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 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 284. 1866. 303 of June twenty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, chapter seventy, 1848, cb. 10. and one of the assistant appraisers to be appointed by virtue of this act V°l* k'?" R"' shall be detailed by the appraiser for the supervision of the department for the examination of merchandise damaged on the voyage of imports.- One assistant tion, and as far as practicable to make examinations and appraisals of such :£f}::s§;m°:g:i¥` or any other merchandise as the appraiser may direct, and in all cases rim-cha¤di•s. truly to report to him the extent of such damage, or the true value of the merchandise appraised, as the case may be, according to law, such report to be subject to the same revision, correction, and approval by the appraiser, as prescribed in the second section of this act, and to be in like manner, and for the same purpose, transmitted to the collector. Sec. 4. And be itfurtlzcr enacted, That in lieu of the clerks now em- Exaniiners to ployed in the examination, inspection, and appraisement of goods, wares, b° “PP°‘“t°d· and merchandise at the port of New York, the Secretary of the Treasury may, on the nomination of the appraiser, appoint such number of exam- Number and ineis as said Secretary may in writing determine to be necessary, their QQ? 5; g:::; compensation to be limited and fixed by him, but not to exceed the rates taryci'Treas¤ry. of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, to aid each of said assistant appraisers in the examination, inspection, and appraisement of goods, wares, and merchandise, according to law; and no person shall be appointed such examiner who is nor, at the time of his appointment, practically and Qualifications. thoroughly acquainted with the character, quality, and value of the article or articles in the examination and appraisement of which he is to be employed; nor shall any such examiner enter upon the discharge of his duties, as such, until he shall have taken and subscribed an oath faithfully Oath. and diligently to discharge such duties according to law; and the Sum- Clerks,Ivori¤· tary of the Treasury shall also appoint, on the nomination of the ap- g;n*:;"I;,§:°p_ praiscr, the clerks, verifiers, samplers, openers, packers, and messengers ms, and mmm employed in the appraiscr’s office, or in any of the departments thereof, Smand shall limit and fix their number and compensation; but their compensation shall not exceed the rates of compensation usually paid for similar Service. Srzc. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the N¤_¤Hi<=¤r appraiser, the assistant appraisers, examiners, clerks, verifiers, samplers, mQ°£€'€>';:§°" messengers, or other persons employed in the departments of appraisal, gags in mer. cr any of them, to engage or be employed in any commercial or mercan- °¤¤m° b“°l¤°$¤- tile business, or act as agent for any person engaged in such business, during the term of their appointment. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the appraiser who may be ap- Psy of pointed under the provisions of this act shall receive a compensation of :Q£?;°t:_“"d four thousand dollars per annum, and the assistant appraisers shall each receive a compensation of three thousand dollars per annum, to be paid out of the appropriations for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue. Sec. 7. And be it futher enacted, That the compensation allowed, re- Compensation spectively, to the appraiser and the assistant appraisers, under the pro- zolxmgtd vision of this act, shall be paid to them in monthly payments, and in due proportion for any period less than one mouth for the time they may actually serve. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- I¤¤°¤¤i¤*¢¤* consistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, laws r°p°“]°d’ repealed; and all provisions of existing acts relating to the duties of the Present laws appraisers now provided for by law, or to any proceedings consequent or ;°s¥’;$;‘;_§ gw dependent upon the action of such appraisers and not inconsistent with tggpplytgmggg the provisions of this act, shall be construed to apply to the appraiser and ¤{p<>i¤¢¤d ¤¤d<¤ assistant appraisers provided for by this act, and shall be continued in full ° *5 ”°°' force, and that this act shall take effect on and after the first day of Sep· W¤¤¤ this Mt tember, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six. mm °E°°° Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That if at any time, from an in-