’I‘rn.a xxx1v.———C()LLECTION OF DUTIES.-—Ch. 6. 563 Sec. 2902. It shall be the duty of the appraisers of the United States, _¥9‘1€‘!E*PP'°l°'!l: and every of them, and every person who shall act as such a praiser, 30 Aug., 1842, c. or of the collector and naval officer, as the case may be, by aH reason- 270- ¤- 16- V- 5- D- able ways and means in his or their power, to ascertain, estimate, and J ,8.,, appraise the true and actual market-value and wholesale price, any 39] ,,_ii'f’,._ ,8’,°,' invoice or atlidavit thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, of the mer- 189: i i I chandise, at the time of exportation, and in the princi l markets of the -lliiii-i-imiiiilii-K-Q country whence the same has been imported into the Uliiited States, and 9 How., 619, the number of such yards, parcels, or quantities, and such actual market- B”·’*l°** *’· K¤¤<>- value or wholesale price of every of them, as the case may require. All 1,6 H°“`_"2£1i C')"' such merchandise, being manufactured of wool, or whereof wool shall be igmoggv,-_ urfitgi a component part, which shall be imported into the United States, in an Belcher v. lawn; unfinished condition, shall, in every such ap raisal, be estimated to have S0"- 21 HOW--2519 been at the time of exportation, and lace wiience the same was imported ¥‘g;':t'd;&l°fi°”* into the United States, of as great value as if the same had been entirelv ,-_ L,QQ,-,a,,{,n"B§ Bnished, [see 5 asm, seneaeie 1..] i Blat-ch., 117. i Sec. 2903. The President may cause to be established fit and proper Depreciatedcurregulations for estimating the duties on merchandise imported into the ¤*¤¢=Y- United States, in respect to which the original cost shall be exhibited in "§_y;§j,'1q-gg,} a depreciated currency, issued and circulated under authority of any 22,s.6l,v.1,p.673. foreign government. [S- s ms.] vg;; well, 2 Blatch., 220; Dutilh r. Maxwell, 2 Blatch., 541; Craig r. Maxwell, 2 ldlatch., 545; Fiedler 1-. Maxwell, 2 Blatch., 552; Reynolds a·. Maxwell, 2 Blatch., 555; Rich 4-. Maxwell, 3 Blatch., 127; De Forest r. Redfield, 4 Blatch., 478. Sue. 2904. When the duty upon any imports shall be subject to be Yalue at date of levied upon the true market-value of such imports in the principal markets §’lj2“}‘f*L_ _ of the country from whence the importation has been made, or at the 2 Mar., 1861, t; port of exportation, the duty shall be estimated and collected upon the 68- S- 28. v- 12, p. value on the day of actual shipment, whenever a bill of lading shall be 197· presented showing the date of shipment, and which shall be certified by a certificate of the United States consul, commercial agent, or other le lly authorized deputy. Sec. 2905. In all cases where merchandise, subject to ad-valorem duty, G<><>d¤f¤>m<‘0¤m— or on which the duties are to be levied upon the value of the square l’;_¥)d°Jg€;n*h£'} °i yard, and in all cases where any specific quantity or parcel of such mer- L; chandise has been imported into the United States from a country in 80A¤8--1842-¤ which the same has not been manufactured or produced, the foreign gg “‘ 16* "· 5· l’· value shall be ap raised and estimated according to the current market- -4...* . . value or wholesalia rice of similar articles at the principal markets of Fennerstein’s the country of prodhction or manufacture, at the period of the exporta- $vl“hmP:4%P°m3 tion of such merchandise to the United States. m,_:d';._ M ,;,,,0; Sprague, 186; Grinnell r. Lawrence, 1 Blatch., 346l Src. 2906. When an ad-valorcm rate of duty is imposed on any Value atperiod imported merchandise, or when the duty imposed shall be regulated by, of °"P""i*‘“°";__ or directed to be estimated or based upon, the value of the square yard, 3 Mar., 1865, c. or of any specified quantity or parcel of such merchandise, the collector 80-¤-7,V-13.p-490 within whose district the same shall be imported or entered shall cause S,,,,m,,_ PWM, the actual market-value, or wholesale price thereof, at the period of the 18 How.,521; Bal; exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the coun- l¤rd_¤·. Thomas, 19 try from which the same has been imported, to be appraised, and such gg'? igigligmg appraised value shall be considered the value upon w ich duty shall be How; 571; 1-,=,,,,_ assessed. nerstein's Champagne, 3 Wall., 1-15; Goddard v. Maxwell, 3 Blatch., 131; Bailey r. Goodrich, 2 Cliff., 597; Gray r. Lawrence, 3 Blatch., 117; Barnard r. Morton, Sprague, 186. S1-:0. 2907. In determining the dutiable value of merchandise, there Aseertainmemof shall be added to the cost, or to the actual wholesale price or general "“l“°· market·value at the time of ex rtation in the principa markets of the 28 July, 1866, c. country from whence the same lids been ilnlported in_to the United States, 3233- S- 9- l'- N- llthe cost of transportation, shipment, an transshlpment, with all the 2;_,_hme’187_,' (__ expenses included, from the place of growth,·production, or manufacture, 39], ,,_ 14, ,._ Ig, ,,_ whether by land or wate1·, to the vessel in which shipment is made to the 189. ______ United States: the value of the sack, box, or covering of any kind in Grinnell-.1.aw.
