POLICY ON PORTS OF ENTRY

Of entry and I do hope that the bill in that re t bPCa be saffeed to retain its present shape 9 DAVIS of Massachusetts. The policy of the Gov. I think is to make as few porta of entry and col e0MI districs as will subserve the general convenience of ns. That is one point to be considered and another 20hat in establishing ports of entry reference should be ho the security of the revenue.

It has generally been 94licy of the country to make as few interior ports of 97 as circumstances will allow requiring a vessel when srst comes into the narrow waters of the United Blates ke an entry and undergo an appraisement of her cargo 4 w to sar peril country leave her manifest there. In some instances it is ne er tend an additional convenience to vessels an 1 In order to secure the revenue you will not the vessel to traverse the interior waters of the any further than circumstances seem to require but. I make entry of her nt ths earliest port where entry made under ordinary circumstances. But in order t be made 1 1111111V l99 out in order to 3.