, 1879-01-18

country whence 1t ts exported at tic tlmo Of
expostaston is 10 he asccstafnc1
A THE TRUE nAsts
for Tho assessment OF Duties. That tho An.
psafser at tho PORT of New York, Government
ot'iccrt IN charged by law with first
filing such vntuc. That from such
anrra!scmcnt, II Incorrect, tho merchants
may appeal to a tribunal consisting Of
the Government Appraiser and ono merchant
rs appraiser sclcsted by The Collector
Of tic Port. That In case such
Government Appraiser anil merchant appraiser
dfsaErec In regard to the valuation Of
s,lci, merchandise. tho Collector Of the
Port must decide between them. Tint tic tti-
bunai 90 constituted consists Of t4oycrnmcnt
officers, with the exception of one merchant
appraiser, snd 1lc also /. appointed by the Col
lcctor. Tint By thu nsbLtrary acts ot tho three
t}nvcrnment officers composing courts 80 con-
stitutcd, namely: tho Appraiser of the Govern
mcnt, the General Appraiser. anu the Collector
acting In accori and, a. las been alleged, under
htrong intfulatons from the Trcnsury Depart
tlcnt a to whit dcrlston was expected from
them, d1ltl ngAfnst repeated reports ol the mcr~
chant appraiser. sustaining tho tEue value as
STATED In tho Invoices lmpurtatfons Of meEchhn-
disc have been Advanced to
An AnntrnAnY AND pALsB VALUATION,
nnd BY which pcnaltlcs hnYo been unjustly i'm
posed. Tint the functions OF s,,ch officers hayu
lrcn declared By tic Supreme Court Ut the
United States to ba Iudfciai, and that m inter
fercnco with suei oillcces would conflict with
all Just notlona Of judicial Independence
W judicial purity; and when done or
sanctioned NJ to q publlc o.lccr, It would
shake confidence .ahroal as we'll as at ho,nn
In the administration Of our rcvcnuo system,
and TINT in all freq countries rubtIc acu,tncnt
Ia m,1ct, shocked by auy interference with tudl-
rIat duties tending to warn them, and mora
especially II 10 made Us to bc likely to influence
pcndlug question IN favor os .fosu Interfering
Tint 1t l,us bccn decided that t!,s Secretary at
the Treasury
HAS NO rowEn
to control tho Appraisers or tho Collectors In
their duties. Tho law gIvcs to THEIR Judgment,
skill, nn1 discretion the determination OF tile
value OF merchandise, aud the Secretary NAV
not directly mr. ,ndlrr,t1y snI,.,ttrta ii. ,ndT.
s'.',2 " ~ .7 !"us
m'en1, sS'''' OF discretion ior theirs. Tint thc
Secretary Of tho Treasury has approved through
Ills personal representative, special ncent Of
tho Treasury, bcfGro his subordinate officers at
such appsalscn,cnts In t1,e capacity Of an NJ
sorucy or ndyocate, That the sccrr,ary
su' .s'.,y "ast ~ "o ase ~
iormcu ahd ue!Icsc' given Instructions to
tho Acting Collector alid to tho General
Apnrattcr IN Tcvasd to decisions cxncctrd Ia bo
rcn,1rrc.1 bv ,,sn. a,,t, I'm, ,h, scti,9 Co,Ic,,
a..,'.',.,'. ; A.. ~, s"T mi ~ -. .n Nv So.
or' "aper9eht 10 TIC VII os ttic ecefetafy ot inc
Treasury, Inns, contrary to law. dlctascd to the
Qenrral Appraiser tho valuations l,o should fix
,,,s,u merchandise, That hv snc1, un1,,at nnd
,,r,orf,,, on,, - ,,,o ..,,,,,,,.t ,s,,.as fa,a1
W., "s.ou W NV App'l'toH po"Is ,a'ac
ahu 'lcttioas appFa1semcnts iasc hcch sts'stitut-
ell III tho place aud stead of truo Valuations.
That by such uniust action both tho letter aud
spirit of tho inv
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HAVE nEES VIOLATED