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Show I Customs lnveMlsulloii New York, 11. The congestion al -committee tor tbe cuftora buu-o i.i-vestigalicn, i.i-vestigalicn, of which FernanJo Wood is chairman, resumed it seesi . u to-day in the naval office. Sherburne li. Katon, couusel lor chamber ol commerce, submitted the following points for tbe cousidt-r.i'i.in nf the committee: First, the ubolniju 1 1 triplicate invoices and runeiiUr crr- tihcaies; Btcond, g' fjtfs p:ucnri d otherwise than by purcnsiS" s:miild be invoiced at actual inark i v. hn-at hn-at Ui period ol expurutnn; third, duties on uxpurttd goudB tln ul.i al wiys be usueesud ou ihe murt et v.tlue; fourth, oaiiis to empbyOi to bv made before notaries and commicsiou-era; commicsiou-era; fifth, government to retain, at ita discretion, the whole or any portion ol an invoice for not mo;o than leu dt.ys; sixth, the redemption ol penal bonds from double the value of goods to once tbe value of good; seventh, let reappraised goods be bonded; eighth, cquatizition ol appraisements at diflerent poiutfj ninth, no duty should be charged , on goods stolen or otherwise lost : while in a bonded warehouse; tenth, the law or discharging export bondB Bhould be simplified; eleventh, the total abolition of tho dauiago allow-; allow-; auee; twelfth, the payment of duties 1 in certified gold checks; thir teenth, the completion ot liquidation liqui-dation of entry within thirty days; fourteenth, the abolition oi petty fees, including fees for permits and entries; en-tries; fiftoentb, let there be au additional addi-tional United States judge iu New York for the trying of customs cases exclusively; sixteenth, government govern-ment should pay interest and coals for judgments, the Bame aa eihor defendants; seventeenth, the bonda now required where goods are entered for inland transportation, trans-portation, should be abolished; eighteenth, a change from ad valorem to specie duties; nineteenth, the abolition abo-lition of the naval office. Mr. Eaton, in bis address, eaid that the views of the Boston board of trade were embraced in tbo above eugges lions. . Henry D. Hyde, counsel for the Boston board of trade, made an argument argu-ment emphazing these points. Jackson S. Sohultz aBked the committee to consider well before recommending any penalties on merchants mer-chants who do not furnish statistic-- ' ; outgoiug cargoes. Recollect, said that Jayue still lives and 1 susv hi. -. . this building within aixiy days, aud 1 j tell you that Jayne and bucu men would be glad to see you revive-1 the penalties. I would strenuously oppose a revisal of tne moiety system while tbat infamous Jayne is still alive. Collector Merrilt then made a lew remarks, Btating that the number ol inspectors in the service to day was about the uame aa in 1S35, and no reduction could ba made in the department de-partment and leave it efficient. Adjourned. |