Santa Fe Weekly Gazette, 1864-09-24

shall have been imported, and to add the reto all costs and charges which, under existing laws, would form part of the truo valuo at the port where the same may he entered, upon which Iho duties should bo assessed. And it shall bo tho duty of tho collector, within whoso district tho same may be imported, or entered, to cause the dutiable value of such goods, wares, and merchandise to bo appraised, estimated, and ascertained, in accordance with tho provisions of existing laws. And if the appraised valuo (hereof shall exceed, by ton per centum, or moro, the value so de declared - clared declared on tho entry, then, in addition to ihe duties imposed by law on tbe same, thoro shall bo levied, collected, and paid duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised valuo: Provided That thro duty shall not bo assessed upon an amo amount - unt amount less than tho invoice orcntored value, any law of Congress to tho contrary not. withstanding: And provided, further, That on and after tho day and year aforeiaid, the eighth section of tho act entitled "An act reducing tho duty on imports, and for other purposes," approved July- thirty, eighteen hundred und forty-six, and the not amendatory thereof, approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-sevou, be, and tlie same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 24. And bo it further enacted, That iu determining tlie valuation oPguods im imported - ported imported into the United Stales from foreign countries, except us hereinbefore provid provided, - ed, provided, upon wbien duties Imposed oy any existing laws are to bo assessed, the actual valuo of luoh goods ou shipboard at the last place, of shipment to the United State! shall bo deeuieu tho dutiable valuo. And sueh value shall be ascertained by adding to the value of such goods at the place of growth, production, or manufacture tho cost of transportation, shipment, and transhipment, with all the expenses Inclu Included; - ded; Included; from the placo of growth, production, or manufacture, whether by land or wat water, - er, water, to the vessel in which shipment isiu.de to the United States, ihcvnlue of tho suck, box, or covering of any kind, In which such goods are contained, commission at the usual rate, In no case less than two and one halt per oeutum, brokerage, and all export duties, tugether with all cons ond charges, paid or incurred for placing said poods on shipboard, nnd all other proper charges specified by luw. Seo. 20. And bo it further enacted, That so much of section twonty-thrcc of the act entitled "An act to provided for tho pay payment - ment payment of outstanding Treasury notes, to authorise a loan, to regulate and fix tbo dutiei on imports, and for other purpo purposes," - ses," purposes," approved March two, eighteen hun hundred - dred hundred anil sixtv-one, ns exempts from duty all philosophical apparatus nnd Instru Instruments - ments Instruments imported for too uso of any society incorporated for philosophical, literary, or religious purposes, or for tho euouura. geiueut of the line arts, or for the ue, or by the order of any eoileges, academy, school, or seminary, uf learning in tito United .States, is hereby repealed. And tho same shall be subject to a duly uf fift fifteen - een fifteen per ei'iiluiu ad valorem. Si c. -ti. Ami be it further enacted, That when unv cask, barrel, carboy, or other vessel ot'Aiui'rican, manufacture, export exported - ed exported or sent out of tho country, filled with the products of the United States, shall be returned to tlio United Statei empty, the same shall be admitted free of duty, under such rules and regulations as ninv be pres. crinen ny 1110 ooen-mry oi mo ireasury. Sec. 2i And bo it further enacted, That on and after January first, oiiibteen hun dred and sixtv-live, Iho invoices oi all goods, wares, nnd merchandise, Imported into inn unneii mmra, .nun OA IUUQO out in tho weiirhts or mensuro! of the country or pluoo from which tho importations shall lie made, nnu snail contain a truo state statement - ment statement of tlio actual weiülits er measures of such goods, wares, and merchandise, wituoul any respect to toe woiguti or me asures uf the Uuitcd States. Sec. 2rt. And bo it further enacted. That In all cases whero officers of tho custom! or other salaried officers of the United States shall bo, or shall have been, appo appointed - inted appointed by tho Secretary of the Treasury, to curry into effect tho licences, rules and regulation! provnloa lornytno lilt n sec section - tion section of tho act of the thirteenth of July, oighlocn hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act further to provide for tbe culleo culleo-tion - tion culleo-tion of duties on imports, end for other purposes," such affioer of tho United State shall bo eutitled to receives ono thousand dollars per aunum for his services, under the aet aforesaid, in addition to his salary or compensation under any other law : Provided, That the aggregate compensa compensation - tion compensation of any such officer símil not exceed tho sum of fivo thousand dollar! in any one year. . Seo. 20. And ho It furthor enacted, That any baggage or personal effect, arriving in the) United .Sutes iu transit to any foroing country, may be dolsrejud by tlio partiel having it in charge to the collector of cut-. turns, to be by him retained, without tho payment or exaction ef any Import duty, and to be delivered to such parties on their departure for their foreign destina destination, - tion, destination, under luch rules, reirulations, añil feci ai tho Secretary of the troaiury may presonnea ' - - ... ' Approved, Jum i lói t : '., : 'V

money has been paid to the collector, or person acting as such, than tho law ro quires should have been paid, it shall be tho duty of tho Secrotary of the Troasurv to urnw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of tho porson or persons entitled to tbe over payment, directing tho laid Trea Treasurer - surer Treasurer to refund the same out of any mon money - ey money In tho Treasury not othcrwiee appro appropriated. - priated. appropriated. . ' -', Sec. 17. And bo It further enacted, That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in addition to tho duties im imposed - posed imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, ond paid on all goods, wares, and mer chandise which on and after tho day this act shall take elect, shall be imported In ships or vessels not of the United latos : Provided, That this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and mer merchandise - chandise merchandise vthich shall be imported, on nnd after tho day this act tokos effect, In ships or vessels not of the United States, enti entitled, - tled, entitled, by treuty or any act or acts of Con Congress, - gress, Congress, to bo entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the some du duties - ties duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in ships or vos voseéis - eéis voseéis of the United States. Seo. la. Aud be in further enacted, That on and aftor tho day and your this act shall take effect thcro shall bo lovlod, col collected, - lected, collected, and paid on all good, wares, and mcnchandlse of the growth or produoo of countries east of the Capo of Good Hope, (except raw cotton,) when imported from places west of the Cape of Good Hope, n duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in ad addition - dition addition to tho dutiei imposed on any such articles when imported direotly from the plooo or piucos of their growth or produc production. - tion. production. Provided, That section three of tho act approved August five, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, entitled "An act to próvido incrcassd revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, und for other purposes," and socllon fourteen of tho act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred end sixly-two, ontitlcd "An act increasing temporarily the rales of duties on imports, and for oihor purposes," be and tho same aro hereby repealed. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted; That all goods, wares, and merchandise which may ho in the public stores or bonded wa warehouses - rehouses warehouses on the day and year this act shall tuke effect shall bo subjected to no other duty upon the entry thereof for oogsump tion than if tho samo were imported res pectively after that day, and so much of the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred und forty-six, or any othor act, as requir requires - es requires the sale of fire-crackers, or prohibits their deposit in bunded warehouse, is he hereby - reby hereby repealed. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted. Thai tho joint resolution "to increase tempora temporarily - rily temporarily tho duties on imports," approved April twenty-ninth, cightocu hundred and sixty sixty-four, - four, sixty-four, shall not bo deemed to have taken effect until after the thirtieth dny of April, eighteen hundred aud siity-four, and shall bo and remain in force until and includ including - ing including tho thiiticlh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and any duties which shall have been exacted and receiv received, - ed, received, contrary to the provisions of this sec section, - tion, section, shall be refunded by the Secretary uf the Treasury. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That during the porlod of one year from the passago of this act, there, may be import ed into the United States, free of duty, any machinery designed for and adapted to tho mantifarlure of woven fabrics from the fibre of llax or hemp, including all the preliminary processes requisito therefor; and that slcnm agricultural mashinnry and Implements may bo imported rue from duty for one year from the passage of this act. See. 22. And he it further enacted, That all act and parts of acta repugnant to tho provisions of this act bo and the sumo aro hereby repealed: Provided, That tho exist existing - ing existing laws shall extend to nnd be in forco for the oollection of tho dutiei Imposed by tbil act for tbe prosecution and punish punishment - ment punishment of all offences, and for the rooovery, collection, distribution, and remisión of all Hues, penalties, aud forfeitures, as ful ly and effectually aa If every regulation, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, mat matter, - ter, matter, and thing to that effect in tbo existing laws contained, had been inserted In nod ro-enaeted, by this aet t And provided, further, That the duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from fureign countries not provided for In this act shall ho and remain as they were, ac according - cording according to oxistlng laws prior to the twenty-ninth, of April, olgbtoon hundred and siity-four. bee. Zi. And be it farther onaotcd, That on and after the day and year this act shall take effect. It ahull bo lawful for the owner, oeusiguee, or agent, of nj goods wares, or morchaoditt walob shall bai

pound. On paddy, one cent and a half per pound. Sec. 14. And he further enacted, That on the entry of any vesst-l, or of any goodi, wares, or merchnwliie, the decision of tho collector of customs at the port of impor importation - tation importation and entry, ns to the rate and amo amount - unt amount of duties to be paid on tho tonnage of such vessel or on such goods, wares, or merchandise, and tbe duliuhlo costs and charges thereon shall be final and conclu conclusivo - sivo conclusivo against all persons interested therein, unless ownor, master, commander, or con consignee - signee consignee of such vessel, in tho case of duties levied on tonnage, or tho owner, oousig- noe, or ngentof tbo uicrahadiso, in the case of dutiei levied on goods, wares, or merchndise, or the costs and charge thoro- on, shall, within ten days lifter the ascer ascertainment - tainment ascertainment and liquidation of the duties by tho proper officers of tho customs, ns well in cases of merchandise entered in bond, as for consumption, give notice in writing to the collector on each cutry ,of disastifac disastifac-tion - tion disastifac-tion with his decision, setting forth there in, distinctly and specillcally, the grounds of his objection theroto, and shall, within thirty days after tho ditto of such ascer ascertainment - tainment ascertainment and liquidation, appeal there from to tho Secretary of tho Treasury, whose decision on such appeal shall be final and conclusive; and such vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise, orcosis and inarges, shall he liable to duty acoondin acoondin-gly, - gly, acoondin-gly, any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, unless suit shall be brought within ninety days. after tbo deci decision - sion decision of the Secretary of the Treasury on such appeal fur any duties which shall have been paid bufore the date of sueh decision 011 such vessel, or ou such goods, wares, or merchandise, or costs or charges, or withing ninety days after the payment of duiies paid after ibo decision of the Sec Secretary. - retary. Secretary. Aud no suit shall bo maintained In any court for the recovery of any du duties - ties duties alleged to have been erroneously or illegally exacted, until tho decision of tho Secretary of tho Treasury shall h ive been first had on such appeal, uuh-ss i t. J deci decision - sion decision of the Secretary shall bo delayed moro than ninety days from tho dale of such appeal in case of an entry at any port east of tho Rocky mountains, or more than five months in caso of an entry west of those mountains. See. 15. And be further enacted, That tho decision of the respective collectors of customs as to all fees, charges, and exac exactions - tions exactions of whatever character; other than those mentioned in the next proceeding section, claimed by them, or by any of the officers under tlicui, In tho performance of their olhcial duty, shall bo iiuul and con conclusive - clusive conclusive ugniust all persons interested 111 such fees, charges, or exactions, unless the like notico that an appeal will bo tak taken - en taken from such decision to tin Secretary of the Treasury shall bo given within ton days from the making of such decision, and unless sueh appeal shall actually bo taken within thirty days from the making of such decision; and tho decision of tho Secretary of the Treasury shall bo final and conclusive upon tho matter so appe appealed, - aled, appealed, unless suit shall be biouiu for the recovery of such feos, charg.-s, or exac exactions, - tions, exactions, within the period as pi 01 "led in tho next prcoeding section in regard to duties. And no suit shall ho maintained in uny court for tbo recovery of any such foes, costs, and charges, alleged to have boon erroneously or Illegally exacted, uutil the doeisien of the Secretary of tho Treasury shall novo besn first had on such appeal, unless such decision of the Secretary shall bo delayed more than ninety daya from the date of such appoaJ In ato of an en entry - try entry at ocy port coat of the Rooky guian- tains, nor more than fivo months la ease of on entry west of those mountains. . See. It. Aadbolt farther enacted, That whenof or it shall be shown W toe satisfy tlos of the Secretary of the Treasury that In any aaae of uaaaoarUintd duties, or du tkra or oheintinfy fiaid 4ndo protoat ad

Plumc Xo. 140. . (Cnntiutled from lost werk.) Ou jinn -ti ib ami pun holder! or parta thereof, thirtav-five por oeutum kd valorem. On pon, moullio, ten ccuU per groja, and in adilition thereto twonly-five por cuutiuu ml valcruui. Ou soap, fane;, perfumed, lioiicv, tran tran-spurnnt, - spurnnt, tran-spurnnt, and nil description of toilet and .baring niup, ten cent! per pound, and in addition thereto twenlj-fiveper oentuni ad valorem. On all soap not otherwise provided for, one cent per pound, and in addition there thereto - to thereto thirty per centum ad valorem. Ou siareh, made of potatoes or corn, one cent per pound, and twenty per cen centum - tum centum ad valorem. On starch, made of rice, or auv other material, three cents per pound, and tven tven-ty - ty tven-ty per centum ad valorem. On rice, cleaned, two and a half cents per pound: ou unoleaned, two cents per

been actually purchased, or procured otborwlso than by purchase, at the time when ho shall produco his original invoi invoice, - ce, invoice, or invoice!, to the collector, and make and verify his written entry of his gooda, warci, aud merchandise, provided by 100 100-tion - tion 100-tion thirty-six of tho act 0? March two, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, enti entitled - tled entitled "An act to regulate tho collection of dutiei on imports und tonnage," and not afterwards, to make such addition In the entry to tho coil or value given In the in invoice - voice invoice as, in his opinion, muy raise tbo samo to the true market value of such goods, wares, and merchandise iu tho prin principal - cipal principal market! of tho country whonnt they