of the collector of the port at which it arrives, if he shall have reason to believe that any such obnoxious persons are on board; and the officer making such inspection shall certify the result thereof to the master or other person in charge of such vessel, designating in such certificate the person or persons, if any there be, ascertained by him to be of either of the classes whose importation is hereby forbidden. When such inspection is required by the collector as aforesaid, it shall be unlawful, without his permission, for any alien to leave any such vessel arriving in the United States from a foreign country until the inspection shall have been had and the result certified as herein provided; and at no time thereafter shall any alien certified to by the inspecting officer as being of either of the classes whose immigration is forbidden by this section, be allowed to land in the United States, except in obedience to a judicial process issued pursuant to law. If any person shall feel aggrieved by the certificate of such inspecting officer stating him or her to be within either of the classes whose immigration is forbidden by this section, and shall apply for release or other remedy to any proper court or judge, then it shall be the duty of the collector at said port of entry to detain said vessel until a hearing and determination of the matter are had, to the end that if the said inspector shall be found to be in accordance with this section and sustained, the obnoxious person or persons shall be returned on board of said vessel, and shall not thereafter be permitted to land, unless the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel shall give bond and security, to be approved by the court or judge hearing the cause, in the sum of five hundred dollars for each such person permitted to land, conditioned for the return of such person, within six months from the date thereof, to the country whence his or her emigration shall have taken place, or unless the vessel bringing such obnoxious person or persons shall be forfeited, in which event the proceeds of such forfeiture shall be paid over to the collector of the port of arrival, and applied by him, as far as necessary, to the return of such person or persons to his or her own country within the said period of six months. And for all violations of this act, the vessel, by the acts, omissions, or connivance of the owners, master, or other custodians, or the consignees of which the same are committed, shall be liable to forfeiture, and may be proceeded against as in cases of frauds against the revenue laws, for which forfeiture is prescribed by existing law. (10629.) Old family silver-Dutiable value of. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 22, 1891. GENTLEMEN: In reply to your letter of the 5th ultimo, in regard to the alleged excessive valuation of certain old family silverware, imported by you for Mr. H. J. Hittorff, I have to inform you, that the collector of customs at New York reports, under date of the 17th instant, that the merchandise in question consists of a silver "love cup" presented in the year 1880, and was appraised by an expert examiner of the appraiser's department, who states that the valuation reported by him was carefully considered and returned at the same value as is other similar old serviceable silverware, on the basis of workmanship and weight, and the article being serviceable could not be appraised as old silver fit only for remanufacture. In view of this report, the Department sees no reason to intervene in the matter. Respectfully yours, O. L. SPAULDING, Assistant Secretary. Messrs. G. W. SHELDON & Co., Chicago, Ill. (10630.) Springfield, Mass., entitled to privileges of immediate-transportation act. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 22, 1891. SIR: The Department is in receipt of a letter from the surveyor of customs at Springfield, Mass., in which he asks that all papers in relation to goods imported at your port for immediate transportation to Springfield may be forwarded to his office instead of to Hartford. It appears that through a typographical error the act of September 25, 1890, constituting Springfield a port of delivery is made to appear in the published volume of the statutes as conferring upon that port the privileges of section 17 instead of section 7 of the act of June 10, 1880. As the port in question is entitled to the privileges conferred by the seventh section of the act of June 10, 1880, you will hereafter please forward to the surveyor at that port the papers referred to. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. January 23, 1891. GENTLEMEN: In reply to your letter of the 15th instant, in which you request information as to the existing rate of duty on jute binding twine imported into the United States, I have to inform you that such twine on importation would seem to be dutiable at the rate of 13 cents per pound, under the provision for "cables, cordage, and twine" in paragraph 362, act of October 1, 1890. It is understood that the question of the amendment of the provision of the existing law for binding twine is now under consideration by Congress. Respectfully yours, O. L. SPAULDING, Assistant Secretary. Messrs. M. & L. SAMUEL, BENJAMIN & Co., Toronto, Canada. (10632.) Drawback on steam motors with boilers. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 23, 1891. SIR: On the exportation of steam motors with boilers manufactured by Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., from imported steel plates, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duty paid on the quantity of the imported steel used in the manufacture, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent. The quantity so used shall be determined by deducting from the original weight of the plates, as shown by the weigher's return on the import entry, 4 per cent. of such weight. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 23, 1891. SIR: On the exportation of locomotives built by Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., a drawback will be allowed of the duties paid on the imported steel tires used in the manufacture of the wheels attached to such locomotives, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent. Respectfully yours, O. L. SPAULDING, Assistant Secretary. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Philadelphia, Pa. (10634.) Circular.-Amendment of blank tonnage admeasurement of vessels. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 24, 1891. To Collectors and other Officers of the Customs: Form No. 41, "Tonnage Admeasurement," of the General Customs Regulations of 1884, is hereby amended as follows: Strike out "Inclosed spaces above Tonnage Deck" and all thereunder, and insert instead INCLOSED SPACES ABOVE TONNAGE DECK AND SPACES TO BE DEDUCTED. Length, .........; Height,. .......... Length, .........; Height, .......... Length, .........................; Height, - leaving a blank space of about 2 by 2 inches below each heading. The blanks and books now on hand of General Customs Catalogue No. 954 and of New York Customs Catalogue No. 998 will be used, but in the next editions printed thereof the above changes will be incorporated. WILLIAM WINDOM, Secretary. (10635.) Weight of tobacco imported since October 1, 1890, and withdrawn from warehouse. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 28, 1891. GENTLEMEN: The Department is in receipt, by reference from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of your letter of the 13th instant, in which you inquire whether certain tobacco imported by you "in January, 1891," will be subject to duty upon its weight at the time of withdrawal, or upon the weight at the time of importation. In reply, I have to inform you, that the tobacco in question, which was imported since the act of October 1, 1890, took effect, will be subject to duty upon its weight at the time of withdrawal for consumption. The matter is wholly governed by the provisions of section 50 of the said act, to which you refer. Respectfully yours, O. L. SPAULDING, Messrs. HERMAN, MORELL & Co., St. Louis, Mo. (10636.) Immediate-transportation entries-Identification of consignees at final port of destination. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 28, 1891. SIR: The Department duly received your letters of the 17th ultimo and 22d instant, relative to the effect of article 24 of the Regulations of August 7, 1890, upon the practice prevailing theretofore in regard to the identification of the consignees of merchandise entered for immediate-transportation, under the act of June 10, 1890. You state that the effect of said article 24 is to radically change the practice, since it explicitly directs that the consignment shall be to the collector at the port of destination, who alone is thus made responsible for a correct delivery according to law, while under the Regulations of 1884 the person making entry at the outer port had a right to designate on the immediate-transportation entry the consignee at the inner port, so that now the responsibility for an erroneous consignment would in a measure fall upon the collector at the first port, and you call attention to the fact that it is customary to receive immediate-transportation entries from the port of New York, on which, in addition to the formal consignment of the merchandise to yourself, there is also a notation, sometimes erroneous, indicating the name of the person understood to be the actual ultimate consignee. You therefore request to be informed whether one of the ocean bills of lading terminating at New York (other than the copy attached to the immediate-transportation entry) should be produced at your port by the ultimate consignee named in the immediate-transportation entry, and whether such bill of lading should be indorsed to him by the party making the transportation entry. In reply, I have to state, that according to a report dated the 15th instant, from the collector of customs at New York, the necessity of a change of practice, in view of the provisions of said paragraph 24, in the respect mentioned by you, is fully recognized by his office, and that the notation on the immediate-transportation entry of the name. of the probable final consignee "is merely in the nature of a memorandum that might possibly aid the collector at the ultimate port in his decision as to the ultimate consignee." In regard to the kind and character of the evidence which should be required for the determination of questions of consignment, the Department concurs with you and the collector of customs at New York in the opinion that merchandise forwarded under an immediate-transpor |