In the Senate of the United States, June 4, 1872...: Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment, Submitted the Following Report...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Customs administration |
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Page c - The fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Page xlvi - Title, and all charges for storage, labor, and other expenses accruing on any such merchandise, not to exceed in any case the regular rates for such objects at the port in question...
Page xlv - ... supervision of the officer of the customs in charge of the same, at the expense of the owner or proprietor.
Page 170 - ... that the same is true of his own knowledge except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page xlvi - Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, from time to time, to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, for the due execution of this act, as he may deem to be expedient and necessary ; and all acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.
Page ciii - The President of the United States of America, to the marshal of the United States for the Southern District of...
Page xlvi - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, to secure a just, faithful, and impartial appraisal of all goods, wares, and merchandise, as aforesaid, imported into the United States...
Page civ - Witness my hand and the seal of said court, at the city of New Orleans, this 3d day of January, AD 1873. "[SEAL.] FA WOOLFLEY, Clerk.
Page xcviii - ... frauds have been committed or attempted has been imported or entered, directing said officer, or his duly authorized agents or assistants, to enter any place or premises where any invoices, books, or papers relating to such merchandise or fraud are deposited, and to take and carry the same away to be inspected ; and...