JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
called shall neglect or refuse to aiiend, or shal
decline lo answer, or shall, if required, refuse
to answer, in wriiing any interrogatories, and
KtlftSOriflf VllQ namatln Vifo ilnnnoillim n
!tice such papers, when so required he shal
lorfeit and pay to (he United States (he sum o
one hundred dollars; and if such person be the
owner, importer, or consignee, the appraisement
which tne aifl appraisers, or collector and na
val officer, where there are no legal appraisers,
may make of the goods, wares, and merchan
dise, shall be final and conclusive, ay act of
congress to the contrary notwithstanding; and
any person who shall wilfully and corruptly
swear or affirm falsely on such examination,
shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and if he be
the owner, importer, or consignee, the merchan
dize shall be forfeited; and all testimony in wri
ting, or depositions, taken by virtue of this sec-
non, shatt be filed in the collectors office, and
preserved fw future use or reference; or be
transmitted lo the Secretary of the Treasury
when he shall require the same: Provided, That
if the importer, owner, agent, or consignee, of
any such goods, shall be dissatisfied with the
appraisement, and shall have complied with the
foregoing requisitions, he may forthwith give
notice to the collector, in writing, of such dissat
isfaction; on the receipt of which, the collector
shall select two. discreel and experienced mer
chants, citizens of the United Slates, familiar
wuh the character and value of the goods in
question, to examine and appraise the same,
Ul.. I at V - ' 1 1
Hgrecuuiv iu wit, rjregu.ng provisions; anu u tney
shall disagree, the collector shall decide between
them; and the appraisement thus determined
shall be final, and deemed and taken to be the
true value of said goods, and the duties shall be
levied thereon accordingly, any act of Congress
to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, al
so, That in all cases where the actual value to
be appraised, estimated, and ascertained, as
hereinbefore stated, of any goods, wares, or mer
chandise, imported into the United States, and
subject to any ad valorem duty, or whereon the
duty is regulated by or directed to be imposed
or levied on the value of the square yard, or
other parcel or quaniity thereof, shall exceed
by ten per centum or more the invoice value,
then, in addition to the duty imposed by law on
the same, there shall be lovied and collected, on
the same goods, wares and merchandise, fifty
per centum on ihe duty imposed on the same,
when fairly invoiced.
Sec. 18. And be it funher enacted, That the
several collectors be, and thev are hereby au-
tnorizea, unacr such regulations as may be pre
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, when
ever the.' shall deem it necessary to protect and
secure the revenue of the United States against
frauds or undervaluation, and the same is prac
ticable, to take the amount of duties chargeable
on any article bearing an ad valorem rate of duty,
in the article itself, according to the proportion
or rate per centum of the duly on said article;
and such good?, so taken, the collector shall
cause to be sold at public auction, within twenty
days from the lime of taking the same, in the
manner prescribed in this act, and placo the
proceeds arising from such sale in the Treasury
uf the United Slates, Provided, That tho col
lector or appraiser shall not be allowed any fees
nr commissions for taking and disposing of said
goods, and paying the proceeds thereof into the
Treasury, other than aro now allowed by law.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That if
inyjerson shall knowingly and wilfully, with
?nient to defraud the revenue of the United
'ates, smuggle or clandestinely introduce into
he United Slates, any goods, wares, or mer
chandise, subject to duty by law, and which
should have been invoiced, without paying or
accounting for the duty, or shall make out, or
ass, or attempt lo pass through the custom
house, any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice,
i-very such person, his, her, or their aiders and
abeters, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea
nor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in
.iiiy sum not exceeding rive thousand dollars,
or imprisoned for any term of time not exceed
ing two yearsor both, at the discretion of the
court.
Sec". 20. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on
tach and every non-enumerated article which
hears a similitude, either in material, quality,
iexiurc, or the use to which it may be applied,
to an enumerated article which il most resem
bles in any of the particulars beforo mentioned;
and if any non-enumerated article equally re
sembles two or more enumerated articles, on
which different rates of duly are chargeable,
there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on
Mich non-enumerated article, the same Tate of
duiy as is chargeable on the article which it
resembles paying the highest duty; and on all
articles manufactured from two or more mate
rials, the duty shall bo assessed at tho highest
rates al which any of its component parts may
be chargeable.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the
collector bhall designate on the invoice, at least
one package of every invoice, and one package
ai leaM of every ten packages of goods, wares,
nr merchandize, and a greater number, should
he m either ol ihe appraisers deem it necessar',
imported into such port, to be opened, examin
ed, and appraised, and shall order the package
or packagos so designated to the public stores
foi examination; and if anv nackasro be found
by the appraisers lo contain any article not spe-1
emeu. in Jne invoice, ana they or a majority of
.1 i 11 t r ? - t " . r . i
mem snan oe oi opinion mat such article was
omitted in the invoice with fraudulent intent on
the part of the shipper, owner, or agent, the
contents of the entire package in which the ar
ticle may be shall be liable to seizure and for
feiture on conviction thereof before any court of
competent jurisdiction; but if said appraisers
shall be of opinion that no such fraudulent intent
existed, then the value of such article shall be
added to the entry, and the sameshnll herinlit-.
ered to the importer, agent, or consicnoe: Pro-"
vided, That such forfeiture may be remiifed by
the Secreiary of the Treasury, on the produc
tion of evidence, satisfactory to him, lhai no
fraud was intended: Provided, further, That if,
on the opening of any package or packages of
goods, a deficiency of any article shall be found,
on examination by the appraisers, the same
shall be certified to the collector on the invoice,
and an allowance for the same be made in esti
mating the duties.
Sec. 22. And be it funher enacled, That
where goods, wares, and merchandise shall be
entered at pons where there are no appraisers,
the mode hereinbefore prescribed of ascertain
ing the foreign value thereof shall bo carefully
observed by the revenue officers lo whom is
committed the estimating and collection of
duties.
Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Trea
sury from time to time to establish such rules
and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws
of the United Slates, to secure a just, faithful,
and impartial appraisal of all goods, wares and
merchandise as aforesaid, imported into the
United States, and just and proper entries of
such actual market value or wholesale price
tnereoi, and of the square yards, parcels, or
other quantities, as the case may require, and
of such actual market value or wholesale price
of every of them.
Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duly of all collectors and other offi
cers of the customs to execute and carry into
effecl all the instructions of the Secretary of the
Treasury relative to the execution of the reve-
nue laws; and in case any difficulty shall arise
as to the true construction or meaning of any
part of such revenue laws, tho decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury shall be conclusive
and binding upon all such collectors and other
officers of the customs.
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall apply to goods
shipped in a vessel bound to any port of the
Untied States, actually having left her last port
of lading eastward of the Cape of Good Hope,
or beyond Cape Horn, prior to the fust day of
September, eighteen hundred and foriy-two;
and all legal provisions and regulations existing
immediately before the thirtieth day of June,
eighteen hundred and forty-two, shall be applied
to importations which may be made in vessels
which have left such last port of lading eastward
of ihe Cape of Good Hope or beyond Cape Horn
prior to said first day of September eighteen
hundred and forty-two.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, Thai, ihe
laws existing on the first day of June, eighteen
hundred and forty-two, shall extend to and be
in force for the collection of duties imposed by
ihisact on goods, wares and merchandise, im
ported into the United States, and for the re
covery, collection, distribution, and remission
of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for
the allowance of the drawbacks by this act au
thorized, as fully and efTectvally as if every re
gulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provi
sion, clause, matter, and thing, in the said laws
contained, had been inserted in and re-enacted
by this act. And that all provisions of any for
mer law inconsistent with this act shall be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, annually, to ascertain whether, for the
year ending on the thirtieth of September next
preceding, the duty on any articles has exceed
ed thirty-five per cent, ad valorem on the ave
rage wholesale market value of such articles,
in the several ports of the United States for the
preceding year; andrif so, he shall report a ta
bular statement of such articles and excess of
duly to Congress, at the commencement of the
next annual session thereof, with such observa
tions and recommendations as he may deem
necessary for the improvement of the revenue.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted. That the
importation of all indecent and obscene prints,
paintings, lithograpns, engravings, and transpa
rencies, is hereby prohibited; and no invoice or
package whatever, or any part thereof, shall be
admitted to entry, in which any such articles
are contained; and all invoices and packages
whereof any such articles shall compose a part,
are hereby declared to be liable lo be proceeded
against, seized, and forfeited, by due course of
aw, and the said articles shall bo forthwith de
stroyed.
Sec. 29. And be it further enacted. That
wherever the word "ton" is used in this act. in
reference to weight it shall bo deemed and
taken to be twenty hundred weight, each hun
dred weight being one hundred and twelve
pounds avoirdupois,
Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That so
ong as the distribution of the netl proceeds of
the sales of the public lands, directed to be made
among the several States, Territories, and Dis
trict of Columbia, by the act entitled "An act
to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the
public lauds and to grant pre-emption rights,"
shall bo and remain suspended by virtue of this
act,. and of the proviso of the sixth section of
he act aforesaid, the ten per centum of iho said
proceeds directed to bo paid by the said act to
the several Slates of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, and Michigan, shall also be and remain
suspended.
Attorney at Law,
Uliifard, Pike county, Pa,
(OFFICE NEARLY OPPOSITE THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.)
September M, 1842.
Sherman's Poor Man's Plasters,
Cough Lozenges, Worm ;L6zenges,
and -Peters' Pills-
Tor aaleJat this, office; : ; " ' '
PROCLAMATION.
General Elcclion.
Whereas, by an act of ihe General As
sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled, "an act regulating the
General Elections within the said Com
monwealth," passed on the 2d day of Ju
ly, 1839yit is made the duty of the High
Sheriff of every county, to give public
notice of such elections to be holder), and
lo make known in such notice what offi
cers are to be elected. Therefore, I,
SAMUEL GUNSAULES,$ Sheriff of
the county of Monroe, do make known
by this Proclamation, to the Eleciors of
the county of Monroe, that a General
Election will he held in the said county
on Tuesday, the 1 Ith day of October next,
at the several election districts below en
umerated, at which time and places are
to be elected by the freemen of the county
of Monroe,
THREE PERSONS
To represent the counties of Monroe and
Northampton, in the House of Represen
tatives of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON
For the offices of Proihonotary, Clerks
of the General Quarter Sessions, Oyer
and Terminer and Orphans1 Court of the
county of Monroe.
ONE PERSON
for Register of Wills and Recorder of
Deeds of the county of Monroe.
ONE PERSON
for Commissioner of the county of Monroe
ONE PERSON
For Sheriff of the county of Monroe.
ONE PERSON
For Auditor of the public accounts of
said county of Monroe.
ONE PERSON
For Coroner of the county of Monroe.
The freemen of the township of Ches
nulhill are to hold their election at the
house of George Hood, in said township.
Coolbaugh At the house of Jasper
Vliet, in said township.
Hamilton At the house of Joseph Kel
ler, in said township.
M iddle Smilhfield At the house of W.
Overfield, in said township.
Pocono At the house of James Trach,
in said township.
Price Al the Central School House,
in said township.
Ross Al the house of Charles Strouss,
in said township,
Smilhfield At the house of Geo. Bush,
in said township.
Stroud At the house of Edward Pos
tens, in said township.
Tohyhanna At the house of John
Dreisbach, in said township.
Penn Forrest At the house of Robert
Thompson, in said township.
In pursuance of an act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled u an Act relating to the
Elections of this commonwealth," passed
the 2d day of July, A. D. 1839,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the general election and election
for inspectors and judges are to be opened
between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, and shall continue without
interruption or adjournment until 7 o'clock
in the evening, when the polls shall be
closed. '
" That.cv.ery person, excepting justices
of the peace who shall hold any office or
appointment of profit or trust, under the
government of the United States, or of
this Slate, or of any city or incorporated
district, whether a commissioned officer or
otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent,
who is or shall be employed under the le-
gislalive, executive or judiciary depart
ment ot this btatc,or ot the United btates,
or of any city or incorporated district, and
also (hat every member of congress, and
of the Stale Legislature, and of the select
and common council of any city, or com
missioners of any incorporated district, is
by law incapable of holding or exercising
at the same time the office or appointment
ot Judge, Inspector or clerk of any ejec
tion of this commonwealth, and that no
iuspeclor, Judge or other officer of any
such election shall be eligible to-any office
then voted for."
And the said act of Assembly further
provides as follows i
That the Inspectors and Judges as
aforesaid, shall meet at the respective pla
ces appointed lor holding the election in
the district to which they respectively be
long, before nine o'clock in the morning
ol tne second lucsday ot Uctober in cacti
and every year, and each of said Inspec
tors shall appoint one cleric, who shall be
a qualified voter of sai J district.
In case the person who shall have re
ceived the second highest number of votes
for Inspector shall not attend on the day
of any election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number
of votes for Judge at the next preceding
election, shall act as inspector in his place;
and in case the person who shall have re
ceived thejiighest number of vpes for in
spector shall no) attend, the parson elect
ed Judge-shnll appoint an Inspector in his
place and incase the' person elected a
judge shall not attend then the inspector
who received the highest number of votes
shall appoint a judge in his place; and if
any vacancy shall continue in the board
for the space of one hour after the time
fixed by law for the opening of the elec
lion, the qualified voters of the township,
ward or district for which such officer
shall have been elected, present at the
place of election, shall elect one of their
number to fill such vacancy.
It shall be the duly of said Assessors,
respectively, to attend at the place of hol
ding every general, special or township
election, during the whole time said elec
tion is kept open, for the purpose of giving
information lo the Inspectors and Judge,
.when called on in relation to the right of
any person assessed by them to vote at
such election, or such other matters in re
lation to the assessment of voters as the
said inspectors or judge, or either of them
shall Irom time to time require.
No person shall be permitted to vote at
any election, as aforesaid, other than a
white freemen of the age of twenty one
years or more, who shall have resided in
this state at least one year and in the elec
tion district where he offers to vote at least
ten days immediately preceding such elec
tion, and within two years paid a state or
county tax which shall have been assessed
at least ten days before the election. 15 ut
a citizen of the United States, who had
previously been a qualified voter of this
Slate, and removed therefrom and return
ed, and who shall have resided in the
election district and paid taxes as afore
said shall be entitled to vote after residing
in this state six months ; Provided, that
the white freemen, citizens of the United
States, between the ages of twenty one
and twentv two years, and having resided
in this State one year, and in Ihe election
district ten days as aforesaid shall be end
lied to vote, although they shall not have
paid taxes.
No person shall be admitted lo vote
whose name is not contained in the list of
taxable inhabitants furnished by the com
missioners, unless, First : he produces a
receipt for the payment within two years,
of a State or county tax assessed agreea
bly lo the constitution, and give satisfacto
ry evidence either on his own oath or af
firmation, or the oath or affirmation of an
other, that he has paid such a tax, or on
failure to produce a receipt, shall make
oath to the payment thereof or Second :
if he claim a right to vote by being an
elector between the ages bf twenty one
and twenty two years, he shall depose on
oalh.or affirmation that he has resided in
the state al least one year next before his
application, and make such proof of resi
dence in the district as is required by this
act, and that he does verily believe from
Ihe accounts given him that he is of the
age aforesaid, and give such other evidence
as is required by this act, whereupon the
name of the person so admitted to vote
shall be inserted in the alphabetical list by
the inspectors, and a note made opposite
thereto by writing the word "tax if he
thill ho nrtmSlforl lr vnlo Kir raoenn rtf I
having paid a tax, or the word "age" if
he shall be admitted to vole on account
of his age, and in either case the reason
of such vote shall be called out to the
clerks, who shall make the like notes in
the list of voters kept by them.
In all cases where the name of the per
son claiming to vote is not to be found on
the list as furnished by the commissioners
and Assessors, or his right to vole whether
found thereon or not is objected to by
any qualified citizen, it shall be the duty
of the inspectors to examine such person
on oath as to his qualifications, and if he
claims lo have resided within the state
for one year or more his oath shall be
sufficient proof by at least one competent
witness, who shall be a qualified elector,
(hat he has resided within the district for
more than ten days next immediately pre
ceding said election, and shall also him
self swear that his bona fide residence, in
pursuance of his lawful calling is within
the district, and that he did not remove
into said district for the purpose of voting
Iherpin.
Every person qualified as aforesaid,
and who shall make due proof, if requir
ed, of his residence and payment of taxes
as aforesaid, shall be admitted to vote in
the township, ward or district in which
he shall reside.
If any person shall prevent, or attempt
lo prevent any officers of an election un
der this act, from holding such election,
or use or threaten any violence to any
such officer, or shall interrupt or impro
perly interfere or attempt to block up the
the window or avenue to any window
where the same may be holden, or shall
riotously disturb the peace at nny such
election, or shall use or practice any
intimidation, threats, force or violence,
with design to influence unduly, or over
awe any elector, or to prevent him from
voting,or (o restrain the freedom of choice
such person pn conviction shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding five hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned for nny time not
less Hmn one nor moro than twelve
montns; ana it it snail be shown to t,c
court where the trial of such offence slm;
be had that the person so offending wHi
not a resident of the city, ward, district
or township where the said offence wM
committed, and not entitled to votelher(;.
in, then on conviction he shall be scut( ,
ced to pay a line of not les3 than one Inn,,
dred nor more than one thousand dollar
and be imprisoned not less than ?IX
months nor more than two years.
If any person or persons shall make
any bet or wager upon the result of any
election in this commonwealth, or shall
offer to make any such bet or wager, d
ther by verbal proclamation thereof, or
by any written or printed advertisement,
challenge or invite any person or persons
to make such bet or wager, upon convic
tion thereof, he or they shall forfeit and
pay three limes the amount so bet or of.
fered to be bet.
If any person not by law qualified,
shall fradulently vote at any election
within this commonwealth, or being oth
erwise qualified shall vote out of his pro
per district, or if any person knowing the
want of such qualifications, shall aid or
procure such person to vote, the person
or persons so offending shall on conviction
be fined in any sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months.
If any person shall vote at more than
one election district, or otherwise fraud
ulently vote more than once in the same
day; or shall fraudulently fold and deliver
to the inspector two tickets together with
the intent to illegally vote; or shall vote
the same; or if any person shall advise or
procure another so to do, he or they so
offending shall on conviction be lined in
any sum not less than fifty nor more than
five hundred dollars; and be imprisoned
for any term not less than three nor more
than twelve months.
Jf any person not qualified to vole in
this commonwealth, agreeably to law (ex
cept Ihe sons of qualified citizens) shall
appear at any place of election for the
purpose of issuing tickets or influencing
citizens qualified to vote, he shall on con
viction forfeit and pay any sum not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars for even
such offence, and be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding three months."
The return Junges of the several elec
tion districts of the county of Monroe will
meet at the Court House in the borough
of Stroudsbufg, in said county on Friday,
the 14th of October next.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
SAMUEL GUNSAULES, Shaiff.
Sheriff 's Office, Stroudsbung, )
Sept. 7, 1842. $ fe
NOTICE.
A petition for the benefit of the Bankrupt
Law has been filed the 15th August 1842, by
Solomon Seaman, Farmer, Pike county.
"Which Petition will be heard before the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the Eas
tern District of Pennsylvania, sitting in Bank
ruptcy, at the District Conn Room in the City
of Philadelphia, on Monday the 19th day of
September next, at 11 o'clock, a. m. When
and where all persons interested may appear
and show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of the said Petiiion should not be grant
ed, and the said Petitioner be declared Bank
rupt. FRAS. HOPKINSON,
Clerk of District Court.
Philadelphia, Aug. 17, 1842. a?5.
NOTICE.
Peiilions for the Benefit of the Bankrupt Law
have been filed tho 18th August, 1842, by
Moses Bross, Lumberman, Pike co.
Walter Buchanan, Tanner, do.
Which Petitions will bo heard before tho
District Court of the United States for the Eas
tern District of Pennsylvania, sitting in Bank
ruptcy, at the District Court Room in the City
of Philadelphia, on Tuesday the 20th day of
September next, at 11 o'clock, a. at. When
and whore all persons interested may appear
and show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of the said Petitions should not be grant
ed, and the said Petitioners be declared Bank
rupts. FRAS. HOPKINSON,
Clerk of District Court.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1842. a25.
NOTICE,
A Petition for Discharge and Certificate un
der the Bankrupt Law, has been filed by
Michael II. Dreher, late Merchant, now Re
corder of Deeds, &c, Monroe county.
And Monday the 2 1st day of November next,
at 11 o'clock, a. h. is appointed for the hearing
thereof, beforo the said Court, sitting in Bank
ruptcy, at the District Court Room in the City
of Philadelphia, when and where the Creditors
of the said Petitioners, who have proved their
Debts, and all other persons in interest, may
appear and show cause if any they have, why
such Discharge and Certificate should not tf
granted..
PRAS. HOPKINSON,
Clerk of the District Court
Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1842. 10.
. JOB WO$K
Neatly exoriut'ed at this 0fic6