The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-24
Trcasnrr Dnnartment clrcnlnr.

WASHINGTON, March r.
Tho Treasury Defartmcnthas male1 copies
or the new Tarirract to all Collc tors or Gus
toms to ether with instructions tlut sections
z aud Of the ac will go into effect nc
once, ana apply to all goo1s iu bonded
warehouses as well as 20 goods imported artcr
the Re of tn passage Of the act. Sc ton
rcp'at the duties on churpo5 heretofore
added in gsccrt iiung the dutl6b'c vnuo OF
merchandise FOR tho purpose OF ass ISM mt OF
du ics This action will cause "a considerable
reduction in the amount of duties collected,
which r. duction is estimated rs some ~ 1.-Two
PER cent. Of the entire amount collected.
Section Of the Tariff act changes the mqu.
nor OF ascertain ng TIE value OF merchandise
consigned by manufacturers in fore an coun-
tries {, AGENTS in tho United Statcs and for
which thcre is no foreign merkct value for
the reason that the goods are specially manu-
factur for sale in the United stutas only.
The law authorizes the appral7 ng officer to
ascertain the ostnnl value of the material
composing the mercha1d Sc nc the tine and
place of manufacture. toy thcr with the cN-
pcusc of manufacturer preparing AMI put
ting up the merchandise for Hhipmcnt and
makes the value so aseCrtained the basis Tor
ass ssme1t of duties.
The sections Of the Revised Statutcs 20
pcilcd by sec ion OF the new TauT bl are
sections 1907 and EOS and section lt OF the
act 10 an nj the Customs-rcveuuc laws, and
20 repeal the MoCucs act approved Ju -,
1874. They are rs follows:
Section 2. %. In determining h dutiHblc
/ value of merchandise there shalt b. aldet
TO the cost or actual wholesale price or the,
general market value az th3 timc OF cXpCrtii-
ton in the principal markets of the country
from whence the same has been imported into
the United states the est of trai sportation,
| shipment and tran7hipmeuts with AL exp nses
| included from the plac of growth produce
! ton, or manufacture, whether by land or wa
! ter, to the vessel i'm which the shipment IS
| made tn the United States; the value of tho
! sack, toN. or covering of any kind in which
| such merchandise Is eont2ined; commission
at the usual rates but in no case less than two
| and a-half per ocn-. and brokerage, export
duty an all other actual or usual harges for
| putting up, preparing and packing for trans
| portuton or shipment. All charges of u gem
era char lcter incurred in the purchase of n
! general invoice shall be distributed pro rata
among all parts Of such invoice; and every
part thereof charged with duties based on
value shah be advanced according to its pro
| portion, and all wines or other articles paying
| specific duties by grades shall be graded and
| pay duty according to the actual value so de-
tcrmined."
Section zoos requires that "all additions
| made to the entered value of merchandise for
charges hall be regarded as part of the actual
| value of such merchandise. and if such addi-
tion shall exceed by ten per cent. the value de-
cared in the entry in addition to the duties
imposed by law there shall be collected duty
of twenty per cent on such value"
Long comhing carpet woo!s are in para
excepted With this exception however, the
operation of these provisions is uniform and
extends to all imported goods on which duty is
laid.
Section IA of the Revenue act OF June y.
1874, makes these provisions still more strict
by aui horizing the collector, when the charges
are omitted in the invoice, to make his own
estimate of them and then collect the duty
on twice that estimated amount. All these
provisions have ceased 10 be law since the I'd
of March.