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OFFICIAL PAPER.
ANNUAL TREASURY REPORT.
-Inobedience to the directions of the
? ,?v;i. wuppieiutumry 10 me aci 10 esia
V? bhsh the Treasury Department, 'Hhe Sec-:
' -V.retarjrof the, Treasury respectfully sub
; v ums'iite luuowjng
i-V'- -The balancV'iO the Treasuty, oti ; '
v'I1iefeceips.froaall$ourci"dtt.
ri.jfV ThJgthe year 1828, were - 24,789463 6l
fcustoma,? r f25,205K523 ' 64, .
rt,andg-r,rv ' 4,018,508 75
tock T J - 45&000
nncidentalBec'U 110,631 52 ' :
4
MakjDe: an afferecrale of
i 1 AA7 74VI 7 1
r ' 1828, were0. V -."s 11'-; V, 485,13 0t
. & Miscellaneous 7605d 34
iltlitary, service,. , .
it' '
ticatitfns, ofd-: . - " -
nance. r Irrdian v . - : T
v Via - -1" t l m vn fitTmn - u ilk r uw '
.V - Navaliervice, irf "
. w. UV U & I Ilia.. 1 &J.7iJU t? -- -.-S?
3
Ml
1 -&lyprftvemat t
V; t Public Djibt 12,163,438 07' 1 1
r. Leaving a balance in the Tr'eaiu
;ryv6nfhel'stof'janri829, of' 5972,435 81
r The Teceipta into the Treasury, -
- Turing'tbe first quarters of r r ' J -i,
7 the present year, ,ftfe,estimat-
c'd ..to'have'amoumed toy . r": 19,43730 9a
Viz r ,Y
Customs "v 17770,744, 59
LandST" - , r 972.059 35 :
Bank Dividends . ; 49(.000 00
Miscellaneous , 7. 204,407 05 '
k -The. receipfs for
IT
'S
i are estimated aj .5,165,000 00."
cejptjt'of the year f
ndr with; the balance on the 1st
ofaD'1829, forming ah ag--gregateof
t
.Vhe expenditures for the .3, first
24,602,230 98
30,574,666 79
v4 quarters, of &-present year '
laveVmbanted by estimate, to 18919,114 -05
Civil, 'Diplomatic'
& Miscellaneous 2,482,415 50 7'
If.
Mihtary; service,
r including fArtV
fic:tions;r' . ord-
- pa nee j , .--?:IndiatrV'
Z aflTairs.' n nsi .
'it-. .'r-'i
" ' ' ons, arming t,he
'-'i. -l miKlia' Sc jnter
h ; " , v nat improvem't f 5,155,256 44
. 1 . .Javaraervicejh.., '
X cWliju4hie.ra' r-u ;-' v
V 7Wrl 7. ; : ...
At t theli T 2,55,979 24
V ;,Pubncj0ebt s 8i7i5,462" 87
nrV, TlieesrpenditMW' '
'"fgrheh6iar-s
J liwiudiig3,? C 7
stG&J&JS&M.-; .'" 7
' accMWt !bfi5, ; . :. v ... 1
,v public debt, are 7; V
i -atimatedlt ;7;245.48l 05
Or
k Alfg lhe toUisthnated ex- ; , o - 1
peiiiditureafof Ufyr 26,164,595 10
tngJn th? Treasury, on th e
an. 1830. an estimated
u--!Li .;,;i'
410,071 69
i VPfvthis balaceVawhtchT jhcludes; .the
i fuhdtf heretoforJr Depart-
inenj iis not effective, there have been re
' Rcrvliiijif1ei4ft bf the Sink
i ug Ftinlif' Acffi IS 17VS2, 000000, and
. iheresTduasbeen tieldiomeet existing
, ppropHatioril7 :0p- . ,
' : ButS ose iproprtationt, it is esti-
: 1 1 r 7 -t atecJ? AaeecShtly furpj
A' " " prorie.rpitnieh'ls
inqtetft on-aata recently. I urntshed by the
, - " r
required, to
vear 1829.
: : ;t , :9yy of Uhe year 1 89,
: f5 i;pn jears, SM57, 173 t6,
V w w qu'rpa For thevservice of
' -" those ears, and niahereforebe applied,
; ; fwUhpuingteapppnaed,."in aid of
thetferyiceot; the year 1830 : as will1 be
.moreiMly, estimates of
the appropriation!' for that Vetir are bre-
ff,V " entedr"--4.7s:. : . ' V
'X'" v3d will
lc V trPluvnd at the
V, the,;p.r,e8enteav either because'
'u 1 - . f the objects for which it vas aD&ranriated.
i rr. wytnotbeequired jbrr will uo longer
The total jimwunt of' the Publid K - -i5r
Debt "of the.t. S. was, bn the -t S
; lst Jan. 1829, , ;t : . ,58,406;418 05
The pay menu 'V,:-' .
made, and to 7 ." "' 7 v
v be made,7onv . ' f ' , '
account ofthe, v-' . -
b Public .DehV- vI- 7' -;
ftr th .-year ' T- . ' 4
, Or this um, there .
Xvilf havtj been I . 1 -
paid far TiUer'st 2,563,994 25 1
s aou on account or principal
9,841,011 55:
, Leaving the totaj debt, on the 1st
. fwndeddebt 74 48,522,869:93
4865,40650
; wnmmicadebtw 42,536 57
!' Of til. --ttJ .1. . '- J
'.
i rM.Vk:V1 1 -VJ2.lw" P'ywww the pub!
'i ' - ; rkw-in..ew section' of the Sinlafi
k - ' nlTT e reaemptionlof the six
: . w.7decPUe according lo the rLn.S
co&tracts
, , . i. '. "
J ion k
iujvmi pet
101 59-
:7""
f
, - , . ' cents;
On the ;first f
, January, ; 183.1,'.
'and subject to.
,:the last pay
ment of 1830
18,90159
Total redeemable in r
1830 H
In 1831 viz :on -tlie
1st Jan. 1832)
4 per .
8,017,695 51
cents,
4$pr.
cents,
1,018,900 72
5.000,000 ,
Total amount ia
1831
In 1832 It per
' cents, .v. .
On the 1st of Jan.
, 1833, 4 1 per
6,018,900 12
5,000,000
-3.
J - cents, .
2,227,363 97;
-4-
Total redeemable
rents."
2,227,o63 98
In 1834 (viz. on
".he -iSst Jan.
1835) 5 per
' cents. , ' -
MS
4,735,296 30
28,226,620 43
Making; together
Redeemable? at'
,.7tle pleasure of
f the 7 Govern
ment '4
Five" per cents,
subscribed 'Ho
the Bank of the
United States ,
Three -cents', ,
296,249 45.
7,r,ooo,ooo
13,296,249 45
Mating a total of , f . 4822,869 93'
f rom pe above statement it is apparent , that
I he Sinking I'uhd, : as hereafter estimated at
$11,500,000, for the vear 1830, and subsequenN
ly at an average k(12;it00OfcnVbnlr 'be
applied to the the reimbursemeht of those stocks
wpicn are notrecteemableat pleasure, as follows :
In' 1830 to tbev 'z V v:
payment
'principal
Interest
7' .
of . . -
J" 8,017,695 51 -'
I,951,437 05-" ,
9,969,132 56
In 1831to the
payment of
principal -
Interest, say
6, 01 8 900 72
1,687,060 08
7,7Q5,9i0 80
In a 832 to the
payment of
principal M-
j Interest," say
',
In 1833 to the -payment
gc of
principal " J
7,22763 97
1,186,115 04
8,413,479
2,22763 98
Interest, say
1,085,883 66
3,313,247 64
In 1834 to the
payment of
principal
4,735,296 30
985,652 29
Interest, say
5,720,948 59
Jleviriconveoiencewhich theTreaso-
ry win De exposed byanis cause, may be
ayertedliy redeeming the stock subscribed
to the Bank of-the United Sfates, ahd au
thorizing the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund to purfchafe the thr per cents,
when, in' their opinwn, the terms on which
such purchasanTbe made, will render it
as favorable to' the United States as the
pay ment of other stocks, then redeemable.
This stock is now quoted in thk market at
bout 871 An unlimited auihuritv tn rJ
de?m it, would no doubt somewhat enhance
the price but this effect would, in a great
decree, be counteracted by the option to
redeem other stocks. If however, the re
venues can, in the opinion ofiCongress, be
more ad van tageousl v reduced or thprwi.
disposed of, when the other stocks shall be
redeemed, the payment of the three per
wnvs. nia oe posrponed subject to the
operation of n small Sinking Fuud, to be
applied conditionally, vfe- when the stock
cai frtlght at a reasonable price, to be
fixed by liiw. In such case it.will.be ne
cessary to the; full employment of -the
preent Sinking Fund, to give the Com
missions power, to purchase the five and
four and a half per cenis; at their market
price. . '
UL Of the Estimates of the Public Reven
ue and Expenditures for the year 1830.
The amount of duties pn isi.purts and
tonnage, which accrued from ih Kt f
January o ii.e 30th Sepiembec, 1829, is
estimated at g21,821,500, being 32r621,
300, less than tbat which accrud in the
curresponning, period . ot the preceding
year. This iff ficiehcy has arisen almost
entirely 1,1 the:Ut quarter of the present
ar ndra probably caused by the ex
?enEifnP,,rl:itns which had been made
inthe'early pan of 1828,;;in anticipaliou
' the increased duties. In thed and 3d
quarter of th- y e r, however, the "impor
tai ions have so Augmented, that accruing
duties secured in those quarters are bur
90Jl?0',tt' less than those secured in
the second and third quarters of the7 pre
ceding year. This impruvemeot still con.
tmus, arid there is reason, to" believe that
the du ties accruing in the fwartn ''quarter
will nearly equal thoKe ol the (ouitn quar
ter oflast yearr It is worthy of remark
that the accruing revenue of the three first
q uarters of the year 1829.. though so much
below that of 1828, is 4buly 270,200 le.s
thai, that of the same period &f the year
l82rJ-. . . :. .
, ' lhe debentures issuetl, duringhv three
rl loar,r8 ot 1829, were 3,U59,G60,25
riicu exceeos tn amount issued durinV
tne correspqndms nenod of th or iftooR
96,475 70. 7 - U
rhe amount o debentures olfstanding
bthe 30th of Septemblr lasf,. andxfiafge
ahle Aipo the.revenue of tl830, wllgi,.
11 U 136, exceeding:, by .. SG&sota ,1..
4?vunt chargeable in the same iiav m
n
iuX!oo tneuth ot September lagf, ia esti
m.Ke item thevalucorihp vj
Jhe amount of Custom Ho, se hJ. in
se bonds in
JtV-y ,vlt tiO, being 8 !.T.4S5 4
was
45 more
m 1832 , V ? iV$i? 7J227,36.T97
In I833(v)z. oft . : 1. -, -,v
, theJsUanuary-; ; t 4 :yl f:,
1834)4 per?- ; :,.,: '.H-.
Jhan on the. ame day in (he preceding
year. It may be observed,' that the grfat
Increase of this item, for several years
past, has arisen from the heavy failure in
the China trade ; in which series of bonds
falling due rrom.:thevgabewha9e8'cpti
njence in one year and "terminate in afioV
tfier. f:-;;,
Fran - Tietrjpf.a ?thfse Diets and ,coW
&iJeraticiistheVeccrptsf6r the year f 1830
areeshmate.atVt- 83,840)00
Lands - - . 1,00,00(1
BankDividendsVfi, ; 490,600
Incidental receibs. 'lniv t V
jv eluding arrears of in" f
temal duties: direct 7 V i ?
I Ujpr and canal' tolts Viso.OOO
7the balance estimated i -.
thelst of January," , ' "
ljU r 4.410.071 69,
Making an aggregate of ts't 28.250;07l' 69
4 ne expenditures forbSO are esti-
TnatLat '.m V .i , . 23.755 J26 67
Vizi
Civil, Diplomatic, and
Xliscedaneous 2,475,225 62
MUitaryserviee, includ- - i r
, jngfortificatiool drd.
uaiiuc, maian anairs,
pensions.' arming the -
" militia, ;and'lnternal;j H' f -,
- Improvements ,525,189 95 "
Iaval service, including!, ''."V
jthe gradual improve- t ?:
melitoYtheNavy4,25r,lll'10 -
Publid Debt , . - -11 ,500,000 00 . , -
Which will leave an es- ' '
timated" balance An
" the Treasury, on -the i '
lstofJanuary,1831,6f , d 4,494,54502
Ir the foregoing estimate of the revenue
and expenditure be correcf, the sU oVlat
the disposal of the Conroissionerr; of lihe
Sinking (ind for the yearl83b, will be
811,500,000, and when the increase of
population is considered, may. probably be
saf Jy computed aV S 1 2.000,000 for the
four succeeding years. This sutr will com
plete the payment of the whole Public
Debf, within the year 1834, without ap
plying to bank shares. v l
Should it be determined to reduce ?ne
revenue, so as to correspond with the ex
isting expenditure, it will require the ex
ercise of a wise. forecast;on the part of the
Legislature to aNert. serious injury. Mer
chants having goods on hand, liable to be
eftected in price by a change in the fiscal
system of the Government;, have a just
right' ti expect from it a reasonable notice,
corresfHrnding witjUbe magnitude of the
chane proposed. In accordance with
these views, it is respectfully suggested,
that, whatever dimiouftqn of duties shaif
be determined upon, it be made to take
enect prospectively and gradollv.
. J!JPece ect of a reduction of du
ties onthe revenue, can bqly be ascertain
ed D7 experience : butas the imnorts will
be somewhat increased by the operation,
it is not7apprehfrided that a gradual fe
ductiori, comroeijcij74t an .early day,
vould sensjblyK,rblongf the total extin
guishment ofthe pubiiefdebt.
The various duties tlevolved on the
Treasury; Department iff relation to Cus
tom Houses, and Land Ofiices; have led
to the exercise of powers not suflSciently
defined by law These: are liable to be
enlarged by successive gratlations, uh
derpecial exigencies, without legislative
sanction, until the powers of the Depart
ment to perform indispensable duties are
derived from usage, rather than the sta
tutes. Of this nature, are those exercis
ed tn the payments for contingent exnens.
es of the Cutters service, repairs i of Cus-j
10m nouses, yvnarves and fVare-hoiises,
belonging to the IT- States 5 expenses to
Inspectors employed in Special services,
in addition to their per diem compensa
tion 5 in the allowances to persons" in
strucedto investigate, transactions of
Custom Houses and Land Offices ; to as
sistant counsel, and for Wts in suits and
prosecutions1; and for various services of
less magnitude. The payments for these
objects are,; usually padc by Collectors
and Receivers of Pliblic Moneys, or by
drafts on Uiem from" the Treasury Depart
ment ; toeing considered as incidental to
these branches of revenue. It is desira
ble that all such payments should be as
specifically sanctioned by law a those
made out of moneys in the Treasury.
. Secretary, of the! treasury deems
it proper to make, known to Congress,
that the duties imposed upon woollen
goous,-unuer the act of the 19th May,
182&V havejn pursuance of an instruc
6on from the TreasuryDepartment, dat
ed the 15th of Oct- 1 828, been charged
upon the value of such goods, without the
addition of 20 per centum on the cost of
those imported from the Cape of Good
Hope, or any plce beyond the same, or
iruui oeyona jape Horn r or 10 per cent.
onthose from aBy otfujr place orcountry.
IThe law, it is bejievedv may admit of
a ainerent construction but as the or
ders for the importationi. since tha in.
struction above referred to, were- given
With a IrnnivlaH
... .. &v wi il9 operation, new to
add the 20 or the 10 ferment to the cost
of such, goods, would probably transfer
the wl&le of them into aln1k.u
fairly; contemplated by thilnporter,
P.the duty irey prejudicially
to h,s interest- Under these circVmstanc
f.sl fH there may be somfdoubt as to
the intention of the aw. i hfloKaw -
pper noc, io aisturb the existing c
struction, but to submit tneterto
considerat on nf pAno .
con-
the
Another subicUouTPiwh,...!:
acter,has been.for specfil reasons,different
ly dispi.sedof. Adeducrion of 5 per len tf
oo the ibices of broad clothv.
mea-
or trade. This usage wai nartiou
ticed in an instruction issued by the Trea
sury Department, oo the 9th Sept. 1828,
but which had been diffirniw T .1
bv the Cu,t.,m use flfeS
' uuuvuuu navlD !len
cade from the mMurpnfi'nf1'4 1 j xam i., r ,i .
roni Jbcst ; bhidifTerciit hUk of ner- WSKfSSK 5 U
u h i v v villi u vm. in v , iictMiieu .iiiiv, ' l-" -r--r'.i
paring : the 'Decessa'ryrecul
purpose,7;a wVsrcoo
cent: dedu ci urn was originally intended, as
i t; purports, tO'ben tnie4sh f e ment;'?fand :
notpn ,pricei' TbissU'vWaJsojrecp
measurement, jhe merchant pays7duty "on
the numberiof ryards purpottine t& be im
ported ; ,b.ut Iff made? on- priceit is;nugato
ry, except-the cloths are thereby transler-
redifrom a,hi'j;her to a lower-class, in Which:
case im i nishes tliP-.tlu.tjn byth .a mou qt'
of the dint rence between th6 duties chAr
ediOh vsucn daises. An
instruction: w;is
ber rimor4er4vwbie orders had ihen
beJonged such ctothsarev cohsediieWfivi
buujcciitu iu, a rateoi.uuTy ngner man ,va
conteinrilajedfwhen.t
yheYelatiottastherefi
oucwcuf tuq inierest pi inese nn porter
nu, iucir lasc i sutwniweu to me. ravora-'
ble ciws)dejt6n ;"Cpngress' who alone
can giv toeprnprrelief. 7 . 7 1 r
,iTbe- SecretaW pf the TreasaiV'resbect.
fully jnyits.Uiettent
some modification of the existing revenue
wfs, as well for the convenience of those
employed in commerce and na vigatiop, as
iorihe;betfer security bi7the reveriue $
-The law in relation, to licenses for-coastr
ing and fishing vessels" operates uuenuariv
a n d- inj u riously u pun some branches of t ha i
Dullness ; i.t. requires, upon evry i chan
struqturejof the vessel, or or'wnershipv
by ihe trans! er of the right of one partner,
'he taking out of a new7licenVcV and the
payment of a new duty- .. 7 4 -
The bounty a I lowed on vessels employ
ed in the cod fisheries is understood to . be
unlawfully. obtained by some of thoele
gaged in the mackerel hirfef. Itis!b
lieved that a bounty on the fish u red or
exported, without r'efereuce to the Griffin-
of the salt ,: would better promote whatev
er encouragement may be considered as
proper to be given to 4 he fisheries : this
couiu oe graduated to any scale, nd, be
ing more siuiple in its form, would be less
liable to abuse. - 7
It isWound that theresent mode jof
compensating Custom House officers
operates .unequally. ( and not, in oro-
portion to thje service jendered.';' As strjkr
ing instanced of. this inequality, Inspec
tors, in ma tf places, crecei ve' more than
double the Compensation of the Collectors
who empioy them ; and, 7 at om port,
Custom; Houses are buil tjof' jra.ircsecty
the Government, while at othef they are
provided at theexpese tf Collectors. -Thejees
of office are liable to be vari
ously computed, and are constant s1;iirr
of embarrasstnent in the trariaction of bu
siness. These, ills believed, may be gen
erally iabolished, and the mude of compen
sation by salary beneficially subtinited v
-retaining, htiw ever, those on manifests
clearances, entries and permits, and- that
class of service which makes it the inter-
est of the officers to require atrictf ob
servance of those acts on the part of mas-f
A. C 1 . .. i
m ts oi vessels, and shippers, which may
be deemed essential to the security of the
revenue "T
The com misslonjsrpow allowed to Col
lectors on bonds put in suit oiioht be ad-
vqntageousiy uivmeu between theinT and A
tne Uistrict Attorneys. The former woaid
therebbe mor interested In takino- pro
per security, and the latter have a lalut
ry stimulus to the discharge of their du
ties. .
Some additional provision of law is
deemed necessary to compel the surrender
of public books and papers of District Aff
trneys. Marshals, Custom house ancf
Land ofilcers, in pursuance of orders from
the proper department.
The labors of the appraisers of imported
goodhave been greatly increased by the
;'act interatioDToHhe several acts im-
t! t!i, f Jo g,ve the proper' efficiency
to that branch of service, itls necessarv
to have warehouses and- offices, convent
ehtly adapted, for the examination. Jit
u.ing, and repacking of gootls ; and that
the personsmpluyed by appraisers sho.Ul
be niore im;medi.,tely under thei
In the port fNrw-Y.;rL ,;
r control.
half the tniiiortations into mu,uA c.:i
ero nearly
are ,wb&le labor of apprai.in.
devolve on two officers- who,ar exeft
Mye y. responsible' for that duty and y4t,
all ihe.assiricebfch We prided,
for them isisupplied indi,ectlyn:.l under
an implied power. V6 avoid the ,mbar
rapment that mtist arise frmn sickness, or
other nesary absence of one or bt1 of
tfficers, an additional arfcraiser at
at P smstndTspeiisible. If is also
m-mu oMjtisauimaf me coniUMSMonedil
iTitcrs ar aji tue ports hhoutd be Su
thurised under proper restrictions, ' M em-
pioy
wuc8!,, cMUMiotgiaii to increase the
poer .Mhe appraisers for an efficient and
faithful perform .nre of ' their duties and
wnnmii any materidl increase of expense
debenture, or in security for duties may,
it is believed, be benehcidlly modified
Goods are now stored under various cir
cumstmce?. 1st. Teas m.v, at the Option nf tli imnnrtpp
iu i mi cAjjtuse, oe stored urn!
t-r the direc-
tion of the Custom house ofii
c.m. in Kpriit it v frr
tne duties, fr two trai
2d. me and spirits m iy Le st jrtu in Vki
manner t,r oue year.
accordi ngly a sui?d on the 8 h 'August,
1829?: ng the allowinct- of t'ie'5 per
eetjtk5iade io therae;tsuement w
ly? llktthtlnrtavoidabit debriVed nnmf
i
previously gyen, of thexpected benefif
o f (he,ded ucfion, in .detefmi utng t h e c lassi
es o f du tf a ble. brice 't o whicK tK1rr,! nt!V
persons to act as akSistaiitsI-'iinfUr
regujarGiai responstbilitv ; these bein
. -"" x u 1 nil fi . scue n
max
vmr lesiii.juui, vruusMiauonai cnJirauon. 1. k .'""""apinittQh,.;.! . . 1
forA,thfooihoat!lhea;SUt. ,Ih T pre .tired 3ft2&TRZ3
parfflvthe idecessVry.tregblationstfor.thiH'' Ab:CIsrreiUrli':l 1
Wvat stores aH Osually rellStf 1 -
poses, by the Collector, l ij
mil 11 m imvr a. . l. - -mr
are
little iv.it. K. IU?.'
securn
consideration,, .viz : the uniformity C its'fpcrchantsthanthienlc, I, ",Rl
pfiect, The allo'wanC.;beok?maJe-r,,r !S1
ot service to be so situated & conl Wbr l
.r . '"v' ";,jr Ku"ec Ana rendereft ; J l
IfPlPy Vermon of offirst T
Thisrbeinfr dnnff. th . ,n c'karisl
extended in -all 4.. Mfn may J
the ngbt of debenture contl.med Jr4
remain in store.Thecan noMZ
moderate charsre for fAn- nat
ficers f the ctm-tm . r-' BCe of rjf
f
4
the Wdu-"1. Ul
iransienuy-conniije ihto tlvearn; . ''H
goods nlrd?aicdtifrd Kv u
wfeeiwi,: . bound;';:
v'i Pntr.
podsr passing on thw waters stiould be
to the samf retrnktmn. tK.- . ue ojtt
' '"'""'t1 reiiow mini.,, I
coastittj? vessel. na;fe 'oiposed
another.motinan&joinuBraterit ,(
ever.beoutedhgthernvw T
oftotalp
not the CTpwth or product of kli5
contiguous tn fix Tr:,lt o;k. t 1 ril"r.
trafisportation ufon.4heloiirlVi3 . '
'iivmt tiiiies.. anii f .1 u
SPIN IU IMP linit.rl 'Wt...h. 'k ) T - vm
. V " . -WBi wiwiom acconjDanvin
vjdence ot the dutesihavmben T.--? ' f
countries:" 'l
llwt.etnn.nel. -'The tlnit-'RS?: .V
hree great districts : 1st. Fmm t:. 7
' v-xrora i ne feroido River td
tew of ressels.tljcensedfdV can vzng on the cn-lst
wirier, or ro a.-port. in sn adioinin
State wMout divenng' a maiufest or obQ
?Jnaklg n' report ou entering ifteir vessf
athe port odestmation nor does theiaw 1
quire any ey,dnc4 except the oath of the ma.
ter certam ce f duties having been naid
on fore1Kn goods transported from one port to
anothercjeeby defective provisions t0
me. Spirits and Teas, and goods entitled tl
drAroaclu,.t ipparei)t .from these iicts- th
very jeatf.facilitres arer.giveo for Illicit trade.
9,Kle .port cangJlQUjidi where, throuli
the negligence of theMfficerVpf theustoms, or
other .ause, goods can be tbu4 introduced, there
is no sufficient obstacle to' their beinir iransnnn.
ed by water to anbthemnd better market.-
i rmre power board as.coastin? ves
seL and demand her manifeat, withodt anv nMi.
ptjQn on the fnasteriito- report fito.-the-.Col.
lector, is wholly lnsufficntlforJropet secic-ity
against frauds.-' tt($V.te lnUth"ose' poru
g"vu is iinci on. ..-' f . , .. . .
: There is alsoa feature in the law, in relat
to the; seizure of ffooda wispecled to have b
ion
been
smu.gteft, hichVit is hejleved, may be benefi.
cially modified, fjieae goods are usually seized
ui; small quantities ftKe owners perbapa escape,
Ul ,r" aHjicara to ciaim mem, and yet the
jfbods cannot r be-sold uufil libelled, arid con
demned in a courtof the United States i the
ensta attending: which, frequently amount to
rnore than the I proceeds df t thet articles
sold.. The officer not onlv loses )n re warA hut
the United Spates krer;SMbjtted to costs, wi
war was intended., aa? an inducement to vigi
lahc?, . bcpme8L worse' than' nueatorv. This
mjgb't b'e- remedied'-.byjitliori$i'ng the sale,
withjtMit coudemnation, 6T such goods as may be
UTilroed, aiafeasonlie-nodcei' An addi-
tiotal and salutary stimulus mav also be given to
me acuvay.or itevenue utticers fey. authouzi
a reVmqihment to theni,f of a portion of the pro
ceed of foifeUejraod,.'wh:ch may accrue to
the Goveriiment. 't he sum thus relinaimheil
would -probably be muclvmoe - thanvepid, in
the increased security ?)f the revenue, arisincr
from the incitement to greater vigilance.
The -.power to search for, and' seize rood
found-on land, requires to be enarced and bet-
terdefined. To avoid unnecessary vexation, die
exercise-of, the power might "be limited to- rea
sonable distance from the coan-,, navigjable riverf,
canals, or the interior border. It known tint
considerable exertions are maiiner fofintrodocipe
goods into the United Statesih violation of the
revenue Jaws? and the Secretary of the TreaKU
ry 'finds 1iimsflfQjmpeped to invite the special
attention of Congress, , to the adoption of such
measures, asimay be calculated to prevent an e-
vil, not less dangerous to the morals of those ex
posed tothe. temptation, than injurious to the
interest of theTNation. ' Every' measure intended
for this object wdlunaroidably siuSject the fair
trader to somejrtcdnvptrience ; tnit' this should
be considered more-'lhan fcounterbalanced, by
lhf nrnt irn it fl'.w1a airii.nl iho niinralfl ClifTl.
prtiftooof those?, w4iOrCa"n onfy be restrained by tf
emcieni laws. ngorousiy execuiea.
Thopresent cte!it system, i ii believed,' -ay
be matjerlatW improved. the purch;sr of
goods, ot tiy other person tlian the. irnpwte r,
cpUld? be lawfully substituted, as the prmcipai
lstbnihcms';rda, Tn aiy cases where tlit
inlporrer- was nbt jndehted on boricb) due nJ
qtlpaM the secutyjr7h5we debts "tnijrJd be
greatty -Increased, i- lttwotild in such c.ise, de
pend on jthe solvency'df a ckss of merchants ex
posed to less hazard In vihe ' buslnes, besidrj
being divided among; a greater number. The
creditnW ajlowed are also'unnecessarily con
pneated; Th7 long credits n t.-ftr have been
a aonirif cf .heavv loss to the revenue, and con
sequently iniriou to t!.e fntetests .tftey wee
ifVendftt to prcmb'e. Experience has proted,
that, by furnislvng an op port unity, for, tiiey -mulate
adventurous speculation, not less ruino
to thosecon1iectedwith-tIem, than prrjumc
to the government The terms, of payment for
duties, now presented by la, fife as follows:
All sums not exceeting fifty dolbrs,'e paj3
btr in cash; all sumi eaceding $50 lor da'i
on the produce of the West-Indies (cwJcponf
Wh) or places rrorh of the equator, ar.d situate
on the eastern shores of Ameirca, or its adjacent
seas, bays, and gulfs, onr halt in niwiitbs, e
half in 9 months.
On salt, 9 months :
On wines, 12 months ; rffer
On all gords imported from Europ-. i1
umir wiKci; -3a.it. aiiu y vm- .....
tK'.rt in in mnnth. and one tfllTJ
in
12
vnv inn w - - ----ra
months : a m
On all goods (other than wines salt and te
imported from any other place Uiaa Europe a. -
revenue wmdd rendered Wa " ,
interests of n.Hvitioi esi;!1n. .7 re U
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