Proviso. Appraisers may examine owners, &c., touch ing true value of merchandise imported, and require the production of let ters, &c. Duty of the Treasury. and the number of such yards, parcels, or quantities, and such actual value of every of them as the case may require; and all such goods, wares, and merchandise, being manufactures of wool, or whereof wool shall be a component part, which shall be imported into the United States in an unfinished condition, shall, in every such appraisal, be taken, deemed and estimated by the said appraisers, and every of them, and every person who shall act as such appraiser, to have been, at the time purchased, and place from whence the same were imported into the United States, of as great actual value as if the same had been entirely finished: Provided, That in all cases where any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to ad valorem duty, or whereon the duty is or shall be by law regulated by, or be directed to be estimated or levied upon, the value of the square yard, or any other quantity or parcel thereof, shall have been imported into the United States from a country other than that in which the same were manufactured or produced, the appraisers shall value the same at the current value thereof at the time of purchase, before such last exportation to the United States, in the country where the same may have been originally manufactured or produced. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the appraisers to call before them, and examine, upon oath, any owner, importer, consignee, or other person, touching any matter or thing which they may deem material in ascertaining the true value of any merchandise imported, and to require the production on oath, to the collector, or to any permanent appraiser, of any letters, accounts, or invoices, in his possession, relating to the same, for which purpose they are hereby authorized to administer oaths. And if any person so called shall fail to attend, or shall decline to answer, or to produce such papers when so required, he shall forfeit and pay to the United States fifty dollars; and if such person be the owner, importer or consignee, the appraisement which the said appraisers may make of the goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be final and conclusive, any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. And any person who shall swear falsely on such examination, shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and if he be the owner, importer, or consignee, the merchandise shall be forfeited. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, from time to time, to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, as the President of the United States shall think proper, 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 value thereof, and of the square yards, parcels, or other quantities, as the case may require, and of such actual value of every of them; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to report all such rules and regulations, with the reasons therefor, to the then next session of Congress. Additional duty of ten per cent. on all goods, &c. imported in foreign vessels, where a specific SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several rates of duties by this act imposed, in respect to all goods, wares and merchandise, on the importation of which, in American or foreign vessels, a specific discrimination has not already been made, which, from and after the third day of March aforesaid, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: Provided, That this additional duty shall not apply to goods, wares, and merchandise which shall be imported after said day in ships or vessels not of the Vol. iv. p. 2. United States, entitled by treaty, or by an act or acts of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States, on the payment of the same duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in ships or vessels of the United States. discrimination has not been already made. Proviso. Drawback. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a draw back of the duties by this act imposed, on goods, wares, and merchandise, which shall be imported from and after the said third day of March, upon the exportation thereof, within the time and in the manner prescribed in the existing laws at the time: Provided, no drawback shall be allowed on a less quantity of cordage than five tons. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws at the time shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this act, on goods, wares, and merchandise which shall be imported into the United States from and after the said third day of March; and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for the allowance of drawbacks by this act authorized, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing in the then existing laws contained, had been inserted in, and re-enacted by this act; and that so much of any act which is contrary to this act, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That whenever goods composed wholly, or in part, of wool or cotton of similar kind, but different quality, are found, in the same packages, charged at an average price, it shall be the duty of the appraisers to adopt the value of the best article contained in such package, and so charged, as the average value of the whole; and that so much of the act entitled "An act for the more effectual collection of the impost duties," approved the twenty-eighth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as requires the appraisers to adopt the value of the best article contained in a package as the average value of the whole, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever, upon the opening and examination of any package or packages of imported goods, composed wholly, or in part, of wool or cotton, in the manner provided by the fourth section of the act for the more effectual collection of the impost duties, approved on twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the said goods shall be found not to correspond with the entry thereof at the custom-house; and if any package shall be found to contain any article not entered, such article shall be forfeited; or if the package be made up with intent to evade or defraud the revenue, the package shall be forfeited; and so much of the said section as prescribes a forfeiture of goods found not to correspond with the invoice thereof, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, the ad valorem rates of duty on goods, wares, and merchandise, shall be estimated in the manner following: to the actual cost, if the same shall have been actually purchased, or the actual value, if the same shall have been procured otherwise than by purchase, at the time and place when and where purchased, or otherwise procured, or to the appraised value, if appraised, shall be added all charges, except insurance. Proviso. Existing laws for the collec tion of duties to continue in force after March 3, 1833, as fully as if re-enacted in this act. Value of best article in package, being all or part wool or cotton, to be adopted as average value of the whole. Goods found to correspond with en try, &c., to be forfeited. Ad valorem duties, how to be estimated. Pound sterling $4.80. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in calculat- to be valued at ing the rates of duties, the pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars and eighty cents. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That syrup imported in casks, and all syrup for making sugar, shall be rated by weight, and pay the same duty as the sugar of which it is composed would pay in its natural state; and that loaf or lump sugar, when imported in a pulverized, liquid, or other form, shall pay the same duty as is imposed by law on loaf or lump sugar; and all fossil and crude mineral salt shall fifteen pay per centum Syrup. Sugar. 1833, ch. 58, § 6. Mineral salt. Articles enu ad valorem. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the several articles enumerated in this bill, whether imported before or after the passage thereof, merated in this VOL. IV.-75 3D 2 bill may be put stores under the bond of the importer, &c.; and in custom-house such as remain after March 3, 1833, to be subject to no other duty than if im ported after that day; if the duties were previously paid, to be refunded. Proviso. STATUTE I. July 14, 1832. Appropriation for extinguish ment of Indian title to lands in Missouri and Il linois. may be put into the custom-house stores, under the bond of the importer or owner; and such of said articles as shall remain under the control of the proper officer of the customs on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, shall be subject to no other duty than if the same were imported, respectively, after that day. And if the duties or any part thereof on the articles deposited as aforesaid shall have been paid previous to the said third day of March, the amount so paid shall be refunded to the person importing and depositing the said articles: Provided, That this section shall apply to merchandise in original packages which may have been entered and taken into the possession of the importer or owner; upon condition that the said merchandise be placed under the custody of the proper officer of the customs, and that the same shall remain under his control on the third day of March next: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry this section into effect. APPROVED, July 14, 1832. CHAP. CCXXVIII.-An Act to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian tille to lands lying in the states of Missouri and Illinois, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty-six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of the President, to the extinguishment of the title of the Kickapoos, Shawanees, and Delawares, of Cape Girardeau, to lands lying in the state of Missouri; and of the Piankashaws, Weas, Peorias, and Kaskaskias, to lands lying in the state of Illinois; and, for the purpose of defraying all the expenses of treating with, removing, and subAnnuity to the sisting, said Indians for one year; for an additional compensation to the Shawnee Indians for their reservation at Wapaughkonitta, in Ohio, an annuity of two thousand dollars per annum, for fifteen years; and, also, the sum of three thousand dollars to defray the expenses of procuring the assent of the Menominee Indians, to the treaty between them and the United States, which was provisionally ratified during the present session of Congress. Shawnees, &c. Legal representatives of John and James Pettigrew. Legatees of A. McKnight. To be paid from the treasury. STATUTE I. July 14, 1832. [Obsolete.] Appropriation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury. be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legal representatives of John Pettigrew and James Pettigrew, the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until the time of payment. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legatees of Alexander McKnight the sum of two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until the time of payment. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said sums be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, July 14, 1832. CHAP. CCXXIX.-An Act for the erection of barracks, quarters, and store-houses, sury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated STATUTE I. CHAP. CCXXX.-An Act in addition to an act, entitled "An act for the relief July 14, 1832. of certain insolvent debtors of the United States." (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all and cach of the provisions of the act to which this is an addition, shall be extended to every person who was a debtor to the United States on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, in any sum of money which he is unable to pay, unless such person be indebted as the principal in an official bond, or for public money received by him, and not paid over or accounted for according to law; or for any fine, forfeiture, or penalty, incurred by the violation of any law of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in all such cases of indebtedness as are described in the fourth section of the act to which this is an addition, the Secretary of the Treasury may, according to his discretion, execute to the debtor of the United States a release, as mentioned therein, without any payment by said debtor, if the Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied that said debtor is unable to pay any part of said debt. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act, or in the act of which it is an amendment, shall be construed to entitle any government debtor to be discharged, until it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the sureties of such debtor are unable to pay the said debt, and that they are entitled to the provisions of this act, in like manner as the said principal debtor shall be entitled to the same, or, unless said sureties shall file their consent, in writing, with the Secretary of the Treasury, that the privileges of this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, may be extended to their principal without any prejudice to their liability, or unless such discharge can and shall be given in such manner as not to affect the legal liability of such sureties. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any unappropriated moneys in the treasury, to carry into effect this act, and that of which it is an amendment. APPROVED, July 14, 1832. CHAP. CCXXXI.—An Act to provide for the appointment of three commissioners to treat with the Indians, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three commissioners, who shall visit and examine the country set apart for the emigrating Indians, west of the Mississippi river; and shall, when it is necessary, enter into negotiations with them for the adjust ment of any difficulties which may exist in the location of the lands of the emigrating Indians, in the boundaries thereof. Such commissioners shall also ascertain and report the proper places of location for such of the tribes and portions of tribes as may yet wish to remove to that coun (a) See notes to the act of March 2, 1831, ch. 62. 2, Act of March 1831, ch. 62. former act extended to every person who was Provisions of on the 1st of January, 1831, indebted to the United States, &c. Secretary of Treasury to execute releases in certain cases. be Debtor not to discharged until it appear that sureties are unable to pay the debt, &c. Appropriation. STATUTE I. July 14, 1832. to be appointed country set apart for emigrating Indians, &c. and to report proper locations, &c. Commissioners to convene hos tile tribes, and range their diffi endeavour to ar culties. try, and shall transmit to the War Department all the information they can procure respecting its climate, soil, and capacity to support the number of Indians who will probably remove to and reside in it. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be authorized to convene together such of the tribes as may be in a state of hostility, or as may be apparently disposed to commit, or may have committed, depredations or aggressions against others, and to endeavour to arrange the difficulties between them, so that the protection promised to the emigrating Indians by the sixth section of the act of May twentyeight, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may be secured to them. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall plan for the im- also report to the War Department a plan for the improvement, governprovement of ment, and security of the Indians. Act of May 28, 1830, ch. 148. To report a the Indians. To report re lative to mode of emigrating. To receive in structions from the War Depart ment. Appropriation. Act limited to two years. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall inquire into the mode in which the business of emigration has been conducted, and report any changes which would render the same more economical, or better adapted to the comfort and condition of the Indians. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in the discharge of their duties, the said commissioners shall be regulated by such instructions as they receive from the War Department. may SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect, be, and the same is appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for the term of two years, and no longer. APPROVED, July 14, 1832. STATUTE I. July 14, 1832. to be made pre- ine of Ohio. CHAP. CCXXXII.-An Act to provide for the taking of certain observations preparatory to the adjustment of the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States cause to be ascertained, by accurate observation, the latitude and longitude of the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan; and that he cause to be ascertained, by like observation, the point on the Miami of the Lake which is due east there from, and also, the latitude and longitude of the most northerly cape of the Miami bay; also, that he cause to be ascertained, with all practicable accuracy, the latitude and longitude of the most southerly point in the northern boundary line of the United States in Lake Eric; and also, the points at which a direct line drawn from the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, to the most southerly point in said northern boundary line of the United States, will intersect the Miami river and bay; and also, that he cause to be ascertained by like observation, the point in the Mississippi which is due west from the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan; and that the said observations Result to be be made, and the result thereof returned, to the proper department within returned within the current year. one year. APPROVED, July 14, 1832. (a) By the fifth section of the act of March 2, 1833, ch. 54, the time for taking observations as to the northern boundary of Ohio was extended to December 31, 1835. |