louis county. Missouri, held By the
defendants under the United States patent,
aud claimed by the plaintiffs under grant
from CruZata, lieutenant general of upper
louisiana in 1775. The court holds that in
absence of valid and subsisting survey to at
tach the grant in question to a particular
tract the land grant title of the claimants
| under it Is incomplete, and that it was not
com petent for the circuit court to admit
parole evidence to establish the boundaries
of such grant; that said grant re-
mains now where it stood at the
date Of confirmation, never having been
advanced to a condition where the grantee
could claim either patent or patent GER
tificste under confirmation.
The court holds that the recent act of con-
gress, dispensing with necessity patents, APP
plies only to cases where parties are legally
entitled to patents, and that the plaintiffs in
error do not show themselves TO be so en-
titled.
Judgment is therefore affirmed.
No. 20. Waldo Marsh, for use of Jas. Rees
& Co., plaintiffs in error, against the CIti-i
Zens' Insurance Company OF Plttsburg In
error to the supreme court Of Pennsylvania.
Writ OF error dismissed for want OF jurisdic
ton.
No 1,O36 Jas. NJ. Tomeny ct al. appeals
against the Memphis and Ohio Railroad ct al.
Appeal from the circuit court of the United
States for the western district of Tennessee.
Docketed and dismis ed with costs.
MORE MONEY OR NO POSTAL CARS.
Speaker Randall laid before the house of
representatives to-dsy a communication ad-
dressed to him officially by Postmaster Gen.
eral Key, in which he informs the house
| that in order to keep the total expenditures
within the amount of the appropriation he
| will be obliged to cause the railway postal
| cars to be discontinued on and after the 1st
| of next January, unless congress shall in the
meantime make additional appropriation.
THE INDIAN TRANSFER.
The Indian commission to-day heard ex-
| Senator Merrill In opposition to the transfer.
| He advocated radical changes in the existing
| law. and said that the Indians should be
localized and properly educated and be pre-
pared to meet the coming emergency OF de-
| livering up their lands to the fast increasing
/ white population. John Young, agent of
Blackfeet Indians of Montana, SAID they
were universally opposed TO the transfer.
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