ces beyond the Cape of Good Hope, to be weighed, marked and certified, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the third day of March aforesaid, the duties on all wool, manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, shall be paid in cash, without discount, or at the option of the importer, be placed in the public stores, under bond, at his risk, subject to the payment of the customary storage and charges, and to the payment of interest at the rate of six per centum per annum while so stored: Provided, That the duty on the articles so stored shall be paid one half in three, and one half in six months from the date of importation: Provided also, That if any instalment of duties be not paid when the same shall have become due, so much of the said merchandise as may be necessary to discharge such instalment shall be sold at public auction, and retain ing the sum necessary for the payment of such instalment of the duties, together with the expenses of safe keeping and sale of such goods, the overplus, if any, shall be returned by the collector, to the importer or owner, or to his agent or lawful representative: And provided also, That the importer, owner, or consignee of such goods, may, at any time after the deposite shall have been made, withdraw the whole or any part thereof, on paying the duties on what may be withdrawn, and the customary storage and charges, and of interest.

SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the duty which now is, or hereafter may be imposed on any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into the United States, shall, by law, be regulated by, or be directed to be estimated or levied upon, the value of the square yard, or of any other quantity or parcel thereof; and in all cases where there is or shall be imposed any ad valorem rate of duty on any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into the United States, it shall be the duty of the collector within whose dis. trict the same shall be imported or entered, to cause the actual value thereof, at the time purchased, and place from which the same shall have been imported into the United States, to be appraised, estimated and ascertained, and the number of such yards, parcels, or quantities, and such actual value of every of them, as the case may require; and it shall, in every such case, be the duty of the appraisers of the United States, and every of them, and eve

ry other person who shall act as such appraiser, by all the reasonable ways or means in his or their power, to ascertain, estimate, and appraise the true and actual value, any invoice or affidavit thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, at the time purchased, and place from whence the same shall have been im- ' ported into the United States, 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 saine 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.

SECT. 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 apppraisement 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 merchan. dise shall be forfeited.

SECT. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty 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.

SECT. 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 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.

SECT. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a drawback of the duties by this act imposed, on goods, wares, and merchandize, 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.

SECT. 12. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws at the time shall

extend to and be in force for, the collec tion of the duties imposed by this act, on goods, wares, and merchandize which shall be imported into the United States from and after the said third day of March, and for the recovery, collection, distri bution, 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, forfeit ure, 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.

SECT. 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 twentyeight, 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.

SECT. 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 auties, approved on twentyeighth 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, repeal d.

SECT 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

the Treasury, to carry into effect this act, and that of which it is an amendment.

CHAP. 231. An Act to provide for the

appointment of three commissioners to treat with the Indians, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 232. An Act to provide for the

taking of certain observations preparatory to the adjustment of the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio.

Approved, July 14, 1832.

CHAP. 233. An Act to amend the act entitled An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned.'

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases of fine, penalty, or forfeiture, mentioned and embraced in the act entitled An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned, or in any act in addition to, or amendatory of said act, and not exceeding fifty dollars in amount, or value, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized, if in his opinion the said fine, penalty, or forfeiture was incurred without wilful negligence or intention of fraud, to prescribe such rules and mode of proceeding, to ascertain the facts, as in his opinion may be convenient and proper, without regard to the provisions of the act above referred to; and upon the said facts, so to be ascertained as aforesaid, the said Secretary may exercise all the power conferred upon him in and by said act, as fully as he might have done had said facts been ascertained under and according to the provisions of said act.

CHAP. 234. An Act further to provide

for the relief of distressed American seamen in foreign countries.

CHAP. 235. An Act to remit a part of

act, entitled An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution.'

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third section of the act, entitled An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution,' approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, shall not be construed to embrace invalid pensioners; and that the pension of invalid soldiers shall not be deducted from the amount receivable by them under the said act.

Approved, July 14, 1832.

CHAP. 238. An Act repealing a part of the fifth section of an act, entitled 'An act to establish ports of delivery at Port Pontchartrain and Delaware city, and for other purposes.'

CHAP. 239. An Act to amend the ser

eral acts for the establishment of a Territorial Government in Florida.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Sew ate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the court of appeals in the Territory of Florida, established in virtue of the fourth section of the act of the twentysixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour, to which this act is an amendment, shall be com posed of the judges of the superior courts in said Territory respectively, a majority of whom shall be necessary to be pres ent to constitute a quorum to hear and decide causes; but any two of the said judges shall he sufficient to make any interlocutory order, or to grant any writ authorized by any of the acts to which this is an amendment.

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the duties on a cargo imported in the brig Liberator.

CHAP. 236. An Act for the relief of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States.

subject matter, in the same manner, as writs of error and appeals are authorized now to be taken and prosecuted under the aforesaid twentyfifth section of the act of the twentyfourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eightynine, from any court in any State; and writs of error and appeals, in virtue of the said twentyfifth section, are hereby authorized to be taken and prosecuted, from the highest court of law or equity having jurisdiction of the subject matter in the said Territory.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the regulations prescribed by the second section of the act entitled An act in addition to an act entitled An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,' approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, as far as said regulations shall be practicable, shall be observed in respect to all writs of error and appeals from the said court of appeals in the said Territory to the Supreme Court of the United States.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That appeals and writs of error may be taken and prosecuted, in all cases from the decisions and judgments of the highest court of said Territory to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the amount in controversy exceeds one thousand dollars.

CHAP. 240. An Act to authorize the sale of certain public lands in the State of Ohio.

CHAP. 241. An Act to authorize the disposition of the fund arising from the sale of a quarter section of land, reserved for the use of schools, in Florida.

CHAP. 242. An Act giving the assent

of the United States to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at their December session, in one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone, entitled An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.'

CHAP. 243. An Act making appropriation towards the expense of laying out and opening a military road, from fort Howard, at Green Bay, to fort Crawford on the Mississippi.

CHAP. 244. An Act for the relief of the officers and soldiers of Fort Delaware.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the occupants and settlers upon the public lands of the United States, who are entitled to a preemption according to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved the twentyninth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, and who have not been, or shall not be, enabled to make proof and enter the same within the time limited in said act, in consequence of the public surveys not having been made and returned, or where the land was not attached to any land district, or where the same has been reserved from sale on account of a disputed boundary between any State and Territory, the said occupants shall be permitted to enter the said lands on the saine conditions, in every respect, as are prescribed in said act, within one year after the surveys are made, or the land attached to a land district, or the boundary line established; and, if the said lands shall be proclaimed for sale before the expiration of one year as aforesaid, then they shall be entered before the sale thereof.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the occupants upon fractions shall be permitted, in like manner, to enter the same, so as not to exceed in quantity one quarter section; and if the fractions exceed a quarter section, the occupant shall be permitted to enter one hundred and sixty acres, to include his or their improvement, at the price aforesaid.

CHAP. 247. An Act to authorize the

sale of lands reserved from sale at Fort Jackson, in the State of Alabama.

CHAP. 248. An Act granting certain city lots to the corporation of the Columbian College, for the purposes therein mentioned.

CHAP. 249. An Act for the benefit of