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usual rate OF storage at the port in question: with all
other Charges and expenses, including duties, shall
be paid over TO the owner, importer, coDsignee,
agent and proper receipts taken for the same; Pro
vidsd That the oyeTpus If any there be, Of the pro-
ceeds OF such sales, after the payment Of storage
charges expenses, and duties aforesaid, remain
ing unclaimed for the space Of ten days after such
sales shall be psd by the collector into the treasury
Of the United States; and the said collector shall
transmit to the Treasury Department, with the said
oyerpus, copy Of the inventory, apprasement, and
| account Of sales, specifying the marks, numbers
and descriptions of the packages Sold their contents
and appraised value the name Of the vessel and
ter In which and Of the port or place whence they
were imported, and the time when, and the name OF
the person or persons to whom said goods were con-
signed 70 the manifest, and the duties and charges to
which tho several consignmenis were respectively
subject and the receipt or certificate Of the collector
shall exoeerate the master or person having charge
or command OF any ship or vessel, ia which said
goods, wares, or merchandise were imported, from
all claim OF tho owner or owners thereof who shall
nevertheless, due proof Of their interest," be enl-
tied to receive from the treasury the amount Of any
oyerpus paid into the same under the provisions Of
| this aer PrOuidsd, That so much Of the 6fy-sixth
section Of the general coleston law Of the second Of
March, seventeen hundred snaainsty nine, ard the
thirteenth section OF the act Of the thireth ofAu-
gust, eightcen hundred and foriy-two, to provide
revenue from Imports and TO change and modify
| existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for
other purposes, as conflicts with the provisions of
this act shall be- and is hereby repealed excepting
that nothing contained in this act shall be construed
TO extend the ume now prescribed by law for selling
unclaimed goods Providsd, also, That all goods OF
perishable nature, and all gunpowper, hre-crack-
ers and explosive substances, deposited as aforesaid
shall be sold forthwith.
SIC, g. .4ad be Il further enacted, That any goods,
when deposited in the public stores in the manner
provided for in the foregoing section may be with
drawn therefrom and transported to any other port
Of entry, under the restrictions provided for in the
act Of the second March, seventeen hundred and
ninety nine, In respect to the transportation Of
goods, wares, aad merchandise frsm one collection
district TO another 10 be exported with the benefit Of
drawback; and the owner of such goods so to be
Withdrawn for transportation, shall give his bond
with sufficient sureties in double the amount of the
duties ehargeable on them, for the depose of such
goods in store in the port Of entry TO which they
shall be destined such bond 20 be cancelled when
the goods shall be redeposited in store in the col
lection district to which they shall be transported
Prorded, That nothing contained in this section
shall lie construed TO extend the time during which
goods may be kept in store, after their original inn
portation and entry, beyond the term of one year.
SEC. g. find be further enacted That if any ware
housed goods shall be fraudulenty concealed in or
removed from any public private warehouse, the
same shall be forfeited to the United States; and all
persons convicted Of fraudulently concealing or re-
concealment removal, shall be liable to the same
penalties which are now imposed for the fraudulent
introduction Of goods into the United States; and if
any importer or proprietor OF any warehoused
goods, or any person IN his employ, shall by any
contriyance frauduently open the warehouse, or
shall gain access to the goods, except in the pres
ence Of the proper officer Of the customs, acting in
the execution Of his duty, such importer proprie
tor shall forfeit and pay for every such offence
thousand dollars. And any person convicted of al
tering, defacing, or celebrating any mark or marks
which have been placed by any officer Of the rev.
enue on any package or packages of warehoused
goods, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence
FIVE hundred dollars.
SEC. 4. And be further enacted, That the coec-
tors Of the several ports of the United States shnl
make quarterly reports to the Secretary of the
Treasury, according such general instructions as
the said secretary may give, of all goods which re-
main in the warehouses Of tbnr respective ports,
specifying the quantity and description Of the same;
which returns or tables formed thereon the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall forthwith cause to be
published in the principal papers of the city of
Washington.
SEC. S. find be it further enacted, That the Sec
| rotary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au,
thorized to make, from time to time such regula-
tons, not inconsistent with the laws of the United
States, may he necessary to give full effect to the
provisions Of this act and secure d just accounta-
bility under the same. And it shall be the duty of
ceeding session of Congress.
APPROVED, August 6, 1916.
[PUBLIc-No. 40
AN ACT to repeal an act entitled can act for the
relief Of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians in the
Territory of Wisconsin" approved March third,
eighteen hundred and forty -three, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Represent
apes Of the United States Of america in Congress
sembied That the act entitled San act for the relief
Of the Sockbridge tribe Of Indians in the Territory
Of Wisconsin," approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty-three, be, and the same is here
by, repealed and the said Stockbridge tribe ma
ton Of Indians is restored to their ancient form of
government, with all powers, rights, and privileges,
held and exercised by them under their customs and
usages, fully and completely though the above
| reciled act had never passed
SEC. 9. .4nd be IL further enacied, That the sub
agent of Indian affairs Green Bay, under the d.
| recton of the governor of Wisconsin, who shall be
| a commissioner for this purpose, shall be required
| to open book for the enrolment Of the names OF
such persons Of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians
shall desire to become and remain citizens Of the
United States, Immediately upon the passage Of this
| law and three months shall he allowed after the
opening of said books for the enrolment within
which time it shall be the duty of all desiring ct-
zenshp to come forward in person and file their APP
plcation. After the expiration Of the three months,
the said sub-agent shall divide the said township of
land now held by the Stockbridges on the Winnie
bago lake. into two districts, TO be known and desig-
mated as the Indian district and the citizen district,
according to the strength and numbers of their re-
spectve parties and the laws and usages in said
tribe. The lands in the Indian district to remain
and to be held in common; those in the citizen dis
trict to be divided; and to each Indian who be-
| comes citizen the said sub-agent shall assign, by
distinct metes and bounds, his ratabe proportion Of
land And after the division and allotment are COM
pleed, it shall be the duty Of the said subagent to
make out three copies of the divisions thus made,
one Of which he shall file with the clerk of the dis
trct court Of the county in which the citizen district
of land may be situated; one other copy he shall
| file in the land Office at Green Bay, in Wisconsin
Territory; and the other shall be returned to the
Secretary of War. And, upon the receipt Of the
said return by the Secretary of War, patents may
be, issued to the individual reserves who become
citizens, upon the receipt Of which title in fee
simple the lot of land shall vest in the patentee;
and all transfers and assignments Of the land made
previous to the issuance Of the patent shall be null
and void: Propided, ho,oeper, That those Indians
who become citizens shall forfeit all right to receive