Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
GOVERNMENT DUTIES.
Regulations for Entry and Trans.
portation Of Merchandise
Oestined for the KIondike and Northwest
Territory OF British Columbia by Way
of Juneau, Dyea, Skaguay aud other
Customs Ports In Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The secretary
Of the treasury yesterday issued regu-
lations governing the entry and trans
pOrtatiOn of merchandise destined for
the kiOndilke region and Northwest
= Territory of British Columbia by way
ofJuneau. Dyea and Skaguay or other
customs ports in Alaska. It is pro-
vided that imported merchandise ar
irving at any of these ports en- route
for the Klondike may be forwarded
without payment of duty in charge of
a customs officer at the expense of the
importer, or upon the filing of a bond
for its expectation equal to the
duties and charges; or, the owner
may make deposit with the collector,
the same to be refunded upon the GER
tifcate of the deputy collector on the
frontier line that the goods have been
exported. All imported animals or
merchandise abandoned or sold en-
route will be seized and forfeited to
the government unless the duties are
paid thereon. All articles carried by
passengers which are in use and which
consist of wearing apparel and per-
soual effects necessary for the present
comfort of such passengers are exempt
from duty.
The secretary has also issued regula-
lions concerning the navigation of the
Yukon and Porcupine rivers and their
tributaries. They provide that the
transfer of cargo and passengers from
a river or seagOing vessel from port
in the United States, except to another
port in Alaska, or from any foreign
port. TO a vessel destined by way of the
e Al.
rivers or their tributaries, shall
be permitted only at the port
of St Michael, under supervision OF
customs officers When deemed neces-
ssry these officers are required to board
any vessel bound to the United States
within four leagues of the coast for
the purpose of demanding its manifest
and enforcing the laws and regula-
tions of the United States Vessels en-
titled by law to engage in the coasting
trade of the United States may pro-
coed from one point in Alaska to an
other in the manner prescribed by law
for the entry and clearance of vessels
within the same customs district.
The important feature of these regu.
Iations is the requirement that any
American vessel entering ST. Michaels
with passengers or cargo for Alaskan
ports, and which does not desire to
proceed, must transfer her cargo tc
another American vessel. If destined
to a port in British Columbia, the
transfer may be made to either an
American or British vessel. Foreign
vessels from a foreign port entering
st. MichaelS with a cargo destined for
Alaskan points on the Yukon or Porcu-
piue rivers, may either proceed or
transfer cargo to an American ves-
sci only. When the cargo and passen-
gers are destined to points in British
Columbia, the transfer may be made to
either az American or British vessel.
The same general requirements are
provided for vessels descending the
Yukon or Porcupine rivers from ports
IN British Columbia, the entrance to
be made at Circle City.
British vessels plying on the Yukon
or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries,
between ST. Michael and ports in Brit
ish Columbia. may touch at places in
Alaska on the Yukon or Porcupine
rivers or their tributaries for the pur-
chase of food or supplies or in distress
under supervision of an officer of the
customs.
Assistant Secretary Spalding has
been officially advised that the new
Canadian regulations allow small
American river steamers to be carried
in sections through Canadian territory
free of duty by either the Dyea or
StlIine route to the head waters OF the
Yukon, and from those points they
may carry cargoes and passengers TO
Circle City and other places in Alaska.
Such steamers, of course, cannot engage
in the Canadian cOasting trade.