The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-16

vision. and entered and copied In the book
Then special messenger takes the origi-
nal to the public stores, where Il Is deliv-
cred to the appraiser The chief OF the In
DIVISION, where one Of six special depart
ments is devoted to English. French and
German dress goods, and TO the examiner
IN charge OF that the invoice is sent by
the assistant appraiser In charge Of the
division. Under orders from the entry
clerk. who designates which Of the cases
shall go TO the public stores for appraise-
ment, one of the five represented by Mr..
Henry S invoice has been sent to the pub
lie stores. II goes TO the same examiner.
IL Is the duty of the examiner in whose
custody the box now is to open IT, examine
the contents. and determine whether the
duties paid are sufficient TO answer the
requirements of the law. Frequently the
examiners fnd that goods submitted to
them for appraisement have some features
which they never saw before. At times
reliable information cannot be secured In
this country, and then the examiner re-
ports to his superior, who Is supposed to
cable for information to the consul at the
place of purchase, and If the consul can
not supply the information application Is
sometimes made to the treasury agent
representing this government abroad,
who is n detective, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning information as to any attempts
at fraud upon the treasury department.
II the examiner finds that MIR. Henry's
estimates OF the duties is not correct, he
Will paste slip Of paper on the invoice
opposite the item Increased" bearing
the words. add to make market value
and after this the figures showing the adj
diton. He must also make an eXamina-
ton 10 determine If the quantities de-
clared In the invoice are correct.
After the examiner has passed upon the
goods the assistant appraiser takes charge
Of them, and he may differ from the exam
liner. Finally the power of revision vests
in the appraiser.
II for any reason the appraisers depart
ment should decide that Mr.. Henry had
not paid sufficient duties the appraiser will
notify the collector, who will thereupon ad-
dress a letter to Mr. Henry advising him
that he viii either have TO pay the in
creased amount of duties or file an appeal
within two days from the date OF the
letter.
Suppose that in this case the entry and
invoice are found to correspond with the
estimate of the examiner and there Is no
further difficulty. The case is marked "Ex-
amned and passed as correct by -"
and on the invoice the examiner marks the
word correct" The invoice now goes
back to the assistant appraiser, who APP
proves the examiners finding and signs
his name. The appraiser also approves
and returns II to the collector The col
lector COMPARES the invoice as II now
stands with the original entry and IL Mr.
Henrys original deposit was sufficient to
cover all the duties the collector Will now
issue an order for the delivery to him OF
the case at the public stores. If the orig
inal deposit was not sufficient the case
will be held until after the liquidation Of
the entry, or until Mr. Henry makes sufii-
Client deposit to cover the deficiency. The
naval officer makes a similar comparison
after the collector has finished and. II he
agrees with the collector certihes to that
effect on the entry which was originally
filed in his office. Then the other entry
and the invoice and the certificate of cor
rectness of the naval officer are sent to
the collector.
In order to secure his case, Mr. Henry
now obtains a withdrawal order from the
naval officer. and has 1t stamped and
marked 80. X" by the cashier of the col
1epfprte Hpnarfu1ppf ArrOed with
he goes to the deputy collector in charge
OF the public stores, who sends up to the
Fifth division and secures the case. Mr..
Henry signs the receipt, and the case Is
turned over to truckman.
This is the final step There are many
variations from the procedure described,
which would have resulted had there been
any of the complications which frequent
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