Synopsis of the Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction of the Tariff, Navigation, and Other Laws for the Year Ended ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Customs administration Vols. for 1891-1897 include decisions of the United States Board of General Appraisers. |
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... Acting Secretary . ( 16662. ) Values of foreign coins . [ Circular No. 1. ] TREASURY DEPARTMENT , BUREAU OF THE MINT , Washington , D. C. , January 1 , 1896 . SIR : In pursuance of the provisions of section 25 of the act of August 28 ...
... Acting Secretary . ( 16662. ) Values of foreign coins . [ Circular No. 1. ] TREASURY DEPARTMENT , BUREAU OF THE MINT , Washington , D. C. , January 1 , 1896 . SIR : In pursuance of the provisions of section 25 of the act of August 28 ...
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... Acting Secretary . AN ACT to make Palm Beach , Florida , a subport of entry and delivery . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That Palm Beach , in the State ...
... Acting Secretary . AN ACT to make Palm Beach , Florida , a subport of entry and delivery . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That Palm Beach , in the State ...
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... are used , they shall be distinctly marked " American Express Company . " Respectfully , yours , COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS , Boston , Mass . S. WIKE , Acting Secretary . ( 16685. ) Cast bronze statuary dutiable at 45 per 20.
... are used , they shall be distinctly marked " American Express Company . " Respectfully , yours , COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS , Boston , Mass . S. WIKE , Acting Secretary . ( 16685. ) Cast bronze statuary dutiable at 45 per 20.
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... Acting Secretary . Reports of local appraisers to the Board of General Appraisers . [ Circular No. 17. ] TREASURY DEPARTMENT , January 22 , 1896 . To appraisers and acting appraisers of merchandise : Officers charged with the ...
... Acting Secretary . Reports of local appraisers to the Board of General Appraisers . [ Circular No. 17. ] TREASURY DEPARTMENT , January 22 , 1896 . To appraisers and acting appraisers of merchandise : Officers charged with the ...
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... Secretary of Agriculture , who furnishes this Department with expert advice in such matters , expresses the opinion that such " glue pieces " should undergo ... Acting Secretary . ( 16706. ) Lanoline dutiable as rendered oil at the 34.
... Secretary of Agriculture , who furnishes this Department with expert advice in such matters , expresses the opinion that such " glue pieces " should undergo ... Acting Secretary . ( 16706. ) Lanoline dutiable as rendered oil at the 34.
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25 per cent act of August act of June act of October Acting Secretary affirmed allow under Synopsis amount of duties appraised merchandise assessed for duty Assistant Secretary August 28 Board bottles cent ad valorem cent under paragraph cents per pound certificate chandise chargeable on certain CHARLES Chicago Chicago and St circuit court claimed classification collector of customs collector's decision common carrier consignee cotton dated drawback entry dutiable duties chargeable Duty was assessed entered free entry Gold HAMLIN hemstitched hereby inches instant invoice letter manufactured matter merchandise in question metal officers Ohio Opinion by SHARRETTS Opinion by WILKINSON port protest protest is overruled provisions of paragraph quantity Railway rate and amount receipt Received and filed Respectfully silk southern district sugar sustained tariff act thereof transportation TREASURY DEPARTMENT U. S. General Appraisers ultimo United States attorney United States circuit valorem under paragraph vessels W. E. CURTIS York Zante currants
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Page 916 - Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during bad weather, the green and red side lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand, lighted and ready for use : and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points...
Page 904 - ... light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 909 - Art. 17. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Page 121 - Articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means...
Page 903 - The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Page 906 - The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph. Art. 8. Pilot vessels when engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
Page 910 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel or the owner or master or crew thereof from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 910 - Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel...
Page 911 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervale of about a minute.
Page 904 - ... (a). These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least 15 feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.