PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATUkbAYS BV frV.,/, L _ " F£ *W?, *«>■ 4 J > BROAD-SThEET, NEAR TIIE EXi.ii/INGE, NEW-YORK, £No. 48, tf Vol. ll.] COLLECTION LAW. Continued. AJh u - That ,f any S° ods ' or rtierl '°" 1 n U "" V ?W ]e ' < I, " U d; '™g' 4Unhg the voyage, or (hall not be accompanied with the oru-1. Ml invoice of their cost, it (hall be lawful for the colleflor (and upon the requrft of the party he is required) to appoint l onc merchant, and t)jf owner or configure la appoint another, who te.ngfwom or affirmed by the collector, well and truly „ ,p. praise such goods, [hall aopr.ife or value them J.cordinelv mi the dunes upon such -ooris ft all be eß,mated agree, fact c£7,£rh ° r 7'" a t" ; And in rcf P ta 10 fudl da.-naged arti rneafurp h W r a P5 C '^ C ut y> *»y number, weight or £ lhc jv d VP™ I '"* certify what fheir judgment XT? " fe 'hey*.ad no, beenfc dama. fl« diff ~ . rC "" abatc,T,t - nt j n duty in proportion to !•« !r In value. Provided, That ,f the Owner or owners co, (ignce or confignces of such goods not accompanied with on' cafe the r m i° IC VI ? all^ h " fc to wait the receipt thereof, in such fK nt r lltakeimohi » Cuftodv th<: said goods, ?f,° rCaUr V hC famc t0 bc kt P [ wi ' th a " d e care, at the expense and nfk of the party or parties, until the a d invoice ffiall arrive, or until the fail) party or panics (hall consent to the valuation thereof. 1 And be it further watted, That if any (hip or vefTcl from any fo reign port or place, compelled by distress of weather or other iiecemty, (hall put into sny port or place of the United States, not being deftmed for the fame ; »nd if the matter or person hav ng charge or coi/irtiand of such (Hip or veffet, together with the ma cor peifon next in command, (hall within tWenry-four hours ■ a notarv nuhl ' make P ro « " •'><• usual form upon oath before LT» rP ( i"! "'her person duly authorized, or before the eolleQor of the diltrrft where the slid (hip or vefTcl still r<> ar r" , y<mpowered '° ad H'»'fter the fame, ( tun forth the cause and cireumftanccs of such difltefs or fleceffity, and shall within for,y-e.ght hours after such arrival, ma ke report to mher e (■? ?"> y f VrflU 8 " d h" cargo as in b And >f'»ftrall be made Appear so the said coHrijL>. % ly the certificate of the wardens of the port, or other Bfually Charged With, and .ccullomed to a(fcert s ioingthecona,;iX of (hips and velTcls arriving in distress, if any fuel, there be, or by Ihc Certificate of atry two reputable merchants, to be nam fir th:t purpu.'r by the said collector, if no fitch wardens or other officers there be, I.hat there 14 a necessity for unlading the fjid (hip or vefTcl, the said coHftior (hall grant a permit for that purpjfe, and (ball appoint an infpeflor or infpeftors to overfce such unla •iing. And aH goods so unladen (hall be stored under the di rection of the said colltf&or ; who upon request of tjic matter or other person having charge or command of such (hip or velTcl, or of ihc owner thereof, (hall grant a licence to dispose of such part of the he of ,1 periffiabie nature 'if any there be) * n '' UZtu * > y u> ciefrrv* iTit rXpeiifes attending such 111tp or velfcl, and her cargo : PrmideJ, That the duties thereupon be Brit paid And the said goods, or the remainder thereof, may • Iterwards bt reladert oh board the said (hip or vefTel, and the fatd Imp or veflel may proceed with the fame to the place of her des tination, free from any other charge than for the storing and fafe keeping of the said goods. And be it further evaded, That the ad valorem rates of duty up «n goods ware, and merchmd ze at ihe place of importation, inall be effimaled by adding twenty per cent, to the aflual coll i r ,' 11 ""ported from the Cape of Good Hope, or Irom any place beyond tht(fame ; ind ten per cent, on the aitual cod there of it imported ftom any other place or country, exclusive of charges. * « ./ , ejt f urt her cnifled t That all foreign coins and currencies a )cc '''^ la ted according to the following rates : Each pound cr I ng oP Great-Britain, at four dollars and forty-four ccnts; cac livre toumoisof Franct, at eighteen ceiirs and an half; c'ach Wof.norgu.lder of the Umted Netherlands, at thirty-nine cents; eac i mark banco of Hamburg, at thirty-three ccnts and one third; r > C ' r 'lf c at on " hundred cents : each rial.of of Spain, at ten cen(s ; each milree of Portugal, at one dol lar and twenty-four ccnts ; each pound fterlingof Ireland, at four dollars ten cents; each tale of China, at one dollar forty-eight «ents ; each of India, at one ninety-four cents ; each ruj>ce of Bent*a! f at fTfty-five cents and an half ; and all other denomiriatibTiS' of rtoricy in value as near as may be to the said fates. And be itfutthfr cnAfliifi That all duties on floods, wares and merchandize imported, lhall be paid or secured to be paid, be fore a permit lhall be granted for landing the fame. And where the amount thereof on goods imported in any snip or veflel t on acCorinf of one person onlv*,' < of fevcraf perfonsj intly interest ed, Ihah not exceed fifty dollars; the fame shall be immediately paid; but whee the said amount lhall exceed fifty dollars, the Time may, at of the proprietor or proprietors, con- o» configneVs, be either immediately paid or fecurcd by bond, with condition (o, the payment thereof if accruing upon articles of the produce of the WelUlndies, in foul - monlns ; if accruing on Madeira wines, in twelve months; if accruing upon any other good's, wares or merchandize, other than teas imported from China in fix months ; which bond at the like option of the laid proprie'toror proprietors, consignee or configfhecs, dial] either include one or more furetics, to the fsjtijfattion of the collector of the diftn& where the said duties ftiall accrue, or lhall be ac «bmpnnicd with n dr*pofir, in the custody of the said colic ft ->r, of so much of the Did goods, as fhalf in his judgment be a fu fncient fccurity for the amount of the duties for which such bond fhSIl have been given, and the charge of the fafe keeping and falc of the goods so deposited ; which deposit (hall and may be accepted in lieu of the said furcty or furetics, and lhall be kept by the laid collc&or, with due and reasonable care, at the etfpefifc and risk of the party or parties oh whose account the f_ <e shall have been made, until the sum in fuchbond shall have become due, at which time if such sum lhall not be paid, so much of the said deposited godds as may be neceffaryj lhall be fold at public sale, and the proeerds thereof, after dcdu&in£the chjrges of keeping and fair, shall be applied to the payment of such sum, rendering the overplus and the rcfidue of the said gooels, if any there be, to the person or persons by whom such deposit shall h.ive been made, or to his, her or their rcprcf-ntativcs. Provided, That no perlon ■whose bond for the payment of duties is due and unfat: f .fied, shall be allowed a future credit for duties, until such bond ihJl be lully paid or discharged. Provided aluays t andbe it'further enafled, That all teas imported from China, may, at the option of the proprietor or consignee thereof, be depofhed in the custody of the colle&or with whom the fame lhall be entered, or the duties the eon secured by bond, with ore or more furetie?, ?g the f«:isfa£lion ot tUe cslleftor, with SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2J , , 79 0. c indition for the payment of such duties within twelve months ; rof tepoGting such. teas, they (h,ll be kept at the charge (k depoiiti ng the fame. And the coltcftor a e tver such teas, or jirt thereaf, from time to tipie, to the perlon or perlons dcpofiting the Tame, or to hts ortheir order, on payment of the duties for such part a, may be so dflivered, and not otherwise ; and tn cafe the whole of the duties (hall not be paid wuhtn eighteen month, frOm the time of the entry made, it (hall f 1 C f "j y ° 1 co 'l«ftor to fell at public ati&ion so much of the said teas as (hall ie lufficictit tn pay the duties than due, to geyicr with the chargcs of falc and f a < • krepin*, and to return the overplus to the person orperfons who (hall have depofued such teas, or hi-, her or tVir representatives; ai 1 for such teas as have een imported from China in the prefedt year, the owner or con ligtiee thereof (hall be entitled todepofu the fame, or to give bond, payable in like manner; and under like regulations, Si are here in beforedirefled for te.s which (hall hereafter be .mported, not red to be °" hivc bcen alr " d y kcu- And be it further cnafai. That the duties impofea by law on the tonnage of anv ffitp or vessel, lhall be paid tQ the collector by the malier or person having the |charge or command of such ihip or hrf« ' r d3y 'r,'!T„ hi ' rf P ort <° said colleaor ; and e ore such (hip or velTel (hall be permitted to clear out; the !C ---m ,h, 0 fK W f .?' P Vn ' 1 shall at :he of "try be lodged in the office of the collector, „,d there remain until such clearance. 7c V ' C ' or a "eroptto leave any dif trta of the un.ted States, wrtfuut paying the said duties, the mafler 1 person having the charge or command of the fame (hall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars. And ic itfurtlurcnaHti) Tfnt to ascertain the tonnage of any I *h'p or^velfeI the surveyor, or such other person as (hall t, c ap- P ( °,V r j y n! co,lc ®° r , ° f thc dlllrlft to the fame, (hall, il the said (hipor telle, be double decked, take she Irti-th thereof iroin the lor, part of the main (lem to thc „ftcr part of the (lern port above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at The broa Jell part above the main wales, hair of which breadth (hall be accounted he depth of such 1 vessel, and (hall then deduct t.om the len-th three fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the proditft by the depth, and (hall divide this last product by ninety-five, the quotient whereof (h. II be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such , Aip or vessel. And if such fliip or veftcl be ingle deckcd, the laid surveyor or other person (hall lake the le..«h and breadth as above directed, in refpeft to a double deck °/> J , ' <Jcdua lr ° m the f - id lcn S ,h th rec fifths Of , Breadth, and taking the depth from the under fide of the deck plank to the c,cling mi he hold, (hall multiply and divide a,afore veil el* thc< l uoucnt be deemed the tonnage oi such fiiip or Artilc itfurthtr ya9ed, That where any bond for the payment of dnt.r, hall not be fatisfic-J on the , , ,t beeame due, the col lector (liall forthwith cause a proferuliort to be commenced for the recovery of the money thereon by a£b,m or suit at law, in the proper court having cognieance thereof; and in all cales of mWvency or where anyeftatein thc hands of executors or ad ni nillrators lhall be inefficient to p, y all thc debts due from the n' C ML r\ h i C / (1 <! rfuC t0 United States, on any such bond, lhall be firft fatisfied. ' And h it further enabled. Tli.it if any roods, warts or merchan dize p which entry (h,ll haw been made in the office of a collec tor, shall not be invoiced according to the aftnal cost thereof at the placc of exportation, with design to evade the duties thereup on, or any put thereof, all fuel, goods, wares or merchandize, or r thereof, to be recovered of theperfon making entry, ffia be forfeited. And in every cafe in which the said colledor shall fufpettthat any fucli goods.' wares or merchandize, are not invoiced at a futn equal to that for which they have uluallv been Md in the place or country from whence they were i npor'ted, it be theduty of such colUrffcr to take the said goods, wares .„id merchandize into his pofleffion, and retain the lame, with reafon ablc care, at the risk and expense of the owner or owners, cond '- nee or consignees thereof, until their value at the time and place of importation (hall be ascertained by two reputable merchants, to be chofcn and appointed as in the cafe of damaged goods, or goods not accompanicd with an invoice ; and until the duties ari sing accordingto such valuation shall he firft paid, or fecura; to be paid as required by this ast in other cales of importation : Provided, That in cafe of for the forfeiture aforefaid, such appraifcment shall not be conftrucd to exclude other proof upon the trial, of the actual and real coll of the said goods at the said place of exportation. And be it further enaJcd,ThiL it shall be lawlu! for the colleflor or other otneer of the customs, after entry made of any goods, wares or merchandize, on suspicion of fraud, to open and exa mine in the presence of two or more reputable merchants, any package or packages thereof; and if upon examination they shall he found to agree with the entries, the officer making such seizure shall cause the fame to be repacked, and delivered to the owner or claimant forthwith : and the expense of such exemination shall he paid by the said collator or other officer, and allowed in the [ fettleinent of his accounts ; but if any of the packages so examined | shall be found to differ in their contents from the entry, then the goods, wares or merchandize contained in such package or packa ges fliall be forfeited : Provided, That the said forfeiture (hall not be incurred, if it ftiall be made appear to the fatisfa&ion of the col lector and naval officer of the diftrift where the fame shall happen, if there be a naval-officer, and if there be no naval officer, to the fatisfaftioi. of the said or of the court in which a prose cution for the forfeiture shall be had, that such difference proc- ed cd from accident or miftals.e, and not from an intention to defraud the revenue. jjnd be it further enafted y That every collcftor, naval-officer and purveyor, or other pcrfon specially appointed by either of them for that phrpoie, shall have full power and authority to enter any jfiiip "T veffcl in which they shall have reason to fufpefl any goods, wares or merchandize fubj?6l to duty (hall be concealed; and therein to fcarch for,feizeand secure any such goods,wares or mer chandize. And if they shall have caufc to fufpeft a concealment jthereof in any particular dw> l,ing-houfe, flore, building or other place, they or either of them shall upon application on oath to any Jujtice of the pcace, be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, •store or other place (in the day time only) and there to search for such goods, and il auy shall be found, to seize and Cecure the fame for trial ; and all such goods, wares and merchandize, on which khe duties shall not have V>cen paid or secured, shall be forfeited. And be itfurther enabled, That all goods, wares and merchandize which shall be seized by virtue of this a&, (half be put into and remain in the custody of the collettor or such other person as he shall appoint for that purpose, until fech proceedings shall be had as by this ast are required, to afccrtain whether the Tame have been 605 io teited or not ; and it ihall be adjud ed fjhat, they arc /iy>t i- - feited they shall he forthwith restored to the owner or own -rsi claimant or claimants,thereof. And if any pcrfon or perforu i)». II conceal or buy any goods, wares or merchandize, knowing them to be liable to Icizure by thisaft, fqch person or pcrfons (hall, on conviflion thereof, forfeit and pay a fuin double i } .\? value of the jjoods so concealed or purchased. And be it further enacted, That it ftiall be the duty of the fevc ral officers ofthe rußomsto make seizure of, and secure any (hip orvcflel, goods, wares or merchandise, which (hall beliableto fctzu/e by virtue ol this a£t, as well without as within their rc fpective diftrifts. And be it further cnaflcd, That if any officer or other perfon,:xc cuting or aiding and assisting in the fciture of goods, shall be su rd or molested for any thing done in virtue of the powers given by this ast, or by virtue of a warrant granted by anyjudze or iuf tice pursuant to law, such officer or other oerfon may plead the general iHue, and give thisaft and the special matter in evidence ; and it in such suit the plaintiff be non-suited, or judgment pal# againlt him, the defendant lhall recover double cost ; and in ac tions, fuirs or information to be brought* where any seizure fliall be made pursuant to this if the property be claimed by any person, in every such cafe the onus probandi fliall be upon such Claimant. And if any person (ball forcibly rcfift, prevent or im pede .--ny officer of the cultoms or their deputies, or any person allimng them in the execution of thejrduty, fgch perfo.i b of fending fiiall for every offence be fined in a sum not excecdnz four hundred dollars. And be it further enabled. That every collcaor, naval-officer and urveyor lhall within th:cj months after he enters upon the exe^ - cut.on ot his office, give bond with one or More fulficient farc |'«.to be approved of by the comptroller of the t.eafur.y of the United Mates, and payable to the laid United States, w;th condi tion for thetrue and faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law ; that is to fay : ThecolleSor of Philadelphia, in the sum offixty thousand doll, rs : The collector of Ncw-York! filty thoufanddollars: The co lector ot Bolton and CUarlrflown, forty thoiilariu dollars : The collt-ftorj of Baltimore, and Charlcf ton, thirty thousand dollars, each : The collector of Norfolk and Porttmotna, fifteen thousand dollars: The collectors of Ports. mouth in New-Hampllure, of Sakm and Beverly, Wilnji, -ton in the State ot Delaware, Annapolis, Georgetown , n Maryland, Bermuda-hundred and City-point, Alexandria, Wilmington, Newbern a„a Edenton in the State of North-Carolina, Newport and Providence in the Stateol Rliode-lfland and Providence Plan tations ten thousand dollars each : The condors of Newbury- Port, Gloucester, Marblchead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Portland and Falmouth, New-London, New-Haven, Fairfield, Perth-Am, boy, Wktown, Dumfries, Wadiington and Cambden. Ceorze r° W j n l",? 01 Beaulort and Savannah, each five thou sand dollar, • And all the other colirflors in the sum o' tw. i loufand dollars each The naval-officers tor the ports ol 3oftor, and Charleftown New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston, ten thousand dollars each ; and all the other naval officers in the sum of two thousand dollars each. The furvevor. ot the ports of Botton and Cha.leltown, New-York, Philadelphia Baltimore, and Charlelton, five thoufai.d dollars each ; and. all other surveyors one thousand dollars cach. Which bonds fh 11 be filed in the office of the said comptroller, and be by him feve / b u CnCf, J ° f th,! U " Ucd Slat «- any breach o the,conditionthereof. And as no prov.fion has been heretofore fpeciallymade concerning the officers of the cultoms who may have been heretofore appointed in a. 1 for the States of North-Carolina, and Rhode-Ill,ind and Provide, -e Plantations • the fa,d officers refpefttvcly (hall, within four months after the paflingof t h.s ast, gtve bond with proper surety or furctie. id conformity to the provilion aforcfaid. T$ be continued. ' TT; ,. . Treasury Department, Sept. 20, .j 7 q o . TT .s hereby made known, that the following anangemcm |,a, been adopted towards carrying into execution t he Ast, malt ing provision tor the debt of the United State,., viz Loan-Office Certificates, andthofeiffued by the Commission ers for the adjustment of accounts in the several States will he re" ccivable only at the Treasury and by the refpeflive ol Loans within the States in which they were refpeft.vely issued The Certificates the Register of the Treasury, by the "ay riiß r"k~TT n^°nCr ° f Arm >' Acc °«n's, by the Comm ffioners for the adjustment of the Accounts of the OMr,« Mafler s, Commiffaiy's Hospital, Cloathing, and Marine Depalt partments, Indents of Interest, and Bills ot Old Emission, will be receivable indifcnminately at the Treasury and by the Com ted^h" e " ° /'"'l ThC fituatlon °f 'he Checks has dicta, ted this arrangement for the greater security ot the public aeanift impositions by forged or counterfeit paper, and the details which h " e k b«n adopted from the lame co„fiderati„ n lor the execution 0 bufuiefs are such, that it will H i v e facility anddifpatch if applications from the Holders of Certificates of tie Register of the Treasury and of the Paymaflcr General, and Commiflioner of Army Accounts, and of the Commissioners of the five Depart ments above mentioned, are made in the firft inftanee at the Trea. fury ; and if applications from the Holders of Loan Office Certi si ate, and Certificates ifTued by the Commissioners for the adiuft. ment of Accounts in the refpeAve States, are made in likeZn T T" SOfL r Oa,lS W " h ' n thcStat « >" which they were slued. Transfers can afterwards be made to any Office thM the Proprietors of these Certificates may desire. Pr "" rs the several Statu are requejltd to inf.rtthis. PnfM UANT fi toa efolVeor L aa ° f Con S rcfs of tothda* »si / u 17 5°» rclat,v . c the deftru&ion of Loan-Office Cer tificates by accident ; notice is hereby given to all whom if ■bvThe"fubl" P h ttlC m d i y °e Ja " U3ry 1 7 80 ' the houfc occupied y the fublcnber in Market-Street, Philadelphia, took fire and wa, coined, m which was lodged a number of Loan-Office certificates as pr. lift below, all which were destroyed by the fa id fire Therefore if any person, hath any objection why the said Certificates should not be renewed, agreeable to the resolves of m r make them before the expiration of three months, from thr date hereof. rce greyed,,, the hcfc of J oh n Hoik# g on the day of January 1780. tfarch 1; ' 6.36 1 Samuel Cooke, jun. New-York, 1 d '«°- do. 600 Dollars, 1200,. No.. 1636 1673 In tcftimony whereof I have fijned the prefer,. for pub* lication. t, OT k A«w-York, July a6//i, 1790, jS>O 1 [Whole NO. X 52.]
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