Established houses, or individuals giving adequate security, are permitted to forward their goods into the interior, without paying the duties until the expiration of the term fixed by law; but individuals without security, or establishments, must pay before removal.
Whatever is not prohibited by the Tariff, may be landed in any of the ports of the Republic, and warehoused, until a reference to Government can be made.
Articles not mentioned in the Tariff, are valued by a Vista, or Inspector, with the concurrence of the Administrador, or Collector, and the value is regulated by that of the articles most analogous.
Quicksilver, Mathematical and Surgical instruments, useful Machinery, Books, Drawings and Casts, Music, Seeds, and Plants, Flax, (hackled and unhackled) and animals of all kinds, are exempted from the payment of any duty.
The exportation of unwrought Gold and Silver[1] is prohibited, but all other produce may be exported. The following articles only are subject to
- ↑ An application is now before Congress for allowing the exportation of-Silver in bars, upon the payment of the Export duty according to the value of the bar, assayed and certified by the Mint.
lars to the coast. The Government, on the other hand, giving a little extension to the time for paying the moiety of the duties into the General Treasury.
